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马太福音生命读经 · 第12篇

王职事的开始

The Beginning Of The King’s Ministry
1我们现在来到马太福音非常重要的一段，就是王的职事。（太四12～十一30。）在本篇信息中，我们要看职事的开始。（太四～25。）主受膏之后，就受试验证明神是合格的，然后祂开始尽职事。
1We come now to a very important section of the Gospel of Matthew, the section of the King’s ministry (4:12—11:30). In this message we shall consider the beginning of the ministry (4:12-25). After the Lord was anointed, He was tested to 12 prove that He was qualified, and then He began to minister.
壹 、职事的开始
I. BEGINNING OF THE MINISTRY
一 、在施浸者约翰下监以后
A. After John the Baptist Was Imprisoned
2马太四章十二节说，『耶稣听见约翰下了监，就退到加利利去。』虽然施浸者约翰在旷野，不在圣城的圣殿尽职，但仍在犹太地，离所谓『圣』的事物不远。由于人弃绝约翰，主耶稣就远离圣殿与圣城，退到加利利去，开始祂的职事。这是神的主宰，以应验以赛亚九章一至二节的豫言。
2Verse 12 says, “Now having heard that John was delivered up, He withdrew into Galilee.” Although John the Baptist ministered in the wilderness, not in the holy temple in the holy city, he was still in Judea, not far from the so-called “holy” things. Due to the people’s rejection of John, the Lord Jesus withdrew into Galilee to begin His ministry, far away from the holy temple and holy city. This occurred sovereignly to fulfill the prophecy of Isaiah 9:1 and 2
3按人的观念，耶稣应该从圣城耶路撒冷的圣殿开始尽职事。但消息传来，祂的先锋，施浸者约翰下了监。这向新王指明，耶路撒冷已经成了弃绝之地；因此，祂不该在那里开始尽祂君王的职事。
3According to the human concept, Jesus should have begun to minister from the holy temple in the holy city, Jerusalem. But the report came to Him that His forerunner, John the Baptist, had been imprisoned. This was an indication to this new King that Jerusalem had become a place of rejection; therefore, He should not begin His kingly ministry there
4在神的经纶里，祂要有彻底的转变，就是从旧的经纶转到新的经纶。旧的经纶已产生外面的宗教、外面的殿、外面的城、和外面的敬拜体系。旧经纶里的一切，都以外面的作法系统化。在神新的经纶里，祂放弃了这一切，并有新的开始。在神主宰下的环境配合了在神经纶里的这种转变。因著耶路撒冷弃绝了新王的引荐者，主耶稣就知道祂不该在那里开始尽职事。耶路撒冷并不欢迎祂。
4In His economy God intended to have a thorough change, a change from the old economy to the new. The old economy had resulted in an outward religion, an outward temple, an outward city, and an outward system of worship. Everything in the old economy was systematized in an outward way. In God’s new economy, He gave all that up and had a new beginning. The environment under God’s sovereignty matched this change in God’secon o my. Because Jerusalem had rejected the recommender of the new King, the Lord Jesus knew that He should not begin His ministry there. There was no welcome for Him in Jerusalem
5虽然新王是神的儿子，也为神的灵所膏，但这里没有告诉我们，祂为著该去那里尽职事而祷告；也没有告诉我们，祂深深觉得受引导要往北方，远离耶路撒冷。主乃是衡量了环境，从环境得著清楚的指明，祂该往那里去。不要以为我们可以属灵到不需要环境的指明。连属天之国的王，为圣灵所膏神的儿子，也照著环境的指明行动。主的观念既不天然也不宗教。不仅如此，祂的观念也不照著过去的历史。照著历史，祂是受膏的王，该到京城耶路撒冷去，因为耶路撒冷是适合王的地方。然而，因为祂的先锋，祂的引荐者下了监，祂就到加利利去。照著人的期待，新受膏的王离开京城，到受人藐视的地区去开始尽祂君王的职事，是荒谬的。祂甚至没有往南去希伯仑，大卫登宝座之地；也没有去别是巴，亚伯拉罕居住之地。祂去了加利利。
5Although the new King was the Son of God, and although He had been anointed with the Spirit of God, we are not told here that He prayed concerning where He should go to minister. We are not told that He had the deep sense that He was being led to the north, away from Jerusalem. Rather, the Lord considered the environment and received from it the clear indication where He should go. Do not think that we can be so spiritual that we need no indications from our environment. Even the King of the heavenly kingdom, the Son of God anointed with the Holy Spirit, moved according to the environmental indicators. The Lord’s concept was neither natural nor religious, Furthermore, it was not according to past history. According to history, as the anointed King, He should have gone to the capital, Jerusalem, for Jerusalem is the proper place for the King. However, because His forerunner, His recommender, had been cast in to prison, He went to Galilee. According to the human expectation, it was ridiculous for the newly anointed King to leave the capital and go to a despised region to begin His kingly ministry. He did not even go south to Hebron, the place where David was enthroned, nor to Beersheba, the place where Abraham lived. He went to Galilee.
6想想主在施浸者约翰下监之后的行动，我们就必须学习不要超然的属灵。耶稣不是超然的属灵。我们也必须学习不照著过去的历史或人的领会而行。照著历史和人的观念，犹太人的王应当坐在耶路撒冷的宝座上。然而，耶稣不是完全照著属灵的引导行动，也不是照著过去的历史或天然的观念行动，祂乃是照著与神经纶一致的环境行动。祂这样作，自然而然应验了以赛亚九章一、二节的豫言。虽然表面看来，主是照著环境，不是跟随灵行动，但祂的行动应验了圣经中的豫言。
6By considering the Lord’s move after the imprisonment of John the Baptist, we must learn not to try to be supernaturally spiritual. Jesus was not spiritual in that way. We must also learn not to go according to past history or to human understanding. According to history and the human concept, the King of the Jews should be in Jerusalem sitting on the throne. However, Jesus did not move purely according to the spiritual leading, nor did He move according to past history or the natural concept. Rather, He moved according to the environment which corresponded to God’secon o my. By so doing, He spontaneously fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah 9:1 and 2. Although the Lord moved apparently according to the environment instead of following the Spirit, His move was a fulfillment of the prophecy in the Scriptures
7我们在与主一起行动的事上，必须避免两个极端。第一个极端是超然的极端。有些人宣称不需要考虑环境，因为他们有灵。另一个极端是过于注意历史和天然的倾向、领会。但在马太四章，新王不是仅仅照著所谓属灵的引导，也不是照著历史或天然的倾向行动，神乃是照著环境的指明，同著、神的经纶而行动。祂到了加利利，西布伦地和拿弗他利地，作为大光照著那些坐在黑暗、死亡的境域和阴影中的人。（太四～16。）
7In moving with the Lord we must avoid two extremes. The first extreme is the supernatural extreme. Some claim that there is no need to consider their environment because they have the Spirit. The other extreme is to pay too much attention to history and to the natural inclination and natural understanding. But in Matthew 4 the new King did not move merely according to the so - called spiritual leading nor according to history or the natural inclination. Rather, He moved along with God’s economy according to the indicators in the environment. He went to Galilee, to the region of Zebulun and Naphtali, to shine as a great light upon those sitting in darkness and in the region and shadow of death (4:15-16).15
8发生在施浸者约翰或主耶稣身上的事，没有一件是偶然的。约翰三十岁出来尽职事时，非常勇敢。不久他下了监。你也许觉得很难相信，施浸者约翰会下监。这似乎是没有理由的。他的下监也是由于环境。约翰是被希律王下在监里，不是被犹太首领下在监里。然而，宗教势力和政治势力，就是犹太宗教和罗马政治通力合作，成就了神的旨意。施浸者约翰那时下监，乃是照著神经纶的主宰。因为时候到了，一切引荐的职事都必须停止。施浸者约翰若没有下监，他就很难停下他的职事。因为约翰是引荐者，他的职事不该继续。在约翰三章，我们看见施浸者约翰的门徒和新王的职事竞争。（约三。）引荐者的职事和王的职事竞争。因此，引荐者的职事必须停止，最好的停止方法就是把约翰本人下在监里，甚至让他被斩。
8Nothing that happened either to John the Baptist or to the Lord Jesus was accidental. When John came out to minister at the age of thirty, he was very bold. It was not very long before he was imprisoned. You may find it difficult to believe that John the Baptist could be imprisoned. There seemed to be no reason for this. Once again, his imprisonment was due to the environment. John was imprisoned by Herod the king, not by the Jewish leaders. However, both the religious power and the political power, the Jewish religion and the Roman government, collaborated for the accomplishment of God’s purpose. It was sovereign according to God’s economy that John the Baptist was imprisoned at that time. The reason for this is that there comes a time when every recommending ministry must cease. If John the Baptist had not been imprisoned, it would have been difficult for him to stop his ministry. Because John was the recommender, his ministry should not have continued. In John chapter three we see that the disciples of John the Baptist were in competition with the ministry of the new King (v. 26). The ministry of 26 the recommender was competing with that of the King. Therefore, the ministry of the recommender had to be stopped, and the best way to stop it was to put John himself into prison and even to let him be beheaded.
9你也许会说，神不会这么残忍，允许这事，但有时神允许这样的事。毫无疑问，神生了你，豫备了你，构成了你，使你合格，然后大大使用你。但祂使用你之后，也许会说，『下监罢！在那里等候被斩。』你能接受这事么？你也许会说，『这全然不公平，神不该允许这事。』但过去神曾多次允许这事，我信祂还会允许。祂若允许这事发生在你身上，你只该说，『阿们。』不要打发你的一些门徒去向基督挑战说，『你是基督，我所事奉的全能神么？你若是基督，你为甚么不作些事，搭救我出监呢？』王会说，『我不会拯救你，你必须死，你必须被了结。让新王登宝座罢！』施浸者约翰和他的职事必须被了结，因为新王在那里。新王在这里，就不该有任何的竞争。
9You may say that God could not be so cruel as to allow this. But God sometimes allows things like this. No doubt, God brought you forth, prepared you, constituted you, qualified you, and then used you very much. But after He has used you, He may say, “Go to prison and wait there to be executed.” Are you able to take this? You may say, “This is altogether unfair. God shouldn’tall ow this.” But in the past God has allowed this very thing many times, and I believe He will allow it again. If He allows this to happen to you, you should simply say, “ Amen.” Do not send some of your disciples to challenge Christ, saying, “ Are You the Christ, the almighty Lord whom I serve? If You are, why don’tY ou do something to rescue me from prison?” The King would say, “I shall not save you from this. You must die. You must be terminated. Let the new King be on the throne.” John the Baptist and his ministry were terminated because the new King was there. When the new King is here, there should not be any competition
二 、从加利利开始
B. Starting from Galilee
10新王在加利利，甚至在加利利海边开始尽职事，不是在圣城或圣殿里。祂的先锋在河边、在旷野尽职事，但祂在加利利海边开始尽职事。加利利是犹太人和外邦人杂居之地，因此称为外邦人的加利利，为正统的犹太人所藐视。（约廿41，。）这位新任命的王在这样一个被藐视的地方，为著诸天的国开始神君王的职事。这里远离庄严的京城耶路撒冷，和正统的宗教中心圣殿，含示所受膏之王的职事，乃是为著属天的国，与大卫属地的国（弥赛亚国）不同。施浸者约翰在河边尽职事，因为他豫备把每个到他面前来悔改的人都埋葬了。新王在加利利海边尽职事。在圣经中，约但河表征埋葬和复活，了结和新生的起头。但加利利海表征被撒但所败坏的世界。因此，约但河是埋葬的地方，加利利海是被败坏的世界。
10The new King began His ministry in Galilee, even at the Sea of Galilee, not in the holy city or in the holy temple. His forerunner ministered by the riverside, in the wilderness, but He began His ministry by theSe a of Galilee. Galilee was a place of mixed population with both Jews and Gentiles. Hence, it was called “Galilee of the nations” (Gentiles) and was despised by orthodox Jews (John 7:41, 52). The newly appointed King began His kingly ministry 52 for the kingdom of the heavens in such a despised place, far from the capital of the country, dignified Jerusalem, with its sacred temple, the center of the orthodox religion. This implied that the ministry of the newly anointed King was for a heavenly kingdom, different from the earthly kingdom of David (the Messianic kingdom). John the Baptist ministered by the riverside because he was prepared to bury everyone who came to him in repentance. The new King ministered around the Sea of Galilee. In the Bible the Jordan River signifies burial and resurrection, termination and germination. But theSe a of Galilee signifies the world corrupted by Satan. Thus, Jordan was a place of burial, and theSe a of Galilee was the corrupted world.
11在这段话里有耶稣所呼召的四个门徒：彼得、安得烈、雅各和约翰。你知道这四个人是在甚么地方、甚么时候得救的？这问题的答案在约翰一章。施浸者约翰尽职事的时候，安得烈被带到主耶稣面前。（约一35～37，40。）然后安得烈找著他的哥哥彼得，领他到主面前。（约一40～42。）主见了彼得、把他的名字从西门改为矶法，矶法的意思是石头。（约一42。）因此，在约翰一章，彼得和安得烈都遇见了主耶稣。我信那时他们在约但河边就得救了。同样的事也发生在雅各和约翰身上。约翰一章三十五节所题施浸者约翰的两个门徒，其中一个就是使徒约翰。这位约翰也把他的兄弟雅各带到主面前。所以，马太四章所题的四个门徒，在约翰一章，已经在约但河边被了结、得新生，并且得救了。然而，他们也许没有清楚领会在他们身上所发生的事。
11In this portion of the Word there are four disciples who were called by Jesus: Peter, Andrew, James, and John. Do you know where and when these four were saved? The answer to this question is in John chapter one. As John the Baptist was ministering, Andrew was brought to the Lord Jesus (John 1:35-37, 40). Andrew then found Peter, his brother, and led him to the Lord (John 1:40-42). When the Lord met Peter, He changed his name from Simon to Cephas, which means a stone (John 1:42). Therefore, in John chapter one both Peter and Andrew met the Lord Jesus. I believe they were saved at that time at the riverside of Jordan. The same thing happened to James and John. Of the two disciples of John the Baptist mentioned in John 1:35, one was the Apostle John. This John also brought his brother James to the Lord. Therefore, the four disciples mentioned in Matthew 4 had been terminated, germinated, and saved by the riverside of Jordan in John chapter one. However, they probably did not clearly understand what had happened to them
12我信这一切都发生在主受试诱之前，当时施浸者约翰还在约但河边尽职事。后来，他们回到加利利，继续打鱼维生。他们也许忘了在河边所发生的事，就回到海边重操旧业。但主耶稣并没有忘记他们。主受试诱之后，开始尽祂的职事，祂就跟著他们。我们许多人也是这样。我们第一次来到主面前时，神对我们作了许多事，但我们不领悟这些事的意义。也许你的河边是在加拿大或中国。你在河边遇见主之后，来到加利利海边谋生，从事打鱼的工作，忘了主在河边对你所作的事。我们很多人忘了从前主在约但河边对我们所作的事，却在我们的加利利海四周，就是邪恶、鬼魔、撒但所败坏的世界，尽其所能的工作赚钱。但有一天，令我们大吃一惊，那位在河边救了我们的，竟然以新任命之王的身分，特意来到我们的加利利海寻找我们。
12I believe all this took place before the Lord’s temptation, while John was still ministering by the Jordan. After that, they returned to Galilee to continue their work of fishing. Probably they forgot what had happened to them by the riverside. They simply returned to their old occupation around these a. But the Lord Jesus did not forget them. After His temptation, He began His ministry and came after them. It was the same with many of us. The first time we came to the Lord, He did many things to us, but we had no realization of their significance. Perhaps your riverside was in Canada or China. After meeting the Lord by the riverside, you came to a Sea of Galilee to make a living, to do your job of fishing, forgetting what the Lord had done to you by the riverside. Many of us simply forgot what the Lord had done to us in the past by the riverside of Jordan and did our best to make money working around our Sea of Galilee, in the evil, devilish, Satan - corrupted world. But one day, much to our surprise, the One who had saved us by the riverside came to our Sea of Galilee as the newly appointed King purposely to find us.
三 、作为照在黑暗中的大光
C. As a Great Light Shining in Darkness
13主来到加利利海边寻找我们的时候，祂有些不同。在约翰一章，基督的引荐者宣告说，『看哪，神的羔羊！』施浸者约翰宣告基督是神的羔羊时，他的两个门徒，安得烈和使徒约翰，跟从了主耶稣。至终我们看见，安得烈的兄弟彼得和约翰的兄弟雅各，也都被带到主面前，并且得救了。虽然得救很美妙，但他们后来忘了自己的经历。我们许多人也是这样。也许你说，『在约但河边发生了甚么事？那真是可笑！我们被放进水里，我们又遇见了一个拿撒勒人，称为神的羔羊。但现在我们需要谋生，我们回去工作罢！我们有很多鱼要打，也有很多网要补。』然而，王有祂的目标，祂需要你，正如祂需要彼得、安得烈、雅各和约翰一样。于是忽然间，神的羔羊出现在这四个人工作谋生的地方。但这次神来不是羔羊，乃是大光。
13When the Lord came to us by our Sea of Galilee, there was something different about Him. In John chapter one, Christ’s recommender declared, “Behold, the Lamb of God!” When John declared that Christ was the Lamb of God, two of his disciples, Andrew and the Apostle John, followed the Lord Jesus. Eventually, as we have seen, both Andrew’s brother, Peter, and John’s brother, James, were also brought to the Lord and saved. Although it was wonderful to be saved, they later forgot their experience. Many of us did the same thing. Perhaps you said, “What happened there by the riverside of the Jordan? That was silly! We were put into the water and we met a Nazarene who was called the Lamb of God. But now we need to make a living. Let’s go back to our job. We have plenty of fishing and mending of nets to do.” Nevertheless, the King has His goal, and He needs you, just as He needed Peter, Andrew, James, and John. Thus, suddenly, the Lamb of God appeared at the very place where these four men were working to make a living. But this time He did not come as the Lamb—He came as a great light
14马太四章十六节说，『那坐在黑暗中的百姓，看见了大光：并且向那些坐在死亡的境域和阴影中的人，有光出现，照著他们。』施浸者约翰是点著且发亮的灯。（约五35。）但这位新王是光。事实上，祂不仅是光，还是大光。彼得、安得烈、雅各和约翰并不领悟，他们在加利利海边工作谋生的时候，是在黑暗里。他们在死亡的阴影中。这就是今天光景的一幅图画。很多基督徒在河边遇见了主耶稣，并且得救了。但后来他们不在意这经历，反而在意谋生。所以他们到加利利海边去谋生。他们不知道去加利利海边谋生，就进入黑暗和死亡的阴影中。那些在大城市如洛杉矶、纽约和芝加哥奋斗谋生的人，都是在黑暗中，在死亡的境域和阴影中。赞美主，新王没有留在耶路撒冷！祂来到加利利海边，今天祂仍旧来到加利利海边，四处行走要得著我们。这次神来不是小羔羊，乃是大光。彼得和安得烈向海里撒网时，这大光照耀在他们身上。主站在那里照耀他们时，祂也许说，『彼得、安得烈，你们在这里作甚么？你们不记得我在约但河边曾遇见你们么？彼得，你不记得我如何改了你的名字么？』那天在加利利海边，大光照耀在他们身上。
14Verse 16 says, “The people sitting in darkness saw a great light, and to those sitting in a region and shadow of death, to them light sprang up.” John the Baptist was a burning and shining lamp John 5:35). But this new King was the light. In fact, He was not only the light, but a great light. Peter, Andrew, James, and John did not realize that they were in darkness as they were working there by the Sea of Galilee to make a living. They were in the shadow of death. This is a picture of today’s situation. Many Christians met the Lord Jesus at some riverside and were saved. But later they did not care for that experience; rather, they cared for making a living. Therefore, they went to the Sea of Galilee to earn a living. Without knowing it, by going to the Sea of Galilee to earn a living, they entered into darkness and into the shadow of death. All those striving to earn a living in the large cities like Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago are in darkness and in the region and shadow of death. Praise the Lord, the new King did not remain in Jerusalem! He came to the Sea of Galilee, and He is still coming to the Sea of Galilee today, walking about the seashore seeking to catch us. This time He comes not as a little Lamb, but as a great light. As Peter and Andrew were casting their nets into the sea, this great light shined upon them. As He stood there shining upon them, He might have said, “Peter and Andrew, what are you doing here? Don’ty ou remember that I met you by the riverside of Jordan? Peter, don’ty our ecall how I changed your name?” That day by the Sea of Galilee a great light was shining upon them
15我们的经历和他们的一样。我们在约但河边得救了，但后来我们忘了发生在我们身上的事，到加利利海边去谋生。我们正在那里为生活工作时，我们从前在约但河边所遇见神的羔羊，作为大光来照耀在我们身上。祂照耀在我们身上时，问说，『你在那里作甚么？』我能见证，有一天这事曾发生在我身上。当我在加利利海边工作赚大钱的时候，忽然光照耀在我身上，主说，『你在这里作甚么？你不记得在河边发生的事么？你也许不记得，但我记得。』然后呼召来了：『跟从我，』我就跟从了祂。原则上，我信我们很多人有过这种经历。在河边，神的羔羊拯救了你。但在加利利海边，大光的照耀呼召了你。在河边所发生的事可能很容易忘记，但你忘不了在加利利海边，大光照耀在你身上的那个时刻。
15Our experience was the same as theirs. We were saved at the riverside of Jordan. But we later forgot what had happened to us and went to theSe a of Galilee to make a living. As we were working there for our living, the One whom we had met as the Lamb of God by the riverside of Jordan came as a great light to shine upon us. As He was shining upon us, He inquired, “What are you doing there?” I can testify that this happened to me one day. As I was working by theSe a of Galilee earning a good living, suddenly a light shined upon me, and the Lord said, “What are you doing here? Don’ty ou remember what happened to you by the riverside? You may not remember it, but I do.” Then the call came, “Follow Me,” and I followed Him. I believe that, in principle, a great many of us have had this kind of experience. You were saved at the riverside by the Lamb of God, but you were called by theSe a of Galilee by the shining of a great light. Although it may be easy to forget about what happened by the riverside, you cannot forget the time the great light shined upon you by the Sea of Galilee.
16虽然这段记载很简单，实际的故事却不是那么简单。主呼召你不是简单的事。首先，祂必须在某个河边遇见你；后来，祂必须在某个海边临到你。有一天，你正在工作时，你所在的房间被光照耀，大光照在你身上，主问你说，『、一天过一天，你在这里作甚么？』当这事发生在一些弟兄身上时，他们就丢下笔说，『我在这里作甚么？』然后主问说，『你不记得我在河边对你所作的么？现在你必须跟从我。』不要仅仅客观的读马太四章的记载。我们必须主观的读这一章和整本圣经，并且应用在自己身上。赞美主，我们很多人有过河边和海边这两地的经历。
16Although the record is very simple, the actual history is not that simple. It was not a simple matter for the Lord to call you. Firstly, He had to meet you by some riverside. Later, He had to come to you by some seashore. One day as you were working, the room where you were sitting was enlightened, a great light shined upon you, and the Lord asked you, “What are you doing here day after day?” When this happened to certain brothers, they threw down their pen and said, “What am I doing here?” Then the Lord asked, “Don’ty ou remember what I did to you by the riverside? Now you must follow Me.” Do not read the record of Matthew 4 merely in an objective way. We must read this chapter and even the whole Bible in a subjective way, applying it to ourselves. Praise the Lord that so many of us have had the experiences at two places—by the riverside and by the seashore
17新王那为著诸天之国的职事，不是凭属地的权能，乃是凭属天的大光开始，这光就是王自己作生命的光，照在死亡的阴影中。主作光开始尽职事时，并没有展示能力和权柄。神和普通人一样行走在海边。但祂在加利利海边临到那四个门徒时，像大光一样照在他们身上，照在黑暗、死亡的境域和阴影中。那时，彼得、安得烈、雅各和约翰蒙了光照，受了吸引。我们曾指出，施浸者约翰是大磁石。但主耶稣是最大的磁石。祂照在这四个门徒身上时，他们就受吸引，并且被俘掳。他们立刻撇下工作而跟从了这小小的拿撒勒人。
17The new King’s ministry for the kingdom of the heavens began not with earthly power, but with heavenly light, which was the King Himself as the light of life, shining in the shadow of death. When the Lord began His ministry as light, He made no display of power and authority. He walked upon the seashore as a common person. But as He came to those four disciples by the Sea of Galilee, He shined upon them like a great light, shining in the darkness and in the region of the shadow of death. At that juncture, Peter, Andrew, James, and John were enlightened and attracted. We have pointed out that John the Baptist was a great magnet. But the Lord Jesus is the greatest magnet of all. As He shined upon those four disciples, they were attracted and captured. They immediately forsook their jobs and followed this little Nazarene
18路加五章记载彼得蒙召时主行了神迹，马太四章却没有记载。然而在马太四章，有吸引头四个门徒的大光。这吸引不是来自主耶稣的所作，乃是来自神的所是。祂是大光，是大磁石，有吸引人、俘掳人的能力。祂这样吸引并俘掳了头四个门徒。因著主的所作而跟从主的人，没有一个会是可靠或忠信的。可靠的人乃是那些被主的所是抓住的人。彼得、安得烈、雅各和约翰在海边被吸引、被俘掳，不是因看见主的所作，乃是因领悟主的所是。因著他们已经被吸引、被俘掳，他们就成为主耶稣忠信到底的跟从者。最终，他们都跟从属天之国的王而殉道了。
18In Matthew 4 there is no record, as in Luke 5, of any miracle being done by the Lord when Peter was called. However, in Matthew 4, there was the great light that attracted the first four disciples. This attraction came not from what the Lord Jesus did; it came from what He was. He was a great light, a great magnet, with the power to attract people and to capture them. In this way He attracted and captured the first four disciples. No one who follows the Lord because of what He does can be trustworthy or faithful. The trustworthy ones are those who are caught by what the Lord is. Peter, Andrew, James, and John were attracted and captured at the seashore, not by seeing what the Lord did, but by realizing what the Lord was. Because they had been attracted and captured, they became faithful followers of the Lord Jesus unto the end. Eventually, they were all martyred because they followed the King of the heavenly kingdom.
19不仅如此，主耶稣呼召这四个门徒时，祂不是开始一个运动或革命，乃是为著诸天之国的建立吸引门徒归祂自己。
19Moreover, when the Lord Jesus called these four disciples, He did not start a movement or a revolution. Rather, He attracted the disciples to Himself for the establishment of the kingdom of the heavens
四 、传讲为著诸天的国悔改
D. Preaching Repentance for the Kingdom of the Heavens
20马太四章十七节说，『从那时候，耶稣开始传道，说，你们要悔改，因为诸天的国已经临近了。』新王开始尽职，是接续祂的开路先锋，施浸者约翰所传的，就是为诸天的国悔改，这是国度福音的初步。
20Verse 17 says, “From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn near.” The new King continued the preaching of His forerunner, John the Baptist, that is, the preaching of repentance for the kingdom of the heavens as the preliminary to the gospel of the kingdom
五 、呼召四个门徒
E. Calling Four Disciples
彼得和安得烈
1. Peter and Andrew 1.
21马太四章十八节说，『耶稣在加利利海边行走，看见两个兄弟，就是那称呼彼得的西门，和他的兄弟安得烈，向海里撒网；他们本是渔夫。』新王的职事，不是在京城，乃是在海边。祂先锋的职事开始于河边，要埋葬宗教徒，了结他们的宗教。新王的职事开始于海边，要得著一班住在海边，不住在圣地，不是那么宗教的人，使他们成为得人的渔夫，建立诸天的国。
21Verse 18 says, “And walking beside the sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon who was called Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen.” The new King’s ministry was not in the capital, but beside the sea. His forerunner’s ministry began by the riverside and consisted of burying the religious ones and terminating their religion. The new King’s ministry began by the seashore and consisted of catching men who were not so religious, who lived around the sea instead of in the holy place, and making them fishers of men for the establishment of the kingdom of the heavens
22马太四章十九、二十节说，『耶稣对他们说，来跟从我，我要使你们作得人的渔夫。他们就立刻撇下网，跟从了祂。』我年轻时读这段话，无法领会为甚么一个拿撒勒人说，『跟从我，、』这些渔夫立刻跟从了祂。我想他们必定神经错乱了。经过几年研读神的话，并思考自己的经历，我才开始领会。安得烈是施浸者约翰的两个门徒之一。在此之前，他曾在约翰传道的地方，把彼得带到主的面前。（约一35～36，40～42。）那是他们第一次遇见主。这次在加利利海边，是主第二次遇见他们。他们被主这一道照在死亡之黑暗中的大光所吸引，就跟从了祂，为要在生命的光中建立诸天的国。
22Verses 19 and 20 say, “And He said to them, Come, follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men. And immediately, leaving the nets, they followed Him.” When I read this portion of the Word as a young man, I could not understand why these fishermen suddenly followed a Nazarene who said, “Follow Me.” I thought that they must have been beside themselves. However, after a number of years of reading the Word and considering my experience, I began to understand. Andrew, one of the two disciples of John the Baptist, had brought Peter to the Lord, in the place where John preached, prior to this (John 1:35-36, 40-42). That was the first time they met the Lord. Here the Lord met them the second time, this time at theSe a of Galilee. They were attracted by the Lord as the great light in the darkness of death and followed Him for the establishment of the kingdom of the heavens in the light of life.
23主呼召彼得、安得烈时，他们正向海里撒网。主呼召他们跟从祂，并且应许要使他们成为得人的渔夫。他们就撇下网，跟从了诸天之国的王，成了得人的渔夫。至终，彼得在五旬节那天，成了头一个建立诸天之国的伟大渔夫。（徒二37～42，四4。）
23When Peter and Andrew were called by the Lord, they were casting a net into the sea. The Lord called them to follow Him and promised to make them fishers of men. They left the net and followed the King of the kingdom of the heavens to be the fishers of men. Eventually, Peter became the first great fisher for the establishment of the kingdom of the heavens on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:37-42; 4:4
雅各和约翰
2. James and John 2.
24同样的事也发生在雅各和约翰身上。（太四21～22。）主呼召雅各和约翰时，他们正在船上补网。主呼召他们，他们就撇下船和他们的父亲，跟从了祂。约翰和他的兄弟，同彼得和安得烈一样，都是受了主的吸引，跟从了祂。至终，约翰成了真正的修补者，用他生命的职事修补召会的裂缝。（见约翰的三封书信和启示录二至三章。）
24The same thing happened to James and John (Matt. 4:21-22). When they were called by the Lord, they were mending their nets in the boat. When the Lord called them, they left the boat and their father and followed Him. John and his brother, like Peter and Andrew, were attracted by the Lord and followed Him. Eventually, John became a real mender, mending the breakages in the church by his ministry of life. (See his three Epistles and Revelation chapters two and three
25呼召四个门徒乃是新受膏之王君王职事的开始。这是为著建立诸天之国的根基。这四个门徒成了十二使徒中的头四个。彼得和安得烈是头一对，雅各和约翰是第二对。因此，主耶稣所抓住的头四个门徒，成了神国的头四块基石，就是新耶路撒冷十二根当中的四个根基。（启二14。）
25The calling of the four disciples was the beginning of the kingly ministry of the newly anointed King. It was the very foundation for the establishment of the kingdom of the heavens. These four disciples became the first four of the twelve Apostles. Peter and Andrew were the first pair, and James and John were the second. Thus, the first four disciples caught by the Lord Jesus became the first four foundation stones of the kingdom of God, which are four of the twelve foundations of the New Jerusalem (Rev. 21:14
六 、吸引好多群众
F. Attracting Great Crowds
26藉著走遍加利利
261. By Traveling through the Whole of Galilee 1.
27马太四章二十三节说，『耶稣走遍加利利，在他们的会堂里施教，传扬国度的福音，医治百姓各样的疾病，和各种的症候。』耶稣藉著走遍加利利扩展祂的职事。
27Verse 23 says, “ And Jesus went around the whole of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.” Jesus spread His ministry by traveling throughout the whole of Galilee
藉著在会堂施教
2. By Teaching in the Synagogues 2.
28马太四章二十三节说，耶稣在加利利的会堂里施教。会堂是犹太人研读圣经的场所。（路四16～，使十三14～15。）属天的王抓住机会在那里施教。
28Verse 23 says that Jesus taught in the synagogues of Galilee. A synagogue is a place for the Jews to read and learn the Scriptures (Luke 4:1 6-17; Acts 13:14-15). The heavenly King took the 17 opportunity to teach there.
29藉著传扬国度的福音
293. By Preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom 3.
30属天的王一开始尽职事，就传扬国度的福音。福音在本卷书里，称为国度的福音，不仅包括赦罪（参路二四47）并分赐生命，（参约二十31，）也包括诸天的国，（太二四14，）有来世的能力（来六5）赶鬼并医病。（赛三五5～6，太十1。）赦罪和分赐生命，都是为著国度。
30From the beginning of His ministry, the heavenly King preached the gospel of the kingdom. The gospel in this book is called the gospel of the kingdom. It includes not only forgiveness of sins (cf. Luke 24:47) and the imparting of life (cf. John 20:31), but also the kingdom of the heavens (Matt. 24:14) with the power of the coming age (Heb. 6:5) to cast out demons and heal diseases (Isa. 35:5-6; Matt, 10:1). Both forgiveness of sins and imparting of life are for the kingdom
藉著医治各样的疾病和鬼附的人
4. By Healing Every Disease 4. and Those Possessed by Demons
31主走遍加利利时，医治百姓各样的疾病和症候。主耶稣作四件事，藉以扩展祂的职事：走遍各地、施教、传扬且医病。今天在福音的工作上，我们也必须走遍各地、施教、传扬且医病。这四项我们全都需要;我们不该忽略医病的事，也不该轻看。我们不该跟从基督教基要派少有医病的实行，也不该跟从基督教灵恩派过于强调医病的实行，甚至有仅仅是表演的虚假医治。我们不该跟从这两个极端，而该照著主耶稣的脚踪，走遍各地、施教、传扬且医病。不要以为我们不相信神迹，我们的确相信神迹。我们要跟从主的引导走遍各地、传扬且医病。
31As the Lord traveled throughout Galilee, He healed every disease and sickness among the people. The Lord Jesus spread His ministry by doing four things: traveling, teaching, preaching, and healing. In the work of the gospel today, we also must travel, teach, preach, and heal. We need all four items; we should neither ignore the matter of healing nor look down upon it. We should not follow the practice of either fundamental Christianity, which has very little healing, or Pentecostal Christianity, which places too much emphasis upon it, even having false healings that are mere performances. Instead of following these two extremes, we should walk in the footsteps of the Lord Jesus who traveled, taught, preached, and healed. Do not think that we do not believe in miracles. We definitely believe in them. We follow the Lord’s leading to travel, preach, and heal
32藉著作大光照耀，主俘掳了四个青年渔夫成为祂的门徒。这四个门徒在王施教、传扬且医病时，同著祂走遍加利利。结果有好多群众为著诸天的国来跟著祂。（太四25、。）这是诸天之国建立的开始。这与世界的作法完全不同。主没有开始政治运动或成立政党，祂没有进行任何一种运动。在传福音的事上，我们不可跟随政治的作法，或宗教的作法。我们必须跟随主耶稣的作法，用我们的所是照耀别人、吸引别人。然后我们必须走遍各地、施教、传扬且医病。这会吸引群众。
32Through shining as a great light, the Lord captured four young fishermen to be His disciples. These four disciples traveled with the King throughout Galilee as He taught, preached, and healed. The result was that “great crowds followed Him” (v. 2 5) for the kingdom of the heavens. This was the beginning of the founding of the kingdom of the heavens. It was absolutely different from the way of the world. The Lord did not start a political movement or form a political party. He did not carry on any kind of movement. In evangelism we must not follow the way of politics or the way of religion. We must follow the way of the Lord Jesus to shine upon others and to attract them by what we are. Then we must travel, teach, preach, and heal. This will attract a crowd.