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马太福音生命读经 · 第16篇

国度宪法的颁布（四）

The Decree Of The Kingdom’s Constitution (4)
1在本篇信息里，我们来到国度宪法颁布的第二段话，（太五13~16，）是关于国度子民对世界的影响。对败坏的地，国度子民是盐；对黑暗的世界，他们是光。参、关于国度子民的影响
1In this message we come to the second section of the decree of the kingdom’s constitution (5:13- 16), which concerns the influence of the people of the kingdom of the heavens upon the world. The kingdom people are salt to the corrupted earth and light to the darkened world. III. CONCERNING THE INFLUENCE OF THE KINGDOM PEOPLE UPON THE WORLD
2国度宪法启示出国度子民的性质之后，接著论到他们的影响。这里的次序很有意义。国度子民若没有五章三至十二节所描述的性质，就无法对世界有任何影响。国度子民的影响出自他们的性质，出自他们的所是。我们国度子民，召会的人，若灵里贫穷，诸天的国在我们这人的深处就会有地位。然后我们就会哀励、温柔、饥渴慕义、怜悯人、清心、制造和平、受逼迫、并且为基督受辱骂。我们若是这样的人，必然会对我们周围的世人有很大的影响，我们自然而然会影响败坏的地和黑暗的世界。
2After revealing the nature of the kingdom people, this decree goes on to cover their influence. The sequence here is significant. If the kingdom people did not have the nature described in 5:3-12, they could not have any influence on the world. The influence of the kingdom people comes out of their nature, out of what they are. If we, the kingdom people, the church people, are poor in our spirit, the kingdom of the heavens will have room within the depths of our being. Then we shall mourn, be meek, hunger and thirst for righteousness, be merciful, be pure in heart, be peacemakers, suffer persecution, and be reproached for Christ. If we are such people, we shall certainly exercise a great influence upon the worldly people around us. We shall spontaneously influence the corrupted earth and the darkened world
3因著缺了正当召会生活的影响，整个世界就是败坏的，并且在黑暗里。你若环游世界，研究并观察各国的情形，就会看见最败坏的两个地方是法国和瑞典，而这两个国家就是没有正当召会生活的影响。此外，由于天主教的横行，中美洲和南美洲没有别的，只有黑暗。凡天主教得势之处，就有黑暗和败坏。为了豫备主的回来，今天这些黑暗败坏的国家迫切需要被带到正当召会生活的影响之下。
3Because the influence of the proper church life is lacking, the whole world is corrupt and in darkness. If you travel throughout the world, studying and observing the situation in various countries, you will see that two of the worst places are France and Sweden, countries without the influence of the proper church life. Moreover, due to the predominance of Catholicism, in Central America and South America there is nothing but darkness. Wherever Catholicism prevails, there is darkness and corruption. Today, as a preparation for the Lord’s coming back, there is the urgent need for all these dark and corrupted countries to be brought under the influence of the proper church life
4在十三节主说，『你们是地上的盐。』在十四节主说，『你们是世上的光。』按希腊原文，这里的代名词是复数。这两节的『你们』不是指个人，乃是指团体的人。大多数的读者把这些经节应用在个人身上。那些有三至十二节所说九福的人，乃是团体的人，不是个人。因此，主所说关于盐和光的话，不是论到个人。就个人说，我们没有一人能成为正确的盐或正确的光。在十四节主把我们比喻为一座城，不是比喻为单块石头。这清楚启示主在这里的话不是指个人，乃是指同被建造在高水平之上团体的人。主不是说，『你们是世上的众光。『祂乃是说，『你们是世上的光。』复数的『你们』就是一道光。
4In verse 13 the Lord said, “You are the salt of the earth,” and in verse 14 He said, “You are the light of the world.” According to the Greek text, the pronoun here is plural. The “you” in these two verses does not refer to an individual, but to a corporate people. Most readers apply these verses to individuals. Those who have the nine blessings spoken of in verses 3 through 12 are a corporate people, not individuals. Therefore, the Lord’s word about salt and light does not concern individuals. Individually, none of us can be proper salt or proper light. In verse 14 the Lord likens us to a city, not to individual stones. This clearly reveals that the Lord’sword here is not intended for individuals, but for a corporate people built together on a high level. The Lord did not say, “You are the lights of the world.” He said, “You are the light of the world.” The plural “you” is just one light.
5不要认为国度子民对世界的影响是个人的事。你若想要个人属灵，你就不会成功。即使你达到某种个人的属灵，那也是一种癌。所有个人的属灵都是癌，将那给全身的养分吸收到自己里面。癌不是病菌引起的，乃是身体的细胞与身体分开，只顾自己而引起的。你若想要个人属灵，就会成为癌。我们都需要听见这警告的话。
5Do not consider the influence of the kingdom people upon the world an individual matter. If you try to be individually spiritual, you will not succeed. Even if you attain some individual spirituality, it will be a cancer. All individualistic spirituality is a cancer that absorbs into itself the nourishment intended for the whole Body. Cancer is not caused by germs; it is caused by cells in the body that separate from the body and care only for themselves. If you attempt to be individualistically spiritual, you will become a cancer. We all need to hear this word of warning
6在已过的二十五年中，我看见了属灵不是个人的事，属灵完全是团体的事。以身体的健康为例。我们身体的健康不是单个肢体的，乃是全身体的事。我们不是说耳朵很健康，乃是说身体很健康。如果你的耳朵不健康，那么你的身体也必定不健康。因此，健康是整个身体的事。
6During the past twenty-five years, I have come to see that spirituality is not an individualistic matter; it is absolutely a corporate matter. Take the example of physical health. The health of our body is not a matter of the individual members; it is a corporate matter. We do not say that our ears are healthy, but that our body is healthy. If your ears are not healthy, then your body must not be healthy either. Thus, health is a matter of the whole body
7我年轻时，以为主在这些经节中所说关于盐和光的话，都是对著个人说的，我认为自己要成为盐和光。但现在我看见，成为盐是团体的事。我们需要有深刻的印象，国度子民是盐和光，乃是团体的实体。如果我们脱离召会生活，我们就不再是盐或光了。
7When I was young, I took the Lord’sword in these verses about salt and light in an individualistic way, thinking that I personally was to be the salt and the light. But now I see that being salt is a corporate matter. We need to be impressed with the fact it is as a corporate entity that the kingdom people are salt and light. If we separate ourselves from the church life, we can no longer be salt or light
8盐和光都是指团体的国度子民。今天召会的人就是国度子民。就著管治和操练说，我们是国度子民；但就著生命和恩典说，我们是召会的人。这些经节是论到管治和操练；因此这与国度子民有关。国度子民以整体而论，以团体的身体而论，乃是盐和光。
8Both the salt and the light refer to the corporate people of the kingdom. Today the church people are the kingdom people. Concerning discipline and exercise, we are the kingdom people. But concerning life and grace, we are the church people. In these verses it is a matter of exercise and discipline; hence it concerns the kingdom people. The kingdom people as a whole, as a corporate body, are salt and light.
9在十三节主说到地，在十四节主说到世界。地和世界是有分别的；这两个辞不是同义辞。神所创造的是地，藉著撒但的败坏而进来的是世界。对神所创造的地，国度子民是盐；但对撒但所败坏的世界，他们是光。我们是地上的盐，是世上的光。
9In verse 13 the Lord speaks of the earth, and in verse 14 He speaks of the world. There is a difference between the earth and the world; the terms are not synonymous. What was created by God is the earth, and what came in through the corruption of Satan is the world. To the God- created earth, the kingdom people are salt. But to the Satan-corrupted world, they are light. We are the salt of the earth and the light of the world
一 、是地上的盐
A. Being the Salt of the Earth
在地上杀菌防腐
1. To Kill and Eliminate the Germs 1. of Corruption from the Earth
10说我们是盐，意思就是我们在神所创造的地上发挥影响，使这地保持原来的情况。神所创造的地已经堕落了。就某种意义说，地已经腐化并败坏了。盐能杀菌防腐。任何医生都能告诉你，盐能杀菌防腐，使东西保持原来的情况。盐在性质上是一种杀菌防腐的元素。因此，藉著杀菌和保存的功能，盐把地带回到原来的情况，或使地保持原来的情况。因此，盐的功能就是保守神所创造的。全地越来越腐化，所以我们必须在这败坏的地上发挥影响。对败坏的地，诸天之国的子民就是这样的元素，防止地完全败坏。
10When we say that we are salt, it means that we exercise our influence over the earth created by God to keep it in its original condition. The earth, which was created by God, has become fallen. In a sense, it has become rotten and corrupted. Salt kills the germs and eliminates this rottenness. Any medical doctor can tell you that salt kills germs, eliminates rottenness, and preserves things in their original condition. By nature, salt is an element that kills the germs of corruption and eliminates them. Thus, through its killing and preserving function, salt brings the earth back to its original condition or keeps it in its original condition. Hence, the function of salt is to preserve what God has created. The entire earth is becoming more and more rotten. Therefore, we must exercise our influence over this corrupted earth. To the corrupted earth, the people of the kingdom of the heavens are the element that keeps the earth from being fully corrupted
可能失了味
2. The Possibility of Becoming Tasteless 2.
11在十三节主说，『盐若失了味，可用甚么叫牠再咸？既无任何用处，只好丢在外面，任人践踏了。』国度的子民失了味，意思就是他们失去了盐的功能。他们变得和属地的人一样，与不信的人毫无分别。失了味就是失去我们和属世之人的分别，变得和属世的人一样。和属世的人一样，就是与三至十二节所启示的性质相反。这就是说，我们灵里不再贫穷，不再为消极的局面哀励，不再温柔，不再饥渴慕义，不再怜悯人，不再清心寻求神，不再制造和平，不再愿意为义受逼迫，不再愿意为基督受辱骂。这意思是我们的生活、行动、举止都和世人一样了。我们若是这样的情形，我们就失了味，盐就失去了功能。
11In verse 1 3 the Lord said, “But if the salt has become tasteless, with what shall it be salted? It is no longer good for anything but to be cast out and trampled underfoot by men.” For the kingdom people to become tasteless means that they have lost their salting function. They have become the same as the earthly people, with nothing to distinguish them from unbelievers. To become tasteless is to lose the distinction between us and the worldly people. It is to become the same as the worldly ones. Being the same as the worldly people is the opposite of the nature revealed in verses 3 through 1 2. It means that we are no longer poor in spirit, mourning for the negative situation, meek, hungry and thirsty for righteousness, merciful, pure in seeking God, making peace, willing to be persecuted for the sake of righteousness, and willing to be reproached for Christ. It means that we live, walk, and be have like the worldly people. If such is our case, we become tasteless, and the salt has lost its function.
12罗得的妻子是这事的例证。（创十九26。）她变成了一根盐柱，这指明盐已失去了功能。盐变成了盐柱，就不能发生作用，主要的是因为盐失去了味道。罗得的妻子变成一根盐柱，对我们乃是有力的警告，叫我们不可失去和世界的分别。我们绝不该失去味道，却该保持盐的功能，杀菌防腐，使东西保持原来的情况，或把东西带回到神创造的情况。
12Lot’s wife is an illustration of this (Gen. 19:26). She became a pillar of salt, which indicates salt that has lost its function. When salt becomes a pillar, it cannot function, mainly because it has lost its taste. The fact that Lot’s wife became a pillar of salt is a strong warning to us not to lose the distinction between us and the world. We should never lose our taste, but maintain the salting function of killing germs, of eliminating rottenness, and of keeping things in their original condition or of bringing them back to their God- created condition
13不论国度子民在那里，他们对周围的人都该发挥盐的影响。我们对邻舍必须发挥杀菌的功能。但我们若变得和属世的人一样，我们就失去功能，失了味道。因著我们失了味道，就不再有咸味，也不能尽盐的功能。我们若有那九福所启示国度子民的性质，我们就真有咸味。对于亲人、姻亲，我们是盐。我们若灵里贫穷、哀恸、温柔、公义、怜悯、清心寻求神，我们就有盐的功能。我们不需要责备别人，或指出别人的错误和过失。只要我们在场，他们就要被盐腌。有时一些恶人会远离我们，因为我们太咸了。这就是在这腐化的地上杀菌的意思。
13Wherever the kingdom people are, they should exercise a salting influence over those around them. In our neighborhoods we must exercise our function of killing germs. But if we become the same as the worldly people, we lose our function and our taste. Because we have lost our taste, we no longer have the salting ability and we cannot fulfill our salting function. If we have the nature of the kingdom people revealed in the nine blessings, we shall be truly salty. We shall be salt to our relatives and in-laws. If we are poor in spirit, mourning, meek, righteous, merciful, and pure in seeking God, we shall have a salting function. There will be no need to rebuke others or to point out their mistakes and wrongdoings. They will be salted simply by our presence. Sometimes certain evil ones will stay away from us because we are so salty. This is what it means to kill the germs of this rotten earth
14主的心意是要把这地带回到原来的情况。虽然在这个时代我们看不见这事，但在下个时代却要看见。当千年国来临的时候，全地都要被盐腌过。地上所有的病菌都要完全消杀，全地不仅被基督重新得著，也要被带回到神创造的情况。这工作要由国度子民完成。
14The Lord’sin tent i on is to bring this earth back to its original condition. Although we cannot see this in the present age, we shall see it in the next age. When the millennial kingdom comes, the whole earth will be salted. All the germs on this earth will be utterly killed, and the whole earth will be not only regained by Christ, but also brought back to its God-created condition. This work will be done by the kingdom people.
15在十三节王说，失了味的盐要丢在外面，任人践踏。丢在外面，就是从诸天的国里除去。（路十四35。）任人践踏，就是被人当作无用的尘土。
15In verse 13 the King said that salt which has lost its taste will be cast out and trampled under foot by men. To be cast out is to be put away from the kingdom of the heavens (Luke 14:35). To be trampled under foot by men is to be treated as useless dust
二 、是世上的光
B. Being the Light of the World
是山上的城
1. As a City upon a Mountain 1.
16十四节说，『你们是世上的光。』光乃是灯的照耀，光照在黑暗里的人。对于这黑暗的世界，诸天之国的子民就是这样的光，除去世界的黑暗。他们在性质上是医治的盐，在行为上是照亮的光。
16Verse 14 says, “You are the light of the world.” Light is the shining of the lamp to enlighten those in darkness. To the darkened world, the people of the kingdom of the heavens are such a light effacing its darkness. In nature they are the healing salt, and in behavior they are the shining light
17国度子民是照亮的光，犹如城立在山上，是不能隐藏的。这城要终极完成于圣城新耶路撒冷。23-（启二一10～11，23～24。）多年来，主所说城立在山上的例证很困扰我。在我进入召会生活以前，我一直无法领会如何能用建造的城作光的例证。我进到召会实际的建造里之后，才看见惟有建造在一起，国度的子民才是立在山上的城。这城成了照亮的光。在安那翰，邻近的圣徒聚集在一起。这实行若成为普遍的，这些小组的圣徒建造在一起，每一小组就是在山上那照亮之城的一部分。
17As the shining light, the kingdom people are like a city situated upon a mountain. Such a city cannot be hidden. This is ultimately consummated in the holy city of the New Jerusalem (Rev. 21:10-11, 24). For many years I was troubled by the Lord’s illustration of a city situated upon a mountain. Until I came into the church life, I could not understand how light could be illustrated by a builded city. After I was in the practical building of the church, I saw that only by being built together can the kingdom people be a city situated on a mountain. This city becomes a shining light. In Anaheim the saints are grouping together in their neighborhoods. If this practice becomes prevailing and the saints in these groups are built together, every group will be part of the shining city situated on a mountaintop.
18在这三章里，主耶稣没有用『召会』一辞。然而，这几章多次用『国度』一辞，实际上就是指召会。马太五、六、七章所题起的国度，乃是召会关于管治和操练的方面。召会是为著国度恩典和生命的方面；国度是为著召会管治和操练的方面。因此，这几章主所说关于国度的话，实际上是指召会里的操练和管治。
18In these three chapters the Lord Jesus did not use the term “church.” However, the term “kingdom,” used many times in these chapters, actually refers to the church. The kingdom mentioned in Matthew 5, 6, and 7 is that aspect of the church concerned with discipline and exercise. The church is the aspect of grace and life for the kingdom, and the kingdom is the aspect of discipline and exercise for the church. Therefore, the Lord’sword in these chapters regarding the kingdom actually refers to the exercise and discipline in the church
19我们已经看见，许多基督徒把这几章圣经领会到个人方面。大多数人没有看见，这宪法不是为著个人，乃是为著团体的人。我们知道宪法的颁布是为著团体的人，因为光不是单个的人，乃是建造的城。这指明国度的子民需要建造。如果你所在地之召会的圣徒不是建造起来的，乃是分散、分裂、分开的，那里就没有城。只要没有城，就没有光，。因为光就是城；光不是指单个的信徒。光是团体的城建造成一个实体，照亮周围的人。今天在基督教里不可能看见这样的事；但在主的恢复里，每个地方召会都必须是建造的城。
19As we have seen, many Christians understand these chapters in an individualistic way. Most have not seen that this constitution is not for individuals, but for a corporate people. We know that this decree is for a corporate people, because the light is not an individual person, but a builded city. This indicates that the kingdom people need the building. If the saints in the church in your locality are not built up, but are scattered, divided, and separated, there is no city there. And as long as there is no city, there is no light, because the light is the city; the light is not an individual believer. The light is a corporate city built up as one entity to shine over the people surrounding it. It is impossible to find such a thing in today’s Christianity. But every local church in the Lord’s recovery must be a builded city
20在启示录里，召会是金灯台。（启一20。）城和灯台的原则是一样的，二者都不是个人的，乃是团体的。灯台和城一样，不是单个的信徒，乃是召会。你若在召会之外，就不是灯台的一部分。要成为灯的一部分，你必须被建造在地方召会里。地方召会就是灯台，主把她比喻为建造在山顶上的城。我们若在我们所在之地被建造，我们就会在山顶上。我们若是分散、分开、分裂的，我们就会在深谷中。每个地方必须只有一个灯台，就是立在山上的一座城。为此，我们必须保守合一，并且保持是一个实体，一个团体的身体。这样我们才能照亮。但我们若是分裂的，我们就不能照亮。今天在基督教里没有照耀，因为基督教是分裂的。在基督教里有许多分裂。然而，在主的恢复里，我们必须回到独一的合一，就是团体的身体。当我们真正建造在一起时，我们就是山顶上的城，照亮我们周围的人。
20In the book of Revelation the churches are golden lampstands (Rev. 1:20). The principle of the city and the lampstand is the same: neither is individual. Both are corporate. The lampstand, like the city, is not an individual believer, but the church. If you are outside the church, you are not a part of the lampstand. In order to be part of the lampstand, you must be built into the local church. The local church, which is the lampstand, is likened by the Lord to a builded city set on the top of a mountain. If we are built up in our locality, we shall be on the mountaintop. But if we are scattered, separated, and divided, we shall be in a low valley. In every locality there must be just one lampstand, one city situated on a mountain. For this, we must keep the unity and remain one entity, a corporate Body. Then we shall be able to shine. But if we are divided, we are finished with the shining. There is no shining in Christianity today because it is so divided. There are many divisions in Christianity. In the Lord’s recovery, however, we must come back to the unique unity, which is the corporate Body. When we have truly been built together, we shall be the city on a mountaintop shining upon those around us
是灯台上的灯
2. As a Lamp on the Lampstand 2.
21十五节说，『人点灯，也不放在斗底下，乃是放在灯台上，就照亮所有在家里的人。』光的照亮有两面。第一面，光被比喻为城，照亮外面的人。第二面，光被比喻为灯台上的灯，照亮家里的人。我们已经看见，城是建造的召会，但家是甚么？你也许以为，这里的家也是指召会。然而，我们不需要这样解释家。按上下文，主要的点是光的照亮有两面：外在的一面和内在的一面。光好比山上的城，照亮外面的人；而灯台上点著的灯，照亮家里的人。就著城来说，光照在人身上；但就著家里的灯来说，光照进人里面。这指明我们对别人的影响不该只是外在的，也该是内在的。
21Verse 15 says, “Neither do men light a lamp and place it under the bushel, but on the lampstand, and it shines to all who are in the house.” The shining of the light has two aspects. In the first aspect, the light is likened to a city shining upon the outsiders. In the second aspect, the light is likened to a lamp on a lampstand shining to those who are in the house. We have seen that the city is the builded church, but what is the house? You may think that the house here also refers to the church. However, there is no need to interpret the house in this manner. According to the context, the main point is that the shining of the light has two aspects: the out ward aspect and the inward aspect. The light as a city on a mountain shines over the outsiders, whereas the lighted lamp on the lampstand shines over those who are in the house. As the city, the light shines upon people, but as the lamp in the house, the light shines into people. This indicates that our influence over others should not be just outward, but also inward.
22要在外面照亮别人，我们就需要被建造。但要照在别人里面，我们就需要没有任何的遮蔽。如同山上的城，光是不能隐藏的；如同灯台上的灯，光是不该隐藏的。
22In order to shine upon others outwardly, we need to be built up. But to shine upon others inwardly, we need to be without any covering. As the light on the mountain, the light cannot be hidden; and as the lamp on the lampstand, the light should not be hidden
23在十五节，主说到把灯放在斗底下。点著的灯放在斗底下，光就照不出来。国度子民既是点著的灯，就不该被与食物有关的斗遮蔽。关心食物叫人忧虑。（太六25。）我们绝不该被斗遮蔽；反之，我们必须在灯台上。
23In verse 15 the Lord speaks about placing the lamp under the bushel. A lighted lamp placed under the bushel cannot shine out its light. The kingdom people as the lighted lamp should not be covered by the bushel, an item pertaining to eating, a matter which causes anxiety (6:25). We should never be covered by the bushel; rather, we must be on the lampstand
24主智慧的说到不要被斗遮蔽。古时，斗是量谷的器具，与吃有关，所以与谋生的事有关。因此，把灯藏在斗底下，指明为生活忧虑。我们基督徒若为生活忧虑，顾虑赚多少钱，这种忧虑就会成为斗，遮蔽我们的光。
24The Lord wisely spoke about not being covered by a bushel. In ancient times a bushel, as a measure for grain, was something related to eating and therefore related to the matter of making a living. Thus, hiding the lamp under the bushel indicates anxiety concerning our living. If we Christians are anxious about our living and concerned about how much money we are making, this anxiety will become a bushel covering our light
25国度子民首先是从外面，在外面对人发挥影响。然而，我们仍然需要从里面影响人。当召会整体生活在一起，成为山顶上的城时，周围的人就会在这样一个建造之召会的照亮之下。但这仅仅是从外面的照亮。召会还需要发挥另一种影响，就是进到人里面内在的照亮。因此，山上的城象征来自外面的照亮，家里的灯象征来自里面的照亮。我们的照亮不该只在人外面，也该在人里面。要在外面照亮人，我们必须被建造成为山顶上的城。但要在里面照亮人，我们需要从遮蔽之下出来。这指明国度子民的生活没有忧虑，也没有生存的罣虑。他们只注意基督和召会。一天过一天，他们是喜乐的人，赞美的人，阿利路亚的人。当我们的邻舍、亲戚、同学接触我们，他们能感觉到我们没有忧虑。我们不忧虑生活，也不忧虑吃甚么，穿甚么。一天过一天，朝朝夕夕，国度的子民只关心基督和召会。
25The kingdom people firstly exercise an influence upon people outwardly, from the outside. However, we still need to influence them from within. When the church as a whole lives together as a city on the mountaintop, those surrounding it will be under the shining of such a builded church. But this is merely the shining from the outside. The church also needs to exert another kind of influence, the influence of the inner shining that gets into people. Thus, the city on the mount signifies the shining from outside, and the lamp in the house signifies the shining from inside. Our shining must not be only outside the people, but also inside them. In order to shine upon others outwardly, we must be builded as a city on the mountaintop. But in order to shine upon them inwardly, we need to come out from under our covering. This indicates that the kingdom people live without anxiety and the care for their existence. They care only for Christ and the church. Day after day they are the happy people, the praising people, the hallelujah people. When our neighbors, relatives, and classmates contact us, they can sense that we have no anxiety. We are not worried about our living, about what we shall eat or what we shall put on. Day after day, morning and night, the kingdom people care only for Christ and the church.
26从经历我们晓得，我们的无忧无虑能感动人。如果每次人接触你，你都是喜乐的享受主，他会深受感动。属世的人充满了忧虑，被各样的烦恼占据，他们谈论到失业的惧怕，或者和主管相处的难处。但国度子民，阿利路亚子民，却不被斗遮蔽，只注意谈论基督和召会。我们若是这样的人，就能摸著人的心，照亮人的里面。这种照亮要照透他们。
26We know from experience that our lack of anxiety touches others. If every time someone contacts you, you are happy and enjoying the Lord, he will be deeply touched. Filled with anxiety and occupied with all kinds of worries, the worldly people talk about the fear of losing their job or the difficulties they are having with their boss. But the kingdom people, the hallelujah people, those not covered by the bushel, care only to talk about Christ and the church. By being such a people, we touch the hearts of others and shine upon them from within. This shining penetrates them
27国度子民外面的照亮是一般的，社会大众都能看见。社会大众能看见一班被建造、立在山顶上、并且照亮的人。反之，里面的照亮却是特别的。你的表兄弟可能因著你的无忧无虑和你发光的脸受感动。无论何时他接触你，他绝不会听见你谈论如何谋生；反之，他总是听见你赞美主，述说召会生活多么美好。这将是照透他全人，并且在他里面照亮的光。藉著这光的照亮，他要被折服。这不是来自外面一般的照耀，乃是来自里面特别的照耀。我们若是正确的国度子民，就会有这双重的照耀。我们将是山顶上的城，照亮所有围绕我们的人；在他们中间，我们将是阿利路亚子民，没有今生的忧愁或罣虑，这要照进他们里面。这种里面的照亮要照透他们里面的人，并且使他们信服。
27The outward shining of the kingdom people is general, and all of society can see it. Society can see a group of people who are built up, situated upon the top of a mountain, and shining. The inward shining, on the contrary, is particular. One of your cousins may be touched by your lack of anxiety and your shining face. Whenever he contacts you, he never hears you talking about how to make a living. Instead, he always hears you praising the Lord and telling how wonderful the church life is. This will be a light penetrating into his being and shining within him. Through the shining of this light, he will be convinced. This is not the general shining from outside; it is the particular shining from within. If we are the proper kingdom people, we shall have this twofold shining. We shall be a city on a mountaintop shining out upon all those surrounding us, and among them we shall be the hallelujah people, those with no anxiety or care about this life, shining into them. This inward shining penetrates the inward being of others and convinces them
荣耀在诸天之上的父
3. Glorifying the Father in the Heavens 3.
28至终，我们这两面的照亮要将荣耀归给父。十六节说，『你们的光也当这样照在人前，叫他们看见你们的好行为，就荣耀你们在诸天之上的父。』父这称呼，证明作新王听众的门徒，是神所重生的儿女。（约一12，加四6。）这里的好行为就是国度子民的行事为人，藉此人能看见神，并被带到神面前。因为我们的照亮彰显神的所是，所以就荣耀父。荣耀父神就是将荣耀归给祂。荣耀乃是彰显出来的神。当国度子民在他们的举止和好行为上，将神彰显出来，人就看见神，并将荣耀归给神。隐藏的神是神自己，但神彰显出来时，那就是神的荣耀。我们国度子民若有这样照亮的光，神就在这照亮中得著彰显，我们周围的人也都要看见荣耀，就是彰显出来的神。别人在我们的照亮中看见神，那对神就是荣耀。
28Eventually, both aspects of our shining will give glory to the Father. Verse 16 says, “Thus let your light shine before men, so that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father Who is in the heavens.” The title Father proves that the disciples, who were the new King’s audience, were regenerated children of God (John 1:1 2; Gal. 4:6). The good works here are the behavior of the kingdom people through which men may see God and be brought to Him. Our shining will glorify the Father because it expresses what God is. To glorify God the Father is to give Him the glory. Glory is God expressed. When the kingdom people express God in their behavior and good works, men see God and give the glory to God. God hidden is God Himself. But when God is expressed, that is the glory of God. If as the kingdom people we have such a shining light, God will be expressed in this shining, and all those around us will see the glory, God expressed. When others see God in our shining, that is a glory to God.
29我们国度子民是世上的光。就著光来说，我们像山顶上的城，也像在家里照亮的灯。我们里外都照亮以彰显神，让神在人眼中得著荣耀。愿我们对周围的人发挥这样的影响。
29We, the kingdom people, are the light of the world. As light we are like a city on a mountaintop and like a lamp shining in a house. From without and within, we shine to express God, to let God have the glory in the eyes of others. May we exercise such an influence upon those around us