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马太福音生命读经 · 第18篇

国度宪法的颁布（六）

The Decree Of The Kingdom’s Constitution (6)
1在本篇信息里，我有负担进一步说到律法。在基督教教师中间，对于律法这件事一直有许多争论。这些争论主要的是因为对律法缺少从圣经来的光。照著旧约的经纶，神是根据律法对待祂的子民。这是律法的原则。但在新约的经纶里，神今天不是照著律法，乃是照著信仰对待祂的子民。因此，在旧约里，律法是神对待祂子民的原则，而信仰是神在新约里对待我们的原则。照著旧约的经纶，人要蒙神悦纳，就需要遵行律法。但今天蒙神悦纳是信仰的事。
1In this message I am burdened to give a further word on the law. There has been much debate among Christian teachers over this matter of the law. These debates have been mainly due to the shortage of light from the Bible regarding the law. According to the Old Testament economy, God’s dealings with His people were based upon the law. This was the principle of the law. But in the New Testament economy, God deals with His people today, not according to the law, but according to faith. Thus, the law was the principle of God’s dealing with His people in the Old Testament, but faith is the principle of His dealing with us in the New Testament. According to the Old Testament economy, it was necessary to keep the law in order to be acceptable to God. But today being acceptable to God is a matter of faith
2律法的原则已经废除了，但律法的诫命没有废除。绝不要因为律法的原则已经废除了，就以为律法的诫命也废除了，我们不需要孝敬父母或禁止偷窃了。不，律法的诫命并没有废除，反而提高了。虽然我们与神接触不是基于律法的原则，但我们仍须遵行被提高之律法的诫命。
2The principle of the law has been abolished, but the commandments of the law have not been abolished. Just because the principle of the law has been abolished, never think that the commandments of the law have also been abolished and that there is no need to honor our parents or to refrain from stealing. No, instead of being abolished, the commandments of the law have been uplifted. Although our contact with God is not based upon the principle of the law, we must still observe the uplifted commandments of the law
不需要守安息日
NO NEED TO KEEP THE SABBATH
3在这一点上，基督复临安息日会的人会说，『不错，我们必须遵守一切律法的诫命，其中一条就是守安息日。基于你所说，律法的诫命没有废除，我们告诉你，你必须守安息日。』虽然神的诫命没有废除，但其中一条诫命，就是关于守安息日的律法，与道德无关。这乃是仪式的律法。仪式是一种形式、影儿，是我们今天不需要再遵守的。例如，我们不需要献动物的祭牲，不是么？同样的，我们也不需要再守安息日。在旧约影儿的时代，需要祭牲、节期和守安息日。但今天是实际的时代。我们的祭牲不是羊羔或山羊，乃是基督，就是一切旧约祭牲的实际。照样，我们的安息也不是特别的日子，乃是基督。因为基督这实际在这里，一切影儿就都过去了。因为守安息日的诫命是仪式的诫命，不是道德的诫命，所以我们今天没有义务遵守牠。这诫命与道德无关，乃与如今已经过去的影儿、形式有关。
3At this point the Seventh Day Adventists might say, “Yes, we must keep all the commandments of the law. One of these commandments is to keep the Sabbath. Based upon what you have said about not abolishing the commandments of the law, we tell you that you must keep the Sabbath.” Although the commandments of God have not been abolished, one of these commandments, the law about keeping the Sabbath, is not related to morality. Rather, it is a ritual law. A ritual is a form, a shadow, that we need no longer observe today. For example, we do not need to offer animal sacrifices, do we? Likewise, we no longer need to keep the Sabbath. In the Old Testament, the age of shadows, there was the need for the sacrifices, the feasts, and the keeping of the Sabbath. But today is an age of reality. Our sacrifice is not a lamb or a goat; it is Christ, the reality of all the Old Testament sacrifices. In like manner, our rest is not a particular day; it also is Christ. Because Christ, the reality, is here, all the shadows are over. Because the commandment to keep the Sabbath is a ritual commandment, not a moral commandment, we are not obligated to keep it today. This commandment is not related to morality, but to the shadow, the form, which is now over.
律法的原则
the principle of the law
4我们需要对律法的原则有深刻的印象。神对待祂的子民总是根据一个原则。例如，神对待亚伯拉罕是基于神的应许。神没有赐给亚伯拉罕律法的诫命；神只赐给他应许。因此，神照著祂的应许对待他。神所赐给亚伯拉罕的应许，成了神对待他所依照的原则。后来，神藉著摩西将律法赐给以色列人。在西乃山上，颁赐的律法也就成了神对待以色列人所依照的原则。这样，律法就成了神在旧约里对待祂子民的原则。如今在新约里，神是照著信，不再是照著律法对待信徒。这在罗马书和加拉太书有完全的发展。你若读这两卷书，就会看见神不是照著律法，乃是照著信仰对待在基督里的信徒。在旧约时代，神照著律法接纳人。人若要被神接纳，就必须达到律法的标准。但今天神接纳我们不是照著律法，乃是照著我们是否相信基督。因此，今天神接纳我们乃是基于信仰。
4We need to be impressed concerning the principle of the law. God’s dealing with His people always depends upon a principle. For example, God’s dealings with Abraham were based upon God’s promise. God did not give Abraham the commandments of the law; He gave him only the promise. Thus, God dealt with him according to His promise. The promise given by God to Abraham became the principle according to which God dealt with him. Later, God gave the law to the children of Israel through Moses. The law given on Mount Sinai thus became the principle according to which God dealt with the children of Israel. In this way the law became the principle for God’s dealings with His people in the Old Testament. Now in the New Testament God deals with the believers according to faith, no longer according to the law. This is fully developed in the books of Romans and Galatians. If you read these books, you will see that God deals with the believers in Christ not according to the law, but according to faith. In Old Testament times God accepted people according to the law. If anyone wanted to be accepted by God, he had to meet the standard of the law. But today God accepts us, not according to the law, but according to whether or not we believe in Christ. Thus, God’s acceptance of us today is based on faith
律法的诫命没有废除，
the commandments of the law
反而提高
NOT ABOLISHED, BUT UPLIFTED
5神不再照著律法的原则对待我们信徒，这不是说，旧律法的诫命已经废除了。例如，旧律法的头两条诫命是论到不可有别的神，以及不可雕刻偶像。说律法的原则已经废除了，意思不是这些诫命已经废除了。照著新约，这些诫命反而被强调、加强并且提高了。旧约告诉我们不可造物质的形像，但新约告诉我们，连贪婪都是一种拜偶像。（西三5。）贪心是一个偶像。由此可见，关于拜偶像的诫命提高了。不错，律法的原则已经废除了，但律法的诫命没有废除。关于孝敬父母的诫命从来没有废除。在新约里，也重申、加强并且提高这条诫命。今天我们必须比从前的以色列人更孝敬父母。
5The fact that God no longer deals with us, the believers, according to the principle of the law does not mean that the commandments of the old law have been abolished. For instance, the first two commandments of the old law were concerned with not having other gods and with not making images. To say that the principle of the law has been abolished does not mean that these commandments have been abolished. Rather, according to the New Testament, these commandments are emphasized, strengthened, and uplifted. In the Old Testament we were told not to make a physical image, but in the New Testament we are told that even our covetousness is a form of idolatry (Col. 3:5). Greediness is an idol. By this we see the uplifting of the commandment regarding idolatry. Yes, the principle of the law has been abolished, but not the commandments of the law. The commandment about honoring our parents has never been abolished. In the New Testament this commandment is also repeated, strengthened, and uplifted. We must honor our parents much more today than the children of Israel did in the past.
6我们已经看见，主耶稣也提高了关于杀人和奸淫的诫命。因著旧约关于杀人和奸淫的诫命不充分，主就补充这些诫命。关于杀人的旧诫命，不包含仇恨或怒气的事；因此，主补充关于杀人的旧律法说，凡向弟兄动怒的，难逃审判。主也补充了关于奸淫的诫命说，凡看妇女，有意贪恋她的，心里已经与她犯奸淫了。由这些例子我们看见，道德的律法从来没有废除，反而提高了。十条诫命中，除了第四条诫命，守安息日的诫命之外，其余的诫命在新约里一直重申并且提高了。第四条诫命过去了，因为这与道德无关，乃是仪式的诫命。
6We have seen that the Lord Jesus also uplifted the commandments regarding murder and adultery. Because the Old Testament commandments regarding murder and adultery were not adequate, the Lord complemented them. The old commandment concerning murder did not cover the matters of hatred or anger. Thus, the Lord complemented the old law concerning murder by saying that anyone who was angry with his brother would be liable to judgment. He also complemented the commandment concerning adultery by saying that anyone who looks at a woman to lust for her has committed adultery with her in his heart. By these examples we see that the moral laws have never been abolished; rather, they have been uplifted. All of the ten commandments have been repeated and uplifted in the New Testament except the fourth commandment, the commandment to keep the Sabbath. This commandment is over because it is not related to morality. Instead, it is a ritual commandment
更高标准的道德
A HIGHER STANDARD OF MORALITY
7现在来到我在本篇信息里真正的负担。不错，在新约里救恩是基于信仰的原则，与律法无关；我们都是藉著信，不是藉著遵行律法，蒙了拯救。但我们得救之后，必须过一种比旧律法的道德标准更高的生活。绝不要因为我们不是藉著遵行律法得救的，就以为我们可以自由、松散、随便、甚至不道德了。不要因为神不是照著律法的原则，乃是照著信仰的原则对待我们，我们就不该留意律法的诫命了。凡有这种想法的人，已经被今天部分基督教里的教训麻醉了。我们必须清明。我再说，我们得救之后，需要过一种远高于旧律法标准的生活。我们的标准必须高于律法的要求。律法要求我们不该杀人；但我们甚至不该向人动怒。即使我们骂弟兄『拉加』（一种轻蔑的说法），或骂弟兄『魔利』（指背叛者的定罪之辞），我们也会有受审判的危险。虽然我们不会杀弟兄，但我们若称弟兄傻瓜或背叛者，我们就会发觉自己在严重的难处中。
7Now we come to my real burden in this message. Yes, in the New Testament salvation is based upon the principle of faith; it has nothing to do with the law. We all have been saved through faith, not through the keeping of the law. But after we are saved, we must live a life that has a standard of morality higher than that of the old law. Never think that we are free to be loose, sloppy, or even immoral just because we are not saved through the keeping of the law. Do not think that, just because God does not deal with us according to the principle of the law, but according to the principle of faith, we should not care for the commandments of the law. Anyone who thinks this has been drugged by the teachings found in part of today’s Christianity. We must be sober. Again I say, after we have been saved, we need to live a life with a standard far higher than that of the old law. Our standard must be higher than that of the requirements of the law. The law requires that we should not murder anyone. But we should not even be angry with others. Even if we say to our brother, “Raca,” an expression of contempt, or, “Moreh,” a word of condemnation indicating a rebel, we shall be in danger of the judgment. Although we may not kill our brother, if we even call him a fool or a rebel, we shall find ourselves in serious trouble.
脾气和情欲的问题
THE PROBLEMS OF TEMPER AND LUST
8在马太五章，主耶稣说到杀人和奸淫。杀人指我们的脾气，奸淫指我们的情欲。我们的脾气和情欲一直破坏、困扰我们。我们若是石头，就不会受这两件事的干扰。无论你怎么激动、侮辱或冒犯一块石头，牠绝不会有反应，因为牠没有脾气；此外，石头也没有情欲，因此，牠绝不会受情欲的试诱。但我们每天不是受脾气的困扰，就是受情欲的试诱。我们多么容易被激怒、冒犯！我们有些人也许一天至少被冒犯十次。你也许被你的丈夫、妻子、儿女、邻舍、或姻亲所冒犯，甚至被你的鞋子、炉子或水壶所冒犯。我知道有些姊妹被自己的厨房所冒犯。似乎她们的怒气永无休止。有些人受情欲的困扰。为这缘故，我曾在创世记生命读经的一篇信息中指出，你绝不该和一个异性单独在一起。若是这样，你就要被自己凶猛的情欲所试诱。
8In Matthew 5 the Lord Jesus spoke about murder and adultery. Murder refers to our temper, and adultery, to our lust. Our temper and our lust constantly damage and trouble us. If we were stone, we would not be bothered by these two things. No matter how much you irritate, insult, or offend a stone, it will never react, because it does not have any temper. Furthermore, a stone has no lust. Thus, it can never be tempted by lust. But daily we are either troubled by our temper or tempted by our lust. How easy it is for us to be irritated and offended! Some of us may be offended at least ten times a day. You may be offended by your husband or wife, by your children, by your neighbors, or by your in-laws. You may even be offended by your shoes, the stove, or the tea kettle. I know some sisters who have been offended by their kitchens. It seems that their anger could never be exhausted. Others are troubled with lust. For this reason, I pointed out in one of the life-study messages on Genesis that you should never be alone with a member of the opposite sex for any length of time. If you are, you will be tempted by your ferocious lusts
9为了要活出比旧律法的道德标准更高的生活，你必须胜过你的脾气和情欲。你也许说这不容易作到。不错，这不容易。这就是你需要基督，需要另一个生命的原因。我多么需要与基督同在！我们不只需要天天接触祂，甚至需要时时接触祂。因著我们里面的脾气和情欲，我们需要留在与祂不断的交通里。你必须认识你不是木头，也不是石头。你若是木头或石头，就不会关心脾气和情欲的事。但因为你是个活人，你里面就有这两样东西。难道你里面没有脾气和情欲么？我们随时都可能被自己的脾气绊跌，或者受自己的情欲试诱。要儆醒！要留意，并且为这两个『鬼，』就是我们的脾气和情欲祷告。我们照著信仰的原则得救之后，需要过更高的生活，有最高标准的生活。这种有最高标准的生活，就是胜过我们脾气和情欲的生活。
9In order to live up to a moral standard higher than that of the old law, you must overcome your temper and your lusts. You may say that this is not easy to do. Right, it is not easy. This is why you need Christ. This is why you need another life. How we need to stay with Christ! We must contact Him not only day by day, but even hour by hour. Because of the temper and lust within us, we need to remain in constant fellowship with Him. You must recognize that you are neither wood nor stone. If you were wood or stone, you would not be concerned about the matter of anger and lust. But because you are a living being, you have these two things within you. Do you not have both temper and lust within? At any time we may be stumbled by our temper or tempted by our lust. Be on the alert! Be watchful and pray regarding these two “demons,” our temper and our lust. After we have been saved according to the principle of faith, we need to live a higher life, a life with the highest standard. This life with the highest standard is a life that overcomes our temper and our lust.
A WARNING REGARDING
关于信徒受审判的警告
THE JUDGMENT OF THE BELIEVERS
10一周又一周，许多人被基督教的教训所麻醉。这些教训既不警告基督徒，也不把真理告诉他们。许多人没有受到警告说，他们若动怒，蔑视或定罪人，或放纵情欲，就会引起大难处。我们向弟兄表示一点蔑视，就难逃审判。（太五22。）这不是说我们会灭亡。不，得救的人绝不会灭亡，没有一个失丧的人有资格站在基督的审判台前。只有那些照著信仰的原则得救的人，才有资格在那里。但不要以为你在基督的审判台前，就不可能有问题了。你也许告诉主：『我从未抢劫过银行，也未杀过人。我不过是发发脾气。』但仅仅发脾气的行为，就会使你受审判。
10Week after week many are drugged by the teachings of Christianity. These teachings neither warn the Christians nor tell them the truth. So many are not warned that they will be caused much trouble by being angry and contemning or condemning others or by giving in to their lusts. By showing even a little contempt for our brother we shall be liable to the judgment (5:22). This does not mean that we shall perish. No, a saved person will never perish, and no one who is lost will be qualified to appear before the judgment seat of Christ. Only those who have been saved according to the principle of faith will be qualified to be there. But do not think that it is impossible for you to have a problem at the judgment seat of Christ. You may tell the Lord, “I never robbed a bank or murdered anyone. The only thing I did was to lose my temper.” But the mere act of losing your temper may bring you into judgment
11根据犹太人的背景，五章二十二节用三种审判描述信徒在基督审判台前的审判：城门口的审判，议会的审判，和火坑之火的审判。这三种审判都是指基督审判台前的审判。我们这些照著信仰的原则得救的基督徒，不会在启示录二十章所说的白色大宝座前受审判。我们将在白色大宝座审判的前一千年，在基督的审判台前受审判。白色大宝座的审判是为著不信的人，与他们永远的灭亡有关。但基督审判台前的审判是为著信徒，与他们得赏赐或受惩罚有关。
11In 5:22 the judgment of the believers at the judgment seat of Christ is described by three kinds of judgment according to the background of the Jewish people: the judgment at the gate of the city, the judgment before the Sanhedrin, and the judgment of the Gehenna of fire. These three levels of judgment all refer to the one judgment at the judgment seat of Christ. We Christians, saved according to the principle of faith, will not be judged at the white throne spoken of in Revelation 20. Rather, we shall be judged at the judgment seat of Christ a thousand years before the judgment at the white throne. The judgment at the great white throne will be for unbelievers concerning their eternal perdition. But the judgment at the judgment seat of Christ will be for believers concerning whether they will be rewarded or punished
12虽然你们很多人在基督教里多年，但你们可能从未听过这样清明的信息。你们有没有听过一篇道告诉你们，虽然你们靠著恩典藉著信得救了，但你们仍须过一种比旧律法所要求的道德标准更高的生活？有没有人告诉你们，你们必须过一种生活，绝不发脾气，或看妇女而有意贪恋她？更高的律法，诸天之国的律法，不仅摸著外面的行为，也摸著里面的动机。这律法的标准真是高！主论到这律法的标准而有的警告，是严肃的。这警告甚至说到被扔在火坑的人里。我再说，这意思不是信徒会灭亡。可怜的基督教仅仅告诉人，他们不是上天堂，就是下地狱。但圣经清楚的说，我们照著信仰的原则得救之后，必须成全一切新律法的要求。这律法不再是我们得救所依照的原则，乃是要求我们遵守的道德标准。律法的原则已经废除了，但律法的诫命所要求的道德仍然存留，并且提高了。不要因为我们的得救不在律法之下，就以为我们不需要顾及道德。这完全是错误的观念。主所颁布之律法的要点是，我们不需要为著得救遵行律法，但我们藉信得救之后，我们的道德标准必须远高于旧律法的标准。
12Although many of you were in Christianity for years, you probably never heard such a sobering message. Did you ever hear a sermon telling you that, although you are saved by faith through grace, you must still live a life that is of a higher moral standard than that required by the old law? Were you ever told that you must live a life that never loses its temper or that does not look at a woman to lust? The higher law, the law of the kingdom of the heavens, not only touches the outward acts, but also the inward motives. How high is the standard of this law! The Lord’s warning concerning the standard of this law is serious. It even speaks of being put into the Gehenna of fire. I say again, this does not mean that the believers will perish. Pitiful Christianity merely tells people that they will go to either heaven or hell. But the Bible says clearly that after we have been saved according to the principle of faith, we must fulfill all the requirements of the new law. The law is no longer the principle according to which we are saved, but it is a standard of morality that we are required to keep. The principle of the law has been abolished, but the morality required by the commandments of the law remains and has been uplifted. Do not think that there is no need to take care of morality because we are not under the law for salvation. This is absolutely a wrong concept. The crucial point of the Lord’s decree concerning the law is that we do not need to keep the law in order to be saved, but that we must have a standard of morality much higher than the standard of the old law after we have been saved by faith
被迫与基督同在
FORCED TO STAY WITH CHRIST
13听见这话之后，你也许说你无法履行。说我们作不到，这是好的，因为这样就需要基督进到我们里面。那位完全遵行了律法，并且替我们受死的，已经在复活里进到我们里面，作我们的生命。主在马太五章的警告，必定迫使我们与基督同在。我们必须恐惧战兢的过日常生活。我们需要说，『我必须亲近复活的基督。我必须与祂是一。我必须信靠祂，倚靠祂。因为诸天之国的道德标准太高了，我无法履行，我必须与主同在。即使我向弟兄发脾气，都可能在火里被焚烧。这是多么严肃！』
13After hearing this, you may say that you cannot fulfill it. It is good to say that we cannot make it, because then it is necessary for Christ to come in to us. The very One who fully kept the law and who died in our stead has come into us in resurrection to be our life. The Lord’s warning in Matthew 5 must force us to stay with Christ. We must have a daily life full of fear and trembling. We need to say, “I must stay close to the resurrected Christ. I must be one with Him. I must trust Him and rely on Him. Because the standard of morality of the kingdom of the heavens is too high for me to fulfill, I must remain with the Lord. If I even lose my temper with my brother, I may be burned in the fire. How serious this is!”
14有些基督教教师听见这话也许说，『教导得救的人会在火里被焚烧，乃是异端。』请再读马太五章。这一章不是对不信的人说的，乃是对门徒，得救的人，神的众子说的。他们若不勒住自己的怒气，就要被扔在火坑的火里。有些人也许说，『这是火坑的火，不是火湖。』不要为这是甚么火争辩，因为连小小的火，也能叫我们非常痛苦。一个主日又一个主日，许多基督徒被糖衣的教训所充满。他们从未听过马太五章清明的话。为著主的怜悯和恩典，并为著他所赐给我们，叫我们藉以得救的信仰，我们感谢祂。因信得救是多么美妙！但我们既是得救的人，就必须听严肃的警告！甚至我们向弟兄发脾气，都会使我们在火坑的火里被焚烧。
14When some Christian teachers heart his, they may say, “It is heresy to teach that saved ones will be burned in the fire.” Read Matthew 5 again. This chapter is not a word spoken to unbelievers; it is a word given to the disciples, the saved ones, the sons of God. If they do not bridle their anger, they will be cast into the Gehenna of fire. So me may say, “This is the Gehenna of fire, not the lake of fire.” Do not argue about what fire it is, for even a small fire can cause us much suffering. Sunday after Sunday, so many Christians are being filled with sugar - coated teachings. They have never heard a sobering word from Matthew 5. We thank the Lord for His mercy and grace and for the faith He has given us through which we have been saved. How wonderful it is to be saved by faith! But as those who are saved, we must listen to a serious word of warning! Even losing our temper with our brother may cause us to be burned in the Gehenna of fire.
15这种被火焚烧的思想，在林前三章和希伯来六章都可看见。林前三章十五节说，『人的工程若被烧毁，他就要受亏损，自己却要得救；只是这样得救，要像从火里经过的一样。』虽然这样的人要得救，但他要从火里经过而得救。希伯来六章七、八节说，『就如田地，吸收了屡次下在其上的雨水，并且生产菜蔬，合乎耕种的人用，就从神得享祝福；但若长出荆棘和蒺藜，就被废弃，近于咒谊，结局就是焚烧。』这里信徒被比喻为田地，可能生产蒙神悦纳的菜蔬，或长出要被焚烧的荆棘和蒺藜。经过这样的焚烧真是可怕！此外，在启示录二章十一节主说，『得胜的，绝不曾受第二次死的害。』这话含示失败的基督徒要受第二次死的害，第二次的死就是火湖。（启二十15。）受第二次死的害，就是受火湖的苦。当然我们没有人愿意受这火的苦。
15This thought of being burned by fire is found in both 1 Corinthians 3 and Hebrews 6. First Corinthians 3:15 says, “If anyone’s work shall be consumed, he shall suffer loss; but he shall be saved, yet so as through fire.” Although such a one will be saved, he will be saved through fire. Hebrews 6:7 and 8 say, “For the earth which drinks the rain which often comes upon it and brings forth vegetation suitable to those for whose sake also it is tilled, partakes of blessing from God; But bringing forth thorns and thistles, it is disapproved and near a curse, whose end is to be burned.” Here the believers are likened to earth which may grow vegetation approved by God or produce thorns and thistles that will be burned. How awful it would be to pass through such a burning! Moreover, in Revelation 2:11 the Lord said, “He who overcomes shall by no means be hurt of the second death.” This word implies that the defeated Christians will be hurt by the second death, the lake of fire (Rev. 20:15). To be hurt by the second death is to be touched by the lake of fire. Certainly none of us wants to be touched by this fire
时代的惩罚
DISPENSATIONAL PUNISHMENT
16信徒受审判和受火的害这件事，既不是喀尔文派（Calvinist），也不是阿米尼亚派（Arminian）。照著喀尔文派，一旦我们得救了，就永远得救，不会再有问题。就一面说，喀尔文派是对的，因为一旦我们得救了，就永远得救。然而我们不该说，我们不会有问题。我们有可能在火里被焚烧。照著阿米尼亚派，有些人可能早晨得救了，当晚就失去了救恩。他们的救恩像电梯一样上上下下。喀尔文派或阿米尼亚派都不是照著圣经纯正的话。圣经启示，我们永远得救了，但我们得救之后，需要胜过每件罪恶的事，不然就要受管教，受惩罚。你若不悔改认罪，却仍旧犯奸淫，在下个时代你就要被扔在火里焚烧。这不是永远的灭亡，乃是时代的惩罚。
16This matter of the judgment of the believers and of their being hurt by the fire is neither Calvinism nor Arminianism. According to Calvinism, once we are saved, we are saved forever, and there can be no further problem. In a sense, Calvinism is correct, for once we are saved, we are saved for eternity. However, we should not say that there can be no problems. There is the possibility of being burned in the fire. According to Arminianism, some may be saved in the morning and lose their salvation that night. Their salvation goes up and down like an elevator. Neither Calvinism nor Arminianism is according to the pure word of the Bible. The Bible reveals that we are saved for eternity, but that after we are saved, we need to overcome every sinful thing. If not, we shall be disciplined, punished. If you do not repent and confess your sin, but stay in adultery, in the next age you will be put into the fire and burned, not for eternal perdition, but as a dispensational punishment.
逃避我们的脾气和情欲
FLEEING OUR TEMPER AND LUST
17我们的时代是淫乱和奸淫的时代。每个国家都满了不道德的事。关于这件事，很多人都被『大蒜』麻醉了，失去了对这种罪的感觉。愿这话使我们清明！我们必须远离今天的潮流。没有一件事比淫乱更侮辱神，淫乱破坏了神照著祂的形像所造的人。我们都必须逃避我们的脾气和情欲。逃避你的脾气！逃避你的情欲！发脾气或放纵情欲不是微不足道的事。沉缅于这些事，会使我们被焚烧。因此，我们需要留意这清明的话，这话会迫使我们亲近基督。我们需要祷告说，『主，我里面有脾气和情欲。但是主，我感谢你，因为有你在我灵里。主，我不要与我肉体的情欲或心里的脾气为伍。亲爱的主耶稣，我要在我的灵里与你同在。』这里有我们的救恩，我们的解救，我们的圣别。我们必须日夜在我们的灵里与主耶稣同在，注视祂，接触祂，并信靠祂。
17Our age is an age of fornication and adultery. Every country is filled with immorality. Concerning this matter, so many have been drugged by “garlic” and have lost their sense concerning this sin. May this word sober us! We must stay away from today’st rend. Nothing insults God more than fornication, which damages the man created by God in His image. We all must flee our temper and our lust. Flee your temper! Flee your lust! It is not an insignificant thing to lose our temper or to give in to our lust. Indulging in these things may cause us to be burned. Thus, we need to heed this sober word, a word that will force us to stay close to Christ. We need to pray, “Lord, I have temper and lust within me. But, Lord, I thank You that I have You in my spirit. Lord, I don’t want to stay with my physical lust or my psychological temper. I want to stay in my spirit with You, dear Lord Jesus.” Here is our salvation, our rescue, our holiness. Day and night we must stay with the Lord Jesus in our spirit, looking to Him, contacting Him, and trusting in Him
18脾气这个问题对每个基督徒就像地鼠，隐藏、狡猾、难缠。我们都必须防备牠。情欲也是一大问题。我很难过的说，甚至在圣徒中间，也有一些淫乱的事例。真是羞耻！没有一件事比圣徒中间的淫乱或奸淫更羞耻。这破坏神所造的人、召会生活、和召会的见证。使徒保罗一再警告我们，没有一个淫乱的人会有分于神的国。（林前六9～10，加五19～21，弗五5。）那些犯奸淫或淫乱的信徒，在诸天的国上是完全了了。国度的子民必须有最高标准的义。不要发脾气，或看妇女而有意贪恋她。要谨慎!你需要认真思考这些事，并且对付动机的根源。这话不是威胁，乃是警告，迫使我们亲近基督。
18Temper, a problem to every Christian, is like a gopher: it is hidden, subtle, and prevailing. We all must be on guard concerning it. Lust is also a great problem. I am sorry to say that even among saints there have been a number of cases of fornication. What a shame! Nothing is more shameful than fornication or adultery among the saints. This damages the people created by God, the church life, and the testimony of the church. Again and again the Apostle Paul warned us that no fornicator would share in God’s kingdom (1 Cor. 6:9-10; Gal. 5:19-21; Eph. 5:5). Those believers who commit adultery or fornication are through with the kingdom of the heavens. The kingdom people must have the highest standard of righteousness. Do not lose your temper or look at a woman to lust after her. Be careful! You need to consider these matters seriously and deal with the motive at the very root. This word is not a threat; it is a warning that forces us to stay close to Christ.
19感谢主，我们有马太福音，也有约翰福音。我们需要信靠约翰福音所启示的生命。阿利路亚，我们有这样的生命！这生命是复活的生命，得胜的生命。基督已经得胜，如今神在复活里活在我们里面。这是我们藉以成全诸天之国最高要求的生命。
19Thank the Lord that we have both the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of John. We need to trust in the life revealed in the Gospel of John. Hallelujah, we have such a life! This life is the resurrection life, the overcoming life. Christ has already overcome and now in resurrection He is living in us. This is the life by which we fulfill the highest requirements of the kingdom of the heavens
照著灵而行
WALKING ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT
20我们必须非常清楚，我们实际上不是在遵行律法，乃是照著灵而行。罗马八章四节说，我们照著灵而行，自然而然便成就律法一切义的要求。我们不是努力遵行律法，因为我们越努力遵行律法，就越干犯律法。这完全启示并记载在罗马七章。今天我们既不在律法之下，也无须遵行律法。我们从律法得了释放，如今我们照著灵而行。在灵里有君王基督，祂是我们复活的生命。我们照著灵而行，甚至成就最高律法的要求。
20We must be very clear about the fact that actually we are not keeping the law. Rather, we are walking according to the spirit. Romans 8:4 says that when we walk according to the spirit, we spontaneously fulfill all the righteous requirements of the law. We are not trying to keep the law, for the more we try to keep it, the more we break it. This is fully revealed and recorded in Romans 7. Today we are neither under the law nor obliged to keep the law. We are free from the law, and now we are walking according to the spirit. Within the spirit, there is the King, Christ, who is our resurrection life. As we walk according to the spirit, we fulfill even the requirements of the highest law
21我信我们现在对律法都清楚了。我们能告诉别人，律法的原则过去了，但律法的诫命仍然存留，并且提高了。虽然我们无法达到这些更高要求的标准，但在我们灵里有复活的生命。因此，我们不需要自己挣扎努力去遵行律法，但我们必须照著灵而行。我们照著灵而行的时候，自然而然便成就一切律法的要求，并且有最高标准的道德。这是耶稣的见证、召会的见证。这就是正当的召会生活，诸天之国的实际。
21I believe that now we are clear about the law. We can tell others that the principle of the law is over, but that the commandments of the law remain and have been uplifted. Although we are not able to meet the standard of these higher requirements, we have the resurrection life in our spirit. Therefore, we need not keep the law in the sense of striving in ourselves, but we must walk according to the spirit. When we walk according to the spirit, we spontaneously fulfill all the requirements of the law and have the highest standard of morality. This is the testimony of Jesus, the testimony of the church. This is the proper church life, the reality of the kingdom of the heavens.