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马太福音生命读经 · 第30篇

王职事的扩大（二）

The Enlargement Of The King’s Ministry (2)
1在马太十章，主的话是对受差遣的人说的。在十章十六节至十一章一节，许多事都明朗化了。我们看见这些事，就能领会今天我们所处的光景。
1The Lord’sword in Matthew 10 is a word spoken to the sent ones. In 10:16—11:1 many things are brought to the surface. By seeing these things, we shall be able to understand the situation in which we find ourselves today
2肆、逼迫和应付逼迫的路
2IV. PERSECUTION AND THE WAY TO MEET IT
3在十六、十七节，主豫言逼迫要从犹太教临到使徒。属天的王在这里说到使徒要受犹太教逼迫的豫言，指明祂藉著使徒传福音所建立的国，要被犹太教所弃绝。这也证明祂的国不是属地的，乃是属天的。
3In verses 16 and 17 the Lord predicted the persecution that would come from Judaism upon His apostles. The heavenly King’spr edict i on here concerning the persecution of His apostles by Judaism indicated that the kingdom He was establishing through His apostles’ preaching would be rejected by Judaism. This also proves that His kingdom is not earthly but heavenly
一 、使徒受差遣如同绵羊进入狼中间
A. The Apostles Sent as Sheep into the Midst of Wolves
4十六节说，『看哪，我差遣你们去，如同绵羊在狼中间；所以你们要灵巧像蛇，纯真像鸽子。』主的使徒，如同绵羊在狼中间，虽不是蛇，却需要灵巧像蛇，以逃避狼的伤害；但要纯真像鸽子，毫不搀有任何恶意，绝不伤害别人。
4Verse 16 says, “Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves; become therefore prudent as serpents and guileless as doves.” The Lord’s apostles, as sheep, not as serpents, in the midst of wolves, need to be prudent as serpents to escape the hurt of the wolves, but guileless as doves not to hurt others
二 、被交给议会，并在会堂里被鞭打
B. Delivered to the Sanhedrin and Scourged in the Synagogues
5主的话启示，全世界都在仇敌霸占的手下，因而反对神的经纶。整个世界，无论是犹太世界或外邦世界，都反对神的国。十七节说，『且要提防人；因为他们要把你们交给议会，也要在他们的会堂里鞭打你们。』这节指明连犹太国都完全被神的仇敌侵占了。当主耶稣在地上时，犹太国名义上属于神，实际上却不然。所以在十七节，主说到来自议会和会堂的逼迫。在以色列人当中，议会乃是最高的法庭，其功用是监督犹太人遵守旧约的律法。会堂是将神的话教导以色列人的地方。主暴露议会和会堂反对神的经纶，这是非常有意义的。祂说，祂的使徒，祂所差遣的人，要被交给议会，并且要在会堂里被鞭打。会堂显然不是戏院、赌场或偶像庙宇。就某种意义说，会堂是神圣的地方，是将神的圣言教导神子民的地方。然而主说，诸天之王的使徒甚至要在会堂里被鞭打。藉此我们看见，会堂已成了何等邪恶的东西。虽然犹太人到会堂去学习神的话，但会堂里的人却逼迫了属天君王的使徒。不仅如此，为著监督以色列人遵守圣经而组成的议会，也是反对属天君王之使徒的地方。
5The Lord’sword reveals that the whole world is under the usurping hand of the enemy and thus opposes God’secon o my. The entire world, whether the Jewish world or the Gentile world, opposes God’skin gdom. Verse 1 7 says, “But beware of men; for they will deliver you up to Sanhedrins, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.” This verse indicates that even the Jewish nation had been fully taken over by God’se ne my. When the Lord Jesus was on earth, this nation belonged to God in name, but not in actuality. Therefore, in verse 17 the Lord spoke of persecution coming from the Sanhedrin and the synagogues. The Sanhedrin was the highest council among the children of Israel. The Sanhedrin’s function was to see that the Jews followed the law of the Old Testament. The synagogue was a place where the Word of God was taught to the children of Israel. It is very significant that the Lord exposed the Sanhedrin and the synagogues as being opposed to God’secon o my. He said that His apostles, His sent ones, would be delivered up to Sanhedrins and scourged in the synagogues. A synagogue is obviously not a theater, a casino, or an idol temple. In a sense, it was a holy place, a place where the holy Word of God was taught to God’sp eople. Nevertheless, the Lord said that the apostles of the King of the heavens would be scourged even in the synagogues. By this we see what an evil thing the synagogue had become. Although the Jews went there to learn the Word of God, those in the synagogues persecuted the apostles of the heavenly King. Furthermore, the Sanhedrin, organized with the intention of overseeing the children of Israel in the matter of keeping the Scriptures, was a place that would also oppose the apostles of the heavenly King.
6今天的情形也是一样。如果古代的议会和会堂反对王所差遣的人，那么今天宗教的制度如何？我们若真是属天君王所差遣的人，我们就会受今天的宗教组织所反对，正如使徒受犹太教反对一样。古代的使徒主要的不是受外邦人的逼迫，乃是受议会和会堂里所谓圣民的逼迫。在我们多年的经历中，几乎所有的逼迫、谣言、反对和攻击，都是从宗教组织来的，不是从外邦人来的。
6The situation is the same today. If the ancient Sanhedrin and synagogues opposed the King’ss ent ones, then how about the system of today’s religion? If we are truly the ones sent by the heavenly King, we shall be opposed by today’s religious organizations just as the apostles were opposed by Judaism. In ancient times the apostles were persecuted not primarily by the Gentiles, but by the so-called holy people in the Sanhedrin and in the synagogues. In our experience throughout the years, nearly all the persecution, rumors, opposition, and attack have come from the religious organizations, not from the Gentiles
7照著十六节，主耶稣把那些在议会和会堂里的人比喻为狼，说祂差遣使徒去，『如同绵羊在狼中间。』你能相信，那些在议会和会堂里，解释并教导神的圣言，又劝勉别人顺从的人，是狼么？如果这不是主耶稣亲口说的，我的确不会相信。我会说，『那些在议会和会堂里的人，可能会犯一些错，但他们的确是神的子民，因为他们天天谈论圣经，并且教导人敬畏神、敬拜神、尊敬神、荣耀神。他们并不是那么坏。你怎么能说他们是狼呢？』但主耶稣竟说他们是狼。那时候，十六节所说的狼，就是十七节所说那些在议会和会堂里的人。
7According to verse 16, the Lord Jesus likened those in the Sanhedrin and in the synagogues to wolves, saying that He was sending out His apostles “as sheep in the midst of wolves.” Can you believe that those in the Sanhedrin and in the synagogues, the ones who expounded and taught the holy Word of God and exhorted others to obey it, were wolves? If the Lord Jesus had not said this Himself, I certainly would not believe it. Rather, I would say, “Those in the Sanhedrin and in the synagogues may have made some mistakes, but they are certainly God’sp eople, for daily they talk about the Scriptures and teach people to fear God, to worship God, to honor God, and to glorify God. They’re not that bad. How can you say that they are wolves?” But the Lord Jesus called them wolves. At that time, the wolves spoken of in verse 16 were those in the Sanhedrins and in the synagogues mentioned in verse 17
8大数的扫罗，在大圣经教师迦玛列脚前受教。迦玛列是『众百姓所敬重的律法教师，』（徒二二3，五34，）他是议会的一个首领。迦玛列为著神么？是的，他敬畏神，为著神，但他在完全敌挡神经纶的环境里。他是议会！－抵挡神之系统－的一部分。历代以来，直到今天，光景都是一样。不论有些人多么为著神，他们还是在反对神经纶的系统、组织里。在启示录二章九节和三章九节，主耶稣说到『撒但会堂』的人。在马太十章主指明会堂里有狼，在启示录祂说到撒但的会堂。这指明会堂已经成为撒但的了。
8Saul of Tarsus studied at the feet of Gamaliel, a great Bible teacher, “a teacher of the law, honored by all the people” (Acts 22:3; 5:34). Gamaliel was one of the leaders in the Sanhedrin. Was Gamaliel for God? Yes, he was. He feared God and he was for God, but he was in an environment that was absolutely against God’secon o my. He was part of a system, the Sanhedrin, that opposed God. It has been the same down through the centuries until today. No matter how much certain ones are for God, they are in a system, an organization, which is against God’secon o my. In Revelation 2:9 and 3:9 the Lord Jesus spoke of “the synagogue of Satan.” In Matthew 10 the Lord indicated that there were wolves in the synagogues, and in Revelation He spoke of the synagogue of Satan. This indicated that the synagogues had become satanic.
9主耶稣不是先来到外邦世界，乃是来到被公认为神的圣民的国家。这国家有圣经、圣城、圣殿、圣祭司体系、以及圣祭物。祂来到这国家的目的是要建立诸天的国。似乎这不该有甚么困难。但这位属天之王差遣祂的使徒去扩展祂职事的时候，却警告他们说，祂差遣他们去，如同绵羊在狼中间。主似乎说，『那些在议会里、重视圣经的人，要逼迫你们。那些在会堂里、教导神话语的人，要鞭打你们。要谨慎！他们不是神的圣民，他们是狼。他们不是为著神；他们乃是敌挡神。』假定你在属天之王所差遣的犹太人中间，你听见那些在议会和会堂里的人是狼，你不会吃惊么？然而，这正是主在这里所说的。主没有说罗马军队的士兵是狼，祂却说那些在议会和会堂里，持有神的话，并将其教导神子民的人是狼。原则上，历代以来的情形都是一样的。
9The Lord Jesus did not come firstly to the Gentile world. He came to a nation that was supposed to be the holy people of God. This nation had the holy Scriptures, the holy city, the holy temple, the holy priesthood, and the holy sacrifices. He came to this nation with the purpose of establishing the kingdom of the heavens. It seems that there should have been no difficulty whatever. But when this heavenly King was sending out His apostles for the spread of His ministry, He warned them that He was sending them out as sheep in the midst of wolves. The Lord seemed to be saying, “Those in the Sanhedrin, the ones who care for the holy Scriptures, will persecute you, and those in the synagogue, the ones who teach the Word of God, will scourge you. Be careful! They are not the holy people of God—they are wolves. They are not for God; they are against Him.” Suppose you were among those Jews sent out by the heavenly King and you heard that those in the Sanhedrin and in the synagogues were wolves. Would you not be shocked? Nevertheless, this is exactly what the Lord was saying here. The Lord did not say that the soldiers in the Roman army were wolves, but that those in the Sanhedrin and in the synagogues, those handling the Word of God and teaching it to God’sp eople, were wolves. Throughout the centuries, the situation has been the same in principle
10在九章三十六节，主将百姓比喻为羊。在以色列人中间，有绵羊和狼。这些狼是在议会和会堂里。他们是文化狼、文明狼、宗教狼。这些狼相当熟识圣经。他们虽然能引用经文，并且照著圣经敬拜神，但主耶稣不认为他们是绵羊，而认为他们是狼。因此，在马太十章的时候，以色列人中间有一种复杂的情形，因为绵羊与狼搀杂在一起。只要绵羊与狼同行，就没有问题。然而，牧人来了，并且差遣小牧人聚集绵羊。我们若仔细读这几章，就会看见聚集绵羊就是收割庄稼。所有的绵羊，庄稼，都分散在狼中间，并且与狼搀杂在一起。当绵羊渴望与牧人所差遣的小牧人同去，狼就起来说，『甚么!你们在偷羊，你们在激动绵羊』这样，狼性就暴露出来了，并且狼攻击小牧人。因此主说，他所差遣的人如同绵羊在狼中间，他们必须灵巧像蛇，纯真像鸽子。狼攻击的时候，受差遣的人必须像蛇一样灵巧的逃避，同时，他们也该像鸽子一样不伤害人。
10In 9:36 the Lord likened the people to sheep. Among the children of Israel, there were both sheep and wolves. These wolves were in the Sanhedrin and in the synagogues. They were cultured wolves, civilized wolves, religious wolves. Those wolves knew the Bible rather well. Although they could quote verses and worship God according to the Scriptures, the Lord Jesus did not consider them as sheep, but as wolves. Therefore, at the time of Matthew 1 0, there was a complicated situation among the children of Israel, for the sheep and the wolves were mixed together. There was no problem as long as the sheep went along with the wolves. However, the Shepherd came and sent out the undershepherds to collect the sheep. If we read these chapters carefully, we shall see that the gathering of the sheep is the reaping of the harvest. All the sheep, the harvest, were scattered among the wolves and mixed in with the wolves. When the sheep desired to go with the undershepherds sent by the Shepherd, the wolves would rise up and say, “What! You are proselytizing. You are stirring up the sheep!” In this way the wolf nature is exposed, and the wolves attack the undershepherds. Hence, the Lord said that, as sheep in the midst of wolves, His sent ones must be prudent as serpents and guileless as doves. When the wolves attack, the sent ones must be prudent as serpents to escape. At the same time, they should also be as harmless as doves.
三 、被送到官长和君王面前，
C. Brought before Governors and Kings
11为属天的王作见证
11as a Testimony for the Heavenly King’sS ake
12十八节说，『并且你们要为我的缘故，被送到官长和君王面前，对他们和外邦人作见证。』毫无疑问，这是指外邦人。因此，主指明神的国不仅要受到犹太宗教世界的反对，也要受到外邦世俗世界的反对。最终，使徒被送到罗马官长和君王面前。他们遭受逼迫，并且他们成了见证。这启示宗教世界和政治世界同样反对诸天的国，因为二者都在神仇敌霸占的手下。属天之王的心意是要在地上的宗教和政治领域里，建立祂的国。这必定会引起反对和逼迫。
12Verse 18 says, “And you shall be brought before governors and kings for My sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.” No doubt this refers to the Gentiles. Thus, the Lord indicated that God’skin gdom would be opposed not only by the Jewish religious world but also by the Gentile secular world. Eventually, the apostles were brought before the Roman governors and kings. They were persecuted, and they became a testimony. This reveals that both the religious world and the political world are the same in opposing the kingdom of the heavens, for both are under the usurping hand of God’se ne my. The intention of the heavenly King is to establish His kingdom on earth within the territory of religion and politics. This will certainly arouse opposition and persecution
13在十九、二十节主说，『但他们把你们交给人的时候，你们不要忧虑怎么说，或说甚么；因为在那时刻，自会赐给你们当说的。因为说话的不是你们，乃是你们父的灵在你们里面说话。』使徒不仅有属天君王的权柄，（太十1，）也有他们父的灵。王的权柄对付污灵和疾病；父的灵对付反对者的逼迫。主嘱咐受差遣的人，他们遇见逼迫的时候，不要凭自己说话。祂似乎说，『不要忧虑，也不要凭自己说话。你们父的灵与你们同在。』只要我们有主的灵，我们就有主的同在。这里主的同在，就是为著说话的灵。我们应该学习不凭自已面对逼迫，学习转到我们的灵里，信靠内住的灵。我们必须相信父的灵与我们同在，并且祂要应付反对者和逼迫者。这件事不容易学。我们必须不凭自己面对逼迫和攻击，而该转到我们的灵里，就是神的灵居住之处。我们必须信靠祂，让祂引导我们，为我们说话。
13In verses 19 and 20 the Lord said, “But when they deliver you up, do not be anxious about how or what you shall speak; for it shall be given to you in that hour what you shall speak; for you are not the ones speaking, but the Spirit of your Father is the One speaking in you.” The apostles have not only the authority of the heavenly King (v. 1), but also the Spirit of their heavenly Father. The King’s authority deals with the unclean spirits and diseases; the Father’s Spirit deals with the opposers’ persecution. The Lord was charging His sent ones not to speak from themselves whenever they met persecution. He seemed to be saying, “Don’t be anxious, and don’t talk from yourselves. The Spirit of your Father is with you.” As long as we have the Spirit of the Lord, we have the presence of the Lord. The presence of the Lord here is the Spirit for speaking. We should learn to face persecution not in ourselves, but learn to turn to our spirit and trust the indwelling Spirit. We must believe that the Father’s Spirit is with us and that He will deal with the opposers and persecutors. This is not an easy thing to learn. We must face opposition and confront attack, not in ourselves, but by turning to our spirit where the Spirit of God dwells. We must trust in Him, let Him lead us, and let Him do the speaking.
四 、被亲人恨恶
D. Hated by the Relatives
14主也告诉祂所差遣的人，他们要被亲人恨恶。二十一节说，『并且弟兄要把弟兄，父亲要把儿女，交到死地；儿女要起来与父母为敌，害死他们。』为传扬国度的福音，而作属天君王的使徒，必须忍受与最亲密之人关系破裂的痛苦。
14The Lord also told His sent ones that they would be hated by their relatives. Verse 21 says, “And brother will deliver up brother to death, and father his child, and children will rise up against parents and put them to death.” To be the heavenly King’s apostles for the preaching of the gospel of the kingdom, the sent ones must suffer the breaking of the closest human ties
15二十二节主继续说，『你们还要因我的名，被众人恨恶；惟有忍耐到底的，必然得救。』这里的得救，意思不是蒙拯救不下地狱。这里的得救，可以指蒙拯救脱离恨恶我们的人，但至终是指蒙拯救进入诸天之国的实现里；这是给得胜信徒的赏赐，是蒙拯救脱离千年国里时代的惩罚，与以弗所二章八节所启示永远的救恩不同。
15In verse 22 the Lord continued, “And you will be hated by all because of My name; but he who endures to the end, he shall be saved.” To be saved here does not mean to be saved from hell. It may include being saved from those who hate, but eventually it means to be saved into the manifestation of the kingdom of the heavens, a reward to the overcoming believers. It is to be saved from dispensational punishment during the millennium. This differs from eternal salvation as revealed in Ephesians 2:8
五 、从这城逃到别城
E. Fleeing from City to City
16二十三节说，『但几时人在这城逼迫你们，就逃到别城去；我实在告诉你们，以色列的城邑，你们还没有走完，人子就来了。』在基督钉十字架前，十二使徒传福音时，这话还没有应验，乃是到大灾难时才应验。（太二四21。）十七至二十三节所豫言的，和二十四章九至十三节很相似。在这里，属天的王差遣使徒向犹太人传国度的福音。祂复活后，差遣使徒向外邦人传福音。到外邦人得救的数目添满了，祂要差遣使徒再向犹太人传国度的福音。那时这话要应验，祂就要来了。
16Verse 23 says, “And when they persecute you in this city, flee into another; for truly I say to you, you shall by no means complete the cities of Israel until the Son of Man comes.” This word was not fulfilled by the twelve apostles’ preaching before Christ’s crucifixion. It will not be fulfilled until the great tribulation (24:21). What is predicted in verses 17 through 23 is very similar to 24:9-13. Here the heavenly King sent the apostles to preach the gospel of the kingdom to the Jews. After His resurrection, He sent His apostles to preach the gospel to the Gentiles. After the fullness of the salvation of the Gentiles, He will send His apostles to preach the gospel of the kingdom to the Jews again. At that time this word will be fulfilled, and He will come
六 、不高过老师
F. Not above Their Teacher
17在二十四节，王对祂所差遣的人说，『门徒并不高过老师，奴仆也不高过主人。』根据上下文，这话是指使徒在遭受逼迫的事上，不能高过主，因祂受的逼迫已到了极点。
17In verse 24 the King said to His sent ones, “A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a slave above his lord.” According to the context, the word here means that in suffering persecution His apostles cannot be above Him, because His persecution was to the uttermost
18二十五节说，『门徒和他的老师一样，奴仆和他的主人一样，也就彀了。人既称家主为别西卜，何况他的家人？』别西卜意苍蝇之王，是以革伦神的名。（王下一2。）犹太人由于蔑视，将这名改为巴力西卜，意粪堆之主，用以指鬼王。（太十二24，27，可18-三22，路十一15，18～19。）犹太宗教里领头的法利赛人，辱骂属天的王，说祂是靠著鬼王赶鬼。（太九34。）这个最亵渎的名称，表达出他们最强烈的反对和弃绝。
18Verse 25 says, “It is sufficient that he become as his teacher, and the slave as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more those of his household!” Beelzebub means “the lord of the flies,” the name of the god of the Ekronites (2 Kings 1:2). It was changed in contempt by the Jews to Baalzebel, which means lord of the dunghill, and used for the ruler of the demons (12:24, 27; Mark 3:22; Luke 11:15, 19). The Pharisees, the leading ones of the Jewish religion, reviled the heavenly King by saying that He cast out demons by the ruler of demons (9:34). This most blasphemous name expressed their strongest contempt and rejection.
七 、不要怕逼迫者，
G. Not Fearing the Persecutors
19乃要在房顶上
19but Preaching the Heavenly King’s Message
宣扬属天之王的信息
on the Housetop
20在二十六、二十七节，王告诉祂所差遣的人，不要怕逼迫者，乃要在明处讲说，在房顶上宣扬。在二十八节祂说，『不要怕那些杀身体，却不能杀魂的；惟要怕那能把魂和身体都灭在火坑里的。』神是惟一能把人的魂和身体都灭在火坑里的。这话含示，受主差遣的使徒若不忍受逼迫，将来就要受神的管教。这要发生在来世，基督审判台前的审判之后，那时信徒要得赏赐或受责罚。（林后五10，启二一12。）
20In verses 26 and 27 the King told His sent ones not to fear the persecutors, but rather to speak in the light and to preach on the housetops. In verse 28 He said, “ And do not fear those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul; but fear rather Him Who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.” God is the only One who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna. This word implies that if the apostles sent by the Lord fail in the suffering of persecution, they will be disciplined by God. This will transpire in the coming age, after the judgment at the judgment seat of Christ, when believers will receive reward or punishment (2 Cor. 5:10; Rev. 22:12
21在三十二、三十三节主说，『凡在人面前，在我里面承认我的，我在我诸天之上的父面前，也必在他里面承认他；凡在人面前不认我的，我在我诸天之上的父面前，也必不认他。』这话是属天的王对祂所差遣去传国度福音的使徒说的。祂豫言他们会受逼迫。（太十17，～23。）若有人在受逼迫时不认祂，祂也要不认这人。这要发生于祂回来时。（太十六27。）那时被祂否认还是承认，要断定祂的使徒是否配得赏赐，在来世进诸天的国。这里王似乎说，『你若害怕这逼迫，在逼迫者面前不承认我的名；当我回来，千年国开始时，我在父面前也必不承认你的名。』这就是说，这样的人要被扔在外面黑暗里，（太二五30，）不会有分于国度的实现。
21In verses 3 2 and 3 3 the Lord said, “Everyone therefore who shall confess Me before men, I also will confess him before My Father Who is in the heavens; but whoever shall deny Me before men, I also will deny him before My Father Who is in the heavens.” This word was spoken by the heavenly King to His apostles who were sent by Him to preach the gospel of the kingdom. He fore told that they would be persecuted (vv. 17, 21-23). If anyone under persecution denies Him, He will 21 deny him. This will transpire at His coming back (16:27). To be denied or confessed by Him at that time determines whether or not His apostles are worthy to enter the kingdom of the heavens in the coming age as a reward. Here the King seemed to be saying, “If you are afraid of this persecution and do not confess My name before the persecutors, I will not confess your name before the Father when I come back and the millennium begins.” This means that such a person will be put into the outer darkness (25:30) and will not participate in the manifestation of the kingdom.
伍 、王带来的搅扰，
V. THE KING’S DISTURBANCE
22与跟从祂的十字架道路
22AND THE WAY OF THE CROSS TO FOLLOW HIM
一 、属天的王来，不是给地上带来和平，乃是带来刀剑
A. The Heavenly King Coming Not to Bring Peace, but a Sword on the Earth
23在三十四节主耶稣说，『不要以为我来，是给地上带来和平；我来并不是带来和平，乃是带来刀剑。』全地都在撒但的霸占之下。（约壹五19。）属天的王来呼召一些人脱离撒但的霸占，这必然引起撒但的反对。撒但煽动在他霸占之下的人，与属天之王所呼召的人争战。因此，祂来不是带来和平，乃是带来刀剑。为著建立诸天的国，在诸天的国和世界的国之间必定有对抗，这两国不能共存。因著属天的王正在地上建立祂的国，这两国之间的争战就不能避免。
23In verse 34 the Lord Jesus said, “Do not suppose that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.” The whole earth is under Satan’s usurpation (1 John 5:19). The heavenly King came to call some out from his usurpation. This certainly aroused Satan’s opposition. Satan instigated the people under his usurpation to fight against the heavenly King’scall ed ones. Thus, the King’s coming did not bring peace, but a sword. In order for the kingdom of the heavens to be established, there must be a confrontation between the kingdom of the heavens and the kingdom of the world. These two kingdoms cannot co-exist. Because the heavenly King is establishing His kingdom on earth, warfare between these two kingdoms is inevitable
24在三十五、三十六节主说，『因为我来是叫人不和：儿子反他的父亲，女儿反她的母亲，儿媳反她的婆婆；人的仇敌就是自己家里的人。』霸占人的撒但，煽动人与属天之王所呼召的人争战。这争战甚至在他们的家人中间进行。属天的蒙召者在家中要受亲属的攻击，因那些亲属仍留在那恶者霸占的手下。当有些人受到属天君王的吸引，被祂抓住，定意要跟从祂时，他们家中也许就有人受到撒但的煽动，与他们争战，甚至杀害他们。
24In verses 35 and 36 the Lord said, “For I came to set a man against his father and a daughter against her mother and a daughter - in - law against her mother-in-law; and a man’s enemies shall be those of his household.” The fighting instigated by the usurping Satan against the heavenly King’s called ones is waged even in their household. The heavenly called ones are attacked in their homes by their kindred who remain under the evil one’s usurping hand. When some are attracted and caught by the heavenly King and decide to follow Him, some in their family may be instigated by Satan to fight against them, even to kill them.
25让我告诉你们一位弟兄遭受不信妻子逼迫的故事。这位弟兄有很好的职业，在政府的海关上班，相当富裕。他被带到主面前之后，妻子就开始逼迫他。有一天晚上，这位弟兄邀请我们几个人到他家里用餐。以前每逢丈夫邀请同事下班回家用餐，妻子都很高兴，并且豫备了最好的菜。但现在丈夫信主了，邀请召会里一些人到他们家里。他邀请我们的那天晚上，她故意不作饭，只把冷的剩菜剩饭摆在桌上。那位弟兄眼中含泪看看我们。我们看看他说，『赞美主！这是可口的晚餐，我们都来吃罢！』于是我们把那些剩饭剩菜都吃了。这是遭受妻子逼迫的例子。
25Let me tell you about a brother who was persecuted by his unbelieving wife. This man had an excellent job with the customs office of the government, and he was quite wealthy. After he was brought to the Lord, his wife began to persecute him. One night, this brother invited several of us to his home for dinner. Whenever her husband invited his colleagues from work to dinner, the wife was very happy and prepared the best food. But now as a believer her husband had invited some of the church people to their home. On the night he invited us, she purposely did not cook. Rather, she set cold leftovers on the table. The brother looked at us with tears in his eyes. We looked at him and said, “Praise the Lord! This dinner is delicious. Let us all eat.” Then we proceeded to eat all those leftovers. This was an example of his wife’s persecution
26受主差遣的人必须领悟，逼迫等著他们。主耶稣没有把我们留在黑暗里。反之，祂非常清楚的告诉我们一切的情况。犹太国满了反对者，甚至受差遣者的亲人也要起来反对；他们甚至要杀害属天君王的跟从者。
26Those sent by the Lord must realize that persecution awaits them. The Lord Jesus does not leave us in darkness. Rather, he makes the whole situation very clear. The Jewish nation is full of opposers, and even the relatives of the sent ones will rise up in opposition; they will even kill the followers of the heavenly King
二 、跟从属天之王的路
B. The Way to Follow the Heavenly King
不要爱亲人过于爱祂
1. Not Loving Relatives above Him 1.
27三十七至三十九节有跟从属天君王的路，在三十七节主说，『爱父母过于爱我的，配不过我；爱儿女过于爱我的，配不过我。』我们的爱必须绝对为著主，我们不该爱别的过于爱主。祂是最配得我们爱的那一位，我们必须配得过祂。
27In verses 37 through 39 we have the way to follow the heavenly King. In verse 37 the Lord said, “He who loves father or mother above Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves son or daughter above Me is not worthy of Me.” Our love must be absolute for the Lord. In our love nothing should be above Him. He is the One absolutely worthy of our love, and we must be worthy of Him
28背起十字架并跟从祂
282. Taking the Cross and Following after Him 2.
29三十八节继续说，『不背起他的十字架，并跟从我的，也配不过我。』基督领取父的旨意钉了十字架。（太二六39，42。）当祂受浸时，祂已经算是钉十字架了。从那时起，祂就背著自己的十字架，实行神的旨意。祂所呼召的人是与祂联合为一的。祂要求他们背起自己的十字架，并跟从祂；这就是要他们将自己摆在一边，而接受神的旨意。这要求他们不惜任何代价，先把爱给祂，使他们能配得过祂。
29Verse 38 continues, “And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me.” Christ was crucified by taking the Father’s will (26:39, 42). When He was baptized, He was counted as crucified, and from that time He bore His cross to do the will of God. His called ones were identified with Him. He asked them to take their cross and follow after Him, that is, to take the will of God by putting themselves aside. This demanded that they, at any cost, give their love first to Him that they might be worthy of Him.
为祂的缘故丧失魂生命
3. Losing the Soul-life for His Sake 3.
30三十九节说，『得著魂生命的，必要丧失魂生命；为我的缘故丧失魂生命的，必要得著魂生命。』得著魂生命，就是让魂得著享受，不让魂受苦。丧失魂生命，就是使魂失去享受而受痛苦。跟从属天君王的人，若让他们的魂在今世得著享受，就会叫他们的魂在要来的国度时代里失去享受。他们若为王的缘故，在今世让他们的魂失去享受，就会叫他们的魂在要来的国度时代里得著享受，就是与王同享治理全地的快乐。（太二五21，23）
30Verse 39 says, “He who finds his soul-life shall lose it, and he who loses his soul-life for My sake shall find it.” To find the soul-life is to allow the soul to have its enjoyment and not to suffer. To lose the soul-life is to cause the soul to suffer the loss of its enjoyment. If the heavenly King’s followers allow their soul to have its enjoyment in this age, they will cause their soul to suffer the loss of its enjoyment in the coming kingdom age. If they allow their soul to suffer the loss of its enjoyment in this age for the King’ss ake, they will cause their soul to have its enjoyment in the coming kingdom age, that is, to share the King’s joy in ruling over the earth (25:21, 23
陆 、王与受差者是一
VI. IDENTIFICATION WITH THE KING
一 、接待属天之王的使徒，就是接待王
A. Receiving the Heavenly King’s Apostles Being the Receiving of Him
31十章四十节至十一章一节说到与属天君王联合的事。四十节说，『接待你们的，就是接待我；接待我的，就是接待那差遣我的。』使徒为属天的君王所差遣，既受了祂的权柄（太十1）与平安，（太十13，）并且有父的灵住在他们里面，（太十20，）且在王的苦难（太十22，24～25）和受死（太十21，34～39）上与祂联合，就与祂是一。因此，人接待他们，就是接待祂。我们要与属天的王有这样的联合，就需要不惜任何代价，爱祂胜过一切，并走十字架的窄路跟从祂，如三十七至三十九节所启示的。受差遣的人不仅有王的权柄、平安和父的灵，并且与王是一，与祂联合。接待王所差遣的人，意思就是接待王自己，因为受差遣的人与王联合。这对受差遣的人乃是鼓励。在主的恢复里，我们有权柄、平安、那灵，并且与我们的王联合。我们与祂是一。凡接待我们的，就是接待王；凡弃绝我们的，就是弃绝王。这不是微不足道的事，乃是非常严肃的。我们都需要确信，我们有权柄、平安、那灵，并且与王联合。这一切都是为著扩展王的职事。今天王仍在扩展祂的职里，我们乃是带著权柄、平安、那灵，并与王联合的受差者。
31In 1 0:4 0 — 1 1:1 we have the matter of identification with the heavenly King. Verse 40 says, “He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him Who sent Me.” The apostles sent by the heavenly King, having been entrusted with His authority (v. 1) and peace (v. 13) and having been indwelt by the Spirit of the Father (v. 20) and identified with the King in His suffering (v v. 22, 24-25) and death (v v. 21, 34-39), were one with Him. Thus, he who receives them receives Him. To participate in such an identification with the heavenly King requires us to love Him above all, at any cost, and to follow Him by taking the narrow way of the cross, as revealed in verses 37 through 39. Not only do the sent ones have the King’s authority and peace and the Spirit of the Father, but they are also one with the King and are identified with Him. To receive the King’ss ent ones means to receive the King Himself, because the sent ones are identified with the King. This is an encouragement to those who are sent. In the Lord’s recovery we have the authority, the peace, the Spirit, and the identification with our King. We are one with Him. Whoever receives us receives the King, and whoever rejects us rejects the King. This is not an insignificant matter. It is very serious. We all need to have the assurance that we have the authority, the peace, the Spirit, and the identification. All this is for the spreading of the King’s ministry. The King is still spreading His ministry today, and we are His sent ones with the authority, the peace, the Spirit, and the identification.
二 、接待申言者或义人的赏赐
B. The Reward of Receiving a Prophet or a Righteous Man
32四十一节说，『因申言者的名接待申言者的，必得申言者的赏赐；因义人的名接待义人的，必得义人的赏赐。』申言者是为神说话并说出神的人。义人是为著国度寻求义、实行义、并为义受逼迫的人。（太五6，10，20，六1。）属天的王就是这样一位受神差遣的申言者，（申十八15，）也是这样一位义人。（徒三14。）祂所差遣的使徒既然与祂联合为一，他们也就是这样的申言者和义人。因此，凡接待他们的，就是接待祂，必要得著赏赐。接待申言者的，就联于申言者的话；接待义人的，就联于义人的义。因此，他们必得申言者和义人所得的赏赐。
32Verse 41 says, “He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward, and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward.” A prophet is one who speaks for God and speaks forth God. A righteous man is one who seeks after righteousness, who does righteousness, and who is persecuted for righteousness for the kingdom (5:6, 10, 20; 6:1). The heavenly King was such a Prophet sent by God (Deut. 18:15) and such a righteous man (Acts 3:14). His apostles sent by Him, having been identified with Him, were also such prophets and righteous men. Hence, whoever receives them shall receive a reward. One who receives a prophet is joined to the prophet’sword, and one who receives a righteous man is joined to the righteousness of the righteous man. Thus, such a one shall receive a reward as the prophet and as the righteous man
33王所差遣出去的人是申言者，也是义人。申言者总是带著神的话而来，义人总是带著义而来。你若接待申言者，就必得著神的话；你若接待义人，就必得著他的义。得著神的话和义是何等美好！这会帮助我们进入今天国度的实际，以及将来国度的实现。
33The King’ss ent ones go out as prophets and as righteous men. The prophet always comes with the word of God, and the righteous man always comes with righteousness. If you receive the prophet, you will receive the word of God; and if you receive the righteous man, you will receive his righteousness. How good it is to have the word of God and righteousness! This will help us to be ushered into both the reality of the kingdom today and also the manifestation of the kingdom in the future
三 、把一杯凉水给小门徒喝的赏赐
C. The Reward for Giving a Cup of Cold Water to a Little Disciple
34四十二节说，『无论谁，因门徒的名，只把一杯凉水给这小子里的一个喝，我实在告诉你们，他绝不会失去他的赏赐。』这赏赐要在要来的国度时代赐给人。（路十四14。）
34Verse 42 says, “And whoever gives to one of these little ones only a cup of cold water to drink in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he shall by no means lose his reward.” This reward will be given in the coming age (Luke 14:14).
柒 、属天的王在诸城中
VII. THE HEAVENLY KING GOING
施教并传道
TO TEACH AND PREACH IN THE CITIES
35马太十一章一节说，『耶稣吩咐完了十二个门徒，就离开那里，在他们的诸城中施教并传道。』主选差了十二个人，差遣他们去扩展传扬国度之后，祂自己就继续尽职，在诸城中施教并传道。
35Matthew 11:1 says, “And it came to pass when Jesus had finished instructing His twelve disciples, He departed from there to teach and to preach in their cities.” After the Lord appointed the twelve and sent them to spread the preaching of the kingdom, He Himself went on in His ministry to teach and preach in the cities