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马太福音生命读经 · 第43篇

达到荣耀的路（二）

THE PATHWAY TO GLORY (2)
1在本篇信息中，我们来到马太十四章十四至二十一节，主在旷野神奇的使群众吃饱的记载。
1In this message we come to 14:14-21, the record of the Lord’s miraculous feeding of the crowd in the wilderness
贰 、在必需之物上的缺乏
II. LACKING IN NECESSITIES
一 、黄昏时在荒凉的野地
A. At Evening Time in a Barren Desert
2许多时候我们经历了弃绝，并且通过了弃绝之后，我们很喜乐，很释放。但经历这释放之后，我们领悟自己有所缺乏，没有甚么可赖以维生。我们缺乏必需的东西。这就是跟随主到野地之群众的情形。
2Many times after we have experienced rejection and have passed through it, we have been happy and released. But after we experience this release, we realize that we are in want and do not have anything to live on. We are lacking in necessities. This was the situation of the crowd that followed the Lord into the desert
3我相信那些跟随属天的王到野地的人，在享受喜乐、美好的时光。他们也许十分喜乐，以致忘了吃饭。十五节说，『到了黄昏，门徒到祂跟前来，说，这是野地，时候已经晚了，请解散这些群众，他们好往村子里去，为自己买食物。』彼得也许领先题醒耶稣，他们在野地，时候已经晚了，群众需要东西吃。也许是他题议主解散这些群众，他们好往村子里去，为自己买食物。门徒似乎说，『主，你看现在是黄昏了，不要把群众留在这里，解散他们罢！』这不是一番好心好意么？今日的彼得都有好心。在召会生活中，好心的人常常有所题议。不要作这样的彼得。
3I believe that those who followed the heavenly King to the desert were enjoying a happy, pleasant time. They might have been so happy that they even forgot about eating. Verse 15 says, “Now when evening was come, the disciples came to Him, saying, This place is a desert, and the hour has already passed; therefore send the crowds away so that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.” Peter might have taken the lead to remind Jesus that they were in the desert, that the hour was late, and that the crowds needed something to eat. He might have been the one to suggest that the Lord send the crowds away into the villages to buy food for themselves. The disciples seemed to be saying, “Lord, You see now that it is evening. Don’t keep the crowd here. Send them away.” Was not this a good idea that proceeded out of a good heart? Today’s Peters all have good hearts. In the church life the good-hearted ones often make proposals. Do not be such a Peter
4二、学习顾到别人的需要
4B. Learning to Take Care of the Need of Others
5我们读马太福音时，需要顾到这卷书中道理的安排。许多读者认为马太福音是故事书或历史书。但牠不是历史书，乃是道理的书。因此，主在十六节的话很有意义，祂说，『不用他们去，你们给他们吃罢。』门徒求主解散群众，好叫他们去为自己买食物；主却叫门徒给群众吃。门徒的观念是要人作事，这是律法的原则；但主的观念是要给人享受，这是恩典的原则。门徒所题议的，完全是根据律法的原则。
5In reading the book of Matthew we need to take care of the doctrinal arrangement of the book. Many readers consider Matthew either a storybook or a history book. But it is not a history book; it is a book of doctrine. The Lord’sword in verse 16, therefore, is significant: “They do not need to go away; you give them something to eat.” The disciples asked the Lord to send the crowds away that they might go and buy food for themselves. But the Lord told the disciples to give the crowds something to eat. Their concept was to ask people to do something; this was the principle of the law. But the Lord’s concept is to give people something to enjoy; this is the principle of grace. What the disciples proposed was wholly based upon the principle of the law.
6在十六节，主耶稣制止门徒。福音书曾多次记载彼得被制止。他在说话被制止的事上很有经历。他在山上题议搭三座棚时，被神制止。他告诉收半舍客勒殿税的人说，他的老师纳税时，被主制止，主耶稣总是制止好心的人。你若没有这样的好心，主不会制止你。但你若有好心，就要豫备好被祂制止。你的好心需要被制止，因为那是天然的。主耶稣制止门徒说，『你们给他们吃罢。』主似乎说，『不要要求群众作甚么才得到东西，那是律法。你们应当给他们东西吃，这是恩典。我在这里不是摩西，告诉人要作甚么才得到东西。我乃是耶稣基督，带著恩典而来。我总是给人东西。律法是藉著摩西来的，恩典却与我同来。因此，你们必须给群众东西吃。你们这些门徒完全错了，因为你们仍在律法之下，告诉人要作某些事。群众饿了么？他们的确饿了。我知道这事。但我到如今还没有作甚么，为要暴露你们。我等候黄昏来临，好暴露你们。我若为著他们的需要作些甚么，你们绝不会被暴露。』在主的恢复里，这样的事常常发生。主特意作某些事，要用尽天然人的忍耐。然而，好心的人无法忍受这事。他们常常在最后几分钟有所题议。他们若再等几分钟，他们的愚昧就不会暴露出来。虽然如此，我们必须学习脱离律法的规条和诫命。我们必须学习认识恩典，运用恩典，并且照著恩典的原则给人。
6In verse 16 the Lord Jesus stopped the disciples. The Gospels record a number of times that Peter was stopped. He was very experienced in this matter of being stopped in speaking. On the mountain, when he proposed building three tabernacles, he was stopped by God. When he told the man who collected the half-shekel tax for the temple that his Master paid the tax, he was stopped by the Lord. The Lord Jesus always stopped the good-hearted one. If you do not have such a good heart, the Lord will not stop you. But if you have a good heart, be prepared to be stopped by Him. Your good heart needs to be stopped because it is natural. The Lord Jesus stopped the disciples by saying, “You give them something to eat.” The Lord seemed to be saying, “Do not ask the crowd to do something in order to get something. That is law. You should give them something to eat. This is grace. I’m not here as Moses telling people to do something in order to get something. I am Jesus Christ. I came with grace. I always give people something. The law came through Moses, but grace came with Me. Therefore, you must give the crowd something to eat. You disciples are completely wrong, for you are still under the law, telling people to do certain things. Are the people hungry? Certainly they are. I know this. I haven’t done anything up to this point in order to expose you. I waited for evening to come just so that you might be exposed. If I had done something about their need, you would never have been exposed.” Often in the Lord’s recovery such instances occur. The Lord has deliberately done certain things to exhaust the patience of the natural ones. However, the good-hearted ones cannot bear this. Often, minutes before the end, they make a proposal. If they had waited for another few minutes, their folly would not have been exposed. Nevertheless, we must learn to get away from the regulations and commandments of the law. Instead, we must learn to know grace, to exercise grace, and to give to others according to the principle of grace
7主耶稣告诉门徒给群众东西吃时，门徒说，『我们这里除了五个饼两条鱼，再没有别的。』（太十四17。）当你要运用恩典时，你会看见自己一无所有。你若仅仅向人发号施令，就不会领悟自己多么贫穷。你也许以为自己非常聪明，对自己说，『我真聪明！没有一个人注意黄昏到了，但我知道一切。我甚至能指导耶稣。在主的恢复里，我是最聪明的。我能告诉人作这作那。我知道时间，我知道环境，我知道要说甚么，我知道要作甚么，我知道一切。甚至我知道如何吩咐主耶稣。』然而，主告诉我们要运用恩典时，我们会说，『当我在律法之下时，我是瞎眼的，不认识自己。在律法之下，我的贫穷没有暴露出来。但如今主耶稣说恩典的话，叫我给他们东西吃。这恩典的话暴露我的贫穷。我立刻看见自己一无所有，我只有一个吩咐的口。我能吩咐，我能指示，我能教导，但我没有东西给人。』律法没有暴露我们那么多。但每当我们要运用恩典时，我们的贫穷就暴露出来。我们看见自己没有东西给人，甚至没有东西给自己吃饱。
7When the Lord Jesus told them to give the crowd something to eat, the disciples said, “We have nothing here except five loaves and two fishes” (v. 17). When you are about to exercise grace, you will see that you have nothing. If you simply issue commandments to others, you will not realize how poor you are. You may think that you are very smart and say to yourself, “How smart I am! No one else has noticed that evening has come. But I know everything. I can even instruct Jesus. In the Lord’s recovery I am the most intelligent one. I can tell others to do this and that. I know the time, I know the situation, I know what to say, I know what to do, I know everything. I even know how to command the Lord Jesus.” However, when we are told by the Lord to exercise grace, we shall say, “When I am under the law, I am blind and don’t know myself. Under the law, my poverty is not exposed. But now the Lord Jesus, speaking a word of grace, has told me to give them something to eat. This gracious word exposes my poverty. Immediately, I see that I have nothing. I have only a commanding mouth. I can give commands, I can instruct, and I can teach, but I have nothing to give.” The law does not expose us that much. But whenever we are about to exercise grace, our poverty is exposed. We see that we have nothing to give to others, even nothing to feed ourselves.
8愿主怜悯我们！不要以为这仅仅是说到主耶稣用五饼二鱼叫五千人，加上妇女孩子吃饱的故事。你也许很熟悉这神迹的故事，但你也许仍缺少牠所包含的启示或亮光。但今天我们在主的光照之下。我们都是彼得。我们以为自己知道要作甚么，也能告诉人要作甚么，我们就是在律法之下的彼得，不是在恩典之下的人。在恩典之下的人总会说，『主，我没有东西给人。需要很大，但我无法应付。我晓得今天是恩典时代，不是律法时代。然而，我没有东西给人。恩典暴露了我。』你是在恩典之下，还是在律法之下？你若在律法之下，就仍会觉得自己有可夸的－你聪明的头脑、远见、知识和教导人的能力。但主把你摆在恩典之下时，你的贫穷和无有就会暴露出来，你必须承认自己没有东西给人，甚至没有东西给自己吃饱。这里我们清楚看见律法的原则和恩典的原则。
8May the Lord be merciful to us! Do not think that this is merely a story about the Lord Jesus feeding five thousand men plus women and children with five loaves and two fishes. You may be familiar with the story of this miracle, but you may still lack the revelation or the light it contains. But today we are under the Lord’s enlightenment. All of us are Peters. When we think that we know what to do and can tell others what to do, we are a Peter under the law. We are not one under grace. One who is under grace will always say, “Lord, I have nothing to give. There is a great need, but I cannot meet it. I realize that today is the day of grace, not the day of the law. Nevertheless, I have nothing to give. Grace exposes me.” Are you under the law or under grace? If you are under the law, you will still feel that you have something to boast of—your smart mind, your foresight, your knowledge, your ability to instruct others. But when the Lord puts you under grace, your poverty and nothingness will be exposed, and you will have to admit that you have nothing to give, even nothing with which to feed yourself. Here we see clearly the principle of the law and the principle of grace
三 、将一切献给属天的王
C. Offering All to the Heavenly King
9主在十八节说到十七节所题的饼和鱼说，『拿过来给我。』我们需要把从主所得所领受的拿给主，使其成为多人莫大的祝福。主常用我们所献给他的，供应多人的需要。今天祂也是这样应急的供应跟从祂的人所需要的。
9Speaking of the loaves and fishes mentioned in verse 17, the Lord said in verse 18, “Bring them to Me.” Whatever we have of the Lord we need to bring to the Lord that it might become a great blessing to many others. The Lord often uses what we offer to Him to provide for the need of others. It is also in this way that He provides for the need of His followers today.
10你也许说你没有甚么可献给主，但你至少有你自己。赞美主，我们都能把自己献给他！我们也许一无所有，只有贫穷、丑陋的自己，但我们能将我们自己献给祂。甚至病人也能把自己献给主。让我们把自己一切的所是献给祂。主需要我们的奉献。我们所有的若被据为己有，就一无所有；若从我们手中交在主手中，就要成为莫大的祝福。把你自己献给主，把你的所有献给祂，然后主就会有路祝福许多人，你也会包括在那祝福里。
10Although you may say that you do not have anything to offer to the Lord, you at least have yourself. Praise the Lord that we all can give ourselves to Him! We may have nothing but a poor, ugly self, but we can give our self to Him. Even a sick person can give himself to the Lord. Let us give whatever we are to Him. The Lord needs our consecration. If what we have is kept in our possession, it will be nothing. But if it passes out of our hands into the Lord’s hands, it will become a great blessing. Consecrate yourself to the Lord. Offer what you have to Him. Then the Lord will have a way to bless many people, and you will be included in that blessing
11我们都必须看见这段话里的道理。这道理就是我们不可在律法之下，而须在恩典之下。恩典暴露我们的贫穷和无有。但我们有一样东西－我们自己－可献给主。不论我们所有的是何等少，我们都需要把牠献给主。我们若把自己所有的摆在祂手中，就要成为莫大的祝福。
11We all must see the doctrine in this portion of the Word. The doctrine is that we must not be under the law, but under grace. Grace exposes our poverty and our nothingness. Yet we have something—ourselves—to give to the Lord. No matter how little we have, we need to offer it to Him. If we put what we have into His hands, it will become a great blessing
四 、属天的王用神奇的祝福顾到一切需要
D. The Heavenly King Taking Care of All the Need by a Miraculous Blessing
给人吃饱
1. Feeding the People 1.
12十九节说，『于是吩咐群众坐在草地上，就拿著五个饼两条鱼，望著天祝福，擘开饼，递给门徒，门徒便递给群众。』主𫗪养人，将生命的供应服事给人。祂吩咐群众坐在草地上，使众人有秩序。这显出主的智慧和有条不紊。属天的王望著天，指明祂的源头是诸天之上的父。然后祂祝福了饼和鱼，就擘开。这指明凡我们所拿给主的，都必须擘开，好成为别人的祝福。
12Verse 19 says, “ And commanding the crowds to recline on the grass, He took the five loaves and two fishes, and looking up to heaven, He blessed, and break and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the crowds.” The Lord fed the people; He ministered the life supply to them. By having the crowds recline on the grass, He put the people into good order. This shows the Lord’s wisdom and orderliness. By looking up to heaven the heavenly King indicated that His source was His Father in the heavens. Then He blessed the loaves and fishes and broke them. This indicates that whatever we bring to the Lord must be broken for it to become a blessing to others
13凡献给主的，主都要擘开。这就是说，我们把自己献给主之后，祂会把我们擘开。然而，我们很多人曾祷告说，『主，怜悯我，不要把我擘开。主，你知道我的妻子在破碎我。求你使我完整，救我脱离她擘开的手。』许多姊妹也曾祷告，要蒙拯救脱离丈夫擘开的手。但你越这样祷告，就越被擘开。然而，我们像饼，更像橡皮。要擘开饼很容易，但要擘开橡皮却很难。所以，对我们而言，擘开不彀。有时候主也必须切我们。我不是说笑话，因为我知道自己的情况。然而，你一切的所是和所有必须献给主。你若这样作，没有一样东西在祂手中会保持完整。反之，每样东西都要被擘开。凡摆在祂手中的，主都要擘开。我们若不被擘开，我们的奉献就算不得甚么，也没有果效。惟有我们被主擘开，我们的奉献才有用。
13The Lord will break whatever is consecrated to Him. This means that after we consecrate ourselves to the Lord, we shall be broken by Him. However, many of us have prayed, “Lord, have mercy on me and do not break me. Lord, You know my wife is breaking me into pieces. Keep me whole, and save me from my wife’s breaking hand.” A number of sisters have also prayed to be saved from the breaking hand of their husbands. But the more you pray in this way, the more breaking there will be. We, however, are more like rubber than bread. It is easy to break bread, but difficult to break rubber. Therefore, with us, breaking is not enough. Sometimes the Lord also has to cut us. I am not joking, for I know my own case. Nevertheless, whatever you are and whatever you have must be offered to the Lord. If you do this, in His hand nothing will remain whole. Rather, everything will be broken. The Lord will break whatever is placed into His hands. If we are not broken, our consecration does not mean anything, and it is not effectual. Our consecration only works by our being broken by the Lord.
14主擘开饼之后，就把饼递给门徒。饼是从门徒来的，他们把饼拿给主。这些饼经过主祝福、擘开之后，又递给门徒，分给群众，成为他们极大的满足。这指明门徒不是祝福的源头，他们不过是主所使用的管道；主才是使人满足的源头。擘开的饼递给门徒，门徒就把饼分给群众。这擘开的饼成了所有饥饿之人的饱足，那里有极大的祝福。今天的原则是一样的。毫无疑问，主在美国的恢复一直有很大的祝福。然而，我们必须领悟，有些亲爱的圣徒把他们自己献给了主。他们在主手中都被擘开了，那些擘开的碎块带进了祝福。
14After the Lord broke the loaves, He gave them to the disciples. The loaves were from the disciples, and they brought them to the Lord. After being blessed and broken by the Lord, they were given back to the disciples for distribution to the crowds, to whom the loaves became a great satisfaction. This indicates that the disciples were not the source of blessing; they were only the channels used by the Lord, who was the source of the people’s satisfaction. The broken bread was passed on to the disciples, and the disciples distributed it to the crowds. This broken bread became the satisfaction to all the hungry people, and there was great blessing. The principle is the same today. No doubt there has been great blessing in the Lord’s recovery in this country. Nevertheless, we must realize that some dear ones have offered themselves to the Lord. In the Lord’s hand, they all have been broken, and those broken pieces have brought in the blessing
在复活里
2. In Resurrection 2.
15约翰六章九节告诉我们，这五个饼是大麦饼。按表号，大麦乃表征复活的基督。（利二三。）因此，大麦饼象征基督在复活里作我们的食物。饼属于植物的生命，象征基督生命生产的一面；鱼属于动物的生命，象征基督生命救赎的一面。我们要满足属灵的饥饿，不仅需要基督救赎的生命，也需要祂生产的生命。这两面是由饼和鱼这两种小东西象征的。这指明属天的王今世到跟从祂的人这里，不是作大君王统治他们，乃是作小块食物𫗪养他们。
15John 6:9 tells us that the five loaves are barley loaves. In figure, barley typifies the resurrected Christ (Lev. 2 3:1 0). Thus, the barley loaves signify Christ in resurrection as food to us. 10 While the loaves are of the vegetable life, signifying the generating aspect of Christ’s life, the fishes are of the animal life, signifying the redeeming aspect of Christ’s life. To satisfy our spiritual hunger, we need Christ’s generating life as well as His redeeming life. Both of these aspects are symbolized by small items—loaves and fishes. This indicates that the heavenly King did not come to His followers in this age to reign over them as a great King, but as small pieces of food to feed them.
是满溢的
3. With an Overflow 3.
16二十节说，『众人都吃，并且吃饱了。他们拾起剩下的零碎，装满了十二篮子。』满满十二篮的零碎，不仅指明复活的基督是无限量、无穷尽的，并且指明祂给我们的供应是丰富的，能绰绰有余应付我们一切的需要。除了妇女孩子，（太十四，）五饼二鱼约使五千人吃饱。我们献给主的也许很少，但祝福却是大的，并且是满溢、富余的，要比我们所献上的还多。我们所献给主的是不会用尽的，反而会被主用来丰丰富富的祝福别人，甚至有余，以证实这是主奇妙的作为。在这段神迹的记载中，圣灵启示的用意是要指出，跟从属天君王之人真正的需要，乃是正确的食物，以满足他们的饥饿。基督的门徒不知道这需要，跟随的群众也不知道，属天的王却知道，并且要行一个神迹，使人对于他们真正的需要，和祂对这需要的供应，有深刻的印象。他们惟一的需要，乃是祂复活的生命，以满足他们属灵的饥饿，就如这神迹所表明的。
16Verse 2 0 says, “And they all ate and were satisfied; and they took up what was over and above of the fragments, twelve baskets full.” Twelve baskets full of fragments indicate not only that the resurrected Christ is unlimited and inexhaustible, but also that the Lord’s provision for us is abundant, more than sufficient to meet all our need. The five loaves and two fishes satisfied about five thousand 21 men, apart from women and children (v. 21). What we offer to the Lord may be very little; but the blessing will be great, and the overflow, the surplus, will be greater than what we offered. What we offer to the Lord cannot be exhausted. Rather, it will be used by the Lord to bless others abundantly, even with a surplus, to testify that this is the Lord’s marvelous doing. In this record of the miracle, the Holy Spirit’sin tent i on in His inspiration is to show that the real need of the followers of the heavenly King is the proper food to satisfy their hunger. The disciples of Christ did not know this, nor did the crowds who followed. The heavenly King knew this and would do something miraculously to impress them with their real need and His provision for that need. All they needed was His resurrection life to satisfy their spiritual hunger, as signified in this miracle.
17属天君王所行的，也有力并清楚的指明，当人在这弃绝主的世界跟从祂时，祂要供应他们的需要。这符合祂在属天宪法中所说，国度子民不需要为饮食忧虑的话。（太六31～32。）
17What the heavenly King did also clearly indicates that He provides for the necessities of His followers while they follow Him in this rejecting world. This corresponds with His word in the heavenly constitution that the kingdom people need not be anxious concerning what they shall eat (6:31-33
18我们跟随被弃绝的王时，必须经过多种的弃绝。在这些弃绝之后，我们会缺乏，并有某些需要。但不要为你的需要忧虑或罣心，因为主顾念你的需要，甚至黄昏在野地，主也有办法满足你的需要。只要把你的所是和所有献在祂手中，让祂擘开，并且让擘开的东西给饥饿的人吃饱。你若这样作，就会享受饱足，并且会有剩余。
18In following the rejected King, we must pass through many kinds of rejections. After these rejections, we shall be in want and have certain needs. But do not worry about your needs or be anxious concerning them, for the Lord takes care of them, even at the end of the day in a desert place. The Lord has away to meet your need. Simply offer what you are and what you have into His hand, let Him break the offering, and let the broken offering feed the hungry ones. If you do this, you will enjoy satisfaction, and there will be a surplus remaining.
19被弃绝的王在十四章十四至二十一节所行的，不仅仅是一个给人吃饱的神迹。这里的神迹指明，基督这位被弃绝的王，有充分、足彀、丰富的生命供应，给跟随祂的人。祂不仅顾到我们身体和物质的需要，祂也赐生命的供应，满足我们的饥饿。我们许多人能见证，经过弃绝之后，我们进入缺乏的环境。然而，主顾念我们，我们一无所缺。最终，我们不在意物质的供应，只在意生命的供应，满足我们属灵的饥饿。我们在达到荣耀的路上跟随被弃绝的王时，我们能见证，我们在享受生命的供应。不仅如此，我们也在𫗪养别人。这样享受之后，还有满满十二篮生命的供应。
19What the rejected King did in 14:14-21 was not merely a miracle to feed people. The miracle here indicates that as the rejected King, Christ has the adequate, sufficient, rich life supply for His followers. He not only takes care of our physical and material needs; He also affords the life supply to satisfy our hunger. Many of us can testify that after passing through rejection, we came into a situation where we had a shortage. Nevertheless, the Lord took care of us, and we did not lack anything. Eventually, we did not care about the material supply, but about the life supply to satisfy our spiritual hunger. As we follow the rejected King on the pathway to glory, we can testify that we are enjoying the life supply. Moreover, we are feeding others. And after such an enjoyment, there are still twelve baskets full of life supply
20现在我们能说，这条路真好。尽管这里有弃绝和缺乏，但祂是我们生命的供应。祂顾到我们身体的需要，并且赐给我们丰富，甚至满溢的生命供应，以满足我们属灵的需要。因此，我们能说，『耶和华是我的牧者；我必不至缺乏。』我们不仅没有缺乏－我们是丰富的，我们是满足的，并且有满满的十二篮。有祂，我们就得祂物质的供应和生命的供应。当我们跟随祂，甚至在野地，我们也享受祂作供应的源头。因此，我们甚么都不惧怕。因为祂与我们同在，我们必不至缺乏。只要有祂同在，一切都没有问题。我们欢迎弃绝，并且就一面说，我们甚至欢迎缺乏的环境，因为我们有祂。我们的需要给祂绝佳的机会来为我们作事。
20Now we can say that this pathway is very good. Although here we have rejection and want, He is our life supply. He takes care of our physical needs and renders the rich life supply, even with an overflow, to meet our spiritual need. Therefore, we can say, “The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want.” Not only are we without want—we are rich, we are satisfied, and we have twelve baskets full. With Him we have the material supply and the life supply. As we follow Him, even in the desert, we enjoy Him as our source of supply. Thus, we are not afraid of anything. Because He is with us, we shall not want. As long as we have His presence, everything is all right. We welcome the rejection and, in a sense, we even welcome the situation of being in want, for we have Him. Our need affords Him an excellent opportunity to do something for us