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马太福音生命读经 · 第46篇

达到荣耀的路（五）

THE PATHWAY TO GLORY (5)
1我们曾多次指出，马太福音不是一卷历史的书，乃是一卷道理的书。马太把某些历史事实摆在一起，目的是要启示一个道理。你若比较囚卷福音书，就会看见马太福音陈明历史事实的次序，不同于马可福音或约翰福音。马可福音和约翰福音是照著历史的次序写的。然而，在马太的记载中，事实的安排不是照著历史，乃是照著道理，因为马太福音向我们陈明关于国度的道理。因此，马太不注重历史的次序，乃注重道理的次序。
1As we have pointed out many times, the Gospel of Matthew is not a book of history, but a book of doctrine. Matthew puts together certain historical facts for the purpose of revealing a doctrine. If you compare the four Gospels, you will see that Matthew presents the facts of history in an order different from that found in Mark or John. Mark and John were written according to the sequence of history. The arrangement of the facts in Matthew’s record, however, is not according to history, but according to doctrine, because Matthew presents to us the doctrine concerning the kingdom. Thus, Matthew does not care for historical sequence; he cares for doctrinal sequence
2在马太十五章，紧接著洗手的辩论以后，就记载从耶稣得𫗪养。（太十五21～28。）你读十五章时，也许没有发现如何将一至二十节与二十一至二十八节连接起来。但这两段的确是并行的。在圣经的原文里，没有段落或章节。因此，第二段紧接著第一段。马太把这两段摆在一起，有明确的理由。他的目的是要显示，主所要的不是洗手，乃是吃祂，接受祂作食物。祂不要我们只在外面洗手；祂要我们吃祂，把祂接受进来。无论我们洗多少次手，我们仍会饥饿。十五章二十一至二十八节没有洗手的事；我们看见吃东西的脏狗。主不在意洗手。你外面脏不脏，对祂都算不得甚么。真正对主重要的，乃是你的饥饿得饱足。主耶稣没有对迦南妇人说，『是的，你有权利吃我，但你太脏了。先把你自己洗净，然后回来吃。』不，外面的洗净是在前一段，不是在这一段。这里我们看见吃的事。在这一章里，我们看见主所重视的不是外面的作法，乃是里面的光景。我们不该只在外面洗去污秽，我们乃需要从里面被洁净。
2In chapter fifteen, immediately after the dispute regarding the washing of hands, there is a record of feeding on Jesus (15:21-28). Perhaps in your reading of chapter fifteen you have not found the way to connect verses 1 through 20 with verses 21 through 28. But these two sections go together. In the original text of the Bible, there were no paragraphs or verses. Thus, the second section was the immediate continuation of the first section. Matthew had a definite reason for putting these two sections together. His purpose was to show that what the Lord wants is not the washing of hands, but the eating of Him, the taking in of Him as food. He does not want us to wash outwardly; He wants us to eat, to take Him in. No matter how many times we may wash our hands, we shall still be hungry. In 15:21-28 we do not have washing; we see a dirty dog eating. The Lord does not care about the washing of hands. Whether you are outwardly dirty or not does not mean anything to Him. What truly matters to the Lord is that your hunger is satisfied. The Lord Jesus did not say to the Canaanite woman, “Yes, you have the right to eat of Me, but you are dirty. Wash yourself first and then come back to eat.” No, the outward washing is in the foregoing section, not in this section. Here we see the matter of eating. In this chapter we see that what matters to the Lord is not outward practices, but the inward condition. We should not outwardly wash away the dirt; rather, we need to be cleansed from within
3问题是我们如何能在里面被洁净。要从里面被洁净，必须有些东西进到我们里面，吃就是惟一的路。主耶稣是滋养的食物，祂是最好的洁净元素。祂进到我们里面作食物时，不仅滋养我们，也在里面洁净我们。祂不是洗净我们的手，乃是洗净我们的组织，我们的全人。藉著吃耶稣而有里面的洁净，这件事是联结十五章前两段的环结。
3The question is how we can be inwardly cleansed. In order to be cleansed from within, something must get in to us, and the only way this can take place is by eating. As the nourishing food, the Lord Jesus is the best cleansing element. When He comes into us as food, He not only nourishes us, but also inwardly cleanses us. He does not was hour hands; He washes our system, our very being. This matter of inward cleansing through the eating of Jesus is the link that joins the first two sections of chapter fifteen.
4在今天的宗教里，所教导的多半就像洗手。一个主日又一个主日，所讲的道主要的是关于外面的洗净。然而，人所需要的不是外面的洗净，乃是里面的洁净，就是在生命和性情上的洁净。他们需要一种能进入他们组织，甚至进入他们血轮里洁净的元素。他们不需要外面的洗手，乃需要由正确的吃而来的里面的洗净。耶稣不仅是滋养的食物，也是洁净的元素。我能见证，一天又一天，主耶稣进到我里面，从里面洁净我。祂在洗净我里面的人。在召会生活中，我们不是外面被洁净；反之，我们是里面被洁净，被炼净。
4In today’s religion what is taught is mostly like the washing of hands. On Sunday after Sunday, sermons are given mainly on the outward washing. However, what people need is not the outward washing, but the inward cleansing, the cleansing in life and nature. They need a cleansing element that can get into their system, even into their vessels. They do not need the outward washing of hands, but the inward washing that comes from the proper eating. Jesus is not only the nourishing food; He is also the cleansing element. I can testify that day by day the Lord Jesus is getting into me to cleanse me from within. He is washing my inner being. In the church life we are not being washed outwardly; on the contrary, we are being cleansed and purified inwardly
5许多圣徒都愿意从里面被炼净。他们常常祷告说，『主耶稣，进入我里面。我要更多被炼净。主，我不仅恨恶罪和世界，我也恨恶自己、天然的生命、和天然的性情。主阿，我被我的性情所污染。我何等渴望从这玷污得洁净！』我们这样祷告时，自然而然就吃了主耶稣，祂就进入我们里面，作我们滋养的食物和洁净的元素。我们能从良心深处见证，当我们在召会生活中享受主，即使我们无意被炼净，我们也被炼净了。只要我们享受主，我们就从里面被炼净。所以，我们所有的不是洗手，乃是我们这人被洁净。在这些日子里，有人诬告我们洗脑。然而，我们没有实行洗脑，但我们的确经历我们的性情得洗净。不仅我们的心思，连我们的全人，都需要被洁净。主能为我作见证，我常常祷告说，『主，我仍是污秽的。主，我觉得自己仍是太天然，太在自己的性情里。主，我爱你，我要凭你而活。但甚至到今天，主，我还在自己天然的性情里。主阿，因著我的性情污秽，我需要你的洁净。』这就是我们所需要的洁净。这不是外面的洗手，要炫耀我们有多干净。这是来自吃耶稣而有里面的洁净。我们都需要这种从主而来里面的洁净。
5Many of the saints are willing to be purified from within. Often they pray, “Lord Jesus, come in to me. I want to be purified more and more. Lord, I hate not only sin and the world, but also myself, my natural life, and my natural disposition. O Lord, I am so contaminated by my disposition. How I long to be cleansed from this defilement!” As we pray in this way, we spontaneously eat the Lord Jesus, and He comes into us both as the nourishing food and as the cleansing element. Deep within our conscience we can testify that, as we enjoy the Lord in the church life, we are purified, even when we do not have the intention of being purified. As long as we are enjoying the Lord, we are being purified from within. There fore, what we have is not the washing of hands, but the cleansing of our being. In these days we have been falsely accused of brainwashing. However, we do not practice brainwashing, but we do experience the washing of our disposition. Not only our mind, but our entire being, needs to be cleansed. The Lord can testify for me that very often I pray, “Lord, I am still dirty. Lord, I sense that I am still so natural and so much in my disposition. Lord, I love You and I want to live by You. But even today, Lord, I have been in my natural disposition. O Lord, because I am dispositionally dirty, I need Your cleansing.” This is the kind of cleansing we need. This is not a matter of outward washing of hands to make a display of how clean we are. It is a matter of the inward cleansing that comes from eating Jesus. We all need such an inward cleansing from the Lord.
陆 、凭信心从基督得𫗪养
VI. FEEDING ON CHRIST BY FAITH
一 、在宗教范围之外
A. Outside the Sphere of Religion
6二十一节说，『耶稣离开那里，返到推罗、西顿的境内去。』加利利人的不信，使主耶稣不在他们中间多行异能；（太十三；）希律的弃绝，使祂退到野地去。（太十四13。）在十五章一节，宗教徒从耶路撒冷下来，要侦察主耶稣，并找祂的毛病。弃绝王的宗教徒，进一步反对属天的王，使王更远离他们，甚至退到推罗、西顿境内，外邦人之地。加利利人的弃绝使主不在他们中间多行异能。希律的弃绝使祂离开文明的城市，退到野地去。如今，宗教徒的反对使主离得更远，甚至到了外邦世界。
6Verse 2 1 says, “And Jesus went from there and departed into the districts of Tyre and Sidon.” The unbelief of the Galileans caused the Lord Jesus not to do many works of power among them (13:58), and the rejection of Herod caused Him to depart 58 to the desert (14:13). In 15:1 the religionists came down from Jerusalem to spy on the Lord Jesus and to find fault with Him. The further opposition of the rejecting religionists caused the heavenly King to depart farther from them, even into the districts of Tyre and Sidon, Gentile country. The Galilean rejection caused the Lord not to do many works of power among them. Herod’s rejection caused Him to depart from the civilized cities to the desert. Now the opposition by the religionists caused the Lord to go even farther away, to the Gentile world.
二 、正确的认识基督
B. Knowing Christ in a Proper Way
错误的称祂为大卫的子孙
1. Incorrectly Calling Him Son of David 1.
7二十二节说，『看哪，有一个迦南妇人从那地区出来，喊著说，主阿，大卫的子孙，可怜我！我女儿被鬼附得很苦。』由于犹太教徒的弃绝，接触属天君王的机会就临到外邦人，甚至临到一个软弱的外邦妇人。迦南妇人称主耶稣为主，为大卫的子孙。『主』这称呼含示基督的神性；『大卫的子孙』这称呼含示祂的人性。一个外邦妇人称基督为主是正确的。然而，她没有权利称祂为大卫的子孙；只有以色列人有特权这样称呼祂。
7Verse 22 says, “And behold, a Canaanite woman came out from those regions and cried out, saying, Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is badly demon-possessed!” Due to the rejection of the religious Jews, the opportunity to contact the heavenly King came to the Gentiles, even to a weak Gentile woman. The Canaanite woman addressed the Lord Jesus as the Lord, the Son of David. The title Lord implies Christ’s divinity, and the title, Son of David, His humanity. As a Gentile woman, it was proper for her to address Christ as the Lord. However, she had no right to call Him Son of David; only the children of Israel were privileged to do so
8迦南妇人的喊叫困扰门徒，他们就求主打发她走。这指明他们又在教导主，告诉祂要作甚么。这也是律法的原则。门徒似乎说，『主，她在喊叫，困扰我们。主，你甚么也不作么？请打发她走罢！』这时主说，『我奉差遣，不过是到以色列家迷失的羊那里去。』（太十五24。）你若仔细读福音书，就会看见主耶稣从不接受门徒的话。当他们有所题议时，主总是拒绝考虑。但每当门徒不愿意作某件事时，主就会告诉他们去作。同样的，我们要作某事时，主就说不。但我们不愿作某事时，主却说去。这目的是要训练我们不照著己或天然的观念生活行动。彼得可能对主说，『主，你若是要到以色列家迷失的羊那里去，那你在推罗、西顿这里作甚么?你为甚么到这里来?但彼得若这样对主说，主仍会有办法征服他。没有人能打败主耶稣。门徒输了，就闭口不言。
8The disciples were troubled by the crying out of the Canaanite woman, and they asked the Lord to send her away. This indicates that once again they were instructing the Lord, telling Him to do something. This also was the principle of the law. The disciples seemed to be saying, “Lo rd, she is crying out and troubling us. Can’ty ou do something, Lord? Please send her away.” At this point the Lord said, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel” (v. 24). If you read the Gospels carefully, you will see that the Lord Jesus never took a word from His disciples. When they made a proposal, the Lord always refused to consider it. But whenever the disciples did not want to do a particular thing, the Lord would tell them to do it. Like wise, when we want to do something, the Lord says no. But when we do not want to do any thing, the Lord says go. The purpose of this is to train us not to live and act according to the self or our natural concept. Peter could have said to the Lord, “Lord, if You have come to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, what are You doing here in Tyre and Sidon? Why have You come here?” But if Peter had said this to the Lord, the Lord still would have had away to subdue him. No one can defeat the Lord Jesus. The disciples lost the case, and their mouths were shut.
9虽然主奉差遣是到以色列家迷失的羊那里去，但在十五章二十一至二十八节时，祂是在外邦境内。这给外邦人机会，有分于祂的恩典。这具有时代的意义，表明基督首先临到犹太人，但由于他们不信，救恩便转向外邦人。(徒十三46，罗十一11。)
9Although the Lord was sent to the lost sheep of the house of Israel, at the time of 15:21-28 He was in a Gentile region. This afforded the Gentiles an opportunity to participate in His grace. This bears dispensational significance, showing that Christ came to the Jews first, but due to their unbelief, His salvation turned to the Gentiles (Acts 13:46; Rom. 11:11
正确的称祂为主并且拜祂
2. Rightly Calling Him Lord and Worshipping Him 2.
10在二十五节，外邦妇人正确的称耶稣为主，并且拜祂，说，『主阿，帮助我！』第二次她只称基督为主，而不称祂为大卫的子孙，因她晓得自己不是以色列人，乃是外邦人。
10In verse 25 the Gentile woman rightly called Jesus the Lord and worshipped Him, saying, “Lord, help me!” This second time she called Christ only Lord, not the Son of David, because she realized that she was not a child of Israel, but a heathen
三 、从主得𫗪养
C. Feeding on the Lord
11在二十六节，主回答迦南妇人说，『不好拿儿女的饼丢给小狗。』属天的王在尽职探访时，总是制造机会，将祂自己进一步启示出来。在九和十二章所造出的局面里，祂得著机会启示自己是医生、新郎、新布、新酒、牧人、真大卫、更大的殿、庄稼的主、更大的约拿、和更大的所罗门。这里祂又造出另一个机会，启示自己是儿女的饼。迦南妇人认为祂是主，是神圣的人物，并且是大卫的子孙，是王室的后裔，伟大尊高来作王的。主却向她启示自己是小块的饼，好作食物。这含示属天的王管治祂的子民，是藉著以祂自己作饼𫗪养他们。惟有以祂作食物滋养我们，我们才能成为祂国度里正确的子民。吃基督作我们的供应，乃是在国度的实际里作国度子民的路。
11In verse 26 the Lord answered the Canaanite woman: “It is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.” The heavenly King’s ministry in all His visits created opportunities for Him to reveal Himself further. In the situations created in chapters nine and twelve, He had opportunities to reveal Himself as the Physician, the Bridegroom, the new cloth, the new wine, the Shepherd, the real David, the greater temple, the Lord of the harvest, the greater Jonah, and the greater Solomon. Here another opportunity was created for Him to reveal Himself as the children’s bread. The Canaanite woman considered Him the Lord, a divine Person, and the Son of David, a royal descendant, great and high to reign. But He unveiled Himself to her as small pieces of bread, good for food. This implies that, as the heavenly King, He rules over His people by feeding them with Himself as bread. We can be the proper people in His kingdom only by being nourished with Him as our food. To eat Christ as our supply is the way to be the kingdom people in the reality of the kingdom.
12主说儿女的饼不该丢给小狗，这指明外邦人在主眼中都是狗，狗在神眼中是不洁净的。（利十一27。）
12The Lord said that the children’s bread should not be thrown to the dogs. This indicates that in the eyes of the Lord all the heathen are dogs, which are unclean in the eyes of God (Lev. 11:26
13你不相信主耶稣对门徒说到这迦南妇人时，祂已经有意要𫗪养她么？当然主豫知祂必须𫗪养这妇人。那么祂为甚么不立刻这样作呢？虽然这妇人来呼喊祂，但祂起先保持静默，一言不答，似乎在装聋作哑。祂的沉默使门徒恳求祂为她作些事，并打发她走。主耶稣没有立刻这样作，原因是要抓住机会教导祂的门徒。门徒来到祂面前时，祂说祂不过是到以色列家迷失的羊那里去。那妇人来到祂面前时，祂向她指明，祂是来作儿女的饼。把儿女的饼丢给小狗是不合法的。
13Do you not believe that when the Lord Jesus was speaking to His disciples regarding this Canaanite woman He already had the intention to feed her? Certainly the Lord foreknew that He had to feed this woman. Why then did He not do it immediately? Although the woman came and cried to Him, He remained silent at first, saying nothing. It almost appeared as if He were dumb. His dumbness caused the disciples to implore Him to do something for her and to send her away. The reason the Lord Jesus did not do something right away was that He wanted to take this opportunity to teach His disciples. When the disciples came to Him, He said that He had come only for the lost sheep of the house of Israel. When the woman came to Him, He indicated to her that He had come as bread for the children and that it was not lawful to cast the children’s bread to the dogs
站在对的地位上－
1. Standing in the Proper Position— 1.
14是主人桌子下的外邦小狗
14as a Heathen Dog under the Table of the Master
15主耶稣说迦南妇人是小狗时，她说，『主阿，是的，就是小狗也吃主人桌子上掉下来的碎渣。』（太十五27。）迦南妇人没有被主的话激怒，反倒承认自己是外邦的狗。她认为基督既被儿女犹太人弃绝，就成了桌子下的碎渣，作了外邦人的分。以色列人的圣地是桌子，其上有基督这属天的饼，作以色列子民的分；但他们把祂扔到桌子下，落在地上，就是外邦人之地，因此主成了碎渣，作了外邦人的分。当时这外邦妇人有这样的领悟，真是了不起！难怪属天的王称赞她的信心。（太十五28。）
15When the Lord Jesus referred to the Canaanite woman as a dog, she said, “Yes, Lord; for even the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters’ table” (v. 27). The Canaanite woman, not offended by the Lord’sword, but rather admitting that she was a heathen dog, considered that at that time Christ, after being rejected by the children, the Jews, became crumbs under the table as a portion to the Gentiles. The holy land of Israel was the table on which Christ, the heavenly bread, came as a portion to the children of Israel. But they threw Him off the table to the ground, the Gentile country, so that He became broken crumbs as a portion to the Gentiles. What a realization this Gentile woman had at that time! No wonder the heavenly King admired her faith (v. 28
16外邦妇人似乎说，『主阿，是的，我是外邦的脏狗。但是主，不要忘记，甚至狗也有牠们的分。狗的分不像儿女的分在桌子上。儿女的分在桌子上，狗的分却在桌子下。主，你现在不在桌子上，不在以色列地。你在桌子下，在外邦世界。你在我所在的地方。你不在儿女所在的桌子上，你如今在狗所在的桌子下。主，狗可以吃桌子下的碎渣。』迦南妇人很机伶，主耶稣被她捉住了。
16The Gentile woman seemed to be saying, “Yes, Lord, I am a dirty, pagan dog. But don’t forget, Lord, that even dogs have their portion. The dog’sport i on is not on the table like the children’sport i on. The children’sport i on i son the table, but the dog’sport i on is under the table. Now, Lord, You are not on the table, in the land of Israel. You are under the table, in the Gentile world. You are in the very place where I am. You are not on the table where the children are. You are now under the table where the dogs are. Lord, the dogs may eat the crumbs that are under the table.” The Canaanite woman was keen, and the Lord Jesus was caught by her
凭著信心
2. By Faith 2.
17二十八节说，『于是耶稣回答她说，妇人，你的信心真大！照你所愿的给你成全罢。从那时候，她的女儿就得了医治。』这话指明迦南妇人与主的应对乃是凭著信心，并且她的信心真大，胜过外面的情形。
17Verse 28 says, “Then Jesus answered and said to her, O woman, your faith is great; let it be done to you as you desire. And her daughter was healed from that hour.” This word indicates that the Canaanite woman’s dealings with the Lord were by faith, and her faith was great, overcoming the apparent situation
18因为我在道理的事上很谨慎，我曾希奇为甚么主耶稣不告诉迦南妇人洗净自己，然后回来吃。如果我是主，我会说，『是的，你是狗，你有你的分。但你不领悟自己有多脏么？你若要吃我这碎渣，就需要洗净自己。』按著道理，这妇人的确需要被洗净，但主耶稣为甚么不要求她在吃祂之前，先洗净自己？主若这样作，就否定了祂在前面经文轻看外面洗净的事时所说的话。在这里主强调吃的事。但这不是说，我们不需要被洗净。血是豫备好的。我们可以洒血，吃羊羔。但为了不把事情混淆，主在关于吃的这一段，没有说到洗净的事。我相信主耶稣这样作，是特意要给门徒看见，他们只需要一件事，就是吃。即使我们像外邦的狗那样脏，我们仍有权利和地位吃耶稣。哦，我们需要成为没有节制的吃者！不要等到你洗净了，就照著你的本相到主这里来吃祂。如诗歌所说，『照我本相，我来。』我们需要说，『主，我照著我的本相来。我不需要改变或被洁净。主，我需要你，我到你这里来吃。即使我是脏狗，我也照我本相来就你。』吃是主要的，吃也是一切。
18Because I am very careful in doctrinal matters, I have wondered why the Lord Jesus did not tell the Canaanite woman to wash herself and then come back and eat. If I had been the Lord, I would have said, “Yes, as a dog, you have your portion. But don’ty ou realize how dirty you are? If you would eat Me as the crumbs, you need to wash yourself.” According to doctrine, this woman definitely needed to be washed. But why did the Lord Jesus not ask her to wash herself before eating of Him? If the Lord had done this, He would have been acting contrary to what He had said in the foregoing verses when He belittled the matter of outward washing. Here the Lord is emphasizing the matter of eating. But this does not mean that we do not need to be washed. The blood is available. We may strike the blood and eat the Lamb. But in order not to confuse matters, in this section on eating, the Lord Jesus said nothing about washing. I believe that the Lord Jesus did this purposely to show His disciples that they needed only one thing—the eating. Even if we are as dirty as pagan dogs, we still have the right and the position to eat Jesus. Oh, we need to be uninhibited eaters! Do not wait until you have washed. Come to the Lord just as you are and eat of Him. As the words of a hymn say, “Just as I am, I come.” We need to say, “Lord, I come just as I am. I don’t need to change or to be cleansed. Lord, I need You, and I come to You to eat. Even if I am a dirty dog, I come to You just as I am.” Eating is primary, and eating is everything.
19迦南妇人来到主面前不是因为她饿了，乃是因为她女儿病了。但主把这局面转到吃的事上。主没有说，『我是医生，来到以色列人这里，我不能医治外邦人，我不能医治狗。』主似乎说，『我来是作儿女的饼。把儿女的饼丢给狗是不对的。』虽然那妇人的恳求与吃无关，主却特意把她的情形联于吃的事，好给我们看见，我们所需要的不是外面的洗净，乃是为著里面的滋养而吃。在道理的安排上，马太把这些事摆在一起，使我们领会，为著诸天的国，我们不需要外面的洁净，我们所需要的乃是让基督进入我们里面。你软弱有病么？你有某些难处么？不要想在外面对付这些事，乃要在里面藉著吃耶稣对付这些事。事实上，你该把那些事都忘掉。你所需要的不是外面的洗净，乃是基督进入你里面。主似乎对迦南妇人说，『你不需要医治，你需要我！你外面不需要我；你里面需要我。你需要吃我。我是饼来给人吃、消化、吸收。我要进入你这人里面，进入你全人、血轮和组织里。我要进入你的构成成分里面，并且成为你。因此，你需要吃我。不要在外面对付事情，乃要藉著把我接受到你里面，在里面对付每件事。只要我能进入你里面滋养你，每个问题都要得著解决。』
19The Canaanite woman did not come to the Lord because she was hungry; she came because her daughter was sick. But the Lord turned the situation to the matter of eating. The Lord did not say, “I came as a Physician to the children of Israel, and I cannot heal any heathen. I cannot cure dogs.” Rather, the Lord seemed to be saying, “I came as bread to the children. It is not right to throw the children’s bread to the dogs.” Although the woman’s request had nothing to do with eating, the Lord purposely related her case to the matter of eating to show us that what we need is not outward washing, but eating for the inward nourishing. In his doctrinal arrangement Matthew put these matters together that we might understand that for the kingdom of the heavens we do not need outward cleansing, but what we need is for Christ to get into us. Are you sick or weak? Do you have certain problems? Do not try to deal with these things in an outward way. Instead, deal with them in an inward way by eating Jesus. In fact, you should forget about all those things. What you need is not outward washing, but Christ coming into you. The Lord seemed to be saying to the Canaanite woman, “You don’t need healing. You need Me! And you do not need Me outwardly; you need Me inwardly. You need to eat Me. I came as bread for people to eat, to digest, and to assimilate. I would like to get into your being, into your system, vessels, and fibers. I would like to get into your very constituent and become you. Thus, you need to eat Me. Don’t deal with things in an outward way. Rather, deal with everything in an inward way by taking Me into you. As long as I can get into you to nourish you, every problem will be solved
20我们不需要外面的仪式或作法。在今天的宗教里，人遵守外面的作法。但神的经纶不是外面的事；乃是基督进入我们里面的事。为此，我们需要藉著吃基督，把祂接受进来。
20We do not need outward rituals or practices. In today’s religion people are following outward practices. But God’secon o my is not a matter of outward things; it is a matter of Christ coming into us inwardly. For this, we need to take Christ in by eating Him
21我带著使命和负担，带著从诸天所领受的东西来到美国。在你们进入召会之前，你们从未听过吃耶稣，因为宗教里所有的教训都是关于外面的洗手，不是把可吃的耶稣给人。但这职事却带著使命来到这里，把可吃的耶稣服事给信祂的人。我不在意反对和攻击。我知道我在作甚么。有些人认为我太大胆，也许会说，『这人为甚么这样大胆？美国不是有许多学者，有来自一流神学院的博士么？』我不在意那些学位，我只在意我的负担。我深信我从诸天得著出于主的东西，是在今天的宗教里找不到的。我不是在这里施教或传道，我乃是在供应可吃的基督。这是今天主的子民所需要的。你们不需要宗教的洗净。忘掉这样的事！我们是脏狗，我们需要吃耶稣。我们需要把耶稣接受进来。阿利路亚，今天耶稣不是在桌子上！祂乃是在桌子下。祂已被以色列人从桌子上抛弃，如今祂在外邦世界。我们众人，包括我在内，都是外邦的脏狗。然而，我们能赞美主，我们是狗，因为来自诸天的生命之饼，如今在狗所在的地方。如果饼在桌子上，我们就吃不到了。但今天饼在狗所在的桌子下。我们需要可吃的基督，祂现在与我们十分相近。
21When I came to this country, I came with a commission and a burden, with something that I had received from the heavens. Before you came into the church, you never heard a word about eating Jesus, for all the teachings in religion are concerned with the outward washing of hands, not with presenting the edible Jesus to people. But this ministry has come here with the commission to minister the edible Jesus to His believers. I do not care for the opposition and the attack. I know what I am doing. Thinking that I am too bold, some may say, “Why is this man so bold? Don’t we have many scholars in this country, men with doctoral degrees from the best seminaries?” I do not care about those degrees. I care only for my burden. I have the strong assurance that I have something of the Lord from the heavens that is not found in today’s religion. I am not here teaching or preaching — I am ministering the edible Christ. This is what the Lord’s people need today. You do not need religious washings. Forget about such things! As dirty dogs, we need the eating of Jesus. We need to take Jesus in. Hallelujah, today Jesus is not on the table! He is under the table. He has been cast off the table by the Israelites, and now He is in the Gentile world. All of us, including me, are dirty, pagan dogs. Nevertheless, we can praise the Lord that we are dogs, because the very bread of life from the heavens is now where the dogs are. If the bread were on the table, it would not be available to us. But today the bread is under the table where the dogs are. We need the edible Christ who is now so near to us.
22我何等珍赏马太福音这一段！这一段启示出我们必须忘掉外面的洗净，并且要吃主耶稣。不要想改变自己，纠正自已，或改良自己。我们所需要的，乃是吃耶稣。
22How I appreciate this section of the book of Matthew! This section reveals that we must forget about outward washing and eat the Lord Jesus. Do not try to change yourself, to correct yourself, or to improve yourself. What we need is the eating of Jesus
柒 、治病为荣耀神
VII. HEALING FOR THE GLORIFICATION OF GOD
23十五章二十九至三十一节有治病为荣耀神的记载。由于犹太宗教的弃绝，主就留在外邦的加利利作医治的光，不去犹太人的宗教中心耶路撒冷，叫他们得著医治。（太十三15。）按照十五章所记载道理的安排，医治是在吃之后。换句话说，正确的医治来自里面的吃。营养学家说，人若吃得正确，就不会有疾病。疾病来自不正确的吃，医治却来自充分、正确的吃。这是这段话中关于医治这个道理的点。
23In 15:29-31 we have a record of healing for the glorification of God. Due to the rejection of the Jewish religion, the Lord remained in Galilee of the nations as the healing light. He would not go to Jerusalem, the religious center of the Jews, for them to be healed (13:15). According to the doctrinal arrangement of the record of chapter fifteen, healing comes after eating. In other words, the proper healing comes from inward eating. Dieticians say that if one eats properly, he will not have illness. Illness comes from improper eating, but healing comes from adequate, proper eating. This is the doctrinal point regarding healing in this portion of the Word
捌 、需要之物再得供应
VIII. FURTHER PROVISION FOR NECESSITIES
一 、因著属天的王动了慈心
A. By the Compassion of the Heavenly King
24在十五章三十二至三十九节，有给四千人吃饱的神迹。因为主对旷野里的群众动了慈心，祂不愿意叫他们饿著散去。（太十五32。）基督不让跟从祂的人，在跟从祂的路上饥饿困乏。
24In 15:32-39 we have the miracle of the feeding of the four thousand. Because the Lord had compassion on the multitude in the wilderness, He would not send them away fasting (v. 32). Christ will not allow His followers to hunger and faint in the way while following Him.
二 、因为需要学习信心的功课
B. Because the Lesson of Faith Was Needed
25门徒晓得主要供应食物给人时，他们对祂说，『我们在这旷野，那里有这么多的饼，叫这么多的群众吃饱？（太十五33。）即使在荒凉的旷野，无论有多少人跟从祂，主都能供应他们，叫他们得著饱足。先前在十四章十五至二十一节，门徒经历过这事，但他们好像没有学会信心的功课。他们注视环境，却不看主。然而，主的同在胜过丰富的贮存。
25When the disciples learned that the Lord intended to provide food for the people, they said to Him, “Where in a desert are there so many loaves for us as to satisfy so great a crowd?” (v. 33). Even in the barren desert the Lord was able to feed His followers and satisfy them, no matter how many there were. The disciples experienced this before, in 14:15-21; however, it seems that they had not learned the lesson of faith. They set their eyes on the environment instead of on the Lord. Yet the Lord’s presence was better than a rich store
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26C. The Offering of What the Disciples Had
三、门徒把所有的献上，带进满溢的祝福
Bringing in the Blessing with an Overflow
27主问门徒说，『你们有多少饼？』这指明主总是要用我们所有的，祝福别人。三十六节说，祂『拿著这七个饼和几条鱼，祝谢了，擘开，递给门徒，门徒又递给群众。』我们若把一切所有的献给主，祂就要拿去擘开，再递给我们，去分给别人，成为他们饱足并满溢的祝福。（太十五37。）我们所献给主的，无论多么微小，都要因祂祝福的手得以繁增，满足广大群众的需要，(太十五38，）而成全祂的心意。（太十五32。）
27The Lord asked the disciples, “How many loaves do you have?” This indicates that the Lord always wants to use what we have to bless others. Verse 36 says, “He took the seven loaves and the fishes, and giving thanks, He broke them and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples to the crowds.” If we offer all we have to the Lord, He will take it, break it, and give it back to us for distribution to others, to whom it will become the satisfying and overflowing blessing (v. 37). Whatever we offer to the Lord, however little it is, will be multiplied by His blessing hand to meet the need of a great multitude (v. 38
28在十五章三十二至三十九节，我们看见集体的吃。马太给我们两段几乎相同的记载，(太十四14～21，十五32～39，）我年轻时因这事实感到困扰。然而，你若仔细读这两段，就会看见其目的各不相同。给五千人吃饱这一段的目的是要我们看见，当我们在达到荣耀的路上跟随被弃绝的王时，祂能照顾我们。但给四干人吃饱这段记载的目的是要我们看见，我们不该仅仅作脏狗，个别的吃耶稣这碎渣。我们也需要与许多人一同集体的吃祂。让我们众人一同吃祂。在这集体的吃上，我们不是吃碎渣，乃是吃整块饼，并且有剩余。今天在召会生活中，我们不再是吃碎渣的脏狗，乃是集体吃祂的正确之人。每次召会的聚会都是集体吃的时间。我们刚进入召会生活时是脏狗，并且我们在桌子下吃。但如今我们不再在桌子下，乃在桌子上。虽然我们在旷野，然而我们却在坐席。这就是集体的吃、完整的吃。这完全的饼是在得救之人的桌子上。
28In 15:32-39 we see the corporate eating. When I was young, I was bothered by the fact that Matthew gives us two accounts that are almost the same (14:14-21; 15:32-39). However, if you read these two sections care fully, you will see that the purpose of each is different. The purpose of the section about the feeding of the five thousand is to show us that as we are following our rejected King on the pathway to glory, He is able to take care of us. But the purpose of the record of the feeding of the four thousand is to show that we should not simply eat Jesus as crumbs individually as dirty dogs. We also need to eat Him in a corporate way together with many others. Let us all eat Him together. In this corporate eating we do not eat the crumbs, but the whole bread, and a surplus remains. Today in the church life we are no longer dirty dogs eating. Rather, we are proper men eating Him in a corporate way. Every church meeting is a time of corporate eating. When we first came into the church life, we came as dirty dogs, and we ate under the table. But now we are no longer under the table; we are sitting at the table. Although we are in the desert, we are nevertheless at the table. This is the corporate eating, an eating that is complete. The full bread is on the table of the saved ones.