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马太福音生命读经 · 第47篇

达到荣耀的路（六）

THE PATHWAY TO GLORY (6)
1马太福音这卷书常常把一些表面看来不相关的事联在一起。我们在十五章末了和十六章开头看见这点。为甚么十六章一节说主耶稣受试诱？这事和十五章末了有甚么关联?十五章所说的最后一件事是集体的吃。七个饼和几条小鱼给四千人以及妇女孩子吃饱。似乎十六章一至十二节与十五章毫无关系。然而，我们深入探讨马太福音所启示的道理，就看见这两段话有关联。
1The book of Matthew often joins things together which apparently have no connection. We see this at the end of chapter fifteen and the beginning of chapter sixteen. Why does 16:1 say that the Lord Jesus was tempted? What is the connection between this and the end of chapter fifteen? The last thing covered in chapter fifteen is the corporate eating. Four thousand men, apart from women and children, were fed by seven loaves and a few small fishes. It seems that 16:1-12 has nothing to do with chapter fifteen. However, when we probe into the depth of the doctrine revealed in Matthew, we see that there is a connection
2玖、提防法利赛人和撒都该
2IX. BEING WARY OF THE LEAVEN OF THE PHARISEES AND SADDUCEES
人的酵
3说到吃的事，我们必须谨慎，不可吃任何的酵。在十六章一至十二节，重要的不是法利赛人和撒都该人所题出的试诱，乃是酵。隐藏在对主耶稣试诱里的，乃是酵。酵母是发酵的媒介，用来作面包。然而，我们所看见的不是酵，乃是面包。我们吃面包时，也许不晓得我们也在吃酵，因为酵藏在面包里，因而看不见。虽然没有人能看见藏在法利赛人和撒都该人所题试诱里的酵，然而酵隐藏在里面。
3When it comes to the matter of eating, we must be careful not to eat any leaven. In 16:1-12 what is crucial is not the temptation presented by the Pharisees and Sadducees, but the leaven. Hidden within this temptation of the Lord Jesus, there was leaven. Yeast is a leavening agent, used in making bread. What we see, however, is not the leaven, but the bread. When we eat bread, we may not realize that we are also eating leaven, for leaven is hidden in the bread and thus is invisible. Although no one could see the leaven hidden in the temptation presented by the Pharisees and Sadducees, it was nonetheless concealed within it
4我们已经看见，十五章论到吃的事。从十五章一节至十六章十二节，马太的记载很、著重的说到吃的事。吃不洁之物会污秽我们。（太十五1～20。）我们所需要的不是外面的洗净，乃是里面的吃。吃是使我们有分于基督的路，（太十五21～28，）并且吃使外邦的狗成为神的儿女，甚至成为正确的人。藉著吃，我们得享基督那无限量、无穷尽的丰富供应。（太十五32～39。）马太十五章结束于集体吃的记载。然而，我们必须提防，不吃酵，（太十六5～12，）尤其是隐藏在宗教徒，如法利赛人和撒都该人里面宗教的酵。法利赛人是古代的基要派，撒都该人是古代的摩登派。感谢主，圣经两者都题到。今天的宗教也有基要派和摩登派。第一组，就是基要派，有健全、合乎圣经的信仰。第二组，就是撒都该人，否认圣经所说的。
4As we have seen, chapter fifteen deals with the matter of eating. From 1 5:1 through 1 6:1 2, Matthew’s record is very much concerned with eating. Eating unclean things may defile us (15:1-20). What we need is not the outward washing, but the inward eating. Eating is the way to partake of Christ (15:21-28), and eating causes Gentile dogs to become children of God, even proper men. By eating we feed on the unlimited and inexhaustibly rich supply of Christ (1 5:3 2-3 9). Matthew 1 5 concludes with the record of corporate eating. However, we must beware of eating leaven (16:5-12), especially the religious leaven hidden within religious people, such as the Pharisees and the Sadducees. The Pharisees were the ancient fundamentalists, and the Sadducees were the ancient modernists. I am thankful that the Bible mentions them both. In today’s religion there are also fundamentalists and modernists. The first group, the fundamentalists, have sound, scriptural beliefs. The second group, the Sadducees, deny what the Bible says.
5在马太十六章，基督以饼出现，但宗教徒有隐藏、破坏的酵。我再说，基督是饼，但在古代基要派和摩登派的宗教徒身上，却有酵。在宗教的狡诈里，酵想要偷偷进到饼里。请记得面酵的比喻。(太十三33。）基督是细面，要𫗪养神的子民，使神满足。但那妇人，即背道的罗马天主教，却把面酵拿去藏在细面里。表面上酵使细面更容易接受；实际上酵产生腐败。在十五章，我们看见饼不仅是为著外邦的狗豫备的，也是为著旷野里的人。在十六章，主警告祂的门徒，主似乎对他们说，『要注意你们的吃。吃我是对的，但你们必须提防宗教的酵。』在主的时代有法利赛人和撒都该人，今天仍然有法利赛人和撒都该人。这些宗教徒，无论是基要派或摩登派，都有一些隐密、隐藏的酵。
5In Matthew 16 Christ was present as bread, but the religious ones had hidden, damaging leaven. To repeat, Christ was the bread, and with the religious people, both the ancient fundamentalists and modernists, there was leaven. In the subtlety of religion, leaven tries to creep into the bread. Remember the parable of the leaven (13:33). Christ is the fine flour to feed God’sp eople for God’s satisfaction. But the woman, the apostate Roman Catholic Church, took leaven and hid it in the fine flour. Apparently leaven makes fine flour easier to take in; actually, it produces corruption. In chapter fifteen we see the bread available not only for Gentile dogs, but also for the men in the wilderness. In chapter sixteen the Lord warned His disciples and seemed to be saying to them, “Take care regarding your eating. It is right to eat Me, but you must beware of religious leaven.” At the Lord’st i me there were the Pharisees and Sadducees, and today there still are Pharisees and Sadducees. These religious people, whether they are fundamentalists or modernists, have some secret, hidden leaven
6现在我们能看见十五和十六章的关联了。我们也能看见马太在记载集体的吃以后，立刻题到酵的原因。要谨慎。当你们在享受集体的吃时，酵很容易偷偷进来。最终，酵的确偷偷进到召会里。召会对这事不很谨慎，在五旬节之后不久，酵就进来了。召会所享用的饼，完全发酵了。因此，主在十六章六节和十一节的话，不仅是警告，也是豫言。
6Now we can see the connection between chapters fifteen and sixteen. We can see the reason Matthew speaks of leaven immediately after the record of corporate eating. Be careful. As you are enjoying the corporate eating, it is easy for leaven to secretly creep in. Eventually, leaven did creep into the church. The church was not very careful about this, and not too long after the day of Pentecost leaven came in. The bread on which the church had been feeding became completely leavened. Thus, the Lord’sword in 16:6 and 11 was not only a warning, but also a prophecy
7到十五章末了，门徒得了帮助，领悟主耶稣来成为神儿女的饼。起先，外邦人是脏狗，但吃了基督之后，他们就蒙了重生，因而成为神的儿女，成为正确的人，集体享受基督。门徒清楚这一切之后，必定很喜乐。然而，主似乎说，『你们吃我，并享受集体的吃，都很好。但有宗教徒会假借神的名，以敬拜神为掩饰，假装为著荣耀神的目的，把酵带进来。他们会被仇敌利用，偷偷带进某种破坏且腐败的东西。你们必须提防这事。』
7By the end of chapter fifteen, the disciples were helped to realize that the Lord Jesus had come to be bread to the children of God. Firstly, the heathen were dirty dogs, but after eating Christ they had been regenerated and caused to become children of God, proper men to enjoy Christ in a corporate way. When all this was made clear to the disciples, they must have been happy. However, then the Lord seemed to say, “It is good to eat Me and to enjoy the corporate eating. But there are religious people who in the name of God, under the cloak of worshipping God, and presumably for the purpose of glorifying God, will bring in leaven. They will be utilized by the enemy to secretly bring in some damaging and corrupting thing. You must beware of this.”
8主耶稣来作饼给罪人吃，使他们得蒙重生成为神的儿女，并且变化成为正确的人，集体从基督得𫗪养。虽然这很美妙，但有从宗教徒而来宗教酵的危机。在基督教里，宗教徒非常受尊重。但我消极的说到他们，因为我知道宗教徒总是有某种酵。他们假借宗教的名义，带进某些事物，腐化并败坏神的东西。所以，我们享受基督作属天的饼时，必须学习提防酵。
8The Lord Jesus came as bread to be taken in by sinners so that they may be regenerated to be the children of God and transformed into the proper men to feed on Christ corporately. Although this is wonderful, there is the danger of religious leaven that comes from religious people. In Christianity religious people are highly respected. But I speak of them in a negative way because I realize that the religious ones always have some leaven. Under the cloak of religion, they bring in certain matters that corrupt and damage the things of God. Therefore, we must learn to beware of leaven as we are enjoying Christ as our heavenly bread
9这酵总是来自宗教，来自法利赛人和撒都该人。马可八章十五节也说到希律的酵。马太没有题到这种酵，因为他的目的是要显示，从基督得𫗪养时，有接受宗教事物的危机。任何宗教的事物都可能含有酵。法利赛人和撒都该人的酵就是他们的教训。（太十六12。）没有一个法利赛人用明显败坏人的方式施教。他们若这样作，没有人会听他们。撒都该人也是一样。他们若不给人一个印象，说他们的教训会帮助人，就没有人会听他们。今天的原则也是一样。在今天的基督教国里，教训加上教训。每种教训似乎都帮助人。没有一个人会告诉你，他将要给你的教训会破坏你，或把你引入歧途。反之，每个带著某种教训的人都假装说，他的教训是好的，是有益的。这就是人喜欢教训的原因。但我们需要领悟，酵可能常常隐藏在宗教教训的外衣之下。
9This leaven always comes from religion, from the Pharisees and Sadducees. Mark 8:15 speaks also of the leaven of Herod. Matthew does not mention this type of leaven because his purpose is to show that in feeding on Christ there is the danger of taking in something religious. Anything religious may have leaven in it. The leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees was their teaching (16:12). None of the Pharisees taught in a way that would obviously damage people. If they did this, no one would listen to them. The same was true of the Sadducees. If they did not give people the impression that their teaching would help them, no one would listen to them. The principle is the same today. In today’s Christendom there is teaching upon teaching. Every teaching appears to help people. No one will ever tell you that the teaching he is about to give you may damage you or lead you astray. On the contrary, everyone with a certain teaching pretends that his teaching is good and helpful. This is the reason people like teachings. But we need to realize that leaven may often be concealed under the cloak of religious teachings
10基督是神所差遣、从神而来属天的饼。然而，酵是撒但所差遣、从撒但而来的东西。因此，神差遣饼，神的仇敌差遣酵。神尽力把基督放在祂的子民里面，仇敌在神的儿女接受基督时作工，把酵搀进来。在今天的天主教里，这原则很明显。以圣诞节为例，基督的出生和基督的成为肉体，是作我们食物的细面，圣诞节却是酵。基督的出生是纯净的。神成为肉体是何等纯净！但看看今天圣诞节的作法是何等污秽且败坏。甚至有圣诞舞会这样的事。圣诞节这件事有何等的酵！圣诞节满了酵，很难找到甚么细面。
10Christ is the bread of heaven sent by God and from God. Leaven, however, is something sent by Satan and from Satan. Thus, God sent bread, and God’s enemy sent leaven. God is endeavoring to put Christ into His people, and the enemy is working to put in leaven as God’s children are taking in Christ. This principle is evident in today’s Catholicism. Take the example of Christmas. The birth of Christ and the incarnation of Christ are the fine flour as food to us. But Christmas is leaven. The birth of Christ is pure. How pure it is that God has been incarnated! But consider how defiled and corrupt is the practice of Christmas today. There are even such things as Christmas dancing parties. What leaven there is in this matter of Christmas! Christmas is so full of leaven that it is difficult to find any fine flour at all.
11我们几乎可以把这原则应用在今天基督教国的每件事上。例如，作神的仆人并没有错，但人为甚么要用牧师这称呼？自称牧师就是把酵带进来。用公会的名称，如路德会、浸信会，也是酵。这些名称都是酵。
11We may apply this principle to nearly everything in today’s Christendom. For example, there is nothing wrong with being a servant of God. But why should people use the title Reverend? To call yourself Reverend is to bring in leaven. It is also leaven to use denominational names, such as Lutheran and Baptist. All these titles are leaven
12此外，歌颂主是纯净的，但有独唱者就是加了酵。虽然我们享受集体的吃耶稣，但我们需要提防隐藏、宗教的酵。甚至在主恢复里有些亲爱的圣徒，也可能疑惑在聚会中有独唱者有甚么错。哦！我们何等必须提防各样的酵！要明辨隐藏在饼里的酵并不容易。
12Furthermore, it is pure to sing praise to the Lord, but to have a soloist is to add leaven. Although we enjoy the corporate eating of Jesus, we need to beware of hidden, religious leaven. Even some of the dear saints in the Lord’s recovery may wonder what is wrong with having a soloist in the meeting. Oh, how we must beware of every kind of leaven! It is not easy to discern that leaven is hidden in the bread
一 、法利赛人和撒都该人的试诱
A. Temptation of the Pharisees and the Sadducees
求一个神迹
1. Asking for a Sign 1.
13马太十六章一节说，『法利赛人和撒都该人进前来，试诱耶稣，求祂从天上显个神迹给他们看。』把酵带进来的人想要看神迹奇事。没有甚么比神迹更欺骗人了。假定敌基督出现了，把他的像立在你面前，并且假申言者能叫这像对你说话。你可能很容易受骗，并且说，『这太奇妙了。如果这不是神迹，他怎能使像说话?』酵总是藉著神迹的狡诈偷偷的进来。十六章一至十二节的两个关键辞是神迹和酵。法利赛人和撒都该人这些宗教徒来见主耶稣，求祂从天上显个神迹给他们看。然而，主耶稣拒绝显这样的神迹给他们看。纯净的饼，纯净的基督，不行神迹。我们要看见，他自已就是独一的神迹。
13Matthew 16:1 says, “And the Pharisees and Sadducees came, and tempting Him asked Him to show them a sign out of heaven.” Those who bring in leaven desire to see signs, miracles. Nothing is more deceitful than miracles. Suppose Antichrist appeared and set up his image in front of you, and the false prophet was able to make this image speak to you. You could easily be deceived by this and say, “This is marvelous. If this were not a miracle, how could he make the image speak?” Leaven always creeps in through the subtlety of miracles. In 16:1-12 the two key words are sign and leaven. The religionists, the Pharisees and Sadducees, came to the Lord Jesus and asked Him to show them a sign from heaven. However, the Lord Jesus refused to show them such a sign. The pure bread, the pure Christ, does not perform signs. As we shall see, He Himself is the unique sign
不能分辨这时期的神迹
2. Not Being Able to Discern the Signs of the Times 2.
14在二、三节，主向法利赛人和撒都该人指明，他们知道分辨天色，倒不能分辨这时期的神迹。这时期的神迹乃是：一面这世代是邪恶淫乱的，另一面基督要为那邪恶的世代死而复活。法利赛人和撒都该人不能分辨这些事。
14In verses 2 and 3 the Lord indicated to the Pharisees and Sadducees that although they knew how to discern the face of heaven, they could not discern the signs of the times. The signs of the times were on the one hand that the generation was evil and adulterous and on the other hand that Christ was to die and be resurrected for that evil generation. The Pharisees and Sadducees could not discern these things.
只有约拿的神迹给邪恶淫乱的世代
3. Only the Sign of Jonah Being Available 3. to the Evil and Adulterous Generation
15四节说，『邪恶淫乱的世代寻求神迹，除了约拿的神迹以外，再没有神迹给他。耶稣就撇开他们走了。』约拿是从以色列人转向外邦人的申言者，曾被放在大鱼的腹中。他在那里停留三日，出来后成了那世代叫人悔改的神迹（兆头）。（拿一2，，三2～10。）这豫表基督是神差遣到祂百姓那里的申言者，（申十八、15，18，）要从以色列人转向外邦人，并要埋在地心里三天，然后复活，成为这世代叫人得救的神迹（兆头）。主这里的话含示，祂对这邪恶淫乱的世代，就是犹太和宗教的世代，不愿作甚么，只愿死而复活，成为他们的神迹（兆头），就是最大的神迹，叫他们只要相信，就必得救。说到约拿的神迹，主似乎说，『你们法利赛人和撒都该人不需要神迹。你们需要分辨这世代是邪恶的，并且需要相信我，把我这钉十字架且复活的一位接受到你们里面。你们需要悔改，像尼尼微人一样，并且你们需要相信，我要为你们的罪死而复活，好把我自己分赐到你们里面作生命。这就是给这世代的神迹，此外没有别的神迹。我就是给你们的神迹，钉十字架且复活之基督的神迹。你们需要悔改，把我接受到你们里面作你们的饼。』
15Verse 4 says, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it, except the sign of Jonah. And He left them and went away.” Jonah was the prophet who turned from Israel to the Gentiles and was put into the belly of the great fish. After remaining there for three days, he emerged to become a sign to that gene ration for repentance (Jonah 1:2, 17; 2:2-17 10). This was a type of Christ, the prophet sent by God to His people (Deut. 18:1 5, 18), who would turn from Israel to the Gentiles, and who would be buried in the heart of the earth for three days and then be resurrected, becoming a sign to this gene ration for salvation. The Lord’s word here implies that to that evil and adulterous, Jewish and religious generation, the Lord would do nothing but die and be resurrected as a sign, the greatest sign to them, that they might be saved if they would believe. In speaking of the sign of Jonah, the Lord seemed to be saying, “You Pharisees and Sadducees do not need miracles. You need to discern that this generation is evil and to believe in Me and take Me into you as the crucified and resurrected One. You need to repent as the people of Nineveh did, and you need to believe that I will die for your sins and be resurrected to impart Myself into you as life. This is the sign for this generation. No other sign will be given. I am the sign to you, the sign of the crucified and resurrected Christ. You need to repent and to receive Me into you as your bread.”
16二、法利赛人和撒都该人的酵
16B. The Leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees
17就在此时，主带进了酵的事，说，『你们要当心，提防法利赛人和撒都该人的酵。』(太十六6。）我们已经指出，这酵就是法利赛人和撒都该人的教训。(太十六12。）法利赛人的教训是假冒为善的，(太二三13，15，23，25，27，29，）撒都该人的教训就像今天摩登派的教训，否认复活、天使和灵。（徒二三8。）因此法利赛人和撒都该人的教训，都是不纯净、邪恶的，并且被比作酵，就是不可在神的子民中间见到的。(出十三7。)
17At this juncture the Lord brought in the matter of leaven, saying, “Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees” (v. 6). As we have pointed out, this leaven is the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees (v. 12). The teaching of the Pharisees was hypocritical (23:13, 15, 23, 25, 27, 29), and the teaching of the Sadducees was like today’s modernism, denying the resurrection, angels, and spirits (Acts 23:8). Hence, the teachings of both the Pharisees and Sadducees were impure and evil, and were likened to leaven, which was forbidden to be seen with God’sp eople (Exo. 13:7).
18我再说，神迹和酵乃是这段话中的两个关键辞。任何没有基督钉十字架和复活的素质在其中的神迹，我们都不该相信。我看过五旬节运动中所谓的神医。然而，实在说来，那里有大量的酵，缺少基督钉十字架和基督复活生命的素质。每个神迹，每个兆头，都必须基于钉十字架和复活的原则。约拿的神迹，即钉十字架且复活之基督的神迹，必须伴随每个真正的神迹。否则，神迹不过是一种酵。许多基督徒因著神迹发了酵。今天所谓的说方言已经成了一种酵，并且许多说方言的人因著这种作法发了酵。有些人来到聚会中，只注意说方言，不管方言是真是假。只要有『方言』的显明，他们就喜乐了。这表明他们是多么的发酵。他们无心为著纯净的饼，为著有基督钉十字架和复活之素质的纯净神迹。反之，他们发了酵。我再说，要提防各样的酵。
18Again I say that the words sign and leaven are the two crucial words in this section. We should not believe in any miracle that does not have in it the essence of Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection. I have seen the so-called healing services in the Pentecostal movement. However, to speak truly there was a great deal of leaven there. The essence of the crucifixion of Christ and of the resurrected life of Christ was lacking. Every miracle, every sign, must be based upon the principle of the crucifixion and the resurrection. The sign of Jonah, the sign of the crucified and resurrected Christ, must accompany every genuine miracle. Otherwise, the miracles will simply be a type of leaven. A great many Christians have been leavened by miracles. Today the so-called speaking in tongues has become a type of leaven, and so many of those who speak in tongues have been leavened by this practice. When some come to a meeting, they care only for speaking in tongues, no matter whether or not the tongues are real and genuine. As long as there is the manifestation of “tongues,” they are happy. This shows how leavened they are. They have no heart for the pure bread, for the pure sign with the essence of Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection. On the contrary, they are leavened. Again I say, beware of every kind of leaven
19拾、领受关于基督与召会的启示
19X . RECEIVING THE REVELATION CONCERNING CHRIST AND THE CHURCH
20在十六章十三至二十节，我们来到马太福音关于基督与召会之启示的一段。在我们来看这一段的细节以前，我们需要先看这一段和前一段太十六1～12）的关联。
20In 16:13-20 we come to a section of the Gospel of Matthew concerned with the revelation of Christ and the church. Before we consider the details of this section, we need to consider the connection between it and the foregoing section, verses 1-12
一 、在该撒利亚腓立比的境内
A. In the District of Caesarea Philippi
21十三节说，主耶稣和门徒到了该撒利亚腓立比的境内，就在那里问他们说，『人说人子是谁?』似乎这与酵的事无关。该撒利亚腓立比在圣地北部，靠近边界的黑门山脚；主是在这山上变化形像。（太十七1～2。）这地远离圣城和圣殿。在圣城和圣殿那里，每个人的思想都被老旧犹太宗教的气氛充满，没有丝毫余地留给新王基督。主特意将门徒带到这样一个气氛清明的地方，使他们的思想能脱离圣城和圣殿宗教环境的影响，并使祂能给他们一些关于那是祂属天国度命脉的基督与召会新的启示。乃是在这里，『你是基督，是活神的儿子』这异象，临到彼得。（太十六16～17。）也是在这里，首次启示并题到召会乃是带进诸天之国的凭藉。（太十六18～19。）
21Verse 1 3 says that the Lord Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi with His disciples and there asked them, “Who do men say that the Son of Man is?” It seems that this is not related to the matter of leaven. Caesarea Philippi is in the northern part of the Holy Land, close to the border, at the foot of Mount Hermon, on which the Lord was transfigured (17:1-2). It was far from the holy city with the holy temple, where the atmosphere of the old Jewish religion filled every man’s thought, leaving no room for Christ, the new King. The Lord brought His disciples purposely to such a place with a clear atmosphere that their thought might bere leased from the effects of the religious surroundings in the holy city and holy temple, and that He might reveal to them something new concerning Himself and the church, which is the pulse of His heavenly kingdom. It was here that the vision concerning Him as the Christ and the Son of the living God came to Peter (vv. 16-17). It was also here that the church was revealed and mentioned for the first time as the means of bringing in the kingdom of the heavens (vv. 18-19).
22几个月前，有些弟兄和我访问耶路撒冷和该撒利亚腓立比。耶路撒冷的宗教气氛污浊可怕。在物质、精神和属灵上，气氛令人窒闷。我们在那里所看见的，令我们厌恶。有一天，我们开车往北到该撒利亚腓立比。那里的空气真是清新！我们看见一股泉水，是约但河三个源流之一。我们在那里逗留片时，享受午餐，十分愉快。主耶稣把门徒带到该撒利亚腓立比，原因是要清除他们那种耶路撒冷和犹太宗教浓雾般的宗教气氛。主带门徒到了该撒利亚腓立比之后，祂才开始问他们关于祂是谁的问题。该撒利亚腓立比是向门徒启示主耶稣的正确地方，那也是启示召会的正确地方。
22Several months ago, some other brothers and I visited both Jerusalem and Caesarea Philippi. The religious atmosphere of Jerusalem was foul and terrible. Physically, mentally, and spiritually, the atmosphere was stuffy. We were disgusted with what we saw there. One day we drove to the north, to Caesarea Philippi. How fresh the air was there! We saw a fountain which was one of the three sources of the Jordan River. We lingered there for a while, enjoying our lunch and having a pleasant time. The reason the Lord Jesus brought His disciples to Caesarea Philippi was to clear them of the foggy religious atmosphere of Jerusalem and the Jewish religion. Only after the Lord had brought the disciples to Caesarea Philippi did He begin to ask them questions regarding who He was. Caesarea Philippi was the right place for the Lord Jesus to be revealed to His disciples. It was also the right place for the revelation to be given regarding the church
23然而，我们还没有看见这两段话的关联。这关联是：如果我们还在宗教酵的影响之下，我们就绝不会清楚基督或召会。要清楚基督与召会，你需要除去一切的酵。你不仅需要离开宗教中心，离开圣城和圣殿，以及窒闷、污浊、充满宗教观念的气氛，还需要除净宗教的酵。若是你里面仍然有酵，你就被帕子蒙蔽，你的眼睛就无法看见基督与召会。要看见基督与召会，你需要离开宗教中心，和一切所谓的圣物、圣地、圣人，并且需要除去各样的酵。
23However, we still have not seen the connection between these two portions of the Word. The connection is that if we are still under the influence of religious leaven, we shall never be clear about Christ or the church. In order to be clear about Christ and the church, you need to eliminate all leaven. You not only need to get away from the religious center, from the holy city with the holy temple, with the stuffy, foul, atmosphere filled with religious concepts, but you also need to be purged of the religious leaven. If there is still leaven within you, you will be under a veil, and your eyes will not be able to see Christ and the church. To see Christ and the church you need to get away from the religious center and all the so- called holy things, places, and persons, and you need to eliminate every kind of leaven
24虽然有些基督徒有心为著神，但他们仍然不能看见召会，他们也不能纯净真实的看见基督，因为他们被宗教的酵所浸透。现在我们就能看见马太把十六章头一段直接放在集体的吃之后的原因。在吃的事上，我们需要提防酵。此外，我们若要看见基督与召会，我们就不该有任何宗教的酵。我们需要晴朗的天空和晴朗的气氛；我们也需要清明的心思和清明的悟性，这悟性不在宗教酵的影响之下。如果我们仍然持守圣诞节和公会没有甚么错的观念，就指明我们的悟性被宗教隐藏的酵所浸透。这酵制造的不是外面的雾，乃是里面的雾。我们里面若有这样的雾，我们的异象就会糢糊。有些圣徒里面的光景就像这样，他们充满了雾。但偶尔有个小洞出现，就能看见一片晴朗的天空。然而，不久雾就把晴朗的地方遮盖了。有些圣徒可能说，『南浸信会这名称有甚么错？公会不是赌场，不是么？』你若这么想，你的异象就会糢糊。这样的问题指明你仍然持守发酵的宗教观念。
24Although certain Christians have a heart for God, they still cannot see the church. Neither can they see Christ in a pure and genuine way because they are saturated with religious leaven. Now we can see the reason Matthew placed the first part of chapter sixteen immediately after his account of the corporate eating. In our eating we need to beware of leaven. Moreover, if we would see Christ and the church, we should not have any religious leaven. We need a clear sky and a clear atmosphere; we also need a clear mind and a clear understanding, an understanding not under the influence of religious leaven. If we still hold the concept that there is nothing wrong with Christmas or with the denominations, it is an indication that our understanding is saturated with hidden religious leaven. This leaven creates not an outward fog, but an inward mist. If there is such a mist within us, our vision will be blurred. The inward condition of some saints is like this. They are filled with mist. But every once in a while a little hole appears, and a portion of clear sky can be seen. However, immediately afterward the mist covers the clear spot. Some of these saints may say, “What’s wrong with the title Southern Baptist? A denomination is not a gambling casino, is it?” If you think like this, your vision will be blurred. Questions like these indicate that you still hold on to leavened, religious concepts.
25我们许多人从出生时就发了酵。整个童年时代，我们都一直在酵的影响之下。尽管你对基督一无所知，但你熟悉圣诞老人、圣诞袜、以及五彩灯泡所装饰的圣诞树。你的思想、感觉完全发了酵。对你而言，召会就是有高塔和钟的平房。这表明你不知不觉并在潜意识里发了酵。此外，你越在学校里接受教育和训练，酵就越浸透你的全人。因此，我们需要离开宗教中心，远至北方，到该撒利亚腓立比境内，那里的天空是睛朗的。我们也需要在里面对主说，『主耶稣，炼净我各样的酵。我不要里外都有酵。我要在晴朗的天空之下作一个清明的人。』
25Many of us have been leavened from the time we were born. Throughout our childhood we were constantly under the influence of leaven. Although you knew nothing of Christ, you were familiar with Santa Claus, Christmas stockings, and trees decorated with colored lights. Your thought and feeling were completely leavened. To you, the church was a bungalow with a high tower and bell. This shows that unconsciously and subconsciously you were leavened. Moreover, the more you were educated and trained in school, the more the leaven saturated your being. Therefore, we need to leave the religious center and go far to the north, to the region of Caesarea Philippi, where the sky is clear. Also, we need to say to the Lord inwardly, “Lord Jesus, purify me of every kind of leaven. I don’t want there to be fog without or mist within. I want to be a clear person under a clear sky
26我再说，基督教国里的饼不纯净，这饼发了酵。今天的宗教所传扬并教导的基督已发了酵。看看在传扬基督和教导召会的事上有多少的酵。召会的『饼，』就是关于召会的真理，尤其发了酵。最近，我听到一些基督教传道人，呼召基督徒回到所谓历史的召会，我感到很伤痛。难道他们不知道历史召会的会议作成许多邪恶的决议么？以弗所会议（主后四三一年）作成一项决议，就是许可敬拜马利亚。正如你们所知道的，新灵恩运动已经渗入天主教，甚至已经与敬拜马利亚的事搀杂在一起。那些有过灵恩经历的人怎能容忍这样的拜偶像？但今天有些人说，甚至透过广播说，天主教里没有拜偶像。在柏克莱有一个团体想尽办法要研究我们。我希奇他们为甚么不研究天主教。他们为甚么不去梵谛冈看看那里的异教、偶像和异端？他们不研究天主教而研究我们，这事实暴露他们邪恶的企图，就是要压制我们，除灭我们。在今天基督教国的每一角落都有隐藏的酵，那里没有一样是纯净的。整个基督教国都发了酵。这不是我的话，乃是主耶稣在马太十三章三十三节的豫言，在那里主说，『全团都发了酵。』然而，我们和酵对立，并且见证纯净的耶稣。虽然这得罪许多人，但我们也只好这样。我们必须见证纯净的基督，并且和所有的酵对立。
26Again I say that the bread in Christendom is impure; it is leavened. The very Christ preached and taught by today’s religion has been leavened. Consider how much leaven there is in the preaching of Christ and in the teaching regarding the church. The “bread” of the church, that is, the truth concerning the church, has been especially leavened. Recently I was grieved to hear that some Christian preachers have issued a call for Christians to come back to the so - called historic church. Do they not know that the councils of the historic church made many evil decisions, one of which made at the Council of Ephesus (A.D. 431) was to sanction the worship of Mary? As you know, the charismatic movement has penetrated the Catholic Church and has even been mixed with the worship of Mary. How can those who have had the charismatic experience tolerate such idolatry? But today some are saying, even over the radio, that there is no idolatry in Catholicism. A certain group in Berkeley is striving to investigate us. I wonder why they do not investigate the Catholic Church. Why do they not go to the Vatican and see the paganism, idolatry, and heresy there? The fact that they investigate us but not the Catholic Church exposes their evil intention, which is to suppress us and to terminate us. In every corner of today’s Christendom there is hidden leaven. Nothing there is pure. The whole of Christendom has been leavened. This is not my word; it is the prophetic word of the Lord Jesus in 13:33, where the Lord said that “the whole was leavened.” We, however, stand against the leaven and we are testifying the pure Jesus. Although this is offensive to many, there is nothing we can do about it. We must testify the pure Christ and stand against all leaven.
27二、领受关于基督的启示
27B. Receiving the Revelation concerning Christ
28在十三节，主问门徒一个问题：『人说人子是谁？』为人的基督是个奥秘，不仅对那世代的人如此，对今天的人也一样。
28In verse 13 the Lord asked His disciples a question: “Who do men say that the Son of Man is?” As a man, Christ was a mystery, not only to that generation, but also to people today
基督不是施浸者约翰、以利亚、耶利米或申言者中的一位
1. Christ Not Being John the Baptist, 1. Elijah, Jeremiah, or One of the Prophets
29十四节说，『他们说，有人说是施浸者约翰，另有人说是以利亚，还有人说是耶利米，或申言者中的一位。』人最多只能领会基督是申言者中最大的一位。若没有属天的启示，无人能认识祂是基督，是活神的儿子。（太十六16。）
29Verse 14 says, “And they said, Some, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.” At most, people can only recognize that Christ is the greatest among the prophets. Without heavenly revelation, no one can know that He is the Christ and the Son of the living God (v. 16
基督，活神的儿子
2. Christ, the Son of the Living God 2.
30主要门徒说他们认为他是谁之后，西门彼得回答说，『你是基督，是活神的儿子。』（太十六。）基督，意即神的受膏者，是说到主的使命；活神的儿子，指三一神的第二者，是说到主的身位。主的使命是要藉著他的钉死、复活、升天和再临，完成神永远的定旨；祂的身位具体的表现父，并终结于那灵，使三一神得著完满的彰显。
30After the Lord asked His disciples to say who they though tHe was, Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God” (v. 16). The Christ, as the anointed One of God, refers 16 to the Lord’s commission; whereas the Son of the living God, as the second of the Triune God, refers to His person. His commission is to accomplish God’s eternal purpose through His crucifixion, resurrection, ascension, and second advent, whereas His person embodies the Father and issues in the Spirit for a full expression of the Triune God.
31活神与死宗教相对。主是活神的具体表现，与死宗教无分无关。
31The living God is in contrast to dead religion. The Lord is the embodiment of the living God, having nothing to do with dead religion
不是血肉之人所启示的，乃是天父在祂的祝福下所启示的
3. Revealed by the Heavenly Father 3. under His Blessing, Not by Flesh and Blood
32十七节说，『耶稣回答他说，西门巴约拿，你是有福的，因为不是血肉之人启示了你，乃是我在诸天之上的父启示了你。』血肉之人指受造而堕落之天然的人。惟有父认识子，（太十一27，）因此惟有父能将子启示我们。
32Verse 17 says, “ And Jesus answered and said to him, You are blessed, Simon Bar-jona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father Who is in the heavens.” Flesh and blood refer to man, who is composed of flesh and blood. Only the Father knows the Son (11:27); hence, only He can reveal the Son to us
33三、领受关于召会的启示
33C. Receiving the Revelation concerning the Church
34在十八节主说，『我还告诉你，你是彼得，我要把我的召会建造在这磐石上，阴间的门不能胜过她。』父对于基督的启示，只是基督与召会这极大奥秘（弗五32）的前半；因此，主还需要向彼得启示这极大奥秘的后半，就是召会。
34In verse 18 the Lord said, “ And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.” The Father’sr evelation concerning Christ is just the first half of the great mystery, which is Christ and the church (Eph. 5:32). Hence, the Lord needed also to reveal to Peter the second half, which is concerning the church
召会的建造
1. The Building of the Church 1.
藉著基督
a. By Christ a.
35在十八节主说，『我要把我的召会建造...。』主建造祂的召会，开始于五旬节那天。（徒二1～4，41～42。）然而，主在这里的豫言，甚至到了二十世纪，还没有完全应验。由背道的罗马天主教和更正教各宗派所组成的基督教国，不是主所建造的召会。这豫言是藉主的恢复得著应验的，真正召会的建造是在主的恢复里才得以完成。
35In verse 18 the Lord said, “I will build My church.” The Lord’s building of His church began at the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:1-4, 41-42). Yet the Lord’s prophecy here has still not been fulfilled, even by the twentieth century. Christendom, composed of the apostate Roman Catholic Church and the Protestant denominations, is not the Lord’s building of His church. This prophecy is fulfilled through the Lord’s recovery, in which the building of the genuine church is accomplished
36召会，希腊文，ekklesia，艾克利西亚，意即召出来，用以指召出来的会众，所以最好译为召会。『我的召会』指明召会是属于主的，不
36The words “My church” indicate that the church is of the Lord, not of any person or thing; it is not like the denominations, which are denominated after some person’s name or according to something.
37属于任何人事物；召会不像宗派那样，以某人或照某事来命名。
37
在磐石上
b. Upon the Rock b.
38主告诉彼得说，祂要把祂的召会建造在这磐石上。这磐石不仅指基督，也指彼得从父所领受关于基督的启示。召会乃是建造在基督和这关于基督的启示上。
38The Lord told Peter that He would build His church upon “this rock.” The words “this rock” refer not only to Christ, but also to this revelation of Christ, which Peter received from the Father. The church is built on this revelation concerning Christ
39罗马天主教宣称十八节的磐石是指彼得，而大多数基要派信徒说那是指基督。虽然说磐石指明基督并没有错，但甚至这种领会也不彀。这里的磐石不仅是指基督，更是指关于基督的启示。在这一章里，父从诸天之上向彼得启示了一样东西。从父而来这属天的启示就是磐石。召会建造在基督和关于基督的启示上，这不是微不足道的事。公会不是建造在这磐石上。例如，南浸信会是建造在受浸的启示上，不是建造在基督的启示上。同样的原则，长老会是建造在长老治会的道理上。同样的，新灵恩派的团体也不是建造在这关于基督的启示上，乃是建造在对灵恩之事的知识和经历上。因此，四方福音会是建造在四方福音的启示上，不是建造在基督的启示上。
39Roman Catholicism claims that the rock in verse 18 refers to Peter, whereas most fundamental Christians say that it refers to Christ. Although it is correct to say that the rock denotes Christ, not even this understanding is adequate. The rock here refers not only to Christ, but even the more to the revelation concerning Christ. In this chapter the Father reveals something from the heavens to Peter. This heavenly revelation from the Father is the rock. It is not an insignificant matter that the church is built both upon Christ and upon the revelation concerning Christ. The denominations are not built upon this rock. For example, the Southern Baptist denomination is built upon the revelation of baptism by immersion, not upon the revelation of Christ. In the same principle, the Presbyterian denomination is built upon the doctrine of presbytery. Likewise, the charismatic churches or groups are not built upon this revelation concerning Christ; they are built upon their knowledge of the charismatic things and on their experience of them. Thus, the Foursquare denomination is built upon the revelation of the foursquare gospel, not on the revelation of Christ
40建造在关于基督之启示上的召会，才是真正的召会，她不是宗派。今天的问题是基督徒喜欢照著他们的观念和见解形成团体或所谓的召会，但他们的观念不是关于基督的启示。召会必须建造在『这磐石』上，也就是建造在基督的启示上。我们若看见这个，就要蒙拯救脱离分裂。只有一样东西是建造在基督的启示上，那就是召会。任何建造在道理、见解、作法或观念上的团体，都不是建造在关于基督之启示上的召会。关于基督的启示，乃是主耶稣把祂的召会建造在其上的磐石。
40The church that is built upon the revelation concerning Christ is the genuine church, and it is not sectarian. The problem today is that Christians like to form groups or so-called churches according to their concept and viewpoint. But their concept is not the revelation concerning Christ. The church must be built upon “this rock,” that is, upon the revelation of Christ. If we see this, we shall be saved from division. Only one thing is built upon the revelation of Christ, and that is the church. Any group that is built upon doctrines, views, practices, or concepts is not the church built upon the revelation concerning Christ. The revelation concerning Christ is the rock upon which the Lord Jesus is building His church
用石头
c. With the Stone c.
41十八节的『彼得，』希腊字也可译作『石头，』是神建造的材料。所有的信徒都需要像彼得一样，被变化成为石头，以建造召会。（彼前二5。）
41The Greek word rendered “Peter” in verse 18 may also be rendered “a stone,” which is the material for God’s building. Like Peter, all the believers need to be transformed into stones for the building of the church (1 Pet. 2:5).
阴间的门不能胜过她
d. The Gates of Hades Not Prevailing against It d.
42在十八节主也说，阴间的门不能胜过祂的召会。阴间的门乃是指撒但黑暗的权势或能力。（西一，徒二六18。）基督启示祂自己，并以这启示为磐石，又以彼得这样经过变化的人为石头，建造真正的召会，这样的召会是阴间的门不能胜过的。主这话也指明，撒但黑暗的权势要攻击召会；因此，召会（神的国）和撒但的权势（撒但的国），二者之间进行著属灵的争战。
42In verse 18 the Lord also said that the gates of Hades would not prevail against His church. The “gates of Hades” refers to Satan’s authority or power of darkness (Col. 1:1 3; Acts 2 6:1 8), which cannot 13 prevail against the genuine church built by Christ upon this revelation concerning Him as the rock, with stones such as Peter, a transformed human being. This work of the Lord also indicates that Satan’s power of darkness will attack the church; hence, there is spiritual warfare between Satan’s power, which is his kingdom, and the church, which is God’skin gdom.
43几个月前，我们在罗马参观了圣彼得大教堂。那里的圆顶上写著马太十六章十八节的话：『我要把我的召会建造在这磐石上。』然而，这节的下半：『阴间的门不能胜过她，』没有写上去。也许这指明，阴间的门已经完全胜过了天主教。然而，主恢复里的召会的确是建造在关于基督的启示上，阴间的门不能胜过这召会。
43When we were in Rome several months ago, we visited Saint Peter’s Cathedral. On the dome there were written some words from Matthew 16:18: “I will build my church upon this rock.” However, the last part of this verse—“ And the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it”—was not written there. Perhaps this indicates that the gates of Hades have totally defeated the Catholic Church. The church in the Lord’s recovery, however, is truly built upon the revelation concerning Christ, and against this church the gates of Hades cannot prevail
44召会就是诸天之国
442. The Church Being the Kingdom of the Heavens 2.
45十九节题到诸天之国。这里『诸天之国』与前节的『召会』交互使用，有力的证明，真正的召会就是今世的诸天之国。罗马十四章十七节证实这点，那里所说神的国，指正当的召会生活。
45Verse 19 speaks of the kingdom of the heavens. The words “the kingdom of the heavens” here are interchangeably used for the word “church” in the previous verse. This is a strong proof that the genuine church is the kingdom of the heavens in this age. This is confirmed by Romans 14:17, which refers to the proper church life
钥匙给了彼得
a. The Keys Given to Peter a.
46在十九节，主对彼得说，『我要把诸天之国的钥匙给你。』根据历史，这里的钥匙共有两把：在五旬节那天，彼得用了一把，为犹太信徒开了进诸天之国的门：（徒二38～42，）在哥尼流家里，他用了另一把，为外邦信徒开了进诸天之国的门。（徒十34～48。）
46In verse 19 the Lord said to Peter, “I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of the heavens.” According to history, the keys have been two: Peter used one to open the gate for the Jewish believers to enter the kingdom of the heavens on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:38-42); and he used the other to open the gate for the Gentile believers to enter the kingdom of the heavens in the house of Cornelius (Acts 10:34-48).
在地上捆绑并释放
b. Binding and Loosing on Earth b.
47在诸天之上已经捆绑并释放的
47What Has Been Bound and Loosed in the Heavens
48在十九节，主也对彼得说，『凡你在地上捆绑的，乃是在诸天之上已经捆绑的；凡你在地上释放的，必是在诸天之上已经释放的。』马太福音论到的诸天之国，与权柄有关；这卷书所启示的召会，代表掌权的国度。因此，捆绑和释放的权柄，不仅在这里给了召会的使徒彼得，并且给了召会本身。（太１十八17～18。）凡召会的人在地上捆绑或释放的，都该是在诸天之上已经捆绑或已经释放的。我们只能捆绑或释放在诸天之上所已经捆绑或已经释放的。
48In verse 19 the Lord also said to Peter, “Whatever you bind on the earth shall be what has been bound in the heavens, and whatever you loose on the earth shall be what has been loosed in the heavens.” The Gospel of Matthew is concerned with the kingdom of the heavens, which is a matter of authority. The church revealed in this book represents the kingdom to reign. Hence, the authority to bind and to loose is given not only to Peter, the apostle for the church here, but also to the church itself (18:17- 18). Whatever the church people bind or loose on earth must be what has been bound or loosed in the heavens already. We can only bind or loose what has already been bound or loosed in the heavens
四 、关于基督与召会的启示要保持隐密
D. The Revelation concerning Christ and the Church Kept Secret
49二十节说，『于是耶稣嘱咐门徒，不可对人说祂是基督。』关于基督同祂召会的启示，向宗教的人总是隐藏的。
49Verse 20 says, “Then He charged the disciples that they should tell no one that He is the Christ.” The revelation concerning Christ with His church is always hidden from religious people