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马可福音生命读经 · 第17篇

奴仆救主福音服事的行动（一）

The Move of the Slave-Savior’s Gospel Service (1)
1读经：马可福音4:35—5:43。我们从本篇信息开始，要来看马可福音另外一大段落：论到奴仆救主福音服事的行动。（四35～十52。）我们在本篇信息要交通四章三十五节至五章四十三节。马可福音这一段记载三件事：平静风海；（四35～41；）赶逐群鬼；（五1～；）医治血漏，复活死女。（五21～43。）
1Scripture Reading: Mark 4:35—5:43 With this message we shall begin to consider another long section of the Gospel of Mark, a section concerned with the move of the Slave - Savior’s gospel service (4:35—10:52). In this message we shall consider 4:35— 5:43. In this portion of the Gospel of Mark we have three matters: the silencing of the wind and the stilling of the sea for the voyage (4:35-41), the casting out of a legion of demons (5:1-20), and the healing of a woman with a 20 flow of blood and the raising up of a dead girl (5:21-43).
征服背叛
THE SUBDUING OF REBELLION
2马可四章是美妙的一章，论到国度的种子、基因、及其完全的发展。这一章末了记载海上的风暴，也许令人惊奇。你可能会想，四章的结尾与四章一至三十四节说到国度比喻的那一段，二者怎样相合。
2Chapter four of Mark is a wonderful chapter concerned with the seed, the gene, of the kingdom and its full development. It may be surprising that at the end of this chapter we have the record of a storm on the sea. Perhaps you are wondering how the last part of chapter four fits in with 4:1-34, in which we have the parables of the kingdom
3首先，马可四章论到神的国。紧接著国度的记载后，就有背叛的4:37记载。马可四章三十七节说，忽然起了大风暴，波浪打入船内。这是一幅背叛的图画。我们藉此看见本章末了论到神的国时，背叛依旧存在。仅用一个辞来作四章的主题是不彀的。本章先有国度，然后有征服背叛。从神的观点来看，国度乃是神自己作生命种子的发展。但从神仇敌的观点来看，国度就是征服背叛。奴仆救主强有力的讲论神的国以后，立即对祂的门徒说，『我们渡到对岸去。门徒离开群众，耶稣仍在船上，他们就把祂带去，也有别的船和祂同行。』（35～36。）当时那背叛者撒但使用他空中的使者，和水中的污鬼，挑动背叛。因此，『忽然起了大风暴，波浪打入船内，甚至船要满了水。』（37。）风暴使载著主和门徒的船很难渡海。
3First, chapter four of Mark speaks concerning the kingdom of God. Then immediately after the record of the kingdom, there is a record of rebellion. Mark says that a great windstorm came, and the waves beat into the boat. This is a picture of rebellion. By this we see that, at the end of this chapter on the kingdom of God, rebellion is still present. It is not sufficient to use a single word as the topic for chapter four. In this chapter we first have the kingdom and then the subduing of rebellion. From God’s point of view, the kingdom is the development of God Himself as the seed of life. But from the point of view of God’se ne my, the kingdom is the subduing of rebellion. Immediately after the Slave-Savior spoke a strong word on the kingdom of God, He said to His disciples, “Let us pass over to the other side. And leaving the crowd, they take Him along, as He was, in the boat, and the other boats were with Him” (vv. 35-36). The rebel, Satan, then used his angels in the air and his demons in the water to stir up rebellion. Because of this “a great windstorm came, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already filling” (v. 37). This storm made it very difficult for the boat carrying the Lord and His disciples to cross the sea.
主在船上睡著
The Lord Sleeping in the Boat
4三十八节说，『耶稣竟在船尾靠著枕头睡著。门徒叫醒了祂，对祂说，夫子，我们丧命，你不顾么？』奴仆救主在风暴袭击之下的船上睡著安歇，门徒却饱受惊吓，这指明祂超越险恶的风暴，不受其搅扰。门徒只要有祂在船上，就该凭著信祂，（40，）有分于祂的安息，享受祂的平安。主在平安的休息，门徒却饱受惊吓。他们因为害怕，就叫醒了正在睡觉的奴仆救主，对祂说，『夫子，我们丧命，你不顾么？』
4Verse 38 says, “And He was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. And they awake Him and say to Him, Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?” The Slave-Savior was sleeping and resting in the boat beaten by the windstorm, but at the same time the disciples were threatened by the storm. This indicates that He was above the threatening windstorm and was not bothered by it. As long as the disciples had Him with them in their boat they should, by faith in Him (v. 40), share His rest and enjoy His peace. The Lord was resting peacefully, but the disciples were frightened. Because of their fear, they awakened the sleeping Slave-Savior and said to Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?”
5三十九节说，『耶稣醒来，斥责风，又向海说，安静罢！不要发声！风就止住，大大的平静了。』门徒跟从奴仆救主时，祂这位有神圣权柄的人，就管住威胁他们的风暴。主为甚么斥责风，又向海说话？斥责不是对无生命之物，乃是对有位格之物而发的。奴仆救主斥责风，命令海平静，因为风里有撒但的堕落天使，（弗六12，）海里有鬼。（太八32。）空中堕落的天使和水中的鬼，合力阻止奴仆救主渡到对岸，因为他们晓得祂要去赶出那边的鬼。（可五1～20。）
5Verse 39 says, “And being awakened, He rebuked the wind and said to the sea, Be silent! Be still! And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.” While the disciples were following Him, the Slave-Savior, as a Man with divine authority, controlled the storm that threatened them. Why did the Lord rebuke the wind and speak to the sea? A rebuke is not given to things without life, but to things with personality. The Slave-Savior rebuked the wind and commanded the sea to be still because in the wind were the fallen angels of Satan (Eph. 6:12), and in the sea were the demons (Matt. 8:32). The fallen angels in the air and the demons in the water collaborated to frustrate the Slave- Savior from going to the other side of the sea because they knew that He would cast out the demons there (Mark 5:1-20
主斥责风
The Lord Rebuking the Wind
6主斥责风又命令海平静，因为幕后策动的乃是背叛的天使和鬼。主晓得风暴是由天使与鬼鼓动出来的，为著阻止祂渡到海那边去赶出群鬼。当主赶出群鬼时，国度就来到了。现在我们看见，主在四章论到国度，在五章赶出群鬼，好执行国度。在讲论国度的话与国度的执行这二者之间，有海上风暴这件事。主斥责风，并向海说话以后，风就止住，大大的平静了，因为空中邪恶天使和水中污鬼的背叛被征服了。所以，我们在四章三十五至四十一节看见，国度乃是征服背叛的能力。
6The Lord rebuked the wind and commanded the sea to be silent because of the rebellious angels and demons that were behind the scene. The Lord knew that the storm was instigated by these angels and demons in order to frustrate Him from going to the other side of the sea to cast out the legion of demons. When the Lord cast out those demons, that was the coming of the kingdom. Now we can see that in chapter four the Lord spoke concerning the kingdom, and in chapter five He carried out the kingdom through the casting out of demons. Between the word concerning the kingdom and the carrying out of the kingdom, there is the incident of the stormy sea. After the Lord rebuked the wind and spoke to the sea, the wind ceased and there was a great calm, for the rebellion of the evil angels in the air and the demons in the water was subdued. Therefore, in 4:35-41 we see the kingdom as the power to subdue rebellion
7本章的顺序很有意义。揭示国度以后，紧接著就是征服背叛，这是为著执行神的国。
7The sequence in this chapter is significant. Immediately after the unveiling of the kingdom, we have the subduing of rebellion. This is for the carrying out of the kingdom of God.
8马可四章四十一节说，门徒『就大大的惧怕，彼此说，这人到底是谁，连风和海也听从了祂？』主斥责风和海，不仅显示奴仆救主神圣的权柄，也见证祂就是宇宙的创造主。（创一9，伯三八8～11。）祂是有权柄的创造主。
8Mark 4:41 says that the disciples “feared greatly and said to one another, Who then is this, that both the wind and the sea obey Him?” The Lord’s rebuking of the wind and these a not only displayed the Slave- Savior’s divine authority, but also testified that He was the very Creator of the universe (Gen. 1:9; Job 38:8-11
赶逐群鬼
CASTING OUT DEMONS
与清除污秽的事业
AND CLEARING UP THE UNCLEAN INDUSTRY
9背叛被征服以后，奴仆救主与祂的门徒『来到海的对岸，格拉森人的地方』。（可五1。）五章一至二十节的记载比马太八章二十八至三十四节详细得多。这是有力的证明，马可这本神奴仆的传记，强调祂的工作，不强调祂的话语，并且所记的比其他福音书更详细。五章二节说，『耶稣一下船，立即有一个污灵附著的人，从坟茔7里出来迎著祂。』七节论到这人说，他『大声喊叫说，至高神的儿子耶稣，我与你何干？我指著神切求你，不要叫我受苦』。这指明这鬼附的人被霸占到一个地步，为污灵所用，就像污灵自己一样。
9Because the rebellion was subdued, the Slave-Savior and His disciples “came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes” (5:1). The record in 5:1-20 is much more detailed than that in Matthew 8:28-34. This is strong evidence that Mark’s Gospel, as a biography of the Slave of God, emphasizes His work instead of His word and gives more details than the other Gospels. Mark 5:2 says, “And when He came out of the boat, immediately there met Him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit.” Concerning this man, verse says, “And crying out with a loud voice, he says, What do I have to do with You, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure You by God, do not torment me!” This indicates that the possessed man was usurped by the possessing spirit to such an extent that he was used by the evil spirit to be as that spirit himself.
10主耶稣一来到格拉森人的地方，那里的光景就暴露在祂和门徒眼前。那里有一个人被鬼所附，而当地的人所经营的是养猪的事业。（11～。）何等可怕的事业！在祂的智慧里，奴仆救主同时顾到两个难处。祂赶出鬼附之人的群鬼，并且清除了养猪的污秽事业。祂到格拉森人的地方以前，那地充满了污鬼、猪群。你愿意在那样的地方安家么？必定没有一个正常人愿意在那里定居下来。虽然如此，主耶稣特意到那里去赶鬼，并清除污秽的事业。门徒不晓得主告诉他们渡到那边去的目的，（四35，）但主当然晓得祂为甚么要到格拉森人的地方。神的子民不该放猪，而该放羊。神的子民放羊，就会有合式的祭物献给神。然而格拉森地方的居民，却以不洁净的放猪为业。今天不信主的人，原则上就像格拉森人一样。每当人被污鬼附身后，就会从事不洁净的事业。他们需要主耶稣来赶鬼，清除所有不洁净的活动。五章十三节说，『污灵便出来，进入猪里去；于是那群猪闯下山崖，投入海里，约有二千，都淹死在海中。』我们在这里看见大约有二千只猪，所以必定有许多鬼把猪赶下山崖。如果只有二十个鬼，每个鬼就得把一百只猪赶下山崖，投在海里。这里的重点乃是：鬼与不洁净的事业有关。今天不信的人有分于不洁净的活动和罪恶的娱乐，因为他们受鬼的影响。
10As soon as the Lord Jesus came into the country of the Gerasenes, the situation there was exposed to Him and His disciples. There was a man possessed by a legion of demons, and the people in that country were in the business of raising hogs (vv. 11-14). What a terrible industry!14 In His wisdom, the Slave-Savior took care of two problems at the same time. He cast out the demons from the possessed man, and He cleared up the unclean industry of hog raising. Before He went to the country of the Gerasenes, that place was full of demons and hogs. Would you like to make a home for your family in such a place? To be sure, no normal person would want to settle down in such a country. Nevertheless, the Lord Jesus went there for the purpose of casting out demons and of clearing up the unclean industry. The disciples did not know the Lord’s purpose for telling them to passover to the other side (4:35). The Lord, of course, knew why He wanted to go to the country of the Gerasenes. God’sp eople should not be in the business of raising hogs. Instead, they should raise sheep. By raising sheep, they would then have the proper sacrifices to offer to God. However, those in the country of the Gerasenes were in the unclean business of raising hogs. The principle is the same among unbelievers today as it was with those in the land of the Gerasenes. Whenever human beings are occupied by demons, they will be engaged in some form of unclean business or industry. They need the Lord Jesus to come to cast out the demons and clear up all their unclean activities. Mark 5:1 3 says, “And having come out, the unclean spirits entered into the hogs, and the herd rushed down the steep slope into the sea, about two thousand, and were choked in the sea.” Here we see that there were about two thousand hogs. Surely, there must have been a large number of demons to drive these hogs into the sea. If there had been only twenty demons, each demon would have had to cause a hundred hogs to rush down the slope into the sea. The important point here is the relationship between the demons and the unclean industry. The reason that the unbelievers today are involved in unclean activities and sinful forms of entertainment is that they are under the influence of demons.
医治血漏，复活死女
HEALING A WOMAN WITH A FLOW OF BLOOD AND RAISING UP A DEAD GIRL
11五章二十一至四十三节记载主医治患血漏的女人，并叫死了的女孩复活。在这段也是说到神的奴仆在福音服事中神奇作为的记载里，马可比马太所记的更详细。这是一段生动的叙述，特别描绘病人所受的痛苦，奴仆救主在拯救人的服事上对人所显出的温柔、恩慈，以及彼得的在场。
11In 5:21-43 we have the record of the healing of a woman with a flow of blood and the raising up of a dead girl. In this record also of the miraculous deeds of the Slave of God in His gospel service, Mark gives us more details than Matthew. It is a vivid presentation, portraying especially the sufferings of the sick, and the Slave-Savior’s tenderness and kindness in His saving service toward them. This detailed presentation also indicates that Peter was present at that time
12马可五章二十二至二十三节说，『有一个管会堂的，名叫睚鲁，来见耶稣，就俯伏在祂脚前，再三的求祂说，我的小女儿快要死了，求你去按手在她身上，使她得拯救，可以活著。』管会堂的人不大有信心。因此，他央求主耶稣去他家。主同意了，就和他同去。
12Mark 5:22 and 23 say, “And one of the synagogue rulers comes, Jairus by name; and seeing Him, he falls at His feet, and entreats Him much, saying, My little daughter is at the point of death; come and lay your hands on her, that she may be healed, and live.” The synagogue ruler did not have much faith. This was the reason he begged the Lord Jesus to come to his home. The Lord agreed, and He went with him
两个事例合为一个
The Merging of Two Cases
13二十四节说，『有大批的群众跟随祂，并拥挤祂。』我们在二十五至三十四节看见，有一个女人患了十二年的血漏，从群众后面来摸耶稣的衣服而得了医治。因著这女人的事例，与管会堂女儿的事例汇合在一起；而且她生病的十二年正是女孩的年龄；她们又都是女性，一个年长，一个年幼；因此，这二者可视为一个人的完整事例。如此看来，可以说，女孩乃是生在女人致命的疾病中，且因这病死了。当女人致命的疾病被救主治好时，死了的女孩也就从死里复活了。这表征每个堕落的人，都是生在罪的致命疾病里，并且死在其中。（弗二1。）当他罪的致命疾病被救主救赎的死对付之后，（彼前二24，）他就起来，出死入生了。（约五24～25。）
13According to verse 24, “a great crowd followed Him and pressed upon Him.” In verses 25 through 34 we see that a woman who had had a flow of blood twelve years came in the crowd behind the Lord, touched His garment, and was healed. Since this woman’s case is merged with the case of the ruler’s daughter, and since the twelve years of her sickness are the age of the girl, and both are females, one older, one younger, these cases may be considered a complete case of one person. In this view, the girl was born, so to speak, in the woman’s death-sickness and twelve years later died of it. When the woman’s death - sickness was healed by the Savior, the girl rose up from death. This signifies that every fallen person is born in the death- sickness of sin and is dead in it (Eph. 2:1). When his death - sickness of sin is dealt with by the Savior’s redeeming death (1 Pet. 2:24), he rises up out of death into life (John 5:24-25).
被寻求的人所摸
Touched by the Seeking One
14马可五章二十八至二十九节说，『因为她说，我只要摸著祂的衣服，就必得拯救。于是她血漏的源头立刻干了，她便觉得身上的灾病得了医治。』二十八节繙作『拯救』的希腊字，或作『得以完全』或『康复』。疾病是魔鬼对病人所施行的压制。因此，奴仆救主的医治，对这受苦的病人乃是一种拯救的服事，使她得享舒畅，并从恶者的压制之下得著释放。（徒十38。）
14Mark 5:28 and 29 say, “For she said, If I may touch even His garments, I shall be healed. And immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she knew in her body that she was cured from the plague.” The Greek word translated “healed” in verse 28 may also be rendered “made whole.” Literally, the word means saved. Sickness is an oppression exercised by the Devil over the sick. Hence, the Slave-Savior’she al ing was a saving service rendered to the suffering victim, so that she might enjoy relief and release from the evil one’s oppression (Acts 10:38
15因著众人拥挤奴仆救主，真正的寻求者很难摸到祂。虽然如此，这女人却想摸祂，她一摸著，就得了拯救。『耶稣里面顿觉有能力从自己身上出去，就在群众当中转过身来，说，谁摸我的衣服？』（可五30。）主里面有感觉，觉得祂的美德，就是祂的能力，从祂身上出去，传输到一个人里面。为这缘故，祂查问谁摸了祂的衣服。门徒很天然，看见众人拥挤祂，就说，『你看群众拥挤你，还说谁摸我么？』（31。）拥挤的群众从救主一无所得，但摸祂的女人却得了医治。奴仆救主乃是神成为肉体来作人。（约一1，14。）祂的衣服象征祂在人性里完美的行为，祂为人美德的完全。摸祂的衣服，实际上就是摸祂有神具体化身（西二9）在其中的人性自己。藉著这一摸，祂神圣的能力就经过祂人性的完美，注入摸祂的人里面，成了她的医治。神原是住在人所不能靠近的光中，却在奴仆救主里面，藉著祂的人性，成为摸得著的，作了她的拯救和享受。作神奴仆的奴仆救主，就是这样来服事有病的罪人。
15Because a crowd was pressing upon the Slave-Savior, it was difficult for the genuine seekers to touch Him. Nevertheless, this woman found a way to touch Him, and when she did so, she was healed. “And immediately, Jesus realizing in Himself that power had gone out of Him, turned around in the crowd and said, Who touched My garments?” (v. 30). The Lord had the inner sense that His virtue, His power, had gone out of Him and had been transfused into someone else. This was the reason He asked who it was that had touched His garments. The disciples, being natural and seeing the crowd pressing upon Him, said, “You see the crowd pressing upon You, and You say, Who touched Me?” (v. 31). The pressing crowd received nothing from the Savior, but the woman who touched Him was healed. The Slave-Savior was God incarnated to be a man (John 1:1, 14). His garments signify His perfect behavior in His humanity, His human virtuous perfection. To touch His garments was actually to touch the Lord Himself in His humanity, in whom God was embodied (Col. 2:9). By such a touch His divine power was transfused into the touching one through the perfection of His humanity and became her healing. God, who dwells in unapproachable light, became touchable in Him through His humanity for her salvation and enjoyment. This was the service of the Slave-Savior as the Slave of God to the sick sinner
16主在马可五章三十四节对女人说，『女儿，你的信救了你，平平安安的去罢！你的灾病痊愈了。』奴仆救主的能力，在医病上显出祂的神性；（30；）祂的话带著爱和恩慈，在体恤人上显出祂的人性。在这事例中，祂的神性和人性再次汇合一起，叫祂得著彰显。
16In verse 34 the Lord said to the woman, “Daughter, your faith has healed you; go in peace and be well from your plague.” The Slave-Savior’s power expressed His deity in healing (v. 30). His word with love and kindness expressed His humanity in sympathy. In this case His deity and His humanity were again merged for His expression
这女人疾病的意义
The Significance of the Woman’s Disease
17这女人的疾病表征甚么？她的疾病表征漏掉生命。血漏就是漏掉生命的素质。自从人堕落以来，每一个亚当的后裔都患了这种疾病。我们都是堕落的罪人，都患了漏掉生命素质的灾病。因著这灾病，每一个亚当的后裔，每一个堕落的罪人，都天天在死。人一生下来就开始死亡了。死是甚么意思？死就是经历生命的素质在漏掉。你看看今天的社会，就会晓得每一个罪人都患漏掉生命素质的疾病。
17What does this woman’s disease signify? Her disease signifies the leaking out of life. The flow of blood signifies the leaking out of the life essence. From the time of man’s fall, every descendant of Adam has been sick in this way. As fallen sinners, we all are plagued by the leaking out of our life essence. Because of this plague, every descendant of Adam, every fallen sinner, is dying day by day. As soon as a human being is born, he begins to die. What does it mean to die? To die is to experience the leaking out of the essence of life. If you consider today’s society, you will realize that with every sinful person there is the illness of the leaking out of the life essence
人群社会的描绘
A PORTRAIT OF HUMAN SOCIETY
18四章三十五节至五章四十三节有三件事：征服背叛，赶鬼并清除不洁的养猪事业，以及医治患血漏的女人。这三件事描绘人群社会的光景。首先，在人类中有背叛的『风暴海』。社会中没有安宁的环境，却有接二连三的风暴。不仅如此，社会的真正光景就是鬼附与『放猪』的光景。世界各国都有人在经营不洁的事业来谋生。整个世界都与放猪的事业有关，因为世界都受霸占人的鬼所控制。此外，所有堕落的人都在垂死之中，也就是说，他们一直漏掉他们生命的素质。这的确是今天人类社会的特征：背叛，鬼附及其所连带的放猪，与漏掉生命。为这缘故，我们有负担出去传福音。我们需要主耶稣来征服背叛，赶鬼，清除放猪的事业，并医治漏掉生命的灾病。我们看见，五章二十一至四十三节的记载把患血漏女人的事例，与管会堂女儿的事例汇合在一起。这指明这两个事例描绘出一个人的光景。我们可以说，女孩乃是生在女人致命的疾病中。这也是每一个人的光景。我们都生在致命的疾病中，一出生就是要死。照这里的记载，当致命的疾病达到高峰时，我们就死亡，就像这女孩死了一样。女孩生在女人的疾病中，且因那疾病死了。但奴仆救主来医治那致命的疾病。当疾病痊愈时，女孩就复苏了。这指明女人得医治，就是女孩得了复苏。女人的痊愈与女孩的复活，是我们接受福音的一幅图画。当人把福音传给我们，我们听而接受时，我们漏掉生命素质的疾病就得了痊愈。我们一得了医治，就复苏且活了过来。我们原是生在致命的疾病中，但我们接受福音就得了医治，并且活了过来。
18In 4:35 — 5:43 we have three things: the subduing of rebellion, the casting out of the demons and the clearing up of the unclean industry of hog raising, and the healing of the woman with the flow of blood. These three matters portray the situation of human society. First, among human beings there is the “stormy sea” of rebellion. In society there is not a peaceful environment. Instead, there is one storm after another. Furthermore, in society the real situation is one of demon possession and “hog raising.” In every country people are engaged in some form of unclean industry for the purpose of making a living. The whole world is involved in the industry of hog raising because the world is under the control of legions of possessing demons. In addition, all fallen people are dying; that is, they are suffering from the leaking out of the life essence. These certainly are characteristics of today’s human society: rebellion, demon possession with hog raising, and the leaking out of life. This is the reason that we are burdened to go out to preach the gospel. We need the Lord Jesus to come in to subdue the rebellion, to cast out the demons and clear away the hog-raising industry, and to heal the plague of the leaking out of life. We have seen that the record in 5:21-43 merges the case of the woman with the flow of blood with that of the ruler’s daughter. This indicates that these two cases portray the situation of one person. We may say that the girl was born in the woman’s death-sickness. This is also the situation of every human being. We all were born in a death-sickness; we all were born to die. According to the record here, when this death-sickness reaches its peak, we die, just as the girl died. The girl was born in the woman’s sickness and died in that sickness. But the Slave-Savior came to heal that death- sickness. When the sickness was healed, the girl was revived. This indicates that the woman’she al ing was the girl’s reviving. The healing of the woman and the raising up of the girl are a picture of our experience in receiving the gospel. When the gospel came to us, we heard it, we received it, and we were healed of the disease of the leaking out of the life essence. Then after we were healed, we were revived and enlivened. We were born in a death- sickness, but through receiving the gospel we have been healed and made alive.
国度的显示
A DEMONSTRATION OF THE KINGDOM
19四章三十五节至五章四十三节有国度的显示。我们在国度的这显示中，看见征服背叛，赶出群鬼，清除不洁的事业，医治致命的疾病，并叫死人复活。这意思是说，在四章三十五节至五章四十三节中，背叛被征服，群鬼被赶出，放猪的事业被清除，致命的疾病得了医治，死人也复活了。这就是神的国。神的国在那里，那里就没有背叛、污鬼、放猪、或致命的疾病，而是老少都得了医治，且活了过来。这是国度，这是福音，这也是我们在召会生活中的经历。每一个人都有背叛、污鬼、放猪事业、疾病、和死亡的问题。这些事情在人群社会和每一个人身上都可见到。然而，当主耶稣作国度的种子来了，这一切问题就都得著解决。然后，神的国就在这里了。
19In 4:35—5:43 we have a demonstration of the kingdom. In this demonstration of the kingdom we see the subduing of rebellion, the casting out of the legion of demons, the clearing up of the unclean industry, the healing of the death-sickness, and the enlivening of the dead one. This means that in 4:35—5:43 rebellion is subdued, demons are cast out, the hog-raising industry is cleared up, the death-sickness is healed, and the dead person is revived. This is the kingdom of God. Where this kingdom is, there cannot be rebellion, demons, hog raising, or death-sickness. Instead, both the old and the young are healed and made alive. This is the kingdom, this is the gospel, and this is also our experience in the church life. Every human being has the problems of rebellion, demons, hog-raising industry, sickness, and death. These things are found in human society and in every individual. But when the Lord Jesus comes as the seed of the kingdom, all these problems are solved. Then the kingdom of God is here
20我们很高兴的作见证，主耶稣已经对付了背叛，就是我们环境中的『风暴海』。现在我们可以通行无阻的跟随祂。再者，我们以前曾经被鬼所附，经营不洁的事业；然而鬼被赶出去了，放猪的事业也清除了。我们也能作见证，我们已经得了痊愈，且活过来了，现今正在召会生活里，在国度里。我们何等享受奴仆救主的福音服事！
20We are glad to testify that the Lord Jesus has dealt with the rebellion, with the “stormy sea,” in our environment. Now we have a free course to go on with Him. Moreover, once we were possessed by demons and involved with unclean industry. But the demons have been cast out and the hog-raising industry has been cleared up. We can also testify that we have been healed and enlivened, and now we are in the church life, in the kingdom. How we enjoy the gospel service of our Slave-Savior!