4十章二至三十一节说到三件事:婚姻、小孩子与财富。这些事都与神的国有关,特别是与我们进入国度有关。我们若要进入神的国,就需要基督作我们的顶替,我们也需要应用祂的死并享受祂的复活。照七章所启示人的心来看,我们里面是不洁的,我们的心是不洁的。我们的心是由不洁净的事物组成的。因著我们的心是这样的情形,我们就需要由基督来顶替。我们需要祂的死了结我们,也需要祂的复活带进祂自己作我们生命的供应,作我们真正生命的粮。如果我们有基督作我们的顶替,也经历祂了结的死,与供应的复活,我们就能处理婚姻、年龄或老旧、以及财富的事。然后,我们才有资格进入国度。否则,我们就与国度不配;也不能进入国度。如果没有基督作我们的顶替,没有祂的死了结我们,也没有祂的复活把祂自己当作赐生命的饼供应我们,我们就无从进入国度。读圣经不仅是运用我们天然的心思,读白纸上的黑字。我们若要看见圣言所启示、所传达的异象,就需要神圣的光,也需要对主有一些经历。我们若缺少神圣的光,又缺乏经历,就不能对圣言有多少的了解。我们感谢主,祂向我们显示一些奇妙的事,就是基督连同祂的死与复活,作我们的顶替。这件事不是天然的心思所能领会的,我们若要看见这点,就需要属天的光与属灵的经历。我愿意强调一个事实,就是我们需要在马可七至九章所启示的光中,来读第十章。我们特别要照著基督连同祂的死与复活,作我们包罗万有之顶替的这个异象,来读第十章。八章二十七节到九章十三节是个要紧的点,而第十章则是按著这要点陈明出来的。我们若没有八章二十七节到九章十三节,就没有要点。现在当我们来看第十章的时候,不可将这里所记载的话,仅仅当作儿童故事。相反的,本章的每一件事,都与基督并祂的死和复活的异象有关。
4In 10:2-31 three matters are covered: marriage, young children, and riches. These matters are all related to the kingdom of God. In particular, they are related to our entering into the kingdom. If we would enter into the kingdom of God, we need Christ as our replacement, and we need the application of His death and the enjoyment of His resurrection. According to what is revealed regarding the human heart in chapter seven, we are inwardly unclean, unclean in our heart. Our heart is a composition of unclean things. Because our heart is in such a condition, we need to be replaced by Christ. We need to be terminated through His death, and we need His resurrection to bring in the Lord Himself as our life supply, as our real bread of life. If we have Christ as our replacement and if we experience His terminating death and supplying resurrection, we shall be able to handle the matters of marriage, age or oldness, and riches. Then we shall be qualified to enter into the kingdom. Otherwise, we shall not be fit for the kingdom; we shall not have an entrance into the kingdom. If we do not have Christ as our replacement, if we do not have His death to terminate us, and if we do not have His resurrection to supply us with Himself as life-giving bread, we shall not have an entrance into the kingdom. Studying the Bible is not a matter of using our natural mind to read merely the black-and-white letters. If we would see the vision revealed in and conveyed by the holy Word, we need divine light. We also need some amount of experience in the Lord. If we are lacking in the divine light and if we are short of experience, we shall not be able to see much in the Word, if anything at all. We thank the Lord for showing us something marvelous concerning Christ with His death and resurrection to be our replacement. This is a matter that the natural mind cannot comprehend. In order to see this, we need heavenly light and spiritual experience. I wish to emphasize the fact that we need to read chapter ten of the Gospel of Mark in the light of what is revealed in chapters seven, eight, and nine. Especially we need to read chapter ten according to the vision of Christ with His death and resurrection to be our all - inclusive replacement. In 8:27 — 9:13 we have the highlight, and chapter ten is presented according to this highlight. If we did not have 8:27— 9:13, we could not have the highlight. Now as we consider chapter ten, we should not regard what is recorded here merely as stories for children. On the contrary, everything in this chapter is related to the vision of Christ and His death and resurrection.