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马可福音生命读经 · 第31篇

奴仆救主福音服事的行动（十五）

The Move of the Slave-Savior’s Gospel Service (15)
1读经：马可福音十章一至三十一节。我们在本篇信息要来看十章一至三十一节。马可福音这段话说到四件事：主来到犹太地，（１，）教导不可离婚，（２～１２，）祝福小孩，（１３～１６，）教导关17-于财主并进神国的事。（１７～３１。）我们在前篇信息指出，有三件事会打岔我们进入神的国，就是婚姻、老旧、钱财。我们也已看见，如果我们被基督顶替，就必定有路合宜的处理这些事。现在让我们来细看主在十章二至三十一节所说关于婚姻、老旧、与钱财的话。
1Scripture Reading: Mark 10:1-31 In this message we shall continue to consider 10:1-31. In this portion of the Gospel of Mark we have four matters: the Lord’s coming to Judea (v. 1), the teaching against divorce (vv. 2-12), the blessing of young children (v v. 1 3-1 6), and the teaching concerning the rich and the kingdom of God (vv. 31). In the foregoing message we pointed out that three matters that may frustrate our entering into the kingdom of God are marriage, oldness, and riches. We have seen that if we are replaced by Christ, we surely shall have the way to handle these matters properly. Let us now consider in more detail what the Lord says in 10:2-31 concerning marriage, oldness, and riches.
教导不可离婚
teaching against divorce
2神创造人的时候，并不是同时创造出所有祂所需要的人来完成祂的定旨。如果神愿意同时创造好多人，祂确实能作得到；祂可以造出千千万万的人。然而，这不是神的办法；神乃是造出一对夫妇，并嘱咐他们生养众多，遍满地面。照著神的命定，人类必须藉著婚姻繁衍。因此，婚姻的重要性仅次于神的创造。
2When God created man, He did not create all the people He needed for His purpose at the same time. If God had wanted to create a great number of people at the same time, He certainly could have done so. He could have created billions of people. However, this was not God’sway. Instead, God created a couple and charged them to multiply and replenish the earth. According to God’so rd i nation, the propagation of mankind takes place through marriage. Marriage, therefore, is second only to God’s creation
3我们绝不可藐视婚姻。希伯来十三章四节说，『婚姻当在众人中间受尊重。』婚姻是圣别的，我们都当尊重。人类是藉著神的创造而存在，而神命定人类藉著婚姻繁衍下去。我们要看见，婚姻是该受尊重的、是圣别的，因为婚姻是为著人类的繁衍，为著完成神的定旨而命定的。人若不受造，也不藉婚姻繁衍，神的定旨就无法完成。我们需要从这个观点来看婚姻。我们若从这个角度来看婚姻，就会尊重婚姻。我们会看见，婚姻乃是为著人类的繁衍，以完成神永远的定旨。
3We should never despise marriage. Hebrews 13:4 says, “Let marriage beheld in honor among all.” Marriage is holy, and we must honor it. Mankind was brought into existence through God’s creation, and God ordained that mankind be propagated through marriage. We need to see that marriage is honorable and holy, for it is ordained for the propagation of mankind for the fulfillment of God’s purpose. Apart from the creation of man and the propagation of mankind through marriage, there cannot be the fulfillment of God’s purpose. We need to look at marriage from this point of view. If we consider marriage in this way, we shall honor it. We shall realize that marriage is for the propagation of mankind so that God’s eternal purpose may be fulfilled
4我们在婚姻生活中，必须诚实、忠贞并纯洁。如果我们不诚实、忠贞并纯洁，我们就会厉害的得罪神。照圣经来看，神定罪淫乱与奸淫。希伯来十三章四节下半说，『因为淫乱和奸淫的人，神必审判。』在最得罪神的各项罪中，淫乱与奸淫仅次于拜偶像。因此，我们要在神面前合宜的顾到婚姻。我们需要看见，淫乱和奸淫破坏了人类正当的繁衍。因这缘故，神不许可离婚。
4In our marriage life we need to be honest, faithful, and pure. If we are not honest, faithful, and pure, we shall offend God in a very serious way. According to the Bible, God condemns fornication and adultery. Hebrews 13:4b says, “Fornicators and adulterers God will judge.” Fornication and adultery are second only to idol worship as sins that are most offensive to God. Therefore, we need to care for marriage in a proper way before God. We need to see that fornication and adultery damage the proper propagation of mankind. This is the reason that God does not allow divorce.
5婚姻是一件严肃的事，所以我要劝戒青年人不要匆促结婚。青年人，你们结婚以前要多祷告，考虑周详，不要单从你们的观点来看婚姻。你们特别需要从神的观点来考虑婚姻。不要匆促的结婚，因为你们一旦结了婚，就没有选择的余地。神痛恨离婚。我们既然在进入神国的途中，所以在婚姻的事上，特别需要站立得稳。我们要看见，我们一旦结了婚，就不可离婚。结过婚的人对于配偶的短处应该『盲目』，不可以在配偶的身上吹毛求疵。察验对方，应该在订婚之前；既订了婚，特别是在结了婚之后，就要闭起眼睛不看对方的缺点，像眼瞎了一样。你们若不愿意这样瞎眼，就不会有合式的婚姻生活。
5Because marriage is such a serious matter, I would caution the young people against entering into it in a hasty way. Young people, before you get married, you need to have much prayer and consideration. Do not simply consider marriage from your point of view. You need to consider marriage especially from God’s point of view. Do not get married in haste, for once you are married, you no longer have any alternative. Divorce is highly offensive to God. Since we are on our way to enter into the kingdom of God, we especially need to be firm in our standing regarding marriage. We need to realize that once we are married there should not be any divorce. All married people should be “blind” to the shortcomings of their mate. They should not try to learn the faults of their spouse. All the investigating concerning the other party should be done before the time of engagement. After you are engaged, and especially after you are married, you should close your eyes to the defects of the other party and be blind. Unless you are willing to be blind in this way, you will not have a proper married life
6在马可十章二节，法利赛人盘问主耶稣：『人休妻可以不可以？』当主问他们，摩西吩咐他们的是甚么，他们回答说，『摩西准人写了休书，便可以休妻。』（４。）这条诫命不是基本的律法，乃是律法的添补。那是摩西传的，不是按著神起初的命定，乃是因著人的心硬，暂时给的。主在十章五至八节接下去说，『摩西因为你们的心硬，才写这条诫命给你们。但从创造之初，神造人是造男造女。为这缘故，人要离开父母，与妻子联合，二人成为一体；这样，他们不再是两个，乃是一个肉身了。』主在这里的话不但承认神造人，也印证神命定人的婚姻是一男一女联合，结为配耦，成为一体，人不可分开。摩西准许人离婚的诫命，偏离了神原初的命定；但基督把我们带回到神原初的命定里。
6According to 10:2, the Pharisees questioned the Lord Jesus “whether it is lawful for a man to put away a wife.” When He asked what Moses commanded them, they replied, “Moses permitted us to write a certificate of divorce and put her away” (v. 4). This commandment was not a part of the basic law, but a supplement to the law. It was given by Moses, not according to God’so rd i nation from the beginning, but temporarily because of the hardness of man’she art. In 10:5-8 the Lord goes on to say, “In view of your hardness of heart he wrote this commandment for you. But from the beginning of creation, He made them male and female. For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife. And the two shall be one flesh; so that they are no longer two, but one flesh.” Here the Lord’sword not only recognizes God’s creation of man, but also confirms God’s ordination of man’s marriage, that is, one male and one female to be joined and yoked together as one flesh, inseparable by man. The commandment concerning divorce given by Moses was a deviation from God’s original ordination. But Christ takes us back to God’so rd i nation in the beginning.
7主在十章九节说，『所以神所配耦的，人不可分开。』我们在这里看见，离婚不仅违反神的律法；离婚乃是抵挡神自己。神所配耦的，人不可分开。一面，婚姻是不可少的；另一面，婚姻的生活却是困难重重。虽然如此，我们必须学习喜爱这种困难，甚至满怀情爱的顾到这种困难。这意思是说，我们应该宝爱并妥善的照顾我们的婚姻。否则，我们进入神的国，会遭到拦阻。我们相信神是真实的，也相信祂的话－圣经－是真实的。因此，我们必须尊重神在圣经所说论到婚姻的话。我们若不合宜的处理我们的婚姻生活，那是一件严重的事。我们若不照著神来顾到我们的婚姻生活，就不能进入国度。不错，我们现今正在进国度的途中，然而我们在来世是否能真正的进入国度，尚不得而知。照马可十章来看，我们能否在来世进入国度，首先要看我们如何处理自己的婚姻生活。
7In 10:9 the Lord says, “What therefore God has yoked together, do not let man separate.” Here we see that divorce is not merely against the law of God; divorce is against God Himself. What God has yoked together man should not separate. On the one hand, marriage is a necessity. On the other hand, married life is difficult. Nevertheless, we must learn to love this difficulty and even care for it with affection. This means that we should love our marriage and take good care of it. Otherwise, we shall be hindered in entering into the kingdom of God. We believe that God is true, and we also believe that His Word, the Bible, is true. Hence, we must honor what God says in His Word concerning marriage. It is a serious matter not to handle our married life properly. Failure to take care of our married life according to God will keep us from entering into the kingdom. Yes, we now are on our way to the kingdom. But whether we shall actually enter into the kingdom in the coming age is still pending. According to chapter ten of Mark, whether we shall enter the kingdom in the coming age depends in the first place on the way we handle our married life
祝福小孩
BLESSING THE YOUNG CHILDREN
8我曾花费心思，要知道奴仆救主为小孩祝福的记载（１３～１６）为甚么插在第十章。经过思考以后，主光照我，使我看见这里指出，人在进入神国的途中，不该老旧，反而要年轻，甚至像小孩一样。
8I have given much thought as to why the record concerning the Slave-Savior’s blessing the young children (vv. 13-16) is inserted into chapter ten. As a result of my consideration, the Lord enlightened me to see that this indicates that those who are on their way to enter into the kingdom of God should not become old. Instead, they should be young, even as young children
9基督徒要进入神的国，最难对付的困难可能就是他们的老旧。今天，基督徒中间有许多教训、道理、和神学都是老旧的。如果我们要进入神的国，就必须年轻、新鲜。每当我看见主恢复里的圣徒属灵生命老旧了，我就非常担心。你三十年前也许年轻、新鲜，但现在你可能老旧了。今天的基督徒因著他们的老旧，以及他们老旧的教训，以致跟不上主。这些教训也许是基要的，甚至是合乎圣经且是正确的，然而却是老旧的。
9Perhaps the most difficult thing for Christians to deal with regarding entering into God’skin gdom is their oldness. Much of the teaching, doctrine, and theology among today’s Christians is old. If we would enter into the kingdom of God, we need to be young and fresh. I am very concerned whenever I see the saints in the Lord’s recovery becoming old in their spiritual life. Thirty years ago, you may have been young and fresh, but now you may be old. Today Christians are held back from going on with the Lord by their oldness and also by their old teachings. These teachings may be fundamental and even scriptural and correct, but they are old.
10主耶稣在十章十四至十五节说，『让小孩子到我这里来，不要禁止他们，因为神的国正是这等人的。我实在告诉你们，凡不像小孩子一样接受神国的，绝不能进去。』主说了这话，就抱著小孩子，为他们祝福。（１６。）我们从这事看见主耶稣宝爱小孩子，抱著他们。主抱著小孩子，又为他们祝福，向祂的跟从者指明，他们不该老旧，他们该像小孩子一样，才能进入国度。在九章三十八节，雷子约翰对主说，『夫子，我们看见一个人在你的名里赶鬼，我们就禁止他，因为他不跟从我们。』约翰禁止一个在主名里赶鬼的人，这个事实指明约翰在属灵方面，已经老旧了。施浸者约翰的门徒也老旧了。他们跟从约翰不超过三年，然而即使在这么短的时间内，他们却老旧了，至终形成了一种宗教。原则上，同样的情形今天可能发生在我们身上。我非常挂心，恐怕老旧正潜入主的恢复里。老旧一旦进入，我们就不会天天新鲜。
10In 10:14-15 the Lord Jesus says, “Allow the young children to come to Me; do not forbid them, for of such is the kingdom of God. Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a young child shall by no means enter into it.” Having said this, the Lord took the young children in His arms and blessed them (v. 16). We see from this that the Lord Jesus treasured the young children and embraced them. By taking the young children in His arms and blessing them, the Lord was indicating to His followers that they should not become old, that they all should be as young children in order to enter into the kingdom. In 9:38 John, one of the sons of thunder, said to the Lord, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name who does not follow us, and we forbade him, because he was not following us.” The fact that John forbade someone from casting out demons in the Lord’s name was an indication that John had become old, spiritually speaking. The disciples of John the Baptist also became old. They followed John for not more than three years. But even in that short period of time they became old and eventually formed a religion. The same thing in principle may happen among us today. I am concerned that oldness is creeping into the Lord’s recovery. Once oldness comes in, we shall no longer be fresh day by day
11我们可以引用旧约拾吗哪的事，来说明我们需要天天是新的，天天是新鲜的。拾吗哪的原则是一天拾一次；除了安息日以外，吗哪若留到次日，就会生虫变臭。这描绘出我们需要天天复苏，天天更新。我们要一天比一天更新、更新鲜。我相信，马可福音的真理还可以用比这些信息更新鲜的方式陈明出来。我们当然不更改真理；然而，我们可以将真理陈明得更新鲜。譬如，地球虽然不变，交通工具却已经进步了。照样，神的真理没有改变，但是陈明真理的方式应当一直是更新的，新鲜的。神的国已经以新的方式来到。法利赛人与经学家需要重生，才能进入神的国。重生是甚么意思？重生就是更新。因著老旧与神的国度无分无关，所以我们必须重生、更新，才能进入国度。
11We may use the gathering of manna in the Old Testament as an illustration of our need to be new and fresh every day. The principle with the gathering of manna was that it was gathered one day at a time. Except for the Sabbath, any manna that was left over for the following day would stink and bring forth worms. This portrays our need to be refreshed and renewed daily. Day by day we should become newer and fresher. I believe that the truth in the Gospel of Mark can be presented in an even fresher way than in these messages. We, of course, do not change the truth. However, we can have a fresher way of presenting the truth. For example, although the earth remains the same, the means of transportation has improved. In a similar way, God’s truth does not change, but the way to present this truth should be newer and fresher all the time. God’skin gdom has come in a new way. It was necessary for the Pharisees and scribes to be reborn in order to enter into the kingdom of God. What does it mean to be reborn? To be reborn is to be renewed. Because oldness has nothing to do with God’s kingdom, we must be reborn, renewed, in order to enter into the kingdom.
12今天基督徒有一个大问题，就是他们的老旧。许多人转向他们公会老旧的解经，或抓牢老旧的教训。譬如，路德会的人就用路德所说的来查核事情。没有疑问，因信称义是真理基要的项目；然而，对于这个真理，我们必须是更新的、新鲜的。我们在前面其中一篇信息说到基督是我们完整、宇宙的顶替。我释放那篇信息以前，从来没有用过那种说法。这种发表是我在传讲的时候，才产生出来。我不知道还有没有其他的说法，更能这么帮助我传达基督顶替我们的真理。我引用这个例子，说出我们不可停留在老旧的知识里。我们都应该是新的，我们中间的教训也该根据于新的亮光。我们在第七章看见，主耶稣是一位外科医生，为我们的心施行手术，暴露出心的光景。这岂不是我们对于主对付我们的心这件事，一种新而新鲜的领会？
12A great problem among Christians today is their oldness. Many turn to old expositions or cling to the old teachings of their denomination. Lutherans, for instance, may check matters by what Luther says. No doubt, justification by faith is a basic item of the truth. However, with respect to this truth we need to be renewed and refreshed. In one of the foregoing messages we spoke of Christ as our entire, universal replacement. Before that message was given, I had never used such an expression. It was while I was speaking that this expression came forth. I do not know of any other expression that is so helpful in conveying the truth of Christ’s replacing us. I use this as an example of not staying in our old knowledge. We all should be new, and the teaching among us should also be according to new light. We have seen from chapter seven that the Lord Jesus is a Surgeon operating on our heart and exposing its condition. Is this not a new, fresh understanding of the Lord’s dealing with our heart
13我不愿意在任何方面老旧，也不愿意在发表神话语中的真理，受到老路的限制。一九四九年以前，我们从来没有讲到与主是一灵，也没有用『赐生命的灵』一辞。再者，我们从来没有题到七倍加强的灵。这些都是我们中间新的说法。甚至呼求主名在我们的实行上，也是新的。我们在中国时，并没有强调呼求主名。有人说，这是我发明的。甚实我没有发明呼求主名，我顶多是从圣经中发现这件事。人在创世记四章就开始呼求主名。因著主的怜悯，祂使用我们来发现这件事，但这的确不是我们发明的。好多圣徒因呼喊主名而蒙福；然而，甚至我们的呼喊也应该更新又新鲜。我们在前面一篇信息看见，实际上，祷告就是『不再是我，乃是基督』。你听人说过，祷告就是不再是我，乃是基督么？我能作见证，对我来说，这种对祷告的领会是新的。这进一步说明，我们需要更新、年轻又新鲜。
13I do not want to be old in any way. Neither do I want to be limited by old ways of expressing the truth in the Word of God. Before 1949, we never spoke about being one spirit with the Lord, and we did not use the term “life-giving Spirit.” Further, we never mentioned anything about the sevenfold, intensified Spirit. All these are new expressions among us. Even the matter of calling on the name of the Lord is new, as far as our practice is concerned. When we were in China, we did not emphasize calling on the Lord’s name. Some claim that I invented this. I did not invent calling on the Lord’s name. At most, I discovered this matter in the Bible. As early as Genesis 4 men began to call on the name of the Lord. By the Lord’s mercy, He has used us to discover this matter, but we surely did not invent it. A great many saints have been blessed by calling on the Lord’s name. But even our calling should be new and fresh. In a previous message we saw that prayer is actually a matter of “not I, but Christ.” Have you ever heard that prayer is a matter of not I, but Christ? I can testify that this understanding of prayer is new to me. This is a further illustration of our need to be new, young, and fresh
14我保证将来会释放出更多新的东西，并且会使用更特出的辞句与说法。我们藉著新的辞句与说法，会得著更多的亮光与恩典。因此，我们不要守旧，要日日更新，日日新鲜。
14Be assured that in the future more new things will come forth, and more striking terms and expressions will be used. Through new terms and expressions we may receive more light and grace. Therefore, let us not keep our oldness, but daily be renewed and refreshed
教导关于财主并进神国的事
teaching concerning the rich and the kingdom of God
15我们已经看见，能拦阻我们进入神的国的两件事，就是我们怎样处理婚姻与老旧。我们在马可十章十七至三十一节看见，钱财是我们另一个拦阻。在二十一节，主耶稣看著那位问祂该作甚么，才可以承受永远生命的人，对他说，『你还缺少一件：去变卖你所有的，分给穷人，就必有财宝在天上，你还要来跟从我。』我许多年前读这一节时，相当困扰。当时我是学生，我担心自己不能遵从主的诫命去变卖一切。但是我研读新约，逐渐看见保罗没有吩咐哥林多人变卖一切的产业，分给穷人。保罗没有告诉他们：『哥林多人阿，你们如果向主认真，就必须变卖你们所有的，分给别人。』保罗的著作中没有这样的话。然而，保罗著重一个事实，就是信徒不该受钱财的辖制。我们不该受钱财的捆绑，却要废掉钱财的奴役。我们不是为著钱财，钱财乃是为著我们。我们必须摆脱物质的产业，运用钱财来完成神的定旨。人当然需要钱才能生活，但我们绝不可以受钱财的奴役。钱财不该成为我们的主人，却当受我们的管理，并且该为著神的定旨而支用。如果我们不能管理钱财，也不为著神的定旨而支用，我们就会受钱财的奴役。结果，我们就不能进神的国。我们若被基督充满，就能妥善的处理婚姻、老旧与钱财。我们会以基督来处理婚姻，以基督来对付老旧，并以基督来管理钱财。这意思是说，在婚姻、老旧、和钱财的事上，我们被基督顶替了，好叫我们能进神的国。
15We have seen that two matters that can hinder us from entering into the kingdom of God are the way we handle marriage and oldness. In 10:17-31 we see that riches are another thing that can hinder us. In verse 21 the Lord Jesus looked at the man who had asked Him what he should do in order to inherit eternal life, and He said to him, “One thing you lack: go, whatever you have, sell it and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.” When I read this many years ago, I was troubled. As a student, I was concerned that I would not be able to fulfill the Lord’s commandment to sell everything. Gradually, by studying the New Testament, I came to see that Paul did not instruct the Corinthians to sell all their possessions and give to the poor. Paul did not tell them, “Corinthians, if you mean business with the Lord, you must sell all that you have and give to others.” Nowhere in Paul’s writings is there such a word. However, Paul does emphasize the fact that none of the believers should be under the bondage of wealth. We should not be bound by riches in any way. Rather, the slavery of riches must be nullified. We are not for riches; riches are for us. We must be free from our material possessions and use our riches for the fulfillment of God’s purpose. Of course, as human beings, we need money in order to live. But we never should be enslaved to money. Money should not be our master. Rather, money should be under our management and should be used for God’s purpose. If money is not under our control and if it is not used for God’s purpose, then we shall be enslaved to it. As a result, we shall not be able to enter into the kingdom of God. If we are filled with Christ, we shall be able to handle the matters of marriage, oldness, and riches. We shall handle marriage with Christ, we shall deal with the matter of oldness with Christ, and we shall manage money with Christ. This means that in the matters of marriage, oldness, and wealth we are replaced by Christ so that we may enter into the kingdom of God.
16但愿我们对这个真理留下深刻的印象，就是处理婚姻最好的路，乃在于以基督作我们的顶替，并经历祂的死与复活。照样，保持自己的更新、新鲜与年轻，最好的路，也是藉著基督的死与复活来取用祂。不仅如此，管理钱财最好的路，也是基督连同祂的死与复活。我们若没有基督连同祂的死与复活，就没有路来处理婚姻、老旧与钱财。要妥善处理这些事，惟一的路在于藉著基督包罗万有的死与奇妙的复活，而被祂顶替。
16May we be impressed with the truth that the best way to handle our married life is to take Christ as our replacement and to experience His death and resurrection. Likewise, the best way to keep ourselves new, fresh, and young is to take Christ through His death and resurrection. Furthermore, the best way to handle our money is Christ with His death and resurrection. If we do not have Christ and His death and resurrection, we shall not have the way to handle the three matters of marriage, oldness, and wealth. The only way to handle these things properly is to be replaced by Christ through His all-inclusive death and His wonderful resurrection