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马可福音生命读经 · 第33篇

奴仆救主福音服事的行动（十七）

The Move of the Slave-Savior’s Gospel Service (17)
1读经：马可福音10:32-52。10:32-在本篇信息中，我们要继续来看马可十章三十二至五十二节，就是马可福音末了一段论奴仆救主福音服事的话。本段落说到三件事：主上耶路撒冷去，并祂第三次揭示祂的死与复活；（十32～34；）祂教导在神国里登上宝座的路；（35～；）以及祂到了耶利哥，医治瞎子巴底买。（46～52。）
1Scripture Reading: Mark 10:32-52 In this message we shall continue to consider 52, the last section in the Gospel of Mark concerned with the move of the Slave - Savior’s gospel service. Here we have three matters: the Lord’s going up to Jerusalem and the unveiling of His death and resurrection the third time (10:32-34), His teaching concerning the way to the throne in the kingdom of God (vv. 35-45), and His coming to Jericho and 45 healing blind Bartimaeus (vv. 46-52).
野心与瞎眼
AMBITION AND BLINDNESS
2在十章三十五节，西庇太的儿子雅各和约翰到耶稣跟前来，对祂说，『夫子，我们无论向你求甚么，愿你给我们作。』当祂问说要给他们作甚么时，他们对祂说，『赐我们在你的荣耀里，一个坐在你右边，一个坐在你左边。』（36～37。）
2In 10:35 James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to the Lord Jesus and said to Him, “Teacher, we desire that whatever we ask You, You will do for us.” When He asked them what they wanted Him to do for them, they said, “Grant to us that we may sit, one on Your right, and one on Your left, in Your glory” (vv. 36-37
3这两位兄弟从一开头就跟从主。他们是在主呼召彼得和安得烈以后接著蒙召的。他们跟随主虽然有三年多，还是瞎眼，需要进一步的医治，特别是医治他们视力的器官。约翰与雅各看不见基督连同祂的死与复活。主曾三次向他们论到祂的死，然而因著瞎眼，他们不能明白祂所说的是甚么。十章四十六节说，主和门徒到了耶利哥，一个受咒诅之地。他们来到耶利哥是照著神主宰的权柄。十章三十二节说，『他们行路上耶路撒冷去，耶稣在他们前头走，他们就希奇，跟从的人也害怕。』主在门徒前头勇敢的走，他们就希奇，甚至害怕。主在路上告诉他们，祂上耶路撒冷去，为要完成包罗万有的死，这死要把门徒了结，并将他们带到复活里。我们已经指出，门徒既是瞎眼的，就不明白主所说祂要怎样受死的话，即使祂第三次揭示以后，他们还是不明白。
3These two brothers had been following the Lord from the very beginning. They were the next ones after Peter and Andrew to be called by Him. But, although they had followed the Lord for more than three years, they were still in their blindness and needed a further healing, a particular healing of their seeing organ. John and James were not able to see Christ and His death and resurrection. The Lord had spoken to them three times concerning His death, but because they were blind they were not able to understand what He was saying. In 10:46 we are told that the Lord and His disciples came to Jericho, a place of curse. It was according to God’s sovereignty that they came to Jericho. Mark 10:32 says, “Now they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was going before them; and they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid.” The Lord was walking boldly in front of the disciples, and they were amazed and even frightened. While on the way, the Lord told them that He was going to Jerusalem in order to carry out an all - inclusive death, a death that would terminate the disciples and bring them into resurrection. As we have pointed out, because the disciples were blind, they could not understand the Lord’sword concerning His death, even after He had revealed it the third time.
4他们到达和平的城耶路撒冷之前，先来到咒诅的城耶利哥。他们在耶利哥附近遇见一个瞎子，这是非常有意义的：『耶稣同门徒并大批的群众，出耶利哥的时候，有一个讨饭的瞎子，是底买的儿子巴底买，坐在路旁。』（十46。）这个瞎子与八章二十二节的瞎子相同，都是表征失去内里的视力，在属灵上眼瞎的人。（徒二六18，彼后一9。）我们可以说，瞎眼是最厉害的咒诅。一个人瞎眼，便是受咒诅的。不仅如此，瞎眼就是黑暗，而黑暗是罪与死的结果。因此，瞎眼指明黑暗，而黑暗是由罪和死组成的。瞎眼在那里，黑暗就在那里；黑暗所在之处，就有罪和死。虽然主的门徒跟从祂已经三年多，但他们在马可十章仍然是瞎眼的。这意思是说，他们因著瞎眼，就在黑暗中，还有罪和死存在。因此，他们需要清楚的异象，看见主耶稣在耶路撒冷所要作的。这个异象是关于祂要进入死地，来了结受咒诅的光景。祂的死要了结瞎眼、黑暗、罪恶和死亡，将人带进复活里。因此，神的主宰使主和门徒来到耶利哥，来到一个有瞎子的地方。
4Before they arrived at Jerusalem, a city of peace, they came to Jericho, a city of curse. It is very significant that near Jericho they met a blind man: “As He was going out from Jericho, and His disciples and a large crowd, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, sat by the road” (10:46). This blind man, like the one in 8:22, signifies one who has lost his inner sight, one spiritually blind (Acts 26:18; 2 Pet. 1:9). We may say that blindness is the worst kind of curse. When someone is blind, he is cursed. Furthermore, blindness is a matter of darkness, and darkness is the issue of sin and death. Therefore, blindness indicates darkness, which is a composition of sin and death. Where there is blindness, there is darkness, and where there is darkness, there is sin and death. Even though the Lord’s disciples had been following Him for more than three years, in chapter ten they were still blind. This means that, being in blindness, they were under darkness, and sin and death were present. Hence, they needed a clear vision of what the Lord Jesus would do in Jerusalem, a vision that He would enter into death in order to terminate the accursed situation. His death would eliminate blindness, darkness, sin, and death, and it would bring people into resurrection. Therefore, it was of God’s sovereignty that the Lord and His disciples came to Jericho, into a place where there was a blind man.
5讨饭的瞎子巴底买的事例，指明所有的门徒都是瞎眼的。他们对地位的野心，正是他们瞎眼的记号。他们的野心也指明他们还在咒诅之下。约翰和雅各要求在主的荣耀里坐在祂的左右之后，就立即来到咒诅之城耶利哥，这实在很有意义。
5The case of Bartimaeus, the blind beggar, indicates that all the disciples were blind. Their ambition for position was a sign of their blindness. Their ambition was also an indication that they were still under the curse. It is truly significant that immediately after John and James made their request to sit at the Lord’sr ight and left in His glory, they all came to Jericho, a city of curse
死是一个分，也是一个过程
DEATH AS A PORTION AND A PROCESS
6当雅各和约翰请求要坐在主的左右时，祂对他们说，『你们不知道所求的是甚么。我所喝的杯，你们能喝么？我所受的浸，你们能受么？』（38。）我们看见，杯和浸都是指奴仆救主的死。（约十八11，路十二50。）杯象征祂的死是神赐给祂的分，就是祂为著神救赎罪人所领受的分；浸指明祂的死是神命定祂要经过的路，以完成神为罪人所豫备的救赎。
6When James and John asked to sit at the Lord’sr ight and left, He said to them, “You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup which I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?” (v. 38). We have seen that both the cup and the baptism refer to the death of the Slave-Savior (John 18:11; Luke 12:50). The cup signifies that His death was the God-given portion for Him to take for the sinners whom He would redeem for God. Baptism signifies that His death was the God-ordained way for Him to pass through for the accomplishment of redemption.
7主在马可十章四十节继续对约翰和雅各说，『只是坐在我的左右，不是我可以赐的，乃是为谁豫备的，就赐给谁。』主在这里似乎是说，『你们要求坐在我的左右，但是我没有地位给你们这个位置，因为连我自己也是奴仆。你们应该向我的主人求讨，而不是向我求讨。我乃是奴仆，我无能为力。』主耶稣回答约翰和雅各时，暴露他们的野心和独立。祂的回答同时也含示，祂全然依赖父作祂的主人。因为祂没有离开父而独立，所以祂没有立场将地位给人。祂是奴仆，知道只有父才可以为人指派地位。再者，主充满智慧的回答，含示这些门徒都在黑暗中，不知道他们所求的是甚么。他们这样求讨，实在越过了他们的界限；他们太过分了。我们看见，主在三十八节问雅各和约翰，他们是否能喝祂将喝的杯，受祂将受的浸；当他们说，他们能的时候，主就继续说，『我所喝的杯，你们必要喝；我所受的浸；你们必要受。』（39。）主在这里似乎是说，『你们知道杯指明甚么？杯指明死，浸也指明死。你们知道你们的分是甚么？你们的分不是地位，乃是死。你们要地位，但地位不是你们所需要的。你们必须看见，为你们所豫备的不是地位，乃是一个分，而这个分就是我的死。我必须受死，你们也必须与我同死。这死也是一个浸，是我必须经过的过程；而你们将与我一同经过这过程。我没有地位给你们，因为我没有权利将这个给你们。你们所需要的就是取用你们的分，并经过这个过程，这二者都是指著死说的。』你今天在召会生活中的分是甚么？你的分是地位么？你的分是作长老，或是在服事小组里带头么？我们都必须看见，我们在召会生活中的分就是死。我们需要喝钉十字架的杯，就是了结的杯。我们在召会生活中的分不是地位，乃是被了结。你想要作长老么？若是想要的话，你需要被了结。你想要在服事小组里带头么？若是想要的话，你需要被了结。我们在召会生活中的分是了结，不是地位。
7In 10:40 the Lord went on to say to John and James, “To sit on My right or on My left is not Mine to give, but for those for whom it has been prepared.” Here the Lord seems to be saying, “You ask to sit at My right and left. But I have no position to give you such a place, for I Myself am a slave. You should ask My Master concerning this. Don’t come to Me with such a request. As a slave I cannot do anything about it.” In His answer to John and James the Lord Jesus exposed their ambition and independence. At the same time, His answer implied that He was altogether dependent on the Father as His Master. Because He was not independent of the Father, He did not have the standing to give a position to anyone. Being a slave, He knew that only the Father could assign a position to anyone. Moreover, the Lord’s wise answer implied that the disciples were in darkness, that they did not know what they were asking. By making such a request, they went beyond their limit; they went too far. We have seen that in verse 38 the Lord asked James and John if they were able to drink the cup that He would drink and be baptized with the baptism with which He would be baptized. When they told Him that they were able, He went on to say, “The cup which I drink you shall drink; and the baptism with which I am baptized, you shall be baptized” (v. 39). Here the Lord seems to be saying, “Do you know what the cup indicates? It indicates death. Baptism also signifies death. Do you know what your portion is? Your portion is not a position—your portion is death. You want a position, but a position is not what you need. You need to realize that a portion, not a position, has been prepared for you, and this portion is My death. I must die, and you must die with Me. This death is also a baptism, a process through which I must pass. You will go through this process with Me. I do not have a position for you, for it is not My right to give you this. Your need is to take your portion and to pass through this process, both of which refer to death.” What is your portion in the church life today? Is your portion a certain position? Is it your portion to be an elder or a leader in a service group? We all need to realize that our portion in the church life is death. We need to drink the cup of crucifixion, of termination. Our portion in the church life is not position; our portion is termination. Do you want to be an elder? If so, you need to be terminated. Do you want to be a leader in a service group? If so, you need to be terminated. Our portion in the church life is termination, not position.
8在召会中，我们不仅有死作我们该喝的分，也有死作我们该经过的过程。我们在召会生活中，就是在主死的浸里。我们正在经过死的漫长过程。在召会生活中，死是我们的分，也是我们的过程，有些人听见了也许会说，『李弟兄，我们吓坏了，你的话吓坏了我们。』然而我不是第一个这样说的人，乃是主耶稣说，我们要喝祂所喝的杯，受祂所受的浸。我们已经看见，这句话是说给想坐在主左右的雷子约翰和雅各听的。主似乎是对他们说，『你们不知道所求的是甚么，你们不需要坐在我的左右，反而需要在我的坟墓里。你们不是要高升到我的左右，反要与我一同埋葬。我必须喝这杯，这杯也将成为你们的。我要受浸进入死的过程，你们也要受浸进入同一个过程，你们若没有经过这个过程，就不能进入我的复活。』我们看见基督是独一的顶替，我们都将被祂所顶替。但我们若要被基督顶替，就需要经过死的过程。此外，我们要喝祂受死的杯，才能进入神的国。杯和浸都是指基督的死。现在我们要接受这杯，并经过这个过程。
8In the church we have death not only as a portion for us to drink, but also as a process through which we must pass. As those who are in the church life, we are in the baptism of the Lord’s death. We are passing through the lengthy process of death. When some hear about the portion and process of death in the church life, they may say, “Brother Lee, we are frightened. Your word terrifies us.” However, I am not the one who first spoke about the cup and baptism of death. It was the Lord Jesus who said that we shall drink His cup and be baptized with His baptism. As we have seen, this word was given to John and James, the sons of thunder, who wanted to sit at the Lord’sr ight and left. The Lord seemed to be telling them, “You don’t know what you are asking. Instead of being on My right hand or on My left, you need to be in My tomb. Instead of being promoted to My right or left, you will be buried with Me. I must drink the cup, and this cup will become yours. I shall be baptized into the process of death, and you will be baptized into the same process. Without passing through this process, you will not be able to enter into My resurrection.” We have seen that Christ is the unique replacement and that we shall be replaced by Him. But in order to be replaced by Christ, we need to pass through the process of His death. Also, in order to enter into the kingdom of God, we need to drink the cup of His death. Both the cup and the baptism refer to Christ’s death. Now we need to take the cup and pass through the process
9今天许多基督徒忽略这种教导，就是主的死是我们当喝的杯，也是我们要经过的过程。信徒反而经常将马可十章当作一些故事。然而这里不仅是一些故事，主在这里启示，国度生活是甚么，进入国度的路是甚么。进入国度的路就是接受死作我们的分，并且经过死的过程。这就是以基督的死作我们的死。我们的见证该是：我们天天喝祂的死，并经过祂的死。这样，我们就能说，『如今不再是我，乃是基督。我一直在喝祂了结的死，并经过祂死的过程。』我们接受这个分，并且经过这个过程，就能在复活里。在复活里才真正是『不再是我，乃是基督』。
9Among many Christians today, the teaching regarding the Lord’s death as the portion for us to drink and the process for us to pass through has been neglected. Instead, believers often regard chapter ten of the Gospel of Mark as a chapter of stories. But what we have here is not merely an account of some stories. Here the Lord reveals what the kingdom life is and what is the way into the kingdom. The way into the kingdom is to take the portion of death and to walk through the process of death. This is to take Christ’s death as our death. Our testimony should be that every day we are drinking His death and walking through His death. Then we shall be able to say, “Now it is no longer I, but Christ. I am drinking His terminating death, and I am walking through His death as a process.” It is by taking this portion and by going through this process that we are in resurrection. In resurrection truly it is no longer I, but Christ.
医治讨饭的瞎子
THE HEALING OF A BLIND BEGGAR
10由两个雷子所代表的众门徒，他们的瞎眼都需要得著医治。他们在耶利哥附近遇见讨饭的瞎子巴底买。马可十章四十七至四十八节说，『他听见是拿撒勒人耶稣，就喊著说，大卫的子孙耶稣，可怜我罢！有许多人责备他，叫他安静，他却越发喊著：大卫的子孙，可怜我罢！』
10All the disciples, represented by the two sons of thunder, needed the healing of their blindness. Near Jericho they met a blind beggar, Bartimaeus. Mark 10:47 says, “And hearing that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and to say, Son of David, Jesus, have mercy on me!” Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet. But he cried out even more, saying, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” (v. 48
11耶稣就站住，说，『叫过他来。』虽然有许多人责备那可怜、讨饭的瞎子，奴仆救主却吩咐他们叫过他来。祂这样怜悯、同情困苦的人，再次显出祂的人性。巴底买就丢下衣服，跳起来，走到耶稣那里。（50。）主耶稣就对他说，『你要我为你作甚么？』（51。）祂对有需要之人的爱，是何等宽广！这爱将奴仆救主的人性，彰显到难以想像的地步。瞎子对主说，『拉波尼，我要能看见。』主对他说，『去罢，你的信救了你。』（52。）巴底买立刻看见了，就跟随耶稣。
11Then Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” In spite of the rebuking of many, the Slave-Savior charged them to call the pitiful blind beggar. This again expressed His humanity in His pity toward miserable people. Bartimaeus then threw away his garment, leaped up, and came to Jesus (v. 50). The Lord Jesus then said to him, “What do you want Me to do for you?” (v. 51). What open love toward the needy one! This love expressed the Slave-Savior’s humanity to an unimaginable extent. The blind man said to the Lord, “Rabboni, that I may recover my sight!” The Lord said to him, “Go, your faith has healed you” (v. 52). Immediately Bartimaeus recovered his sight and followed the Lord
12我们如果细读十章三十五至五十二节，就会看见两个雷子与讨饭的瞎子乃是一。我们这样说，有一个根据，就是主向雅各、约翰与祂向巴底买发出的是同一个问题：『要我为你（们）作甚么？』（36，51。）照主所领会，两个雷子与那可怜讨饭的是一样。但其中有极大的不同：雅各和约翰讨错了，巴底买却讨对了。雅各和约翰要求坐在主的左右，但巴底买则求要能看见。我们相信在属灵的意义上，巴底买的瞎眼得医治，也是雅各、约翰、和其他门徒得了医治。主没有将祂左右的地位给他们，但祂的确愿意医治他们的瞎眼。祂晓得祂来是要作世上的光。因此，祂乐意使眼瞎的得看见。
12If we carefully read 10:35-52, we shall see that the two sons of thunder were one with the blind beggar. Our basis for saying this is that the Lord asked the same question both of James and John and of Bartimaeus: “What do you want Me to do for you?” (vv. 36, 51). In the Lord’s understanding, the two sons of thunder were the same as the poor beggar. However, there was a significant difference: James and John begged in a wrong way, but Bartimaeus begged in a right way. James and John asked to sit on the Lord’sr ight and left, but Bartimaeus asked to receive his sight. We believe that, in spiritual significance, the healing of the blindness of Bartimaeus was also a healing of the blindness of James, John, and the other disciples. The Lord did not give them a position at His right and left, but He certainly was willing to heal their blindness. He knew that He had come to be the light of the world. Therefore, He was willing to give sight to the blind
丢下地位的衣服
THROWING AWAY THE GARMENT OF POSITION
13马可十章五十节论到瞎子巴底买说，『瞎子就丢下衣服，跳起来，走到耶稣那里。』一个人丢下他的衣服，表征他已不在乎地位。衣服或制服表征地位。譬如，警察或护士所穿的制服表征他们的地位。当警察不值勤的时候，就会脱下制服。巴底买不在乎地位，他只愿意能看见。因此，他听见耶稣叫他时，就立即丢下衣服，走到主那里，让主恢复他的视力。原则上，我们在召会生活中也需要丢下我们的『衣服』。你如果将长老的职分当作地位，就要丢下长老的衣服。照样，凡要在事奉小组里带头的人，应当丢下带头的衣服。我们该丢下所有地位的衣服，只在意接受属灵的视力。我们都像巴底买一样，需要能看见。
13Mark 10:50, speaking of blind Bartimaeus, says, “And throwing away his garment, he leaped up and came to Jesus.” A person throwing away his garment signifies that this one does not care for position. A garment or uniform signifies position. For example, a uniform worn by a policeman or a nurse signifies position. When a policeman is off duty, he will lay aside his uniform. Bartimaeus did not care for any position. His only desire was to have sight. Therefore, when he heard that Jesus called him, he immediately cast aside his garment and went to the Lord to receive sight. In principle, all of us in the church life need to throw away our “garments.” If you regard the eldership as a position, you need to throw away the garment of the eldership. Likewise, those who want to be leaders in the service groups should cast away the garment of leadership. We should throw away all the garments of position and care only to receive spiritual sight. Like Bartimaeus, we all need sight
14我们可以说，主耶稣受死，是为了叫相信祂的人能看见。我们与祂同死，就走出我们瞎眼的光景，并进入主的复活。这样，我们在复活里就能看见。在复活里得看见十章末了的医治，是马可福音所记载最后一个医病的神迹。最后一次医病的神迹，乃是医治瞎眼。我对主很感激，因祂完全治好了我的瞎眼。阿利路亚，我已经恢复我的视力！我不在意任何『衣服』，任何地位。
14We may say that the Lord Jesus died so that those who believe in Him may receive their sight. By dying with Him we pass out of our blindness and into the Lord’s resurrection. Then in resurrection we receive our sight. RECEIVING OUR SIGHT IN RESURRECTION The healing at the end of chapter ten is the last miracle of healing recorded in the Gospel of Mark. The final miracle of healing was the healing of blindness. I am very grateful to the Lord that He has fully healed my blindness. Hallelujah, I have received my sight! I do not care for any “garment,” for any position
15在马可十章瞎眼的得医治之后，主的跟从者就准备好进入祂的死。他们与祂一同进入死以后，也就能进入祂的复活。我们需要对这个事实有深刻的印象，那就是主耶稣并不是惟一要经过死，好能在复活与升天里的人。祂所有的跟从者也都要同祂进入死，好进入祂的复活与升天里。马可十六章有一幅荣耀的景象，就是所有主的跟从者都藉著祂的死与复活，进入了祂的升天。门徒在十章末了，都有资格，也已经豫备好，要经过死与复活，使他们能与主一同在祂的升天里。
15After the healing of blindness in Mark 10, the Lord’s followers were ready to enter into His death. By entering with Him into death, they would also be able to enter into His resurrection. We need to be impressed with the fact that the Lord Jesus was not the only one who would pass through death in order to be in resurrection and ascension. All of His followers would go with Him into death in order to enter into His resurrection and ascension. In chapter sixteen of Mark we have a glorious scene in which all the Lord’s followers enter into His ascension through His death and resurrection. By the end of chapter ten, the disciples were qualified and prepared to go through death and resurrection so that they could be with the Lord in His ascension.
16在你属灵的经历中，你已经来到十章的末了么？你有没有得到最后一次的医治，就是瞎眼得著医治？赞美主，我们可以说我们的瞎眼已经得到了医治！阿利路亚，我们不再瞎眼，不再有黑暗，也不再有罪和死！现今我们准备好与奴仆救主进入死，经过祂的复活，并进入祂的升天。
16In your spiritual experience have you come to the end of chapter ten? Have you received a final healing, the healing of your blindness? Praise the Lord that we can say that our blindness has been healed! Hallelujah, we have no more blindness, darkness, sin, and death! Now we are ready to go with the Slave- Savior into death, through His resurrection, and into His ascension.