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马可福音生命读经 · 第64篇

一种完全照著神新约经纶，并为著神新约经纶的生活（十三）

A Life Fully According to and for God’s New Testament Economy (13
1读经：马可福音1:14-18;4:26;9:1-8;10:23-25，罗马书14:17。
1Scripture Reading: Mark 1:14-18; 4:26; 9:1-8; 10:23- 25; Rom. 14:17
主尽职事时的背景和地点
THE BACKGROUND AND LOCATION OF THE LORD’S MINISTRY
2我们读马可福音时若能了解主耶稣在世时地上的光景，对我们会很有帮助。人类文化当时已经四千多年了。这文化有一方面是犹太教，这是照著神的圣言所成立的强大、典型的宗教。当主耶稣在地上时，虔诚的犹太人非常热中于这种宗教。
2It is helpful in our reading of the Gospel of Mark to have an understanding of the situation when the Lord Jesus was on earth. Man’s culture had been in existence for over four thousand years. One aspect of this culture was the religion of the Jews, a strong, typical religion formed according to God’sho ly Word. When the Lord Jesus was on earth, the devout Jews were very much attached to this religion
3在这种背景之下，主耶稣出来尽职事，将自己作为种子撒到神所拣选的人里面。事实上，主耶稣是活在世界人口的中心，也是在那里尽职事的。从地理与文化来看，犹太民族是当时居人之地的中心。主耶稣乃是来到这个中心，将自己撒出去。你们有否看见，主耶稣乃是来到居人之地的中心，为要将祂自己作为种子撒到神所拣选的人里面？我不知道基督教有甚么著作，论到主将祂自己撒到人里面。你们若问基督徒，主耶稣来作甚么？有些人也许会回答说，祂来是为著拯救罪人，或是为著使我们得救而受死。当然，新约说，耶稣基督来是为要拯救罪人。（提前一15。）但我们在马可福音看见，主耶稣来是为著传扬神的福音。（一14。）
3With this as the background, the Lord Jesus came forth in His ministry to sow Himself as a seed into God’s chosen people. Actually, the Lord Jesus lived and ministered in the center of the world’s population. Both geographically and culturally, the Jewish nation was the center of the inhabited earth. It was to that center that the Lord Jesus came to sow Himself. Have you ever realized that the Lord Jesus came to the center of the inhabited earth to sow Himself as a seed into God’s chosen people? I do not know of any Christian writings that speak of the Lord’ss owing Himself into people. If you would ask Christians what the Lord Jesus came to do, some would probably reply that He came to save sinners, or that He came to die for our salvation. Of course, the New Testament says that Jesus Christ came to save sinners (1 Tim. 1:15). However, in the Gospel of Mark we see that the Lord Jesus came to preach the gospel of God (1:14
神国的福音
THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD
4『神的福音，』这意思不单指这福音是属于神的，所以是神的福音。这辞的主要意思是说，这福音乃是出于神的自己。新约的用辞，诸如：神的生命、神的爱、神的公义，意思都是说，生命、爱和公义，实际上都是神自己。同样的原则，『神的福音』一辞表明，福音就是神自己。所以，传扬神的福音，实际的意思就是传扬神。
4The phrase “the gospel of God” does not simply mean that the gospel is of God in the sense of belonging to God. The main thought is that the gospel is something of God Himself. In the New Testament, expressions such as the life of God, the love of God, and the righteousness of God mean that life, love, and righteousness are actually God Himself. In the same principle, the expression “the gospel of God” indicates that the gospel is God Himself. Therefore, to preach the gospel of God actually means to preach God.
5主耶稣所传扬的福音乃是国度的福音。神的国是甚么？神的国就是神自己。那么，神国度的福音是甚么？我们回答这个问题时可以说，福音就是国度，国度就是神。福音、国度与神不是分开的；相反的，这三者乃是一。看见福音、国度与神乃是一，是极其重要的。福音是神，神是国度。照样，福音是国度，国度是神。因此，照新约来看，神国度的福音，实际上是指神的自己。这里我们看见，神是国度，而国度是福音。我们今天该传扬甚么？我们该传扬神是国度，并将神的国当作福音来传扬。我们不该认为除了神的国以外，还有福音；或以为神的国以外，还有另一样东西，称之为福音。不，神的国实际上就是福音。因此，主耶稣来传神的福音，就是神国的福音。现在，我们必须继续来看，主耶稣怎样传扬神国的福音。需要有属灵的领会在此我要题醒你们，我们读圣经时不该以天然的方式来领会。我们不该以天然的方式来领会圣经的一字一句。基督徒中间的难处，多半在于照著自己天然的领会来读圣经。我们需要有属灵的领会。因这缘故，保罗在歌罗西一章九节说，他为众圣徒祈求，愿他们『在一切属灵的智慧和悟性上，充分认识神的旨意』。这也是保罗有以下祷告的原因：『愿我们主耶稣基督的神，荣耀的父，赐给你们智慧和启示的灵，使你们充分的认识祂。』（弗一17。）保罗知道这卷书信将揭开属灵的奥秘，也知道他必须用人的语言。他恐怕这卷书信的收信人，仅仅以天然的方式，照著白纸黑字来领会他所写的。因此，保罗祷告，求父赐给我们智慧和启示的灵。这祷告强有力的指明，我们不该仅仅照著天然的头脑，凭字句来明白圣经。
5The gospel preached by the Lord Jesus was the gospel of the kingdom of God. What is the kingdom of God? The kingdom of God is God Himself. Then what is the gospel of the kingdom of God? We may answer this question by saying that the gospel is the kingdom, and the kingdom is God. The gospel, the kingdom, and God are not separate; on the contrary, these three are one. It is of vital importance for us to see that the gospel, the kingdom, and God are one. The gospel is God, and God is the kingdom. Likewise, the gospel is the kingdom, and the kingdom is God. Therefore, according to the New Testament, the gospel of the kingdom of God actually refers to the very God Himself. Here we have God as the kingdom, and the kingdom as the gospel. What should we be preaching today? We should preach God as the kingdom, and the kingdom of God as the gospel. We should not think that besides the kingdom of God or in addition to the kingdom of God, there is something called the gospel. No, the gospel is the kingdom of God. Neither should we think that besides God there is something called the kingdom. No, the kingdom is actually God Himself. Hence, the Lord Jesus came to preach the gospel of God, which is the gospel of the kingdom of God. Now we must go on to consider how the Lord Jesus preached the gospel of the kingdom of God. THE NEED FOR SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING At this point I would like to say, by way of reminder, that when we read the Bible, we should not understand it in a natural way. We should not understand any word in the Scriptures in a natural way. The problem among Christians is that, for the most part, they read the Bible according to their natural understanding. Our need is for spiritual understanding. This was the reason Paul says in Colossians 1:9 that he asked on behalf of the saints that they would be “filled with the full knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding.” This was also the reason Paul prayed, “that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the full knowledge of Him” (Eph. 1:17). Paul knew that in this Epistle spiritual mysteries would be unveiled, and he knew that he had to use human language. He was concerned that the receivers of this Epistle might understand his writing merely in a natural way according to the letters in black and white. Therefore, Paul prayed that the Father would grant us a spirit of wisdom and revelation. This prayer indicates strongly that we should not try to understand the Bible in letter merely according to our natural mentality.
6圣经既是写成的，我们就必须正确的明白所写成的字句，这是毫无疑问的。但我们不可照著天然的领会来解释其中所写的，而要照著属灵的智慧和启示来解释。我们特别需要对主耶稣怎样传扬福音，有属灵的领会。
6No doubt, since the Bible is something written, we need a proper understanding of the words written. However, the interpretation of what is written should not be according to our natural understanding. Instead, the interpretation must be according to spiritual wisdom and revelation. In particular, we need a spiritual understanding of how the Lord Jesus preached the gospel
主传扬福音的方式
THE LORD’SWAY OF PREACHING THE GOSPEL
7马可一章十四节告诉我们，耶稣来到加利利，传扬神的福音。祂在十五节说，『时期满了，神的国已经临近了。你们要悔改，相信福音。』主在这里的话相当简略，本章并没有记载祂释放了一长篇的信息。祂来到加利利传福音时没有说，『你们都要知道，你们是罪人。你们在亚当里堕落了，现在你们要悔改，并且相信我是来为你们的罪受死的一位。你们若不悔改相信，就要下地狱。』马可福音没有记载主释放这样的信息。在马可福音里，只有第四章是专专说到主的传扬。四章里的话，是马可福音所记载，主耶稣惟一的一篇信息。祂在一至三章没有释放信息，在五至十六章也没有。祂在马可福音所记载的一篇信息，不是向罪人传扬的。祂把一艘船当作祂的至圣所，在船上向门徒传扬福音。
7Mark 1:14 tells us that Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God. According to verse 15, He said, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has drawn near. Repent and believe in the gospel!” The Lord’sword here is brief. There is no record in this chapter of a lengthy message given by Him. When He came to Galilee to preach the gospel, He did not say, “You all must realize that you are sinners. You became fallen in Adam. Now you need to repent and believe in Me as the One who has come to die for your sins. If you do not repent and believe, you will go to hell.” In Mark there is not such a message given by the Lord. Only one chapter in the Gospel of Mark is devoted to the Lord’sp reaching, and this is chapter four. Chapter four contains the only message of the Lord Jesus recorded in Mark. He did not give a message in chapters one through three; neither did He give a message in chapters five through sixteen. His one message recorded in Mark was not preached to sinners. Taking a boat as His Holy of Holies, He preached the gospel to His disciples
将祂自己作为种子撒出去
Sowing Himself as the Seed
8主在马可四章信息的中心思想是甚么？中心思想乃是：主是撒种者，将祂自己作为种子撒到我们里面。祂在四章传扬时，开头的话是：『看哪，那撒种的出去撒种。』（3。）后来，祂在二十六节说，『神的国是这样，如同人把种子撒在地上。』我们在这里有主作那撒种者，将祂自己作为种子撒到神所拣选的人里面。有人也许会问，为甚么我们说，主耶稣来将祂自己撒到人里面？他们会惊奇，我们为甚么没有说耶稣来传扬福音。我们强调主来撒种，原因在于人对传扬福音的正确领会已经被破坏了。新约的确说，主耶稣来是为著传扬福音。然而，祂并没有照著我们所领会的传福音方法，来传扬福音。相反的，我们在马可四章看见，主传扬福音，是将祂自己当作种子撒到人里面。
8What is the central thought of the Lord’s message in Mark 4? The central thought is that the Lord is the Sower sowing Himself into us as a seed. He opened His preaching in chapter four with these words: “Behold, the sower went out to sow.” Later, in 4:26, He said, “So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed on the earth.” Here we have the Lord as the Sower sowing Himself as the seed into God’s chosen people. Some may question why we say that the Lord Jesus came to sow Himself into people. They may wonder why we do not say that Jesus came to preach the gospel. The reason we emphasize the Lord’ss owing is that the proper understanding of preaching the gospel has been spoiled. Yes, the New Testament says that the Lord Jesus came to preach the gospel. However, He did not preach the gospel according to our understanding of the way the gospel is preached. On the contrary, in Mark 4 we see that the Lord preached the gospel by sowing Himself as a seed into people.
9马可一章告诉我们，主耶稣来到加利利，传扬神的福音。但祂怎样传扬福音？祂传的是甚么福音？我们不应该以天然的方式来领会福音或传扬福音。关于这一点，许多基督徒被厚厚的传统帕子所蒙蔽了。他们以为他们懂得照著新约，传扬福音的意义是甚么。正如我们所看见的，马可四章启示，传福音就是撒种。我们在前几篇信息已经指出，马可四章所撒的种子，就是国度的种子。我们若要正确的领会福音和传扬福音，就必须来看马可福音所启示的。首先，我们在一章十四节看见，主传扬神的福音。祂在十五节讲到神的国和福音。此后，马可福音没有进一步题到国度，4:26直到第四章。四章二十六节说，『神的国是这样，如同人把种子撒在地上。』因此，我们在马可四章看见，神的国是甚么，也看见传扬福音是甚么意思。照本章来看，传扬就是撒种。
9In Mark 1 we are told that the Lord Jesus came to Galilee preaching the gospel of God. But how did He preach the gospel, and what is the gospel the Lord preached? We should not understand either the gospel itself or the preaching of the gospel in a natural way. Concerning this, many Christians are covered by a thick veil of tradition. They take for granted that they know what it means, according to the New Testament, to preach the gospel. As we have seen, chapter four of Mark reveals that to preach the gospel is to sow the seed. As we have pointed out in previous messages, the seed sown in Mark 4 is the seed of the kingdom. If we want to have a proper understanding of the gospel and of the preaching of the gospel, we need to consider what is revealed in the Gospel of Mark. First, in 1:14 we see that the Lord preached the gospel of God. In verse 15 He spoke of the kingdom of God and the gospel. In Mark there is no further mention of the kingdom until chapter four. We have seen that says, “So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed on the earth.” Therefore, in chapter four of Mark we see what the kingdom of God is, and we also see what it means to preach the gospel. According to this chapter, to preach is to sow.
神的国临近了
The Kingdom of God Drawing Near
10马可一章十四至十五节指明，神的国就是福音。主耶稣在十四节传扬神的福音。祂在十五节说，『时期满了，神的国已经临近了。你们要悔改，相信福音。』因此，主所传的福音，就是那临近了的神的国；那临近了的神的国，就是福音。不仅如此，悔改并相信福音，事实上就是悔改并相信神的国。所以说神的国就是福音，乃是正确的。我们已经著重的指出，照马可福音来看，传扬福音就是撒种。一章十五节说，神的国临近了；但神的国怎样临近？神的国是藉著撒种临近。除了撒种以外，神的国不会临近。神的国乃是藉著耶稣的撒种而临近的；祂的撒种就是祂的传扬。
10Mark 1:14 and 15 indicate that the kingdom of God is the gospel. In verse 14 the Lord Jesus preached the gospel of God. In verse 15 He said, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has drawn near. Repent and believe in the gospel!” Hence, the gospel the Lord preached is the kingdom of God that has drawn near, and the kingdom of God that is near is the gospel. Furthermore, to repent and believe in the gospel is actually to repent and believe in the kingdom of God. Therefore, it is correct to say that the kingdom of God is the gospel. We have pointed out emphatically that, according to Mark, to preach the gospel is to sow the seed. Mark 1:15 says that the kingdom of God has drawn near. But how does the kingdom of God draw near? The kingdom of God draws near through sowing. Apart from the sowing, there is no drawing near of the kingdom of God. The kingdom of God drew near by Jesus’ sowing, and His sowing was His preaching.
藉著撒种传扬
Preaching by Sowing
11我怀疑许多传福音者有否看见，他们传扬福音应当是撒种。传扬福音就是将耶稣基督作种子撒到人心里。
11I doubt that many evangelists realize that their preaching of the gospel should be a sowing. To preach the gospel is to sow Jesus Christ as a seed into human hearts
12马可一章有传扬，四章有撒种。四章的撒种等于一章的传扬。撒种就是传扬，传扬就是撒种。不仅如此，四章神的国等于一章神的福音。这意思是说，传扬神的福音就是撒神国度的种子。国度种子的发展主耶稣不仅藉著撒种传扬福音，祂自己也就是撒出去的种子。这意思是说，祂自己就是国度的种子。这种子撒到我们里面以后，就发展为国度。我们若仔细读马可四章整章，就会看见国度的种子是耶稣，而这种子在整体信徒里的发展就是国度。照保罗的书信来看，这个整体就是召会。
12In Mark 1 we have preaching, and in Mark 4 we have sowing. The sowing in chapter four is equal to the preaching in chapter one. Sowing is preaching, and preaching is sowing. Furthermore, the kingdom of God in chapter four is equal to the gospel of God in chapter one. This means that to preach the gospel of God is to sow the seed of the kingdom of God. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE KINGDOM SEED The Lord Jesus not only preached the gospel by sowing, but He is also the seed sown. This means that He Himself is the seed of the kingdom. After this seed is sown into us, it develops into a kingdom. If we read the entire fourth chapter of Mark carefully, we shall see that the seed of the kingdom is Jesus and that the development of the seed in the aggregate of the believers is the kingdom. According to Paul’s Epistles, this aggregate is the church
13保罗在罗马十四章十七节的话指明神的国就是召会：『因为神的国不在于吃喝，乃在于公义、和平、并圣灵中的喜乐。』我们若仔细读罗马十二至十四章，就会看见在这几章中，神的国实际上就是召会生活。保罗在十四章论到接纳圣徒；这事与召会生活有关。这指明今天的召会生活就是神的国。神的国乃是主耶稣这国度种子在信徒里面的发展。
13Paul’sword in Romans 14:17 indicates that the kingdom of God is the church: “The kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.” If we read carefully chapters twelve through fourteen of the book of Romans, we shall see that the kingdom of God in these chapters is actually the church life. In chapter fourteen Paul speaks concerning the receiving of the saints, a matter related to the church life. This indicates that the church life today is the kingdom of God. This kingdom is the development in the believers of the Lord Jesus as the kingdom seed
麦子与杂草
THE WHEAT AND THE WEEDS
14当时许多人受到文化与犹太教的影响，只在意宗教、伦常、道德、与性格改良。忽然间有一位来了，将自己撒到神所拣选的人里面。主耶稣开始尽职撒种时，祂所作的第一件事就是受浸。祂受浸时，文化和宗教都与祂一同埋葬了。这意思是说，主耶稣把文化与宗教了结了。祂从受浸的水中出来以后，就开始把祂自己撒到神的子民里面。
14Because of the influence of culture and the religion of Judaism in that day, many people cared for religion, ethics, morality, and the improvement of character. Suddenly there appeared the One who came forth to sow Himself into God’s chosen people. As He was about to begin His ministry of sowing, the first thing the Lord Jesus did was to have Himself baptized. When He was baptized, the things of culture and religion were buried with Him. This means that the Lord Jesus terminated culture and religion. After He came out of the waters of baptism, He began to sow Himself into God’sp eople
15主耶稣将祂自己作为种子撒到神所拣选之人的『土壤』里，祂的目的是要使祂这真正的麦子在土壤里长大。我们可以说，文化与宗教是『杂草』，同时也在土壤里长大。你们曾否想到宗教是杂草，与作为小麦的基督竞相长大？文化、宗教、伦常、道德、哲学、性格改良－这些都是与麦子争竞的杂草。我们也许作基督徒多年了，还不清楚自己的光景。我们必须看见，许多在基督这麦子以外的事物还在我们里面生长。这一切事物都是杂草，都是基督的顶替品，必须连根拔除。这些杂草包括前几篇信息所题的十项：文化、宗教、伦常、道德、人类哲学、性格改良，以及努力属灵、合乎圣经、圣别和得胜。我们不可让这些事物顶替基督，反而要由基督来顶替这一切。正如我们曾指出的，基督是整个宇宙的顶替者。虽然如此，这十项可能在我们实际的生活中，顶替了我们里面的基督。
15The Lord Jesus sowed Himself as the seed into the soil” of God’s chosen people. The Lord’sin tent i on was that He as the real wheat would grow in this soil. We may say that the things of culture and religion are “weeds” that are also growing in the soil. Have you ever thought of religion as a weed, as something that grows in competition with Christ as the wheat? Culture, religion, ethics, morality, philosophy, improvement of character—all these are weeds that are competing with the wheat. Although we may have been Christians for years, we still may not be clear concerning our situation. We need to see that many things other than Christ as the wheat are still growing within us. All these things are weeds, replacements of Christ, and need to be uprooted. Included among these weeds are the ten matters mentioned in the foregoing messages: culture, religion, ethics, morality, human philosophy, improvement of character, and the effort to be spiritual, scriptural, holy, and victorious. These things should not be allowed to replace Christ; instead, they all should be replaced by Christ. As we have pointed out, Christ is the entire, universal replacement. Nevertheless, in our actual living these ten items may become a replacement of Christ within us
神的定旨和我们的享受
GOD’S PURPOSE AND OUR ENJOYMENT
16我们在本篇信息看见，当主耶稣受浸时，文化和宗教都了结了。我们也看见，祂在尽职事时，将祂自己撒到神的子民里，使神的国度得以发展。这国度完成神永远的定旨，就是建造召会，使三一神得著永远的彰显。神的国也是为著给我们享受的。所以，神的国完成神的定旨，也用神圣的享受满足了我们。照马可福音来看，主耶稣来到居人之地的中心，为要将祂自己撒到神所拣选的人里面，使其发展为国度，来为著神的定旨和我们的享受。
16In this message we have seen that the things of culture and religion were terminated when the Lord Jesus was baptized. We have also seen that in His ministry He sowed Himself into God’sp eople for the development of the kingdom of God. This kingdom fulfills God’s eternal purpose, which is to build up the church for the eternal expression of the Triune God. The kingdom of God is also for our enjoyment. Therefore, the kingdom of God fulfills God’s purpose and also satisfies us with the divine enjoyment. According to the Gospel of Mark, the Lord Jesus came to the center of the inhabited earth to sow Himself into God’s chosen people in order to develop into a kingdom for God’s purpose and our enjoyment