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路加福音生命读经 · 第18篇

人救主在祂带著神圣属性之人性美德中的职事在加利利（八）

The Ministry of the Man-Savior in His Human Virtues with His Divine Attributes-in Galilee (8
1读经：路加福音八章一至二十一节。七章三十六至五十节记载人救主赦免罪人。接著在八章一至二十一节说到三件事：人救主由妇女供给，（路八1～3，）人救主用比喻施教，（路八4～18，）以及人救主承认祂真实的亲属。（路八19～21。）我们若把七章三十六节至八章二十一节视为一个单元，就会看见，我们这些罪得赦免的人应当跟从主，供给主，在生命里长大，并且像灯一样照耀。末了，我们这样的人就成为人救主真正的亲属。我们在前一篇信息说到七章三十六至五十节，在本篇信息里，我们要接著
1Scripture Reading: Luke 8:1-21 In 7:36-50 we have an account of the Man-Savior forgiving sinners. Then in 8:1-21 three matters are covered: the Man-Savior being ministered to by women (vv. 1-3), the Man-Savior teaching with parables (vv. 4-18), and the Man-Savior identifying His real relatives (vv. 19-21). If we consider 7:36— 8:21 as a unit, we shall see that as those who have had their sins forgiven, we should follow the Lord, minister to Him, grow in life, and shine as lamps. Eventually, as such ones, we become the genuine relatives of the Man-Savior. We covered 7:36-50 in the foregoing message. In this message we shall go on to consider 8:1-21
2来看八章一至二十一节。由妇女供给
2ministered to by women
3路加八章一节说，『不久以后，耶稣周游各城各乡传道，传神的国为福音；同祂在一起的有十二个门徒。』传道，原文意如传扬者宣扬。传…为福音，原文意宣报佳音，宣告（带来）喜信，传扬（福音）。因此，传神的国为福音，就是将神的国当作福音、佳音来传扬。路加在二、三节接著说，『还有几个得医治，脱离恶灵和疾病的妇女，其中有称为抹大拉人的马利亚，曾有七个鬼从她身上赶出来；又有希律的管事苦撒的妻子约亚拿，并苏撒拿，和好些别的妇女，都是用自己的财物供给耶稣和门徒。』我们在八章一至三节看见，十二个蒙召的人跟从救主，以及得医治的妇女用自己的财物供给救主和跟从祂的人，这是一幅何等美丽的图画！八章二、三节题到名字的妇女，用自己的财物供给主和十二个门徒。在主的主宰权柄之下，这些妇女的丈夫也许很富有。我们可以说，这些财富是主运用祂神圣属性的结果。然后，那些妇女运用她们的人性美德，使用她们的财物，供给主和主的门徒。
3Luke 8:1 says, “And it came about soon afterwards that He journeyed from city to city and village to village, proclaiming and bringing good news of the kingdom of God; and the twelve were with Him.” The Greek word translated “proclaiming” means proclaiming as a herald. The Greek word rendered “bringing good news” is euaggelizo, which means evangelize, to announce good news, to declare glad tidings, to preach the gospel. Therefore, to bring good news of the kingdom of God is to preach the kingdom of God as the good news, as the gospel. In verses 2 and 3 Luke goes on to say, “And certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, and Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others, who were ministering to them out of their possessions.” In 8:1-3 we see that the twelve called ones were following the Savior and that the healed women were ministering to the Savior and His followers out of their own possessions. What a beautiful picture! The women named in 8:2 and 3 ministered to the Lord and to the twelve out of their possessions. It may have been that, under the Lord’s sovereignty, the husbands of these women were wealthy. We may say that this wealth was the result of the Lord’s exercise of His divine attributes. Then the women exercised their human virtues to use their possessions to minister to the Lord and His disciples.
4按照八章一至三节，有两班人在主耶稣周围。头一班由祂的跟从者组成，第二班由妇女组成。门徒只跟从主，没有作甚么。但那些妇女却实际的供给主和门徒。在召会生活里，有时候姊妹们比弟兄们更实际。虽然弟兄们说话容易，但姊妹们却时常实际的服事，供给。八章一至三节紧接在七章三十六至五十节之后，这是很有意义的。这个次序指明，我们经历罪得赦免，开始爱主并在平安里生活以后，我们就当跟从主，并且供给主。
4According to 8:1-3, there were two groups of people around the Lord Jesus. The first group was composed of His followers; the second was composed of the women. The disciples simply followed the Lord without doing anything. The women, however, ministered both to the Lord and to the disciples in a practical way. In the church life sometimes the sisters are more practical than the brothers are. Whereas the brothers may find it easy to speak, the sisters will often serve, minister, in a practical way. It is significant that 8:1-3 follows immediately after 7:36-50. The sequence indicates that after we have experienced the forgiveness of sins and have begun to love the Lord and live in peace, we should follow the Lord and minister to Him
用比喻施教
teaching with parables
5八章四至十八节说到人救主用比喻施教。在这里主说了两个比喻，头一个在四至十五节，论到在生命里长大；第二个在十六至十八节，论到灯的照耀。简单的说，这两个比喻论到撒种的人与灯。
5In 8:4-18 we have the Man-Savior’ste aching with parables. Here the Lord gives two parables, the first in verses 4 through 15 on the growth in life and the second in verses 16 through 18 on the shining of the lamp. In brief, these two parables are concerned with the sower and the lamp
撒种之人的比喻
The Parable of the Sower
6八章四至十五节撒种之人比喻的记载，与马太十三章的记载稍有不同。马太记载这比喻的目的，是要指出这比喻如何启示国度生活。然而，路加的目的是要给我们看见，我们这些在平安里生活、跟从主、供给主的人，应当在生命里长大。在八章五至八节，主耶稣讲述撒种之人的比喻；在九至十五节，祂向祂的门徒解释这比喻。路加八章五节上半说，『那撒种的出去撒他的5种子。』那撒种的乃是主自己，种子就是道，在这道里有主作生命。五至八节题到四种土。我们将要看见，这四种土象征人心的四种光景。
6The record of the parable of the sower in 8:4-15 is somewhat different from the record in Matthew 13. Matthew’s purpose in recording this parable is to point out how it reveals the kingdom life. However, Luke’s purpose is to show us that as those who are living in peace, following the Lord, and ministering to Him, we should grow in life. In 8:5-8 the Lord Jesus tells the parable of the sower; in verses 9 through 15 He explains this parable to His disciples. Luke 8:5a says, “The sower went out to sow his seed.” The sower is the Lord Himself, and the seed is the word with the Lord in it as life. In verses through 8 four kinds of soil are mentioned. As we shall see, these kinds of soil signify four conditions of the human heart.
7当门徒问主这比喻时，（路八9，）主说，『神国的奥秘，只给你们知道。但对其余的人就用比喻，叫他们看却看不见，听也不领悟。』（路八10。）这节指明神关于祂国的经纶，是个隐藏的奥秘，这奥秘已经向人救主的门徒揭示出来。因著神国的性质和特性完全是神圣的，并且神的国所藉以产生的元素，乃是神圣的生命和神圣的光，所以神的国，尤其神国的实际，就是今世真正的召会，（罗十四17，）对天然的人还全然是个奥秘。
7When the disciples questioned the Lord concerning this parable (v. 9), He said, “To you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest in parables, in order that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand” (v. 10). This verse indicates that God’secon o my concerning His kingdom was a hidden mystery, a mystery which has been unveiled to the Man - Savior’s disciples. Because the nature and character of the kingdom of God are wholly divine and because the elements through which it is brought forth are the divine life and divine light, the kingdom of God, especially in its reality as the genuine church in this age (Rom. 14:17), is still all a mystery to the natural man.
四种心
Four Kinds of Hearts
8路加八章十一至十五节，我们看见种子撒到四种心里。第一种心好比『路旁』的土。（路八5。）主在十二节论到这点说，『那些在路旁的，就是人听了道，随后魔鬼来，从他们心里把道夺去，恐怕他们信了得救。』路旁的土就是路边的土，给路上频繁的交通弄硬了。结果，麦子就无法在那种土里生长。
8In Luke 8:11-15 we see four kinds of hearts into which the seed is sown. The first kind of heart is likened to the soil “beside the road” (v. 5). Concerning this, the Lord says in verse 12, “Those beside the road are those who heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, so that they may not believe and be saved.” The earth beside the road is the earth on the wayside. This earth has been hardened by a great deal of traffic. As a result, wheat cannot grow in that kind of soil
9心像路边，像路旁的土，其中就有太多属世事务的交通往来。我们的心若被谋生的事所霸占，我们心里就会有太多的交通。结果，我们的心就不是生长基督的合式土壤，因这心为属世的交通往来所硬化。第二种心好比石头地。（路八6，。）这种地表面上有土，底下却满了盘石。基督不可能在这种心里生长。有这样心的人可能接受基督而得救；然而，他很难在生命里长大。因著盘石，基督很难在石头地所象征的心里生长。马太十三章五节描述这种心是土浅石头地，象征有的心接受主的话是肤浅的。这样的心是肤浅的，因为深处有石头，就是隐藏的罪、个人的欲望、自私和自怜，阻挠种子在心的深处扎根。路加八章七节说，『还有别的落在荆棘里，荆棘一同生长，就把牠挤住了。』十四节解释这点说，『那落在荆棘里的，就是人听了道，走开以后，被今生的思虑、钱财和宴乐全然挤住了，便结不出成熟的子粒来。』这里我们清楚看见，『荆棘』象征今生的思虑、钱财（尤其是钱财的迷惑─太十三22）、和宴乐。这些东西把道全然挤住了，使道不能在心里长大并结实。
9A heart that is like the wayside, like the soil beside the road, is a heart in which there is too much traffic of worldly business. If our heart is occupied with making a living, there will be too much traffic in our heart. The result will be that our heart will not be the proper soil for the growing of Christ, for it will be a heart hardened by worldly traffic. A second kind of heart is likened to rocky ground (8:6, 13). This kind of ground has soil on the surface, 13 but underneath it is full of rocks. It is not possible for Christ to grow in this kind of heart. A person with such a heart may receive Christ and be saved; however, it will be difficult for him to grow in life. Because of the rocks, it is difficult for Christ to grow in the heart signified by the rocky ground. Matthew 13:5 describes this kind of heart as rocky places, which do not have much earth. This signifies the heart that is shallow in receiving the Lord’sword. Such a heart is shallow because deep within are “rocks”—hidden sins, personal desires, self-seeking, and self-pity—which frustrate the seed from gaining root in the depths of the heart. Luke 8:7 says. “And other seed fell in the midst of the thorns, and the thorns sprouted up with it and choked it.” Concerning this, verse 14 explains: “And that which fell into the thorns, these are those who heard, and they are choked by the ongoing anxieties and riches and pleasures of life, and do not bring any fruit to maturity.” Here we see clearly that the “thorns” signify anxieties, riches (in particular, the deceitfulness of riches—Matt. 13:22), and the pleasures of life. These things choke the word and prevent it from growing in the heart and becoming fruitful.
10第四种心是好土所象征的：『但有别的落在好土里，生长起来，结实百倍。』（路八8。）在十五节主解释说，『但那落在好土里的，就是人用美好善良的心听了道，便持守住，并且忍耐著结实。』这好土象征好的心，没有为属世的交通往来所硬化，没有隐藏的罪，也没有今世的思虑、钱财的迷惑并今生的宴乐。这样的心让出每一寸的地土接受道，使道可以长大，结出果实，甚至结了百倍。没有属世交通、石头和荆棘的心，乃是纯净的心，这种心适合生长基督。我们蒙了赦免，并且开始在平安里过生活之后，就当跟从主，供给主。然后按照八章四至十五节，我们需要对付我们的心。
10The fourth kind of heart is that signified by the good earth: “And other seed fell into the good earth, and having sprouted up, it produced fruit a hundredfold” (v. 8). In verse 15 the Lord explains, “But that in the good earth, these are those who in a noble and good heart hear the word, and hold it fast, and bear fruit with endurance.” This good earth signifies the good heart, a heart that is not hardened by worldly traffic, that does not have hidden sins, and that is without the anxiety of the age, the deceitfulness of riches, and the pleasures of life. Such a heart gives all the ground to receiving the word so that the word may grow, bear fruit, and produce even a hundredfold. A heart without worldly traffic, rocks, and thorns is a purified heart. This kind of heart is good for growing Christ. After we have been forgiven and have begun to live a life in peace, we should follow the Lord and minister to Him. Then according to 8:4-15, we need to deal with our hearts
11我们对付我们的心，应当保守我们的心远离属世的交通。这就是说，我们的心不该被谋生的事业所霸占，反之，我们该过简单的生活。然而，许多人成了谋生的奴仆。他们越增加生活费用，就越需要劳苦。他们越提高生活水准，就越需要工作。有些人甚至作两分工作来维持高水准的生活。然而，我们应当简化我们的生活。如果我们的生活简化，我们的心就会远离属世的交通。我们也需要对付所有隐藏在我们里面的石头、障碍物。这些隐藏事物也许包括隐藏的罪或隐藏的欲望。举一个隐藏欲望的例子，我们可以题到一般青年人普偏渴望有一部好车子。渴望有某种牌子的新车，可能成为我们心中的一块『石头，』使基督难以在我们里面生长。
11In dealing with our hearts, we should keep our hearts away from worldly traffic. This means that our hearts should not be occupied with the business of making a living. Instead, we should live a simple life. However, many are slaves to earning a living. The more they increase their living expenses, the more they need to labor. The more they uplift their standard of living, the more they need to work. Some even work two jobs in order to maintain a high standard of living. We, on the contrary, should simplify our living. If we simplify our life, our hearts will be kept away from worldly traffic. We also need to deal with all the rocks, the obstacles hidden within us. These hidden things may include hidden sins or hidden desires. As an example of a hidden desire, we may mention the desire common among young people to have a good car. The desire for a certain kind of new car may become a “rock” in our hearts, a rock that makes it difficult for Christ to grow within us
12我们除了对付属世的交通与隐藏的石头，也需要对付『荆棘』：今生的思虑、钱财的迷惑和宴乐。有些人大学毕业以后，就开始担心婚姻，或存钱买房子的事。作父母的也许担心照顾孩子的事。这些思虑都与今生的顾虑有关。我们的心若充满思虑，基督怎能在我们里面生长？为了让基督在我们里面生长，我们的心需要没有今生的思虑、钱财的迷惑和宴乐。
12In addition to dealing with worldly traffic and the hidden rocks, we also need to deal with the “thorns” of anxieties, the deceitfulness of riches, and the pleasures of life. Some, after graduating from college, worry about getting married or about saving money to buy a house. Parents may worry about taking care of their children. These anxieties are related to the cares of this life. If our hearts are filled with anxieties, how can Christ grow in us? In order for Him to grow within us, our hearts need to be free from anxiety, the deceitfulness of riches, and the pleasures of life.
13七章三十六节至八章十五节的次序显示，我们得了赦免以后，就过平安的生活。当我们跟从主并供给主的时候，我们需要在生命里长大。我们要在生命里长大，就需要有好的心，让主在我们里面生长。好的心远离属世的交通，清理了所有的石头，也没有今生的思虑、钱财的迷惑和宴乐等荆棘。
13The sequence in 7:36—8:15 shows that after we have been forgiven, we live a life of peace. As we follow the Lord and minister to Him, we need to grow in life. For the growth in life we need to have a good heart for the Lord to grow within us. A good heart is a heart that is kept away from the worldly traffic, that has all rocks cleared away, and that does not have the thorns of anxiety, the deceitfulness of riches, and the pleasures of life
蒙拯救脱离这世代的趋势
Delivered from the Trend of This Age
14在今天的世界里，我们面对许多危险─不道德的危险、思虑的危险、宴乐的危险。你越渴望宴乐，就会有越多的思虑，也会越受苦。但是你若甘心过简单的生活，就不会有那么多的宴乐，或那么多的思虑。我们不该跟从今天世界的趋势。这个趋势包括属世的交通、宴乐和思虑。因著这个趋势，许多人不容易长寿。因著跟从世界的趋势，许多人精疲力竭。他们忙于属世的交通，忙于赚钱以享受更多的宴乐，结果思虑更多、疾病更多、死亡更多。我们基督徒应当蒙拯救脱离这世代的趋势，而走另一条路。我们若不走世界的路连同属世的交通、宴乐和思虑，我们的心就会得著释放，空出来为著基督。这样，我们的心就会被基督占有。
14In today’s world we face many perils—perils of immorality, perils of anxiety, and perils of pleasure. The more you desire to have pleasure, the more anxiety you will have, and the more you will suffer. But if you are willing to have a simple life, you will not have as many pleasures nor as many anxieties. We should not follow the trend of today’s world. This trend includes worldly traffic, pleasure, and anxiety. Because of this trend, it is difficult for many to live a long life. As the result of following the trend of the world, many are exhausted. They are busy with the worldly traffic and with earning money to have more pleasures. The result is more anxiety, more disease, and more death. We Christians should be delivered from the trend of this age and take another way. If we do not take the way of the world with its traffic, pleasures, and anxiety, our hearts will be released and available for Christ. Then our hearts will be occupied by Christ
15我是个年长的人，我能见证，健康的秘诀乃是接受基督作一切。因著我接受基督作我的一切，所以找从这世界的趋势得了释放，我的心空出来为著主。这就使基督可以在我里面生长。
15As an elderly person, I can testify that the secret to good health is taking Christ as everything. Because I take Christ as my everything I am released from the trend of this world, and my heart is free for the Lord. This makes it possible for Christ to grow within me
灯的比喻
The Parable of the Lamp
16八章十六、十七节里有灯的比喻：『没有人点灯用器皿盖上，或放在床底下，乃是放在灯台上，叫进来的人看见亮光。因为隐藏的事没有不成为显明的，隐瞒的事也绝没有不被人知道而暴露路出来的。』按照撒种之人的比喻，我们需要长大。按照灯的比喻，我们需要照耀。我们应当像灯一样照耀明亮，没有任何遮盖。我们应当是灯，在敞开的地方照耀著，叫别人蒙光照。所以，我们需要长大，也需要照耀。
16In 8:16 and 17 we have the parable of the lamp: “Now no one having lit a lamp covers it with a vessel or puts it underneath a couch; but he places it on a lampstand, in order that those who come in may see the light. For nothing is hidden that shall not become manifest, nor concealed that shall not by all means be known and become manifest.” According to the parable of the sower, we need to grow. According to the parable of the lamp, we need to shine. We should shine brightly as a lamp without any covering. We should be lamps in an open place shining so that others may be enlightened. Therefore, we need to grow, and we need to shine
17发光的灯指明人救主的职事，不仅将生命撒在祂的子民里面，也把光带给他们。因此，这样神圣服事的结果，就使信徒成为发光之体，（腓二15，）召会成为灯台，（启一20，）照耀在这黑暗的时代，作祂的见证，并完成于具有生命和光之显著特征的新耶路撒冷城。（启二二1～2，二一11，23～24。）在路加八章十八节，主说，『所以你们要留心怎样听；因为凡有的，还要加给他；凡没有的，连他自以为有的，也要从他夺去。』这节说到我们如何听主的话，与马太十三章十至十三节和马可四章二十五节相似。
17The lamp which shines light indicates that the Man - Savior’s ministry not only sows life into His people, but also brings light to them. Hence, such a divine ministry issues in the believers as luminaries (Phil. 2:15) and the churches as lampstands (Rev. 1:20), shining in this dark age as His testimony, and consummating in the New Jerusalem with the outstanding characteristics of life and light (Rev. 22:1-2; 21:11, 23-24). In Luke 8:18 the Lord says, “Take heed therefore how you hear; for whoever has, it shall be given to him; and whoever does not have, even what he seems to have shall be taken away from him.” This verse is concerned with how we hear the word of the Lord. Luke 8:18 is similar to Matthew 13:10-13 and Mark 4:25.
承认真实的亲属
identifying His real relatives
18路加八章十九节说，『耶稣的母亲和兄弟来了，因为人多，不能与祂相会。』有人报告主耶稣，说祂的母亲和兄弟站在外面，想要见祂，祂回答说，『这些听了神的话而实行的人，就是我的母亲，我的弟兄了。』（路八20～21。）主的回答指明，我们能成为人救主真实的亲属。我们可以成为真正与祂有关系的人。人救主藉著祂的职事，把信祂的罪人作成祂属灵的亲属，成为神家里（来三5～6）的许多弟兄，（罗八29，来二11，）并为著建造祂奥秘身体的许多肢体，（弗五30，林前十二12，）以实行神的旨意。撒种之人的比喻中，最重要的乃是话。（路八11。）我们需要合式的顾到主的话。我们若顾到话，就会成为人救主真实的亲属，祂也会这样承认我们。因为我们回应祂的话，并且使自己与神成为一，祂也会与我们联合。所以神在八章二十一节说，那些听了神的话而实行的人就是祂的亲属。主照著神的话过生活，现在我们也照著祂的话过生活。所以，我们与祂相呼应，我们之间有一种联合。
18Luke 8:19 says, “And His mother and His brothers came up to Him, and they were not able to get to Him because of the crowd.” When it was reported to the Lord Jesus that His mother and brothers were standing outside wanting to see Him. He answered, “My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it” (vv. 20-21). The Lord’s answer indicates that we can become the real relatives of the Man - Savior. We may become those who are truly related to Him. Through His ministry the Man- Savior was making the believing sinners His spiritual relatives who became His many brothers (Rom. 8:29; Heb. 2:11) in the house of God (Heb. 3:5-6) and His many members for the building up of His mystical Body (Eph. 5:30; 1 Cor. 12:12) to do the will of God. The most important matter in the parable of the sower is the word (Luke 8:11). We need to take care of the Lord’sword in a proper way. If we care for the word, we shall become the real relatives of the Man-Savior, and He will recognize us as such. Because we correspond to His word and make ourselves one with Him, He will identify Himself with us. This is the reason He says in 8:21 that His relatives are those that hear the word of God and do it. The Lord lived a life according to the word of God, and now we also are living a life according to His word. Therefore, we and He correspond, and there is an identification between us.
19我们在七章三十六至五十节看见，我们原是罪人，藉著相信救主而蒙了赦免。因著我们罪得赦免，所以我们爱主。我们藉信得蒙赦罪并且爱主，就带进平安的生活。当我们过平安的生活，我们就跟从主并供给祂。我们这些事奉主的人，需要在生命里长大，好使主在我们里面长大。我们也需要照耀。结果我们就成为人救主真实的亲属。用保罗的话说，我们就成为祂的肢体。主的亲属就是祂的肢体。祂是头，我们是祂的肢体，祂身体的肢体。这就是说，我们在生命和性情上与祂一样。祂过神人的生活，我们现今也可以过同样的生活。
19In 7:36-50 we see that we were sinners who have been forgiven through our faith in the Savior. Because our sins have been forgiven, we love the Lord. The forgiveness of sins through faith and our love for the Lord issue in a life of peace. As we live a life of peace, we follow the Lord and minister to Him. As those who serve Him, we need to grow in life so that the Lord may grow in us. We also need to shine. The result is that we become the Man-Savior’s real relatives. In Paul’swords, we become His members. The Lord’s relatives are His members. He is the Head, and we are His members, the members of His Body. This means that we are the same as He is in life and nature. He lived the life of a God-man, and now we may live the same kind of life today