10路加十章二十三、二十四节说,『耶稣转身,暗暗的对门徒说,看见你们所看见的,那眼睛就有福了。我告诉你们,曾经有许多申言者和君王,想要看你们所看的,却没有看见;要听你们所听的,却没有听见。』在这两节,人救主三次说到『所看见的、所看的、所听的』那些事。许多申言者和君王要看门徒所看的甚么事?许多申言者和君王要听门徒所听的甚么事?关于这点,我们应当注意主在二十一节说到『这些事,』在二十二节说到『一切』的事。首先,主在圣灵里欢腾,父将这些事向智慧通达人藏起来,向婴孩却启示出来。然后主说,父已将一切都交付了祂。此后,祂暗暗的对门徒说,他们的眼睛是有福的,因为看见他们所看见的。『这些事、』『一切』的事是甚么?我们会看见,这些都是指同样的事。我们看过,那七十个门徒欢欢喜喜的回来,因鬼在主的名里服了他们而欢喜。然而,主告诉他们,不要因灵服了他们就欢喜,却要因他们的名记录在诸天之上欢喜。就在那时,祂在圣灵里欢腾,颂扬父将这些事向智慧通达人藏起来,向婴孩却启示出来。然后祂告诉门徒,父已将一切都交付了祂。末了祂告诉他们,他们是有福的,因为看见并听见他们所能看见并听见的事。二十一节的『这些事,』二十二节的『一切,』以及二十三与二十四节所看、所听的事,都与我们的名记录在诸人之上所包括的事有关。我们的名记录在诸天之上包括了许多事。实际上,我们需要保罗的十四封书信,来描述我们的名记录在诸天之上所包括的事。我们不该期望在路加福音里找到完满的解释。这包括神的奥秘,特别是神的奥秘,就是基督,以及基督的奥秘,就是召会。路加十章论到这些事、一切的事以及那些事的话,可能使我们想起保罗在林前二章九节的话:『只是如经上所记:「神为爱祂的人所豫备的,是眼睛未曾看见,耳朵未曾听见,心也未曾想到的。」』这里的事乃是神新约经纶里的事。眼睛所能看见的范围相当窄小,耳朵所能听见的范围比较广阔,人心所能领略的范围是没有限量的。神在祂的智慧里,已经为我们命定并豫备了许多深奥、隐藏的事,就如称义、圣别和得荣等等。这一切都是人眼睛未曾看见,耳朵未曾听见,人心也未曾想到的。
10Luke 10:23 and 24 say, “And turning to the disciples, He said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that you see. For I tell you that many prophets and kings wanted to observe the things that you see, and did not observe them, and to hear the things that you hear, and did not hear them.” In these two verses the Man - Savior speaks of “the things” three times. What are the things that the disciples saw, the things that many prophets and kings wanted to observe? What are the things that the disciples heard, things that many prophets and kings wanted to hear? Concerning this we should notice that in verse 21 the Lord speaks of “these things,” and in verse 22, of “all things.” First the Lord exulted in the Holy Spirit that the Father has hid these things from the wise and intelligent and revealed them to babes. Then the Lord said that all things have been delivered to Him by the Father. Following this, He privately told the disciples that their eyes were blessed for seeing the things that they see. What are “these things,” “all things,” and “the things”? As we shall see, these all refer to the same things. We have seen that the seventy returned with joy, rejoicing that the demons were subject to them in the Lord’s name. However, the Lord told them not to rejoice that the spirits were subject to them, but to rejoice that their names are inscribed in the heavens. In the same hour He exulted in the Holy Spirit and praised the Father for hiding these things from the wise and the intelligent and revealing them to babes. Then He told the disciples that all things had been delivered to Him by the Father. Finally, He told them that they were blessed for seeing and hearing the things that they were able to see and hear. “These things” in verse 21, “all things” in verse 22, and “the things” in verses 23 and 24 are all related to the things involved in the inscribing of our names in the heavens. The inscribing of our names in the heavens involves a great deal. Actually, the fourteen Epistles of Paul are needed to describe what is involved in the inscribing of our names in the heavens. We should not expect to find a full explanation of this in the Gospel of Luke. This involves God’s mystery, in particular the mystery of God, which is Christ, and the mystery of Christ, which is the church. The word about these things, all things, and the things in Luke 10 may remind us of Paul’s word in 1 Corinthians 2:9: “But even as it is written, Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, and which have not come up in man’she art, how much God has prepared for those who love Him.” The things here are the things in God’s New Testament economy. The sphere of what the eye can see is narrow: the sphere of what the ear can hear is broader; and the sphere of what the heart can realize is without limitation. God in His wisdom has ordained and prepared for us many deep and hidden things, such as justification, sanctification, and glorification. All these the human eye has never seen, the human ear has never heard, and the human heart has never realized.