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路加福音生命读经 · 第61篇

人救主的神人生活 ( 二 )

The Man-Savior’s God-Man Living (2)
1读经:希伯来书2:14上,16-17上,腓立比书2:6-8,约翰福音1:1,14,5:30,6:38。在本篇信息中,我们要继续来看人救主的神人生活。
1Scripture Reading: Heb. 2:14a, 16-17a; Phil. 2:6-8; John 1:1, 14; 5:30; 6:38 In this message we shall continue to consider the Man-Savior’s God-man living
真正的人,有真实的人性与完美的人性美德,彀资格作人救主
A Genuine Man with a Real Human Nature and the Perfect Human Virtues for the Qualification to Be Man’sS avior
2人救主是真正的人,有真实的人性与完美的人性美德。在这里我们用了三个形容词来描述人救主的人性:真正的、真实的、完美的。人救主是真正的人。祂的性情是真实的;这就是说,祂乃是真实的人,不是幽灵。不仅如此,人救主的人性美德也是完美的。主耶稣为了彀资格作人的救主,就必须是真正的人,有真实的人性和完美的人性美德。因为神是真正的人,有真实的人性和完美的人性美德,所以祂彀资格作人救主。
2The Man-Savior is a genuine man with the real human nature and the perfect human virtues. Here we use three adjectives to describe the Man-Savior in His humanity: genuine, real, and perfect. As a man, the Man-Savior is genuine. His nature is real; that is, He was a real human being, not a phantom. Furthermore, the Man-Savior’s human virtues are perfect. In order to be qualified to be man’sS avior, the Lord Jesus had to be a genuine man with a real human nature and the perfect human virtues. Because He is genuine as a man, real in His human nature, and perfect in His human virtues, He is qualified to be the Man-Savior
完整的神,有真实的神性与超绝的神圣属性,加强并确保拯救人的能力
The Complete God with the True Divine Nature and the Excellent Divine Attributes to Empower and Ensure His Ability to Save Man
3人救主不仅是真正的人,祂也是完整的神。祂是完整的神,有真实的神性与超绝的神圣属性。正统神学家和基要圣经教师都同意,基督是完整的神。然而,有些人不愿承认,这一位不仅是神的儿子,也是父,也是灵。他们一面教导基督是完整的神,另一面教导基督只是神圣三一的一部分。因此,这些神学家和教师的教导自相矛盾。如果你说基督只是神圣三一的一部分,祂就不是完整的神,祂只是完整的神的一部分。完整的神不仅是父,不仅是灵,也不仅是子。完整的神乃是三一神-父、子、灵。
3The Man-Savior was not only a genuine man; He was also the complete God. As the complete God, He had the true divine nature and the excellent divine attributes. Orthodox theologians and fundamental Bible teachers agree that Christ is the complete God. However, some will not admit that this One is not only the Son of God but also the Father and the Spirit. On the one hand, they teach that Christ is the complete God; on the other hand, they teach that Christ is only part of the Trinity. Hence, with these theologians and teachers there is a contradiction. If you say that Christ is only part of the Trinity, then He is not the complete God. Rather, He is simply a part of the complete God. The complete God is not merely the Father or merely the Spirit or merely the Son. The complete God is the Triune God—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit
4我们要强调这个事实:人救主是真正的人,也是完整的神。祂是真正的人,有真实的人性和完美的人性美德;祂是完整的神,有真实的神性和超绝的神圣属性。我们已经看见,就著人性说,人救主是真正、真实、完美的。现在我们必须看见,就著祂的神性说,祂是完整、真实、超绝的。祂是完整的神,祂有真实的神圣性情,也有超绝的神圣属性。祂的人性美德是完美的,而祂的神圣属性是超绝的;祂的属性是优异、超越的。
4We would emphasize the fact that the Man - Savior is both a genuine man and the complete God. He is a genuine man with the real human nature and the perfect human virtues, and He is the complete God with the true divine nature and the excellent divine attributes. We have seen that with respect to His humanity the Man-Savior is genuine, real, and perfect. Now we need to see that with respect to His divinity He is complete, true, and excellent. He is the complete God, He has the true divine nature, and He has the excellent divine attributes. His human virtues are perfect, but His divine attributes are excellent; His attributes are superior, surpassing.
5人救主的神性和神圣属性,加强并确保祂拯救我们的能力。在祂的人性里,有拯救我们的能力,救恩的能力,而这能力由祂的神性得著加强并保证。祂拯救我们的能力由祂的神性得著担保。有人听到人救主的神性和神圣属性,加强并确保祂拯救我们的能力,也许会说,『圣经里有那一节这样说?你读过一本书这样教导么?』我对这两个问题的回答都是『没有。』表面看来,圣经里没有一节这样教导,我也从来没有读过一本书有这样的说法。也许你希奇为甚么我有胆量这样说。我的回答是,这种教训是半个多世纪研读圣经的结果,尤其是十年新约生命读经的结果。按照圣经中神圣的启示,人救主的神性和神圣属性加强并确保祂拯救的能力。整本圣经确实启示,主的神性加强祂拯救的能力,而这能力是在祂的人性里。约壹一章七节表达这个思想:基督的神性加强并确保祂人性里拯救的能力。这节说,『祂儿子耶稣的血也洗净我们一切的罪。』『耶稣』这名是指流出救赎的血所需之主的人性;『祂儿子』这名称是指使救赎的血永远有功效所需之主的神性。因此祂儿子耶稣的血指明,这血乃是真正的人所流正确的血,为要救赎神堕落的造物,有神圣的保证为其永远的功效,这功效在空间上是普及各处的,在时间上是永远长存的。
5The Man-Savior’s divine nature and excellent divine attributes empower and ensure His ability to save man. In His humanity there is the capacity to save us, the capacity for salvation. But this capacity is empowered and ensured by His divinity. His ability to save us is guaranteed by His divinity. When some hear that the Man-Savior’s divine nature and attributes empower and ensure His ability to save us, they may say, “Is there any verse in the Bible that says this? Have you read a book that teaches this?” I must answer both questions with a no. Apparently, there is not a verse in the Bible that teaches this, and I have never read a book that uses these expressions. Perhaps you are wondering why I have the boldness to speak this way. My answer is that this kind of teaching is the result of more than a half century of the study of the Bible. In particular, it is the result of a ten-year Life-study of the New Testament, a study that will soon be completed with the book of Acts. According to the divine revelation in the Scriptures, the Man-Savior’s divine nature and divine attributes empower and ensure His saving ability. The Bible as a whole certainly reveals that the Lord’s divinity empowers His saving capacity, which is in His humanity. First John 1:7 conveys the thought that the divinity of Christ empowers and ensures the saving capacity within His humanity. This verse says, “The blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.” Here the name “Jesus” denotes the Lord’s humanity, which is needed for the shedding of the redeeming blood, and the title “His Son” denotes the Lord’s divinity, which is needed for the eternal efficacy of the redeeming blood. Thus, “the blood of Jesus His Son” indicates that this blood is the proper blood of a genuine man for redeeming God’s fallen creatures with divine surety for its eternal efficacy, an efficacy that is all-prevailing in space and everlasting in time
6按照约壹一章七节,人救主在十字架上所流的血,不仅是耶稣的血,也是神儿子的血。流这血的有双重身分,有人与神两种身分。耶稣的血乃是真正的人所流真实的血,为救赎我们所需要的。这血的功效由人救主的神性所确保。神性使耶稣的血成为永远的。没有主的神性,祂的救赎就不可能是永远的。
6According to 1 John 1:7, the blood shed by the Man- Savior on the cross was not only the blood of Jesus but also the blood of the Son of God. It was the blood of one with a dual status, the status of both man and God. The blood of Jesus was the genuine blood of a real man required for our redemption. The efficacy of this blood is ensured by the Man-Savior’s divinity. Divinity makes the blood of Jesus eternal. Apart from the Lord’s divinity, His redemption could not be eternal.
7主的真实神性连同祂超绝的属性,加强并确保祂拯救人的能力。人性使祂彀资格拯救我们,神性加强祂以拯救我们。祂的神性也确保祂拯救人的能力。
7The Lord’st rue divinity with His excellent attributes empowers and ensures His ability to save man. Humanity qualifies Him to save us, and divinity empowers Him to save us. His divinity also ensures His ability to save man
神人有人性连同人性美德以盛装并彰显神
THE GOD-MAN Having the Human Nature with Its Virtues to Contain and Express God
8人救主既是真正的人,也是完整的神,祂就是神人。祂有人性连同人性的美德,以盛装神并彰显神。没有人盛装神像主耶稣那样多。祂以人性美德盛装神并彰显神。在奥林匹克运动会上,运动员尽全力展示他们的能力。然而这位神人不需要努力展示祂的能力来盛装并彰显神。他有人性连同人性美德以盛装神并彰显神,没有人能与祂相比。
8As a genuine man and the complete God, the Man- Savior is the God-man. He has the human nature with its virtues to contain God and express Him. No one has ever contained as much of God as the Lord Jesus does. With His human virtues He contained God and expressed Him. In the Olympic games athletes try their best to display their ability. But the God-man did not need to exert Himself to display His ability to contain and express God. No one can compare with Him in having the human nature with its virtues to contain and express God
有神性连同神圣属性,作祂的内容与实际,为著彰显神
Having the Divine Nature with Its Divine Attributes to Be His Content and Reality for the Expression of God
9主耶稣是神人,有神性连同神圣属性,作祂的内容与实际,为著彰显神。这位神人有神的素质、神的性情、和神的属性。祂是真正的人,有真实的人性和完美的人性美德,以彰显神。然而,为著彰显神,祂必须有神作祂的内容与实际。我们可以再用手套作例子。手套彰显手。但手套若要彰显手,必须有手作内容与实际。这位神人是『手套』也是『手,』因祂有人性作容器,也有神性作内容。
9As the God-man the Lord Jesus has the divine nature with its divine attributes to be His content and reality for the expression of God. The God-man has the essence of God, the nature of God, and the attributes of God. He is a genuine man with the real human nature and the perfect human virtues to express God. However, in order to express God, He must have God as His content and reality. Once again we may use the illustration of a glove. A glove expresses the hand. But if a glove is to express the hand, it must have the hand as its content and reality. The God-man is both the “glove” and the “hand,” for He has both humanity as the container and divinity as the content
10今天人救主仍然是人又是神。祂是人作容器,祂是神作内容。在祂里面有真实的人性和真实的神性。在祂里面有完美的人性美德和超绝的神圣属性。这两类在祂里面融合,调和,成为一种组成。因此,祂是神人。
10Today the Man-Savior is still both man and God. He is man as the container, and He is God as the content. In Him we have the real human nature and the true divine nature. In Him we have the perfect human virtues and the excellent divine attributes. These two categories meet in Him and are mingled in Him to become one composition. Hence, He is the God-man.
11然而,这调和没有产生第三种性情!既不是完全的人性,也不是完全的神性。不仅如此,这两种性情-神性与人性-的素质调和成为一种组成以后,彼此还是有区别的。这就是说,当人救主的神性与人性调和时,两种性情并没有混淆。这调和是奥秘的,这位神人真是一个奥秘。我年轻时,没有得到这样的帮助,领会主耶稣是神人。感谢主!今天年轻的圣徒能彀得到这种帮助。主恢复里年轻的一代非常蒙福,能听到这样的话;神人,人救主,有人性与神性。
11However, in this mingling there is not the producing of a third nature, a nature that is neither fully human nor completely divine. Furthermore, after the essences of the two natures, the divine nature and the human nature, have been mingled and have become one composition, they still remain distinct. This means that in the mingling of divinity and humanity in the Man- Savior there is no confusion of the two natures. This mingling is mysterious; this God-man is truly a mystery. When I was young, I did not receive this kind of help in understanding the Lord Jesus as the God- man. I am thankful that the young saints are able to receive this help today. The young generation in the Lord’s recovery is very blessed to hear such a word concerning the God-man, the Man-Savior, with His human nature and His divine nature
12许多书说到耶稣基督是神人,但是那一本书像路加福音生命读经这些信息这样解释这位神人?神人是甚么?祂是真正的人,有真实的人性与完美的人性美德;祂也是完整的神,有真实的神性与超绝的神圣属性。祂有人性连同人性美德,以盛装并彰显神。祂也有神性连同神圣属性,作祂的内容与实际,为著彰显神。这就是神人。
12Many books say that Jesus Christ is the God-man, but which of them interprets the God-man in the way presented in these messages on the Life-study of Luke? What is the God-man? He is a genuine man with a real human nature and perfect human virtues, and He is the complete God with the true divine nature and the excellent divine attributes. He has the human nature with its virtues to contain and express God. He also has the divine nature with its attributes to be His content and reality for the expression of God. This is the God-man
神人生活
THE GOD-MAN LIVING
一个真人的生活,不凭人的生命,在人的美德里彰显人
The Living of a Genuine Man, but Not by Man’s Life to Express Man in Man’s Virtues
13现在我们接著来看人救主的神人生活。这是一个真人的生活,却不是凭著人的生命-人的心思、意志、情感-在人的美德里彰显人。
13Let us now go on to consider the Man-Savior’s God- man living. This is the living of a genuine man, but not by man’s life—man’s mind, will, and emotion—to express man in man’s virtues
14约翰福音有两节圣经帮助我们领会这点。主耶稣在约翰五章三十节说,『我从自己不能作甚么;我怎么听见,就怎么审判;我的审判也是公平的,因为我不寻求自6:38己的意思,只寻求那差我来者的意思。』在约翰六章三十八节祂接著说,『因为我从天上降下来,不是要行我自己的意思,乃是要行那差我来者的意思。』我们在这些经节里看见,主耶稣不行祂自
14Two verses from the Gospel of John are helpful in understanding this. In John 5:30 the Lord Jesus says, “I can do nothing from Myself; as I hear, I judge; and My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.” In John He goes on to say, “I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.” In these verses we see that the Lord Jesus did not do or seek His own will.
15己 的意思,也不寻求祂自己的意思。
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16真正说来,我们的意志代表我们的全人。不错,一面来说,我们的心思代表我们这人,然而心思仅仅是在思想上代表我们这人,意志却是在行为上代表我们这人,或我们的魂。你也许思想了许多事,但你作了多少?我们也许想过一百件事,只作成两件。这里的点是,我们的心思在思想上代表我们这人,而我们的意志在行动、作为上代表我们这人。主耶稣不寻求自己的意思,也不行自己的意思,指明祂过为人生活时,不是凭著自己的心思、意志、情感生活。这就是说,祂不是凭著自己的生命生活。这里的『生命』等于我们这人,而我们这人是由我们的心思、意志、情感组成的。人救主,这位神人,过著为人的生活,但祂不
16In a very real sense, our will represents our whole being. Yes, in one sense our being is represented by our mind. The mind, however, represents our being only in thought; the will represents our being, or our soul, in its doings. You may have thought about many things, but how many of those things have you done? Perhaps out of a hundred matters we have thought, only two have been accomplished. The point we are making here is that our mind represents our being in thought, and our will represents our being in action, in deeds. The fact that the Lord Jesus did not seek or do His own will indicates that while He was living as a man, He was not living by His own mind, will, and emotion. This means that He was not living by His own life. Here “life” equals our being, and our being is composed of our mind, will, and emotion. The Man- Savior, the God-man, lived as a man, but He did not live by His own mind, will, and emotion.
17凭著自己的心思、意志、情感生活。
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一个真人的生活,凭神的生命,在神的属性里彰显神
A Genuine Man’s Living by God’s Life to Express God in God’s Attributes
18主耶稣凭著神的心思、意志、情感过著真正人的生活-在神的属性里彰显神。主不寻求自己的意思,只寻求神的意思。祂来不是要行自己的意思,乃是要行神的意思。这就是说,祂来过人的生活,不是凭著人的生命,乃是凭著神的生命。祂凭著神的心思、意志、情感生活,在神的属性里彰显神。这些属性乃是包含在祂的人性美
18The Lord Jesus had a genuine man’s living by God’s mind, will, and emotion—to express God in God’s attributes. The Lord did not seek His own will but God’s will. He came not to do His own will but to do God’s will. This means that He came to live as a man not by man’s life, but by God’s life. He lived by God’s mind, will, and emotion to express God in God’s attributes. These attributes are contained in and mingled with His human virtues
19德里,调和在祂的人性美德里。
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20在路加福音里,有许多人救主神人生活的例子。我们来看好撒玛利亚人的事例。(路十25~37。)在好撒玛利亚人的为人生活里,神得著了彰显。神在那里加给祂力量。所彰显的爱不仅是撒玛利亚人属人的爱,乃是由神圣的爱加强、加力并丰富之属人的爱。因此,这是优越的爱、超越的爱。我们也来看撒该的事例。(路十九1~。)在人救主到撒该那里,并祂对待撒该的过程中,我们看见神圣的东西。我们很难解释我们所见,在耶稣这人身上所彰显的。在祂里面有些东西比神的无所不知更超过。在祂身上有超绝的神圣属性,加强祂人性的美德。主耶稣的生活方式乃是有神圣的属性加强祂人性的美德。
20In the Gospel of Luke we have many examples of the Man-Savior’s God-man living. Consider the case of the good Samaritan (10:25-37). In the human living of the good Samaritan God was expressed. God was there empowering Him. The love expressed was not simply the Samaritan’s human love; it was a human love strengthened, empowered, and enriched by the divine love. Hence, it was a superior love, a surpassing love. Consider also the case of Zaccheus (19:1-10). In the Man - Savior’s coming to Zaccheus and His dealing 10 with him we see something divine. It is hard to explain what we see expressed in the man Jesus. Within Him there is something more than the divine omniscience. In Him the excellent divine attributes are present strengthening His human virtues. The Lord Jesus lived in the way of having His human virtues empowered by the divine attributes.
21主耶稣在十二岁的时候就是这样。当主耶稣十二岁时,祂是个孩子。但是我们读路加二章的记载,我们看见在这孩子身上有神圣的元素。神的属性在祂的为人生活里得著彰显。主耶稣过的是真正人的生活,但在祂的生活里,我们看见神圣的元素,也看见某种神圣的因素。这生活不是彰显人,乃是彰显神。这是神人的生命和生活。
21This was true of the Lord Jesus even at the age of twelve. When the Lord Jesus was twelve, He was a human child. But as we read the account in Luke 2, we see that in this child there was the divine element. God’s attributes were expressed in His human living. The Lord Jesus lived a genuine human life, yet in His life we see the divine element and also certain divine factors. This life did not express man; it expressed God. This is the God-man’s life and living
人的心思、意志、情感成为盛装神生命的器官
Man’s Mind, Will, and Emotion Becoming the Organs to Contain God’s Life
22在主耶稣的生活里,人的心思、意志、情感,成了盛装神生命的器官。我们可以将这些器官比喻为手套的指头。手套的指头怎样盛装真实的手指,照样,人救主的心思、意志、情感也盛装神的生命。手套的五个指头不是真实的指头,乃是盛装人手的五个指头。同样,主的心思、意志、情感是盛装神心思、意志、情感的器官。这是祂的神人生活。
22In the living of the Lord Jesus, man’s mind, will, and emotion became the organs to contain God’s life. We may compare these organs to the fingers of a glove. Just as the fingers of a glove contain the real fingers, so the Man-Savior’s mind, will, and emotion contain God’s life. The five fingers of a glove are not real fingers but contain the five fingers of a human hand. In a similar way, the Lord’s mind, will, and emotion are organs containing God’s mind, will, and emotion. This was His God-Man living
人的美德成为彰显神属性的外壳、形像,使神在人的生活里得著彰显
Man’s Virtues Becoming a Shell, an Image, to Express God’s Attributes That God May Be Expressed in Man’s Living
23在人救主的神人生活里,人的美德成了彰显神属性的外壳、形像,使神在人的生活要得著彰显。我们从这点看见,我们的人性美德-我们的爱、光、圣、义-只是外壳,是创世记一章二十六节神所创造的形像。神照著祂的形像造人,使神在人的生活里得著彰显。如果我们看见这点,我们就能彀回答前一篇信息题出的问题:主耶稣受死完成救赎以前,为甚么必须在地上生活三十三年半。如果祂在地上只生活很短的时间,在祂的生活里神圣的属性就只有短暂的彰显。这样短促的彰显可以比喻为彩虹,只出现少时就消失了。但人救主过了三十三年半完全的为人生活。在那些年间,证明祂是没有瑕疵、没有残缺的。祂在任何一面都没有失败。祂的美德是一种形像,为著彰显神的属性。因此,神在祂的生活里得著彰显。
23In the Man - Savior’s God - man living man’s virtues became a shell, an image, to express God’sat tribute ss o that God may be expressed in man’s living. From this we see that our human virtues—our love, brightness, holiness, and righteousness — are just a shell, the image created by God in Genesis 1:26. God created man in His image so that God may be expressed in man’s living. If we see this, we shall have the answer to the question raised in the foregoing message concerning why it was necessary for the Lord Jesus to live on earth for thirty- three and a half years before He died to accomplish redemption. If He had lived on earth only a short time, there would have been only a momentary expression of the divine attributes in His living. Such a brief expression could be compared to a rainbow, which appears for a while and then vanishes. The Man-Savior lived a full human life for thirty-three and a half years. During those years He was proved to be without defect or imperfection. He did not fail in any way. His virtues were an image for an expression of God’s attributes. Therefore, God was expressed in His living.
构成人救主的资格,并祂之于信徒的模型
Constituting the Man-Savior’s Qualification and a Prototype to His Believers
24主的神人生活构成祂作人救主的资格。同时,这生活构成祂之于信徒的模型。我们在下一篇信息会看见,这模型是为著信徒里面神人的『大量生产』-复制。在工厂里,制造模型可能用去许多时间。一旦模型造好了,就用来大量生产。同样的,人救主的神人生活将祂构成模型,使祂现今在我们里面得以复制。为著这个模型和大量生产,我们赞美主!
24The Lord’s God-man living constituted His qualification to be the Man-Savior. At the same time, this living constituted a prototype to His believers. As we shall see in the next message, this prototype is for the “mass production,” the reproduction, of the God-man in the believers. In a factory, a great deal of time may be spent to produce a prototype. Once the prototype has been produced, it is then used for mass production. In a similar way, the Man-Savior’s God-man living constituted Him a prototype so that He may now be reproduced in us. Praise the Lord for the prototype and for the mass production