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路加福音生命读经 · 第69篇

禧年(六)

Jubilee (6)
1读经:利未记25:10-12,19-22,马太福音11:28,腓立比书4:5-7,9,路加福音15:23,哥林多前书5:8,以弗所书3:8,腓立比书1:19,哥林多后书12:9,13:14。
1Scripture Reading: Lev. 25:10-12, 19-22; Matt. 11:28; Phil. 4:6-7, 9; Luke 15:23; 1 Cor. 5:8; Eph. 3:8; Phil. 1:19; 2 Cor. 12:9; 13:14
2我们要继续来看禧年的生活,就是在禧年里所过的生活。我们在前一篇信息中曾指出,这种生活乃是安息在美地,并享受美地丰富的生活。我们基督徒的生活该是满了自由和释放,并满了安息、满足和享受的生活。
2Let us continue to consider the living of the jubilee, that is, the kind of life that lives in the jubilee. We pointed out in the foregoing message that this is a life of resting in the good land and of enjoying the riches of the good land. Our Christian life should be a life full of liberty, freedom, and release, a life full of rest, satisfaction, and enjoyment
享受的生活
A LIFE OF ENJOYMENT
3路加十五章二十三节指明,基督徒的生活该是享受的生活:『把那肥牛犊牵来宰了,让我们吃喝快乐。』浪子回到父家的结果,是他和家里的人都能吃喝快乐。这指明我们该吃基督这肥牛犊,喝那赐生命的灵,并且因享受三一神和父家的丰富而快乐。
3Luke 15:23 indicates that the Christian life should be a life of enjoyment: “And bring the fattened calf; slaughter it, and let us eat and be merry.” The result of the prodigal son’s coming back to his father’sho use was that he and all those in the house could eat, drink, and be merry. This indicates that we should eat Christ as the fattened calf, drink the life-giving Spirit, and be merry in the enjoyment of the Triune God and in the riches of the Father’sho use
4当我们往前到林前五章八节,我们会看见基督徒的生活乃是过节:『所以我们守这节,不可用旧酵,也不可用恶毒邪恶的酵,只用纯诚真实的无酵饼。』这里的节乃指除酵节,是逾越12:15-节的延续。(出十二15~20。)这节期共有七日,是一段完全的期间,表征我们基督徒生活的整个期间,从悔改之日到被提之日。这是很长的节期,我们守这节该用无酵饼,就是基督,作我们的滋养和享受。惟有祂是纯诚真实的生命供应,绝对纯净,没有搀杂,并且满了实际。守这样的节期乃是享受筵席的时候。整个基督徒的生活都该是这样的过节,这样的享受基督作我们的筵席,作我们生命丰富的供应。因此,在林前五章八节,保罗嘱咐我们要用基督这无酵饼守这节。节期不是工作的时候,而是吃喝、享受、满足并安息的时候。在基督徒的生活中,基督该是我们的食物、享受、满足和安息。
4As we go on to 1 Corinthians 5:8 we see that the Christian life is a feast: “Let us therefore keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with leaven of malice and evil, but with unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.” The feast here refers to the feast of unleavened bread as the continuation of the Passover (Exo. 20). This feast lasted for seven days, the period of a complete course, signifying the entire period of our Christian life, from the day of our conversion to the day of rapture. This is along feast which we should keep with unleavened bread, which is Christ as our nourishment and enjoyment. Only He is the life supply of sincerity and truth, absolutely pure, without mixture, and full of reality. Such a feast is a time for enjoyment. The entire Christian life should be a feast and an enjoyment of Christ as the rich supply of life. Therefore, in 1 Corinthians 5:8 Paul charges us to keep the feast with Christ as unleavened bread. A feast is not a time for working; rather, it is a time for eating, enjoyment, satisfaction, and rest. In the Christian life Christ should be our food, enjoyment, satisfaction, and rest.
5在以弗所三章八节保罗说,『这恩典赐给了我这比众圣徒中最小者还小的,叫我将基督那追测不尽的丰富,当作福音传给外邦人。』保罗传的不是道理,乃是基督的丰富。基督的丰富,就是基督之于我们的所是,就如光、生命、义、圣等,乃是为著我们的经历并享受。这些丰富测不透也追不尽。基督徒的生活,就是享受基督追测不尽之丰富的生活。
5In Ephesians 3:8 Paul says, “To me, less than the least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the nations the unsearchable riches of Christ as the gospel.” Paul preached not the doctrines but the riches of Christ. The riches of Christ are what He is to us, such as light, life, righteousness, and holiness, for our experience and enjoyment. These riches are unsearchable and untraceable. The Christian life is a life of enjoying the unsearchable riches of Christ.
6在腓立比一章十九节,保罗说到耶稣基督之灵全备的供应。基督徒的生活,就是享受这全备供应的生活。在林后十二章九节我们看见,保罗经历并享受基督的恩典:『祂对我说,我的恩典彀你用的,因为我的能力,是在人的软弱上显得完全。』在林后十三章十四节保罗继续说,『愿主耶稣基督的恩,神的爱,圣灵的交通,与你们众人同在。』的确,基督的恩,神的爱,圣灵的交通是为著我们的享受。主的恩就是主自己作我们的生命,给我们享受;神的爱就是神自己,作主恩的源头;那灵的交通就是那灵自己,作了主恩同著神爱的传输,给我们有分。享受主的恩,神的爱和那灵交通的结果就是满足,而这享受和满足的结果乃是安息。所有的基督徒都该有这享受、满足和安息。然而,只有少数的基督徒天天享受基督的恩,神的爱,和那灵的交通。对这享受,我们如何?我们很多人在劳苦,满了罣虑和烦恼。不仅如此,我们还有许多盼望或梦想。至终,因著这些梦想没有实现,我们就失望痛苦。我们许多人天天都在劳苦、烦恼、梦想并痛苦。有的人也许梦想发财,却导致失望和痛苦。人的一生尽是劳苦、烦恼、梦想和痛苦。
6In Philippians 1:19 Paul speaks of the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. The Christian life is a life of enjoying this bountiful supply. In 2 Corinthians 12:9 we see that Paul experienced and enjoyed the grace of Christ: “And He has said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Then in 2 Corinthians 13:14 Paul goes on to say, “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.” To be sure, the grace of Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit are for our enjoyment. The grace of the Lord is the Lord Himself as life to us for our enjoyment, the love of God is God Himself as the source of the grace of the Lord, and the fellowship of the Spirit is the Spirit Himself as the transmission of the grace of the Lord with the love of God for our participation. The result of the enjoyment of the grace of the Lord, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Spirit is satisfaction, and the issue of this enjoyment and satisfaction is rest. All Christians should have this enjoyment, satisfaction, and rest. However, only a small minority of Christians daily are enjoying the grace of Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Spirit. Where are we with respect to this enjoyment? Many of us are laboring and are full of anxiety and worry. Furthermore, we have many expectations or dreams. Eventually, because these dreams are not fulfilled, we are disappointed and have suffering. Many among us daily are laboring, worrying, dreaming, and suffering. Someone may dream of becoming rich, but this dream leads to disappointment and suffering. Human life is a life of laboring, worrying, dreaming, and suffering
7有些仍在劳苦、烦恼、梦想并痛苦的信徒会说,『我以为作了基督徒以后,生活会好一些,但还是差不多。那么作基督徒的目的何在?因著这类问题,许多基督徒听到一些凡事兴旺的教训,宣称基督徒能致富并成功,就被这些教训所吸引。然而,事实上大多数基督徒都在劳苦、烦恼、梦想并痛苦。不仅如此,大多数的基督徒,无论成功或失败,都在走下坡路。
7Some believers who are still laboring, worrying, dreaming, and suffering may say, “I thought that life would be better after I became a Christian, but it’s about the same. What, then, is the purpose of being a Christian?” Because of questions such as this, a number of Christians have been attracted to the teaching concerning prosperity, the teaching which claims that Christians can become rich and successful. Nevertheless, it is a fact that most Christians are laboring, worrying, dreaming, and suffering. Furthermore, most, whether they are a success or a failure, are going in a downward direction.
人生的三种劳苦
THE THREE KINDS OF LABOR IN HUMAN LIFE
8我们仔细读圣经,会看见人生有三种劳苦(不包括为谋生而工作)。第一种劳苦是要作好人,要有好行为,要改良品格。在这种劳苦中,人努力要谦卑、忍耐、爱人。在圣经里,特别在新约,行为的意思就是行这类的事。但没有人能因行为得救。(弗二8~。)这就是说,没有人能因著努力改良行为和品格,遵守律法,力求良善、忍耐、诚实等行为而得救。这种努力是真正的劳苦,在新约里称之为行为。
8If we read the Bible carefully, we shall see that there are three kinds of labor in human life, not including working at a job to earn a living. The first kind of labor is the labor to be a good person, to have good behavior, and to improve one’s character. In this labor people struggle to be humble, patient, and loving. In the Bible, especially in the New Testament, to work means to do such things. But no one can be saved by works (Eph. 2:8-9). This means that no one can be9 saved by the works of trying to improve one’s behavior and character, to keep the law, and to be good, patient, kind, and honest. This kind of effort is a real labor, and in the New Testament this is called work.
9根据圣经,第二种劳苦是烦恼、罣虑。在罣虑之下劳苦是何等艰难的工作!你若能天天一无罣虑的工作,就会是个健康的人。可是,你每天罣虑的时间,可能比工作的时间更多。你能说,你今天到现在为止,都一无罣虑、一无烦恼么?一天过一天,人人都在罣虑。你也许罣虑你的健康、你的工作、或许多别的事。我当然也不例外。我从经历中知道,逃避罣虑惟一的路,乃是享受主。每当我不享受基督,我就罣虑。基督与罣虑相对。许多篇信息,标题是『满了谦让宜人却一无罣虑的生活。』圣经所启示的第三种劳苦是痛苦。痛苦是重大的劳苦。当我们在禧年里享受神,我们不该有任何的痛苦。譬如,保罗因『肉体上的刺』受苦。(林后十二7。)为这刺,他三次求过主,叫这刺离开他。(林后十二8。)然而,主没有把刺挪开,却对他说,『我的恩典彀你用的。』主似乎是告诉保罗:『不,我不会把刺挪开,因为我的恩典是彀用的。你若享受我,就不会有任何痛苦。』我们享受主就不会有痛苦,这样说并不表示我们的环境会改善。相反的,在许多事例中,环境变得更糟。想想保罗和西拉在行传十六章的处境。当时保罗和西拉被下在腓立比的监牢里。我们以为这监禁会使他们大大受苦。然而,保罗和西拉不是在监牢里受苦,而是在享受禧年。他们唱诗赞美主;虽然在监牢里,却有享受、满足和安息。
9According to the Bible, the second kind of labor is to worry, to be anxious. What a hard job it is to labor under anxiety! If you could do your job day by day without having any anxiety, you would be a healthy person. However, you may spend more hours each day worrying than you do working. Can you say that you have not had any anxiety, any worry, so far today? Day by day, everyone is anxious. You may be anxious about your health, your job, or a great many other things. I, of course, am not an exception. I have learned from experience that the only way to escape anxiety is to enjoy the Lord. Whenever I am not enjoying Christ, I of Philippians we gave a number of messages entitled “A Life Full of Forbearance but without Anxiety.” The third kind of labor revealed in the Bible is suffering. Suffering is a very hard labor. When we enjoy God in the jubilee, there should not be any suffering. Paul, for example, suffered from a “thorn in the flesh” (2 Cor. 12:7). Concerning this thorn, he entreated the Lord three times that it might depart from him (v. 8). However, instead of removing the thorn, the Lord said to him, “My grace is sufficient for you.” The Lord seemed to be telling Paul, “No, I shall not remove the thorn, for My grace is sufficient. If you enjoy Me, you will not have any suffering.” To say that we shall not have suffering when we enjoy the Lord does not mean that our environment will improve. On the contrary, in many cases the environment changes for the worse. Consider the situation of Paul and Silas in Acts 16. Paul and Silas were cast into prison in Philippi. We would expect that this imprisonment would have been a great suffering for them. However, Paul and Silas were not suffering there in prison—they were enjoying the jubilee. They were singing and praising the Lord. Although they were in prison, they had enjoyment, satisfaction, and rest.
错误的观念
A MISTAKEN CONCEPT
10我们信徒不该有一种观念,认为我们既然得救,爱主耶稣,将一切给祂,也愿意为祂作一切,我们的环境就会顺利。基督徒不该有这种思想。如果这是我们基督徒生活的哲学,我们就需要弃绝牠。这样的观点是绝对错误的。
10As believers, we should not have the concept that because we are saved, love the Lord Jesus, have given everything to Him, and want to do everything for Him, our environment will be prosperous. No Christian should have this thought. If this is our philosophy of the Christian life, we need to abandon it. Such a view is absolutely wrong
11许多服事主的人都殉道了。譬如,施浸者约翰,新约的先锋,被斩首。当约翰差遣他的两个门徒,要主为他作些甚么,主就指明他不会作甚么。(太十一2~5。)主接著说,『凡不因我绊跌的,就有福了。』(太十一6。)主在这里向约翰指明,祂不会作甚么来拯救约翰免于殉道;他反而要让约翰留在监里被处死。同样的,彼得和保罗也都殉道了。你认为作殉道者是痛苦的事么?事实上,痛苦的人不彀资格作殉道者。殉道是一种禧年的经历,一位英国传教士于一九三○年代在中国殉道,他被处死的时候说,『每一位殉道者的脸都像天使的脸,每一位殉道者的心都像狮子的心。』司提反殉道时的确不是在受苦。他将被石头打死的时候,面貌放光,好像天使的面貌。(徒六15。)司提反不是在受苦,乃是在享受主。
11Many of those who have served the Lord were martyred. For example, John the Baptist, the forerunner of the New Testament, was beheaded. When John sent two of his disciples to ask the Lord to do something for him, He indicated that He would not do anything (Matt. 11:2-5). The Lord went on to say, “Blessed is he who shall not be stumbled in Me” (Matt. 11:6). Here the Lord was indicating to John that He would not do anything to save him from martyrdom; rather, He would leave him in prison to be put to death. Likewise, Peter and Paul were martyred. Do you think that being a martyr is a matter of suffering? Actually, anyone who is suffering is not qualified to be a martyr. Martyrdom is an experience of jubilee. One martyr, a British missionary killed in the 1930sin China, said as he was being put to death: “Every martyr’s face is like the face of an angel, and every martyr’she art is like the heart of a lion.” Stephen was certainly not suffering when he was martyred. When he was about to be stoned, his face shone like that of an angel (Acts 6:15). Instead of suffering, Stephen was enjoying the Lord
爱神以外的事物
LOVING THINGS OTHER THAN GOD
12我们若感觉自己在某种环境里受苦,这指明我们仍然爱神以外的一些事物。我们若单一且完全的爱神,就不会为任何环境所困扰。这就是主耶稣指明我们必须爱他过于爱父母、弟兄、姊妹、妻子或儿女的原因。(太十37,路十四26。)我们若觉得失去父母、儿女、妻子或丈夫会痛苦,这表示我们不是单一的爱主。这就是说,我们将我们的爱置于神以外的人事物上。我们若单一的爱神,将我们的爱完全给他,没有甚么事物分割我们的爱,我们就不会被发生在我们身上的事所搅扰。
12If we feel that in a particular environment we are suffering, this indicates that we still love certain things other than God. If we love God uniquely and wholly, we shall not be troubled by any kind of environment. This is the reason the Lord Jesus indicated that we must love Him more than we love our parents, brothers, sisters, wife or children (Matt. 10:37; Luke 14:26). If we feel that it would be a suffering to lose our parents, children, wife, or husband, this means that we do not love God solely. It means that we place our love on something or someone other than God. If we love God solely, giving our love entirely to Him, having nothing to divide our love, we shall not be bothered by whatever happens to us.
13假设你失去了房子,那对你会是痛苦么?你仍然能赞美主,甚至为你失去房子赞美主么?若失去房子是痛苦,你也不愿为此赞美主,这指明你爱神,也爱你的房子,也许爱房子过于爱神。你若不爱房子,就不会因失去房子而痛苦。你反倒会说,『阿利路亚!我的房子没有了,但我的神还在。祂现在对我比以前更重要。我有好房子的时候,神对我不是这么重要。但我现在失去了房子,神对我重要多了。』我身为许多孩子的父亲,和更多孙儿的祖父,因而知道作父母的都要儿女成功。也许你希望你的儿女成为使徒、长老、执事、女执事,或是要他们成为医生、律师、电脑学家。但是你的儿女若没有一个是使徒、长老、执事、女执事,或者没有一个有受人尊敬的职业,你会有怎样的感觉?你会快乐还是失望?最近我听到有人为儿子做了医生赞美主。但我从来没有听到父母为孩子成绩不及格赞美主。这些例证点出,甚至寻求主的基督徒也可能没有过禧年的生活。相反的,因著他们爱神以外的事物,他们就没有享受、满足和安息,反而有痛苦。
13Suppose you lose your house. Would that be a suffering to you? Would you still be able to praise the Lord, praising Him even for the loss of your house? If losing your house is a suffering and if you would not praise the Lord for it, this indicates that you love your house as well as God, perhaps more than God. If you did not love your house, you would not suffer as a result of losing it. Rather, you would say, “Hallelujah! My house is gone, but my God is not gone. He is more to me now than before. When I had a good house, God was not so much to me. But now that I have lost my house, God has become much more to me.” As a father of many children and a grandfather to many more grandchildren, I know that every parent wants his children to be successful. Perhaps you would like your children to be apostles, elders, deacons, or deaconesses, or you may want them to be doctors, lawyers, or computer scientists. But how would you feel if none of your children were an apostle, elder, deacon, or deaconess, or if none of them were in a respected profession? Would you be happy or disappointed? Recently I heard someone praising the Lord that his son had become a medical doctor. But I never heard a parent praising the Lord because his child received a failing grade. The point of these illustrations is that even seeking Christians may not live a life of jubilee. On the contrary, because they love things other than God, they have suffering instead of enjoyment, satisfaction, and rest
14我们都该工作;然而,我们不该劳苦,诸如努力作好、烦恼、梦想和受苦。我们应当能说,『我只爱我的神,祂是我的分。除祂以外,没有甚么人事物是我的分。新车、华厦、升迁、高薪-这一切都不是我真正的分。』
14We all should do our job; however, we should not labor in the sense of struggling to be good, worrying, dreaming, and suffering. We should be able to say, “I only love my God. He is my portion. Nothing and no one apart from Him is my portion. A new car, a nice house, a good promotion, the top salary—all these are not a real portion to me
在禧年里没有忧虑
NO ANXIETY IN THE JUBILEE
15我们若是在禧年里生活,就不会有忧虑。论到忧虑,主耶稣说,『不要为生命忧虑,吃甚么,喝甚么;也不要为身体忧虑,穿甚么。…你们中间谁能因忧虑使自己的身量多加一吋?…所以你们不要为明天忧虑,因为明天自有明天的忧虑,一天的难处一天当就彀了。』(太六,27,34。)我们不需要将明天的忧虑借来今天当。一天有一天的难处。然而,有些圣徒,不论年轻或年长的,不仅忧虑明天的事,也忧虑来年的事。这就是说,有些人不仅忧虑明天的事,也忧虑从现在起许多年间的事。有些祖父母甚至为他们的第三代忧虑。他们事实上是将未来的忧虑借了来,今天就在这忧虑下劳苦。
15If we are living in the jubilee, we shall not have any anxiety. Concerning anxiety, the Lord Jesus says, “Do not be anxious about your life, what you should eat and what you should drink; nor for your body, what you should put on....Which of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his stature?...Therefore do not be anxious for tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own evil” (Matt. 6:2 5, 2 7, 3 4). There is no need for us to borrow 25 tomorrow’s anxiety and bear it today. Every day has its own evil. Nevertheless, some saints, young as well as old, borrow anxiety not only from tomorrow but from years to come. This means that some are anxious not only concerning tomorrow but concerning what will happen years from now. Some grandparents may even be anxious concerning their third generation. They actually borrow the anxiety of a future generation and labor under it today.
16你知道我们为甚么为今天和明天忧虑?因为神在我们里面没有完全的地位。我们仍然将我们这人的『一个角落』给了其他的事物,而那一个角落就使我们受到困扰。然而,我们若将心里所有的空间都给神,就不会因发生在我们身上的事忧虑或困扰。在我们心中,若是神以外的人事物都没有地位,神就要一直成为我们的享受、满足和安息。环境会改变,但祂仍然一样。我们很难将里面所有的地位都给神,因为我们是堕落的,有堕落的性情。我们物质身体的细胞和纤维,我们整个的魂,包括我们的心思、意志和情感,都从神、从对神的享受、从神里面的安息堕落出去了。我们已经堕落到神以外的许多事物里。任何神以外的事物,不论好坏,都会成为忧虑的源头。只有神是享受;只有神是满足和安息。不管别的事物多好,都不能成为我们的享受、满足和安息。
16Do you know why we are anxious both about today and tomorrow? We are anxious because God does not have the full ground within us. We still give a “corner” of our being to other things, and that corner causes us trouble. However, if we give all the room in our heart to God, we shall not be anxious or troubled by whatever happens to us. If in our hearts there is no ground for anything or anyone other than God, He will always be our enjoyment, satisfaction, and rest. The environment may change, but He remains the same. It is very difficult for us to give all the ground in our being to God because we are fallen and have a fallen nature. The very cells and fibers of our physical bodies and our entire soul, including our mind, will, and emotion, are fallen from God, from the enjoyment of God, and from rest in God. We have fallen into many things other than God. Anything, whether good or bad, that is not God Himself can be a source of anxiety. Only God is enjoyment; only God is satisfaction and rest. No matter how good something else may be, it cannot be our enjoyment, satisfaction, and rest
活神的生活
A LIFE THAT LIVES GOD
17禧年的生活,就是在禧年里所过的生活,就是活神的生活。有些人听见这话,可能说,『这不就是得胜的生活么?这不就是圣别的生活、那灵的生活么?是的,禧年的生活就是得胜和圣别的生活,也是那灵的生活。但我们虽然听过许多信息说到在灵里生活,却仍然没有常常在禧年里生活。我们反倒有努力改良自己的劳苦、罣虑的劳苦、梦想的劳苦、和痛苦的劳苦。努力作好,这是何等的劳苦!烦恼、罣虑更是劳苦。梦想、盼望也是劳苦。每种盼望都是梦想。末了,还有痛苦的劳苦。我们有痛苦时,就不能有享受、满足和安息。
17The life of jubilee, that is, the life that lives in the jubilee, is a life that lives God. When some hear this, they may say, “Isn’tt his the victorious life? Isn’tt his a holy life, a life of the Spirit?” Yes, the life of jubilee is a victorious and holy life, and it is a life of the Spirit. But although we have heard many messages on living in the Spirit, we still do not live very much in the jubilee. Instead, we have the labor of struggling to improve ourselves, the labor of anxiety, the labor of dreaming, and the labor of suffering. What a hard labor it is to struggle to be good! It is an even harder labor to worry, to have anxiety. It is also a labor to dream, to have expectations. Every kind of expectation is a dream. Finally, there is the labor of suffering. When we have suffering, we cannot have enjoyment, satisfaction, and rest.
18我们怎能从这一切劳苦得释放?得释放惟一的路,乃是接受三一神作我们的分。我们若是呼求主耶稣的名,包罗万有的灵就会给我们全备的供应,然后我们就会在甚督这流奶与蜜的美地上享受神,使我们有享受、满足和安息。我们都需要这禧年。路加福音引导我们进人禧年的生活。人救主拯救我们脱离辖制,进入禧年。祂将我们拯救到神禧年的自由、享受、满足和安息里。整个新约论到基督徒生活的教训,也把禧年包括在内。当国度来临,我们享受的禧年要比今天所享受的更大。然后在永世里,在新耶路撒冷同新天新地里,我们会有最大的禧年。我们会完全享受神作我们的满足和安息。今天我们是豫尝这禧年。
18How can we be released from all this labor? The only way to be released is to take the Triune God as our portion. If we call on the name of the Lord Jesus, the all- inclusive Spirit will render us His bountiful supply. Then we shall enjoy God in Christ as the good land flowing with milk and honey, and we shall have enjoyment, satisfaction, and rest. We all need this jubilee. The Gospel of Luke leads us into the life of the jubilee. The Man-Savior saves us from bondage into the jubilee. He saves us into the liberty, enjoyment, satisfaction, and rest of God’s jubilee. The entire New Testament teaching concerning the Christian life involves the jubilee. When the kingdom comes, we shall enjoy a greater jubilee than we enjoy today. Then in eternity, in the New Jerusalem with the new heaven and new earth, we shall have the greatest jubilee. We shall enjoy God in full as our satisfaction and rest. Today we have a foretaste of this jubilee
19我们该终日享受神作我们的享受、满足和安息。我们不该挣扎、烦恼、梦想或痛苦。甚至在最艰难的光景里,我们仍然能享受主。我们若把里面所有的地位都给神,并且享受祂,甚至殉道也不会成为我们的痛苦。我们没有挣扎、罣虑、梦想和痛苦,却有包罗万有、经过过程的三一神,作我们的享受、满足和安息。基督的恩,神的爱,那灵的交通将是我们的。这就是禧年的享受。
19All day long we should enjoy God as our enjoyment, satisfaction, and rest. We should not struggle, worry, dream, or suffer. Even in the most difficult situation we can still enjoy the Lord. If we give all the ground in us to God and enjoy Him, not even martyrdom will be a suffering to us. Instead of struggle, anxiety, dreams, and suffering, we shall have the all-inclusive processed Triune God as our enjoyment, satisfaction, and rest. The grace of Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Spirit will be ours. This is the enjoyment of the jubilee