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路加福音生命读经 · 第70篇

人救主的复活(一)

The Man-Savior’s Resurrection (1)
1读经:使徒行传2:24,3:15,罗马书4:25,使徒行传10:41,约翰福音10:15,17-18,希伯来书2:14,哥林多前书15:52-54,约翰福音13:31-32,17:1,路加福音24:26,约翰福音12:24。在前面的信息里,我们详细看过两件非常重要的事:人救主的成为肉我们要说到两件更重大的事-人救主的复活与祂的升天。
1Scripture Reading: Acts 2:24; 3:15; Rom. 4:25; Acts 10:41; John 10:15, 17-18; Heb. 2:14; 1 Cor. 15:52-54; John 13:31-32; 17:1; Luke 24:26; John 12:24 In the foregoing messages we have considered in detail two very important matters: the incarnation of we want to cover two more vital matters—the Man- Savior’s resurrection and His ascension.
2根据圣经,有三件与人救主有关的事特别重要,就是人救主的死、复活与升天。这三件事和主的人位一同清楚的启示在圣经里。然而,大多数的基督教教师对这三件事说得不彀。基督的身位当然是极大的奥秘。这奥秘与神圣的三一有关。这就是说,我们看基督的身位,就不能避免的,要说到神圣的三一。
2According to the Bible, three matters related to the Man-Savior are of particular importance. These matters are His death, resurrection, and ascension. Along with the Lord’s Person, these are clearly revealed in the Bible. However, they have not been covered adequately by most Christian teachers. The Person of Christ is, of course, a great mystery. This mystery is related to and involves the Divine Trinity. This means that when we consider the Person of Christ, we cannot avoid the Divine Trinity
3基督包罗万有的救赎工作,包括祂的成为肉体。祂的救赎工作开始于祂的成为肉体,完成于祂的复活。基督在地上三十三年半所作的一切,乃是祂救赎工作的一部分。我信在路加福音生命读经里,我们已将基督的成为肉体说得相当透彻。在马可福音和路加福音生命讲经的信息里,我们对基督的为人生活说了许多。末了,我们看到基督救赎工作的终结,连同三件重大要紧的事,就是祂的死、复活与升天。
3Christ’sa ll-inclusive redemptive work includes His incarnation. His redemptive work began with His incarnation and was completed in His resurrection. All that Christ did during His thirty-three and a half years on the earth was part of His redemptive work. I believe that in this Life-study we have covered Christ’sin carnation rather thoroughly. In the Life-study messages on both Mark and Luke we have spoken much regarding Christ’s human living. Eventually, we were brought to the end of Christ’s redemptive work with the three vital and crucial matters of His death, resurrection, and ascension
在祂的死里七重的身分
SEVENFOLD STATUS IN HIS DEATH
4我们已经看见,当人救主死在十字架上时,祂有七重的身分,就是神的羔羊,(约一29,)在肉体里的人。在旧造里的人,蛇,(约三14,)一切受造之物的首生者,(西一15,)成就和平者,(弗二15,)和一粒麦子。(约十二24。)
4We have seen that when the Man-Savior died on the cross, He had a sevenfold status. This means that He died as the Lamb of God (John 1:29), a man in the flesh, a man in the old creation, the serpent (John 3:14), the Firstborn of all creation (Col. 1:15), the Peacemaker (Eph. 2:15), and a grain of wheat (John 12:24
5要记住人救主在祂死里的七重身分,简单的路乃是回想约翰福音所说到的三方面。那里首先说到基督是神的羔羊,除去世人之罪的;其次说到祂由铜蛇所豫表;第三说到祂是那一粒落在地里死了的麦子。神的羔羊除去我们的罪,铜蛇所豫表的那一位毁坏了古蛇撒但,还有那一粒麦子释放了神圣的生命。阿利路亚,罪已经除去,撒但已经毁坏,神圣的生命已经释放!
5A simple way to remember the aspects of the Man - Savior’ss even fold status in His death is to recall the three aspects mentioned in the Gospel of John. First we are told that Christ was the Lamb of God who took away the sin of the world; second, that He was typified by the brass serpent; and third, that He was the grain of wheat that fell into the ground and died. The Lamb of God took away our sin, the One typified by the brass serpent destroyed the old serpent, Satan, and the grain of wheat released the divine life. Hallelujah, sin has been taken away, Satan has been destroyed, and the divine life has been released!
6看过约翰福音的这些方面,我们可以继续看其余的四方面。基督以一切受造之物首生者的身分死在十字架上。在祂身分的这一面,祂将整个旧造一同带到十字架上。基督也以人,就是末后亚当的身分而死,将旧人带到十字架上。不仅如此,祂还以在肉体里之人的身分被钉死。林后五章二十一节说,祂替我们成为罪。罪与肉体有关。因此,罗马八章三节说,神在罪之肉体的样式里,并为著罪,差来了自己的儿子。在十字架上,神在肉体中定罪了罪。末了,基督以成就和平者,那废掉人类文化与生活规条者的身分而死。因此在十字架上,基督是羔羊、蛇、麦粒、在肉体里替我们成为罪的人、末后的亚当(旧造里的人)、受造之物的首生者、成就和平者。祂是我们的救赎主,在这七重的身分里为我们死。我们看过人救主在祂死里的七重身分,我们也需要看见关于祂复活与升天的许多要点。我们很难找到一本书,说到主在祂的死里七重的身分。照样,也很难找到一本著作,论到我们所要看见关于主复活和升天各种的事。这些事许多都被今天的教训所忽略。因此,在主的恢复里,我们有负担说到这些事。我们在这些信息里所分享的,没有一样是出于我们的想像。相反的,每一点都是来自神的话。我们所看见关于基督的死、复活与升天的一切,都是来自我们在神圣的光之下,对主话殷勤的研读。我们看人救主的复活,需要谦卑,将自己先入为主的观念倒空。譬如,我们需要认识,基督的复活与复活节的事物(如彩蛋)毫无关系。
6Having seen these aspects from the Gospel of John, we may go on to consider the remaining four aspects. Christ died on the cross as the Firstborn of all creation. In this aspect of His status, He brought the entire old creation with Him to the cross. Christ also died as a man, the last Adam, bringing the old man to the cross. Furthermore, He was crucified as a man in the flesh. Second Corinthians 5:21 says that He was made sin for us. Sin is related to the flesh. Therefore, Romans 8:3 says that God sent His Son in the likeness of the flesh of sin and concerning sin. On the cross He condemned sin in the flesh. Finally, Christ died as the Peacemaker, the One who abolished the ordinances of human culture and living. Hence, on the cross Christ was the Lamb, the serpent, the grain of wheat, a man in the flesh made sin for us, the last Adam, that is, a man in the old creation, the Firstborn of creation, and the Peacemaker. In this sevenfold status He died as our Redeemer. Just as we have considered the Man-Savior’ss even fold status in His death, we also need to see a number of points concerning His resurrection and ascension. It is difficult to find a book that speaks of the Lord’ss even fold status in His death. Likewise, it is also difficult to find a writing that covers all the various matters we shall see regarding the Lord’s resurrection and ascension. Many of these matters are neglected in today’s teachings. Hence, in the Lord’s recovery we have the burden to cover them. Nothing that we share in these messages is the product of our imagination. On the contrary, every point comes from the divine Word. All that we have seen concerning Christ’s death, resurrection, and ascension comes from diligent study of the Word under the divine light. When we consider the Man - Savior’s resurrection, we need to humble ourselves and empty ourselves of preoccupying thoughts. For example, we need to realize that Christ’s resurrection has nothing to do with the things of Easter, such as colored eggs.
7关于主的复活,主要的有两面:客观的一面和主观的一面。这两面都有许多要点。我们在本篇和下篇信息里,要论到基督复活客观的一面。然后我们要接著看主观的一面,在主复活的这一面,我们要看到,有一些东西要作到我们人里面。
7Regarding the Lord’s resurrection, there are two main aspects: the objective aspect and the subjective aspect. With both the objective and subjective aspects there are a number of points. In this message and the message following we shall cover the objective aspect of Christ’s resurrection. Then we shall go on to consider the subjective aspect, the aspect of the Lord’s resurrection that involves something that needs to be wrought into our being.
神对人救主
GOD’S VINDICATION AND APPROVAL
和祂包罗万有救赎工作的表白与称许
OF THE MAN-SAVIOR AND HIS ALL-INCLUSIVE REDEMPTIVE WORK
8人救主复活客观的一面,第一点就是神对人救主和祂包罗万有救赎工作的表白与称许,藉著复活,神表白并称许了人救主;神也表白并称许了主救赎的工作。换句话说,神表白了人救主的人位和工作。我们每个人都有人位,也都有工作。我们的人位就是我们的所是,我们的工作就是我们的所作。对人的批评总是和他们的人位或工作有关。这确实就是主耶稣的光景。根据四福音,我们看到特别是犹太首领,对基督的人位和工作有许多批评。关于祂的人位,有些人说祂是撒玛利亚人,(约八48,)有些人说祂疯了,癫狂了,(可三21,)也有些人说祂有鬼附著。(约八49。)不仅如此,祂的工作被法利赛人定罪为亵渎神。宗教首领的确否认、弃绝并定罪人救主。他们定祂死罪,将祂钉在十字架上。这就是犹太国首领对那在他们中间出生、生活并工作之基督的态度。
8The first point of the objective aspect of the Man- Savior’s resurrection is that it was God’s vindication and approval of the Man-Savior and His all-inclusive redemptive work. By resurrection God vindicated and approved the Man-Savior; God also vindicated and approved the Lord’s redemptive work. In other words, God vindicated the Person and work of the Man-Savior. With each one of us there is the matter of both person and work. Our person is what we are, and our work is what we do. The criticism of others is always related either to their person or to their work. This certainly was the situation with the Lord Jesus. According to the four Gospels, there was much criticism, especially from the Jewish leaders, of Christ’s Person and deeds. Concerning His Person, some said that He was a Samaritan (John 8:48), that He was beside Himself, that is, mentally ill (Mark 3:21), and that He was demon possessed (John 8:49). Furthermore, His works were condemned by the Pharisees as a blasphemy to God. The religious leaders surely denied, rejected, and condemned the Man-Savior. They sentenced Him to death and had Him crucified. This was the attitude of the leaders of the Jewish nation, those among whom Christ was born, lived, and worked
9宗教首领看人救主比罪犯和杀人犯还要坏,比巴拉巴还不如。他们定罪祂,也定罪祂的工作;他们弃绝祂的人位,也弃绝祂的作为。他们对人救主弃绝到一个地步,竟判决把祂钉在十字架上。假定人救主没有复活,假定祂的身体留在坟墓里,犹太首领就赢了。然而,神叫基督复活,藉此将祂表白了。这种表白非比寻常。主被钉死并埋葬之后,神叫祂从死人中复活。
9The religious leaders regarded the Man - Savior as worse than a criminal and a murderer, as someone worse than Barabbas. They condemned both Him and His work; they rejected both His Person and His deeds. Their rejection of the Man-Savior was to such an extent that they sentenced Him to be put on the cross. Suppose the Man - Savior had not been resurrected. Suppose His body was left in the tomb. If so, then the Jewish leaders would have won the case. However, God resurrected Christ and thereby vindicated Him. This kind of vindication was extraordinary. After the Lord was crucified and buried, God raised Him up from the dead.
神叫祂复活
Raised Up by God
10使徒行传多次告诉我们,神叫主耶稣复活。譬如,说到主耶稣,行传二章二十四节说,『神却将死的痛苦解除,叫祂复活了。』行传二章三十二节说,『这位耶稣,神已经叫祂复活了,我们都是这事的见证人。』行传三章十五节说,『那生命的创始者,神却叫祂从死人中复活了。』四章十节又说,『拿撒勒人耶稣基督…神从死人中所复活者…。』使徒行传说到神叫耶稣从死人中复活的经节,还有五章三十节,十章四十节,十三章三十节,三十三至三十四节,三十七节,十七章三十一节,和二十六章章八节。这事一再重复的题到,因为整本使徒行传乃是一本见证基督复活的书。使徒的见证乃是人救主复活的见
10In the book of Acts we are told a number of times that God raised up, resurrected, the Lord Jesus. For example, referring to the Lord Jesus, Acts 2:24 says, “Whom God raised up, having loosed the pangs of death.” Acts 2:32 says, “This Jesus God raised up, of which we all are witnesses.” Acts 3:15 speaks of “the Author of life...whom God raised from the dead,” and 4:10 tells of “Jesus Christ the Nazarene...whom God raised from the dead.” Other verses in Acts that speak of God raising up Jesus from among the dead are 5:30; 10:40; 13:30, 33-34, 37; 17:31 and 26:8. The reason this is repeated so often is that the entire book of Acts is a book of the testimony of the resurrection of Christ. The apostles’ testimony was that of the resurrection of the Man-Savior. God vindicated Christ by raising Him up
GOD’S VINDICATION
11证。神叫基督复活,藉此表白了基督。神的表白
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12人救主的人位和工作都被人弃绝并定罪。宗教首领以为他们将祂了结,现在可以欢乐的安息了。神却来叫主耶稣复活。神没有与宗教首领争论,也没有和他们开会商议。神倒似乎说,『我不愿跟你们这些愚昧的人说话。我要作一件事;我要叫你们所钉死的那一位复活。我叫祂复活,是我对祂和祂工作的表白,但这对定罪祂的人是羞辱。』
12The Man-Savior’s Person and work were both rejected and condemned. The religious leaders thought that they were through with Him and that they could now joyfully be at rest. But God came in to resurrect the Lord Jesus. God did not argue with the religious leaders; He did not have a conference to negotiate with them. Instead, God seemed to say, “I don’t care to talk to you foolish ones. I shall do one thing—I shall raise up the very One you crucified. My raising Him up is my vindication of Him and His work, but it is a shame to those who condemned Him
13主耶稣是人类历史的转捩点。祂所作的影响了整个世界。藉著复活,神这至高的审判者,表白了人救主和祂救赎的工作。
13The Lord Jesus was the turning point of human history. What He did has affected the whole world. Through resurrection, God, the supreme Judge, vindicated the Man-Savior and His redemptive work
神的称许
God’sAp prov al
14基督的复活不仅是神的表白,也是神对基督和祂工作的称许。神叫主耶稣复活,似乎是藉此对犹太国同牠的首领说,『我称许你们所定罪的。你们说耶稣亵渎我,但我称许祂所作、所说和所是的。你们以为你们能将祂治死。祂在十字架上遭受你们的逼迫,然后祂完成了我的救赎。我称许祂救赎的工作。祂完成了我在已过的永远里所计画的救赎。我不仅表白祂和祂的工作;我也称许祂和祂的工作。』
14The resurrection of Christ was not only God’s vindication, it was also God’sap prov al of Him and His work. In resurrecting the Lord Jesus, God seemed to be saying to the Jewish nation with its leaders, “I approve what you condemn. You say that Jesus was blaspheming Me. But I approve what He did, what He said, and what He was. You thought that you could put Him to death. On the cross He suffered your persecution, and then He accomplished My redemption. I approve of His redeeming work. He accomplished the redemption I had planned in eternity past. I not only vindicate Him and His work—I also approve Him and His work.”
15根据约翰十章,主耶稣凭神的命令将命舍去,又再取回来。神命令祂将命舍去。因此,神来表白并称许主耶稣和祂的工作。神又似乎说,『我若不称许拿撒勒的耶稣,就会把祂留在阴间。祂被埋在坟墓以后,就到阴间去。但我叫祂从阴间和坟墓里复活,向你们宣告我称许祂所作的,我也为祂表白。』因此,藉著叫主耶稣复活,神叫那些定罪人救主的闭口无言。
15According to John 10, the Lord Jesus laid down His life and took it again by God’s commandment. God commanded Him to lay down His life. Therefore, God came in to vindicate and approve the Lord Jesus and His work. Again God seemed to be saying, “If I did not approve Jesus of Nazareth, I would leave Him in Hades. After He was buried in the tomb, He went to Hades. But I have raised Him both from Hades and from the tomb to declare to you that I approve what He did and that I vindicate Him.” Thus, by raising up the Lord Jesus, God silenced those who condemned the Man-Savior
我们得神称义的证明
A Proof of Our Justification by God
16基督的复活,是神的表白,证明我们得神称义。罗马四章二十五节说,基督『被交给人是为我们的过犯,复活是为我们的称义。』基督的死已完全满足神公义的要求,因此我们藉著祂的死,就得神称义。(罗三24。)祂的复活乃是证明祂为我们的死已经满足了神的要求,我们因祂的死已经蒙神称义,并且我们在祂这位复活者里面,已经在神面前蒙了悦纳。因此,罗马四章二十五节说,基督复活是为我们的称义。假定基督为我们和我们的罪死了,埋葬在坟墓里,但神却没有叫祂复活;情况若是这样,你还相信祂的死蒙神悦纳么?你相信祂的死满足神的要求,成就神的愿望么?若基督还在坟墓里,我们不能相信这事。然而,人救主已经不在坟墓里。神叫祂从死人中复活,祂在复活里回来了。这是有力的证明,神悦纳了祂为我们的死,祂的死满足了神的要求,成就了神要祂为我们作的。
16The resurrection of Christ, as God’s vindication, is a proof of our justification by God. Romans 4:25 says that Christ “was delivered because of our offenses and was raised because of our justification.” The death of Christ fully satisfied God’s righteous requirements so that we may be justified by God through Christ’s death (Rom. 3:24). His resurrection is a proof that God is satisfied with His death for us and that we are justified by God because of His death. In Him, the resurrected one, we are accepted by God. Therefore, Romans 4:25 says that Christ was raised because of our justification. Suppose Christ died for us and our sins and was buried in the tomb, but was not resurrected by God. If this were the situation, could you still believe that His death was accepted by God? Could you believe that His death satisfied God’s requirements and fulfilled His desires? We could not believe this if Christ were still in the tomb. However, the Man-Savior is not in the tomb. God raised Him up from the dead and He came back in resurrection. This is a strong proof that God has accepted His death for us, that His death satisfied God’s requirements and fulfilled whatever God wanted Him to do for us
17我们可以用还债为例来说明。假定你欠某人一大笔钱,无力偿还。然而,一位富有的朋友出面调停,为你还债,然后把收据给你作还债的证明。当你看到收据上债主的签名,指明债已还清,你就必快乐,知道你已从债务得著了释放。
17Let us use the paying of a debt as an illustration. Suppose you owe someone a very large amount of money and are not able to pay the debt. However, a wealthy friend of yours intervenes to pay the debt for you, and then gives you the receipt as proof of payment. When you see the receipt with your creditor’s signature on it indicating that the debt has been paid in full, you will be happy, knowing that you have been released from the debt
18我们是罪人,欠了神的债,但基督为我们的罪死在十字架上。我们怎么知道神已经赦免我们?我们知道,是因为神叫基督从死人中复活的事实。基督的复活是为著我们的称义。
18As sinners, we were in debt to God. But Christ died on the cross for our sins. How do we know that God has forgiven us? We know it by the fact that God raised Christ from the dead. Christ’s resurrection is for our justification
19我们怎么知道神已经称义我们,已经悦纳我们?我们知道,是因为神已经叫基督从死人中复活的事实。基督的复活乃是我们蒙神称义的证明。基督的复活乃是有力的证明,祂的死已满足了神的要求,神已悦纳基督作我们的救赎主。基督的复活就是收据,就是证明,我们的债已经偿清。我们为复活基督的『收据』赞美主!
19How do we know that God has justified us, that He has accepted us? We know this by the fact that God has resurrected Christ from the dead. The resurrection of Christ is the proof of our justification by God. The resurrection of Christ is a strong proof that God’s requirements have been satisfied by Christ’s death and that God has accepted Christ as our Redeemer. Christ’s resurrection is the receipt, the proof, that our debt has been paid. Praise the Lord for the “receipt” of the resurrected Christ