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路加福音生命读经 · 第75篇

人救主的复活(六)

The Man-Savior’s Resurrection (6)
1读经:哥林多前书15:45下,约翰福音14:16-20,12:24下,彼得前书1:3,哥林多后书5:17。
1Scripture Reading: 1 Cor. 15:45b; John 14:16-20, 26; 12:24b; 1 Pet. 1:3; 2 Cor. 5:17
2我们在已过的信息里说过人救主复活客观和主观的两面。在主观一面,我们已经看见,基督的复活乃是祂的变化形像,成为赐生命的灵,以进到信祂的人里面;也是祂使新造有新生的起头,将神圣的生命分赐到信祂的人里面,使他们得重生;并且是祂的繁殖,产生召会作祂的复制。本篇信息是论到基督复活主观的一面,一系列信息的结语。总结的点乃是:人救主的复活,结果乃是使祂活在我们里面。人救主的变化形像、使人有新生的起头、以及繁殖,结果乃是使祂活在信祂的人里面。
2In the foregoing messages we have covered both the objective and the subjective aspects of the Man- Savior’s resurrection. Concerning the subjective aspect, we have seen that Christ’s resurrection was His transfiguration into the life-giving Spirit to enter into His believers, His germination of the new creation to impart the divine life into His believers for their regeneration, and His propagation to produce the church as His reproduction. This message is the conclusion to the series of messages on the subjective aspect of Christ’s resurrection. The concluding point is that the Man-Savior’s resurrection issues in His living within us. The result of the Man-Savior’s transfiguration, germination, and propagation is that He lives in His believers
人救主活在信神的人里面使信徒有新生的起头
THE MAN-SAVIOR’S LIVING IN HIS BELIEVERS Germinating the Believers
3藉著复活,人救主变化形像成为赐生命的灵。然后祂进到我们里面,使我们这旧造有新生的起头,可以成为新造。保罗在林后五章十七节用了『新造』这辞:『因此,若有人在基督里,祂就是新造;旧事已过,看哪,都变成新的了。』旧造包括天、地、万物和人类。但新造只包括神所拣选并救赎的人。神的子民原是旧造,但是当基督这赐生命的灵进到我们里面时,我们就因三一神有了新生的起头,成为新造。这新生的起头,有赖于一种『胚芽;』复活的基督用以使我们有新生起头的胚芽,乃是三一神。虽然这辞听起来可能不悦耳,但那是灵的基督,已经用三一神这胚芽使我们有新生的起头。这是真理。阿利路亚,我们都已经因这『神圣的胚芽』有了新生的起头!我们这些因三一神有了新生起头的人,有这神圣的胚芽在我们里面,这是事实。我们既已藉著人救主的复活有了新生的起头,就蒙了重生。(彼前一3。)
3Through resurrection the Man-Savior was transfigured into the life - giving Spirit. Then He entered into us to germinate us, the old creation, so that we might become the new creation. This term “the new creation” is used by Paul in 2 Corinthians 5:17: “So that if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation; the old things have passed away; behold, they have become new.” The old creation includes the heavens, the earth, billions of items, and mankind. But the new creation includes only the chosen and redeemed people of God. God’sp eople once were the old creation. But when Christ as the life- giving Spirit entered into us, we were germinated with the Triune God to become the new creation. This germination depends on a “germ” and the germ with which the resurrected Christ has germinated us is the Triune God. Although this term may not sound pleasant to your ears, it is nevertheless the truth that the Triune God is the germ with which the pneumatic Christ has germinated us. Hallelujah, we all have been germinated with the “divine germ!” It is a fact that, as those who have been germinated with the Triune God, we have this divine germ within us. Because we have been germinated through the Man-Savior’s resurrection, we have been regenerated (1 Pet. 1:3).
那是灵之基督的复制
the reproduction of the pneumatic Christ
4人救主使新造有新生的起头,这乃是祂的繁殖,祂的繁增。在福音书里,我们有一位基督,独一的基督,但是在约翰二十章,赐生命之灵作气吹到门徒里面以后,至少有了一百二十一位『基督。』按照行传一章,这一百二十一位-一百二十位门徒加上主耶稣-有持续十天之久的祷告聚会。在行传一章,一百二十一位基督聚在一起祷告。然后在五旬节那天,另有三千人得著新生的起头。那一位基督先成了一百二十一位基督,然后成了三千一百二十一位基督。这新生的起头,实际上乃是那是灵的基督在祂复活里的复制。
4The Man-Savior’s germination of the new creation is His propagation, His multiplication. In the Gospels we have the one Christ, the unique Christ. But in John 20, after the breathing of the life-giving Spirit as the breath into the disciples, there were at least one hundred twenty-one “Christs.” According to chapter one of Acts, these one hundred twenty-one—the one hundred twenty disciples plus the Lord Jesus—had a long prayer meeting lasting ten days. In Acts 1 one hundred twenty-one Christs met together to pray. Then on the day of Pentecost, another three thousand were germinated. The one Christ first became one hundred twenty-one Christs, and then three thousand one hundred twenty-one Christs. This germination is actually the reproduction of the pneumatic Christ in His resurrection
5五旬节那天,基督活在祂三千一百二十个肢体里面。活在他们里面的基督乃是那是灵的基督,那是赐生命之灵的基督。这位是灵的基督就是在复活里的基督。在这里我们不该说复活的基督,乃该说在复活里的基督。基督自己就是复活,复活的实际乃是赐生命的灵。实际上,赐生命的灵就是复活。在复活里的基督就是复活本身,这复活乃是赐生命的灵。
5On the day of Pentecost Christ was living within three thousand one hundred twenty of His members. The Christ who was living in them was the pneumatic Christ, the Christ who is the life-giving Spirit. This pneumatic Christ is the very Christ in resurrection. Here we should speak not of the resurrected Christ but of the Christ in resurrection. Christ Himself is resurrection, and the reality of resurrection is the life-giving Spirit. Actually, the life-giving Spirit is the resurrection. Christ in resurrection is the resurrection itself, and this resurrection is the life-giving Spirit
6赐生命的灵是复活的实际。倘若你不在赐生命的灵里,你就不在复活里。但你若在赐生命的灵里,你就在复活里。
6The life-giving Spirit is the reality of resurrection. If you are not in the life-giving Spirit, you are not in resurrection. But if you are in the life-giving Spirit, you are in resurrection
复活里的基督活在我们里面
Christ in Resurrection Living in Us
7约翰十四章十六至二十节启示,复活里的基督现今活在我们里面。在十六和十七节主耶稣说,『我要求父,祂必赐给你们另一位保惠师,叫祂永远与你们同在,就是实际的灵,乃世人不能接受的,因为不见祂,也不认识祂;你们却认识祂,因祂与你们同住,且要在你们里面。』按照十六节,主耶稣要求父赐给门徒另一位保惠师。子是头一位保惠师。所以,这是头一位保惠师求父差遣另一位保惠师,就是实际的灵,叫祂在我们里面。然后在十八节主接著说,『我不撇下你们为孤儿,我正往你们这里来。』这节与十七节摆在一起,就指明『祂』-十七节里实际的灵,成了『我』-十八节的主自己。这指明主复活以后成了实际的灵。然后在约翰十四章二十节,主题到祂复活的日子,说,『到那日,你们就知道我在我父里面,你们在我里面,我也在你们里面。』这里主说得很清楚:『我在你们里面,』启示祂自己要在我们里面。
7John 14:16-20 reveals that the Christ in resurrection now lives in us. In verses 16 and 17 the Lord Jesus says, “I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Comforter, that He may be with you forever; even the Spirit of reality, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not behold Him or know Him; but you know Him, because He abides with you and shall be in you.” According to verse 16, the Lord Jesus will ask the Father to give the disciples another Comforter. The Son was the first Comforter. Therefore, the first Comforter asked the Father to send another Comforter, the Spirit of reality, who will be in us. Then in verse 18 the Lord goes on to say, “I will not leave you orphans; I am coming to you.” When taken together with verse 17, this indicates “He” who is the Spirit of reality in verse 17 becomes the “I” who is the Lord Himself in verse 18. This indicates that after His resurrection the Lord became the Spirit of reality. Then, referring to the day of His resurrection, the Lord says in John 14:20, “In that day you shall know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you.” Here the Lord clearly says “I in you,” revealing that He Himself will be in us.
8当主活在我们里面的时候,祂并非不再在父里面。一面,在约翰十四章二十节祂说,『我在父里面,』另一面祂说,『我也在你们里面。』主的确不是说,『我进入你们里面的时候,我就不再在父里面了。』反之,这里主似乎是说,『我进入你们里面的时候,乃是同著父进入你们里面;不仅我在父里面,父也在我里面。所以,我在你们里面的时候,在我里面的父也在你们里面。』对二十节这样的领会,由主在二十三节的话得著证实:『人若爱我,就必遵守我的话,我父也必爱他,并且我们要到他那里去,同他安排住处。』这里父与子同我们安排住处,等于二十节『我在你们里面』这句话。谁在我们里面?『我在你们里面,』这个『我』不仅是子,更是子同著父。但那灵如何?在约翰十四章二十六节主耶稣说到『保惠师,就是父在我的名里所要差来的圣灵。』子在父的名里来,(约五43,)因为子与父原是一。(约十30。)现在我们看见那灵在子的名里被差来,因为那灵与子也是一。(林后三17。)这是三一神!父、子、灵-成为那灵临到我们。因此,那灵来的时候,子与父也来了。我们将这些经节放在一起,就看见在我们里面的那一位并不简单。无疑的,这一位是子,但这子有父在祂里面,这子也同著灵而来。所以,至终我们看见,约翰十四章二十节的『我,』乃是三一神。
8As the Lord lives in us, He does not cease to be in the Father. On the one hand, in John 14:20 He says, “I am in My Father;” on the other hand, He says, “I in you.” The Lord certainly is not saying, “When I come into you, I shall cease to be in the Father.” On the contrary, here the Lord seems to be saying, “When I come into you, I shall come into you with the Father. Not only am I in the Father, but the Father also is in Me. Therefore, when I am in you, the Father who is in Me is also in you.” This understanding of verse 20 is proved by the Lord’sword in verse 23: “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word, and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make an abode with him.” Here the Father and the Son making an abode with us is equal to the phrase “I in you” in verse 20. Who is in us? The “I” who is in us is not only the Son, but the Son with the Father. But what about the Spirit? In John 14:26 the Lord Jesus speaks of “the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name.” The Son came in the Father’s name (John 5:43) because the Son and the Father are one (John 10:30). Now we see that the Spirit is sent in the Son’s name because the Spirit and the Son also are one (2 Cor. 3:17). This is the Triune God—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit— reaching us as the Spirit. Hence, when the Spirit comes, the Son and the Father also come. When we put these verses together, we see that the One who is within us is not simple. No doubt, this One is the Son, but this is the Son in whom the Father is, and also the Son who is coming with the Spirit. Therefore, eventually we see that “I” in John 14:20 is the Triune God
看见主是因祂活在我们里面
Seeing the Lord Because He Lives in Us
9在约翰十四章十九节主耶稣说,『还有不多的时候,世人不再看见我,你们却看见我,因为我活著,你们也要活著。』倘若主留在坟墓里,祂就不会活著,门徒就不会再看见祂。但这节圣经指明,因为祂活著,我们就要看见祂。神说祂要复活且活著,我们也要活著,这是甚么意思?要明白这节圣经,我们需要研读整本新约。主说,『你们却看见我,因为我活著,你们也要活著。』这意思就是:『我要活在你们里面,使你们活著。』这里主耶稣乃是告诉我们,祂复活以后要活在我们里面。
9In John 14:19 the Lord Jesus says, “Yet a little while and the world beholds Me no longer, but you behold Me; because I live, you shall live also.” If the Lord had remained in the tomb, He would not have lived, and the disciples would not have seen Him again. But this verse indicates that because He lives we shall see Him. He said that He would rise up and live and that we also shall live. What does this mean? In order to understand this verse, we need to study the entire New Testament. The Lord’sword, “You behold Me; because I live, you shall live also,” means, “I shall live in you to make you live.” Here the Lord Jesus is telling us that after His resurrection He would live in us.
10让我问你们一个问题:你们见过主耶稣么?有些人回答这问题说,他们在圣徒、信徒身上见过主耶稣。这样回答的人,对约翰十四章十九节没有正确的领会。在这节圣经主不是说,『你们看见我,因为你们在别的信徒身上看见我。』主的话乃是指明,我们看见祂,因为祂活在我们里面。我们活著,因为祂活著。这就是说,我们活著,因为祂活在我们里面,使我们活著。关于我们有没有见过主的问题,我们该回答说,『我见过主,因为祂活在我里面。』比方说,一位弟兄看见他的妻子,因为她与他一同生活。但是我们现在所看见的这一位不仅与我们同活-祂就活在我们里面。祂每时刻都活在我们里面。祂既活在我们里面,我们就可以看见祂。著名的诗歌『祂活著』的副歌是这样的:
10At this point let me ask you a question: have you seen the Lord Jesus? Some might answer this question by saying that they have seen the Lord Jesus in the saints, the believers. One who answers the question in this way does not have the proper understanding of John 14:19. The Lord does not say in this verse, “You behold Me because you see Me in other believers.” Rather, the Lord’sword indicates that we see Him because He lives in us. We live because He lives. This means that we live because He lives in us to make us live. In answer to the question concerning whether we have seen the Lord, we should say, “I have seen the Lord because He lives in me.” For example, a brother sees his wife because she lives with him. But the One we now see not only lives with us—He lives in us. Every moment He lives in us. Because He lives in us, we may see Him. The chorus of the well-known hymn, “He lives,” goes like this
11基督耶稣今天仍然活著!祂与我谈,祂伴我走,生命窄路同过。我要传扬救恩临到万民!你问我怎知主活著,因主活在我心。
11He lives, He lives, Christ Jesus lives today! He walks with me and talks with me along life’s narrow way. He lives, He lives, salvation to impart! You ask me how I know He lives? He lives within my heart
12这是一首好诗歌,我很珍赏。副歌说,我们知道基督活著,因祂与我们交谈,与我们同行。但这还不如副歌后面所说的,我们知道基督活著,因祂活在我们心里。『你怎知基督活著?』副歌回答:『因祂活在我心!』我们知主活著,不单是因祂与我们同行,与我们交谈,更是因祂活在我们里面。
12This is a good hymn, and I appreciate it. The chorus says that we know Christ lives because He walks with us and talks with us. However, this is not as good as saying that we know Christ lives because He lives within our heart. In answer to the question, “How do you know Christ lives?” the chorus of this hymn answers, “He lives within my heart!” We know that the Lord lives not simply because He walks with us and talks with us, but because He lives in us
13你怎知道基督活著?你该回答这问题说,『我知道祂活著,因为祂活在我里面。』照样,倘若人问我们有没有见过主耶稣,我们该说,『是的,我见过主,因为祂活在我里面。甚至你问我这问题的时候,祂就活在我里面。因为祂活在我里面,所以我看见祂。甚至我现在说话的时候,我也能看见祂。我对你说话时,祂正对我说话。我只是个传达者,说祂对我说的一切话。』
13How do you know Christ lives? You should answer this question by saying, “I know He lives because He lives in me” Likewise, if we are asked if we have seen the Lord Jesus, we should say, “Yes, I have seen the Lord, for He lives in me. Even while you are asking me this question, He lives in me. Because He lives in me, I see Him. Even now as I am speaking, I can see Him. While I am speaking to you, He is speaking to me. I am simply a transmitter speaking whatever He speaks to me.”
14主说,『因为我活著,你们也要活著。』这话在五旬节那天确实完全应验了。彼得同那十一位站起来的时候,那就是基督在复活里。彼得的说话也是基督在复活里。倘若有人问彼得基督在那里,他会说,『基督就在这里。你没有看见我么?你看见我,就是看见基督,因为祂活在我里面。』我们对复活里之基督的经历
14The Lord’sword, “Because I live, you shall live also,” certainly was fully fulfilled on the day of Pentecost. When Peter stood up with the eleven, that was Christ in resurrection. Peter’s speaking was also Christ in resurrection. If someone had asked Peter where Christ is, he might have said, “Christ is here. Don’ty ou see me? If you see me, you see Christ because He lives in me.” OUR EXPERIENCE OF CHRIST IN RESURRECTION
基督是复活
The Christ Who Is Resurrection
15论到对复活之基督的经历,我们可以用『是灵的基督』(thePneumatic)一辞。我们不喜欢说属灵的基督,但我们喜欢『是灵的基督』这辞。这辞指明,基督是那赐生命的灵。那是灵的基督,实际上就是赐生命的灵自己;这不是就道理说的,乃是就经历说的。历代以来,许多基督教教师说,在我们的经历中,基督与那灵是一。在道理上这很难解释,但我们在经历里知道,基督就是那灵活在我们里面。
15Regarding our experience of Christ in resurrection, we may use the term “the pneumatic Christ.” Although we do not like to speak of the spiritual Christ, we like the Christ expression “the pneumatic Christ.” This expression indicates that Christ is the Spirit who gives life. The pneumatic Christ is actually the life - giving Spirit Himself, not in a doctrinal way but in an experiential way. Throughout the centuries, a number of Christian teachers have said that in our experience Christ is identical to the Spirit. Doctrinally this is difficult to explain; however, experientially we know that Christ is the Spirit living in us.
16按照新约,基督与那灵都活在我们里面。那么,活在我们里面的是两位,还是一位?这问题最好的答案乃是说:活在我们里面的那一位,乃是那是灵的基督,那是赐生命之灵的基督。基督徒常说,『我们的基督是活的,我们有一位活的基督。』但许多信徒不知道,这位活的基督是在复活里的基督,而这基督就是复活。在约翰十一章二十五节主耶稣说,『我是复活,』在这里我们看见基督自己就是复活。现今在复活里的基督,就是复活本身。
16According to the New Testament, both Christ and the Spirit live in us. Do we, then, have two living in us or one? The best answer to this question is to say that the One who lives in us is the pneumatic Christ, the Christ who is the life-giving Spirit. Christians often say, “Our Christ is living; we have a living Christ.” But many believers do not realize that this living Christ is the Christ in resurrection and the Christ who is resurrection. In John 11:25 the Lord Jesus said, “I am the resurrection.” Here we see that Christ Himself is resurrection. The very Christ who is now in resurrection is the resurrection itself
在复活里行事为人
Walking in Resurrection
17新约嘱咐我们要凭著灵而行,(加五,25。)凭著灵而行,意思就是在复活里行事为人。我们要经历这点,就需要否认自己,使基督可以活在我们里面。我们若死了,基督就活著。基督是藉著我们的死,活在我们里面。
17The New Testament charges us to walk by the Spirit (Gal. 5:1 6, 2 5). To walk by the Spirit 16 simply means to walk in resurrection. In order to experience this, we need to deny ourselves so that Christ may live in us. If we die, Christ lives. Christ lives in us by our dying.
死好让基督活在我们里面
Dying That Christ May Live in Us
18基督既活在我们里面,我们就与祂有亲密的联结。可以说,祂与信徒成为一粒『种子。』你是外壳,祂是壳里的生命。外壳需要死,好叫里面的生命可以活。所以。我们死,基督就活。我们死以活祂,祂藉我们的死而活著。
18Now that Christ lives within us, we are intimately involved with Him. We may say that He and the believer become one “seed.” You are the shell, and He is the life within the shell. The shell needs to die so that the life within it may live. Therefore, when we die, Christ lives. We die to live Him, and He lives by our dying
19我们死的结果是基督活在我们里面,这话可以称为『属天的逻辑,』或『属灵的哲学。』这种哲学远胜于任何天然、属人的哲学。我们的哲学乃是:我们死,好叫基督可以活在我们里面。按照这属天的逻辑,基督是藉我们的死而活著。基督藉我们的死,活在我们里面,这是一件复活的事。保罗说,『使我认识基督、并祂复活的大能。』(腓三10。)我们不认识基督复活的大能,就无法认识基督,因为我们今天所活的这位基督就是复活。复活就是那是灵的基督,祂是赐生命的灵。
19This word about Christ’s living in us as a result of our dying may be called a “heavenly logic” or a spiritual philosophy.” This kind of philosophy is much better than any natural, human philosophy. Our philosophy is that we die so that Christ may live in us. According to this heavenly logic, Christ lives through our dying. Christ living in us through our dying is a matter of resurrection. Paul says, “To know Him and the power of His resurrection” (Phil. 3:10). We cannot know Christ without knowing the power of His resurrection, because the very Christ we live today is resurrection. Resurrection is the pneumatic Christ who is the life- giving Spirit
照著作复活之实际的那灵行事为人
Walking According to the Spirit as the Reality of Resurrection
20四十多年前,倪弟兄告诉我们,复活的实际乃是那灵。虽然他没有太多解释那灵是复活之实际的意义,但我对他的话印象很深。我也感到困扰,对自己说,『我们如何能说那灵是复活的实际?』经过多年的研读和经历,我能见证说,复活,那是灵的基督,赐生命的灵,这三者乃是一。这基督就是复活,这复活就是赐生命的灵。因为那灵是复活的实际,所以我们需要照著那灵行事为人。我们照著那灵行事为人,就是在复活里行事为人。我们凭著赐生命的灵行事为人,就是与活的基督同行,这活的基督就是在复活里的基督。
20More than forty years ago, Brother Nee told us that the reality of resurrection is the Spirit. Although he did not explain much what it means to say that the Spirit is the reality of resurrection, I was deeply impressed by his word. I was also troubled by it and said to myself, “How can we say that the Spirit is the reality of resurrection?” After years of study and experience, I can testify that resurrection, the pneumatic Christ, and the life-giving Spirit are one. This Christ is the resurrection, and this resurrection is the life-giving Spirit. Because the Spirit is the reality of resurrection, we need to walk according to the Spirit. When we walk according to the Spirit, we walk in resurrection. When we walk by the life-giving Spirit, we walk with the living Christ, and this living Christ is the Christ in resurrection