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约翰福音生命读经 · 第16篇

饥饿人的需要－

The Need of the Hungry—
生命的𫗪养（二）
Life’s Feeding (2
贰 受困扰旳世界
II. THE TROUBLED WORLD AND
与赐平安的基督
THE PEACE-GIVING CHRIST
1我们活在受困扰的世界中。这世界完全是困扰人的。家庭生活、学校生活、以及各行各业－都是困扰人的。有谁是平安的－总统么?参议员么?众议员么？没有人是平安的。不论你是何人，你都是受困扰的。我们都有难处。不要夸口你的婚姻是最美满的，我不相信有绝对美满的婚姻，任何婚姻总有不太好的一面。因著神主宰的命定，我们都必须结婚，我们无法逃避，但是每个结了婚的人都发现自己在困扰中。
1We live in a troubled world. The world is altogether troublesome. Family life, school life, and every type of occupation—all are troublesome. Who is at peace— the president, the senators, the congressmen? No one is at peace. Regardless of whom you are, you are troubled. We all have troubles. Do not boast that your marriage is the best. I do not believe that even one marriage is absolutely good; every marriage is at least somewhat poor. By God’ss ove reign ordination, we all must marry—there is no escape—but everyone who is married finds himself in trouble
2基督是赐平安的基督，来到这受困扰的世界。（约六16～21。）约翰六章不仅描绘出饥饿的世界，也描绘出受困扰的世界。对于饥饿的世界，基督是𫗪养的基督；对于受困扰的世界，基督是赐平安的基督。这世界能困扰
2Christ comes into this troublesome world as the peace- giving Christ (6:16-21). John 6 not only portrays the hungry world, but also the troubled world. Christ is the feeding Christ to the hungry world and the peace- giving Christ to the troubled world. The world may trouble everyone, but it cannot trouble Him
3每一个人，却不能困扰祂。
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一 翻腾的海和吹起的大风象征人生的困扰
A. The Stirred-up Sea and the Blowing Wind Signifying the Troubles in Human Life
4翻腾的海和吹起的大风，象征人生的困扰。海底下有鬼，空中有邪灵，这是我们受困扰的原因。我们怎能期望有平安的一天?我们渴望平安，然而，我们所在的地方错了。
4The stirred-up sea and the strong blowing wind signify the troubles in human life. Under the sea are demons, and in the air are evil spirits. That is why we have trouble. How could we ever expect to have a peaceful day? We are in the wrong place for that
二 耶稣在海上行走，表征祂克服人生一切的困扰
B. Jesus Walking on the Sea Signifying His Overruling All the Troubles of Human Life
5耶稣在海上行走。（约六19。）这表征主能克服人生一切的困扰。祂能行走在人生困扰的波涛上，将一切的困扰踏在脚下。基督行走在一切波涛之上。似乎波涛越多，祂越喜欢行走其上。波涛惊骇了祂的门徒，祂却踏在其上。祂似乎说，『鬼，掀起更大的波涛罢！我就更高兴，我可以行走在你的波涛上。』这就是赐平安的基督。
5Jesus walked on the sea (6:19). This signifies that the Lord can overrule all the troubles of human life. He can walk on the troubling waves of human life, and all the unrest is under His feet. Christ walked on top of all the waves. It seemed that the more waves there were, the more He enjoyed walking upon them. The waves terrified His disciples, but He trod upon them. He seemed to say, “Demons, please cause bigger waves. Then I will have more enjoyment. I can walk on top of your waves.” This is the peace-giving Christ
6当门徒接祂上了船，船立刻到了他们所要去的地方。（约六21。）你要有平安的一生么?若要如此，你就必须将耶稣接到你的『船』上。你的『船』可能是你的婚姻生活、家庭或事业。祂若来到你的『船』上，你在人生的旅途中，就能与祂同享平安。你若将基督接到你的婚姻中，你的婚姻就平安。你若将祂接到你的家庭里，你的家庭就平安。你若将祂接受到工作里，你的工作就平安。没有基督，世界是饥饿的；没有基督，世界也是受困扰的。但有了祂，我们就有满足和平安。祂是𫗪养的基督，也是赐平安的基督。赞美主！
6When the disciples took Him into their boat, immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going (6:21). Do you want to have a peaceful life? If you do, then you must take Jesus into your “boat.” Your “boat” may be your married life, family, or occupation. When He comes into your “boat,” you will enjoy peace with Him on the journey of human life. If you receive Christ into your marriage, your marriage will be peaceful. If you receive Him into your family, your family will be at peace. If you accept Him into your job, your job will be peaceful. Without Christ, the world is hungry. Without Christ, the world is also troubled. But with Him, we have satisfaction and peace. He is the feeding Christ and the peace-giving Christ. Praise the Lord!
参 生命的粮
III. THE BREAD OF LIFE
一 必坏食物的追求者
A. Seekers After the Perishing Food
7在二十二至三十一节，我们看到必坏食物的追求者。他们在追求满足。不管人追求何种食物，他们都是在追求满足。这些人想要有所作为，来为神工作。他们也是在寻求神迹、奇事。堕落之人对神的观念，总是要为神作事，为神作工。这是创世记二章善恶知识树的原则。主认为人之于神，是要信入祂，就是接受祂作生命和生命的供应。这是创世记二章生命树的原则。主对追求必坏食物者的答覆，就是藉信入主以接受主。（约六29。）
7In verses 22 through 31 we find the seekers after the perishing food. They were seeking satisfaction. Regardless of the kind of food people are seeking, they all are seeking satisfaction. These people were trying to do something and to work for God. They were also seeking for signs and miracles. The concept of fallen man toward God is always that he must do something for God and work for God. This is the principle of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in Genesis 2. The Lord’s concept concerning man toward God is that he believe in Him, that is, receive Him as the life and life supply. This is the principle of the tree of life in Genesis 2. The answer to the seeking after the perishing food is to receive the Lord by believing in Him (6:29
二 存到永远生命的食物
B. Food Abiding to Eternal Life
8在三十二至七十一节，我们看见那存到永远生命的食物。我们若仔细读这段话，就看见主成为肉体、被钉十架、复活以住在我们里面、并且升天，我们也看见祂成了赐生命的灵，最终这灵具体实化于祂活的话中。现在我们来看这几方面。
8In verses 32 through 71 we find the food that abides to eternal life. If we read this portion carefully, we find that the Lord was incarnated, crucified, resurrected to indwell us, and ascended, and we see that He has become the life-giving Spirit who eventually is embodied in His living Word. Let us now consider each of these aspects
1 藉著成为肉体临到人，赐人生命
1. Coming to Man by Being Incarnated to Give Life to Man
9三十五至五十一节启示，主已经藉著成为肉体临到人，好赐人生命。我们如何能接受主作食物，作生命的粮?这一章用图像启示了接受的路，但多少世代以来一直为人所忽略。首先，主说祂『从天上降下来。』（约六，38，41，42，50，51，58。）祂如何从天上降下来?祂是藉著成为肉体降下来的。祂藉著有分于血肉之体（来二14）而成为人。祂是在肉体里来，并且祂来是作人。魔鬼和邪灵恨恶这事。要试验人有没有邪灵，惟一的方法就是问那鬼或邪灵，承认不承认耶稣基督是在肉体里来的。（约壹四2。）成为肉体是主成为我们的生命所采取的第一个步骤。
9Verses 35 through 51 reveal that the Lord has come to man by being incarnated that He might give life to man. By what way can we take the Lord as food, as the bread of life? This chapter reveals the way figuratively, but for many generations people have overlooked it. First of all, the Lord said that He “came down from heaven” (6:33, 38, 41, 42, 50, 51, 58). By what way 33 did He come down from heaven? He came down by incarnation. He became a man by partaking of flesh and blood (Heb. 2:14). He came in the flesh and He came as a man. The devil and the evil spirits hate this. The only way to test whether or not a person has an evil spirit is to ask the demon or spirit if he would confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh (1 John 4:2). Incarnation is the first step that the Lord took in order to become our life.
10三十五节说，『耶稣对他们说，我就是生命的粮，到我这里来的，必永远不饿；信人我的，必永远不渴。』生命的粮是以食物的形态作人生命的供应，就像生命树一样『好作食物，』（创二9，）作人生命的供应。到主这里来的，必永远不饿，信入祂的，必永远不渴。照二章所立定的原则，这也是变死亡为生命。死亡的源头是知识树，生命的源头是生命树。四十六节说，『这不是说，有人看见过父，惟独从神来的，祂看见过父。』在希腊文里，这里的介系词『从』意『在旁边，』含『同』意。主不只从神而来，并且同神而来，祂一面从神而来，一面仍与神同在。（约八16，29，十六32。）在四十七节，主说，『我实实在在的告诉你们，信的人有永远的生命。』这节所说永远的生命，就是神圣的生命，神非受造的生命，不只就时间说是永久的，就性质说也是永远而神圣的。
10Verse 35 says, “Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me shall by no means hunger, and he who believes in Me shall by no means ever thirst.” The bread of life is the life supply in the form of food, like the tree of life (Gen. 2:9), which is also the life supply “good for food.” He who comes to the Lord shall never hunger, and he who believes in Him shall never thirst. In the principle set forth in chapter two, this also is the changing of death into life. Death is of the source of the tree of knowledge, and life is of the source of the tree of life. Verse 46 says, “Not that anyone has seen the Father, except Him who is from God, He has seen the Father.” The Greek preposition translated “from” means “by the side of.” The sense here is “from with.” The Lord is not only from God, but also with God. While He is from God, He is still with God (8:16, 29; 16:32). In verse 47 the Lord says, “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has eternal life.” To believe into the Lord is not the same as to believe Him (v. 30). To believe Him means to believe that He is true and real, but to believe into Him means to receive Him and be united with Him as one. The eternal life mentioned in this verse is the divine life, the uncreated life of God, which is not only everlasting as far as time is concerned, but is eternal and divine in nature
2 被杀好给人吃
2. Being Slain to Be Eaten by Man
11主的死是祂所采取的第二个步骤，使我们能便于享受祂自己作我们的食物。祂为我们死，不是平常的死，乃是特别的死。祂是被钉在十字架上被杀的，这死使祂的血与肉分开。你若是活在那时代的犹太人，你对于这事会非常熟悉。我曾读过一篇文章，描写犹太人在逾越节如何宰杀羊羔。那篇文章说，犹太人将羊羔放在一个十字架上。当然，我们都知道，罗马帝国用十字架的死刑钉死罪犯，但犹太人早在罗马帝国以前，就用这方法在逾越节宰杀羊羔。他们取两根木头作成一个十字架，将羊的两腿脚在架脚上，将另两条伸开的腿绑在横木上，然后就宰杀羊羔，使羊血全部流出。他们需要全部的血，洒在他们的门框上，因此血完全与肉分开。
11The Lord’s death was the second step that He took to make Himself available for us to partake of as our food. He died for us, not in an ordinary way, but in a very extraordinary way. He was slain by being crucified on the cross. This death separated His blood from His flesh. If you were a Jew living during that time, you would have been very familiar with this. I once read an article describing how the Jews slew the lamb during the Passover. The article said that the Jews put the lamb on a cross. Of course, we all know that the Roman Empire used the death penalty of the cross to crucify criminals, but the Jews used this method long before the Roman Empire to slay the lamb at their Passover. They took two wooden bars and formed a cross. They tied two legs at the foot of the cross and fastened the other outstretched legs to the crossbar. Then they slew the lamb so that all its blood was shed. They needed all of its blood to sprinkle on their door frames; therefore, the blood was completely separated from its flesh.
12主也是同样的死法。事实上，祂的死就发生在犹太人的逾越节。我们已看见，约翰六章正好在犹太人逾越节的背景之下。因此百姓的心思充满了关于逾越节的思想。根据这个背景，主告诉他们说，他们必须吃祂的肉，喝祂的血。他们现在不是要取逾越节羊羔所流的血，吃羊羔的肉，乃是要领会主是神真正的逾越节羊羔。他们从前所有的逾越节羊羔，乃是基督的豫表。如今祂是为他们被杀的真正羊羔。祂的血将为他们的罪而流，祂的肉将为他们所吃，好作他们真正的生命。一面，祂的血要救赎他们脱离他们的罪；另一面，祂的肉要供应他们生命。犹太人不领会这个，甚至忽略主是神的羔羊。但今天我们知道，主是神的羔羊，为我们死了，为救赎我们的罪流血，并且将祂的肉供我们吃，好作我们的生命。我们凭信接受祂的血，也凭信吃祂的肉，然后我们就得著祂作我们的生命。为著叫人吃祂，主必须被杀。任何东西要给人吃，总得先被杀。因此厨房是宰杀的地方。比方说，我们不可能吃活牛或活鸡，牠们必须先被杀。连洋葱也必须先切好，我们才能吃。若不用刀切，就要用我们的牙齿切。照样，主必须被杀，才能给我们吃。
12The Lord died in the same manner. In fact, His death occurred at the time of their Passover. We have seen that John 6 was placed in the setting of the Jewish Passover. Thus, the minds of the people were filled with thoughts about the Passover. With this as the background, the Lord told them that they must eat His flesh and drink His blood. Instead of taking the shed blood of the Passover lamb and eating its flesh, they were now to understand that the Lord is the real Lamb for God’sP ass over. All of their former Passover lambs were a type of Christ. Now He is the real Lamb who will be slain for them. His blood will be shed for their sins, and His flesh will be eaten for their real life. On the one hand, His blood will redeem them from their sins; on the other hand, His flesh will supply them with life. The Jews did not understand this and even neglected the Lord as the Lamb of God. But today we know that the Lord is the Lamb of God who died for us, shed His blood for the redemption of our sins, and offered His flesh for us to eat as our life. It is by faith that we take His blood, and it is by faith that we eat His flesh. Then we have Him as our life. In order to be eaten by man, the Lord had to be slain. Nothing can be eaten unless it has first been killed. So, the kitchen is a place of slaughter. For example, it is impossible for us to eat a live cow or chicken. They must first be killed. Even an onion must first be killed before we can eat it. If it is not killed with a knife, it will be killed by our teeth. Likewise, the Lord had to be slain for us to eat Him
13在五十一节下半，主说，『我所要赐的粮，就是我的肉，为世人的生命所赐的。』到了这里，粮变成了肉。我们已经看见，粮属于植物生命，只为著𫗪养；肉属于动物生命，不仅为著𫗪养，也为著救赎。人堕落以前，主是生命树，（创二9，）只为著𫗪养人。人堕落到罪中之后，主就成了羔羊，（约一，）不仅为著𫗪养人，也为著救赎人。（出十二4，7～8。）主舍了祂的身体，就是祂的肉，为我们死，好叫我们得著生命。血是在五十三节加进来的，在那里主说，『我实实在在的告诉你们，你们若不吃人子的肉，不喝人子的血，就没有生命在你们里面。』到这里，加上了血，因为这是救赎所必需的。（约1十九34，来九22，太二六28，彼前一18～19，罗三25。）
13In verse 51b the Lord says, “And the bread which I will give is My flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.” At this point, the bread becomes the flesh. We have seen that the bread is of the vegetable life and is only for feeding and that the flesh is of the animal life and is not only for feeding, but also for redeeming. Be fore the fall of man, the Lord was the tree of life (Gen. 2:9), only for feeding man. After man fell into sin, the Lord became the Lamb (John 1:29), not only 29 for feeding man, but also for redeeming him (Exo. 12:4, 7-8). The Lord gave His body, that is, His flesh, to die for us that we might have life. The blood is added in verse 53, where the Lord says, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves.” The blood is added here because it is necessary for redemption (John 19:34; Heb. 9:22; Matt. 26:28; Pet. 1:18-19; Rom. 3:25).
14在五十四节主说，『吃我肉喝我血的人，就有永远的生命，在末日我要叫他复活。』这里肉和血是分开题起的。血和肉分开是指明死。因此，主在这里清楚指明祂的死，也就是祂的被杀。祂为我们舍了身体，流了血，使我们得著永远的生命。吃祂的肉，就是凭信接受祂为我们舍了身体所作成的一切。喝祂的血，就是凭信接受祂为我们流血所完成的一切。这样吃祂的肉喝祂的血，就是相信祂在十字架上为我们所作成的，好在祂的救赎里，接受祂作生命和生命的供应。我们把这节与四十七节相比，就能看见，吃主的肉，喝主的血，等于相信祂，因为信或信入，就是接受。（约一12。）
14In verse 54 the Lord says, “He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up in the last day.” Here flesh and blood are mentioned separately. When blood is separate from flesh, it indicates death. Hence, here the Lord clearly indicated His death, that is, His being slain. He gave His body and shed His blood for us that we might have eternal life. To eat His flesh is to receive by faith all that He did by giving His body for us, and to drink His blood is to receive by faith all that He has accomplished by shedding His blood for us. This kind of eating of His flesh and drinking of His blood is to receive Him, in His redemption, as life and the life supply by believing in what He did for us on the cross. By comparing this verse with verse 47, we see that to eat the Lord’s flesh and drink His blood is equal to believing in Him, because to believe is to receive (1:12
3 复活以内住
3. Resurrected to Indwell
15我们已经看见，成为肉体是头一步骤，钉十字架是第二步骤，复活是第三步骤，藉此主就使自己便于作我们的生命。在约翰六章，主几次题到关于『生命、』『活的』事物。一面，祂说祂是生命的粮；另一面，祂说祂是活粮。（约六35，51。）你领会生命的粮和活粮之间的不同么?也许你会觉得，两个辞意思相同。然而，读圣经正确的路，乃是查究二辞，断定二者为甚么不同。生命的粮指粮的性质是生命；活粮，指粮的情形是活的。祂是活粮；虽然祂被钉死，被杀了，但祂仍是活的。惟独祂是在复活里活著的一位。五十六节含示复活的事。『吃我肉喝我血的人，就住在我里面，我也住在他里面。』这指明主必须复活，才能住在我们里面，作我们的生命和生命的供应。主在复活以前无法住在我们里面，只有复活以后才能住在我们里面。因此，五十六节指明祂要复活，并要成为内住的灵。
15We have seen that incarnation is the first step and that crucifixion is the second. Resurrection is the third step by which the Lord has made Himself available as our life. Several times in John 6 the Lord mentions something about “life” and “living.” On the one hand, He said that He was the bread of life; on the other hand, He said that He was the living bread (6:35, 51). Do you understand the difference between the bread of life and the living bread? Perhaps you may feel that both phrases mean the same. However, the proper way to study the Word is to investigate both phrases and determine the reason for the difference between them. The bread of life refers to the nature of the bread, which is life; the living bread refers to the condition of the bread, which is living. He is the living bread. Although He was crucified and slain, He is still living. He alone is the living One in resurrection. Verse 56 implies the matter of resurrection. “He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me and I in him.” This indicates that the Lord had to be resurrected that He might abide in us as our life and life supply. The Lord could not have abode in us before His resurrection. He could only abide in us after His resurrection. Thus, verse 56 indicates that He was going to be resurrected and become the indwelling Spirit
16在五十七节主说，『活的父怎样差我来，我又因父活著，照样，那吃我的人，也要因我活著。』吃就是把食物接受到我们里面，并生机的吸收到我们体内。因此，吃主耶稣就是将祂接受到我们里面，为重生的新人以生命的方式所吸收：然后，我们就凭著所接受的主而活。藉此，祂这位复活者就活在我们里面。（约十四19～20。）原则上，这也是变死亡为生命。
16In verse 57 the Lord says, “As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me shall also live because of Me.” Eating is to take food into us to be assimilated into our body organically. Hence, to eat the Lord Jesus is to receive Him into us to be assimilated by the regenerated new man in the way of life. Then we live by Him whom we receive. It is by this that He lives in us as the resurrected One (14:19-20). In principle, this also is the changing of death into life.
4 升天
4. Ascended
17接著复活就是升天。主的升天是在六十二节题起的。门徒为著主的话唧咕议论，主就对他们说，『若是你们看见人子升到祂先前所在的地方，怎么样呢?』这节明言祂的升天。升天是祂救赎工作已经完成的明证。（来一3。）主升到父那里，父接纳了祂，这证明祂在十字架上救赎我们的工作已经被父所悦纳。因此，主坐在父的右边。祂在十字架上的工作满足了父神。
17Ascension follows resurrection. The Lord’s ascension is referred to in verse 62. Responding to His disciples who were murmuring about His words, the Lord said, “What then if you should see the Son of Man ascending where He was before?” Here in this verse His ascension is clearly mentioned. Ascension is the proof of the completion of His redemptive work (Heb. 1:3). The Lord ascended to the Father, and the Father accepted Him. That was a proof that His work on the cross for our redemption was acceptable to the Father. Thus, the Lord was seated at the right hand of the Father. His work on the cross satisfied God the Father.
5 成为赐生命的灵
5. Becoming the Life-giving Spirit
18六十三节说，『赐人生命的乃是灵，肉是无益的。』到这里，带进了赐生命的灵。林前十五章四十五节说得很清楚，那成了肉体的主耶稣，（约一，）在复活之后，藉著复活成了赐生命的灵。因著祂是赐生命的灵，祂才能成为我们的生命和生命的供应。我们接受祂这位钉死并复活的救主时，赐生命的灵就进到我们里面，将永远的生命分赐给我们。很多人对六十三节的领会不正确，以为肉表征人性同人的性情。按上下文，这里的肉是指物质身体的肉，与前几节所说主的肉是可吃的一样。犹太人无法明白主怎能把祂的肉给他们吃。他们以为，主要把祂物质身体的肉给他们吃。（约六52。）他们没有正确领会主的话。对他们而言，这话甚难。（约六60。）到了这时，主说，赐人生命的乃是灵，肉是无益的。换句话说，主告诉他们，祂要成为灵。祂不会实际的在肉体里，乃要从肉体变化形像成为灵。因此，主在六十三节加以解释，祂不是要把祂物质身体的肉给他们吃；这肉，就是人身体的肉，是无益的。至终，祂所要给人的乃是赐生命的灵，就是祂在复活里的自己。
18Verse 63 says, “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing.” At this point, the Spirit who gives life is brought in. After resurrection and through resurrection, the Lord Jesus, who had become flesh (1:14), became the Spirit who gives life, as is clearly 14 mentioned in 1 Corinthians 15:45. It is as the life - giving Spirit that He can be the life and life supply to us. When we receive Him as the crucified and resurrected Savior, the Spirit who gives life comes into us to impart eternal life to us. Many people understand verse 63 incorrectly, thinking that the flesh signifies humanity with its human nature. According to the context, the flesh here refers to the meat of the physical body, the same as in the previous verses where the Lord said that His flesh was edible. The Jews could not understand how He could give His flesh for them to eat. They thought that He would give them the meat of His physical body (v. 52). They did not understand the Lord’sword rightly. To them it was a hard word (v. 60). At this point, the Lord said that it is the Spirit that gives life and that the flesh profits nothing. In other words, the Lord told them that He would become the Spirit. He would not be literally in the flesh, but would be transfigured from the flesh into the Spirit. Thus, in verse 63 the Lord explained that what He would give them to eat is not the meat of His physical body; the meat, which is of the flesh, profits nothing. What He would give eternally is the Spirit who gives life, who is Himself in resurrection.
19你所接受的是怎样的基督？你所接受的是在肉体里的基督，还是成为那灵的基督?使徒保罗说，有人从前按著肉体认过基督，如今却不再这样认祂了。（林后五16。）现在他们认识基督是那灵。（林后三17。）在主死而复活以前，主成了肉体，乃是在肉体里；在祂死而复活以后，祂从肉体变化形像成为那灵。（林前十五45。）因此，我们现今所接受的基督，并不是在肉体里的基督，乃是那是灵的基督。当我们来到约翰二十章时，我们会看见在祂复活的晚上，祂来到门徒们那里，向他们吹气说，『你们受圣灵。』（约二十。）那就是祂复活后的自己，因为祂在复活后变化形像成了那灵。祂不再在肉体里，像祂在钉十字架以前那样。如今祂是那灵，因此他们必须受那灵。在祂受死以前，当祂在肉体里的时候，祂所能作的只是与门徒同在，并在他们中间，但不能在他们里面。现在成了那灵，祂就很容易在我们里面了。今天我们对主无需有形的接触。因著祂是那灵，我们能在里面接触祂这灵。祂乃是赐生命的灵。祂既是那灵，我们就能接受祂，吃祂，以祂为我们的食物。当我们接受主耶稣，我们就得到赐人生命的灵。我们用呼求主耶稣之名这事，就能证实这点。当我们呼喊：『哦，主耶稣，』我们便接受了那灵。我们呼求的是主耶稣，领受的却是那灵。为甚么?因为主耶稣今天就是那灵。我们呼求耶稣的名，就得到那灵，这事实有力的证明主耶稣今天乃是那灵。无论谁说，『主耶稣，』他就是在灵里。（林前十二3。）耶稣是名，那灵是人位。那灵就是耶稣的人位。在这一点上，我们需要读约翰十四章二十六节：『但保惠师，就是父在我的名里所要差来的圣灵，祂要将一切的事教导你们，并且要叫你们想起我对你们所说的一切话。』父在子的名里差保惠师，就是圣灵来。那灵是在子的名里被差来的。谁是那灵?那灵就是耶稣的人位。因此，我们既有名，又有人位。得著那灵的最佳途径就是呼求主耶稣的名。每当你呼喊：『哦，主耶稣，』你就得著这人位，这人位就是那灵。每当我们呼求主耶稣的名，我们就得著那灵。那灵就是亲爱的主耶稣的人位。
19What kind of Christ have you received? Have you received Christ in the flesh or as the Spirit? The Apostle Paul said that formerly some knew Christ in the flesh, but now they know Him in the flesh no longer (2 Cor. 5:16). Now they know Christ as the Spirit (2 Cor. 3:17). Before His death and resurrection, the Lord was incarnated in the flesh; after His death and resurrection, He was transfigured from the flesh into the Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45). Therefore, the Christ we now receive is not the Christ in the flesh, but the Christ who is the Spirit. When we come to John 20, we shall see that on the evening of His resurrection, He came to His disciples and breathed on them, saying, “Receive the Holy Spirit” (20:22). That was Himself after His resurrection, for after His resurrection He was 22 transfigured into the Spirit. He was no longer in the flesh as He was before His crucifixion. Now He is the Spirit; therefore, they had to receive the Spirit. Before His death, when He was in the flesh, all He could do was be with and among His disciples, but He could not be in them. Now, as the Spirit, it is easy for Him to be within us. Today, we do not need to contact the Lord physically. Since He is the Spirit, we can contact Him as the Spirit within us. He is the life-giving Spirit. Since He is the Spirit, we can take Him and feed upon Him as our food. When we receive the Lord Jesus, we get the Spirit who gives life. We can prove this by the matter of calling on the name of the Lord Jesus. When we call, “O Lord Jesus,” we receive the Spirit. We call on the Lord Jesus, but we receive the Spirit. Why? Because the Lord Jesus today is the Spirit. The fact that we get the Spirit when we call on the name of Jesus is a strong proof that the Lord Jesus is the Spirit today. Whoever says, “Lord Jesus,” is in the Spirit (1 Cor. 12:3). Jesus is the name, and the Spirit is the person. The Spirit is the person of Jesus. At this point we need to read John 14:26. “But the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and remind you of all things which I said to you.” The Father sends the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, in the name of the Son. The Spirit is sent in the name of the Son. Who is the Spirit? The Spirit is the person of Jesus. Thus, we have both the name and the person. The best way to get the Spirit is to call on the name of the Lord Jesus. Whenever you call, “O Lord Jesus,” you receive the person, and the person is the Spirit. Whenever we call on the name of the Lord Jesus, we get the Spirit. The Spirit is the person of the dear Lord Jesus.
6 具体实化于生命的话
6. Embodied in the Word of Life
20作为生命之粮的基督，具体实化于生命的话。虽然那灵很美妙，却太奥秘了。我们需要具体、可见、可摸的东西－生命的话。在六十三节主说，『我对你们所说的话，就是灵，就是生命。』话是具体的。
20Christ, as the bread of life, is embodied in the Word of life. Although the Spirit is wonderful, it is too mysterious. We need something solid, visible, tangible, and touchable—the Word of life. In verse 63 the Lord says that “the words which I have spoken unto you are spirit and are life.” The Word is substantial
21这节里的『话，』希腊文，rhema，雷玛，意思是即时、现时所说的话。这字不同于logos，娄格斯，常时的话，如约翰一章一节里的『话。』这里在灵之后题到话。灵是活的，也是真实的，却相当奥秘，不易捉摸，叫人难以了解；但话是具体的。主首先指明，为了赐人生命，祂要成为灵。然后祂说，祂所说的话就是灵，就是生命。这表明祂所说的话，乃是生命之灵的具体化身。现今祂在复活里是赐生命的灵，而这灵又具体化于祂的话。我们运用灵接受祂的话，就得著那是生命的灵。话是在我们之外。当我将这话接受到我里面，话立刻成为灵。当我把话说出去，灵又成为话。当你将这话接受到你里面，话又成为灵；当你说出这话，灵再次成为话。我们传福音时，实在是传那话。人相信福音，就是相信话。这似乎相当希奇，当人接受话，这话在他们里面实实在在就成为灵。比方说，你若藉著约翰三章十六节来到主面前，也许你祷告说，『主，我感谢你，你如此恩待我。你已经将你的儿子赐给我。』当你相信这些话时，你里面发生了甚么事?当你相信这些话时，在你里面就有个东西被点活，成为活的。我不是说，你在头脑里领受了甚么知识；乃是说，在你的心里、灵里，有个东西变得非常活。你相信主的话，却领受了那灵。那在你外面的话，成了在你里面的灵。牠原是外面的话，却成了里面的灵。当你听了话，并领受了话，你也多少接受了灵。这是非常奥秘且美妙的。
21The “words” in this verse is rhema in Greek, which means the instant and present spoken word. It differs from logos, which means the constant word, as in John 1:1. At this point, the words follow the Spirit. The Spirit is living and real, but rather mysterious, intangible, and difficult for people to apprehend, but the words are substantial. Firstly, the Lord indicated that for giving life He would become the Spirit. Then He said that the words He speaks are spirit and life. This shows that His spoken words are the embodiment of the life-giving Spirit. He is now the life-giving Spirit in resurrection, and the Spirit is embodied in His words. When we receive His words by exercising our spirit, we receive the Spirit who is life. The Word is outside of us. When I receive the Word into me, it immediately becomes the Spirit. When I speak the Word out, the Spirit once again becomes the Word. When you receive the Word into you, the Word becomes the Spirit once more, and when you speak the Word out, it becomes the Spirit again. When we preach the gospel, we are actually preaching the Word. When people believe the gospel, they believe the Word. As strange as it may seem, when people receive the Word, the Word actually becomes the Spirit within them. For example, if you came to the Lord through John 3:16, you might have prayed, “Lord, I thank You that You are so good to me. You have given Your Son to me.” What happened within you when you believed these words? When you believed these words, something within you was quickened and became living. I do not mean that you received some knowledge in your mentality, but that something became so living in your heart and spirit. You believed the Word, yet you received the Spirit. The Word outside of you became the Spirit inside of you. It was the Word without, but it became the Spirit within. When you listened to the Word and received it, you somehow received the Spirit also. This is very mysterious and marvelous.
22主是灵和话。复活的基督乃是那灵，那灵就是话；话是灵，灵又是给我们享受的复活之主。现在我们知道祂的所是与所在。因此，当我们在灵中接触话，实际上就是接触主自己这活粮。当我们在灵中接受这话，我们就是接受基督自己作丰盛生命的供应。如今一天过一天，我们有分于这奇妙复活的基督作我们的食物、生命、并生命的供应。祂乃是赐人生命的灵，祂也是生命的话。在六十八节西门彼得说了非常有趣的话：『主阿，你有永远生命的话，我们还归从谁?』这一章结束于生命的话，这话是接受主惟一的路。今天问题归结于话。你若接受话，你里面就要得著灵；你若在里面得著灵，你就有基督作里面生命的供应。我们已经看见，基督为著使祂自己便于给我们接受，经过了六个步骤－成为肉体、钉十字架、复活、升天、成为赐生命的灵、并具体化于生命的话。主已经成为肉体、钉十字架、复活、升天、从肉体变化形像成为那灵、并且具体化于话。话乃是主的灵的具体化身。你不能说你不知道如何接触主，因为主已经具体化于话。祂是灵，也是话。你若接受话，就有那灵作你对基督的享受。
22The Lord is the Spirit and the Word. The resurrected Christ is the Spirit, the Spirit is the Word, the Word is the Spirit, and the Spirit is the resurrected Lord for us to enjoy. Now we know what He is and where He is. Hence, when we contact the Word in spirit, we are actually contacting the Lord Himself as the living bread. When we receive the Word in spirit, we are receiving Christ Himself as the abundant supply of life. Now, day by day, we are participating in this wonderful, resurrected Christ as our food, life, and life-supply. He is the Spirit that gives life and He is the Word of life. In verse 68 Simon Peter said something very interesting. “Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life.” This chapter closes with the Word of life, which is the only way to receive the Lord. The problem today boils down to the Word. If you receive the Word, you will have the Spirit within; if you have the Spirit within, then you have Christ as the inner supply of life. We have seen six steps whereby Christ has made Himself available for us to receive—incarnation, crucifixion, resurrection, ascension, becoming the life- giving Spirit, and being embodied in the Word of life. The Lord has been incarnated, crucified, resurrected, ascended, has been transfigured from the flesh into the Spirit, and has been embodied in the Word. The Word is the embodiment of the Spirit of the Lord. You cannot say that you do not know how to contact the Lord, for the Lord has been embodied in the Word. He is the Spirit and the Word. If you receive the Word, you will have the Spirit as your enjoyment of Christ
23现在我们可以辨别，人的观念与神的思想之间的差异。人的宗教观念，就28:是犹太人在二十八节所问的：『我们当怎样行，才算作神的工?』在整本圣经中，只有在这一章里，宗教的犹太人问了这样的问题。宗教的教训总是劝勉我们行甚么，作甚么。人的观念就是行，神的思想乃是信。神所要、所豫定我们作的工，乃是信入祂的儿子。在二十九节，主耶稣并不是告诉我们要『信祂，』乃是要『信入祂。』约翰六章给我们看见两种信法－信祂，与信入祂。当主答覆了他们的问题之后，犹太人在三十节反驳主的话说，『你行甚么神迹，叫我们看见就信你?你到底作甚么工?』他们说『信你，』但那并不是主所说的。主告诉他们要『信入』祂。这里的介系词，与罗马六章三节『浸入基督』所用的介系词完全一样。我们已经看见，『信祂』的意思就是信祂是真实的，并且信关于祂的一切都是对的。但『信入祂』的意思是接受祂，并与祂联结，相调为一。你信入祂的时候，你与基督之间就有了一个联结和合一。换句话说，你已进入祂里面，也将祂接受到你里面。按照神圣的思想，我们没有甚么要作的，只要信入基督，并且天天将祂接受到我们里面。
23Now we may appreciate the difference between the human concept and the divine thought. The human, religious concept is what the Jews asked in verse “What shall we do that we may work the works of God?” Throughout the Scriptures, it is only in this chapter that the religious Jews asked such a question. Religious teaching always exhorts us to do and do. Man’s concept is doing; God’s thought is believing. The work that God desired and predestinated for us to do is to believe into His Son. The preposition “in” in verse 29 (“on” in KJV) should be translated as “into” according to the Greek text. The Lord Jesus did not tell us to believe Him, but to believe into Him. John 6 shows two ways of believing — to believe Him and to believe into Him. After the Lord answered their question, the Jews retorted in verse 30, saying, “What sign will you do that we may see and believe you? What work will you do?” They said, “Believe you,” but that was not what the Lord said. The Lord told them to “believe into Him.” The preposition is exactly the same as that used in Romans 6:3 for “baptized into Christ.” As we have seen, to believe Him means to believe that He is true and that everything about Him is right. But to believe into Him means to receive Him and to be united and mingled with Him as one. When you believe into Him, there is a union and a oneness between you and Christ. In other words, you have come into Him and have received Him into you. According to the divine thought, there is nothing for us to do but to believe into Christ and receive Him into us day by day.
24『吃我肉喝我血的人，就住在我里面，我也住在他里面。』（约六56。）对我们来说，作神的工就是吃基督，接受祂，因祂活著。我们必须调整我们为神作工的属人观念。每天我们必须吃基督，好叫我们因基督活著。在这一章里，主好几次说，吃祂的人要因祂活著。（约六51，57，58。）今天的问题不是作工，乃是生活。你是过怎样的生活?你满意于你所过的生活么？你若不吃喝基督，你根本没有生命。你若没有生命，你怎能活著?五十三节说，『我实实在在的告诉你们，你们若不吃人子的肉，不喝人子的血，就没有生命在你们里面。』神圣的观念不是为神作工，乃是接受基督作我们的食物和饮料。藉著吃喝基督，我们就被基督充满。然后我们才能正确的为神而活。五十七节是整本圣经中最强烈、最奇特的一句话：『活的父怎样差我来，我又因父活著，照样，那吃我的人，也要因我活著。』那是全能神，创造宇宙者的主劝我们吃祂。人绝不可能有这样的思想。主若未曾说过这话，我信我们没有人会有足彀的胆量说，我们必须吃主。当然，我们能说，我们必须敬拜主，敬畏主，信靠主，顺从主，向主祷告，为主作工。我们可以用好些动词解释我们必须为主作甚么，但是我们会害怕想到我们该吃祂。我们一天必须吃三餐，好叫我们能以活著。换句话说，我们是凭吃活著。照样，我们必须吃主，好叫我们能凭主活著。约翰六章全章最重要的点就是：主是我们的食物，是生命的粮。吃祂不是一次永远的事，乃是天天的事，甚至是时时刻刻对主的经历。无论东方还是西方，人都是不断的吃，使人可以活著。因此，我们都必须接触主，并吃主。我们不仅仅是软弱的人，更是饥饿的人，需要主作我们生命的供应。主是可吃的，因为祂是生命的粮。祂像粮一样，是给我们吃的。我们必须运用我们的灵，从祂这话这灵得𫗪养。然后我们就要将祂接受到我们里面，消化祂、经历祂，并且时时刻刻应用祂。这就是一切－再没有别的了。我们必须忘记我们的作，我们的行，并学习吃基督，且凭我们所吃的活著。这就是我们日常生活所走的神圣、生命的路。
24“He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me and I in Him.” For us, the work of God is nothing other than eating Christ, receiving Him, and living by Him. We must be adjusted in our human concept about working for God. Daily we must eat Christ in order to live by Christ. Several times in this chapter the Lord says that he who eats Him shall live by Him (6:51, 57, 58). Today’s problem is not work, but life. What kind of life do you live? Are you satisfied with the life you are living? If you do not eat and drink of Christ, you simply do not have life. If you do not have life, how can you live? Verse 53 says, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves.” The divine thought is not to work for God, but to take Christ as our food and drink. By eating and drinking of Christ, we shall be filled with Christ. Then we can properly live for God. The strongest and strangest sentence in the entire Bible is verse 57. “As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me shall also live because of Me.” The Lord who is the Almighty God and the Creator of the universe exhorts us to eat Him. Man could never have such a thought. If this word had not been spoken by the Lord, I believe that none of us would possess enough courage to say that we must eat the Lord. Of course, we can say that we must worship and fear the Lord, trust and obey the Lord, pray and work for the Lord. We may use many other verbs to explain what we must do for the Lord, but we would be afraid to think that we should eat Him. We all must eat three meals a day in order to live. In other words, we live by eating. Likewise, we must eat the Lord so that we can live by the Lord. The most important point in the whole chapter of John 6 is that the Lord is our food, the bread of life. To eat Him is not a once-for- all matter. It is a daily matter and even a moment by moment experience of the Lord. Whether in the East or West, people continually eat so that they may live. So, we all must also contact the Lord and eat Him. We are not merely weak people, but hungry people who need the Lord as our life supply. The Lord is edible because He is the bread of life. He is as edible as a piece of bread. We must exercise our spirit to feed on Him as the Word and as the Spirit. Then we shall receive Him into us, digest Him, experience Him, and apply Him moment by moment. This is all—there is nothing else. We must forget about our doing and our working and learn to eat Christ and live by what we have eaten of Him. This is the divine way of life for our daily living.