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约翰福音生命读经 · 第22篇

宗教中瞎眼人的需要－生命的视力与生命的牧养（二）

The Need of the Blind in Religion— Life’sS ight and Life’s Shepherding (2
1现在我们来到约翰十章。这是非常有趣的一章，但也是被人误解的一章。本章实在就是九章的继续。二十一节的话帮助我们了解这点，因为那里题出一个问题：『鬼岂能开瞎子的眼睛？』这两章都以生来瞎眼之人的事例为中心。本章的思想很深。表面上似乎很容易领会，但实际上这比喻或寓言并不容易领会。主治好了那被犹太人赶出会堂的瞎子以后，立刻说出关于羊圈的寓言。因此这事件成了羊圈之比喻的背景。
1Now we come to John 10. This is a very interesting chapter, but it is also a misunderstood chapter. This chapter is actually a continuation of chapter nine. Verse 21 helps us to realize this, for the question is asked, “Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?” Both chapters center around the record of the case of the man born blind. The thought in this chapter is deep. On the surface, it seems easy to understand, but actually it is not easy to understand this parable or allegory. The Lord brought out this allegory about the sheepfold immediately after He cured the blind man who was cast out of the synagogue by the Jews. This incident, therefore, became the setting for the parable of the sheepfold
贰 生命的牧养－
II. LIFE’S SHEPHERDING
为著宗教之外的信徒
FOR THE BELIEVERS OUTSIDE OF RELIGION
一 羊圈、门并草场－为著羊
A. The Sheepfold, the Door, and the Pasture for the Sheep
2我们现在必须来看这比喻中羊圈的意义。要解释羊圈并不容易。也许你对圣经，尤其是对福音书有些认识。也许你从小在主日学里，从老师听到福音书里的故事。也许你是神学院毕业的。让我问你这问题：到底你对羊圈有甚么领会?关于这件事，人是如何教导你的?要解开这比喻的奥秘，几乎全赖于对羊圈的了解。
2We must now consider the significance of the sheepfold in this parable. It is not easy to define the sheepfold. Perhaps you know something about the Bible and especially about the gospels. Perhaps you were told from your youth about the stories from the gospels in Sunday School. Perhaps you have even graduated from seminary. Let me ask you this question: what do you realize about the sheepfold? What have you been taught about this matter? The key to unlocking the secret of this parable depends very much upon the meaning of the sheepfold
1 羊圈象征律法，或犹太教这律法的宗教
1. The Sheepfold Signifying the Law, or Judaism, the Religion of the Law
3羊圈以好的用法说，是象征旧约的律法；但以一般、通常的用法说，是象征犹太教这律法的宗教。原初，在基督第一次来临以前，神将律法颁赐给以色列人。到底神赐律法给他们的目的何在？是指望他们遵守么?不，那不是祂的目的。加拉太三章二十三至二十六节启示了神赐下律法的目的。『但信仰还未来到以先，我们是被看守在律法之下，被圈住好归于那要显示的信仰。这样，律法成了我们的儿童导师，带我们归于基督，好使我们本于信得称义。但信仰既然来到，我们就不再在儿童导师的手下了，因为你们众人藉著相信基督耶稣，都是神的儿子。』当在基督里的信仰还未来以先，我们是被看守在律法之下。换句话说，我们好像羊被看守在羊圈里一样。这里的『看守，』原文意监禁。在信仰未来以先，就是在基督未来以先，神的选民被监禁在律法之下。他们在律法之下被圈住。『圈住』原文是特别的辞，意思是被监管，或在特别的监护之下。比方说，一家的父母若去世了，孩子们可能就受他们叔婶的监管。换句话说，他们就在别人的照顾之下。这给我们看见，当基督里的信仰未来以先，神的选民如何被安置在律法的看管之下。律法将神的百姓看守著，直到信仰来到。加拉太三章二十四节说，『这样，律法成了我们的儿童导师，带我们归于基督。』实在说这样繙是不彀的。在原文里，这句话是说，律法是我们的奴仆，把我们带到我们的教师那里，这教师就是基督。古时富有的犹太家庭，他们的孩子，是由受过训练的奴仆护送到教师那里。照样，律法的服事有如奴仆，把我们带到基督那里。我们被带到教师基督跟前以先，是在奴仆，就是律法的照顾之下。父神用律法作奴仆照管我们，并且把我们引到基督那里。在基督来到以前，我们被放在律法手下，那时律法是我们的监护人。律法负责照顾并保护神的选民，最终把他们引到基督那里。一旦我们被引到基督跟前，我们便本于信得称义了。因为信仰已经来到－那就是说，基督已经来到－我们就不再在奴仆的看管之下了。现在我们领会甚么是羊圈。基督还未来以先，神将祂的选民放在律法的看管之下，律法就是那个圈。例如，你若去访问牧场乡村，你会发现羊群大部分时间都不留在圈内。一年中大半时间羊群都在草场。草场才是他们久留之处，而羊圈只是暂时的地方。只有在草场没有准备好的时候，羊群才被看守在圈内。羊圈是暂时用来看管并保护羊群，直到草场准备妥当。这正好说明基督就是草场，是神儿女永远居留之地。但是在基督未来以先，神豫备律法作羊圈，暂时看守、监禁祂的选民。
3The sheepfold, in its better usage, signifies the law of the Old Testament, but in its common and ordinary usage, it signifies Judaism, the religion of the law. Originally, before the first advent of Christ, God gave His law to the people of Israel. What was God’s purpose in giving them the law? Did He expect them to keep it? No, that was not His purpose. Galatians 3:23-26 reveals God’s purpose in giving the law. “But before faith came we were guarded under law, being shut up unto the faith which was about to be revealed. So the law has become our child-conductor unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But faith having come, we are no longer under a child- conductor; for you are all the sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.” Before faith in Christ came, we were kept under the law. In other words, we were kept like sheep in a fold. The Greek word translated “kept” means confined. Before faith came — that is, before Christ came—the chosen people of God were confined under the law. They were “shut up” under the law. “Shut up” is a special word in Greek, meaning to be kept in custody or under special care in a ward. For instance, if the parents of a family pass away, the children might be put in the custody of their aunt or uncle. In other words, they are put under the care of someone else. This shows how the chosen people of God were placed under the custody of the law before faith in Christ came. The law kept God’sp eople under custody “unto the faith,” which is better translated as “for preparation to the faith.” Galatians 3:24 says that “the law has become our child-conductor unto Christ.” Actually, the translation of the King James Version for this verse is not adequate. In the Greek text it means that the law was our slave to bring us to our schoolmaster, who is Christ. In ancient times, the children of the rich, Jewish families were escorted to their schoolmaster by a trained slave. Likewise, the law served as a slave to bring us to Christ. Before we were brought to Christ, the schoolmaster, we were under the care of a slave, the law. God the Father used the law as a slave to take care of us and to bring us to Christ. Before Christ came, we were put under the hand of the law which was to be our custodian. The law was responsible for the care and protection of God’s chosen people and eventually it brought them to Christ. Once we have been brought to Christ, we are justified by faith. Since faith has come—that is, since Christ has come— we are no longer under the custody of the slave. Now we understand what is the sheepfold. Before Christ came, God put His chosen people under the custody of the law. The law was the fold. For example, if you visit the ranch country, you will discover that the sheep do not stay in the fold most of the time. Most of the year the sheep stay in the pasture. The pasture is the permanent place for them to stay, but the sheepfold is merely a temporary place. Only when the pasture is not ready will the sheep be kept in the fold. The fold is used temporarily to keep and protect the sheep until the pasture is ready. This illustrates that Christ is the pasture, the permanent place for the Lord’s children to stay. But before Christ came, God prepared the law as the sheepfold to keep and confine His chosen people temporarily.
4然而主来的时候，犹太宗教已经利用律法形成了犹太教。犹太教已经成了羊圈。当那个瞎子被主治好以前，他是被监禁在犹太教里的一只羊。当他被人从会堂中赶出来的时候，实际上就是从犹太教中被赶出来。因此他是从圈中被放出来了。从前他是羊圈里的一只羊，现在他从犹太教的圈中被赶出来了。
4However, when the Lord came, the Jewish religion had utilized the law to form Judaism. Judaism had become the sheepfold. Before the blind man was healed by the Lord, he was one of the sheep confined in Judaism. When he was cast out of the synagogue, he was actually driven out of Judaism. Therefore, he was put out of the fold. Formerly, he had been one of the sheep in the fold; now, he was cast out of the fold of Judaism.
2 羊象征神的选民
2. The Sheep Signifying God’s Chosen People
5羊就是神的选民。在已过的永远里，神照著祂的先见拣选了祂的百姓；在时间里，当基督未来以先，神将祂的选民放在律法的看管之下。基督来到之后，祂要祂所有的百姓都从律法的看管下出来。那被赶出犹太会堂，来到主耶稣这里的瞎子，乃是神的选民之一。他原是在律法的看管之下，但从其中被带出来，归于主自己。
5The sheep are God’s chosen people. In eternity past, God with His foresight had chosen His people. In time, before Christ came, God put His chosen people into the custody of the law. After Christ came, He wanted all of His people to come out of the law’s custody. The blind man who was cast out of the Jewish synagogue and who came to the Lord Jesus is one of God’s chosen people. He was under the custody of the law, but he was taken out of it unto the Lord Himself
3 门象征基督，为著『入』和『出』
3. The Door Signifying Christ for “Going in” and “Going out
6说基督是门，究竟有甚么意义？大多数基督徒以为这门是为叫人进天堂的。也许读本篇信息的人，有些仍然持有这观念。但这里的门并不是叫你进天堂的，因为这门使人能入也能出。这门若是进天堂的门，人怎能又出来?所以这门不是进入天堂的门。
6What does it mean to say that Christ is the door? Most Christians think that the door is for people to enter into heaven. Perhaps some of you reading this message still hold on to this concept. But the door here is not for you to go to heaven, for this door enables people to go in and out. If this door were the door into heaven, how could people go out of it? This door is not the door into heaven
7主乃是羊圈的门。原先这圈是律法，而主是进入律法的门。主不只是进入律法的门；祂也是叫人从律法出来的门。九节说，『我就是门；凡从我进来的，必要得救，并且必要入，必要出，也必要找著草场。』基督是门，不仅为著旧约时代神的选民，如摩西、大卫、以赛亚、耶利米等，在基督来到以前，进入律法的看管；也为著神所拣选的人，如彼得、雅各、约翰、保罗等，在基督来到以后，从律法的圈里出来。因此，主在这里指明祂是门，不仅为著神的选民进入，也为著神所拣选的人出来。那些进入律法的人，就如摩西、写诗篇的人、申言者。基督是门，叫这些人进到律法的圈内。换句话说，他们藉基督，也为基督，进入这羊圈。我们若采纳这观点，我们读摩西的著作、诗篇，以及众申言者的书时，便能了解他们是藉基督进入神的律法。基督乃是他们进入律法的入口。
7The Lord is the door to the sheepfold. Originally, the fold was the law, and the Lord was the door into the law. The Lord was not only the door into the law; He is also the door for people to come out of the law. Verse 9 says, “I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he shall be saved, and shall go in and go out and shall find pasture.” Christ is the door, not only for God’s elect to enter into the custody of the law, as did Moses, David, Isaiah, Jeremiah, etc., in the Old Testament time before Christ came; but also for God’s chosen people, such as Peter, James, John, and Paul, to come out of the fold of the law after Christ came. So the Lord indicates in verse 9 that He is the door not only for God’s chosen people to go in, but also for God’s chosen people to go out. Those who went into the law were people like Moses, the psalmists, and the prophets. Christ was the door for these people to go into the fold of the law. In other words, they went into the fold through Christ and for Christ. If we adopt this point of view when reading the writings of Moses, the psalmists, and the prophets, we will realize that they entered into the law of God through Christ. Christ was their entrance into the law.
8主耶稣来的时候，好些人仍在羊圈之中。然而，耶稣来后，神就无意再把祂所拣选的人留在律法的圈里了。神要他们从律法出来，进到基督里。因此，那时基督不再是为神所拣选之人进入羊圈的门；祂乃是为那些已经在圈内的人出来的门。那个瞎子就是从圈里出来的人。从前所有神所差遣的仆人都藉基督进入律法。但基督已经来到，圈内还是满了被监禁的羊。他们该怎么办?他们必须藉著基督从圈里出来。在旧约时代，神打发祂好些仆人藉著基督进入律法。如今在新约时代，神要藉著基督作门，将祂的百姓从律法中带出来。现在我信你们领会，羊圈就是旧约的律法，犹太人利用这律法形成犹太宗教。然后犹太教成了一个圈，监禁一切主所拣选的人。但是基督已经来到，草场也豫备好了。因此羊不需要再被监禁在犹太人律法的看管之下。他们必须得释放，脱离律法的圈，好叫他们能享受草场一切的丰富。简要的说，基督作门，是羊圈的进出口。首先，旧约圣徒藉基督作门进到圈中，就是律法中。现今新约信徒藉著基督作同一个门，从律法中出来。其次，这律法的圈是神用来看守并照顾祂儿女的奴仆。然后，律法是神用来把他们带到基督自己，就是教师那里的。他们被送到教师那里之后，就不需要再留在奴仆手下。律法的圈，就是那成了犹太教的，监禁了祂所有的选民。但基督是门，新约信徒藉祂得以从犹太教出来，进入祂这草场。再者，主也是牧人。祂不只是圈的门，也是牧人。祂来呼召祂的百姓从圈中出来，并且祂的羊能认出祂的声音。祂是头一个从圈中，就是从律法中出来的。现在祂走在祂羊的前头，这些羊至终都要跟随祂。彼得、雅各和约翰，从犹太教中出来了。甚至保罗也从犹太教里出来了。所有信主耶稣的犹太人，都跟随祂从犹太教的圈中出来了。
8At the time the Lord Jesus came, so many people were still in the fold. However, after the coming of Jesus, God no longer intended to keep His chosen people in the fold of the law. God wanted them to come out of the law into Christ. Thus, by that time, Christ no longer was the door for God’s chosen people to enter into the fold; He was the door for those who were already in the fold to come out. The blind man was one who was coming out of the fold. Formerly, all of the servants sent by God went into the law through Christ. But although Christ had come, the fold was still full of sheep who were confined within it. What should they do? They had to come out of the fold through Christ. During the Old Testament age, God sent many of His servants into the fold of the law through Christ. Now during the New Testament age, God intends to bring His people out of the law through Christ as the door. Now I believe you understand that the sheepfold was the Old Testament law, which was utilized by the Jews to form the religion of Judaism. Then Judaism became the fold to confine all of the Lord’s chosen people. But Christ has come and the pasture is ready. Therefore, there is no need for the sheep to be confined any longer in the custody of the Judaistic law. They must be released from the fold of the law that they might enjoy all of the riches of the pasture. To summarize, Christ as the door is both the entrance and the exit of the sheepfold. Firstly, the Old Testament saints went into the fold, which was the law, through Christ as the door. Now the New Testament believers are to come out of the law through Christ as the same door. Next, the fold of the law was used by God as a slave to keep and take care of His children. It was used then to bring them to Christ Himself who was the schoolmaster. After they had been sent to the schoolmaster, there is no further need to remain under the hands of the slave. The fold of the law, which became Judaism, confined all of His chosen people. But Christ is the door through whom the New Testament believers may come out of Judaism and come into Him as the pasture. Moreover, the Lord is also the shepherd. He is not only the door of the fold, but also the shepherd. He comes to call His people out of the fold, and His sheep can recognize His voice. He is the first one out of the fold, which is the law. Now He walks before His sheep, who all will eventually follow Him. Peter, James, and John came out of Judaism. Even Paul came out of Judaism. All of the Jews who believed in the Lord Jesus followed Him out of the Judaistic fold.
9那个瞎子就是从犹太教中出来的人。他被赶出犹太教的会堂。他因著活的耶稣被赶出羊圈。因此主趁机说出这比喻。主让犹太人知道，他们的宗教只是一个圈。祂叫人知道，现今草场豫备好了，羊无须留在圈里。现今就是羊从圈中出来，享受草场丰富的时候。犹太人从会堂赶出去的那人，成了享受主作草场的人。主首先是门，再是牧人，最后是草场。牧人藉著自己作门，将所有的羊都从圈中带出来，将他们带到那作草场的祂自己那里。祂是牧人，将羊从圈中带出；祂是门，羊藉著祂被带出；并且祂是草场，羊被带到祂那里。祂藉著自己将羊从犹太教中带出来，归于祂自己，并为著祂自己。祂是一切－是出口，是牧人，是草场。
9The blind man was one who came out of Judaism. He was cast out of the synagogue of Judaism. He was cast out of that fold because of the living Jesus. Therefore, the Lord took the opportunity to speak forth this parable. The Lord let the Jews know that their religion was just a fold. He made it known that the pasture is now ready and that it was unnecessary for the sheep to remain in their fold. Now is the time for the sheep to come out of the fold and to enjoy the riches of the pasture. The one the Jewish people cast out of their synagogue became one who enjoyed the Lord as the pasture. The Lord is first the door, then the shepherd, and finally the pasture. The shepherd takes all of the sheep out of the fold through Himself as the door and brings them to Himself as the pasture. He is the shepherd who brought the sheep out of the fold; He is the door through whom the sheep are brought out; and He is the pasture to whom the sheep are brought. He simply brought the sheep out of Judaism through Himself, unto Himself, and for Himself. He is everything—the exit, the shepherd, and the pasture
4 草场象征基督是羊得𫗪养的地方
4. The Pasture Signifying Christ as the Feeding Place for the Sheep
10在圈外乃是青绿的草场，这里的草场，象征基督是羊得𫗪养的地方。在冬天或夜晚，草场不能用时，羊必须留在圈中。等到草场能用了，羊就不再需要留在圈中。留在圈中是过渡且暂时的；在草场上享受丰富才是终极且永久的。基督来到以前，律法是看守人的地方，在律法之下是过渡的。现今基督既已来到，神所有的选民就必须从律法出来，进入祂里4:3-面，享受祂作草场，（加三23～，四3～5，）这该是终极且永久的。现在是春天，是羊到草场上吃青草的时候。门徒彼得、雅各、约翰也曾在圈中，但他们出来享用基督作草场。当他们还在老宗教中的时候，他们在圈中饿得几乎要死。那里没有门，意思就是没有自由；没有草场，意思就是没有𫗪养。有一天他们遇见了基督，那永活者，牧人，祂说，『来跟从我。』他们便跟从祂出了羊圈，进入了草场。
10Outside the fold is the green pasture. Pasture here signifies Christ as the feeding place for the sheep. When the pasture is not available in the wintertime or in the night, the sheep must be kept in the fold. When the pasture is ready, there is no further need for the sheep to remain in the fold. To be kept in the fold is transitory and temporary. To be in the pasture to enjoy its riches is final and permanent. Before Christ came, the law was a ward, and to be under the law was transitory. Now, since Christ has come, all God’s chosen people must come out of the law and come to Him to enjoy Him as their pasture (Gal. 3:23-25; 5). This should be final and permanent. Now is the 25 springtime, the right time for the sheep to come out to the pasture and feed on the green grass. The disciples Peter, James, and John were also ones in the fold, but they came out of it to feed upon Christ as the pasture. When they were in the old religion, they were starved to death in the fold. There was no door, meaning there was no freedom, and there was no pasture, meaning there was no feeding. One day, they met Christ, the living One, the shepherd, and He said, “Come and follow Me.” They followed Him out of the fold and into the pasture.
11你若跟随主作你的牧人，就会激起一场风暴，逼得你从圈中出来。你无须挣扎或努力来跟从主耶稣出羊圈，因为只要你跟从祂，那个老宗教就会逼你出去。他们会把你赶出去。你越跟从这位活的耶稣，宗教就越要逼你出去。宗教忍受不了主耶稣，而主耶稣也绝不会留在宗教中。这两者是绝对不同的，绝不可能一致。耶稣是生命，宗教是生命以外的东西。活的耶稣就是不能忍受宗教。赞美主，我们都在宗教之外，并且在青绿的草场上得到𫗪养！草场当然不在圈中，乃在圈外。你若要享受草场，就必须从圈中出来。你一旦从圈中出来，就在草场上了。阿利路亚！我们需要说一些话是关于看门的，以及贼和强盗。看门的就是圣灵，贼与强盗乃是那些装作申言者的人。那些不从门进羊圈，倒从别处爬进去的申言者，他们活在旧约申言者之后，又在施浸者约翰以前。在这期间有好些人进到律法里，并不是藉著耶稣基督，乃是凭著自己进入的。他们装作神所差遣的申言者，但是所有正确的旧约申言者都是藉著基督，也是为著基督来的。换句话说，他们是从门进入律法的。在这些旧约申言者以后，有好些人进入律法，不是藉著基督，也不是为著基督；乃是凭著自己，也是为著自己进入的。他们就是贼，就是强盗，他们毁坏了神的百姓。在旧约申言者与施浸者约翰之间有四百年的期间。约有四百年之久，那些贼与强盗毁坏了神的选民。结果主说，贼来了，无非是要偷窃、杀害、毁坏；祂来了，是要叫羊得生命，并且得的更丰盛。（约十10。）这就是说，主来要将自己作生命分赐给祂的羊，因为祂是他们的草场。只要羊留在草场上，他们就要得到生命丰盛的供应。藉著在草场上得到𫗪养，羊要享受草场作他们丰盛的生命供应，因为主就是他们丰盛的生命。他们要更丰盛的享受主，更丰盛的经历主作他们的生命。
11If you follow the Lord as your shepherd, it will stir up a storm that will force you out of the fold. You do not need to strive or to exercise any effort to follow the Lord Jesus out of the fold, for, as long as you follow Him, the old religion will force you to get out. They will cast you out. The more you follow this living Jesus, the more religion will force you out. Religion cannot put up with Jesus, and Jesus will never remain in religion. These two are absolutely different, and there is no possibility of reconciling them. Jesus is life, and religion is something other than life. The living Jesus simply cannot tolerate religion. Praise the Lord that we are all out of religion and are feeding on the green pasture! The pasture certainly is not in the fold; it is outside of the fold. If you are going to enjoy the pasture, you must come out of the fold. Once you come out of the fold, you will find yourself in the pasture. Hallelujah! We need to say a word about who the doorkeeper and the thieves and robbers are. The doorkeeper is the Holy Spirit, and the thieves and robbers are those who pretended to be prophets. Those who did not enter into the fold by the door but by climbing up another way are the prophets who lived after the Old Testament prophets and before John the Baptist. During this time many came into the law not through Christ but by themselves. They pretended to be the prophets sent by God. But all of the proper Old Testament prophets came through Christ and for Christ. In other words, they came into the law through the door. After these Old Testament prophets, many people came into the law not through and for Christ, but by and for themselves. They were the thieves and robbers who damaged and spoiled God’s people. A period of four hundred years existed between the Old Testament prophets and John the Baptist. For approximately four hundred years those thieves and robbers damaged God’s chosen people. Consequently, the Lord said that the thief came to steal, to kill, and to destroy, but that He came that the sheep might have life and might have it abundantly (10:10). This means that the Lord came to impart Himself as life to His sheep because He is their pasture. As long as the sheep stay in the pasture, they will have the supply of life abundantly. By feeding on the pasture, the sheep will enjoy the pasture as their abundant life supply, for the Lord is their abundant life. They will enjoy the Lord and experience Him as their life more abundantly.
12主如何能成就这件作羊生命草场的事?要看见，草能被羊吃下去，必须经过死的过程。所有羊吃的活草，必须经过死的过程。因此我们会看见，主说祂必须为祂的羊舍命。首先祂必须死，好将祂自己当作生命供应给羊。
12How could the Lord fulfill this matter of being the pasture of life to the sheep? It is by realizing that the grass, in order to be eaten, must pass through the process of death. All of the living grass eaten by the sheep must pass through the process of death. Hence, as we shall see, the Lord said that He had to lay down His life for His sheep. He first had to die that He might minister Himself as life to the sheep
二 牧人、神的生命并魂的生命－为著羊群
B. The Shepherd, the Divine Life, and the Soulish Life for the Flock
1 基督是牧人
1. Christ Being the Shepherd
13我们已经看见基督是牧人，呼召祂的百姓从圈中出来。祂走在羊前头，祂的羊也跟著祂。祂是牧者，祂领羊从祂这门经过，从圈中出来，来到祂自己这草场上。
13We have seen that Christ is the shepherd who calls His people out of the fold. He walks before His sheep, and His sheep follow Him. As the shepherd, He takes the sheep out of the fold through Himself as the door and to Himself as the pasture
2 基督舍了祂的魂生命，叫羊得到神的生命
2. Christ Laying Down His Soulish Life that the Sheep May Have the Divine Life
14在十节主说，『我来了，是要叫羊得生命，并且得的更丰盛。』在十一节祂说，『我是好牧人，好牧人为羊舍命。』这两节的『生命，』原文是两个不同的字。在十节，希腊文是zoe，奏厄。这字在新约里是指永远、神圣的生命。在十一节，希腊文是Psuche，朴宿克，意魂，即魂生命，就是人的生命。这两节指明主耶稣有两种生命。主是人，有朴宿克的生命，人的生命；祂也是神，有奏厄的生命，神的生命。祂舍了祂的魂，祂的朴宿克生命，就是人的生命，为祂的羊成功救赎，（约十15，17～18，）使他们能有分于祂的奏厄生命，就是神的生命，（约十下，）永远的生命，（约十28，）使他们藉此得以合为一群，归于祂这一位牧人之下。祂这位好牧人，就是这样，并为著这目的，以神的生命𫗪养祂的羊。主这神的生命绝不可能被杀死。在祂钉十字架时被杀的，乃是祂人的生命。为作我们的救主，祂成了人，舍了祂人的生命，为我们完成救赎，好叫我们可以接受祂的奏厄生命。祂舍了祂人的生命，好叫我们蒙救赎之后，得到祂的奏厄生命，就是永远的生命。
14In verse 10 the Lord said, “I came that they may have life and may have it abundantly,” and in verse 11 He said, “I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.” In these two verses two different Greek words are used for life. In verse 10 the Greek word is zoe, which is the word used in the New Testament for the eternal divine life. In verse 11 the Greek word is psuche, the same word for soul, which means the soulish life, that is, the human life. These two verses indicate that the Lord Jesus has two kinds of lives. As a man the Lord has the psuche life, the human life, and as God He has the zoe life, the divine life. He laid down His soul, His psuche life, His human life, to accomplish redemption for His sheep (10:15, 17-18) that they might share His zoe life, His divine life (10:10), the eternal life (10:28), 10 by which they may be formed into one flock under Himself as the one shepherd. As the good shepherd, He feeds His sheep with the divine life in this way and for this purpose. The Lord’s divine life could never be slain. What was slain in His crucifixion was His human life. In order to be our Savior, He, as a man, laid down His human life to accomplish redemption for us that we might receive His zoe life. He laid down His human life in order that we, after being redeemed, might receive His zoe life, the eternal life.
3 藉生命合为一群，归于一个牧人之下
3. To Be Formed into One Flock by Life under One Shepherd
15牧人、神的生命、以及人的生命，都是为著羊群。在十六节，主说，『我另外有羊，不是属于这圈的；我必须领他们来，他们也要听我的声音，并且要成为一群，归一个牧人了。』谁是这不在犹太圈中的羊?他们就是外邦人。甚么是这一群?『一群』表征召会，基督的一个身体，（弗二14～，三6，）就是主藉著祂的死，把祂永远、神圣的生命分赐到众肢体里面所产生的。（约十10～18。）从前，这圈是犹太教；现在，这群乃是召会。羊圈从前是犹太教，如今仍是，羊群乃是召会。这羊群是召会，包括两班人－信主的犹太人和外邦人。主将两下带在一起，成为一群，归于一个牧人之下。如今这一群和一个牧人，就是一个身体和一个头。为甚么牧人、神圣的生命、以及人的生命，都是为著羊群?因为这羊群中的人是堕落的，需要救赎。牧人是人，有人的生命；祂牺牲了祂人的生命，为祂的羊群完成救赎。这样，祂的羊群蒙了救赎。然后，祂的羊群接受了祂神的生命，藉这神的生命，羊就生活在一起，成了羊群。这样，羊群就合为一个单位，一个整体。这不是凭人的生命，乃是凭神的生命完成的。在人的生命里，我们是被定罪的，是分裂的；在神的生命里，我们蒙了悦纳，并得以联合。在神的生命里，我们都是一个实体；意即我们是一群，在一个生命里归于一个牧人之下。我们若凭人的生命，不凭神的生命活著，我们只会引起麻烦。不仅如此，我们会成为外人，而离开羊群。每逢你凭人的生命活著，你就不再是羊，乃是外人了。羊乃是重生的人，有神的生命。我们都必须凭这神的生命活著，因而成为真正纯粹的羊，然后我们就都会在羊群中。只要我们凭人的生命活著，我们就会像野兽，也许是吃人的狮子，或是野马。我们若不凭神的生命活著，就不可能有羊群。这羊群是凭神的生命而产生、保全、维持、并形成的。弟兄和睦同居，是何等的善。（诗一三三1。）然而，和睦同居的意思，就是住在神的生命中。赞美主，在神的生命中我们真正是一，并且彼此相爱。这在我们人的朴宿克生命里是不可能的，只有在神的奏厄生命里才有可能。我们的牧人舍了祂的朴宿克生命，完成了救赎，叫我们得到这奏厄生命。如今我们是在奏厄生命里，归于一个牧人之下，成为一群。这不是一个组织，乃是在生命里的合群，太美妙了！阿路利亚！羊群不是宗教的事，乃是生命的事。
15The shepherd, the divine life, and the human life are all for the flock. In verse 16 the Lord said, “And I have other sheep which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they shall hear My voice, and there shall be one flock, one shepherd.” Who are the sheep that are not of this Jewish fold? They are the Gentiles. And what is this one flock? The one flock signifies the one church, the one Body of Christ (Eph. 2:1 4-1 6; 4:6), brought forth by 16 life, which the Lord imparted into His members through His death (John 10:10-18). Before, the fold was Judaism; now, the flock is the church. The sheepfold was, and still is, Judaism, but the flock is the church. The flock is the church which includes two peoples—the believing Jews and Gentiles. The Lord brings both together into one flock and under one shepherd. Now, the one flock and the one shepherd are the one Body and the one Head. Why are the shepherd, the divine life, and the human life all for the flock? Because the people in the flock are fallen persons in need of redemption. As a man, the shepherd had the human life. He sacrificed His human life in order to accomplish redemption for His flock. In this way His flock was redeemed. Then His flock received His divine life, and by this divine life the sheep live together as the flock. Thus, the flock is formed into one unit, into one entity. This is not accomplished by the human life, but by the divine life. In the human life we are condemned and divided; in the divine life we are accepted and united. In the divine life we are all one entity, meaning that we are one flock under one shepherd in one life. If we live by our human life and not by the divine life, we will only cause trouble. Furthermore, we would become strangers and stray away from the flock. Whenever you live by your human life, you are no longer a sheep but a stranger. A sheep is a regenerated person with the divine life. We all must live by the divine life and thus become genuine, real, and pure sheep. Then we shall all be in the flock. As long as we live by our human life, we will resemble a wild animal, perhaps a devouring lion or a wild horse. If we do not live by the divine life, there can be no flock. The flock is produced, kept, maintained, and formed by the divine life. How good it is for brethren to dwell together in unity (Psa. 133:1). However, dwelling in unity simply means to dwell in the divine life. Praise the Lord that in the divine life we are truly one and love one another. This is not possible in our human, psuche life, but only in the divine, zoe life. We receive this zoe life through the redemption accomplished by our shepherd who laid down His psuche life. He sacrificed His psuche life to accomplish redemption for us all that we might receive Him as our zoe life. Now we are in the zoe life under one shepherd to be one flock. This is not an organization; it is a flocking together in life. It is wonderful. Hallelujah! The flock is not a matter of religion, but of life.
三 永远的生命、子的手
C. The Eternal Life, the Son’s Hand, and
16并父的手－为著羊的稳固在十章二十八至二十九节主说，『我又赐给他们永远的生命，他们必永不灭亡，谁也不能从我手里把他们夺去。那把他们赐给我的父，比万有都大，谁也不能从我父手里把他们夺去。』永远的生命是为著信徒的生活。父因著祂的爱，照著祂的定旨而施行拣选的手，（约十七23，六38～39，）并子凭著祂的恩，为著完成父的定旨而施行拯救的手，（约一14，六37，）二者都有保守的大能，以保障信徒。永远的生命永不枯竭，父和子的手永不失误。
16the Father’s Hand for the Security of the Sheep In 10:28-29 the Lord says, “And I give to them eternal life, and they shall by no means perish forever, and no one shall snatch them out of My hand. My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all, and no one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.” The eternal life is for the believers’ living. Both the Son’s hand as the hand of power and the Father’s hand as the hand of love are for the believers’ protection. Eternal life shall never run out, and the hands of the Son and the Father shall never fail. So the believers are eternally secured and shall never perish
17所以信徒永远稳固，永不灭亡。
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18我刚开始在美国作工的时候，有许多亲爱的圣徒问我是否相信永远稳固。我总是回答说，『为甚么不信?』不久以后，人人都知道我的确相信这奇妙永远的稳固。只要我们有永远的生命，我们便有永远的稳固。还有甚么能比永远的生命更稳固的?在我灵中有真正的保险单。我不只有永远的生命，我还有两只手－父拣选的手，以及子拯救的手。这两只手抱住我，撒但无法将我夺去。藉这神圣的生命并这两只神圣的手，我永远稳固了。赞美主！这两只手总是儆醒的，没有人能将我们夺去。因此我们永不灭亡。我们有神圣的生活，并大能的保护。因此，我们这些羊是永远稳固的。不要在道理上争论是否永远稳固，我们享受这一事实。你有永远的稳固么?我不是问你信不信永远稳固，乃是问你有没有?不论我们在道理上相不相信永远稳固，我们都永远稳固了。
18When I first began to work in this country, many dear saints asked me if I believed in eternal security. I always answered, “Why not?” After awhile everyone knew that I do believe in the wonderful, eternal security. As long as we have eternal life, we have eternal security. What can be more secure than eternal life? I have the real insurance policy in my spirit. Not only do I have eternal life, but I have two hands—the Son’s hand of power and the Father’s hand of love. These two hands embrace me, and Satan is unable to snatch me out. I am eternally secured by the divine life and by these two divine hands. Praise the Lord! These hands are always on the alert, and no one can kidnap us. Therefore, we shall never perish. We have a divine living and an almighty protection. Thus, we, the sheep, are secured forever. Do not argue doctrinally about eternal security. We enjoy the fact. Do you have eternal security? I do not ask whether you believe in eternal security but whether you have it. Regardless of whether or not we believe in the doctrine of eternal security, we are eternally secured.
四 宗教的逼迫
D. The Persecution of Religion
19在三十节主说，『我与父原是一。』主在这里确言祂的神性，说祂自己就是神。（约十33，五18，一1，二十，约壹五20，腓二6。）犹太人就拿石头要打祂，说，『我们不是为善事拿石头打你，乃是为你的僭妄，又为你是个人，反将自己当作神。』（约十33。）犹太人逼迫耶稣，是因为祂的『僭妄。』今天也是一样。宗教声称我们传异端。宗教想要保护其『信仰。』其实他们是不信的。他们是保护虚空。因此，他们逼迫主耶稣。
19In verse 30 the Lord said, “I and the Father are one.” Here the Lord asserts His deity, that He is God (10:33; 5:18; 1:1; 20:28; 1 John 5:20; Phil. 2:6). The Jews took up stones in order to stone Him, saying, “We are not 28 stoning you for a good work, but for blasphemy; and because you, being a man, are making yourself God” (10:33). The Jews persecuted Christ because of His “blasphemy.” It is the same today. Religion claims that we preach heresy. Religion was trying to protect its “belief.” Actually, they had no belief. They had unbelief and they were protecting vanity. Therefore, they persecuted the Lord Jesus.
五 生命对宗教的离弃，及生命的新立场
E. Life’s Desertion of Religion and Life’s New Standing
20在十章四十至四十二节，我们看见生命对宗教的离弃，及生命的新立场。基督离弃了犹太教，到施浸者约翰传新约福音的地方。这是非常有意义的。主离弃了犹太教，为新约取得了一个新立场。今天我们在这里，就是在这新立场上。我们跟随牧人，我们在草场上，并且我们有新的立场。主放弃犹太教的时候终于来了。虽然宗教徒又想要捉拿祂，祂却逃出了他们的手。（约十39。）祂往约但河外去，到了施浸者约翰起初为祂施浸之处。热心宗教的犹太人曾用律法来形成犹太教，这犹太教曾监禁了神的选民。然而，施浸者约翰却绝对从犹太教中分别出来；因为他住在旷野，就是在耶路撒冷城外，约但河外。施浸者约翰住在旷野，一直将人指向基督自己。施浸者约翰所以将人指向基督，因为羊圈时代已经过去，新的时代已经开始。神所有的选民都必须放弃羊圈，来到主这里。施浸者约翰的见证就是催促人从圈中出来，进入草场。
20In 10:40-42 we see life’s desertion of religion and life’s new standing. Christ deserted Judaism and went to the place where John the Baptist preached the New Testament gospel. This is very meaningful. The Lord deserted Judaism and took a new standing for the New Testament. Today we are here on this new standing. We are following the shepherd, we are on the pasture, and we have a new standing. The hour finally came that the Lord gave up Judaism. Although the religionists sought to take Him again, He escaped out of their hands (10:39). He went beyond Jordan into the place where John the Baptist earlier had baptized Him. The religious Jews had used the law to form Judaism, which had confined the chosen people of God. However, John the Baptist was absolutely separated out of Judaism because he lived in the wilderness, which was outside of Jerusalem beyond the Jordan. John the Baptist lived in the wilderness, always pointing to Christ Himself. John the Baptist pointed to Christ because the age of the sheepfold was over and a new age had begun. All of the chosen people of God had to give up the fold and come to Him. The testimony of John the Baptist was simply that of urging people to come out of the fold and to enter the pasture
21在施浸者约翰宣告基督之后，主就进入羊圈，要将羊从圈中带出来。当然，祂不是偷羊。祂进到犹太教里，要叫祂的羊听见祂的声音，而从圈中出来。祂从圈中出来，走在祂羊的前头，就带领祂的羊从圈中出来。主从犹太教中出来之后，祂就到施浸者约翰为祂作见证的地方。祂到了约但河外的旷野，就是表征祂从犹太教出来，到了犹太教之外的地方。
21After John the Baptist’san noun cement of Christ, the Lord went into the fold in order to bring the sheep out of the fold. Of course, He was not stealing the sheep. He went into Judaism in order that His sheep might hear His voice and come out of the fold. By coming out of the fold and by walking ahead of His sheep, He led His sheep out of the fold. After the Lord came out of Judaism, He went to the very place where John the Baptist had testified of Him. His going to the wilderness beyond Jordan was a sign of His coming out of Judaism and going to a place that was outside of Judaism.
22这一章最后说，有许多人来到祂那里，并且信入祂。（约十41～42。）你知道这件事的意义么?这意思就是许多人跟随祂，像羊跟随牧人一样。祂是牧人，进到羊圈中，把羊领出来。当祂从羊圈中出来，所有的羊都跟随祂到一个地方，那地方的见证就是放弃旧约而体认新约。旧约的见证是羊圈，而新约的见证乃是基督为草场。你是一只羊么?草场豫备好了，你还宁愿留在圈内么?你还喜欢被监禁看守在羊圈之内么？或者你要从圈中出来，进入草场享受基督的丰富?今天主耶稣不再在犹太教里。那位好牧人不再在圈里。祂留在新约见证所建立的地方。祂已放弃了羊圈，留在祂作草场的地方。因此你也必须放弃这圈，到祂这里来。这就是说，你必须放弃『犹太教，』来接受基督作你的一切。祂之于你乃是一切。看看羊群，草场就是牠们的一切。羊享受草场作安息之所、食粮、水、生命供应，以及其他的一切。你也必须从圈中出来，进入草场；那就是说，你必须从『犹太教』出来，单单到基督那里。你必须从『律法』出来，到享受基督的地方。基督现今在那里?基督是在各种犹太教的团体之外，在施浸者约翰见证祂的地方。现在你知道这一章的正确意义了。这一章乃是瞎子得医治这事例的结论。在基督未来以先，神所有的选民都在羊圈里。如今基督既已来到，羊圈的时代就过去了。你必须离开羊圈，来到基督跟前。现在就是你接受基督作草场，并且享受祂作一切的时候。你必须活在祂里面，接受祂作你的一切。想想这幅图画。看看羊和草场，你看草场之于羊是何等重要。如果你真是一只羊，你就会告诉人，你何等渴望从圈中出来，因为在圈中有太多的辖制和拘禁。你根本没有自由，因为你被留在看守人的监管之下。现在你知道那里有草场，有自由，有生命的供应。
22This chapter finally says that many people went to Him and believed in Him (10:41-42). Do you know the significance of this? It simply means that many people followed Him as sheep follow a shepherd. He is the shepherd who went into the sheepfold to lead the sheep out. When He came out of the sheepfold, all of the sheep followed Him to a place where the testimony was that of giving up the Old Testament and realizing the New Testament. The testimony of the Old Testament was the sheepfold, but the testimony of the New Testament is Christ as the pasture. Are you a sheep? Do you prefer to remain in the fold when the pasture is ready? Do you still like to be confined and kept under the custody of the fold? Or will you come out of the fold and go into the pasture to enjoy the riches of Christ? Today, the Lord Jesus is no longer in Judaism. The Good Shepherd is no longer in the fold. He is staying where the testimony of the New Testament is established. He has given up the fold and is staying in the place where He is the pasture. Therefore, you also must give up the fold and come to Him. This means that you must give up “Judaism” and come to take Christ as your everything. He is everything to you. Just look at the sheep. The pasture is everything to them. The sheep enjoy the pasture as the resting place, the food, the water, the life supply, and as everything else. You too must come out of the fold and go into the pasture—that is, you must come out of “Judaism” and go to Christ alone. You have to come out of the “law” and go to the place where Christ is enjoyed. Where is Christ now? Christ is outside of all the Judaistic types of groups and in the place where John the Baptist testified of Him. Now you know the right meaning of this chapter, which is the conclusion of the case concerning the blind man who was healed. Before Christ came, all of God’s chosen people were in a sheepfold. Now, since Christ has come, the time of the sheepfold is over. You must leave the fold in order to come to Christ. Now is the time for you to take Christ as your pasture and to enjoy Him as your everything. You must live in Him and take Him as your all. Consider this picture. Look at the sheep and the pasture and see how much the pasture means to the sheep. If you are truly a sheep, you will tell people how you long to be out of the fold, because in it there is too much bondage and confinement. There is simply no freedom because you are kept under the custody of a guardian. Now you know where there is the pasture, the freedom, and the life supply.
23基督是那包罗万有的草场。圈是律法和犹太教。基督是圈的出口，也是牧人，领你从圈内出来，把你带来归于祂自己。祂能成为你的一切。祂如今就是你的草场。容我再重复一遍。现今基督在那里?祂不在犹太教里，乃是在新约得到见证的地方。基督是在施浸者约翰见证祂的地方。这是非常有意义的，因为今天主是在圈外，并且站在新的立场上，在那里祂是神所拣选之人的一切。因此，你必须从那老旧的圈中出来，进入新的草场，在那里基督自己是你的一切。
23Christ is the all-inclusive pasture. The fold is the law and Judaism. Christ, the very exit out of the fold, is the shepherd who leads you out of the fold and brings you to Himself who can be everything to you. He is now your pasture. Allow me to repeat once again. Where is Christ now? He is not in Judaism, but in the very place where the New Testament is testified. Christ is in the place where John the Baptist testified of Him. This is very meaningful because the Lord is now out of the fold and is standing in a new position where He is everything to the chosen people of God. Therefore, you must come out of the old fold and go into the new pasture where Christ Himself is everything to you