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使徒行传生命读经 · 第16篇

藉著彼得一班同工的职事，在犹太地的繁殖（十一）

The Propagation in Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria through the Ministry of Peter’s Company (11)
1读经：使徒行传四章一至三十一节。在行传三章彼得陈明，基督这位医治者是神的仆人、圣别者、公义者、生命的创始者、申言者、以及地上万族都要因祂得福的后裔。因这医治者是生命的创始者，所以每当我们呼求祂，我们就享受舒爽的时期。祂是申言者，同我们讲说神；我们也因祂这位亚伯拉罕的后裔得福。基督这位奇妙医治者的这些方面都是为著我们的。然而，在行传三章，我们没有看见这位医治者是为著神的经纶，神的定旨，神的建造。但在四章，彼得得了机会进一步陈明这位医治者，陈明祂是为著神建造的石头。关于这一点，四章十一、十二节说，『祂是你们匠人所轻弃的石头，已成了房角的头块石头。除祂以外，别无拯救，因为在天下人间，没有赐下别的名，我们可以靠著得救。』在本篇信息中，我们要释放进一步的话，论到基督是为著神建造的石头。
1Scripture Reading: Acts 4:1-31 In chapter three of Acts Peter presents Christ, the Healer, as God’s Servant, the Holy One, the Righteous One, the Author of life, the Prophet, and the seed in whom all families of the earth will be blessed. Because this Healer is the Author of life, whenever we call on Him we enjoy a season of refreshing. As the Prophet, He speaks God to us, and in Him as the seed of Abraham we are blessed. All these aspects of Christ as the wonderful Healer are for us. However, in Acts 3 we do not see that this Healer is for God’secon o my, God’s purpose, God’s building. But in chapter four Peter was given the opportunity to present this Healer in a further way, presenting Him as a stone for God’s building. Concerning this, 4:11 and 12 say, “This is the stone which was despised by you, the builders, which has become the cornerstone. And there is no salvation in any other; for neither is there another name under heaven given among men in which we must be saved.” In this message we shall give a further word on Christ as the stone for God’s building
2神居所的房角石神成为肉体来作石头，是要建造祂宇宙的居所；而本该是匠人的犹太首领，却轻弃这石头。然而，神使祂成为房角的头块石头。犹太首领越弃绝祂，神越使用祂。首先，祂是石头只是一般的。但祂被犹太首领弃绝以后，神在复活里使祂成为房角石。起初祂是普通的石头，然后犹太首领弃绝祂，将祂杀害。但神宝贵祂，叫祂从死人中复活，使祂成为特别的石头，房角石，就是联络建筑物两堵墙的特出石头。基督是神居所的房角石。
2THE CORNERSTONE OF GOD’S HABITATION God came in incarnation to beast one for the building up of His universal habitation, but the Jewish leaders, who should have been the builders, despised this stone. However, God made Him the cornerstone. The more the Jewish leaders rejected Him, the more God used Him. First, He was a stone only in a general way. But after the rejection by the Jewish leaders, God in resurrection made Him the cornerstone. At first He was a common stone. Then Jewish leaders rejected Him by killing Him. But God honored Him by raising Him up from among the dead and making Him a particular stone, the cornerstone, the very prominent stone that joins the walls of a building. Christ is the cornerstone of God’s habitation
3彼得对基督是石头的认识在约翰一章我们看见安得烈把他哥哥西门彼得带到主耶稣那里。『耶稣看看他说，你是约翰的儿子西门，你要称为矶法。（矶法繙出来，就是彼得。）』（约一42。）后来在该撒利亚腓立比的境内，主耶稣问门徒说，『你们说我是谁？』（太十六15。）彼得带头宣告说，『你是基督，是活神的儿子。』（太十六16。）主回应彼得的话说，『我还告诉你，你是彼得，我要把我的召会建造在这磐石上。』(太十六18。）这里『彼得』这名的意思是石头，就是为著神建造的材料。主耶稣似乎说，『你是彼得，是一块石头，我要用石头建造我的召会。』
3PETER’S KNOWLEDGE OF CHRIST AS THE STONE In John 1 we see that Andrew brought his brother, Simon Peter, to the Lord Jesus. “Looking at him, Jesus said, You are Simon the son of John; you shall be called Cephas (which translated means a stone)” (v. 42). Later, in Caesarea Philippi, the Lord Jesus asked His disciples, “But you, who do you say that I am?” (Matt. 16:15). Peter took the lead to declare, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God” (v. 16). In His response to Peter, the Lord said, “I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church” (v. 18). Here the name “Peter” means a stone, which is material for God’s building. The Lord Jesus seemed to be saying, “You are Peter, a stone. I will build my church with stones.”
4无疑的，主的话必定给彼得深刻的印象，虽然他当时可能不领会这话。然而，赐生命的灵吹到他里面。经纶的灵吹到他身上以后，彼得就成了属灵的人，有素质的灵在他里面，经纶的灵在他身上。他是这样的一个人，必定开始领会主论到他是石头的话。彼得也许对自己说，『我记得头一次遇见主的时候，祂说祂要赐给我一个新名，意思是石头。后来祂叫我「彼得，」并且说要把祂的召会建造在磐石上。现在我明白主说的话了。』有了这个领会，彼得在行传四章就能陈明主耶稣是匠人所轻弃的石头，却成了房角的头块石头。后来他在年老的时候，写他第一封书信，说到主是活石，信徒是活石，为著神的建造：『你们来到祂这为人所弃绝，却为神所拣选所宝贵的活石跟前，也就像活石，被建造成属灵的殿。』（彼前二4～5上。）按照行传三、四章，彼得不仅认识那医治者是神的仆人、圣别者、公义者、生命的创始者、申言者、以及全地都要因祂得福的后裔，也认识祂是为著神建造的石头。我不信历代以来有多少人根据圣经教导耶稣基督是为著神建造的石头。祂不仅是仆人、圣别者、公义者、生命的创始者、申言者和后裔，祂也是为著神建造的石头。按照四章十二节，这石头乃是我们可以靠著得救的那一位。因此，祂是石头救主。祂是石头救主，乃是坚实、刚强、可靠的。我们可以倚靠祂，站立在祂上面。这石头是磐石、基石、房角石。我们在撒迦利亚四章七节看见，祂甚至是顶石。基督是为著神建造的材料。神的建造完全是出于基督的。
4No doubt, the Lord’s word must have made a deep impression on Peter, even though it is not likely that he understood it at the time. However, after the life- giving Spirit had been breathed into him and after the economical Spirit had blown upon him, Peter became a man of Spirit, a man with the essential Spirit within him and the economical Spirit upon him. As such a man he surely began to understand the Lord’sword concerning him being a stone. Peter might have said to himself, “I recall that when I first met the Lord, He said that He would give me a new name, a name that means stone. Later He called me ‘Peter’ and said that He would build His church upon a rock. Now I understand what the Lord was saying.” Having this understanding, Peter in Acts 4 could present the Lord Jesus as the stone despised by the builders but which has become the cornerstone. Later, when he had become old, he wrote his first Epistle, in which he spoke of the Lord as the living stone and of the believers as living stones for God’s building: “To whom coming, a living stone, having been rejected by men, but with God chosen, held in honor, you yourselves also, as living stones, are being built up a spiritual house” (1 Pet. 2:4-5a). According to Acts 3 and 4, Peter knew the Healer not only as God’s Servant, the Holy One, the Righteous One, the Author of life, the Prophet, and the seed in whom all the earth would be blessed; he also knew Him as the stone for God’s building. I do not believe that throughout the centuries many have taught from the Word that Jesus Christ is a stone for God’s building. He is not only the Servant, the Holy One, the Righteous One, the Author of life, the Prophet, and the seed; He is a stone for God’s building. According to 4:12, this stone is the One in whom we can be saved. Hence, He is the Stone-Savior. As the Stone-Savior, He is solid, strong, and reliable. We can rely on Him and stand on Him. This stone is the rock, the foundation stone, and the cornerstone. In Zechariah 4:7 we see that He is even the topstone. Christ is the material for God’s building. God’s building is entirely of Christ.
5靠著那包罗万有者的名得救有些人听到我们按照圣经说，基督是神建造里的房角石、基石、顶石，甚至是所有的石头，也许会指控我们教导泛神论。这是不实的指控。不错，我们说基督是我们的食物、空气、水、光、门、衣著、居所，但这确实不是泛神论。基督不彀资格作我们的食物和饮料么？祂不彀资格作我们的空气、衣著、门和居所么？祂不是为著神建造的基石、房角石、顶石以及所有的石头么？基督当然彀资格作这一切。然而，今天有些人减损基督的资格，反而不实的控告那些根据圣经，教导基督是包罗万有、是一切又在一切之内的人，为泛神论者。新约启示基督是一切，又在一切之内，（西三11，）我们是这位是一切又在一切之内者的丰满。（弗一23。）何等奇妙，我们是基督的丰满来彰显祂！
5SAVED IN THE NAME OF THE ALL-INCLUSIVE ONE When some hear that we say according to the Scriptures that Christ is the cornerstone, the foundation stone, the topstone, and even all the stones in God’s building, they may accuse us of teaching pantheism. This is a false accusation. Yes, we say that Christ is our food, air, water, light, door, clothing, and dwelling place, although this certainly is not pantheism. Is Christ not qualified to be our food and drink? Is He not qualified to be our air, clothing, door, and dwelling place? Is He not the foundation stone, the cornerstone, the topstone, and all the stones for God’s building? Surely Christ is qualified to be all these things. However, today some detract from Christ’s qualifications and falsely accuse as pantheists those who teach from the Bible that Christ is all-inclusive, that He is all in all. The New Testament reveals that Christ is all in all (Col. 3:11), and we are the fullness of this One who is all in all (Eph. 1:23). How wonderful that we are Christ’s fullness to express Him!
6我们乃是靠著耶稣基督这包罗万有者的名得救的。你知道祂的名为何这样有能力么？祂的名大有能力，因为祂是那奇妙、包罗万有的一位。我们已经靠著耶稣基督的名得救，祂是那包罗万有者。基督这包罗万有者，乃是神、人、父、子、灵、磐石、根基、房角石、顶石、门、我们的食物、饮料、衣著、生命、力量、能力、功用、行动、生活、话语、气息、视力、听力。哦，基督之于我们的一切，岂能述尽说竭！由于传统的影响，有些人说我们不该使用新辞发表基督的所是。他们宣称，我们只该用教父、会议和传统教训所使用的辞。这给神的子民加上很大的限制。我们需要突破这限制，在必要的时候使用新辞，来传达基督的包罗万有。我们不该信靠传统神学，因为那限制我们，甚至误导我们。我们需要看见圣经中基督的所有方面，特别要看见，我们的基督有一方面是为著神建造的石头。为著这建造的石头，阿利路亚！
6It is in the name of Jesus Christ, the all-inclusive One, that we are saved. Do you know why His name is so powerful? His name is powerful because He is the wonderful, all-inclusive One. We have been saved in the name of Jesus Christ, and He is the all-inclusive One. As the all-inclusive One, Christ is God, man, the Father, the Son, the Spirit, the rock, the foundation, the cornerstone, the topstone, the door, our food, our drink, our clothing, our life, our strength, our ability, our function, our walk, our living, our words, our breath, our sight, our hearing. Oh, it is impossible to exhaust all that Christ is to us! Due to the influence of tradition, some say that we should not use new terms to express what Christ is. They claim that we should use only those terms used by the church fathers, the councils, and traditional teachings. This imposes a great restriction on God’sp eople. We need to break through this restriction and use new terms when necessary to convey the all-inclusiveness of Christ. We should not trust in traditional theology, for it restricts us and even misleads us. We need to see in the Word all the aspects of Christ. In particular, our Christ has the aspect of being a stone for God’s building. Hallelujah for this building stone
绊脚的石头、砸人的石头、
THE STUMBLING STONE, THE SMITING STONE
7繁殖的石头、建造的石头
7the propagating stone and the building stone
8基督不仅是为著神建造的石头，也是绊脚的石头和砸人的石头。论到祂自己是绊脚的石头和砸人的石头，主耶稣说，『那跌在这石头上的，必要跌碎；这石头掉在谁身上，就要把谁砸得粉碎，簸散如糠秕。』（太二一。）对于信徒，基督是我们所信靠的基石。（赛二八16。）但对于不信的犹太人，祂是绊脚的石头，（赛八～15，罗九32～33，）对于列国，祂将是砸人的石头。按照但以理二章三十四、三十五节，基督这石头在祂回来时要砸碎列国。对我们信徒而言，基督不是绊脚的石头，也不是砸人的石头－祂乃是建造的石头，甚至是繁殖的石头。对于我们，祂已经成为建造的石头。首先，我们成为祂的繁殖，现今祂正将我们建造在一起，成为神的居所。祂是为著神建造的建造者和材料。祂是石头救主。在神的经纶里，祂正建造祂永远的居所。祂对犹太人和列国，分别是绊脚的石头和砸人的石头；但对我们，祂是繁殖的石头和建造的石头。
8Christ is not only the stone for God’s building; He is also the stumbling stone and the smiting stone. Concerning Himself as the stumbling stone and smiting stone, the Lord Jesus said, “He who falls on this stone shall be broken to pieces, but on whomever it falls, it shall scatter him as chaff” (Matt. 21:44). To the believers, Christ is the foundation 44 stone in whom we trust (Isa. 28:16). But to the unbelieving Jews, He is the stumbling stone (Isa. 8:14-15; Rom. 9:32-33), and to the nations He will 14 be the smiting stone. According to Daniel 2:34 and 35, Christ as the stone will smite the nations at His coming back. For us as believers Christ is neither the stumbling stone nor the smiting stone—He is the building stone, even the propagating stone. For us, He has become the building stone. First, we became His propagation, and now He is building us up together into God’s dwelling place. He is both the Builder and the material for God’s building. He is the Stone-Savior. In God’secon o my He is building His eternal habitation. For the Jews and the nations respectively, He is the stumbling stone and the smiting stone. But to us He is the propagating stone and the building stone.
从泥土人到石头城
FROM A CLAY-MAN TO A STONE-CITY
9石头在圣经中是主要的项目。在创世记，神用泥土创造人，（创二7，）因此，头一个人是泥土人。然后神亲自来作人，这人是石头人。在圣经末了，启示录这卷书中，有一座石头城，一座用石头建造的城。所以，圣经开始于泥土人，继之以石头人，完成于石头城。这是神的经纶。
9In the Bible stone is a major item. In Genesis God created a man of clay (Gen. 2:7). Hence, the first man was a clay-man. Then God Himself came to be a man, and this man was a stone-man. At the end of the Bible, in the book of Revelation, we have a stone-city, a city built of stone. Therefore, the Bible begins with a clay- man, continues with a stone-man, and consummates in a stone-city. This is God’secon o my
圣经中关于石头的启示
THE REVELATION IN THE BIBLE
CONCERNING THE STONE
10研读圣经不是容易的事。我们若要正确的研读神的话，就需要一些技巧。人若缺少必要的技巧，读使徒行传就可能注意神迹、奇事和彼得的影子（徒五15）这类的事。他们可能不注意匠人所弃绝的石头。然而，我们需要看见基督是建造石头的重要。
10It is not an easy matter to study the Bible. We need certain skills if we are to properly study the Word of God. Those who lack the necessary skills may in their reading of the book of Acts pay attention to such things as signs, wonders, and Peter’ss had ow (5:15). They may not pay attention to the stone rejected by the builders. We, however, need to see the importance of Christ as the building stone
在旧约里
In the Old Testament
11圣经的开头有生命树、河与石头。按照创世记二章，神创造了人以后，将人安置在生命树跟前。（创一8～9。）那里又告诉我们：『有河从伊甸流出来滋润那园子，从那里分为四道。』（创二10。）创世记二章说到河，连带说到金子、珍珠和玛瑙石。（创二12。玛瑙石原译红玛瑙。下同。）这是圣经中头一次题到石头。
11At the beginning of the Bible we have the tree of life, a river, and a stone. According to Genesis 2, after God created man, He placed him in front of the tree of life (vv. 8-9). We are also told that a “river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads” (v. 10). In relation to the river Genesis 2 speaks of gold, bdellium, and onyx stone (v. 12). This is the first mention of stone in the Bible.
12我们在旧约里一再读到石头。例如，大祭司穿的以弗得，肩上有玛瑙石，大祭司的胸牌上镶了十二块宝石。（出二八8～12，21。）这些石头上刻著以色列十二支派的名字。这含示在神看来，神的选民该成为石头。我们在旧约里也读到裂开的磐石，从其中流出生命的水。（出十七5～6。）在哥林多前书保罗告诉我们，这磐石就是基督：『也都喝了一样的灵水；所喝的是出于随行的灵磐石，那磐石
12In the Old Testament we read of stone again and again. For example, onyx stones were on the shoulder of the ephod worn by the high priest, and twelve stones were set into the high priest’s breastplate (Exo. 28:8-12, 21). On these stones were engraved the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. This implies that God’s chosen people should become stones in His sight. In the Old Testament we also read of the cleft rock out from which flowed the water of life (Exo. 17:5-6). In 1 Corinthians Paul tells us that this rock was Christ: “They drank of a spiritual rock which followed them, and the rock was Christ” (1 Cor. 10:4
13就是基督。』（林前十4。）
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14以赛亚八章十四、十五节说到绊脚的石头。但以赛亚二十八章十六节说，『看哪，我在锡安放一块石头，作为根基，是试验过的石头，是稳固根基，宝贵的房角石。』对反对的人，基督是绊脚的石头；但对我们，祂是基石和房角石。不仅如此，撒迦利亚说到基督是顶石：『他必搬出一块石头，安在殿顶上；人且大声欢呼，说，愿
14Isaiah 8:14 and 15 speak of a rock for stumbling. But Isaiah 28:16 says, “Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation.” To His opposers Christ is the rock that stumbles them, but to us He is the foundation stone and the cornerstone. Furthermore, Zechariah speaks of Christ as the topstone: “He shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it” (Zech. 4:7
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15In the New Testament
16恩惠恩惠，归与这殿。』（亚四7。）在新约里
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17在新约里，我们读到更多关于石头的话。主耶稣称彼得为石头，并指明神自己是磐石。（约一42，太十六。）基督要用信徒为石头，把祂的召会建造在这磐石上。在林前三章十一节保罗说，基督是那已经立好的惟一根基，我们应当用金、银、宝石在这根基上建造。在彼前二章四至五节，我们看见主耶稣是活石，我们也是活石，被建造成属灵的殿。然后在启示录主说，得胜者要得著一块白石，表征他们在神看来成了宝石。（启二17。)不仅如此，在启示录四章，神坐在宝座上，显出来的样子好像碧玉和红宝石：『那位坐著的，显出来的样子好像碧玉和红宝石。』（启四3。）至终有新耶路撒冷，这城的光辉『如同极贵的宝石，好像碧玉，』（启二一11，）有高大的墙，也是碧玉造的，（启二一12，18，）并且十二根基是由宝石组成的。我们若想想这城，就会看见牠是由金子、珍珠和宝石组成的。这乃是圣经中关于石头的清楚启示。
17We read much more concerning the stone in the New Testament. The Lord Jesus called Peter a stone, and indicated that He Himself is the rock (John 1:42; Matt. 16:18). Christ will build His church upon this rock 18 with the believers as stones. In 1 Corinthians 3:11 Paul says that Christ is the unique foundation that has been laid, and we should build upon this foundation with gold, silver, and precious stones. Then in 1 Peter 2:4-5 we see that the Lord Jesus is the living stone and that we also as living stones are being built up a spiritual house. Then in the book of Revelation the Lord says that the overcomers will receive a white stone to signify that they have become precious stones in His sight (Rev. 2:17). Furthermore, in Revelation 4 God sitting on the throne has the appearance of jasper and sardius: “He Who was sitting was like in appearance to a jasper stone and a sardius” (v. 3). Eventually, we have the New Jerusalem, a city whose light is “like a most precious stone, as a jasper stone” (Rev. 21:11), a great and high wall of jasper (vv. 12, 18), and twelve foundations consisting of precious stones. If we consider this city, we shall see that it consists of gold, pearl, and precious stones. This is the clear revelation concerning the stone in the Bible.
18许多圣经教师没有看见，石头在圣经中是主要的项目。你有没有听说主耶稣是石头救主？有没有人告诉你，神显出来的样子是碧玉？按照启示录四章，我们可以说，我们的神是碧玉神。如果有人说圣经中找不到这样的辞，我们可以指出，圣经没有『三一神』这说法，但圣经里的确有神是三一－父、子、灵－的事实。同样的，圣经没有用『碧玉神』这辞，但圣经明确的启示神显出来的样子是碧玉，那么，真正说来，祂不是碧玉神么？我再次鼓励你们不要信靠传统神学。这种神学对于圣经中许多事物有太多的限制、盲瞎和遮蔽。我们只看见主话的一小部分。圣经里神的启示是无穷尽的。当我们在永世里，我们会说，『哦，我们已过所看见的太少了！』我们研读圣经不该草率，反之，我们需要跟随圣经中管治的原则。我们若跟随这些原则，就不会犯错。虽然我们不该受传统神学的限制，但我们解释圣经时，仍需要受管治原则的指引。（也许我们以后有机会时，可以来看这些原则是甚么。）
18Many of those who teach the Bible have not seen that stone is a major item in the Scriptures. Have you ever heard that the Lord Jesus is the Stone-Savior? Have you ever been told that God has the appearance of jasper? According to Revelation 4, we may say that our God is the jasper-God. If some say that such a term is not found in the Bible, we can point out that the Bible does not use the expression “Triune God,” but the fact that God is Triune—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit—surely is in the Word. Likewise, the Bible does not use the term “jasper-God,” but it definitely reveals that God has the appearance of jasper. Is He not, then, in a very real sense a jasper-God? Once again I would encourage you not to put your trust in traditional theology. With such theology there is too much restriction, blindness, and covering concerning many matters in the Bible. We have seen only a small portion of what is in the Word. God’sr evelation in the Scriptures is inexhaustible. When we are in eternity, we may say, “Oh, how little we have seen!” In our study of the Bible we should not be careless. Rather, we need to follow the governing principles of the Scriptures. If we follow these principles, we shall be kept from making mistakes. Although we should not be restricted by traditional theology, we still need to be directed by the governing principles in interpreting the Bible. (Perhaps on another occasion we shall consider what these principles are
19在圣经里，从创世记二章到启示录二十二章，有一条关于石头的线。创世记二章有玛瑙石，这是开始；然后在启示录二十一、二十二章有碧玉城，这是完成。这城的外观、墙和第一根基，都是碧玉。所以，彼得说到基督是匠人所轻弃的石头，神却在复活里使祂成为房角石，其中所指明并含示的真理实在太多了！
19In the Bible there is a line concerning stone from Genesis 2 through Revelation 22. In Genesis 2 we have the onyx stone at the beginning, and then in Revelation 21 and 22 we have the jasper city as the consummation. The appearance, the wall, and the first foundation of this city are all of jasper. How much truth, therefore, is indicated and implied by Peter’s referring to Christ as the stone rejected by the builders but made by God the cornerstone in resurrection