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使徒行传生命读经 · 第7篇

藉著彼得一班同工的职事，在犹太地的繁殖（二）

The Propagation in Jerusalem, Judea, and Samaria through the Ministry of Peter’s Company (2)
1读经：使徒行传一章一至十三节爵。在行传二章一至十三节，我们看见犹太信徒的灵浸。一至四节说到圣灵经纶的充溢。在本篇信息中，我们要特别注意这四节。
1Scripture Reading: Acts 2:1-13 In 2:1-13 we see the Jewish believers’ baptism in the Holy Spirit. Verses 1 through 4 are concerned with the economical filling of the Holy Spirit. In this message we shall pay particular attention to these four verses
素质的灵
与经纶的灵
THE ESSENTIAL SPIRIT AND THE ECONOMICAL SPIRIT
2行传二章一、二节说，『五旬节那天到了，门徒都聚集在一处。忽然从天上有响声下来，好像一阵暴风台过，充满了他们所坐的整个屋子。』在主的复活里，复活生命的灵被比作气，吹进门徒里面，（约二十22，）那是在素质一面为著他们属灵的所是并生活。在主的升天里，升天能力的灵在这里由风所象征，浇灌在门徒身上，这是在经纶一面为著门徒的职事和行动。复活生命素质的灵，使信徒能活基督；升天能力经纶的灵，使他们能执行主的使命。我们需要清楚看见，约翰二十章约吹气与行传二章的台风，二者是不同的。约翰二十章的吹气是在素质一面将赐生命的灵分赐到门徒里面，为著他们属灵的所是和属灵的生活。但行传二章的台风是将经纶能力的灵，浇灌在已经接受素质的灵到他们里面的信徒身上。能力之灵的浇灌不是为著信徒属灵的所是或生活，乃是为著信徒的职事和行动。所以，那灵素质的一面是为著生活，经纶的一面是为著职事。我们要区分那灵这两面，这是很重要的，因为这样才会正确的领会福音书和使徒行传。否则，我们就会混淆不清。
2Acts 2:1 and 2 say, “And when the day of Pentecost was being fulfilled, they were all together in the same place. And suddenly there came a noise out of heaven like a rushing violent wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.” In the Lord’s resurrection, the Spirit of resurrection life is likened to breath, breathed into the disciples (John 20:22) for their spiritual being and living essentially. In the Lord’s ascension, the Spirit of ascension power, poured upon the disciples, is symbolized here by the wind for the disciples’ ministry and move economically. The essential Spirit of resurrection life is for the believers to live Christ; the economical Spirit of ascension power is for them to carry out His commission. We need to see clearly the difference between the breathing in John 20 and the blowing in Acts 2. The breathing in John 20 is for the imparting of the life- giving Spirit into the disciples essentially for their spiritual being and for their spiritual living. But the blowing in Acts 2 is for the pouring out of the economical Spirit of power upon the believers, who have already received the essential Spirit into them. The pouring out of the Spirit of power is not for the believers’ spiritual being or living; rather, the outpouring of the Spirit of power is for the believers’ ministry and move. Therefore, the essential aspect of the Spirit is for living, and the economical aspect is for ministry. It is important for us to differentiate these two aspects of the Spirit, for then we shall understand the Gospels and Acts in the right way. Otherwise, we shall be confused
3许多年前，一位很受尊敬的传道人说，约翰二十章的吹气不是事实，那不过是表演，所指明的事实要在行传二章才来到。按照他的领会，在约翰二十章的表演之后，门徒必须等候五十天才接受这个事实。这位传道人认为，约翰二十章与行传二章是指同一件事，不同的是，一个描述表演，另一个描述事实。这观念是完全错误的。我们已经指出，约翰二十章的吹气与行传二章的台风有所不同。吹气是为著生命，但台风是为著能力。
3Many years ago, a certain highly respected minister said that the breathing in John 20 was not a fact but was merely a performance that indicated that the fact was yet to come in Acts 2. According to his understanding, after the performance in John 20, it was necessary for the disciples to wait fifty days to receive the fact. In the view of this minister, both John 20 and Acts 2 refer to the same thing, the difference being that one describes a performance and the other describes a fact. This concept is altogether wrong. As we have pointed out, there is a difference between the breathing in John 20 and the blowing in Acts 2. Breathing is for life, but blowing is for power.
4在约翰福音，复活里的生命之灵被比作给我们喝的水。约翰四章十四节说，『人若喝我所赐的水，就永远不渴；我所赐的水，要在他里面成为泉源，直涌入永远的生命。』约翰七章三十七至三十九节说，『节期的末日，就是最大之日，耶稣站著高声说，人若渴了，可以到我这里来喝。信入我的人，就如经上所说，从他腹中要流出活水的江河来。耶稣这话是指著信入祂的人将要受的那灵说的。』在路加二十四章四十九节，经纶的灵被比作给我们穿上的衣服：『看哪，我要将我父所应许的，降在你们身上；你们要留在城里，直到你们穿上从高处来的能力。』水是为著里面的生命，衣服是为著外面的工作。我们可用警察为例证来说明，为著里面生命之素质的灵与为著外面能力之经纶的灵，其间的不同。警察穿上制服不是为了解渴；穿上制服不能解渴。警察是在要值勤的时候，就是豫备要执行警察工作的时候，穿上制服。假定一位警察喝了一点东西解渴，然后不穿制服就去工作。他若这样作，当他在街上发号施令时，就没有人会理睬他。警察不管喝了多少水解渴，当他要执行警察的工作时，还必须穿上制服。他若穿上制服，别人就会尊敬他。藉著这例证，我们可以看见喝水和穿衣的不同。喝水是里面的，穿衣是外面的。像那位传道人多年前所说，约翰二十章约吹气是表演，行传二章的台风是事实，这种说法是严重的错误。这种解释乃是由于缺少正确的认识，以致混淆不清。我们所需要的正确认识，不仅要求我们研读圣经，也要求我们有属天的光照，连同充分的经历。说在约翰二十章彼得没有接受生命之灵到他里面，是不正确的。那一章主的吹气必然不是表演。按照约翰二十章二十二节，主耶稣『向他们吹入一口气，说，你们受圣灵。』这不是表演，乃是完成一个事实。这里有一个事实：赐生命的灵在基督复活那天吹到门徒里面了。
4In the Gospel of John the Spirit of life in resurrection is likened to water for us to drink. John 4:14 says, “Whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall by no means thirst forever; but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a spring of water welling up into eternal life.” John 7:37-39 says, “Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, If anyone thirst, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, out of his innermost being shall flow rivers of living water. But this He said concerning the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were about to receive.” In Luke 24:49 the economical Spirit is likened to clothing that we put on: “And behold, I am sending forth the promise of My Father upon you; but you, stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.” Water is for life inwardly, and clothing is for work outwardly. Let us use a policeman as an illustration of the difference between the essential Spirit for life inwardly and the economical Spirit for power outwardly. A policeman does not put on his uniform in order to quench his thirst. Thirst cannot be quenched by putting on a uniform. A policeman clothes himself with a uniform when he is about to go on duty, that is, when he is ready to work as a policeman. Suppose a policeman drank something to quench his thirst and then went to work without his uniform. If he did this, no one would pay attention to him as he tried to give orders on the street. No matter how much he may drink to quench his thirst, a policeman still must put on his uniform when he is about to work as a policeman. If he is clothed in his uniform, others will respect him. Through this illustration we can see the difference between drinking and being clothed. Drinking is inward, but being clothed is an outward matter. It is a serious mistake to say, as did that minister years ago, that the breathing in John 20 is a performance and the blowing in Acts 2 is a fact. This kind of interpretation comes from the shortage of proper knowledge and leads to confusion. The proper knowledge we need requires not only the study of the Scriptures but also heavenly enlightenment along with adequate experience. It is not accurate to say that in John 20 Peter did not receive the Spirit of life into him. The Lord’s breathing in that chapter was certainly not a performance. According to John 20:22, the Lord Jesus “breathed into them and said to them, Receive the Holy Spirit.” This is not a performance— it is an accomplished fact. Here we have the fact of the breathing of the life-giving Spirit into the disciples on the day of Christ’s resurrection.
5约翰二十章二十二节神圣的气就是圣灵，圣灵乃是经过过程之三一神的终极完成，临到祂的赎民。这样的临到特别是发生在约翰二十章。
5The divine breath in John 20:22 is the Holy Spirit, and the Holy Spirit is the ultimate consummation of the processed Triune God reaching His redeemed people. In particular, this reaching took place in John 20
三一神
THE TRIUNE GOD
成了赐生命的灵
BECOMING THE LIFE-GIVING SPIRIT
6新约启示三一神成了肉体，三一神显现于肉体。这就是说，成为肉体的那一位不仅仅是子，乃是完整的神，就是三一神，父神、子神、灵神。说完整的神显现于肉体，就是说完整的神成为肉体。三一神成了一个人，在地上生活，尽职事，进入死，胜过死并征服死、又在复活里从死出来。祂在复活里成了赐生命的灵。所以，那成了肉体、在地上生活、进入了死、又在复活里从死出来的三一神，已经成了赐生命的灵。1约翰一章十四节说，『话成了肉体，』林前十五章四十五节下半说，『末后的亚当成了赐生命的灵。』约翰一章十四节的『肉体，』就是林前十五章四十五节『末后的亚当。』如今末后的亚当成了赐生命的灵，这灵乃是成
6The New Testament reveals that the Triune God became incarnate. The Triune God was manifested in the flesh. This means that the One who was incarnated was the complete God, the Triune God, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Spirit, not merely the Son. To say that the complete God was manifested in the flesh means that the complete God was incarnated. The Triune God became a man, lived on earth, ministered, entered into death, conquering and subduing death, and came forth from death in resurrection. In resurrection He became the life - giving Spirit. Therefore, the Triune God, who became incarnated, who lived on earth, and who entered into death and came out of death in resurrection, has become the life-giving Spirit. John 1:14 says, “The Word became flesh,” and Corinthians 15:45b says, “The last Adam became a life-giving Spirit.” The “flesh” in John 1:14 is “the last Adam” in 1 Corinthians 15:45. Now the last Adam has become the life - giving Spirit, and this Spirit is the transfiguration of the incarnated Christ.
7为肉体之基督的变化形像。
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8我们需要认识成为肉体的是谁。那成为肉体的乃是三一神成为人，就是末后的亚当，这末后的亚当在复活里已经成了赐生命的灵。所以，在祂复活那天，祂向门徒显现，向他们吹气，说，『你们受圣灵。』这灵是谁？这灵乃是经过过程之三一神的终极完成，临到祂的赎民。
8We need to realize who it was who became incarnate. The incarnated One was the Triune God to be a man as the last Adam, and this last Adam in resurrection has become the life-giving Spirit. Therefore, on the day of His resurrection, He appeared to His disciples, breathed upon them, and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit.” Who is this Spirit? This Spirit is the ultimate consummation of the processed Triune God reaching His redeemed people
9我们都需要看见这异象：三一神成了末后的亚当，末后的亚当成了赐生命的灵，就是经过过程之三一神的完成，临到了我们。关于这一点，我们不在意信经或传统神学，我们只在意神纯净的话。神的话启示三一神成了末后的亚当，这末后的亚当成了赐生命的灵。赞美主，经过过程的三一神已经成了赐生命的灵临到我们！在主复活那天，经过过程的三一神成了赐生命的灵吹到门徒里面。
9We all need to see the vision of the Triune God becoming the last Adam, and the last Adam becoming the life - giving Spirit as the consummation of the processed Triune God reaching us. Concerning this, we do not care for councils, creeds, or traditional theology. We care only for the pure Word of God. The Word reveals that the Triune God became the last Adam, and this last Adam became the life-giving Spirit. Praise the Lord that the processed Triune God has reached us as the life-giving Spirit! On the day of the Lord’s resurrection, the processed Triune God as the life-giving Spirit was breathed into the disciples.
穿上从高处来的能力
clothed with power from on high
10五十天以后，在五旬节那天，进一步的事发生了。那一天，升天的基督作为那灵，在经纶一面将自己浇灌在门徒身上，作他们的能力、权柄和『制服。』穿制服的警察有权柄。无论你的汽车多有能力，你还是要顺从警察的权柄。他的制服是他权柄的表记。在五旬节那天，那一百二十人穿上经纶的灵作他们属天的制服。
10Fifty days later, on the day of Pentecost, something further happened. On that day the ascended Christ poured Himself out as the Spirit economically upon the disciples to be their power, authority, and uniform. A policeman in uniform has authority. No matter how powerful your car may be, you still must obey the policeman’s authority. His uniform is a sign of his authority. On the day of Pentecost the one hundred and twenty were clothed with the economical Spirit as their heavenly uniform
11在路加二十四章四十九节，主吩咐门徒等候，直到他们穿上从高处来的能力。当他们在五旬节那天穿上了能力，彼得就站起来，带著权柄和能力说话，众人都被征服。彼得能带著权柄说话，因为他穿上了属天的制服。论到约翰二十章和行传二章的圣灵，任何不准确的教训我们都不该接受。为著约翰二十章那灵的吹气，和行传二章那灵的台风，赞美主！吹气是为著生命，台风是为著行动。不仅如此，吹气是给我们里面的力量，台风是给我们外面的权柄。藉著吹气与台风，我们就装备齐全了。
11In Luke 24:49 the Lord told the disciples to wait until they were clothed with power from on high. When they were clothed with power on the day of Pentecost, Peter stood up to speak with authority and power, and the people were subdued. Peter could speak with authority because he was clothed with a heavenly uniform. We should not take any inaccurate teachings concerning the Holy Spirit in John 20 and Acts 2. We praise the Lord for the breathing of the Spirit in John 20 and for the blowing of the Spirit in Acts 2. The breathing is for life, and the blowing is for move. Furthermore, the breathing gives us inner strength, and the blowing gives us outer authority. Through the breathing and the blowing we are fully equipped
已经完成的事实
an accomplished fact
12钉十字架如何是已经完成的事实，生命之灵的吹气与能力之灵的台风也是已经完成的事实。我们该简单的相信记录，并接受事实。记录在那里？在圣经里。事实是甚么？就是主已经将生命的灵吹到信徒里面，也已经将祂能力的灵吹到他们身上。
12Just as the crucifixion is an accomplished fact, so the breathing of the Spirit of life and the blowing of the Spirit of power are also accomplished facts. We should simply believe the report and take the facts. Where is the report? The report is in the Bible. What are the facts? The facts are that the Lord has breathed the Spirit of life into His believers and has blown His Spirit of power upon them
13关于那灵的素质与经纶这两面，有些人听见要相信记录并接受事实，他们也许说，『我不觉得生命的灵已经吹到我里面，也不觉得能力的灵在我身上。』若有人对我这样说，我会回答说，『你不相信主耶稣为你死么？你当然相信，即使你不觉得。你相信，因为圣经这样告诉你。同样的，你需要相信，主耶稣已经把祂自己当作生命的灵吹到门徒（包括你）里面。你也需要相信，主耶稣已经将祂自己当作能力的灵吹到我们众人身上。』
13When some hear about believing the report and taking the facts concerning the essential and economical aspects of the Spirit, they may say, “I don’t feel that the Spirit of life has been breathed into me, and I don’t feel that the Spirit of power is upon me.” If someone said this to me, I would reply, “Do you not believe that the Lord Jesus died for you? Certainly you do, even without feeling anything. You believe it because the Bible tells you so. Likewise, you need to believe that the Lord Jesus has breathed Himself as the Spirit of life into the disciples, including you. You also need to believe that the Lord Jesus has blown Himself as the Spirit of power upon us all.”
14让我们都相信基督吹气与台风的事实，就像我们相信祂钉十字架的事实一样。我们在素质一面有生命的灵么？不错，我们有。怎么知道？因为圣经这样告诉我们。我们也在经纶一面有能力的灵在我们身上么？不错，我们也有。怎么知道？也因为圣经这样告诉我们。为著主钉十字架、『吹气、』『台风』赞美祂！我们知道这些事实，因为圣经这样告诉我们！
14Let us all believe the facts of Christ’s breathing and blowing, just as we believe the fact of His crucifixion. Do we have the Spirit of life essentially? Yes, we have the Spirit of life. How do we know? We know it because the Bible tells us so. Do we also have the Spirit of power upon us economically? Yes, we have the Spirit of power upon us. How do we know? We know this as a fact because the Bible tells us so. Praise the Lord for His crucifixion, His breathing, and His blowing! Praise Him that we know these facts because the Bible tells us so
浇灌的灵外面的充溢
THE OUTWARD FILLING OF THE OUTPOURED SPIRIT
15行传二章二节说，风充满了那一百二十人所坐的屋子。『充满』的希腊文是pleroo，浦利路，指里面的充满。三、四节说，『又有舌头如火焰向他们显现出来，分开落在他们各人身上，他们就都被圣灵充溢，并可按著那灵所赐的发表，用别种不同的语言说起话来。』四节的充溢，希腊文是pletho，浦利奏，（也用于徒四8，31，九17，十三9，路一15，41，67，）指外面的充溢。按使徒行传的用法，pleroo，浦利路，是指在里面充满器皿，如二节的风在里面充满屋子；浦利奏是指充溢在人的外面，如四节的那灵在外面充溢门徒。门徒在里面和素质一面被那灵充满（浦利路－十三52），是为著他们基督徒的生活；门徒在外面和经纶一面被那灵充溢（浦利奏），是为著他们基督徒的职事。在里面充满的灵，乃是素质的灵，在门徒的里面；（约十四17，罗八11；）在外面充溢的灵，是经纶的灵，在门徒的身上。（徒一8，二17。）
15Acts 2:2 says that the wind filled the house where the one hundred twenty were sitting. The Greek word for “filled” here is pleroo, a word that means to fill inwardly, as the wind filled the house. Verses 3 and 4 say, “And there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which were divided and sat on each one of them; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in different tongues, even as the Spirit gave them to speak out.” The Greek word for “filled” in verse 4 is pletho (also used in 4:8, 31; 9:17; 13:9; and Luke 1:15, 41, 67). This Greek word means to fill outwardly. According to its usage in Acts, pleroo denotes to fill a vessel within, as the wind filled the house inwardly in verse 2; and pletho denotes to fill the persons outwardly, as the Spirit filled the disciples outwardly in this verse. The disciples were filled (pleroo) inwardly and essentially with the Spirit (13:52) for their Christian living, and they were filled (pletho) outwardly and economically with the Spirit for their Christian ministry. The inward filling Spirit, the essential Spirit, is in the disciples (John 14:17; Rom. 8:11), whereas the outward filling Spirit, the economical Spirit, is upon them (Acts 1:8; 2:17
16每一位在基督里的信徒，都应当经历圣灵这两方面。甚至为人的基督，也经历过同样的事：祂在素质一面由圣灵而生，（路一35，太一18，20，）为著祂的所是并生活；又在经纶一面被圣灵所膏，（太三16，路四18，）为著祂的职事和行动。素质的灵是在祂里面，经纶的灵是在祂身上。
16Every believer in Christ should experience both aspects of the Holy Spirit. Even Christ as a man experienced the same thing. He was born of the Holy Spirit essentially (Luke 1:35; Matt. 1:18, 20) for His being and living, and He was anointed with the Holy Spirit economically (Matt. 3:16; Luke 4:18) for His ministry and move. The essential Spirit was within Him, and the economical Spirit was upon Him
犹太信徒的灵浸
the Jewish believers’ baptism in the Holy Spirit
17浇灌的灵在外面的充溢，乃是升天的元首将祂的身体浸入那灵里面。在五旬节那天，祂身体的第一部分－犹太的信徒－受了这浸；在哥尼流家里，祂身体的第二部分－外邦的信徒－也照样受了这浸。（徒十44～47。）藉著这两个步骤，祂就将祂的整个身体一次永远的浸入那灵里面，（林前十二13，）那灵就是祂自己的应用和实化。祂将祂的身体浸入那灵里面，就是将祂的身体浸入祂自己里面。这样，身体的元首基督，便成就了祂在行传一章五节所应许圣灵里的浸。我鼓励你们仔细研读圣灵浇灌这件事。在二章一至十三节，我们看见圣灵在经纶一面浇灌在门徒身上，这一步乃是将犹太信徒浸在圣灵里面。后来在哥尼流家里，基督将外邦信徒浸在圣灵里面。藉著这两个步骤，元首基督已经将祂整个身体一次永远的浸在圣灵里面。
17The outward filling of the poured-out Spirit was the ascended Head’s baptizing His Body into the Spirit. On the day of Pentecost, the Jewish believers, the first part of His Body, were baptized; and in the house of Cornelius, the Gentile believers, the second part of His Body, were baptized in the same way (10:44-47). By these two steps He baptized once for all His entire Body into the Spirit (1 Cor. 12:13), who is the application and realization of Himself. It was to baptize His Body into Himself that He baptized it into the Spirit. This was the accomplishment of the baptism in the Holy Spirit promised by Christ, the Head of the Body, in Acts 1:5. I encourage you to study carefully this matter of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. In 2:1-13 we see the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples economically. That was the step of baptizing the Jewish believers in the Holy Spirit. Later, in the house of Cornelius, Christ baptized the Gentile believers in the Holy Spirit. Through these two steps Christ, the Head, has baptized His entire Body in the Holy Spirit once for all.