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哥林多前书生命读经 · 第29篇

𫗪养、喝、吃、

Feeding, Drinking, Eating,
1栽种、浇灌并生长读经：哥林多前书三章一至九节。
1Planting, Watering, and Growing Scripture Reading: 1 Cor. 3:1-9
2在林前三章有许多宝贵的事物，也有许多不寻常的发表。这一章是独特的；圣经里没有一章能顶替牠。
2In chapter three of 1 Corinthians there are many precious things and many unusual expressions. This chapter is unique; no chapter in the Bible can replace it
3在一节保罗说，『弟兄们，我从前对你们说话，不能把你们当作属灵的，只能当作属肉的，当作在基督里的婴孩。』这里保罗说的话很强、很重。他说到哥林多人不仅仅是属肉体的，（3，）甚至是属肉的。『属肉的』这说法比属肉体的更强，指肉体更粗鄙的方面。属肉的是指由肉体造成的；属肉体的是指受到肉体性情的影响，有分于肉体的特性。保罗对他们说话，不能把他们当作属灵的，只能当作属肉的，当作在基督里的婴孩。他对哥林多人非常强。我们若对今天的圣徒说这样重的话，毫无疑问，许多人会被冒犯，不愿再听下去。
3In verse 1 Paul says, “And I, brothers, was not able to speak to you as to spiritual, but as to fleshy, as to infants in Christ.” Here Paul speaks a very strong word. He refers to the Corinthians not merely as fleshly (v. 3), but even as fleshy. Fleshy is a stronger expression than fleshly, and refers to aspects of the flesh that are more gross. Fleshy denotes being made of flesh; fleshly denotes being influenced by the nature of the flesh and partaking of the character of the flesh. Paul could not speak to them as to spiritual, but as to those who were fleshy, infants in Christ. He was very strong with the believers at Corinth. If we were to speak such a strong word to the saints today, many would no doubt be offended and refuse to listen any further
六件要紧的事
SIX CRUCIAL MATTERS
4我在本篇信息中的负担，是要2说到保罗在本章所用几个要紧的辞。在二节他说，『我给你们奶喝，没有给你们干粮。』2给人奶喝或食物吃，就是𫗪养人。𫗪养与教训不同，𫗪养是生命的事，教训是知识的事。保罗似乎在教导哥林多人，事实上他是在𫗪养他们。本章第一个要紧的辞是𫗪养。𫗪养别人是非常可喜悦的。例如，母亲很乐于𫗪养自己的儿女。同样，保罗的愿望是不但用奶，也用干粮𫗪养哥林多的信徒。在二节，奶是给人喝的，干粮是给人吃的。因此，这里所表达𫗪养的思想自然含示喝与吃。你进入召会生活以前，也许作基督徒多年了，却从未听见关于喝的信息。我们若要作正确的基督徒，就必须是喝的基督徒。喝是哥林多前书里的基本思想。在十二章十三节保罗说，我们都得以喝一位灵。这个喝的观念不是保罗发明的。主耶稣在约翰四章和七章都说到喝。在约翰四章十四节，祂对撒玛利亚妇人说，『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。』照著约翰七章三十七节，主耶稣在住棚节的末日，站著高声说，『人若渴了，可以到我这里来喝。』因此，基督说到喝，保罗也说到喝。所有的基督徒都该是享受属灵之喝的人。
4My burden in this message is to cover several crucial expressions used by Paul in this chapter. In verse he says, “I gave you milk to drink, not solid food.” To give milk to drink or food to eat is to feed others. The King James Version renders the first part of verse this way: “I have fed you with milk.” Feeding refers to the matter of life and differs from teaching, which refers to knowledge. Paul seemed to be teaching the Corinthians; actually he was feeding them. The first crucial expression in this chapter is feeding. To feed others is very pleasant. A mother, for example, is pleased to feed her children. Likewise, Paul’s desire was to feed the Corinthian believers not only with milk, but also with solid food. In verse 2, milk is for drinking and solid food is for eating. Hence, the thought of feeding expressed here automatically implies drinking and eating. Before you came into the church life, you may have been a Christian for years, yet you had never heard a message on drinking. If we would be proper Christians, we must be drinking Christians. Drinking is a basic thought in the book of 1 Corinthians. In 12:13 Paul says that we have all been made to drink of one Spirit. This concept of drinking was not invented by Paul. The Lord Jesus speaks of drinking in John 4 and also in John 7. In John 4:14 He says to the Samaritan woman, “But 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.” According to John 7:37, the Lord Jesus, on the last day of the feast of tabernacles, stood and cried out, saying, “If anyone thirst, let him come to Me and drink.” Thus, Christ speaks of drinking, and Paul also speaks of drinking. All Christians should be those who enjoy spiritual drinking.
5要维持人的生命，何者更重要，是吃还是喝？答案是喝甚至比吃更重要。我们能几天不吃，却不能几天不喝。不但如此，在一天当中，我们喝的次数多于吃。我们每天也许只吃三次，但我们每天可能喝十二次。医生劝我们每天要多次喝水，每次一杯。属灵的喝对基督徒生活很重要，但这件事几乎全然被今天的基督徒忽略了。保罗在林前三章二节说到干粮，的确含示吃。所以，随著𫗪养与喝，保罗也强调吃的重要。在六、七、八节保罗说到栽种。他特别说到自己：『我栽种了。』保罗不但是𫗪养者，也是栽种者。本章告诉我们，保罗𫗪养圣徒，给他们东西吃喝，并且告诉我们，他也栽种，但本章没有告诉我们，保罗是教师。
5Which is more vital to maintaining human life, eating or drinking? The answer is that drinking is even more important than eating. We can go several days without eating, but we cannot go nearly as long without drinking. Furthermore, during the course of a day, we drink more often than we eat. We may eat just three times a day, but we may drink twelve times a day. Medical doctors advise us to drink a glass of water many times a day. Although spiritual drinking is vital to the Christian life, this matter is almost wholly neglected by Christians today. Paul’s reference to solid food in verse 2 surely implies eating. Therefore, along with feeding and drinking, Paul stresses the importance of eating. In verses 6, 7, and 8 Paul speaks of planting. In particular, he says of himself, “I planted.” Paul was not only a feeder; he was also a planter. We are told that Paul fed the saints, giving them something to eat and drink, and that he also planted, but we are not told in this chapter that Paul was a teacher
6随著栽种，就有浇灌并生长。六至七节说，『我栽种了，亚波罗浇灌了，惟有神叫他生长。可见栽种的算不得甚么，浇灌的也算不得甚么，只在那叫他生长的神。』因此，本章头七节有六件美妙的事：𫗪养、喝、吃、栽种、浇灌和生长。何等奇妙的一章！你能在主的话中找著另外一章是说到这六件事的么？我不信在全本圣经里有另一章是说到这六件事的。关于这点，林前三章是独特的。保罗非常简短的，只用七节的篇幅，就说到六件美妙的事。他很实际的，从经历的一面说到𫗪养、喝、吃、栽种、浇灌和生长。
6With the planting we have the watering and the growth. Verses 6 and 7 say, “I planted, Apollos watered, but God made to grow; so that neither is the one who plants anything nor the one who waters, but the One Who makes to grow, God.” Thus, in the first seven verses of this chapter, we have six wonderful matters: feeding, drinking, eating, planting, watering, and growing. What a marvelous chapter! Can you find any other chapter in the Word which covers these six matters? I do not believe that there is another chapter in the whole Bible which covers these six things. Regarding this, 1 Corinthians 3 is unique. In a very brief way, in the span of just seven verses, Paul covers six wonderful matters. In a practical and experiential way, he refers to feeding, drinking, eating, planting, watering, and growing.
7𫗪养的地方你曾在召会生活里𫗪养别人么？要𫗪养别人，我们自己必须先得𫗪养。召会主要不是教导的地方，乃是𫗪养的地方。因此，我们不该将召会看作学校，乃该看作餐厅，甚至看作餐馆。别人若因著你每周参加这么多召会聚会而受困扰，并且希奇你在聚会中作些甚么，你可以说，『召会是餐馆，我这么常到那里去，因为我需要吃。』在召会餐馆里，我们该𫗪养别人，自
7A PLACE FOR FEEDING Have you been feeding others in the church life? In order to feed others, we must first be fed ourselves. The church is a place not primarily for teaching, but for feeding. Hence, we should not regard the church as a school, but as a dining hall, even as a restaurant. If others are bothered by the fact that you attend so many church meetings each week and wonder what you do in the meetings, you could say, “The church is a restaurant, and I go there so often because I need to eat.” In the church restaurant, we should feed others
8己 也该得著𫗪养。
8and be fed ourselves
9我尽职释放信息时，不觉得自己是在教导别人或是在传讲。我的心意不是要作传道人或教师。反之，我的愿望是要作管家，侍者。我要伺侯圣徒，并用基督服事他们。我不是厨师，因为属天的厨师─主自己，就在幕后。我只是服事的人，接受一道又一道美味的菜肴，并将其服事给圣徒。召会的聚会该像中国的筵席，有许多道菜。倘若朋友邀请你到中国餐馆赴席，你就要豫备享受一道又一道的菜肴。在有些筵席中，也许有多达二十道不同的菜肴，包括各种肉、鱼、鸡、蔬菜和汤。召会该是我们不断以基督为筵席的餐馆。基督是召会餐馆里所供应的惟一食物。在这餐馆里我们享受上好的食物，因每道菜肴都是基督自己的一方面。
9As I give messages in the ministry, I do not have the feeling that I am teaching others or preaching. It is not my intention to be a preacher or teacher. On the contrary, my desire is to be a steward, a waiter. I want to wait on the saints and serve them with Christ. I am not the cook, for the heavenly cook, the Lord Himself, is behind the scene. I am simply a serving one who takes one delicious dish after another and serves it to the saints. The church meetings should be like a Chinese feast of many courses. If a friend invites you to a Chinese restaurant for a feast, be prepared to enjoy one course after another. In some feasts there may be as many as twenty different courses including various meats, fish, fowl, vegetables, and soups. The church should be a restaurant where we continually feast on Christ. Christ is the unique diet served in the church restaurant. In this restaurant we enjoy the best food, for every dish is an aspect of Christ Himself
10喝与呼吸喝的路乃是呼求主耶稣的名。藉著呼求主的名，我们喝祂，也吸入祂。
10DRINKING AND BREATHING The way to drink is to call upon the name of the Lord Jesus. By calling on the Lord’s name, we both drink
11呼求主包括呼吸与喝。我们所喝的水，就在我们所吸入的空气里。召会生活里属灵的湿度非常高，因为召会里没有干旱。每当我们藉著呼求『哦，主耶稣』，吸入属灵空气的时候，我们也得著空气中的水。因此，我们的呼吸至终成为我们的喝。这就是说，每当我们呼吸的时候，我们也喝。
11of Him and breathe Him in. Calling on the Lord includes both breathing and drinking. The water we drink is in the air we breathe. The spiritual humidity in the church life is very high, for there is no dryness in the church. Whenever we breathe in the spiritual air by calling, “O Lord Jesus,” we also partake of the water that is in the air. Thus, our breathing eventually becomes our drinking. This means that whenever we breathe, we also drink
12许多时候，我们要喝，不需要大声呼喊。我们能非常轻声的说，『哦，主耶稣。』有时候只说『主』就彀了，有时候只要说『哦』。有些人也许认为这是迷信。然而，我能从多年的经历见证，藉著呼求主的名，我得著舒畅、加强并安慰。我若不这样吸入主并喝主，我就会非常枯干、干渴。不但如此，我的日常生活会相当枯燥，完全得不著舒畅。但我只要说『哦，主耶稣』，我就得著舒畅。
12Much of the time there is no need to call aloud in order to drink. Very quietly we can say, “O Lord Jesus.” Sometimes it is sufficient simply to say, “Lord,” and at other times just to say, “O.” Some may regard this as superstitious. However, from years of experience, I can testify that by calling on the name of the Lord I am refreshed, strengthened, and comforted. If I did not breathe and drink the Lord in this way, I would be very dry and thirsty. Furthermore, my daily life would be quite boring, altogether lacking in refreshment. But simply by saying, “O Lord Jesus,” I am refreshed.
13受过良好教育的人或学有专长的人，也许以为呼求主名不是为著他们的，而只是为著年幼、没有经历、或未受教育的人。但喝是为著每个人的。你若不藉著呼求主而喝祂，就会经历枯干和烦闷。哦，我们都需要天天喝主耶稣！我是年长的人，经过了人生许多不同的经历。我遇见许多不愉快的事。人生不可能没有艰难。就如诗歌中有一句说，『神未曾应许：天色常蓝。』（诗歌五二六首。）但我虽然经过了许多不喜乐和不愉快的情况，我却一直是喜乐的人，因为我有主耶稣。甚至鬼也能见证，我在主里喜乐。我不是仅仅客观的有主耶稣作为在诸天之上的一位。我的基督在诸天之上，也在我里面。阿利路亚，基督活在我里面，并且我能吸入祂，喝祂，并以祂为筵席！我每天都享受上好的呼吸与吃喝。你若吸入主，喝祂，并吃祂，就不但会得著滋养，也会得著医治。不错，这样有分于主实际上可以医治我们。这甚至能使我们的身体更健壮，因为我们藉著呼求主所经历的欢喜快乐，对我们的健康会有正面的影响。许多医生承认，喜乐是健康的。因此，我们都需要作呼吸并吃喝的基督徒。我们该是从主得𫗪养，也是以主𫗪养别人的基督徒。
13Those who are well educated or who are professional people may think that calling on the name of the Lord is not for them, but only for those who are young, inexperienced, or uneducated. But drinking is for everyone. If you do not drink in the Lord by calling on Him, you will experience dryness and boredom. Oh, we all need to drink of the Lord Jesus day by day! As an elderly person, I have passed through a great many different experiences in human life. Many unpleasant things have happened to me. There is no such thing as a life without difficulties. As the line from a hymn says, “God hath not promised skies always blue” (Hymns, #720). But although I have passed through many situations of unhappiness and unpleasantness, I have been a happy person because I have the Lord Jesus. Even the demons can testify that I am happy in the Lord. I do not have the Lord Jesus merely in an objective way as the One in the heavens. My Christ is both in the heavens and also in me. Hallelujah, Christ lives in me, and I can breathe Him, drink of Him, and feast upon Him! Daily I enjoy the best breathing, drinking, and eating. If you breathe in the Lord, drink of Him, and eat Him, you will not only be nourished, but you will also be healed. Yes, partaking of the Lord in this way can actually heal us. This can even make us stronger physically, for the happiness and joy we experience by calling on the Lord can affect our health positively. Many doctors recognize that it is healthy to be joyful. Thus, we all need to be breathing, drinking, and eating Christians. We should be Christians who feed on the Lord and who also feed others with Him
14栽种并浇灌我们信徒也该是栽种并浇灌的人。我们读六至七节，也许得著一个印象：惟有保罗和亚波罗这样的人才能栽种并浇灌。但我们不该以为惟有领头的人，或有分于话语职事的人，才能栽种并浇灌。不，我们每个人都该栽种并浇灌。
14PLANTING AND WATERING As believers, we should also be those who plant and water. From reading verses 6 and 7, we may get the impression that only certain ones like Paul and Apollos can plant and water. But we should not think that only the leading ones or those who share in the ministry of the Word can do the planting and the watering. No, everyone of us should both plant and water.
15有些圣徒也许有个观念，以为我们或是栽种者，或是浇灌者，却不能兼为栽种者和浇灌者。作栽种工作的人也许觉得，他不该浇灌他所栽种的，认为那是其他弟兄的工作。他也许以为自己是栽种者，认为别人该浇灌。这样看栽种并浇灌的事，就是照著我们天然的观念。我们若转向我们的灵，并运用我们的灵，就不会在意我们是栽种者还是浇灌者。反之，我们就是简单作栽种并浇灌的工作。有些人不浇灌其他的信徒，也许因为害怕浇灌他们太多，会破坏他们。然而，犯错并造成一些破坏，比一点不浇灌别人更好。你也许犯一些错，但你会帮助许多人在主里长大。我鼓励你们众人都栽种并浇灌。
15Some saints may have the concept that we are either planters or waterers, but not both planters and waterers. A brother who does the work of planting may feel that he should not water what he has planted, regarding that as the work of another brother. He may think of himself as the planter and suppose that someone else should do the watering. To view the matter of planting and watering this way is to be according to our natural concept. If we turn to our spirit and exercise our spirit, we shall not care whether we are a planter or a waterer. Instead, we shall simply carry on the work of planting and watering. Some may not water other believers because they are afraid that they will damage them by watering them too much. However, it is better to make a mistake and cause some damage than to not water others at all. Although you may make some mistakes, you will help many others to grow in the Lord. I encourage you all both to plant and to water.
最大的需要
THE GREATEST NEED
16𫗪养、喝、吃、栽种和浇灌都很重要，但最大的需要乃是生长。我们能栽种并浇灌，惟有神叫人生长。就生命的长大而论，神是一切。因为惟有神能叫人生长，所以我们𫗪养、栽种并浇灌时，必须与三一神是一。这就是说，我们必须在与主生机的联结里𫗪养、栽种并浇灌。然后每当我们𫗪养的时候，祂也会𫗪养。祂会在我们的𫗪养中𫗪养。我们的栽种并浇灌也该如此。在我释放信息以前，我迫切的祷告：『主，在我的说话中说话。主，使我非常实际的与你成为一灵。』然后我就能有充分的确信，当我说话的时候，祂也在说话。我有胆量宣告，我与主是一灵，祂现今也与我是一灵。没有祂，我无论说甚么，都归徒然。
16Although feeding, drinking, eating, planting, and watering are all important, the greatest need is growth. We can plant and water, but God alone makes to grow. As far as the growth in life is concerned, God is everything. Because only God can make to grow, in our feeding, planting, and watering, we must be one with the Triune God. This means that we need to carry on the feeding, the planting, and the watering in the organic union with the Lord. Then, whenever we feed, He will also feed. He will feed in our feeding. The same should be true of our planting and watering. Before I give a message, I desperately pray, “Lord, speak in my speaking. Lord, cause me to be one spirit with You in my speaking in a very practical way.” Then I can have the full assurance that while I am speaking, He is speaking also. I have the boldness to declare that I am one spirit with the Lord and that He is now one spirit with me. Without Him, whatever I speak will amount to nothing
17我可以栽种并浇灌，但我既没有能力，也没有本质叫别人生长。生长惟独是从神来的，每当祂进来的时候，祂就使我们生长。虽然惟有神能叫人生长，祂自己却不栽种，也不浇灌。祂不会离了我们而栽种或浇灌，正如祂不会直接向圣徒显现并说话一样。反之，祂乃是在我们的说话中对别人话话。这就是说，为著说话、栽种并浇灌，神必须有人与祂合作。我们栽种并浇灌，祂也会栽种并浇灌。何等奇妙，我们不是服事那不能出声的偶像，乃是服事活的神！祂在我们的服事中服事圣徒。
17I may plant and water, but I have neither the ability nor the substance to cause others to grow. Growth comes from God alone. Whenever He comes in, He causes us to grow. Although only God can make to grow, He Himself will do neither the planting nor the watering. He will not plant or water apart from us, just as He will not appear and speak to the saints directly. Instead, He speaks to others in our speaking. This means that God must have a man to cooperate with Him for speaking, planting, and watering. When we plant and water, He will also plant and water. How wonderful that we are not serving a dumb idol, but are serving the living God! In our service, He serves the saints
18我不信靠我的说话。我的说话本身不带任何分量。然而，我常常确信，当我开口说话时，祂也说话。藉著我的说话，祂就流进圣徒里面。我全然信靠主在我的说话中说话。我惟一的秘诀就是三一神自己。离了三一神，我就算不得甚么。若不是因著祂，我就活不下去。我们众人首先需要藉著呼吸并吃喝来享受主。有许多方式喝祂，也有许多方式吃祂。我们能藉著祷读，藉著参加聚会，并藉著与圣徒交通，而有分于主。我们也能藉著读一些属灵书籍，得著生命的供应。享受主的方式有许多。我们越享受祂，就越被祂浸透。然后我们就会有负担𫗪养别人、栽种并浇灌。我们若在𫗪养、栽种、并浇灌时与主是一，主自然而然会进来，叫别人在生命里长大。
18I do not trust in my speaking. My speaking in itself does not carry any weight. However, I often have the assurance that when I open my mouth to speak, He speaks also. Through my speaking, He flows forth into the saints. My trust is altogether in the Lord’s speaking in my speaking. My only secret is the Triune God Himself. Apart from the Triune God, I am nothing. If it were not for Him, I would die. We all first need to enjoy the Lord by breathing, drinking, and eating. There are many ways to drink of Him and also many ways to eat Him. We can partake of the Lord by pray-reading, by attending the meetings, and by having fellowship with the saints. We can also receive the life supply by reading certain spiritual books. There are many ways to enjoy the Lord. The more we enjoy Him, the more we shall be saturated with Him. Then we shall have the burden to feed others, to plant, and to water. If we are one with the Lord in our feeding, planting, and the watering, the Lord will come in spontaneously to cause others to grow in life