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哥林多前书生命读经 · 第39篇

对付滥用自由（二）

Dealing with the abuse of freedom
1读经：哥林多前书六章十三至二十节。在林前六章十五节、十七节、十九节中，有三件要紧的事：第一，我们的身体是基督的肢体；第二，我们与主是一灵；第三，我们的身体是圣灵的殿。保罗在对付在食物和身体上滥用自由的上下文里，很奇妙的揭开了这三件事。基督的肢体
1In foods and in the body (2) Scripture Reading: 1 Cor. 6:13-20 In 6:15, 17, and 19 there are three crucial matters: first, that our bodies are members of Christ; second, that we are one spirit with the Lord; and third, that our body is a temple of the Holy Spirit. In the context of dealing with the abuse of freedom in foods and in the body, Paul opens up these matters in a marvelous way members of Christ
2十五节说，『岂不知你们的身体是基督的肢体么？』因著我们与基督生机的联结，（17，）并因基督住在我们灵里，（提后四22，）安家在我们心里，（弗三17，）我们全人，包括我们洁净过的身体，就成了祂的肢体。因此，为著实际作这样的肢体，我们需要把自
2Verse 15 says, “Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ?” Because we are organically united with Christ (v. 17), and because Christ dwells in our spirit (2 Tim. 4:22) and makes His home in our heart (Eph. 3:17), our entire being, including our purified body, becomes a member of Him. Hence, to practice such membership we need to offer our body
3己 的身体献给祂。（罗十二1，4～5。）
3to Him (Rom. 12:1, 4-5
4与主是一灵在林前六章十七节保罗说，『但与主联合的，便是与主成为一灵。』本节的联合，指信徒藉著信入主，（约三
4ONE SPIRIT WITH THE LORD In verse 17 Paul says, “But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.” The word joined in this verse refers to the believers’ organic union with the Lord through
5～16，）与祂有生机的联结。这联结可用枝子与葡萄树的联结（十五4～）说明。这不仅是生命的事，也是在生命（神的生命）里的事。这样与复活之主的联结，只能在我们的灵里。
5believing into Him (John 3:1 5-1 6). This union is 15 illustrated by that of the branches with the vine (John 15:4-5). It is a matter not only of life, but also in life, 5 the divine life. Such a union with the resurrected Lord can only be in our spirit.
6『一灵』指明是灵的主与我们的灵调和。我们的灵已经由神的灵所重生，（约三6，）这灵现今在我们里面，（林前六19，）并与我们的灵是一。（罗八16。）这是主的实化，祂藉复活成了赐生命的灵，（林前十五45，林后三17，）现今与我们的灵同在。（提后四22。）在保罗的书信里，常说到这调和的灵，如在罗马八章四至六节。
6The expression “one spirit” indicates the mingling of the Lord as the Spirit with our spirit. Our spirit has been regenerated by the Spirit of God (John 3:6), who is now in us (1 Cor. 6:19) and is one with our spirit (Rom. 8:16). This is the realization of the Lord who became the life-giving Spirit through resurrection (1 Cor. 15:45; 2 Cor. 3:17), and who is now with our spirit (2 Tim. 4:22). This mingled spirit is often referred to in Paul’s Epistles, as in Romans 8:4-6
7圣灵的殿在林前六章十九节保罗说，『岂不知你们的身体，就是在你们里面之圣灵的殿么？这圣灵是你们从神而得的，并且你们不是属自己的。』圣灵是在我们的灵里，（罗八16，）我们的灵是在我们的身体里，因此我们的身体成了圣灵的殿，圣灵的居所。
7A TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT In verse 19 Paul says, “Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, Who is in you, Whom you have from God, and you are not your own?” The Holy Spirit is in our spirit (Rom. 8:16), and our spirit is within our body. Hence, our body becomes a temple, a dwelling place, of the Holy Spirit.
8在林前六章二十节保罗下结论说，『因为你们是重价买来的。这样，就要在你们的身体上荣耀神。』这里所说的重价，指基督的宝血。（徒二十28，彼前一18～19，启五9。）照著林前六章十三节至十一章一节这段的内容，在我们的身体上荣耀神，在这里的意思是让住在我们里面的神，（约壹四，）占有、浸透我们的身体，并藉著我们作祂殿的身体，彰显祂自己，特别是在吃喝与嫁娶这两件事上。为此，我们需要认真并严格的管治我们的身体，使牠服从；（林前九27；）并将身体
8In verse 20 Paul concludes, “For you were bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body.” The price mentioned here is the precious blood of Christ (Acts 20:28; 1 Pet. 1:18-19; Rev. 5:9). To glorify God in our body means to let God who dwells in us (1 John 4:13) occupy and saturate our body and express Himself through our body as His temple, especially in the two matters of eating and marriage, according to the context of this section from 6:13 13 through 11:1. For this, we need to exercise a severe and strict control over our body, bringing it into subjection (1 Cor. 9:27) and presenting it to God as a living sacrifice (Rom. 12:1).
9当作活祭献给神。（罗十二1。）
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需要正确的度量
THE NEED FOR THE PROPER CAPACITY
10整本新约圣经中，只有林前六章这几节说到我们的身体是基督的肢体，我们与主是一灵，以及我们的身体是圣灵的殿。然而，我们读这些经节时，可能认为这些话是理所当然的，而没有好好花工夫去研读里面所启示重要的事。十五节说，我们的身体是基督的肢体，你在这节上花过多少时间？对这节圣经充分留意的信徒实在太少了。论到十九节关于信徒的身体是圣灵的殿，的确也有这样的信息；但你进到主的恢复之前，有没有听过一篇信息说到，我们与主是一灵，说到与主联合成为一灵？这三件事的确值得我们透彻的研读。然而，我不是要你们仅仅去研读圣经的白纸黑字，而是要你们在经历的光中来读。今天，少有基督徒操练与主成为一灵。你们有没有看过一本书或一篇信息，用『与主是一灵』作题目？大多数基督徒因著传统神学和实行的影响，无法消化六章十七节这样的经文；他们里面似乎没有空间接受『与主是一灵』这样要紧的事。然而，对于圣洁、得胜、能力、神迹、说方言这类的事，却有很多空间。有些灵恩派的基督徒，非常强调说方言，有时甚至不在意所说的方言是真是假。他们对说方言极有兴趣，以致他们不太在意正常的祷告，也不理会保罗完成职事的中心异象。只要有人说方言，这些信徒很容易就兴奋起来。但如果有人祷告说，『主，感谢你的怜悯和恩典，』他们很快就不感兴趣。他们对这样的祷告没有兴趣。不仅如此，如果你向他们说到神经纶的异象，他们也无法领会你所说的。你想这样的人有可能认识神的话么？不会，他们不会认识神的话，因为他们里面没有空间接纳神所启示这些要紧的事。
10These verses in 1 Corinthians 6 are the only verses in the New Testament which tell us that our bodies are members of Christ, that we are one spirit with the Lord, and that our body is a temple of the Holy Spirit. When we read these verses, however, we may take them for granted and may not spend adequate time to study them and the important matters revealed in them. How much time have you spent on verse 15, which says that our bodies are members of Christ? Very few believers have paid the proper attention to this verse. Yes, messages have been given on verse 19, messages on the believers’ body as a temple of the Holy Spirit. But before you came into the Lord’s recovery, did you ever hear a message on being one spirit with the Lord? Did you ever hear a message on being joined to the Lord as one spirit? These three matters deserve thorough study. I do not mean merely the study of the black and white letters of the Word, but a study in the light of experience. Rarely do Christians today practice being one spirit with the Lord. Do you know of a book, or even a message, entitled “One Spirit with the Lord”? Due to the influence of traditional theology and practice, most Christians are not able to digest a verse like 6:17. There seems to be no room in them for the vital matter of being one spirit with the Lord. However, they may have a great deal of room in them for such matters as holiness, victory, power, miracles, and speaking in tongues. Certain Christians in Pentecostalism place great emphasis on speaking in tongues. In some cases they do not care whether or not the tongues-speaking is genuine. Because they are so fond of speaking in tongues, they do not care much for proper prayers and do not care at all for the central vision of Paul’s completing ministry. If someone speaks in tongues, these believers easily become excited. But if someone prays, “Lord, thank You for Your mercy and grace,” they quickly become disinterested. They have no heart for this kind of prayer. Furthermore, should you speak to them of the vision of God’secon o my, they would not be able to understand what you are saying. Do you think it is possible for such persons to know the Word of God? No, they cannot know the Word, for there is no room in them for the crucial matters of God’sr evelation.
11今天许多基督徒的情形，就像当日主耶稣的门徒那样，没有度量来接受主论到『生命的粮』的话。主说祂就是生命的粮，从天上降下来赐生命给世人的，祂的肉是真正的食物，祂的血是真正的饮料，吃祂的人要因祂活著。（约六33，35，55，57。）那些无法接受祂话的人就说，『这话甚难，谁能听呢？』（60。）我们在接受神启示的度量上也很有限。因著宗教、传统的遗毒，我们可能无法接受保罗所说『与主是一灵』，或『我们的身体是基督的肢体』这样的话。我们好像吃大蒜的人，或是在充满蒜味房间里的人，对大蒜的味道已经麻木了，所以也就习惯，以这种味道为正常。同样的原则，我们属灵的感觉和口味，事实上我们整个里面的人，久在传统基督教的影响之下，以致对神经纶重要的事已没有知觉。若是这样，我们就算一再读林前六章，也不会对十五、十七节有甚么深刻印象。我也曾多年读林前六章，而没有看见十七节重要的含意。直到有一天，这一节开始向我开启；我好像从来没有读过一样，我问自17己圣经中是否真的有这一节。在十七节，保罗清楚的说，『但与主联合的，便是与主成为一灵。』从那时起，我开始很注意这节，也自己操练去经历。
11The situation of many Christians today is similar to that of the disciples of the Lord Jesus who did not have the capacity to take in the Lord’sword regarding the bread of life. The Lord said that He was the bread of life, that He came down from heaven to give life, that His flesh was edible and His blood drinkable, and that whoever ate Him would live by Him (John 6:33, 35, 55, 57). Those who could not receive the Lord’sword said, “This is a hard word; who can hear it?” (John 6:60). We also may be very limited in our capacity to receive God’sr evelation. Due to the drugging influence of religion and tradition, we may not be able to take in Paul’sword about being one spirit with the Lord, or his word about our bodies being the members of Christ. We may be like a person who eats garlic or who stays in a room filled with the smell of garlic, and thus becomes insensitive to the taste and smell of garlic. Such a person’s sense of smell may become so accustomed to garlic that he regards this smell as normal. In the same principle, our spiritual senses of smell and taste, in fact, our whole inner being, may be so much under the influence of traditional Christianity that we do not have the ability to perceive certain crucial matters of God’secon o my. If this is our situation, we may read 1 Corinthians 6 again and again without being impressed by verses 15 and 17. For many years I also read 1 Corinthians 6 without seeing the crucial significance of verse 17. But one day this verse began to be opened up to me. It was as if I had never read this verse before. I asked myself if such a verse was actually in the Bible. In verse Paul clearly says, “He who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.” From that time onward, I began to give a great deal of attention to this verse and to exercise myself to experience it.
12在一九四七至四八年间，倪弟兄经常强调我们需要操练灵、释放灵。他常常说，在我们一切所作的事上，无论是传福音、接触圣徒、或传讲主的话，都必须操练灵、释放灵。他也指出，我们全人各部分中，用得最多的，就是我们所强调的部分。例如，一个活在心思里的人，说话时就突显他的心思。同样的，一个活在情感里的人，就会流露他的情感。我很得这样交通的帮助；从那时起，我就竭力操练灵并释放灵。但我对林前六章十七节还没有很深刻的印象。
12In 1947 and 1948 Brother Nee often stressed the need to exercise the spirit and release the spirit. He often said that in all we do, preaching the gospel, contacting the saints, and ministering the Word, we must exercise our spirit and release our spirit. He also pointed out that the part of our being which we use the most is the part that we emphasize. For example, if a person lives in the mind, his mind will be prominent whenever he speaks. Likewise, a person who lives in the emotion will express his emotion. I was greatly helped by this fellowship, and from that time onward, I endeavored to exercise the spirit and to release the spirit. However, I had not yet been impressed with 6:17.
13一九五八年，主向我们开启了吃主、喝主、享受主的事。我开始看见约翰六章五十七节，主耶稣所说的：『那吃我的人，也要因我活著。』我也领悟要吃主、喝主、享受主，就必须认识我们的灵。除非我们认识灵，否则我们就无法接触主。我曾在一篇信息中指出，只有我们知道某种食物的性质，我们才知道如何吃牠。同样的，如果我们要吃主，就必须知道主的性质。如今，主是赐生命的灵。这意思就是，属灵食物的性质就是灵。我们只能用我们的灵才能接触神的灵。约翰四章二十四节说，『神是灵；敬拜祂的，必须在灵和真实里敬拜。』按照这节，只有人的灵能摸著神的灵，只有人的灵能敬拜神的灵。到了一九六○年，我们对灵的负担、亮光和发表都加强了。因此，篇篇信息都讲灵。我在美国开始尽职时，也强调灵。你去读早期的水流报，就会看见有许多信息都是以灵为中心。我能见证，看6:17见林前六章十七节大大影响了主给我的职事。
13In 1958 the Lord began to open the matters of eating the Lord, drinking the Lord, and enjoying the Lord. At that time I began to see John 6:57, where the Lord Jesus says, “He who eats Me shall also live because of Me.” I also realized that if we would eat the Lord, drink the Lord, and enjoy the Lord, we must know our spirit. Apart from knowing the spirit, we cannot contact the Lord. In one message I pointed out that only when we know the nature of a particular food do we know how to eat that kind of food. In like manner, if we want to eat the Lord, we must know the nature of the Lord. Today the Lord is the life-giving Spirit. This means that the nature of spiritual food is spirit. We can contact the Spirit only by means of our spirit. John 4:24 says, “God is Spirit; and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and reality.” According to this verse, only spirit can touch the Spirit, and only spirit can worship Spirit. In 1 9 6 0 the burden, the light, and the utterance concerning the spirit became intensified. As a result, message upon message was given on the spirit. When I began the ministry in this country, I also emphasized the spirit. If you read the early issues of The Stream magazine, you will see many of the messages are centered on the spirit. I can testify that seeing 1 Corinthians has greatly affected the ministry given to me by the Lord.
极大的奥秘
A GREAT MYSTERY
14我们这些信徒能与主联合成为一灵，这是极大的奥秘，也许是圣经中所启示最奥秘的事。谁能解释这样一个奥秘？我们怎可能与主成为一灵，你解释得来么？虽然我们无法解释，但我们却能经历。我常在早晨祷告说，『主，感谢你！又给我新的一天，操练与你成为一灵。』真希奇！我们这样的罪人竟能与主成为一灵。我们越思想这事，就越觉得奇妙无比。
14We the believers are joined to the Lord as one spirit. This is a great mystery, perhaps the most mysterious matter revealed in the Bible. Who can explain such a mystery? Can you explain how it is possible for us to be one spirit with the Lord? Although we cannot explain it, we can surely experience it. Often I pray in the morning, “Lord, thank You for another day in which to practice being one spirit with You.” What a wonder that sinners such as we can be one spirit with the Lord! The more we consider this matter, the more we realize how wonderful it is.
15保罗在六章十七节明白的宣告我们与主成为一灵的事实。但是，少有人充分留意这一节。我们实在需要花工夫研读，并从经历里来探讨这一节。我们要实验并学习，如何在说话、行事上与主成为一灵。在作每一件事的时候，我们都需要考量，自己是否与主成为一灵。因著我从六章十七节看见与主成为一灵的异象，我就领悟劳伦斯弟兄所实行的，完全是旧约的事。他操练活在神的同在里，但他所实行的不是与主成为一灵。与神同在以及与主成为一灵，有极大的分别。我们都看见了，保罗在六章说到三件要紧的事。这三件事太重大了，我们需要更多操练灵，才能充分的吸收。真奇妙！我们的身体是基督的肢体，我们能与主成为一灵，并且我们的身体是圣灵的殿。这个异象越过越清楚，到了一个地步，我有时候简直无法克制我的兴奋。这个异象的负担太重了，我几乎担当不起。我不能想像有些召会和圣徒因循老路，忽视保罗完成职事的中心异象，竟还能作基督徒的工作。我们迫切需要看见这异象：我们的身体是基督的肢体，我们与主成为一灵，并且我们的身体是圣灵的殿。
15In 6:17 Paul plainly declares the fact that we are one spirit with the Lord. But few of us have paid adequate attention to this. We need much time to study this verse and explore it in an experiential way. We need to experiment and learn how to be one spirit with the Lord in our speaking and in all that we do. As we do various things, we need to consider whether or not we are one spirit with the Lord. Because I have seen the vision of being one spirit with the Lord according to 6:17, I have come to realize that what Brother Lawrence practiced was altogether an Old Testament matter. He exercised to be in the presence of God, but he did not practice being one spirit with the Lord. There is a great difference between being in the presence of God and being one spirit with the Lord. We have seen that in chapter six Paul covers three vital matters. These matters are so great that it takes much exercise of the spirit for us to assimilate them adequately. How marvelous that our bodies are members of Christ, that we are one spirit with the Lord, and that our body is a temple of the Holy Spirit! The vision concerning this is becoming so clear that sometimes I can hardly contain myself. The burden of this vision is so heavy that I can hardly bear it. I cannot bear to think that some churches and some saints may go on in an old way, carrying on a Christian work but neglecting the central vision of Paul’s completing ministry. We urgently need to see the vision that our bodies are members of Christ, that we are one spirit with the Lord, and that our body is a temple of the Holy Spirit
16看见中心的异象今天基督教里的情形，和我们中间的光景，都使我受困扰。各地的基督徒都在聆听包裹糖衣的道，这使他们被岔开，甚至被毒害。连我们中间有些圣徒，也被很合乎圣经的信息岔开。有些弟兄把而没有看见中心的异象。结果，说的人和听的人都偏离了目标。聚会好像很好，甚至很帮助人；但圣徒到底有没有从保罗完成职事的中心异象，或从约翰的修补职事中得到帮助？有时候，这是值得怀疑的。我们尽职作工帮助众召会时，很可能会偏离目标。我们若看重神经纶以外的事情，就有使圣徒被岔开的危险。今天，主巴望得著一班余剩的人，看见祂向使徒保罗─祂忠信的管家─所启示的异象，并且把基督是神的奥秘，召会是基督的奥秘这个完成的职事执行出来。然而，这些事不该仅仅当作道理向圣徒陈明，乃该作为实际服事给圣徒。若要把这事的实际服事给圣徒，自己就必须先摸著实际。
16SEEING THE CENTRAL VISION I am troubled by the situation among Christians today and also by the situation among us. Everywhere Christians are listening to sugar - coated sermons, sermons that distract and even drug them. Even some among us have been distracted by scriptural messages. Certain brothers may use parts of the Life- see the central vision. As a result, both the speakers and the listeners may miss the mark. The meetings may seem very good and even helpful, but are the saints being helped by the central vision of Paul’s completing ministry or by John’s mending ministry? In some cases this is doubtful. It is possible that we are missing the mark in our ministry, work, and effort to help the churches. If we pay attention to things other than God’secon o my, there is the danger that we would actually help the saints to be distracted. What the Lord desires today is a remnant who see the vision He has shown to his faithful steward, the apostle Paul, and who carry out the completing ministry concerning Christ as the mystery of God and the church as the mystery of Christ. However, these matters should not be presented to the saints as mere doctrines; they must be ministered as a reality. If we would minister the reality of these things to others, we must first touch the reality ourselves.
17因著这个异象和负担，所以我对讲道没有兴趣。本篇信息所说这三件要紧的事，对我们不该仅仅是道理。我很关心我们中间还有人没有摸著这些事的实际，因此也没有从经历中体会我们的身体是基督的肢体，我们的身体是圣灵的殿，以及我们与主是一灵。假如在召会中服事的弟兄们看见这异象，他们的说话就会大大改变。他们绝不会仅仅讲道给人听。他们自然而然会定了主意，不知道别的，只知道基督和祂的身体。在这些生命读经信息中，我没有负担讲道理。四十年前，我会讲很多信息，说到得赏赐、受亏损、从火里经过而得救、以及怎样的人必须从召会中挪开。但是，现在我对这些没有负担了；反之，我有负担使圣徒享受基督作除酵节。特别是对那些多年在主恢复里，却还没有看见中心异象的圣徒，我更有负担。他们没有谷粒，只有糠比，也只把糠比供应给人。受他们训练的人得不到𫗪养和生命的供应，结果就无法长大。我们若都看见异象，我们的情形就截然不同。我们就要见证说，我们与主是一灵，我们的身体是基督的肢体，也是圣灵的殿。然而，我们仍缺少经历，仍然不彀有度量接受并领会这些事。所以，我们都要在主面前谦卑自己，说，『主，我不知道该怎么作。我不知道怎么悔改，怎么认罪，我也不知道怎样祷告。主，我就在这里，在你面前，求你怜悯我。我需要看见你经纶的清楚异象。主，怜悯我，让我摸著这异象的实际，也帮助别人摸著同样的实际。』我们都要仰望主的怜悯，使我们看见祂给保罗的异象。惟有看见这样的异象，才能保守我们不在食物和身体上滥用自由。
17Because of the vision and the burden, I have no heart for messages that contain nothing but doctrine. The three crucial matters covered in this message should not remain doctrines to us. I am deeply concerned that some among us have not yet touched the reality of these things and thus do not have an experiential realization concerning our bodies being members of Christ and a temple of the Holy Spirit and of being one spirit with the Lord. If the brothers who minister in the churches see this vision, their speaking will be radically changed. They would never again speak in a way of giving mere doctrines to others. Spontaneously they would determine not to know anything other than Christ and His Body. It is not my burden in these messages to teach doctrines. Forty years ago I would have given many messages on subjects such as the reward, the suffering of loss, being saved through fire, and the various categories of people who should be excommunicated from the church. But I have no burden to give message son these things. Instead, I am burdened that the saints enjoy Christ as their feast of unleavened bread. I am especially burdened for those who have been in the recovery for years and still do not see the central vision. Instead of grain, these ones only have husks, and they minister these husks to others. Those under their training do not receive any nourishment, any life supply, and as a result do not grow. If we would all see the vision, our situation will be altogether different. We shall testify that we are one spirit with the Lord and that our bodies are members of Christ and a temple of the Holy Spirit. However, we are still short of experience, still very limited in our capacity to receive these things and understand them. Thus, we all need to humble ourselves before the Lord and say, “Lord, I don’t know what to do. I don’t know how to repent, I don’t know how to confess, and I don’t know how to pray. Lord, I am simply here before You. Have mercy on me. I need to see a clear vision of Your economy. Have mercy on me, Lord, that I may touch the reality of this vision and help others to do the same.” Let us all look to the Lord for His mercy that we may see the vision shown to Paul. Only when we see such a vision can we be kept from the abuse of freedom in foods and in the body.