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哥林多前书生命读经 · 第50篇

主的筵席（二）

The Lord’s Table (2)
1读经：哥林多前书十章十四至二十二节。我们读哥林多前书时，要领会保罗的中心思想，这是非常重要的。保罗知道，崇尚哲学的希利尼信徒已经走岔，偏离了基督。他们虽是真基督徒，却失去关于基督的标竿。他们没有藉著活基督而过基督徒生活，却活他们的希腊文化。所以保罗有负担，要拯救他们，并带他们归回基督。
1Scripture Reading: 1 Cor. 10:14-22 As we read 1 Corinthians, it is very important that we understand Paul’s central thought. Paul realized that the philosophical Greek believers had gone astray from Christ. Although they were genuine Christians, they were missing the mark concerning Christ. Instead of living a Christian life by living Christ, they were living their Greek culture. Therefore, Paul was burdened to rescue them and bring them back to Christ
深而奥秘的基督
THE DEEP AND MYSTERIOUS CHRIST
2保罗不是肤浅的人，他写信时，不是肤浅的对哥林多的信徒施行拯救。反之，保罗拯救他们的方式包含了深而奥秘的事。保罗写信给哥林多人，为要拯救他们脱离那使他们受打岔而偏离基督的事，就揭示出神的深奥，关于基督更深的事。我们若没有林前头三章，就不会认识基督成了从神给我们的智慧；我们也不会认识这智慧包括基督是公义、圣别和救赎。保罗这里的思想非常深。他在这封书信里所对付的难处似乎相当肤浅，但他对付这些事的方式却很深奥。尤其吃祭偶像之物是肤浅的事，但保罗对付这难处的方式，却与深而奥秘、包罗万有的基督有关。
2Paul was not a shallow person, and in his writing he did not carry out the rescue of the believers at Corinth in a shallow way. On the contrary, Paul’sway of rescuing them involves matters that are deep and profound. As he wrote to the Corinthians with the aim of rescuing them from what was distracting them from Christ, Paul unveils the depths of God, the deeper things concerning Christ. If we did not have the first three chapters of 1 Corinthians, we would not know that Christ has become wisdom to us from God; neither would we know that this wisdom includes Christ as righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. Paul’s though there is very deep. The problems he deals with in this Epistle may seem rather shallow, but the way he deals with these things is profound. In particular, the eating of idol sacrifices is a shallow matter. But Paul’sway of dealing with this problem is related to the deep, mysterious, all-inclusive Christ
3神的深奥与奥秘的基督有关。因著我们所教导并经历关于基督的事乃是奥秘的，所以不信者无法领会我们所谈论的。基督对他们仅仅是历史人物。但基督对我们是真的、活的、现今的、宝贵的；祂是奥秘的、深的、包罗万有的。祂远超我们所能理解，祂深不可测。保罗在他的书信里，无法用一个3:18语汇充分的描述包罗万有的基督。在以弗所三章十八节他说到和众圣徒一同领略『何为那阔、长、高、深』。这里保罗说到基督的量度。甚么是阔？甚么是长、高、深？这些是基督无法测量的量度。基督自己就是那阔、长、高、深。祂的量度比宇宙的量度更广。这样一位奇妙的基督是过于我们所能领略的。
3The depths of God are related to the mysterious Christ. Because what we are teaching and experiencing regarding Christ is mysterious, unbelievers cannot understand what we are talking about. To them Christ is simply a historical figure. But to us Christ is real, living, present, and precious; He is mysterious, deep, and all-inclusive. He is far beyond our comprehension, so deep that we cannot fathom Him. In his Epistles, Paul did not have a vocabulary adequate to describe the all-inclusive Christ. In Ephesians he speaks of apprehending with all the saints “what is the breadth and length and height and depth.” Here Paul refers to the dimensions of Christ. What is the breadth? And what are the length, the height, and the depth? These are the immeasurable dimensions of Christ. Christ Himself is the breadth, length, height, and depth. His dimensions are more vast than the dimensions of the universe. Such a marvelous Christ is beyond our apprehension.
4享受基督照著保罗在哥林多前书里的话，这位奇妙的基督是我们的。一章二节告诉我们，基督『是他们的，也是我们的』。在一章九节保罗说，我们已经蒙召进入了基督的交通。这就是说，基督是我们的分，给我们享受。
4ENJOYING CHRIST According to Paul’sword in 1 Corinthians, this wonderful Christ is ours. In 1:2 we are told that Christ is “theirs and ours.” In 1:9 Paul says that we have been called into the fellowship of Christ. This means that Christ is our portion for our enjoyment
5今天的基督徒常常受教导要相信基督、信靠祂、并倚靠祂；但对我们这些蒙召进入了基督的交通的人而言，光是这样乃是不彀的。当然，我们必须信靠主并倚靠祂。但我们也许这样作，而仍然失去享受基督并据有祂作我们的分这中心的事。已往我们许多人受教导要相信基督，信靠基督，倚靠基督，并向基督祷告。然而，一件非常重要的事被忽略了，就是对基督的享受。在你进到主的恢复里以前，你曾听见关于享受基督的信息么？今天在主的子民中间，那里有人说这样的话？基督徒没有这语汇，因为他们没有这属灵的文化。尽管圣经里题到吃基督或喝基督，但是基督徒并不讲说这些事。保罗写哥林多前书的目的，不仅仅是要帮助我们信靠基督或倚靠祂；他的目标是要鼓励我们享受基督。阿利路亚，基督是我们的！一章二节里『祂是他们的，也是我们的』，这样简单的话含示享受。基督是我们的，意思不但是我们信靠祂，也是我们享受祂。何等美妙，基督是我们的，给我们享受！
5For us, as those who have been called into the fellowship of Christ, it is not sufficient only to believe in Him, trust in Him, and rely on Him, as Christians today are often taught to do. Of course, we must trust in the Lord and rely on Him. But we may do this and still miss the central matter of enjoying Christ and possessing Him as our portion. In the past, many of us were taught to believe in Christ, trust in Christ, rely on Christ, and pray to Christ. One very important matter, however, was neglected—the enjoyment of Christ. Before you came into the Lord’s recovery, did you ever hear a message about enjoying Christ? Where is such a word spoken among the Lord’sp eople today? Christians do not have this terminology because they do not have this spiritual culture. They do not speak of eating Christ or of drinking Him, even though these matters are mentioned in the Bible. Paul’s purpose in writing 1 Corinthians was not merely to help us trust in Christ or rely on Him. His goal was to encourage us to enjoy Christ. Hallelujah, Christ is ours! The simple phrase “theirs and ours” in 1:2 implies enjoyment. For Christ to be ours means not only that we trust in Him, but also that we enjoy Him. How wonderful that Christ is ours to enjoy
神儿子的交通
THE FELLOWSHIP OF GOD’SS ON
6神召我们进入了祂儿子我们主耶稣基督的交通。你对神儿子的交通有正确的领会么？正如我们所指出的，交通包含有分。现在我要说，交通包括享受。这样解释一章九节是正确的：『你们乃是为祂所召，进入了对祂儿子的享受。』进入神儿子的交通，就是进入对祂的享受。
6God has called us into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Do you have a proper understanding of the fellowship of God’sS on? As we have pointed out, fellowship involves participation. Now I wish to say that fellowship includes enjoyment. It is correct to interpret 1:9 in this way: “By Whom you have been called into the enjoyment of His Son.” To enter into the fellowship of the Son is to come into the enjoyment of Him
7在十章十六节保罗又说到交通：『我们所祝福的福杯，岂不是基督之血的交通么？我们所擘开的饼，岂不是基督身体的交通么？』一章九节的交通，是一个人位的交通。十章十六节这里的交通，是那人位的血和身体的交通。主耶稣与祂的门徒同吃，并设立筵席时，祂『拿起饼来，祝福了，就擘开，递给门徒，说，你们拿著吃，这是我的身体』。（太二六26。）然后拿起杯来，祝谢了，『递给他们，说，你们都喝这个。』（27。）今天主邀请我们来赴祂的筵席，并论到饼和杯说，『这是我的身体，你们拿著吃…；这是我的血，你们拿著喝。』然而，我们也许把这些事视为理所当然，没有领悟主这样说到祂的身体和血，就是将祂自己给我们，作我们的享受。祂将自己赐给我们，作我们的粮食供应，使我们能享受祂。哦，愿主开启我们的眼睛！祂这包罗万有的一位，已将祂的身体赐给我们吃，将祂的血赐给我们喝。祂已将自己赐给我们，使我们有分于祂，并藉著吃喝祂而享受祂。基督这包罗万有，将祂自己给我们作我们享受的一位，乃是父、子、灵三一神的具体化身。祂就是成为肉体的神，在地上生活为人三十三年半；死在十字架上，了结旧造；在肉身和属灵上复活；并藉著复活成了赐生命的灵。今天这位将祂的身体和血给我们的，就是基督这赐生命的灵。这奇妙的基督是我们的一切，给我们享受。祂所是的一切，都给我们有分并享受。
7In 10:16 Paul again refers to fellowship: “The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not a fellowship of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not a fellowship of the body of Christ?” In 1:9 the fellowship is the fellowship of a Person. Here in 10:16 the fellowship is of that Person’s blood and body. When the Lord Jesus ate with His disciples and established the table, He “took the bread and blessed and broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is My body” (Matt. 26:26). Then taking the cup and giving thanks, “He gave it to them, saying, Drink of it, all of you” (v. 27). Today the Lord invites us to His table and says of the bread and the cup, “This is My body; take and eat. … This is My blood; take and drink.” However, we may take these matters for granted, not realizing that by speaking in this way concerning His body and blood, the Lord is presenting Himself to us for our enjoyment. He gives Himself to us as our food supply so that we may enjoy Him. Oh, may the Lord open our eyes! He, the all-inclusive One, has given His body for us to eat and His blood for us to drink. He has given us Himself so that we may partake of Him and enjoy Him by eating and drinking Him. As the all - inclusive One who presents Himself to us for our enjoyment, Christ is the embodiment of the Triune God, the Father, the Son, and the Spirit. He is the very God incarnate, the One who lived on earth as a man for thirty-three and a half years, who died on the cross to terminate the old creation, who was resurrected physically and spiritually, and who became through resurrection the life - giving Spirit. Today the One who presents His body and blood to us is Christ as the life-giving Spirit. This wonderful Christ is everything to us for our enjoyment. All that He is, is for our participation and enjoyment.
桌子与美地
THE TABLE AND THE GOOD LAND
8每当我们来到主的桌子前享受基督这包罗万有的一位，在我们的经历中，我们就在美地享受那地的丰富。这就是说，美地成了桌子，筵席，给我们享受。在这桌子，这筵席前，我们得著满足，神也得著满足。我们若看见这点，就会领悟，进入美地就是来到主的桌子前。这是最鼓励人的话。赞美主，我们来到桌子前，就进入美地！我们对主桌子的领会，受到我们宗教背景的影响和天然的观念所限制。因著这影响，我们来到主的桌子前，也许以为仅仅是参加一个以桌子同著饼和杯为中心的聚会。我们灵里也许没有领悟，我们来到桌子前并享受这筵席，就是享受基督这包罗万有的地。
8Whenever we come to the Lord’stable to enjoy Christ as the all-inclusive One, in our experience we are in the good land enjoying the riches of the land. This means that the good land has become a table, a feast, for our enjoyment. At this table, this feast, we are satisfied, and God is satisfied also. If we see this, we shall realize that to enter into the good land is to come to the Lord’stable. This is a most encouraging word. Praise the Lord that when we come to the table, we enter into the good land! Our understanding of the Lord’stable has been limited by the influence of our religious background and also by our natural concepts. Because of this influence, we may think that to come to the Lord’stable is merely to attend a meeting centered around a table with a loaf and a cup. We may not have any realization in our spirit that by coming to the table and enjoying it, we are enjoying Christ as the all-inclusive land.
9你知道以色列人怎样在地上建立神的国，又怎样建造神的殿么？乃是藉著享受美地的丰富。因为以色列人享受这些丰富，他们就能击败仇敌。那地的丰富不但使百姓能生活，也装备他们，使他们能争战，并带进神的国。不但如此，那地的丰富也将建造神的殿所需要的，供应他们。所以，神的国和殿都是藉著享受美地的丰富而产生的。那地的丰富是以色列人生活的源头。这些丰富也是他们击败仇敌，建立神的国，并建造神的殿的供应。有一天，神的荣耀就降临并充满这殿。那是享受美地丰富的终极结果。以色列人在美地上的经历，豫表今天我们对基督的享受。基督是我们的美地，基督丰富的各方面由那地的出产所豫表。我们若享受基督丰富的供应，就能活基督。我们也会得著加力，击败仇敌。仇敌总是在我们享受基督的时候被击败。不但如此，藉著享受基督的丰富，神的国就在召会中被建立，殿也被建造，作神的居所。这一切事─过基督徒生活、击败仇敌、建立神的国、并建造神的居所─`都出于对基督丰富的享受。现在我们必须看见这些丰富陈列在主的桌子上。所以，这桌子是给我们享受的筵席。我们许多人参加擘饼聚会多年了，但我们对主的桌子从来没有这种领会。我们领会来到这桌子前就是享受基督作美地，这是很要紧的。
9Do you know how the children of Israel established the kingdom of God on earth and how they built the temple of God? They did this through the enjoyment of the riches of the good land. Because the children of Israel enjoyed these riches, they could defeat their enemies. The riches of the land not only enabled the people to live; they also equipped them to fight and bring in the kingdom of God. Furthermore, the riches of the land supplied them with what they needed to build God’stem ple. Therefore, both the kingdom of God and the temple come into being through the enjoyment of the riches of the good land. The riches of the land were the source of the living of the children of Israel. These riches were also the supply for them to defeat the enemy, establish the kingdom of God, and build the temple of God. One day the glory of God descended and filled this temple. That was the consummate result of the enjoyment of the riches of the good land. The experience of the children of Israel in the good land typifies our enjoyment of Christ today. Christ is our good land, and the various aspects of the riches of Christ are typified by the produce of the land. If we enjoy the rich supply of Christ, we shall be able to live Christ. We shall also be empowered to defeat the enemies. The enemies are always defeated when we enjoy Christ. Furthermore, through the enjoyment of the riches of Christ, the kingdom of God is established in the church, and the temple is built for God’s dwelling place. All these matters—living the Christian life, defeating the enemies, establishing the kingdom of God, and building the house of God—issue out from the enjoyment of the riches of Christ. Now we must see that these riches are displayed on the Lord’stable. Therefore, the table is a feast for our enjoyment. Many of us have been attending the Lord’stable for years, but we have never had this understanding of the table. It is crucial for us to understand that to come to the table is to enjoy Christ as the good land
10两个筵席我们若对主的桌子（主的筵席）有这样的领会，就能领会林前十章。这里保罗的观念是，每当人吃祭偶像之物的时候，他就享受与偶像有关的东西。不但如此，他所享受的就进到他里面，使他成为那样东西的彰显。这乃是基于吃是交通、有分的原则。保罗用交通这辞，含有分的意思。照著这观点，吃祭偶像之物就是与偶像有交通。不但如此，这乃是与偶像有了牵联，至终与偶像成为一。这符合一个事实：我们成了我们所吃的，我们所吃的成了我们这个人。因为鬼在偶像背后，与偶像是一就是与偶像背后的鬼是一。这是解释保罗在十章关于吃祭偶像之物的观念。吃祭偶像之物的结果是使人与鬼成为一，甚至被鬼充满并浸透。
10THE TWO TABLES If we have this realization concerning the Lord’stable, we shall be able to understand 1 Corinthians 10. Paul’s concept here is that whenever a person eats of idol sacrifices, he enjoys something related to an idol. Furthermore, what he enjoys gets into him and causes him to become an expression of that thing. This is based on the principle that eating is a fellowship, a participation. Paul uses the word fellowship with the meaning of participation. According to this view, to eat the sacrifices offered to idols is to have fellowship with idols. Moreover, it is to become involved with idols and eventually to become one with them. This is in keeping with the fact that we are what we eat, that what we eat becomes us. Because demons are behind idols, to be one with idols is to be one with the demons behind them. This is an explanation of Paul’s concept in chapter ten concerning the eating of idol sacrifices. The result of eating sacrifices to idols is that a person becomes one with demons and even filled and saturated with them.
11同样的原则，吃基督的身体就是与基督有交通。这是有分于基督，并与祂成为一。这不仅仅是道理或原则，乃是实际。今天基督是赐生命的灵。鬼也是灵。赐生命的灵是丰富、包罗万有的。反之，鬼的灵是邪恶、不洁的。人可以被鬼（邪灵）浸透并占有，也可以被基督这赐生命的灵浸透并占有。我们被何者占有并浸透，就照著何者生活。我们若吃基督并被祂这赐生命的灵浸透，我们就会活基督。同样，我们若吃祭鬼之物并被鬼浸透，我们就会活鬼。最终，全宇宙中只有两个筵席：鬼的筵席，使人与鬼成为一；主的筵席，使信徒与主成为一。无论那一种情形，我们都成了我们所吃的。今天基督教国里所谓的圣餐并不纯净。在其背后有些与偶像有关的事物，而鬼就在偶像背后。有分于鬼的筵席的人乃是与鬼接触。这就是说，他们实际上摸著鬼的筵席背后鬼的实际。那些在灵里来赴主的筵席的亲爱圣徒，原则也是一样。他们有分于主的筵席时，就摸著祂的实际。在这些信徒的话里，我们常常能感觉出于主的东西。我们晓得在某位弟兄或姊妹的话里，我们能听见主的话。这些圣徒能说这样的话，因为他们已被主浸透。
11In the same principle, to eat the body of Christ is to have the fellowship of Christ. It is to participate in Christ and to become one with Him. This is not simply a doctrine or principle; it is a reality. Christ today is the life-giving Spirit. Demons also are spirits. The life-giving Spirit is rich and all-inclusive. The demonic spirits, on the contrary, are evil and unclean. One can be saturated and occupied either by a demon, an evil spirit, or by Christ as the life- giving Spirit. We live according to that with which we are occupied and saturated. If we eat Christ and are saturated with Him as the life-giving Spirit, we shall live Christ. In like manner, if we eat the sacrifices to demons and are saturated with demons, we shall live demons. Ultimately, in the entire universe there are only two tables: the table of demons, which causes people to be one with demons, and the table of the Lord, which causes the believers to be one with the Lord. In either case, we are what we eat. What is called communion in today’s Christendom is not pure. Behind it there are some things related to idols, and demons are behind the idols. Those who partake of the table of demons come in contact with demons. This means they actually touch the reality of the demons behind the table of the demons. The principle is the same with the dear saints who come to the Lord’stable in the spirit. They touch the reality of the Lord as they partake of His table. Often in the words of these believers we can sense something of the Lord. We realize that in the words of a certain brother or sister we can hear the word of the Lord. These saints can speak such a word because they have been saturated with the Lord
12圣徒来赴主的筵席时，他们中间若有难处，召会生活就会被破坏。在这样的情形里，无法有召会的建造。但地方召会里的圣徒来赴主的筵席时，若没有难处，并且每个人都在灵里与主并与别人有交通，那就是真正被建造的召会，圣殿。不但如此，随著神的殿有神的国。那些藉著享受基督成了殿与国的人，必是活基督的人。我们若在这光中读林前十章，对本章就会有正确的领会。我们会领悟，拜偶像与享受主自己以外的事物有关。今天各处的人都在拜偶像，因他们在享受许多不是主自己的事物。属世之人的生活是拜偶像的生活。他们坐下吃喝，然后起来玩耍。参加属世娱乐，以及购买百货公司所出售许多属世东西的人，乃是在拜偶像。
12If there is a problem among the saints when they come to the Lord’stable, the church life will be damaged. There can be no building up of the church in such a situation. But if the saints in a local church have no problems when they come to the Lord’stable, and if everyone fellowships with the Lord and with others in spirit, that is a church, a temple, which has truly been built up. Furthermore, with the temple of God there is the kingdom of God. Those who have become the temple and the kingdom through the enjoyment of Christ are surely those who live Christ. If we read 1 Corinthians 10 in this light, we shall have a proper understanding of this chapter. We shall realize that idolatry involves the enjoyment of something other than the Lord Himself. Today people everywhere are practicing idolatry, for they are enjoying many things which are not the Lord Himself. The living of worldly people is a living in idolatry. They sit down to eat and drink, and then they rise up to play. Those who engage in worldly entertainments and who purchase many of the worldly things sold in department stores are practicing idolatry
13拜偶像是享受顶替主的东西。但主的筵席是对主自己真正的享受。主的筵席不但是主日聚会的事；这筵席该是我们每天，甚至不断的享受。日复一日，主是我们的美地，我们的筵席，我们的桌子。倘若我们来到主的桌子前有这种领会，就会带著不同的灵和不同的领悟而来。我们所祝福的福杯的确是基督之血的交通，我们所擘开的饼的确是基督身体的交通。今天我们是聚集在祭坛周围的人，享受祭坛上所献使神满足的东西。我们坐席的时候，就使我们所敬拜的主满足。这是正确的对付吃的事。正确对付吃的路就是享受主作筵席。不要吃主以外的任何东西，不要享受任何顶替祂的东西。我们不该有基督以外的任何享受。基督是我们的桌子，我们的筵席，我们的美地。作为美地，基督是丰富的筵席，给我们享受。我们享受祂作筵席，我们就活祂。然后我们就能击败仇敌，建立神的国，并建造祂的殿。这就是神的目标和祂永远定旨的完成。
13Idolatry is the enjoyment of something in place of the Lord. But the Lord’stable is the true enjoyment of the Lord Himself. The Lord’stable is not only a matter of a meeting on the Lord’s Day; this table should be our enjoyment every day, even continually. Day by day, the Lord is our good land, our feast, our table. If we come to the Lord’stable with this understanding, we shall come with a different spirit and a different realization. The cup of blessing which we bless is certainly the fellowship of the blood of Christ, and the bread which we break is the fellowship of the body of Christ. Today we are those gathered around the altar, enjoying whatever is offered on the altar for God’s satisfaction. As we are feasting, we satisfy the Lord whom we worship. This is the proper dealing with the matter of eating. The proper way to deal with eating is to feast on the Lord. Do not eat anything other than the Lord, and do not enjoy anything in place of Him. We should not have any enjoyment other than Christ. Christ is our table, our feast, our land. As the good land, Christ is a rich feast for our enjoyment. When we feast on Him, we live Him. Then we are able to defeat the enemies, establish the kingdom of God, and build up His temple. This is God’s goal and the fulfillment of His eternal purpose.