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哥林多后书生命读经 · 第17篇

联结、受膏、受印、

Attached, Anointed, Sealed,
1被掳获、被征服、被帅领，好撒播基督的香（一）读经：哥林多后书1:21-22;2:14-16。在前一篇信息里，我们看见一个为著召会活基督的榜样。保罗不是活某种文化的榜样，他乃是为著召会活基督的榜样。我们说到为著召会活基督时，必须认识基督是谁，也必须认识召会是甚么。
1Captured, Subdued, And Led To Scatter The Incense Of Christ (1) Scripture Reading: 2 Cor. 1:21-22; 2:14-16 In the previous message we saw a pattern of living Christ for the church. Paul is not a pattern of living a certain culture; he is a pattern of living Christ for the church. When we speak of living Christ for the church, we need to know who Christ is and also what the church is
2紧要的问题基督是谁？基督乃是神经过过程，成了包罗万有赐生命的灵。这句简短而准确的话，乃是根据
2CRUCIAL QUESTIONS Who is Christ? Christ is God processed to be the all- inclusive life-giving Spirit. This expression, brief and accurate, is an explanation of Christ that is according
3新约的启示以及我们属灵的经历，对基督的解释。
3to both the New Testament revelation and our spiritual experience
4我们应当活基督，目的是为了甚么？我们应当为著传福音活基督么？为著属灵活基督么？我们必须为著召会活基督。我们既然必须为著召会活基督，就需要回答一个重要的问题：召会是甚么？第一，召会是蒙召出来之人的聚集。第二，召会是基督生机的身体。不仅如此，召会是基督的丰满，也是神的丰满，新人，神的居所，新妇。这是保罗在以弗所书中所列的顺序。此外，从启示录来看，召会是灯台。至终，圣经称召会为新妇。因此，我们若想知道召会是甚么，就必须看见召会是蒙召的会众，基督生机的身体，基督与神的丰满，新人，神的居所，灯台，新妇。
4For what purpose should we live Christ? Should we live Christ for evangelism? For spirituality? We must live Christ for the church. Since we need to live Christ for the church, we need to answer an important question: What is the church? First, the church is the assembly of the called-out ones. Second, the church is the organic Body of Christ. Furthermore, the church is the fullness of Christ and also of God, the new man, the habitation of God, and the bride. This is the sequence followed by Paul in the book of Ephesians. Furthermore, according to the book of Revelation, the church is the lampstand. Ultimately in the Bible the church is called the bride. Therefore, if we would know what the church is, we must see that the church is the called assembly, the organic Body of Christ, the fullness of Christ and of God, the new man, the habitation of God, the lampstand, and the bride
基督连同召会
CHRIST WITH THE CHURCH
5现在我们还要再问一个似乎很平常、很普通的问题：圣经向我们所启示的是甚么？特别是新约圣经所启示的是甚么？许多基督教的教师说，新约乃是对基督的启示。领会得比较透的人也许会说，新约是说到基督与召会。我愿意这么说，这个问题最好的答案：新约乃是启示基督连同召会。
5Now I would go on to ask another question, a question that seems very common and ordinary: What does the Bible reveal to us? In particular, what is revealed in the New Testament? Many Christian teachers would say that the New Testament is a revelation of Christ. Perhaps those with a more thorough understanding would say that it speaks concerning Christ and the church. I would say that the best answer to the question regarding what is revealed in the New Testament is that it reveals Christ with the church.
神话语中的肉我们不能仅仅肤浅的认识基督，乃必
THE MEAT OF THE WORD We need to know Christ not merely in a superficial
6须深入、深奥、奥秘的认识基督。有些信徒会说，基督是神成为肉体，成了一个人，名叫耶稣。这耶稣乃是拿撒勒人，末了被钉十字架，又复活了。当然，这些都是对的，都是合乎圣经的。我们相信关于基督的这一切事，因为圣经这样告诉我们。然而，圣经也启示关于基督一些更深的事。圣经不仅给我们看见一些事，可比喻为『皮』、『毛』；也启示一些事，可比喻为『肉』。
6way, but in a deep, profound, and mysterious way. Some believers would say that Christ is God incarnated to be a man named Jesus. This Jesus, a man from Nazareth, eventually was crucified and resurrected. This, of course, is true; it is according to the Bible. We believe all this concerning Christ, for the Bible tells us these things. However, the Bible also reveals deeper matters related to Christ. The Bible shows us not only things that can be compared to “feathers” and “skin”; it also reveals things that can be compared to “meat
7许多有生命的东西不是有皮，就是有毛。就连大蒜也有一层非常薄的皮。你吃大蒜以前，要先把皮剥掉。鸡和别种的飞禽都有羽毛。我们吃鸡的时候，注意的是肉，不是毛。中国有一句俗语，称无关重要的事为鸡毛蒜皮。当我们说某一件事好像鸡毛蒜皮，意思不是说，那件事毫无意义或毫无用处。鸡毛可以作枕头的填充料，蒜皮也可以用来作药。我举这个例证的目的是要说明：甚至圣经神圣的启示里，也包含『皮』和『毛』，也就是说，有一些事虽然重要而不可少，但这些事多少是表面的。我们也可以举蛋壳为例来说明。蛋没有壳就不能存在；然而我们吃蛋时并不吃壳，乃是吃壳里面的东西。圣经中的启示可以比喻作蛋，有壳也有内涵。许多基督徒只注意『蛋壳』。我们若用鸡毛蒜皮为例说明，就可以说这些基督徒所注意的，乃是他们在圣经中所发现的『皮』与『毛』。壳、皮、毛都是指真实而重要的东西。然而，正如我们尽力要说明白的，这些事不是神圣启示的『肉』。在所谓的黑暗时代，大约从第六世纪到十六世纪，圣经被封锁，连皮毛都失去了。到宗教改革的时候，圣经在某个程度上是打开了，神圣话语中的启示也有点恢复。在宗教改革时期，皮与毛都恢复了；然而，神话语中的深奥还没有多大的开启。
7Many kinds of living things have either skin or feathers. Even garlic has some very thin layers of skin. Before you eat garlic, you first need to peel off the skin. Chickens and other kinds of birds have feathers. When we eat chicken, we pay attention to the meat, not to the feathers. There is a Chinese proverb which refers to insignificant matters as chicken feathers and garlic skins. When we say that a certain matter can be compared to chicken feathers or garlic skin, we do not mean that the matter in question is meaningless or useless. Chicken feathers may be used to stuff a pillow, and garlic skin may be used in making medicine. My purpose in using this illustration is to say that even the divine revelation in the Bible contains “skin” and “feathers,” that is, matters that are necessary and important but are nevertheless somewhat superficial. We may also use as an illustration the shell of an egg. Without a shell an egg could not exist. But when we eat eggs, we do not eat the shells; rather, we eat what is inside the shell. The revelation in the Bible can be compared to an egg with its shell and contents. Many Christians devote their attention to the “shell.” Using the illustration of the chicken feathers and the garlic skins, we may say that these same Christians concentrate on the “feathers” and “skins” found in the Bible. The shells, the skins, and the feathers all refer to matters that are true and important. Nevertheless, as we shall seek to make clear, they are not the “meat” of the divine revelation. During the period known as the Dark Ages, from approximately the sixth century to the sixteenth, the Bible was locked away, and even the skins and the feathers were lost. In the Reformation the Bible was opened to a certain extent, and the revelation of the divine Word was somewhat recovered. During the Reformation the skins and the feathers were recovered; however, the depths of the Word were not opened very much.
8有分于丰富的食物我们可以从哥林多前书中找出几个例子，来说明我们所谓的神话语中的毛、皮与肉。林前一章十二节说，『我是说，你们各人说，我是属保罗的，我是属亚波罗的，我是属矶法的，我是属基督的。』这节圣经说到分门别类。关于分门别类，有一些弟兄会的教师，说过类似这样的话：『保罗在林前一章十二节责备那些说他们是属矶法，属亚波罗，属保罗，属基督的人。这样，你们为甚么用路德会、浸信会、长老会、卫斯理会这些名称？你说你是路德会的，就是说你是属路德的。保罗的话难道不适用在使用公会名称这件事上么？这种实行应当受责备。』这个教训是正确、基要的。但这个教训是皮毛，不是神话语中的肉。
8PARTAKING OF RICH FOOD Let us take some examples from 1 Corinthians to illustrate what we mean by the feathers, skin, and meat in the Word. First Corinthians 1:12 says, “Now I mean this, that each of you says, I am of Paul, and I of Apollos, and I of Cephas, and I of Christ.” This verse speaks of divisiveness. Regarding division, some of the Brethren teachers said something like this: “In 1 Corinthians 1:12 Paul rebukes those who say that they are of Cephas, of Apollos, of Paul, and of Christ. Why, then, do you take such names as Lutheran, Baptist, Presbyterian, or Wesleyan? To say that you are a Lutheran means that you are of Luther. Does not Paul’sword apply to the matter of assuming denominational names? This practice must be rebuked.” This is sound, fundamental teaching. Nevertheless, this teaching is skins and feathers. It is not the meat of the Word
9我们若要学习吃得健康，就不该吃毛和皮，应当吃肉。我吃鸡的时候，只吃肉，不吃毛、皮和骨头。同样的原则，我们来看林前一章的时候，不该只注意十二节的毛，而该注意九节的肉。哥林多前书主要是启示分裂这件事么？不，这里基本的启示乃是论到神儿子的交通。不仅如此，这一章也教导说，基督这位钉十字架者，对我们是神的智慧和能力。如今这位基督乃是我们每日的公义、圣别和救赎。这是林前一章的基本启示。我们若要吃鸡肉，就需要拔掉鸡毛，剥去鸡皮。照样，我们若要找到林前一章的肉，就必须深入探讨，不停留在毛和皮。这样，我们就会越过分裂和分裂的灵，看见神的儿子基督是我们的分，并看见祂这位神的智慧和能力，可以成为我们的享受，作我们每日的公义、圣别和救赎。我们都需要这样看见基督，并有分于这样丰富的食物。我们若停留在十二节，专注于分裂这件事上，就只有毛和皮。我们不会享受到健康的肉─基督作我们的分。我能见证，我读林前一章时，不是单单注意分裂这个『皮』；我乃是更多的享受钉十字架的基督作我的分，并作我的公义、圣别和救赎。
9If we would learn to eat in a healthy way, we should not eat the feathers and the skins. Instead, we should eat the meat. When I eat chicken, I eat only the meat, not the feathers, the skin, or the bone. In the same principle, when we come to 1 Corinthians 1, we should pay attention not merely to the feathers in verse 12, but to the meat in verse 9. Does 1 Corinthians primarily reveal the matter of division? No, the basic revelation here concerns the fellowship of God’s Son. Furthermore, this chapter teaches that Christ, the crucified One, is God’s wisdom and power to us. This Christ is now our daily righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. This is the basic revelation in chapter one of 1 Corinthians. If we would eat the meat of a chicken, we need to pluck out the feathers and peel off the skin. In like manner, if we would find the meat in 1 Corinthians 1, we must go deeper than the feathers and the skin in this chapter. Then we shall see past the divisions and the divisive spirit and see that Christ, the Son of God, is our portion and that He, God’s wisdom and power, may be enjoyed as our daily righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. We all need to see Christ in this way and partake of such rich food. If we remain in verse 12, concentrating on the matter of division, we shall have only the feathers and the skins. We shall not enjoy the healthy meat—Christ as our portion. I can testify that when I read 1 Corinthians 1, I do not pay attention only to the skin of divisiveness; much more, I enjoy the crucified Christ as my portion and as my righteousness, sanctification, and redemption.
10许多基督徒没有看见林前一章里面的肉。有些人只看见毛，有些人看得比较深，看见了皮。但是当我告诉信徒们，他们必须越过皮和毛而摸著肉时，有些人就被冒犯了，他们甚至反对我。他们就像我的孙儿女一样，我告诉他们要吃鸡的肉，不要吃鸡皮，他们就埋怨起来。在我的职事里，我总是尽力叫主的子民看见毛与皮下面的肉。
10Many Christians have not seen the meat in chapter one of 1 Corinthians. Some see only the feathers; others, going somewhat deeper, see the skin. But when I tell the believers that they must go beyond the skin and the feathers and touch the meat, some are offended and even oppose me. They are like my grandchildren who complain when I tell them to eat the meat of the chicken and not to eat the skin. In my ministry I am doing my best to show the Lord’sp eople the meat that lies beneath the feathers and the skin
供应神话语中的肉
MINISTERING THE MEAT OF THE WORD
11我最近读了一篇文章，其中指控我破坏圣诞节的实行。我实际上没有一点意思要攻击圣诞节的实行。我的时间完全是用于供应基督给人。但是当我供应基督的时候，圣诞节自然就被暴露。不错，我说过我们的注意力该完全在基督身上，不要去管所谓的基督弥撒或圣诞节。我也说过我们该作基督徒，而不该在意基督教的『教』。我实在没有意思要反对圣诞节或基督教。然而，我尽职事时的确说过，我们该注意基督，作真实的基督徒，而与甚么『弥撒』或甚么『教』无关。有些人听到这些话，就指控我说，我反对基督教，破坏了圣诞节的实行。事实上，圣诞节和基督教体系里，包含了许多东西，甚至不是圣经里真正的毛和皮。基督生在马槽里，在拿撒勒长大，这是事实。这些千真万确是圣经中的事实；但这些是属于『皮毛』的真理，不是属于『肉』的真理。约翰一章一节和十四节就是属于『肉』的真理的例子。这两节圣经表明，话（就是神）成了肉体，支搭帐幕在我们中间，丰丰满满的有恩典，有实际。约翰一章十六节接著又说，『从祂的丰满里我们都领受了，而且恩上加恩。』同一章四节这样说，『生命在祂里面，这生命就是人的光。』这几节圣经是肉，不是毛或皮。
11Recently I read an article in which I was accused of destroying the practice of Christmas. Actually I do not have any intention to attack the practice of Christmas. My time is fully occupied with ministering Christ to others. But while I am ministering Christ, Christmas is spontaneously exposed. Yes, I have said that we should care fully for Christ and forget about the so-called Christ-mass or Christmas. I have also said that we should be Christians, but not care for the “-anity” of Christianity. I certainly do not have the intention of opposing either Christmas or Christianity. Nevertheless, in my ministry I have said that we should care for Christ and be real Christians, but have nothing to do with the “-mass” or “-anity.” When certain ones hear such a word, they accuse me of opposing Christianity and ruining the practice of Christmas. Actually, Christmas and the system of Christianity include many things that are not even the genuine feathers and skins in the Bible. It is a fact that Christ was born in a manger and raised in Nazareth. These definitely are truths in the Bible; however they are “feather-truths” or “skin-truths,” not “meat-truths.” An example of a “meat-truth” is John 1:1 and 14. These verses declare that the Word, which is God, became flesh and tabernacled among us, full of grace and reality. John 1:16 goes on to say, “For of His fullness we all received, and grace upon grace.” Verse 4 of the same chapter says this: “In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.” In these verses we have meat, not feathers or skin
12在约翰十四、十五章里面，肉就更多了。约翰十四章二十三节说，『人若爱我，就必遵守我的话，我父也必爱他，并且我们要到他那里去，同他安排住处。』这节圣经一点也没有题到圣诞节、复活节、或基督教的体系。约翰福音没有一节经文说到这些。这节经文表明，子与父要同爱主耶稣的人安排住处。不仅如此，主在约翰十五章四节说，『你们要住在我里面，我也住在你们里面。』在这一章圣经里主还说，『我是葡萄树，你们是枝子。』（5。）这样的经节没有毛或皮，却满了滋养的肉。
12More meat is found in chapters fourteen and fifteen of the Gospel of John. John 14:23 says, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My Word, and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make an abode with him.” This verse says nothing about Christmas, Easter, or the system of Christianity. Neither do any other verses in the Gospel of John. This verse declares that the Son and the Father will make an abode with the one who loves the Lord Jesus. Furthermore, in John 15:4 the Lord says, “Abide in Me and I in you.” In this chapter He also says,“I am the vine, you are the branches” (v. 5). Verses such as these do not have any feathers or skin. Rather, they are full of nourishing meat.
13你晚餐吃鸡的时候，所注意的主要是皮，还是肉？我们当然都会注意肉。如果我的妻子摆上鸡皮给我吃，我会很不高兴。不过，我的妻子绝对不会这么作，她会摆上滋养的鸡肉。我享受鸡肉，使我得著力量，并得著供应。你所有的是那一种圣经？你的圣经是一本皮毛的书，还是一本满了肉的书？我们回答这问题时要谨慎。最好是这样回答：『我的圣经不只是一本有毛、有皮的书，更是一本有丰富的肉的书。』鸡需要有肉，也照样需要有毛和皮。鸡没有毛和皮就不能生长。照样，在圣经里我们有皮、毛，也有肉。可悲的是，今天在基督徒中间所注意的是毛和皮，却不太注意肉。因此，我的负担是要把神话语中的肉供应给主的子民。
13When you eat a chicken dinner, do you pay attention mainly to the skin or to the meat? Certainly we would all concentrate on the meat. If my wife were to serve me a meal of chicken skin, I would be very unhappy. However, my wife would never do such a thing. Instead, she would serve the nourishing meat of the chicken. I enjoy this kind of meat, and I am strengthened and supplied by it. What kind of Bible do you have? Is your Bible a book only of feathers or of skins, or is your Bible more a book of meat? We should be careful about the way we answer this question. The best answer is to say, “My Bible is not only a book of feathers and skins, but also a book of rich meat.” A chicken needs feathers and skin as well as meat. Without feathers and skin, a chicken would not be able to grow. In like manner, in the Bible we have the skin, the feathers, and the meat. But the tragedy among Christians today is that they care for the feathers and the skin, but they do not care much for the meat. Therefore, my burden is to minister the meat of the Word to the Lord’sp eople
以基督为筵席
FEASTING ON CHRIST
14在哥林多前书里，有许多毛和许多皮。但是在属灵的烹饪上，我们更需要注意肉。读林前五章的人，多半会注意到一根不好看的羽毛，就是犯乱伦罪的弟兄这个事例。我们读这章圣经时，难免要读到这件事，但这不是这章圣经里惟一的事。保罗在七至八节说，『因为我们的逾越节基督，已经被杀献祭了。所以我们守这节…。』保罗说到逾越节和守这节，这些不是皮、毛，乃是肉。保罗在这里指明，我们是在守无酵节。基督是我们的逾越节和无酵节。在我们基督徒的一生中，我们都能享受祂，以祂为筵席。
14In the book of 1 Corinthians there are many feathers, and there is a great deal of skin. But in our spiritual cooking we need to pay more attention to the meat. Most readers of 1 Corinthians 5 pay attention to an uncomely feather, the case of the sinful brother who committed incest. In reading this chapter we cannot avoid this matter. But this is not the only matter covered in this chapter. In verses 7 and 8 Paul says, “For indeed our Passover, Christ, has been sacrificed. Let us therefore keep the feast....” Paul’sword about the Passover and keeping the feast is not skin or feathers—it is meat. Here Paul indicates that we are keeping the feast of unleavened bread. Christ is our Passover and our feast of unleavened bread. We can enjoy Him and feast on Him throughout our Christian life
15无酵节共有七日。这七日表征我们基督徒生活的整个期间。因此，在我们基督徒的一生中，基督是我们的节期，是我们的无酵饼。我们越享受祂作筵席，就越成为无酵的。
15The feast of unleavened bread lasted for seven days. These seven days typify the entire course of our Christian life. Therefore, during our whole Christian life, Christ is our feast, our unleavened bread. The more we feast on Him, the more we become unleavened
读经的帮助
A HELP IN STUDYING THE BIBLE
16我们比较林前五章的肉与毛，就能学得读经的正路。我们读圣经时，不仅需要注意毛和皮，更需要注意肉。我盼望这些论到毛、皮与肉的话，对我们读神的话有所帮助。
16By comparing the meat in 1 Corinthians 5 with the feathers, we learn the proper way to study the Bible. As we read the Bible, we need to pay attention not only to the feathers and the skin, but much more to the meat. I hope that this word concerning the feathers, the skin, and the meat will be helpful to us in our reading of the Word of God
17榜样的各方面我们在前一篇信息里指出，保罗乃是一个为著召会活基督之人的榜样。现在我们必须进一步的问，保罗既是这样的榜样，究竟他是那一种人？这个问题的答案是：保罗是一个联结的人，就是联于基督这受膏者的人。保罗在林后一章二十一节说，『然而那把我们同你们，坚固的联于基督，并且膏了我们的，就是神。』凡是没有联于基督的人，凡是没有联结的人，都不能为著召会活基督。我们若要为著召会活基督，就必须向我们的榜样保罗学习，作一个联于基督的人。照一章二十一节所说，联于基督的人也是神所膏的人。因此，为著召会活基督的人必须是受膏的人。我们受了教育、教导或训练仍是不彀，我们必须受膏。我们若没有受膏，就不能为著召会活基督。我们都必须受膏。保罗在一章二十二节接著说，神『既印了我们，又赐那灵在我们心里作质』。为著召会活基督的人，也是被神印了的人。被神所印，就是为神所拥有、占有了。如果不是神印了我们，我们就不能为著召会活基督。
17ASPECTS OF THE PATTERN In the foregoing message we pointed out that Paul is a pattern of a person who lives Christ for the church. Now we must go on to ask what kind of person Paul was as such a pattern. The answer to this question is that Paul was an attached person, a person attached to Christ, the anointed One. In 2 Corinthians 1:21 Paul says, “But He Who firmly attaches us with you unto Christ and has anointed us is God.” Anyone who is not attached to Christ, any unattached person, cannot live Christ for the church. If we would live Christ for the church, we must learn of Paul as our pattern to be a person attached to Christ. According to 1:21, those who are attached to Christ are anointed by God. Hence, one who lives Christ for the church must be an anointed person. It is not sufficient to be educated, instructed, or trained; we must be anointed. If we are not anointed, we cannot live Christ for the church. We all need to be anointed. In 1:22 Paul goes on to say that God “has also sealed us and given the pledge of the Spirit in our hearts.” One who lives Christ for the church is also a person who has been sealed by God. To be sealed by God means to be owned, possessed, by Him. If we have not been sealed by God, we cannot live Christ for the church
18保罗在二章十四节说，『感谢神，祂常在基督里，在凯旋的行列中帅领我们，并藉著我们在各处显扬那因认识基督而有的香气。』我们曾经指出，『在凯旋的行列中帅领我们』原文是个动词，意思是指在凯旋的行列中，帅领一个作俘虏的人。因此，保罗在这节圣经中是题到被基督所掳获。照人的观念看，被掳获不是一件好事。没有人愿意作俘虏。但我们需要被主掳获，使我们可以为著召会活基督。
18In 2:14 Paul says, “But thanks be to God, Who always leads us in triumph in the Christ, and manifests through us the savor of the knowledge of Him in every place.” As we have pointed out, the verb “leads us in triumph” means to lead a man as a captive in a triumphal procession. Therefore, in this verse Paul refers to being captured by Christ. According to the human concept, it is not a good thing to be captured. No one wants to be a captive. But we need to be captured by the Lord so that we may live Christ for the church.
19我们也需要被征服。然而，无论是弟兄或姊妹，都不喜欢被征服。要年轻妇女被她的丈夫征服，实在很困难。她的态度可能是：虽然她嫁给丈夫了，但她没有一点意思要被丈夫征服。就著天然说，我们没有一个人喜欢被征服。我们认为被征服是件羞辱的事。然而，我们若要为著召会活基督，就必须被征服。被主征服不是羞辱的，乃是荣耀的。末了，我们若要为著召会活基督，就必须接受主的帅领。我们需要被掳获、被征服、被帅领。但我们喜欢带领别人，而不愿意接受别人的带领。我们若要为著召会活基督，就都需要接受带领。我们说到为著召会活基督，一共列举了六件事：联结、受膏、受印、被掳获、被征服、被帅领。我们在下一篇信息里会看见，这一切都是为了叫我们能撒播基督的香。
19We also need to be subdued. However, neither the brothers nor the sisters like to be subdued. It is surely very difficult for a young woman to be subdued by her husband. Rather, her attitude may be that even though she married her husband, she has no intention of being subdued by him. Naturally speaking, none of us likes to be subdued. For us, it is humiliating to be subdued. Nevertheless, if we would live Christ for the church, we must be subdued. It is not humiliating to be subdued by the Lord—it is glorious. Finally, if we would live Christ for the church, we must be led by Him. We need to be captured, subdued, and led. We, however, prefer to lead others, not to be led by someone else. If we would live Christ for the church, we all need to be led. Concerning living Christ for the church, we have listed six matters: attached, anointed, sealed, captured, subdued, and led. As we shall see in the next message, all this is that we may scatter the incense of Christ