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哥林多后书生命读经 · 第19篇

彀资格以基督为字母，用活神赐生命的灵

Competent of Christ as the Alphabet to Write Living Letters
1书写活信（一）读经：哥林多后书三章三至六节。在哥林多后书这卷非常深奥的书里，保罗把自己摆出来，作为为著召会活基督的榜样。在这卷书信里，保罗给我们看他的生活，他的生活方式。保罗的生活是所有基督徒的榜样。
1with the Life-Giving Spirit of the Living God (1) Scripture Reading: 2 Cor. 3:3-6 In the book of 2 Corinthians, a very deep book, Paul presents himself as a pattern of living Christ for the church. In this Epistle Paul presents us his living, the way he lives. Paul’s life is a pattern for all Christians
2我年轻刚信主时，一再听见人说，基督是我们的榜样，我们应该效法祂。我也受教导说，使徒保罗是我们的榜样。保罗在提前一章十五至十六节说，他是大罪人，是罪人中的罪魁，但他蒙了怜悯，是要作信徒的榜样、模型。但是，我从来没有听人说过，保罗在哥林多后书摆出自己作为我们为著召会活基督的榜样。保罗不仅是活基督的榜样，也是为著召会活基督的榜样。我们是神的新造，我们的定命就是活基督。不仅如此，我们活基督不仅是为著得救、属灵、能力或福音工作，更是为著召会。为著召会活基督乃是神指定给祂新造的定命。
2When I was a young Christian, I heard again and again that Christ is our example and that we should imitate Him. I was also taught that the Apostle Paul is an example for us. In 1 Timothy 1:15 and 16 Paul says that he was the greatest sinner, the chief of sinners, but he received mercy in order to become an example, a pattern, for the believers. However, I never heard that in 2 Corinthians Paul presents himself as a pattern of living Christ for the church. Paul is a pattern not only of living Christ, but of living Christ for the church. As God’s new creation, we are destined to live Christ. Furthermore, we are to live Christ not merely for salvation, spirituality, power, or evangelical work, but for the church. To live Christ for the church is the destiny God has appointed to His new creation
称义以至于得生命
JUSTIFICATION UNTO LIFE
3基督徒已经失去了为著召会活基督这件事，所以需要有恢复。在宗教改革的时候，路德马丁恢复了因信称义。靠著神的恩典，路德愿意冒著生命的危险，恢复因信称义的真理。客观的因信称义可以比作鸡皮，并不是鸡肉。照罗马书和加拉太书来看，因信称义必定有个结果。这两卷书启示，因信称义是要得生命。这就是说，称义的目的是生命。称义不该是孤立的，称义必须带进生命的结果。士文克非尔（CasparSchwenckfeld）看见，称义必须带进生命的结果。我们可以把他看作是不仅摸著圣经中启示的『皮』，更是开始看见皮下面之『肉』的人。有一天我很惊讶，得知士文克非尔曾用过我们今天说到生命时所用的几个辞。他甚至说到赐生命的灵。我题到路德和士文克非尔这两个人，我的重点乃是说，主所要恢复的不仅是皮─一些基要的道理；主更要恢复神话语中皮下面的肉。
3The matter of living Christ for the church is something that has been lost and that needs to be recovered. At the time of the Reformation, Martin Luther recovered justification by faith. By God’s grace, Luther was willing to risk his life for the recovery of justification by faith. Justification by faith in an objective way can be compared to the skin of a chicken; it is not the meat. According to Romans and Galatians, justification by faith must have a result. These books reveal that justification by faith is unto life. This means that justification is with a view to life. It should not stand by itself; rather, it must result in life. Caspar Schwenckfeld saw that justification must result in life. He may be regarded as one who touched not only the “skin” of the revelation in the Bible, but also began to see the “meat” under the skin. One day I was very surprised to learn that Schwenckfeld used some of the expressions we use today to speak of life. He even spoke of the life - giving Spirit. My point in referring to Luther and Schwenckfeld is to say that the Lord wants to recover not only the skin, that is, certain fundamental doctrines; He also wants to recover the meat under the skin of the Word.
基督是滋养我们的分曾经指出，圣经的真理可以比作鸡的
CHRIST AS OUR NOURISHING PORTION that the truths of the Bible can be compared to the
41毛、皮、肉。譬如，我们读林前一章时，可能会注意毛，而忽略了肉。保罗在林前一章十二节说，『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。』在这节经文里，我们所有的是毛，不是肉。读林前一章的人时常注意这节经文里的毛，却忽略了九节的肉。保罗在九节说，『神是信实的，你们乃是为祂所召，进入了祂儿子我们主耶稣基督的交通。』许多读林前
4feathers, skin, and meat of a chicken. In reading Corinthians 1, for example, we may pay attention to the feathers and neglect the skin. In 1 Corinthians 1:12 Paul 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.” In this verse we have feathers, not meat. Readers of 1 Corinthians 1 often pay attention to the feathers in this verse; however, they neglect the meat in verse 9. There Paul says, “God is faithful, through Whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.” Many read 1 Corinthians 1 without
5一章的人，不太注意这节经文和其中所包含的肉。还有一些人可能读了这节经文，却对交通一辞的领会不彀。他们也许认为，与子有交通不过是在祷告中接触神的儿子。没有多少信徒认识，子的交通是指对神儿子的享受。在这里，神的儿子是丰富的肉，要成为我们的分。
5paying adequate attention to this verse and to the meat contained in it. Others may study this verse, but without an adequate understanding of the word fellowship. They may think that to have fellowship with the Son is merely to contact the Son of God in a prayerful way. Not many believers realize that the fellowship of the Son refers to the enjoyment of the Son of God. The Son of God here is rich meat to be our portion
6享受主作丰富、滋养的肉，这样的思想在路加十五章就有了。浪子的比喻说到浪子悔改回家。父亲接纳他，给他穿那上好的袍子。有些圣经教师用这比喻教导人说，得救是本乎恩，不是本乎行为。这个儿子打算叫父亲把他看作雇工，可是父亲却打断他的话，吩咐仆人给他穿那上好的袍子。这袍子表征基督是我们的义。我们得了这袍子不是凭我们的行为，乃是凭著父神的恩典，白白的恩赐。我自己引用路加十五章传福音信息的时候，也是强调这一点。但是在这个比喻里不仅有袍子，也有肥牛犊。袍子可以比作皮，肥牛犊可以比作肉。我多年来所传的是『袍子福音』，就是得救是本乎恩的信息。但是末了我看见，路加十五章也说到肥牛犊。袍子是外面的，用来遮盖我们；肥牛犊与里面的有关，是滋养人的食物。当我看见这事以后，我传福音的方式就开始有所不同；我强调袍子，也强调肥牛犊。然而，有些只看见袍子而没有看见肥牛犊，只看见皮而没有看见肉的人，不高兴这种传福音的方式。他们不同意教导人吃肥牛犊的事。
6The thought of enjoying the Lord as rich, nourishing meat is found in Luke 15. In the parable of the prodigal son, the prodigal repented and came back home. The father received him and had the best robe put upon him. Some Bible teachers use this parable to teach that salvation is by grace, not by works. The son planned to tell the father to make him like one of the hired servants. The father, however, interrupted him and told the servants to put the best robe upon him. This robe signifies Christ as our righteousness. We received this robe not by our working, but by grace, the free gift, of God the Father. I myself preached gospel messages from Luke 15 emphasizing this point. But there is more in this parable than the robe. There is the fatted calf. The robe can be likened to the skin, and the fatted calf to the meat. For years, I preached a “robe gospel,” that is, the message that salvation is by grace. But eventually I came to see that Luke 15 also speaks of the fatted calf. The robe is outward; it is something that covers us. The fatted calf is related to something inward; it is food for nourishment. After I saw this, I began to preach the gospel in a somewhat different way, emphasizing the fatted calf as well as the robe. However, certain ones who saw only the robe and not the fatted calf, only the skin and not the meat, were not happy with this kind of gospel preaching. They did not agree with the teaching concerning the eating of the fatted calf.
7有时候我传讲路加十五章时说，浪子悔改回家不是因为他的衣服脏了，乃是因为肚子饿了。浪子回家是因为饿了，饿到一个地步，甚至情愿用猪所吃的豆荚充饥。路加十五章十七节说到这个浪子：『他醒悟过来，就说，我父亲有多少的雇工，口粮有余，我倒在这里饿死么？』因此，他定意说，『我要起来，到我父亲那里去。』（18。）他并没有自言自语说，他父亲家里有许多袍子。不，他想起父家『口粮有余』。他不愿留在那里饿死，他决定要回家去。假使父亲说，『可怜的孩子，你看起来像乞丐一样。我要吩咐仆人把我给你豫备的袍子拿来，给你穿上，叫你看起来体体面面的。』如果父亲只给他一件袍子遮盖他，儿子也许会说，『父亲，我饿了。袍子叫你满意，但是我需要东西吃。请给我一些食物。』然而，父亲不是只注意袍子。父亲吩咐仆人拿出上好的袍子之后，又说，『把那肥牛犊牵来宰了，让我们吃喝快乐。』（23。）不仅如此，大儿子不是因著袍子嫉妒，而是因著筵席。他向父亲抱怨说，『我像奴仆服事你这么多年，从来没有违背过你的命令，你并没有给我一只山羊羔，叫我和朋友一同快乐。』（29。）大儿子并没有说浪子有那上好的袍子，他乃是嫉妒父亲给他弟弟豫备了肥牛犊。在有些点上，主恢复中的教训与今天基督徒中间普遍的说法不一样。有些只注意袍子而不在意肥牛犊的人，甚至说我们的教训是异端。在恢复里，我们有袍子，也有肥牛犊。路德恢复了袍子，但如今我们也享受肥牛犊的恢复。靠著主的怜悯，我们在祂的恢复里享受基督这肥牛犊作我们丰富、滋养的分。
7Sometimes in my preaching from Luke 15 I said that the prodigal son repented and returned not because his clothes were dirty but because of hunger. The son came back home because he was hungry, so hungry that he was even willing to feed on the husks that were given to swine. Luke 15:17 says of the prodigal, “And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’shave bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!” Therefore, he resolved: “I will arise and go to my father” (v. 18). He did not say to himself that in his father’sho use were many robes. No, he remembered that there was “bread enough and to spare.” Instead of remaining where he was and starving to death, he decided to return home. Suppose the father had said, “Poor son, you look like a beggar. I’ll tell the servants to get the robe I have prepared for you and put it on you so that you may have a proper appearance.” If the father had provided only a robe to cover him, the son might have said, “Father, I’m hungry. You are satisfied with the robe, but I need something to eat. Please give me some food.” The father, however, did not care only for the robe. After telling the servants to bring forth the best robe, the father said, “And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry” (v. 23). Furthermore, the elder son was jealous not because of the robe, but because of the feast. He complained to his father: “Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment; and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends” (v. 29). The elder son did not say that the prodigal son had the best robe. He was jealous because the fatted calf had been prepared for his younger brother. In certain points the teaching in the Lord’s recovery is different from that common among today’s Christians. Some who care only for the robe and not for the fatted calf go so far as to say that our teaching is heretical. In the recovery we have both the robe and the fatted calf. Luther recovered the robe, but now we are also enjoying the recovery of the fatted calf. By the Lord’s mercy we are in His recovery enjoying Christ, the fatted calf, as our rich, nourishing portion.
8基督的肢体你读林前六章时，甚么会吸引你的注意，是毛还是肉？保罗定罪淫乱的话是『羽毛真理』。凡注重伦常道德的人，会宝贝保罗这里所说的话。有些基督徒读这一章时，注意到十九至二十节说，我们的身体是圣灵的殿，并且因为我们是重价买来的，所以要在我们的身体上荣耀神。还有些人读这章圣经时，会注意保罗所说弟兄之间诉讼的事。没有多少人领会这章圣经的钥节是十五节。
8MEMBERS OF CHRIST When you read chapter six of 1 Corinthians, what will attract your attention, the feathers or the meat? Paul’sword condemning fornication is a “feather truth.” Anyone who is ethical or moral will appreciate Paul’sword regarding this matter. In reading this chapter, some Christians pay attention to verse 19, where Paul says that our body is the temple of God and that we should glorify God in our body because we have been purchased with a price. Others in reading this chapter would pay attention to Paul’sword concerning lawsuits between brothers. Not many would recognize that the key verse in this chapter is verse 15
9有些人可能会希奇，我曾经非常强调十七节，为甚么又说十五节才是关键？保罗在十七节说，『但与主联合的，便是与主成为一灵。』他在十五节说，『你们的身体是基督的肢体。』十七节解释我们的身体怎么可能成为基督的肢体。因为我们的身体是基督的肢体，所以我们不该滥用身体。我们的身体已经生机的与基督联结，如今乃是基督的一部分。我们怎么能用这样圣别的身体去犯罪？但是我们的身体怎么可能成为基督的肢体？这是可能的，因为我们与主乃是一灵。我们的灵既然已经与主联合成为一灵，我们的灵就应当是支配我们全人的那一部分。我们的身体应当受灵的控制，并且被灵浸透。灵首先成为我们心思的灵，至终要成为我们身体的灵。这样，我们的身体就成为基督的肢体。这是林前六章的肉。
9Some may wonder why I say verse 15 is the key verse when I have placed such strong emphasis on verse 17. In verse 17 Paul says, “He who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.” In verse 15 he says, “Your bodies are members of Christ.” Verse 17 explains how it is possible for our bodies to be the members of Christ. Because our bodies are members of Christ, we should not misuse them. Our bodies have been organically united to Christ; they are now a part of Christ. How can we use such holy bodies to commit sin? But how is it possible for our bodies to be the members of Christ? This is possible because we are one spirit with the Lord. Since our spirit has been joined to the Lord as one spirit, our spirit should be the predominant part of our being. Then our body should be under the control of the spirit and saturated by the spirit. First the spirit becomes the spirit of our mind and, eventually, the spirit of our body. In this way our bodies become the members of Christ. This is the meat in 1 Corinthians 6
10活的信我们很难在林后二、三、四章找到毛或皮。那里没有毛是确定的，但是在三章可能有一层薄薄的
10LIVING LETTERS In chapters two, three, and four of 2 Corinthians it is difficult to find any feathers or skin. There certainly are not any feathers, but in chapter three there may
11皮。保罗在三章一节问：『我们岂是又开始推荐自己么？岂像有些人，需要给你们荐信，或由你们写荐信么？』有些基督徒团体根据这一节经文，建立起一个制度，为搬往别处的信徒写介绍信。这样作的人宣称，在保罗的时代就给圣徒写介绍信了。但这只是一层薄薄的皮，绝不是林后三章的肉。保罗在这一章里的心意不是要写这种介绍信。他的心意乃是说到，藉著活神赐生命的灵来写活的信。保罗是为著召会活基督的榜样，所以他彀资格写活的信。他彀资格，并且也熟练所需要的技巧。保罗有足彀的基督，能以基督自己为属灵的字母来写这些活信。启示录清楚的说，基督是阿拉法希腊文第一个字母，也是俄梅嘎─末了一个字母。当然，基督也是这两个字母中间所有的字母。一篇文章不论有多长，总是由字母所组成的字写成的。我们若用英文打字机来写『God』这个字，只要按God三个键就行了。我们能继续写其他的单字、句子、段落、篇章。同样的原则，保罗能以基督为属天的字母来写活的信。根据启示录所说，基督是阿拉法，又是俄梅嘎，我们也可以说，祂是所有的属天字母。你相信基督只是首末两个字母，而不是其他各个字母么？不，祂也是其余每一个字母。凡为著召会活基督的人，都知道基督是阿拉法、贝他、嘎玛、戴尔他（注：以上均为希腊文字母之音译）、以及其他每一个属天的字母。
11be a thin layer of skin. In 3:1 Paul asks, “Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as some, letters of commendation to you or from you?” With this verse as the basis, some Christian groups have set up a system of writing letters of recommendation for those moving from one place to another. Those who follow this practice claim that letters of recommendation were written for the saints during Paul’st i me. This, however, is a thin layer of skin; it definitely is not the meat in 2 Corinthians 3. It was not Paul’s in tent i on in this chapter to write concerning such letters of commendation. Rather, his intention was to speak concerning the writing of living letters by the life-giving Spirit of the living God. As one who was a pattern for living Christ for the church, Paul was competent to write living letters. He was qualified, and he had a mastery of the skill necessary for this. Paul was competent of Christ to write these living letters with Christ Himself as the spiritual alphabet. The book of Revelation says clearly that Christ is the alpha, the first letter of the Greek ─ alphabet, and also the omega, the last letter. Surely Christ is also all the letters between alpha and omega. No matter how long a particular composition may be, it is written with words composed of the letters of the alphabet. If we use a typewriter to write the word God, we simply have to press the keys G-o-d. We can go on to write other words and then sentences, paragraphs, and chapters. In the same principle, with Christ as the heavenly alphabet, Paul could write living letters. Based upon the statement in the book of Revelation that Christ is the alpha and the omega, we also say that He is all the letters of the heavenly alphabet. Do you believe that Christ is only two letters and not the remainder of the letters? No, He is all the other letters. Anyone who lives Christ for the church knows Christ as alpha, beta, gamma, delta and every other letter of the heavenly alphabet.
12把基督书写到圣徒里面保罗也知道怎样用神圣的打字机把基督写到别人里面。每当他与圣徒在一起的时候，就把基督写到他们里面。保罗对基督认识得非常透彻；他知道怎样书写基督的活信。如果保罗与你谈了一段时间的话，一些基督的成分，可能是一个段落，就会写在你的心上。
12INSCRIBING CHRIST INTO THE SAINTS Paul also knew how to use the divine typewriter to write Christ on others. Whenever he was with the saints, he would write Christ upon them. Paul knew Christ in a detailed way. He also knew how to write living letters of Christ. If Paul were to speak with you for a period of time, a certain amount of Christ, perhaps a paragraph, would be written on your heart
13保罗在林后三章用『写』这个字，描述他怎样书写基督的活信。他不仅把基督写在圣徒身上，更把基督书写到他们里面。在我的职事里，我也竭力跟随保罗，将基督书写到圣徒里面。单单传授一些道理并不是我的心意，我甚至不愿意将与主是一灵只当作道理谈论。我所关心的，乃是在生命里书写基督。这样，众圣徒所接受的，就不仅是道理的知识，乃是基督实际的写在他们心上。
13In 2 Corinthians 3 Paul uses the word “inscribe” to portray the way he wrote living letters of Christ. His writing did not merely write Christ on the saints; it inscribed Christ into them. In my ministry I also endeavor to follow Paul to inscribe Christ into the saints. It is not my desire merely to pass on doctrine. I do not even like to talk about being one spirit with the Lord simply as a doctrine. Rather, I care for the writing of Christ in life. Then the saints will receive not only the knowledge of doctrine, but the actual inscribing of Christ in their hearts.
14假使一位弟兄仅仅是学了道理，知道他与主是一灵，这道理在他与妻子的关系上，并不能帮助他甚么。然而，一位弟兄若让基督写在他里面，他就会在婚姻生活中经历与主是一灵。这就证明，将基督写在他里面的那职事，使他得了帮助。保罗是为著召会活基督的榜样，能胜任、彀资格、并合格来写活的信。他的资格是本于基督并祂的一切所是。在保罗属灵的著作中，基督是每一个字母、每一个字、每一个句子、每一个段落、和每一章。这样把基督书写到别人里面，乃是为著召会活基督更深的一面。
14Suppose a brother learns the doctrine that he is one spirit with the Lord. But this doctrine may not help him in his relationship with his wife. However, if a brother has Christ inscribed into him, he will experience being one spirit with the Lord in his married life. This is a proof that he has been helped by the ministry that inscribes Christ into his being. Paul, a pattern of living Christ for the church, was made competent, sufficient, qualified, to write living letters. His qualification was of Christ and of all that Christ is. In Paul’s spiritual writings, Christ was every letter, word, sentence, paragraph, and chapter. This inscribing of Christ into others is a deeper aspect of living Christ for the church
15我所关心的不仅是活基督，更是把基督写到圣徒里面。这样把基督写到人里面，不是为著我的工作，乃是为著召会，使神的行政能以施行，神永远的定旨得以实现。主恢复的前途非常有盼望。前途光明是因为基督是所有的属天字母。我信在要来的年日，主要用许多圣徒把基督写到人里面。这些圣徒传福音不是仅仅讲道理，乃是把基督写到人里面的人里。人听到这样的福音，也许不记得道理上的许多点，但他们无法把写到他们里面的基督涂抹掉。我们也可能忘掉所听过的许多信息。但基督已经写到我们里面，祂就留在我们这人里面。即使你背叛了主，也不能把写到你里面的基督除掉。有些人写信告诉我，他们永远不能忘记我所供应给他们的基督。虽然他们在一些事情上无法赞同我，但他们仍然感谢我把基督供应给他们。这证明我们无法把写到里面的基督涂抹掉。
15My concern is not only for living Christ, but also for inscribing Christ into the saints. This inscribing of Christ into others is not for my work; it is for the church so that God’sad ministration may be carried out and His eternal purpose may be fulfilled. The Lord’s recovery has a very promising future. The future is bright because Christ is all the letters of the heavenly alphabet. I believe that in the years to come the Lord will use many of the saints to inscribe Christ into others. These saints will not preach the gospel merely in a doctrinal way; they will write Christ into the inner being of others. Those who hear such a preaching of the gospel may not remember all the doctrinal points, but they will not be able to erase the Christ who has been written into them. We also may forget many of the messages we have heard. Nevertheless, Christ has been inscribed into us, and He remains in our being. Even if you rebel against the Lord, you will not be able to remove what has been inscribed of Christ into you. Some have written to me saying that they are not able to forget the Christ I ministered to them. Even though they do not agree with me in certain matters, they still appreciate my ministering Christ to them. This proves that we cannot erase the Christ who has been inscribed into our being
16宗教只有道理，而没有对基督的经历。许多人还在为道理争辩不休。但我们在主的恢复里，却专注于基督，不是肤浅的，乃是深入的。我们要深入毛与皮之下，摸著基督的肉，而经历基督是神深奥的事，是我们的分。
16Religion is a matter of mere doctrine, not of the experience of Christ. Many are still arguing over doctrines. But in the Lord’s recovery we care for Christ in a deep way, not in a superficial way. We want to go deeper than the feathers and skin to touch the meat of Christ, to experience Christ as the deep things of God to be our portion.
17我带著一个积极的负担到美国来，要把基督写到众人里面。不仅罪人需要写上基督，连牧师、神学家、教授都需要有更多的基督写到他们里面。有些人花了许多时间要得著理论的知识，却没有多少基督写到他们里面。有些人对希腊文认识得很透彻，却没有经历基督是所有属天的字母。
17I came to this country with a positive burden to write Christ into others. Sinners are not the only ones who need to have Christ written on them. Even pastors, theologians, and professors need more of Christ written into their being. Some have spent a great deal of time to gain academic knowledge, but they do not have much of Christ written into them. Some have a thorough knowledge of the Greek language; however, they do not experience Christ as all the letters of the heavenly alphabet
给别人诵读之基督的信
LETTERS OF CHRIST READ BY OTHERS
18一面，我们该把基督写在别人身上；另一面，我们是基督的活信，活的书信，叫别人可以诵读写到我们里面的基督。青年人，你去探访你父母的时候，务必要让他们诵读写到你里面的基督。他们也许暗暗的读你，却不叫你知道。他们甚至会反对你，批评主恢复里的召会生活。我鼓励你不要受这种反对或批评的搅扰。你不要发怒，也不要泄气，要知道你的父母一直在诵读那位写到你里面的基督。有时候甚至反对也是个表记，说出别人一直在读我们。我知道许多父母末了所以转到主的恢复里，就是因著他们在子女里面读到了基督。一位父亲可能悔改，在他儿子面前流著泪说，『儿子，为著已往得罪了你，我真抱歉。我多年来反对你，甚至责备你，但我一直在读你。我不得不承认，我在你里面看见一个东西。我在你身上所看见的，使我现今在你和主面前流泪。我愿意跟你去参加召会的聚会。』反对子女的父母，后来可能进到召会生活里面来。年轻人可能需要一段时间，才能在父母面前显出已经写到他们里面的基督；但他们的父母不久就会因著这样对基督真实的经历而信服。年轻人，你去探访父母的时候，该把基督展览出来，而不该表演。你也不该自以为知道了不少，而为主的恢复与父母争辩；只要照你的本相。保罗1在林前十五章十节说，『然而因著神的恩，我成了我今天这个人。』你回家探访父母的时候，你怎样蒙神的恩，就作怎样的人。基督已经写到你里面。别人不是因你的表演，乃是因你的所是而信服。青年人里面的所是，特别能使他的父母信服，因为每一位作父母的，都盼望发生在子女身上的是好事。如果你不断的让基督在你身上写，又让这位基督在你父母眼中显为大，至终，他们就会信服，甚至决定跟著你进入召会生活。
18On the one hand, we should seek to write Christ on others; on the other hand, we are living letters of Christ, living epistles, and others can read the Christ who has been inscribed into us. Young people, when you visit your parents, be assured that they are reading the Christ who has been written into you. They may read you in a secret way, without letting you know that they are reading you. Some may even oppose you and criticize the church life in the Lord’s recovery. I would encourage you not to be bothered by this kind of opposition or criticism. Instead of being offended or discouraged, you need to realize that your parents are reading the Christ who has been inscribed into you. Sometimes even opposition is a sign that others are reading us. I know of many cases of parents who eventually turned to the Lord’s recovery because of what they read of Christ in their children. A father may repent, weep in the presence of his son, and say to him, “Son, I am sorry for the way I offended you. Over the years I opposed you and even rebuked you. But all the time I was reading you. I must admit that I saw something in you. What I have seen in you now causes me to weep before you and before the Lord. I would like to go with you to one of the church meetings.” Parents who oppose their children may later come into the church life. It may take time for a young person to exhibit before his parents the Christ who has been written into him. But after a while the parents will be convinced of the genuineness of this experience of Christ. Young people, when you visit your parents, you should exhibit Christ to them, but you should not perform in any way. Neither should you try to defend the Lord’s recovery by arguing with your parents or by claiming to know many things. Simply be what you are. In Corinthians 15:10 Paul says, “By the grace of God I am what I am.” When you visit your parents at home, simply be what you are by the grace of God. Christ has been inscribed into you. Others will be convinced not by your performance, but by what you are. What a young person is in his being especially convinces his parents, for every parent desires good things to happen to his children. Eventually, if you continue to have Christ written upon you and manifest this Christ to your parents, they will be convinced and may even decide to follow you into the church life.
19重要的是让基督写到我们里面。基督越多写到我们里面，别人就越能在我们身上读到祂。
19The important matter is that Christ is inscribed into us. The more Christ is written into our being, the more others will be able to read Him in us