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哥林多后书生命读经 · 第22篇

照耀出新约的荣光（二）

Shining the Glory of the New Covenant (2)
1读经：哥林多后书3:7-11,18，约翰福音17:1，路加福音24:26，使徒行传3:15，罗马书6:4。新约之荣光的照耀，实际上就是活基督。这意思是说，活基督乃是照耀出新约的荣光。
1Scripture Reading: 2 Cor. 3:7-11, 18; John 17:1; Luke 24:26; Acts 3:15; Rom. 6:4 The shining of the glory of the new covenant is actually the living of Christ. This means that to live Christ is to shine forth the new covenant glory
带著荣光立的，以及充盈著荣光
COMING IN GLORY AND ABOUNDING IN GLORY
2保罗在林后三章七至八节说，『若那用字刻在石头上属死的职事，尚且是带著荣光立的〔或，在荣光里来的〕，以致以色列子孙因摩西面上渐渐废去的荣光，不能定睛看他的脸，何况那灵的职事，岂不更带著荣光？』保罗说，那属死的职事，也就是旧约的职事，是带著荣光立的。他没有说旧约的职事有荣光。九节说，『若定罪的职事有荣光〔或，是在荣光里来的〕，那称义的职事，就越发充盈著荣光了。』属死的职事是带著荣光立的（或，在荣光里来的），本身却没有荣光。我们可用搭车为例来说明。虽然你没有车，但你可以搭别人的车来聚会。你坐在车里来，并不是说车是属于你的。因此，有车是一回事，坐在车里来是另一回事。同样的原则，有荣光与带著荣光（在荣光里来）是完全不同的。
2In 3:7 and 8 Paul says, “Now if the ministry of death, in letters engraved in stone, came in glory, so that the sons of Israel were not able to gaze at the face of Moses because of the glory of his face, which was being done away, how shall not rather the ministry of the Spirit be in glory?” Paul says that the ministry of death, that is, the ministry of the old covenant, came in glory. He does not say that the old covenant ministry had glory. The proper translation of verse 9 should be this: “For if the ministry of condemnation came in glory, much rather the ministry of righteousness abounds in glory.” The ministry of death came in glory but it did not have glory. We may use the matter of riding in a car as an illustration. Although you may not have a car, you may come to the meeting in a car belonging to someone else. The fact that you came in a car does not mean that the car belongs to you. Hence, to have a car is one thing, and to come in a car is another thing. In the same principle, having glory is very different from coming in glory
3不仅如此，保罗在九节说，那称义的职事，越发充盈著荣光。『带著…立（或，在…里来）』与『充盈著』这两个述词之间有很大的区别。我们再用坐车为例来说明。我们可以说有一个人是坐车来的，而另外一个人也许是拥有好几部汽车，也就是说，他充盈著汽车。旧约是带著荣光立的（或，在荣光里来的），但新约的职事有荣光，并且是充盈著荣光的。
3Furthermore, in verse 9 Paul says that the ministry of righteousness abounds in glory. There is a great difference between the two predicates came and abounds. Once again using the illustration of riding in a car, we may say that one person comes in a car, whereas another may own several cars, that is, he abounds with cars. The old covenant came in glory, but the new covenant ministry has glory and abounds in it
4旧约带著怎样的荣光？保罗在三章七节说到这荣光；他说，以色列子孙因摩西面上渐渐废去的荣光，不能定睛看他的脸。那荣光是暂时照耀在摩西脸上的光。旧约是带著荣光立的，但那荣光是暂时的。那荣光也许维持不了一天。摩西脸上照耀的光只维持一段很短的时间。
4What was the glory with which the old covenant came? Paul speaks of this glory in 3:7, where he says that the sons of Israel were not able to gaze at the face of Moses because of the glory of his face, a glory which was being done away. That glory was the light which was shining temporarily on the face of Moses. The glory in which the old covenant came was a temporary glory. It perhaps did not last even a day. The shining on Moses’ face lasted for only a short time.
5基督在复活里开花那么，新约的荣光是甚么？新约所有的、极其充盈著的荣光是甚么？基本说来，在圣经里，荣光表征神的彰显。每当神彰显出来，那就是荣耀（荣光）。神的彰显就是神得了荣耀。因此，当我们说神得了荣耀，就是说神彰显了出来。
5CHRIST BLOSSOMING IN RESURRECTION What, then, is the glory of the new covenant? What is the glory which the new covenant has and with which it abounds? Basically, in the Bible glory signifies the expression of God. Whenever God is expressed, that is glory. The expression of God is God glorified. Therefore, to say that God is glorified simply means that He is expressed
6主耶稣在地上时，祂是神成了肉体。祂不是作为彰显的神而来，乃是作为遮藏的神而来。神遮藏在主耶稣物质的身体里面。祂里面有神，外面是肉体。就这肉体而言，一点也没有荣光。根据约翰十七章，主耶稣将要去受死的时候祷告说，『父阿，时候到了，愿你荣耀你的儿子，使儿子也荣耀你。』（1。）在五节，主接著说，『父阿，现在求你使我与你同得荣耀，就是未有世界以先，我与你同有的荣耀。』主在这个祷告里的意思是说，『父阿，现在是你荣耀你儿子的时候。父阿，使你的儿子也荣耀你。门徒们还没有完全看见你儿子是怎样的一位，也没有看见你在我里面是怎样的一位。父阿，你是遮藏的，我也是隐藏的。为这缘故，我求你荣耀你的儿子，使你的儿子也荣耀你。』我们可以用康乃馨开花为例，说明主耶稣得荣耀是甚么意思。康乃馨种子没有甚么荣耀。康乃馨种子撒在地里死了，然后又开始生长。先是发芽，然后长成一棵植物，末了就开花。开花就是康乃馨的种子得著荣耀。因为康乃馨种子种在地里死了，所以我们可以说，牠的开花就是复活。因此，得著荣耀等于复活。康乃馨种子的发芽，是复活开始的阶段，初步的阶段。康乃馨继续长大就是复活过程的延续，而康乃馨开花乃是完满的复活。主耶稣求父荣耀祂，实际上乃是求父使祂经过死与复活，而进到荣耀里。在路加二十四章二十六节，主耶稣问那两个往以马忤斯的门徒说，『基督受这些害，又进入祂的荣耀，岂不是应当的么？』当主耶稣说这段话的时候，祂已经在复活里了。因此，对祂来说，进入祂的荣耀就是在复活里。这节经文清楚的启示，基督的得荣耀就是基督的复活。主的复活就是主的开花。基督的开花，基督的得荣，乃是指基督的复活达到完满的阶段。
6When the Lord Jesus was on earth, He was God incarnate. He did not come as God expressed; He came as God concealed. God was concealed within the physical body of the Lord Jesus. Inwardly there was God; outwardly there was the flesh. With this flesh there was no glory. According to John 17, when the Lord Jesus was about to die, He prayed, “Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son that the Son may glorify You” (v. 1). In John 17:5 the Lord went on to say, “And now, glorify Me with Yourself, Father, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.” In His prayer the Lord seemed to be saying, “Father, now is the time for You to glorify Your Son. Father, let Your Son glorify You. The disciples have not yet fully seen what Your Son is and what You are in Me. Father, You are concealed, and I am hidden. For this reason I pray that You will glorify Your Son so that Your Son may glorify You.” We may use the blossoming of a carnation flower as an illustration of what it means for the Lord Jesus to be glorified. A carnation seed does not have any glory. After a carnation seed is sown into the earth, the seed dies and then it begins to grow up. It sprouts, it grows into a plant, and eventually it blossoms. This blossoming is the glorification of the carnation seed. Because a carnation seed dies when it is sown into the soil, we may say that its blossoming is its resurrection. Glorification, therefore, is equal to resurrection. The sprouting of the carnation seed is the beginning, the initial, stage of resurrection. The further growth of the carnation plant is the continuation of the process of resurrection. But the blossoming of the carnation flower is resurrection in its fullness. When the Lord Jesus prayed that the Father would glorify Him, He actually prayed that He would enter into glory through death and resurrection. In Luke 24:26 the Lord Jesus asked the two disciples on the way to Emmaus: “Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory?” When the Lord Jesus spoke these words, He was already in resurrection. Thus, for Him to enter into His glory was for Him to be in resurrection. This verse reveals clearly that Christ’s glorification was His resurrection. The Lord’s resurrection was His blossoming. Christ’s blossoming, His glorification, refers to His resurrection in its fullness.
复活的基督
THE RESURRECTED CHRIST
就是赐生命的灵
AS THE LIFE-GIVING SPIRIT
7现在我们有了这样的领会，就能回答新约的荣光到底是甚么这个问题了。新约的荣光实际上就是基督完满的复活。换句话说，复活的基督自己就是新约的荣光。不仅如此，这位在复活里的基督或说这位复活的基督，乃是赐生命的灵。因此，新约的荣光─复活的基督或基督的复活，就是那灵。现在我们对新约的荣光就有了正确的领会。新约的荣光乃是复活的基督作为赐生命的灵。我们说保罗把新约的荣光照耀出来，就是说他活出复活的基督。保罗活那位在复活里的基督，也就是活那赐生命的灵。林后三章十八节说，『我们众人既然以没有帕子遮蔽的脸，好像镜子观看并返照主的荣光，就渐渐变化成为与祂同样的形像，从荣耀到荣耀，乃是从主灵变化成的。』这节所说的荣光，就是新约的荣光，其中包含许多元素。这荣光乃是复活并升天之主的荣光；祂是神又是人，经过成为肉体、地上为人生活和钉十字架，进入复活，成就完全的救赎，并成为赐生命的灵，住在我们里面，使祂和祂所完成、所得著、以及所达到的一切，都成为我们的实际，使我们与祂是一，并且变化成为与祂同样的形像，从荣耀到荣耀，乃是从主灵变化成的。这就是新约的荣光。有些基督徒对神的荣耀有些相当奇怪的观念。我认识一些信徒，他们以为这种荣光不过是一种物质的光。他们甚至在聚会中宣称，他们看见了这种大光。有一天我参加一个聚会，有一个人大喊著说，他看见了大光。这种光与保罗在林后三章所说新约的荣光，一点关系也没有。
7With this understanding, now we are able to answer the question concerning what the glory of the new covenant is. The glory of the new covenant is actually the resurrection of Christ in fullness. In other words, the resurrected Christ is Himself the glory of the new covenant. Furthermore, this Christ in resurrection, or the resurrected Christ, is the life-giving Spirit. Therefore, the glory of the new covenant as the resurrected Christ, or the resurrection of Christ, is the Spirit. Now we have the proper understanding of the glory of the new covenant. The glory of the new covenant is the resurrected Christ as the life-giving Spirit. To say that Paul was shining forth the glory of the new covenant means that he lived out the resurrected Christ. Paul lived Christ in resurrection; that is, he lived the life-giving Spirit. Second Corinthians 3:18 says, “And we all with unveiled face, beholding and reflecting as a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord Spirit.” The glory in this verse, the glory of the new covenant, comprises many elements. It is the glory of the Lord as the resurrected and ascended One, the One who is both God and man. This One passed through incarnation, human living, and crucifixion, entered into resurrection, having accomplished full redemption, and became a life - giving Spirit. As the life-giving Spirit, the resurrected Christ dwells in us to make Himself and all He has accomplished, obtained, and attained real to us so that we may be one with Him and may be transformed into His image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord Spirit. This is the glory of the new covenant. Some Christians have rather strange concepts concerning God’s glory. I know of some believers who regard this glory as nothing more than a physical light. In their meetings they even claim to see a great light of this kind. I once attended a meeting where someone shouted out claiming that he had seen a great light. This has nothing to do with what Paul means in 2 Corinthians 3 with respect to the glory of the new covenant.
8活复活的基督新约的荣光就是复活基督的实际，而这位基督如今乃是包罗万有、赐生命的灵，住在我们的灵里。我们需要天天，甚至时时刻刻，在我们的灵里生活行动、行事为人，藉此来活这位复活的基督。一面，我们需要在灵里生活；另一面，我们需要让赐生命的灵浸透我们全人。那灵不仅必须充满我们里面的各部分，甚至必须浸透我们物质的身体，因而使我们的身体成为基督的肢体。这就是活基督，也就是照耀出新约的荣光。
8LIVING THE RESURRECTED CHRIST The glory of the new covenant is the reality of the resurrected Christ, who is now the all-inclusive life- giving Spirit indwelling our spirit. We need to live this resurrected Christ by walking and behaving ourselves daily and even moment by moment in our spirit. On the one hand, we need to live in the spirit. On the other hand, we need to allow the life-giving Spirit to saturate our entire being. The Spirit must not only permeate our inward parts; it must even saturate our physical bodies and thereby make them the members of Christ. This is to live Christ, to shine the glory of the new covenant
9我们若活基督，在复活里将祂照耀出来，无论我们往那里去，就都会发光照耀。别人遇见我们的时候，会感受到我们身上有一种照耀。作父母的会感受到，在他们的儿女身上有复活基督明亮的照耀。最近我释放了一篇信息，说到成为基督的活信。我在那篇信息里指出，当基督写到我们里面时，别人就能在我们身上读出基督。特别是青年人的父母，应当能读出那写到他们儿女里面的基督。该篇信息讲过以后，许多圣徒作见证，他们的父母已经能在他们身上读出基督来。这些说到活基督的见证，叫我非常喜乐。我盼望在主恢复里的众圣徒中间，有更多这样的见证。
9If we live Christ by shining Him forth in resurrection, then wherever we go, we shall be shining. When others meet us, they will realize that with us there is a certain kind of shining. Parents will realize that with their children there is the bright shining of Christ in resurrection. Recently I gave a message about becoming living letters of Christ. In that message I pointed out that when Christ is inscribed into us, others will be able to read Him in us. In particular, the parents of the young people should be able to read the Christ who has been inscribed into their children. After that message was given, many saints testified that their parents have been able to read Christ in them. I was very happy with those testimonies regarding living letters of Christ. I hope that among all the saints in the Lord’s recovery there will be many more such testimonies
10复活基督的荣耀我们需要有明亮的见证，就是照耀出复活基督之荣耀的见证。当我们活基督时，祂这照耀的光就要从我们里面照出来。这样，别人就不仅能诵读我们，也能得著我们的照耀。这就是对照耀新约荣光的意义正确的领会。
10OF THE RESURRECTED CHRIST We need to have bright testimonies, testimonies of the shining of the glory of the resurrected Christ. When we live Christ, He as the shining light will come out of us. Then others will not only read us; they will also be under our shining. This is the proper understanding of what it means to shine the glory of the new covenant
11在复活里照耀出基督的荣光而活基督，与仅仅改良外面的行为不同。照耀出基督而活基督，与努力作顺服的妻子，或爱妻子的丈夫，也不一样。一个有道德的人或许会尽力作这样的妻子、这样的丈夫。然而，这并不是新约荣光的照耀。
11Living Christ by shining forth His glory in resurrection is very different from merely trying to improve our behavior in an outward way. Living Christ by shining Him forth is not the same as trying to be a submissive wife or a loving husband. An ethical person may endeavor to be such a wife or husband. This, however, is not the shining of the glory of the new covenant.
12一个人遵从孔子的教训，就可以过合乎道德的生活。然而，这种生活和圣经所启示的活基督完全不同。新约的启示乃是要我们活基督，不是要我们仅仅改良外面的行为。不仅如此，林后三章给我们看见，活基督乃是把基督照耀出来。在复活里的基督如今乃是赐生命的灵，住在我们的灵里。这是一个实际。基督作为赐生命的灵，不仅仅是道理、理论、哲学或道德体系。基督是三一活神，是那包罗万有的灵，作我们的生命和生命的供应。祂想要浸透我们全人，包括我们的心思及其一切意念，我们的情感及其一切感觉，以及我们的意志及其一切定意、决志和决定。祂甚至还渴望浸透我们物质的身体，使我们的身体健康、强壮、活跃，而成为基督的肢体。（林前六15。）这样被那赐生命的灵所浸透，就是活基督。藉著被基督浸透，并将基督照耀出来而活基督，与过一种合乎伦常道德的生活完全不同。这样活基督，远高过人的伦常道德。活基督乃是经过过程的三一神成了我们的生命供应，来浸透我们的全人，使我们可以让祂从我们里面活出来。这样的生活就是我们的照耀，也是基督的荣耀。这样的生活就是耶稣的见证，是三一神在地方召会中的真实彰显。这就是今天三一神，主灵，所寻求的。
12A person may live an ethical life by following the teachings of Confucius. However, this is altogether different from what is revealed in the Bible regarding living Christ. The revelation in the New Testament is that we live Christ, not that we have mere outward improvement of our behavior. Furthermore, from 2 Corinthians 3 we see that to live Christ is to shine forth Christ. Today Christ in resurrection as the life-giving Spirit indwells our spirit. This is a reality. Christ as the life- giving Spirit is not a mere doctrine, theory, philosophy, or system of ethics. He is the living Triune God as the all-inclusive Spirit to be our life and life supply. He wants to saturate our being, including our mind with all its thoughts, our emotion with all its feelings, and our will with all its determinations, resolutions, and decisions. He desires even to saturate our physical bodies, making our bodies healthy, strong, and living and causing them to become the members of Christ (1 Cor. 6:15). To be saturated with the life-giving Spirit in this way is to live Christ. Living Christ by being saturated with Him and shining Him forth is very different from having a life that is simply ethical or moral. Living Christ in this way is much higher than human ethics or morality. Living Christ is a matter of the processed Triune God becoming our life supply to saturate our entire being so that we may live Him out from within us. This living is our shining forth and also Christ’s glory. This living is the testimony of Jesus, the real expression of the Triune God in a local church. This is what the Triune God, the Lord Spirit, is seeking today