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哥林多后书生命读经 · 第28篇

那灵（作生命的供应）的职事，

The ministry of the Spirit as the life supply
1读经：哥林多后书3:8-9,18;5:21，歌罗西书3:1，哥林多前书1:30;15:34，罗马书8:2,4;14:17，腓立比书1:19;3:9，启示录19:7-8，以弗所书4:24，马太福音5:6,10,20。我们需要对义有正确的解释。不信的人当然不知道圣经中义的意思。但是许多在基督里的信徒，对义的意义也不完全了解。严格的说，在圣经里，义表征神形像的彰显。这意思是说，照圣经来看，义就是彰显出来的神。
1and of righteousness as God’sex press i on (2) Scripture Reading: 2 Cor. 3:8-9, 18; 5:21; Col. 3:10; 1 Cor. 1:30; 15:34; Rom. 8:2, 4; 14:17; Phil. 1:19; 3:9; Rev. 19:7-8; Eph. 4:24; Matt. 5:6, 10, 20 4; We need to have a proper definition of righteousness. Unbelievers, of course, do not know the meaning of righteousness in the Bible. But many believers in Christ also do not have a full understanding of the significance of righteousness. Strictly speaking, in the Bible righteousness signifies the expression of God’sim age. This means that, according to the Bible, righteousness is God expressed.
神活的彰显
THE LIVING EXPRESSION OF GOD
2我们怎么能说圣经里的义表征神的彰显？我们要回答这个问题，就必须看见，在主的话里，义首先是指履行了律法。我们若遵守律法，并履行了律法，我们就是对的，我们就有了义。但是我们若违背律法，或是犯了律法而得罪了人，我们就是不对的，我们就没有义了。因此，在圣经里，义的头一个意思是履行了律法。律法是指十诫。但十诫的意义是甚么？旧约圣经清楚指明，十诫就是神的见证。约柜称为见证的柜，（出二五16，原文，）帐幕称为见证的帐幕。（三八21，原文。）这里的见证是指律法。因此，律法乃是神的见证。十诫是神的见证，也就是神的图画、神的描述。这意思是说，律法是神清楚的描述、解释和说明。律法说出我们的神是怎样的一位神。
2How can we say that righteousness in the Bible signifies the expression of God? In order to answer this question, we need to see that in the Word righteousness refers in the first place to the fulfilling of the law. If we keep the law and fulfill it, we are right. We have righteousness. But if we break the law, or if we offend others by breaking the law, we are not right. We do not have righteousness. Hence, the first meaning of righteousness in the Bible is that righteousness is the fulfillment of the law. The law denotes the Ten Commandments. But what is the significance of the Ten Commandments? The Old Testament indicates clearly that the Ten Commandments are the testimony of God. The ark was called the ark of the testimony (Exo. 25:16), and the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony (Exo. 38:21). The testimony here refers to the law. The law, therefore, is God’s testimony. As a testimony of God, the Ten Commandments were a picture of God, a description of Him. This means that the law is a clear description, definition, and explanation of God. It reveals what kind of God our God is
3你若研读十诫，就会看见我们的神是圣别的，不是凡俗的。祂是分别出来的，与祂自己以外的一切事物有所分别。因此，十诫中有一条诫命宣告说，我们只该有一位神，我们不该制作甚么像或敬拜偶像。不仅如此，我们也不该妄称主的名，并且我们该认识安息日乃是记念神是我们独一创造主的日子。
3If you study the Ten Commandments, you will see that our God is holy. He is not common. He is separate, different from everything outside of Himself. Therefore, one of the commandments declares that we should have only one God and not make any images or worship idols. Furthermore, we should not take the Lord’s name in vain, and we should recognize that the Sabbath is a day of memorial of God as the unique Creator.
4我们仔细研读十诫的头四条诫命，就会看见这些诫命指明神是忌邪的神。神是忌邪的，因为祂是圣别而独一的。圣经用婚姻关系来说明神的独一。妻子怎样有惟一的丈夫，我们这些神的子民也不该有别的神。神是我们独一的丈夫，除了祂以外，我们不可有别的丈夫。一个女人的丈夫怎样是有别于其他所有的男人，而不是普通的；照样，神也是有别于一切的人、事、物，而不是凡俗的。这意思是说，我们的神是圣别的。我们读十诫的后六条诫命，就会看见神是义的。神是公正的神。不仅如此，祂也是爱的神、光的神。因此，根据十诫里所含对神的描述，神是圣的，是义的，又是爱和光的神。这就是我们的神。
4By studying carefully the first four commandments, we see that these commandments indicate that God is jealous. He is jealous because He is holy and unique. The Bible uses the marriage relationship to illustrate God’s uniqueness. Just as a wife has a unique husband, so we, the people of God, should not have any other God. God is our unique Husband, and we should not have another husband besides Him. Just as a woman’s husband is separate from all other men and thus is not common, so God is separate from everything else and is not common. This means that our God is holy. If we read the last six commandments, we shall see that God is righteous. He is a just God, a God of justice. Furthermore, He is a God of love and of light. Therefore, according to the description of God contained in the Ten Commandments, God is holy and righteous and He is a God of love and light. This is our God
5第六条诫命明确的启示，神是义的神，是爱和光的神。孝敬父母当然是义的。不杀人、不奸淫、不偷盗、不作假见证、不起贪心也都是义的。我们若履行这些诫命，我们在社会中与别人就是对的。此外，履行这六条诫命也在于爱。杀人者必定没有爱。你若爱人，就不会犯奸淫、偷盗、或作假见证，你也不会贪恋别人的财产。因此，十诫给我们看见，神是圣的、义的，也满了爱和光。我们若遵守十诫，就有义。这义是神的彰显，也就是神的形像。因此，按圣经的意义来看，义就是遵守律法，叫人看见神的形像、神的彰显。这样，我们就能让人知道我们所敬拜的是怎样的一位神。我们如果是义的，且充满了义，这义就会成为我们所敬拜并事奉之神的彰显。倘若有一个人自称是属神的，又说他敬拜神、事奉神；但这人却偷窃、说谎、又贪心。别人就要说，他们绝不信那个人的神。这样一个人会让别人对神有错误的印象。但是假定我们敬拜神、事奉神，并宣称我们是属神的。假定我们所过的生活也是圣的，是分别归神的；我们的生活是义的，并满了爱和光，对别人又是体贴的。我们孝敬父母，不偷窃，不作假见证，也不贪心。换句话说，我们事奉神并敬拜神，我们也是义的。结果，我们就有神的彰显、神的形像。这样，别人就知道我们的神实在是真神。他们就愿意接受这位神作他们的神。
5The last six commandments definitely reveal that God is righteous and a God of love and light. To honor our parents is surely right. It is right not to murder, not to commit fornication, not to steal, not to bear false witness, and not to covet. If we fulfill these commandments, we shall be right with others in society. Moreover, fulfilling these six commandments is also a matter of love. Certainly someone who commits murder does not have love. If you love others, you would not commit fornication, steal, or bear false witness. Neither would you covet others’ possessions. Therefore, the Ten Commandments present a God who is holy and righteous and full of love and light. If we keep the Ten Commandments, we have righteousness. This righteousness is the expression of God, that is, the image of God. Hence, according to the biblical meaning, righteousness is the keeping of the law to present to others an image, an expression, of God. In this way we make known what kind of God we worship. If we are righteous, full of righteousness, this righteousness becomes the expression of the God we worship and serve. Suppose someone claims to be of God and says that he worships God and serves Him. However, this person steals, lies, and covets. This would cause others to say that they would never believe in that man’s God. Such a person would give others the wrong impression of God. But suppose we worship God, serve Him, and claim to be of Him. Suppose we also live a life that is holy, separated unto God, and a life that is righteous and full of love and light, a life that is considerate of others. We honor our parents, we do not steal, we do not bear false witness, and we do not covet. In other words, we serve God and worship God and we are also righteous. As a result, we have the expression, the image, of God. Then others will realize that our God is surely the true God. They will have the desire to take this God as their God.
6我们宝贝的救赎主基督如今乃是赐生命的灵，住在我们里面作我们的生命和生命的供应。现在我们里面有一个奇妙的动力和供应。基督乃是那灵，终日供应我们、激励我们，甚至背负著我们。我们若凭祂活著，并让祂活出来，我们的生活就是真正的义。这义乃是神活的形像、活的彰显。所以我们说，那灵是在我们里面作生命，而义是外面的彰显。新约职事的目的，乃是把赐生命的灵和义供应到圣徒里面。那灵和义实际上都是基督自己。活在我们里面的基督乃是那赐生命的灵，而藉著我们彰显出来的基督就是义─神的形像。太美妙了！保罗在林后三章八至九节首先说到那灵，然后说到义。在八节他说，『何况那灵的职事，岂不更带著荣光？』这里我们看见那灵的职事。在九节保罗接著说，『若定罪的职事有荣光，那称义的职事〔直译，义的职事〕，就越发充盈著荣光了。』这里给我们看见义的职事。这就是为甚么我们说，新约的职事乃是那灵和义的职事。
6Christ, our precious Redeemer, now dwells within us as the life-giving Spirit to be our life and life supply. Now we have a wonderful motivation and supply in us. As the Spirit, Christ supplies us, motivates us, and even carries us all day long. If we live by Him and live Him out, our living will be genuine righteousness. This righteousness is the living image, the living expression, of God. This is the reason we say that the Spirit is within us as life and that righteousness is the expression outwardly. The purpose of the ministry of the new covenant is to minister into the saints the life-giving Spirit and righteousness. Both the Spirit and righteousness are actually Christ Himself. Christ living within us is the life-giving Spirit, and Christ expressed through us is righteousness as the image of God. How wonderful! In 3:8 and 9 Paul speaks first of the Spirit and then of righteousness. In verse 8 he says, “How shall not rather the ministry of the Spirit be in glory?” Here we read of the ministry of the Spirit. In verse 9 Paul goes on to say, “For if the ministry of condemnation came in glory, much rather the ministry of righteousness abounds in glory.” Here we have the ministry of righteousness. This is our reason for saying that the ministry of the new covenant is a ministry of the Spirit and of righteousness
主形像的职事
A MINISTRY OF THE LORD’SIM AGE
7保罗在三章十八节用了一个辞，是九节『义』的同义辞。这个辞就是『形像』。保罗在十八节说，『但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。』我们观看并返照主的时候，就渐渐变化成为祂的形像。这个形像与九节的义是同义辞。因此，义的职事就是主形像的职事。
7In 3:18 Paul uses a word which is a synonym of righteousness in 3:9. This word is image. In 3:18 Paul 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.” As we behold and reflect the Lord, we are transformed into His image. This image is synonymous with righteousness in verse 9. Thus, the ministry of righteousness is a ministry of the Lord’sim age.
8我们怎能有这个形像？我们如何能有活的义，也就是主的形像？惟独藉著那灵，我们才能有这个形像、这个义。根据十八节，我们渐渐变化成为主的形像，从荣耀到荣耀，乃是从主灵变化成的。这意思是说，这形像、这义的源头和实质乃是那灵。我们里面的那灵，是产生神的形像（神的义作祂的彰显）的因素。
8How can we have this image? How can we have a living righteousness which is the image of the Lord? We can have this image, this righteousness, only by the Spirit. According to verse 18, we are transformed into the Lord’sim age from glory to glory even as from the Spirit. This means that the source and the substance for this image, this righteousness, is the Spirit. The Spirit within us is the factor that produces the image of God, the righteousness of God as His expression.
那灵、义和形像
SPIRIT, RIGHTEOUSNESS, AND IMAGE
9我对那灵、义和形像有这样的领会，不是单靠研读而得的；除了多年的研读之外，还有多年的经历。我从经历中开始领悟，当我得著赐生命之灵的灌注时，我自然而然的就会有一种在各方面都是义的生活。我行神的旨意，我不得罪人，我与人没有甚么不对。当我被那灵浸透时，我的生活就成了内住基督的彰显。我所活出来的内住基督，就是义作为神的彰显，而这彰显就是神的形像。关于义是神的形像这样的领会，可以由以弗所四章二十四节和歌罗西三章十节得著证实。以弗所四章二十四节说，『并且穿上了新人，这新人是照著神，在那实际的义和圣中所创造的。』保罗在这里说到义和新人的关系。他在歌罗西三章十节说，『并且穿上了新人；这新人照著创造他者的形像渐渐更新，以致有充足的知识。』我们若把这两节圣经摆在一起，就看见新人乃是照著神的形像创造的，而义是随著这形像的。这些经节使我们看见，活的义乃是神的形像，神的彰显。这形像、这彰显，乃是作为赐生命之灵的基督从我们里面活出来。
9I did not arrive at this understanding of the Spirit, righteousness, and the image merely by study. In addition to many years of study, there have also been many years of experience. Through my experience I began to realize that when I am infused with the life- giving Spirit, I spontaneously have a living which is righteous in every way. I do the will of God, and I do not offend others, and I am not wrong with them. When I am saturated with the Spirit, my living becomes the expression of the indwelling Christ. The indwelling Christ lived out by me is righteousness as the expression of God, and this expression is God’sim age. This understanding of righteousness being the image of God is confirmed by Ephesians 4:24 and Colossians 3:10. Ephesians 4:24 says, “And have put on the new man, which according to God was created in righteousness and holiness of the truth.” Here Paul speaks of righteousness in relation to the new man. In Colossians 3:10 he says, “And having put on the new man, which is being renewed unto full knowledge according to the image of Him Who created him.” If we put these verses together, we see that the new man is created in the image of God and that with this image there is righteousness. By these verses we realize that the living righteousness is God’sim age, God’sex press i on. This image, this expression, is Christ lived out of us as the life-giving Spirit
10你知道甚么是新约的职事？这职事是教导人说方言，或教导人如何受浸的职事么？不，新约的职事乃是在各方面并以各种方式，把基督作为赐生命的灵分赐到我们里面。然后这赐生命的灵在我们里面就成了全备的供应。同时，新约的职事也把基督作为义，作为神活的形像─神的彰显，供应给我们。
10Do you know what the new covenant ministry is? Is this a ministry or service that teaches others to speak in tongues or instructs them to be baptized in a certain way? No, in every aspect and in every way, the new covenant ministry dispenses Christ into us as the life- giving Spirit. This life-giving Spirit then becomes the bountiful supply within us. Simultaneously, the new covenant ministry presents Christ to us as righteousness, as the living image of God to be His expression
给人看出是在基督里面
found in Christ
11我们从腓立比书知道，保罗渴望给人看出他是在基督里面。保罗在腓立比三章九节宣告：『并且给人看出我是在祂里面，不是有自己那本于律法的义，乃是有那藉著信基督而有的义，就是那基于信、本于神的义。』根据这节经文，保罗渴望给人看见他是在基督里面，而基督就是神的义。保罗渴望给人看见他是在基督里面，不是有自己的义，乃是有基督作神的义。我们可以这样说明给人看见是在基督里这件事：我们穿了一套衣服，就会给人看见我们穿了那套衣服。假如我穿了一套灰色衣服，在聚会中，在家里，你都看见我穿那套衣服。因著我穿上牠，所以不论你在那里看见我，都看见我在那一套衣服里。照样，我们若要给人看见是在基督里面，就必须穿上活的基督作我们的衣服，作我们的义。这就是给人看见是在作神彰显、作神形像的基督里面。
11We know from the book of Philippians that Paul’s aspiration was to be found in Christ. In Philippians 3:9 Paul declares, “And be found in Him, not having my own righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God based on faith.” According to this verse, the very Christ in whom Paul desired to be found is the righteousness of God. Paul desired to be found in Christ, not having anything of himself as righteousness, but having Christ as the righteousness of God. We may illustrate the matter of being found in Christ by the wearing of a certain suit of clothes and being found by others wearing that suit. Suppose I am wearing a gray suit. In the meeting you find me in this suit, and at home you would also find me wearing the same suit of clothing. Because I wear it, wherever you find me, you find me in this suit of clothes. In like manner, if we would be found in Christ, we need to wear the living Christ as our clothing, as our righteousness. This is to be found in Him as the expression of God, His image.
新约职事的目标
THE GOAL OF THE NEW COVENANT MINISTRY
12新约职事的目标不是别的，就是供应基督在里面作赐生命的灵，并在外面作活的义。虽然我们的经历相当有限，但是我信在主的恢复里，藉著新约的职事，那灵和活的义至少已经稍微的供应给我们了。我进入召会生活以前，常常传讲十角、十个脚趾、以及七十个七等类的事。我完全被这些事占有。一面说，我属灵上是在沉醉昏睡中。我实在需要『按著义清醒过来』，如保罗在林前十五章三十四节所嘱咐哥林多人的。从前我遇到基督徒的时候，就会问他们知不知道圣经教导七十个七。如果他们不知道，我就抓住机会对他们解释。我也会谈论很多被提的事。但是感谢主，有一天我按著义从沉醉昏睡、从中毒的光景中清醒过来。我不再强调十角、七十个七、受浸的方式等类的事，而开始只关心基督与召会。现在我的圣经辞典里只有『基督』这一个辞。随著这惟一的辞，还有一个注解说，『同召会』。因此，我的圣经辞典是一本基督同召会的辞典。我能见证，我在美国的这些年来，没有教导过基督同召会之外的任何事物。这是新约的职事。
12The goal of the new covenant ministry is nothing other than to minister Christ as the life-giving Spirit inwardly and as the living righteousness outwardly. Even though our experience may be somewhat limited, I believe that in the Lord’s recovery the Spirit and the living righteousness have been ministered to us at least on a small scale through the ministry of the new covenant. Before I came into the church life, I often ministered on such matters as the ten horns, the ten toes, and the seventy weeks. I was fully preoccupied with these matters. In a sense, I was in a spiritual stupor. I certainly needed to “become sober righteously,” as Paul charges the Corinthians in 1 Corinthians 15:34. When I met other Christians, I would ask them if they knew what the Bible teaches concerning the seventy weeks. If they did not know this, I would take the opportunity to explain it to them. I would also talk a great deal about the rapture. But, thank the Lord, one day I woke up righteously from my stupor, from my drugged condition. Instead of emphasizing things such as the ten horns, the seventy weeks, and the method of baptism, I began to care only for Christ with the church. Now my Bible dictionary consists only of one word—Christ. Along with this unique word, there is a footnote saying “with the church.” Therefore, my Bible dictionary is a dictionary of Christ with the church. I can testify that during all the years I have been in this country, I have not taught anything except Christ with the church. This is the New Testament ministry
13新约的职事乃是基督的职事。相反的，旧约的职事是律法的职事。祭司、君王和申言者，都是把律法服事给百姓。因著律法杀死人，所以那职事是属死的职事。不仅如此，那职事也是定罪的职事；因为凡是死的，都是被定罪的。因此，旧约独一的职事是属死与定罪的职事。但是今天也有一个独一的职事，就是新约的职事。这职事是那灵与义的职事。我们都必须看见这个，这是非常重要的。我们的职事并不专注于受浸或说方言等类的事。我们的职事，就是新约的职事，只供应一样东西、一件事、一个人位，就是包罗万有的基督这赐生命的灵，在里面作我们生命的供应，在外面作我们的义。当基督活在我们里面时，祂就是我们的生命和生命的供应。但是当我们将祂活出来时，祂就成了我们的义。祂替我们成为罪，如今我们在祂里面也成了神的义。这就是新约的职事。
13The new covenant ministry is a ministry of Christ. The old covenant ministry, on the contrary, was a ministry of the law. The priests, the kings, and the prophets all ministered the law to the people. Since the law kills, that ministry was a ministry of death. Furthermore, it was also a ministry of condemnation, for anything that is dead is also condemned. Thus, the unique ministry of the old covenant was a ministry of death and condemnation. But today there is also a unique ministry, the ministry of the new covenant. This ministry is a ministry of the Spirit and of righteousness. It is vital that we all see this. Our ministry is not focused on matters such as baptism or speaking in tongues. Our ministry, the ministry of the new covenant, ministers one thing, one matter, one Person—the all-inclusive Christ as the life-giving Spirit as our life supply inwardly and as our righteousness outwardly. When Christ lives in us, He is our life and life supply. But when we live Him out, He becomes our righteousness. He was made sin for us, and now we are becoming the righteousness of God in Him. This is the ministry of the new covenant