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加拉太书生命读经 · 第11篇

不废弃神的恩

NOT NULLIFYING THE GRACE OF GOD
1读经：加拉太书2:21,16,20a;3:3;4:21;5:2,4,16,24-25，约翰福音1:17;6:57b;15:4-5，哥林多前书6:17;15:45下，哥林多后书3:17，罗马书5:17-18,21，提摩太前书1:14。
1Scripture Reading: Gal. 2:21, 16, 20a; 3:3; 4:21; 5:2, 4, 16, 24-25; John 1:17; 6:57b; 15:4-5; 1 Cor. 6:17; 15:45b; 2 Cor. 3:17; Rom. 5:17-18, 21; 1 Tim. 1:14
2在加拉太二章二十一节保罗说，『我不废弃神的恩。』我们若思想这节的上下文，就会看见废弃神的恩，意思就是在我们的经历中没有让基督在我们里面活著。在二十节保罗说，『现在活著的，不再是我，乃是基督在我里面活著。』然后他接著说，他不废弃神的恩。这有力的指明，对我们这些信徒来说，废弃神的恩就是我们拒绝基督，不让祂有机会在我们里面活著。神的恩就是活的基督自己。让基督在我们里面活著，就是享受神的恩；而不让基督在
2In 2:21 Paul says, “I do not nullify the grace of God.” If we consider this verse in context, we see that to nullify the grace of God means that in our experience we do not have Christ living in us. In verse 20 Paul says, “It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me.” Then he goes on to say that he does not nullify the grace of God. This is a strong indication that for us as believers to nullify the grace of God is for us to deny Christ the opportunity to live in us. The grace of God is simply the living Christ Himself. To allow Christ to live in us is to enjoy the grace of God. But not to allow Him to live in us is to nullify God’s grace
3我们里面活著，就是废弃神的恩。
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新约中的恩典
GRACE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT
4我们要找出新约中神恩典真正且正确的意义，这是很重要的。旧约实际上并没有题到神的恩典。旧约中所说的恩典，意思是恩惠。约翰一章十七节告诉我们，恩典是藉著耶稣基督来的。在神的儿子成为肉体以前，恩典还没有来到。恩典是在主耶稣来到的时候来的。在那时以前，律法已经藉著摩西颁赐下来；而恩典的应许早在律法之先，已经赐给亚伯拉罕了。首先，神将恩典的应许赐给亚伯拉罕；然后过了四百三十年，藉著摩西在西乃山上颁布了律法。大约又过了一千五百年之后，恩典才随著耶稣基督，就是成为肉体之神的儿子来临。
4It is important for us to find out the genuine and proper significance of the grace of God in the New Testament. In the Old Testament there is actually no mention of God’s grace. The word grace used in the Old Testament means favor. John 1:17 tells us that grace came with Jesus Christ. Before the incarnation of the Son of God, grace had not come. Grace came when the Lord Jesus came. Prior to that time, the law had been given through Moses. The promise of grace had also been made to Abraham; it was given before the law was. First, God gave the promise of grace to Abraham. Then, four hundred thirty years later, the law was given at Mount Sinai through Moses. Approximately another fifteen hundred years passed before grace came with Jesus Christ, with the incarnated Son of God
5根据约翰一章一节和十四节，那起初与神同在，并且就是神的话，成了肉体，支搭帐幕在我们中间，丰丰满满的有恩典，有实际。十六节说，『从祂的丰满里我们都领受了，而且恩上加恩。』这给我们看见，恩典是同著耶稣基督来
5According to John 1:1 and 14, the Word that was in the beginning with God and which was God became flesh and tabernacled among us, full of grace and reality. Verse 16 says, “For of His fullness we all received, and grace upon grace.” Since grace came with Jesus Christ, grace was not yet present in the Old Testament
6的，所以在旧约中还没有恩典。
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7现在我们必须给恩典下个定义。恩典乃是神在祂的三一里经过成为肉体、人性生活、钉十字架、复活、升天，作了我们的一切。三一神经过了这么长的过程后，就成了我们的一切。祂是我们的救赎、救恩、生命与圣别。三一神自己经过了过程，成了包罗万有赐生命的灵，这就是我们的恩典。
7Now we must give a definition of grace. Grace is God in His Trinity processed through incarnation, human living, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension to be everything to us. After passing through such along process, the Triune God has become everything to us. He is our redemption, salvation, life, and sanctification. Having been processed to become the all-inclusive life-giving Spirit, the Triune God Himself is our grace.
比律法还大
GREATER THAN THE LAW
8我们若要领会新约中所启示的恩典，就需要对新约有一个整体并清楚的看见。恩典这件事意义极其重大。对犹太人而言，摩西颁赐律法是一件大事。恩典的来临与律法的颁赐相对，这事实说出恩典比律法还大。就犹太人而言，除了神自己以外，没有甚么比律法还大。但约翰一章十七节指明，恩典比律法还大。律法是颁赐的，恩典却是来到的。
8If we would understand grace as revealed in the New Testament, we need a clear view of the New Testament as a whole. Grace is a matter of tremendous significance. To the Jews, the giving of the law through Moses was a great event. The fact that the coming of grace is contrasted with the giving of the law indicates that grace is greater than the law. As far as the Jews were concerned, apart from God Himself nothing was greater than the law. But John 1:17 indicates that grace is greater than the law. The law was given, but grace came
神的儿子活在我们里面
THE SON OF GOD LIVING IN US
9按照许多基督徒的观念，神的恩典主要是一种物质的祝福。在一年的末了，有些基督徒聚在一起，数算神在这年中所赐给他们的祝福，并感谢神莫大的恩典，赐给了他们这些祝福。然后他们继续感谢神赐给他们大房子和新衣服等事物。这种对恩典的观念实在太贫穷了！使徒保罗把这些事物看作粪土，不是恩典。我们已经指出，照著约翰一章十七节，恩典比律法大。神自己当然比律法更高。但如果神对我们仍是客观的，在我们的经历里祂就不会比律法更大。神对我们要比律法更大，这位三一神就必须是主观的。因此，在新约中，恩典是指三一神经过了过程，成为我们的一切，又活在我们里面。那经过过程、包罗万有赐生命的灵活在我们
9According to the concept of many Christians, God’s grace is mainly a matter of material blessing. At the end of the year, some Christians gather together to count the blessings God has bestowed on them during that year and to thank Him for His great grace in sending these blessings. Then they proceed to thank the Lord for things such as a large home and new clothes. Such a concept of grace is much too poor! The Apostle Paul would count such things as dung, not as grace. We have pointed out that, according to John 1:17, grace is greater than the law. Surely God Himself is higher than the law. However, if God remains objective to us, in our experience He will not be greater than the law. In order to be greater than the law to us, the Triune God must be subjective. Hence, in the New Testament, grace denotes the Triune God processed to become everything to us and to live in us. Nothing can surpass the living in us of the processed, all-inclusive life-giving Spirit
10里面，没有甚么能比这更大。
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11我们已经指出，在二章二十节中，保罗说他已经与基督同钉十字架，并且基督在他里面活著。然后在二十一节他继续说，他不废弃神的恩。这指明神的恩乃是神的儿子活在我们里面。这当然比律法还大。神的儿子成为肉体，不仅仅是活在地上、钉十字架、复活、升上诸天，祂也来活在我们里面。这就是恩典。
11We have pointed out that in 2:20 Paul says that he has been crucified with Christ and that Christ lives in him. Then in verse 21 he goes on to say that he does not nullify the grace of God. This indicates that the grace of God is the Son of God living in us. Certainly this is much greater than the law. The Son of God was incarnated not only to live on earth, to be crucified, to be resurrected, and to ascend into the heavens; He also came to live in us. This is grace
12回到律法中就是拒绝这恩典，也是拒绝了那现今活在我们里面的神的儿子。这就是废弃神的恩。然而我们若留在基督里，享受祂作我们的一切，我们就不会废弃神的恩了。
12To go back to the law is to reject this grace. It is to reject the very Son of God who now lives in us. This is to nullify the grace of God. However, if we remain in Christ, enjoying Him as everything to us, we do not nullify the grace of God.
13所有保罗书信的开头与结尾都说到恩典，连启示录也是这样。在启示录一章四至五节，约翰写信给在亚西亚的七个召会说，『愿恩典…归与你们。』在二十二章二十一节他总结说，『愿主耶稣的恩与众圣徒同在。』保罗在加拉太书的结束时说，『弟兄们，愿我们主耶稣基督的恩与你们的灵同在。』（六18。）恩典若只是物质的祝福，那么恩典怎能在我们的灵里？恩典不是外在的、物质的，恩典乃是神圣的、属灵的。事实上，我们曾著重的指出，恩典乃是神的自己主观的成了一切给我们享受。我盼望众圣徒都清楚把握这恩典的定义。
13All of Paul’s Epistles begin and end with a word about grace. This is also true of the book of Revelation. In Revelation 1:4 John writes to the seven churches which are in Asia, “Grace to you”; and in 22:21, he concludes with the words, “The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all the saints.” Paul closes the Epistle to the Galatians by saying, “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers.” If grace were a matter of material blessing, how could grace be with our spirit? Grace is not physical or material; it is divine and spiritual. Actually, as we have pointed out emphatically, grace is God Himself in a subjective way to be everything for our enjoyment. I hope that all the saints could grasp this definition of grace in a clear way
恩典为我们作了甚么
WHAT GRACE DOES FOR US
14现在让我们来看，按照新约这恩典为我们作了甚么，并且将要为我们作甚么。虽然人是照著神的形像和样式造的，为了彰显祂并代表祂，但人堕落了。堕落的人不只在外面作了错事，而且罪的性情更注射到人的里面。因此，我们外面是有罪的；里面是邪恶的。在公义的神面前，我们的行为是有罪的；在圣别的神眼中，我们的性情是邪恶的。不仅如此，我们对自己的光景实在无能为力。叫堕落的人就近律法，竭力去守律法，实在太愚昧了。即使我们守住了律法，我们又怎样来对付我们邪恶的性情呢？为著神的恩典，并恩典为我们所作的，我们该何等赞美神！首先，三一神成为肉体活在地上，成就了神公义、圣别律法的要求。祂成就了律法的要求之后，就上十字架为我们的罪死，作我们的代替。藉著基督的死，祂救赎了我们。因此，救赎乃是神的恩典为我们所成就的第一项事物。
14Let us now consider according to the New Testament what this grace has done for us and what it will do for us. Although man was created in God’sim age and likeness in order to express Him and represent Him, man became fallen. In the fall man not only did something wrong outwardly, but the very nature of sin was injected into man’s being. Hence, outwardly we are sinful, and inwardly we are evil. Before the righteous God, our conduct is sinful, and in the eyes of the holy God, our nature is evil. Furthermore, there is nothing we can do about our situation. It is utterly foolish for fallen man to go to the law and endeavor to keep it. Even if we could keep the law, what would we do about our evil nature? How we must praise God for His grace and for what it has done for us! First, the Triune God became incarnated to live on earth to fulfill the requirements of God’s righteous and holy law. Having fulfilled the law’s requirements, He went to the cross and died there for our sins as our substitute. Through His death Christ has redeemed us. Therefore, redemption is the first item of what God’s grace has accomplished for us
15基督藉著死完成救赎之后，就从死人中复活，从祂里面释放出神圣的生命。在复活里祂成了赐生命的灵，让那些欣赏祂、爱祂、信入祂、呼求祂、并悔改的人接受进来。罪人只要这样来向祂反应，祂这位赐生命的灵就进到那人里面，并藉著重生而生到他里面。这难道不是神恩典的另一面么？这是神恩典为我们所作的第二项事物。
15After accomplishing redemption through His death, Christ was resurrected from among the dead to release the divine life from within Him. In resurrection He has become the life-giving Spirit to be received by those who will appreciate Him, love Him, believe in Him, call on Him, and repent. As soon as a sinner responds to Him in this way, He as the life-giving Spirit enters into that one and through regeneration is born in him. Is this not an aspect of God’s grace? It is the second item of what God’s grace has done for us.
16第三，从我们重生那时候起，基督就住在我们灵里，为要在我们里面活著并与我们同活。基督在我们里面活著，使我们能有一种使神满足的生活。在祂的恩典里，基督在我们里面活著，并与我们同活。当基督活在我们里面时，祂同时也将祂一切的丰富供应到我们里面，为要圣别我们，变化我们，使我们在实际并实行上成为神的众子。这样，我们
16Third, from the time of our regeneration, Christ has been dwelling in our spirit to live in us and with us. By living in us, Christ enables us to have the kind of living that satisfies God. In His grace, Christ lives in us and with us. As Christ lives within us, He also ministers all His riches into our being in order to sanctify us, transform us, and make us sons of God in reality and practicality. In this way, we enjoy full sonship
17就享受完满的儿子名分。
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18第五，在豫定的时间里，基督必要再来，用祂自己的成分浸透我们物质的身体，叫我们的身体改变形状，成为荣耀的身体，和基督复活的身体一样。这当然也是神恩典的另一面。基督藉著浸透我们，就荣化我们，并在我们身上得著荣耀。祂要将我们都带进祂的荣耀里，在那里，我们灵、魂、体都会完全和祂一样。
18Fifth, at the appointed time, Christ will come back and saturate our physical body with His element. This will cause our body to be transfigured into a glorious body, a body which is the same as Christ’s resurrection body. Certainly this is another aspect of God’s grace. By saturating us, Christ will glorify us and be glorified in us. He will bring us all into His glory, where we shall be exactly the same as He is, in spirit, soul, and body
19最后，在永世里，我们要享受基督作活水和生命树，直到永远。关于神的恩典之于我们这各项的描述，包括了整本新约，从马太福音一开始，直到启示录的末了。这位三一神─父、子、灵─已经经过了成为肉体、人性生活、钉十字架、复活和升天的过程，好进到我们里面，与我们成为一，并作我们的一切。现今祂是我们的救赎、拯救、生命、生活、圣别及变化，并且祂还要成为我们的模成、得荣与永世。这就是在光中所分给众圣徒的分。（西一12。）
19Finally, in eternity and for eternity we shall enjoy Christ as the living water and as the tree of life. This description of what the grace of God is to us covers the entire New Testament from the opening of Matthew to the end of Revelation. The Triune God— the Father, the Son, and the Spirit—has been processed through incarnation, human living, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension in order to come into us, to be one with us, and to be everything to us. Now He is our redemption, salvation, life, living, sanctification, and transformation, and He will become our conformation, our glorification, and our eternity. This is the portion of the saints in light (Col. 1:12
享受恩典
ENJOYING GRACE
20我们无法在一天之内，或甚至在一生之中尽享神的恩典。在永世里我们才能尽享这恩典。这就是与主耶稣同来的恩典，这也是我们每天所需要的恩典。赞美主！这是我们天天来到施恩的宝座前所得著，作我们应时帮助的恩典。每早晨我们都当仰望主并祷告说，『主阿，求你今天将你的恩典赐给我。我需要你今天一分的恩典。愿恩典与我同在，并与所有的弟兄姊妹同在。』哦，我们都需要这样祷告！然后我们就会经历恩典，这恩典就是那三一神经过过程，成了包罗万有、赐生命的灵，作我们的享受。
20We cannot enjoy God’s grace in full in one day or even in a life time. It will take eternity for us to have the full enjoyment of this grace. This is the very grace which came when the Lord Jesus came, and this is the grace we need day by day. Praise the Lord that this is the grace we find by approaching the throne of grace daily to meet our timely need. Every morning we should look to the Lord and pray, “Lo rd, grant me Your grace today. I need today’sport i on of Your grace. May grace be with me and with all my brothers and sisters.” Oh, we all need to pray like this! Then we shall experience grace, the grace who is the very Triune God processed to become the all - inclusive life-giving Spirit for our enjoyment.
21在二章二十一节保罗说，『义若是藉著律法得的，基督就是白白死了。』白白死了，或译作无缘无故的死了。基督为我们死，使我们在祂里面得著义，藉此我们就得著神的生命。（罗五18，21。）这义不是藉著律法，乃是藉著基督的死得著的。义若是藉著律法得的，基督就是无缘无故的死了。但义乃是藉著基督的死得的，并且基督的死已将我们从律法分别出来。现今，照著罗马五章十七节，我们这『受洋溢之恩，并洋溢之义恩赐的，就更要藉著耶稣基督一人，在生命中作
21In 2:21 Paul says, “For if righteousness is through the law, then Christ has died for nothing.” Christ died for us that we may have righteousness in Him, through which we may receive the divine life (Rom. 5:18, 21). This righteousness is not through the law, but through the death of Christ. If righteousness is through the law, Christ has died without cause, for nothing. But righteousness is through Christ’s death, which has separated us from law. Now, according to Romans 5:17, we who “receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.” Grace enables us to reign in life
22王了』。恩典使我们能在生命中作王。
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23基督藉著赐生命的灵，将神圣的生命分赐到我们里面，这乃是神的恩。不凭这灵活著，就是废弃神的恩。废弃神的恩，就是拒绝这位经过过程，成了包罗万有、赐生命之灵的三一神。热中犹太教者想要叫加拉太信徒回到律法。回到律法就是废弃神的恩。这就是否认并拒绝这位经过过程的三一神；不仅如此，这也就是没有经历并享受这样一位经过过程的神。藉此我们看见，回到律法而废弃神的恩，乃是极其严重的事。
23It is the grace of God that Christ has imparted the divine life into us through the life-giving Spirit. Not to live by this Spirit is to nullify the grace of God. To nullify God’s grace is to reject the processed Triune God who has become the all-inclusive life-giving Spirit. The Judaizers wanted the Galatian believers to go back to the law. To return to the law is to nullify the grace of God. It is to deny and reject the processed Triune God. Furthermore, it is also to fail to experience and enjoy such a processed God. By this we can see that to nullify the grace of God by returning to the law is extremely serious
神的经纶
GOD’SECON O MY
24瞎眼的犹太教徒十分愚昧。他们若看见神的恩典是甚么，就不会再热中于犹太教了。但他们因著瞎眼，反倒大发热心要引人离开基督。他们不明白要神的选民遵守律法并不是神的经纶。神的经纶乃是要祂的子民享受三一神，这位三一神已经经过了成为肉体、人性生活、钉十字架、复活和升天的过程，成了赐生命的灵。在神的经纶里，神要祂的子民享受祂自己作这样一位三一神，并与祂成为一。然后祂的子民就能在神圣的生命里成为一，团体的彰显神。三一神的这个团体彰显乃是召会生活，其最终的结果将是新耶路撒冷，就是三一神在永世里的团体彰显。我们若看见神经纶的这个异象，怎能再回到律法去？怎么可能转离这位经过过程作我们恩典的三一神？难怪保罗说加拉太人是无知的，他们因著无知，竟废弃神的恩。
24In their blindness the Judaizers were foolish. If they had seen what the grace of God is, they would not have been Judaizers. But because they were blind, they zealously endeavored to turn people away from Christ. They failed to realize that it is not God’secon o my that His chosen people keep the law. God’secon o my is for His people to enjoy the Triune God who has been processed to become the life-giving Spirit through incarnation, human living, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension. In His economy God intends that His people enjoy Himself as such a Triune God and become one with Him. Then His people will be one in the divine life to express God corporately. This corporate expression of the Triune God is the church life. The ultimate issue of this will be the New Jerusalem, the corporate expression of the Triune God in eternity. If we see this vision of God’secon o my, how could we go back to the law? How could we turn away from the Triune God who has been processed to become our grace? No wonder Paul said that the Galatians were foolish. In their folly they were nullifying the grace of God
站在恩典中
STANDING IN GRACE
25我们若要作那些不废弃神恩典的人，就需要住在基督里。（约十五4～5。）住在基督里就是留在经过过程的三一神里面。不仅如此，我们也需要享受基督，特别是藉著吃祂来享受祂。（六57下。）然后我们就该往前与基督成为一灵，（林前六17，）在灵里行事为人，（加五16，，）否认天然的『我』，（二20，）并弃绝肉体。（五24。）我们不该受其他事情，诸如律法、割礼、安息日、以及饮食条例等的打岔。反之，我们应当享受基督并在一灵里与祂同活。我们若在灵中行事为人，否认天然的『我』，并弃绝肉体，
25If we would be those who do not nullify the grace of God, we need to abide in Christ (John 15:4-5). To abide in Christ is to remain in the processed Triune God. Furthermore, we need to enjoy Christ, especially by eating Him (John 6:57b). Then we should go on to be one spirit with Christ (1 Cor. 6:17), to walk in the Spirit (Gal. 5:16, 25), to deny the natural “I” (2:20), and to abandon the flesh (5:24). We should not be distracted 25 by things such as the law, circumcision, the Sabbath, and dietary regulations. Rather, we should enjoy Christ and live with Him in one spirit. If we walk in spirit, deny the natural “I,” and abandon the flesh, we shall be those who do not nullify the grace of God.
26我们就不是那些废弃神恩典的人。
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27我们赞美主！在祂的恢复里我们不断享受并经历祂的恩典。然而，有许多5:2基督徒还不在这个恩典的享受里。保罗在罗马五章二节说到我们因著信，得以进入现在所站的这恩典中。让我们在所进入的这恩典中站立得稳。
27We praise the Lord that in His recovery we are enjoying and experiencing His grace. Many Christians, however, are not in the experience of this grace. In Romans Paul says that by faith we have access into this grace in which we stand. Let us stand fast in the grace into which we have entered.