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加拉太书生命读经 · 第14篇

听信仰与行律法相对

HEARING OF FAITH VERSUS WORKS OF LAW
1读经：加拉太书3:2,5,3,20,9,14,22-25，罗马书7:10-11,24;8:2,6,10-11,30。加拉太三章二节说，『我只愿问你们这一件，你们接受了那灵，是本于行律法，还是本于听信仰？』我们接受那灵当然是本于听信仰，不是本于行律法。
1Scripture Reading: Gal. 3:2, 5, 3, 20, 9, 14, 22-25; Rom. 7:10-11, 24; 8:2, 6, 10-11, 30 Galatians 3:2 says, “This only I wish to learn from you, Did you receive the Spirit by the works of law or by the hearing of faith?” Surely we have received the Spirit by the hearing of faith, not by the works of law
2保罗在三章五节接著问加拉太信徒：『这样，那丰富供应你们那灵，又在你们中间行异能的，是本于行律法，还是本于听信仰？』神不断供应我们那灵，这也是藉著听信仰，绝不是藉著行律法。
2In 3:5 Paul goes on to ask the Galatian believers, “He therefore Who is supplying to you the Spirit and doing works of power among you, is it by the works of law or by the hearing of faith?” God continues to supply the Spirit to us also through the hearing of faith, not at all by the works of law
供应与接受
SUPPLYING AND RECEIVING
3神新约的经纶乃是一件供应那灵与接受那灵的事。在神一面，祂丰富的供应那灵；在我们一面，我们接受那灵。那灵的供应与那灵的接受不是一次永远的，而是持续不断的。根据三章二节，我们已经接受了那灵；但根据三章五节，神是不断的供应那灵给我们。神天天供应那灵，我们天天接受那灵的供应。因此，我们由经历得知，那灵的供应与那灵的接受乃是一直在进行的。
3God’s New Testament economy is a matter of supplying the Spirit and receiving the Spirit. On God’ss i de, He supplies the Spirit; on our side, we receive the Spirit. The supplying of the Spirit and the receiving of the Spirit do not take place once for all. On the contrary, they are continual. According to 3:2, we have already received the Spirit. But according to 3:5, God continues to supply the Spirit to us. Day by day God supplies the Spirit, and day by day we receive this supply of the Spirit. Therefore, by our experience we know that the supplying of the Spirit and the receiving of the Spirit take place continually
4信仰与律法的对比那灵的供应与那灵的接受都是本于听信仰，不是本于行律法。在神旧约的经纶里，律法是人与神关系的基本条件；（加三23；）在神新约的经纶里，信仰是神在人身上完成祂新约经纶惟一的路。（提前一4。）律法与肉体有关，（罗七5，）倚靠肉体的努力；肉体是『我』的显出。信仰与那灵有关，信靠那灵的运行；那灵是基督的实化。在旧约里，『我』和肉体在守律法上，担任重要的角色；在新约里，基督和那灵接管了『我』和肉体的地位，信仰顶替了律法，使我们能凭那灵活基督。凭著肉体守律法，是人天然的路，在人观念的黑暗里，结果是死和苦恼。（罗七10～11，24。）本于听信仰接受那灵，是神启示的路，在神启示的光中，结果是生10-命和荣耀。（罗八2，6，10～11，30。）因此，我们必须宝贵听信仰，不宝贵行律法。我们是本于听信仰接受那灵，使我们能有分于神所应许的福而活基督。在三章二十二至二十五节，我们看见律法与信仰的对比。根据三章二十三节所说，『信仰还未来到以先，我们是被看守在律法之下，被圈住好归于那要显示的信仰。』这节清楚的指明到一个时候，信仰要来到，并要显示出来。根据二十四与二十五节，现今信仰既然来到，我们就不再在律法这儿童导师的手下了。信仰与律法是不能共存的。信仰来到以前，我们是在律法以下；但如今信仰既已来到，并已显示出来，这信仰就顶替了律法。
4THE CONTRAST BETWEEN FAITH AND LAW Both the supplying of the Spirit and the receiving of the Spirit are by the hearing of faith, not by the works of law. The law was the basis for the relationship between man and God in God’sOld Testament economy (3:23); faith is the unique requirement for man to contact God in His New Testament economy (Heb. 11:6). Law is related to the flesh (Rom. 7:5) and depends on the effort of the flesh, the very flesh that is the expression of “I.” Faith is related to the Spirit, and trusts in the operation of the Spirit, the very Spirit who is the realization of Christ. In the Old Testament, “I” and the flesh played an important role in keeping the law. In the New Testament, Christ and the Spirit take over the position of “I” and the flesh, and faith replaces law that we may live Christ by the Spirit. To keep the law by the flesh is man’s natural way; it is in the darkness of man’s concept and results in death and wretchedness (Rom. 7:10-11, 24). To receive the Spirit by faith is God’s revealed way; it is in the light of God’sr evelation and issues in life and glory (Rom. 8:2, 6, 11, 30). Hence, we must treasure faith, not the works of law. It is by the hearing of faith that we have received the Spirit that we may participate in God’s promised blessing and live Christ. In 3:2 2-2 5 we see a contrast between law and faith. According to 3:2 3, “before faith came we were guarded under law, being shut up unto the faith which was about to be revealed.” This verse indicates clearly that there was a time when faith came and was revealed. According to verses 24 and 25, now that faith has come we are no longer under the law as our child-conductor. Faith and law cannot co-exist. Before faith came, we were under law. But now that faith has come and has been revealed, this faith replaces law.
信仰与恩典
FAITH AND GRACE
5基要派基督教普遍教导人说，律法已经由恩典顶替了。他们常用律法时代与恩典时代等神学名词指出二者的分界。照这种领会，旧约是律法时代，新约是恩典时代。因此，恩典与律法相对，并且顶替律法。但你听过信仰已经来顶替律法，并且信仰与律法相对么？我们甚至可以说，旧约里有律法时代，而新约里有信仰时代。恩典时代也就是信仰时代。恩典来的时候，信仰也来了。恩典与信仰，二者都随著耶稣基督而来。
5In fundamental Christianity it is commonly taught that the law has been replaced by grace. Theological terms such as the dispensation of law and the dispensation of grace are used to point out this distinction. According to this understanding, the Old Testament was the dispensation of law, whereas the New Testament is the dispensation of grace. Hence, grace is versus law and replaces law. But have you ever heard that faith has come to replace law and that faith is versus law? It is possible even to say that in the Old Testament there was a dispensation of law, but in the New Testament there is a dispensation of faith. The dispensation of grace is also the dispensation of faith. When grace came, faith came also. Both grace and faith came with the coming of Jesus Christ
6行律法与听信仰有何等大的对比！我们必须区分『作』的基督徒与『听』的基督徒。你是那一种基督徒？我们都应当宣告，我们是『听』的基督徒，不是『作』的基督徒。『听』是一大福分。在召会聚会中，我们来在一起是为著听信仰。藉著这样的听信仰，我们接受了那灵的供应。我们若要明白听信仰的意义，就需要知道信仰是甚么，以及恩典是甚么。恩典与信仰，二者是指同样的东西。恩典是在神那一面，信仰是在我们这一面。我们已经指出，恩典乃是三一神经过了过程，成为我们的一切。我们听到了这恩典，自然而然就有了信。
6What a contrast there is between the works of law and the hearing of faith! We must distinguish between a working Christian and a hearing Christian. What kind of Christian are you? We all should declare that we are hearing Christians, not working Christians. To hear is a great blessing. In the meetings of the church we come together for the hearing of faith. By this hearing we receive the supply of the Spirit. If we would understand the meaning of the hearing of faith, we need to know what faith is and also what grace is. Both grace and faith refer to the same thing. Grace is on God’ss i de, but faith is on our side. As we have pointed out, grace is the Triune God processed to be everything to us. As we hear of this grace, we spontaneously have faith
7假如我向一班从来没有听过神、基督、那灵、十字架、救赎、救恩、或永远生命的原始人传福音，我会告诉他们，真神乃是一位亲爱又可爱的神。接著我会再告诉他们，神如何差遣祂的儿子耶稣基督，为我们死在十字架上成功救赎的故事。我还会告诉他们，基督是何等奇妙。我愿意他们知道，祂在十字架上受死，以及祂如何流了自己的血，使我们得著赦免。我要告诉他们，藉著基督的死与复活，祂里面的神圣生命就释放出来。我更要告诉他们，现今基督这永活的一位，乃是赐生命的灵，等候我们接受祂。听到这样福音信息的人，自然就有了听信仰。我传讲的话乃是恩典的话，但是他们听到这样的话，在他们的经历里，这话就成了他们藉以相信的信。
7If I were preaching the gospel to primitive people who had never heard of God, Christ, the Spirit, the cross, redemption, salvation, or eternal life, I would tell them that the true God is a loving and lovable God. I would go on to tell them the story of how God sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to accomplish redemption for us by dying on the cross. I would continue by telling them how wonderful Christ is. I would want them to know about His death on the cross and how He shed His blood so that we might be forgiven. I would tell them that through Christ’s death and resurrection, the divine life within Him has been released. I would also tell them that now Christ, the living One, is the life-giving Spirit who is waiting to be received. Those who hear such a gospel message would spontaneously have the hearing of faith. The word that I would preach would be a word of grace. But once they have heard such a word, in their experience it would become the faith by which they believe.
8当人在传福音时，有人听见了神的恩典，他们里头就升起了一个东西，叫他们珍赏所听见的。所陈明给他们的恩典，在他们里面成为他们藉以相信的信。自然而然的，他们就开始珍赏神、基督与那灵。他们珍赏基督所成功救赎的工作。这种珍赏就是信。当他们开始珍赏他们所听见的福音时，信就来到了。
8When people hear of the grace of God in the preaching of the gospel, something rises up within them to appreciate what they have heard. The grace presented to them becomes in them the faith by which they believe. Spontaneously they begin to appreciate God, Christ, and the Spirit. They appreciate what Christ has done in accomplishing redemption. This appreciation is faith. Faith comes when they begin to appreciate what they hear in the gospel
客观一面与主观一面的信
THE OBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE ASPECTS OF FAITH
9信有两方面：客观的一面与主观的一面。在客观一面，信是我们所相信的事物；在主观一面，信是我们相信的行为。因此信是指相信的行为以及我们所相信的事物。说到相信的行为，信是主观的；但说到我们所相信的事物，信是客观的。当我们听到那些我们将要相信的事物时，我们里面就产生了信。我们越听到这些美好的事物，我们就越珍赏。这种珍赏自然而然就使我们相信我们所听见的那些事物。所以信既是客观的，又是主观的。
9Concerning faith there are two aspects, the objective aspect and the subjective aspect. Objectively faith is what we believe. Subjectively faith is our believing. Therefore, faith denotes both the act of believing and that in which we believe. Regarding the act of believing, faith is subjective, but regarding what we believe, faith is objective. As we hear about those things in which we are to believe, faith is produced within us. The more we hear about these good things, the more we appreciate them. Spontaneously this appreciation issues in our believing in those very things about which we have heard. Therefore, faith is both objective and subjective
10一章二十三节告诉我们，那从前逼迫信基督之人的保罗，现在传扬『他原先所损毁的信仰』。这里所说的信仰，以及三章二节、五节、七节、九节、二十三节、二十五节，和六章十节中的信仰，含示我们相信基督，是以祂的身位和祂救赎的工作，作为我们信仰的对象。这个顶替了旧约中神藉以对待人的律法，成了新约中神对待人的原则。这信仰乃是基督里之信徒的特征，使他们与守律法的人不同。这是本书主要的著重点。
10In 1:23 we are told that Paul, who once persecuted the believers in Christ, now preached “the faith which formerly he ravaged.” Faith here and in 3:2, 5, 7, 9, 23, 25, and 6:10 implies our believing in Christ, taking His Person and His redemptive work as the object of our faith. This, replacing the law, by which God dealt with people in the Old Testament, becomes the principle of God’s dealing with people in the New Testament. This faith characterizes the believers in Christ and distinguishes them from the keepers of law. This is the main emphasis of this book.
11主观一面的信至少含示了八项。第一，信与听有关。没有听见话，就不可能有信。信是由听来的。我们所听见的话，包括神、基督、那灵、十字架、救赎、救恩、赦罪和永远的生命，也包括神经过了过程，成为包罗万有赐生命之灵的事实。根据新约，福音告诉我们这一切的事。我们传福音若是传得合宜，那些听见的人就会被挑旺并满了珍赏。听见福音的话乃是他们相信的起点。基督徒缺乏信，原因乃是他们所听的很贫穷。他们若听见一篇活的信息，说到三一神如何经过过程，成了包罗万有赐生命的灵，没有疑问，这样的听见会在他们里面产生信。第二，信也含示珍赏。人听见福音的话以后，一种珍赏的感觉自然而然在这些听的人里面升起。不仅第一次听福音的人是这样，所有相信基督的人都是这样。每当我们正确的听到一些话，这样的听就会唤起我们对主更多的珍赏。随著这种珍赏而来的就是呼求，这是主观一面的信所含示的第三项。凡是珍赏主耶稣的人，都会自然而然的呼求主的名。我们的福音若传得冷淡、沉闷、死沉，我们就需要说服人祷告并呼求主的名。但我们的传扬若是宝贵的、丰富的、活泼的、激励人并挑旺人，我们就不需要说服人。相反的，他们自然会呼喊，『哦，主耶稣！』也许他们不是这样的来呼求主，而是对主发出一些珍赏的话。也许他们会说，『哦，主耶稣太好了！』
11The subjective aspect of faith implies at least eight items. First, faith involves hearing. Without the hearing of the word, there can be no faith. Faith comes from hearing. The word we hear includes God, Christ, the Spirit, the cross, redemption, salvation, forgiveness, and eternal life. It also includes the fact that God has been processed to become the all-inclusive life-giving Spirit. According to the New Testament, the gospel tells us of all these matters. When the gospel is preached in a proper way, those who hear it will be stirred up and filled with appreciation. Their hearing of the word of the gospel is the beginning of their believing. The reason Christians are lacking in faith is that their hearing is poor. If they heard a living message on how the Triune God has been processed to become the all-inclusive life-giving Spirit, no doubt this hearing would produce faith in them. Second, faith also implies appreciation. After hearing the word of the gospel, a sense of appreciation spontaneously rises up in those who hear. This is true not only of those hearing the gospel for the first time, but for all believers in Christ. Whenever we hear the word in a proper way, this hearing awakens more appreciation for the Lord. This appreciation is followed by calling, the third item implied in the subjective aspect of faith. All those who appreciate the Lord Jesus will spontaneously call on His name. If our gospel preaching is cold, dull, and dead, it will be necessary to persuade people to pray and call on the Lord’s name. But if our preaching is precious, rich, living, inspiring, and stirring, there will be no need to persuade people. Rather, they will spontaneously call, “O Lord Jesus.” Perhaps instead of calling on Him in this way, they will utter some word of appreciation for the Lord. Perhaps they will say, “Oh, how good the Lord Jesus is
12第四，信也含示接受。我们珍赏主耶稣并且呼喊祂，自然而然就接受祂。随著接受，我们还有了第五方面─领受。你可能接受某样东西，却没有领受。信包括接受与领受。凡听见福音并珍赏主耶稣的人，自然而然就接受了祂，也领受了祂。第六，信包括与主耶稣联合。我们接受并领受了主耶稣，就与祂联合。
12Fourth, faith implies receiving. By appreciating the Lord Jesus and calling on Him, we spontaneously receive Him. With receiving, we have the fifth aspect, that of accepting. It is possible to receive something without accepting it. Faith involves both receiving and accepting. Those who hear the gospel and appreciate the Lord Jesus automatically accept Him as well as receive Him. Sixth, faith includes becoming joined to the Lord Jesus. By receiving and accepting Him, we are joined to Him
13然后第七与第八项，就是我们有分于祂并享受祂。信就是有分于并享受这信所接受并所领受的事物。
13Then, as the seventh and eighth items, we partake of Him and enjoy Him. Faith partakes of and enjoys what it receives and accepts.
14我们传福音的时候，人听见神的恩典，就珍赏这恩典，并且呼求主。然后他们接受、领受、联于、有分于并享受这恩典；这恩典就是三一神经过过程，来作我们的一切。这就是信。
14In the preaching of the gospel, people hear of God’s grace. Then they appreciate it and call upon the Lord. They go on to receive, accept, join, partake of, and enjoy this grace, which is the Triune God processed to be everything to us. This is faith
the hearing of faith
在召会聚会中的听信仰
In the meetings of the church
15在旧约里没有信，信是随著耶稣基督来的。基督来的时候，恩典来了，信也来了。信来顶替律法。因此，我们这些信基督的人，乃是听信仰的人，不是行律法的人。在召会的聚会中，我们聚集在一起是为了听信仰。不参加聚会的人就给自己断绝了听信仰的机会。我们若是断绝了听信仰，也就从供应中断绝了。不要认为你不过是一次又一次听同样的话，就不来聚会。虽然我们几乎每天都吃同样的东西，但我们每天早上还是需要吃早餐。我们若因著老是吃一样的东西而不肯吃，就无法接受所需食物的供应。同样的，我们需要参加召会的聚会，好接受神的供应。我们都能见证，我们有没有参加聚会来听信仰，是有很大的不同。我们一遍又一遍的听基督与召会、基督的死与复活，以及基督如何经过过程成为赐生命的灵。但我们每次听到这些事，就接受那灵的供应。因此，正当的基督徒聚会，乃是听的聚会，是为著听信仰的聚会。
15Faith was not to be found in the Old Testament; it came with Jesus Christ. When Christ came, grace came, and faith came also. Faith has come to replace law. Therefore, as believers in Christ, we are hearers, not workers. In the church meetings we gather together for the hearing of faith. Those who do not attend the meetings cut themselves off from opportunities for the hearing of faith. If we are cut off from the hearing, we are also cut off from the supply. Do not stay away from the meetings because you think you will simply hear the same things over and over again. We need to eat breakfast every morning even though we may eat the same thing almost every day. If we refuse to eat because the food is the same, we shall not receive our necessary supply of food. In the same principle, we need to attend the church meetings in order to receive God’s supply. We can testify that it makes a great difference whether or not we come to the meetings for the hearing of faith. Time and time again, we may hear of Christ and the church, of Christ’s death and resurrection, and of how Christ has been processed to become the life-giving Spirit. But each time we hear these things, we receive the supply of the Spirit. Therefore, a proper Christian meeting is a hearing meeting, a meeting for the hearing of faith
16在召会聚会中说话的人，也应当是听话的人，因为他们也听到自己所说的话。我们这些在召会中说话的人都能见证，我们说得越多，听得也越多。一个正确的说话者先是对自己说，然后对别人说。你如果不先对自己说，你所说的就不真。我们若是真正的说话者，就应当是头一个享受自己说话的人。
16Those who speak in the church meetings should also be hearers, for they also hear the very things they are speaking. Those of us who speak in the church can testify that the more we speak, the more we hear. A proper speaker speaks first to himself and then to others. If you do not speak to yourself first, your speaking is not genuine. If we are genuine speakers, we should be the first to enjoy our speaking
17我们参加一次又一次的聚会，是为著听信仰。这信仰乃是对神恩典的珍赏、接受和领受。我们藉著信与神的恩典联合，有分于神的恩典，并享受神的恩典。我们已经一再指出，这恩典乃是三一神经过了过程，成为我们的享受和一切。
17Meeting by meeting we come together for the hearing of faith. This faith is the appreciation, receiving, and accepting of God’s grace. Through faith we are joined to God’s grace, we partake of God’s grace, and we enjoy God’s grace. As we have pointed out again and again, this grace is the Triune God processed to become our enjoyment and everything to us
神经纶的愿望
GOD’SIN TENT I ON IN HIS ECONOMY
18加拉太信徒转回到律法，是何等的错误！神并不要我们作行律法的人；祂要我们作听祂恩典的人。当我们听见祂的恩典，恩典自然而然就成了我们的信仰。信仰来到以先，神用律法保守、持守并维持我们。但现今信仰既然来到，我们就不再需要律法。就律法而言，没有享受，也没有恩典。信仰却带来丰富的享受，因为信仰和恩典有关。今天我们经历听信仰。我们因著听信仰，就不断的接受包罗万有之灵的供应。按照加拉太书的启示，神新约的经纶并不是要我们在肉体里挣扎努力来守律法。热中犹太教者在这件事上完全偏离了。凡真实相信基督的人，都不该受这种愚昧行为的打岔。神在祂新约的经纶里，盼望我们成为听信仰的人。这信仰乃是对三一神经过过程来作我们包罗一切之恩典的反应。神渴望我们成为不断听信仰的人，这信仰乃是对祂恩典的反应。恩典一点不差就是三一神─父、子、灵─成了我们的生命和一切，使我们可以完满的享受祂。藉著这样的享受，我们就与祂成为一，成了一个宇宙永远的实体，来彰显祂奇妙的神性。这乃是本书深处所包含的启示。
18How wrong the Galatian believers were to turn back to the law! God does not want us to be workers of law; He wants us to be hearers of His grace. As we hear His grace, grace spontaneously becomes our faith. Before faith came, God used the law to keep us, hold us, and retain us. But now that faith has come, we no longer need the law. With the law there is no enjoyment, no grace. But with faith there is an abundance of enjoyment, for faith is related to grace. Today we experience the hearing of faith. By this hearing of faith we continually receive the supply of the all-inclusive Spirit. According to the revelation in the book of Galatians, God’s New Testament economy is not that we strive in the flesh to keep the law. In this matter the Judaizers had altogether missed the mark. No genuine believers in Christ should be distracted by such folly. In His New Testament economy God intends to make us hearers of faith. This faith is the reflection of the Triune God processed to become our all-inclusive grace. God desires that we become those who continually hear the faith which reflects His grace. Grace is nothing less than the Triune God—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit—to be our life and our everything so that we may enjoy Him in a full way. Through this enjoyment we become one with Him. We become a universal and eternal entity to express His marvelous divinity. This is the revelation contained in the depths of this book