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加拉太书生命读经 · 第25篇

不要与基督隔绝

Not Brought To Nought From Christ
1读经：加拉太书五章一至六节。加拉太书前四章陈明使徒保罗所传之福音的启示。如果你把这四章的启示与四卷福音书的启示比较一下，就会发现从一面来说，这几章的启示比四福音的启示更丰富、更深奥、更深邃。例如，四福音并没有清楚的说到神心头的愿望。但是加拉太书头四章的确给我们清楚看见这点。我们已经指出，神对亚伯拉罕的应许揭示了神心头的愿望。许多基督徒因著仅仅注意四福音，所以不认识神心头的愿望。不仅如此，约翰一章虽然说到恩典，但加拉太书给我们看见，恩典乃是神照祂心头愿望所作应许的成就。虽然四福音是从四个角度来陈明基督这活的人位，但若没有加拉太书头四章，我们就不会这么深刻的明白基督。关于那灵也是一样。约翰十四至十六章启示出许多关于那灵的事，但我们若没有加拉太书，就不会认识那灵就是基督作为那成就应许的亚伯拉罕的后裔。就著成就应许而言，基督是那后裔；但就著作我们的享受而言，祂是那豫表包罗万有之灵的美地。因此，后裔是为著成就应许，美地是为著享受。
1Scripture Reading: Gal. 5:1-6 The first four chapters of Galatians present a revelation of the gospel preached by the Apostle Paul. If you compare the revelation in these chapters with that conveyed in the four Gospels, you will see that, in a certain sense, the revelation in these chapters is richer, deeper, and more profound than that in the Gospels. For example, in the four Gospels we do not have a clear view of the desire of God’she art. But the first four chapters of Galatians do present such a clear view of this. As we have pointed out, God’s promise to Abraham was the unveiling of the desire of God’she art. Because many Christians concentrate on the Gospels alone, they do not know the desire of God’she art. Furthermore, although John 1 speaks of grace, in Galatians we see that grace is the fulfillment of God’s promise according to the desire of His heart. The Gospels also present the living Person of Christ as viewed from four angles. But without the first four chapters of Galatians, we would not understand Christ in such a deep way. The same is true concerning the Spirit. Chapters fourteen through sixteen of the Gospel of John reveal much concerning the Spirit. But if we did not have the book of Galatians, we would not know that the Spirit is Christ as the seed of Abraham to fulfill the promise. In fulfilling the promise, Christ is the seed; but for our enjoyment, He is the land, which typifies the all-inclusive Spirit. Hence, the seed is for fulfillment, whereas the land is for enjoyment
2在本篇信息中，我们要来看五章一至六节。这是加拉太书另一个主要段落的开始。这一段话乃是论到神儿女的行事为人。（五1～六17。)保罗在一至四章陈明深奥的启示，接著就转到神儿女照著灵的行事为人。
2In this message we come to 5:1-6, which begins another major section of Galatians, concerned with the walk of God’s children (5:1—6:17). After presenting the profound revelation found in chapters one through four, Paul turns to the walk of God’s children according to the Spirit
壹 不要在律法下受奴役的轭挟制
I. NOT ENTANGLED WITH A YOKE OF SLAVERY
3保罗在五章一节说，『基督释放了我们，叫我们得以自由；所以要站立得住，不要再受奴役的轭挟制。』保罗对我们行事为人的第一项嘱咐是：不要受奴役的轭挟制。这个嘱咐乃是根据一至四章所陈明的启示，在那里他说到在律法之下受奴役，以及基督如何释放我们脱离那奴役。五章一节的自由，是指从律法的奴役下得以自由。基督藉著祂救赎的死，和分赐生命的复活，释放了我们，叫我们在恩典中得以享受这自由。站立得住，即在脱离律法奴役的自由中站立得住，不偏离基督，不从恩典中坠落。
3In 5:1 Paul says, “For freedom Christ has set us free; stand fast therefore and do not be again entangled with a yoke of slavery.” The first charge Paul gives us concerning our walk is not to be entangled with a yoke of slavery. This charge is based upon the revelation presented in chapters one through four, where he spoke of slavery under the law and of how Christ has delivered us from that slavery. The freedom in 5:1 denotes freedom from the slavery of law. Christ has set us free through His redeeming death and life-imparting resurrection that we may enjoy this freedom and grace. To stand fast is to stand fast in the freedom from the slavery of law, not deviating from Christ, not falling from grace.
4受奴役的轭挟制，原文也可繙作，陷入奴役之轭的网罗。偏离基督转向律法，就是被挟制，陷入网罗。奴役的轭就是律法的辖制，使守律法的人在捆绑的轭下作奴仆。保罗在五章一节用了一个很不寻常的辞句：『基督释放了我们，叫我们得以自由。』保罗在这里的写法有点奇怪，甚至是累赘的。他只要说『基督释放了我们』就可以了。圣经常有累赘、重复的话。想想保罗怎样在加拉太书一再的说到信，新约又有多少次说到因信称义。保罗在五章一节用这种累赘的写法，是要叫我们对在基督里之自由的宝贵有深刻的印象。保罗好像对加拉太人说，『我希望你们记得，基督释放了我们，是叫我们得以自由。基督既然释放了我们，叫我们得以自由，我们就应当站立得住，不要再受奴役的轭挟制。』保罗用了很重的话，为要叫岔出去的加拉太人深深感觉到，他们必须撇开奴役的轭，回到他们在基督里的自由。
4The Greek word rendered entangled may also be translated held ensnared. To deviate from Christ to law is to be entangled or held ensnared. The yoke of slavery is the bondage of law, which makes the law-keepers slaves under a binding yoke. In 5:1 Paul uses an unusual expression, “For freedom Christ has set us free.” Paul’s composition here is somewhat awkward, even redundant. He could have said simply, “Christ has set us free.” The Bible is often redundant and repetitious. Consider how often Paul speaks of faith in the book of Galatians, or how many times the New Testament refers to justification by faith. In 5:1 Paul writes in a redundant manner in order to impress us with the preciousness of our freedom in Christ. It seems Paul was saying to the Galatians, “I want you to remember that it was for freedom that Christ has set us free. Since Christ has set us free for freedom, we should stand fast and not be entangled again with the yoke of slavery.” Paul used strong terms in order to impress the distracted Galatians that they must set aside the yoke of slavery and come back to their freedom in Christ
贰 不要与基督隔绝
II. NOT BROUGHT TO NOUGHT FROM CHRIST
5保罗在五章四节接著又用了不寻常的辞句，说，『你们这要靠律法得称义的，是与基督隔绝，从恩典中坠落了。』不同的圣经译者，对五章四节的『是与基督隔绝』这句话有不同的译法：『基督在你们身上失去了功效，』（钦定英文译本，)（是与基督分开，）（美国标准本，)『就从基督丧失一切的益处。』（达秘新译本。)与基督隔绝即从基督贬为无有，从基督丧失一切的益处，因而与祂隔绝，（达秘新译本，)使祂变为无效。回到律法，就是与基督分开，与基督隔绝。对五章四节这些不同的繙译，都包含在这辞句原文的意思里。原文的意思是『从基督贬为无有』。阿福德（Alford）说，这个辞原文正确、准确、字面的繙译乃是废弃，原意就是将某物贬为无有。因此，保罗在这节是说，从基督被贬为无有。他告诉加拉太人：『亲爱的圣徒们，你们这些想要靠行律法得称义的人，已经从基督被贬为无有。你们曾经接枝在基督里，并且享受了基督的丰富。但你们回到律法和割礼，就从基督贬为无有，从基督被废弃了。』
5In 5:4 Paul goes on to use an unusual expression, saying, “You have been brought to nought from Christ, you who are justified by law; you have fallen from grace.” Different translations render the first part of 5:4 in different ways: “Christ is become of no effect unto you” (KJV); “Ye are severed from Christ” (ASV); “Ye are deprived of all profit from the Christ” (Darby’s New Translation). To be brought to nought from Christ is to be reduced to nothing from Christ, deprived of all profit from Christ and so separated from Him (Darby), so that He is made void of effect. To go back to law is to become severed from Christ, to be brought to nought from Christ. The different renderings of 5:4 are all implied in the one Greek expression. Literally, this expression means to be brought to nothing from Christ. Dean Alford says that an exact, accurate, and literal translation of the Greek term would be annihilated, which in its original meaning means to bring something to nothing. Hence, in this verse Paul is talking about being brought to nothing, to nought, from Christ. He was telling the Galatians, “Dear saints, you who seek to be justified by law have been brought to nothing from Christ. You were grafted into Christ, and you were enjoying the riches of Christ. But by going back to the law and to circumcision, you are brought to nought, you are annihilated, from Christ.”
6一根坏树的枝子如果接枝到好树上，牠就可以享受作为那棵好树的一部分，所有的益处。但假设这根接枝的枝子后来离开了好树，那么我们可以说，牠从好树贬为无有，因为牠一旦与那棵树隔绝，就把联于好树所有的益处都放弃了。因此，牠就从好树将自己贬为无有，特别是失去了对好树丰富的享受。这个例子说明保罗在五章四节的意思。我们因著信入基督并浸入基督，就接枝到祂这棵丰富的树上。我们这些接枝到祂里面的枝子，得以享受祂那追测不尽的丰富。我们只要维持接枝在祂里面，就可以享受祂一切的丰富。但我们若离弃基督，在我们实际的经历上放祂过去，我们就从那追测不尽丰富的基督隔绝了。加拉太人已经受了打岔，转向律法和割礼。他们这样转向律法，就与基督隔绝了。达秘说，他们从基督丧失一切的益处，因而与基督隔绝了。今天我们难得找到基督徒，是没有在某些方面与基督隔绝的。有那些基督徒是一直实际的接枝在基督里面，享受祂一切的丰富？我们承认天主教里有相当多的基督徒，但天主教使他们与基督隔绝了。公会里大多数的基督徒也是这样；那些仪式、形式和作法，叫他们与基督隔绝了。这一切都使信徒丧失他们在基督里的益处。甚至弟兄会中间的光景也是一样，他们非常强调正确的道理。许多弟兄们在意道理，过于住在基督里与享受基督。事实上，他们甚至不可能使用『享受基督』这辞。他们被道理霸占，不在意如何接触主、如何留在灵里、如何住在主里面、以及如何享受基督的丰富。这对他们来说好像外国话。虽然他们自认为是最合乎圣经的基督徒，但他们多多少少也从基督隔绝了。今天那些灵恩派与灵恩运动的人也在某些方面与基督隔绝了。有些人注意腿拉长、以及说方言等类的事，却不注意一直接枝在基督里，好享受祂的丰富。
6If a branch from an inferior tree is grafted into a superior tree, it will enjoy all the benefits of being part of that superior tree. But suppose the grafted branch is later detached from the superior tree. In such a case we may say that it is brought to nothing from the superior tree, for by being separated from that tree, it relinquishes all the benefits of being joined to it. Thus, it reduces itself to nothing from the superior tree, in particular from the enjoyment of the riches of that tree. This illustrates Paul’s meaning in 5:4. By believing into Christ and being baptized in to Him, we have been grafted into Him as the rich tree. As branches grafted into Him, we may enjoy His unsearchable riches. As long as were main grafted into Him, we may enjoy all His riches. But if we relinquish Christ, let Him go in a practical way in our experience, we shall be brought to nothing from the unsearchably rich Christ. The Galatians had been distracted to the law and to circumcision. In turning to the law in this way, they were brought to nothing from Christ. Darby says that they were deprived of all profit from Christ and so separated from Him. It is difficult to find Christians today who, in some way or other, have not been brought to nought from Christ. What Christians remain grafted to Christ in a practical way to enjoy all His riches? We admit that there are a good number of Christians in Catholicism. But Catholicism has brought them to nothing from Christ. The same is true of the vast majority of Christians in the denominations. The rituals, forms, and practices have caused them to be brought to nothing from Christ. All these things deprive believers of their profit in Christ. This is even true among those in the Brethren assemblies, where strong emphasis is placed on right doctrine. Many of the Brethren care more for doctrine than for the abiding in Christ and the enjoyment of Christ. In fact, it is not likely that they would even use the expression “the enjoyment of Christ.” They are preoccupied with doctrine; they do not care for how to contact the Lord, to remain in the spirit, to abide in the Lord, and to enjoy the riches of Christ. This may be like a foreign language to them. Although they regard themselves as the most biblical of Christians, to some extent they also have been brought to nought from Christ. Those in today’s Pentecostalism and charismatic movement have also been brought to nothing from Christ in certain ways. Some care for such things as the lengthening of legs and for speaking in tongues, but not for remaining grafted into Christ to enjoy His riches.
7各式各样的基督徒或多或少都从基督隔绝了。我再问：『终日住在基督里，享受祂丰富的基督徒在那里？未曾与基督隔绝，没有丧失在基督里之益处的信徒在那里？』可悲的是，今天各处的信徒都与基督隔绝了。我们需要祷告；『主，怜悯我们，赐给我们恩典，好叫我们不与你隔绝。我们要住在你这包罗万有者里面，享受你的丰富。』我们感谢主，因著祂的怜悯与恩典，祂已经保守我们在祂自己里面，来享受祂的丰富。今天基督徒中间的光景何等可怜！许多人注意作法和道理，在意某种受浸的方式或属灵的恩赐。但几乎没有任何信徒注意在我们的灵里享受基督这包罗万有的灵。我们能彀见证，我们天天都享受包罗万有赐生命之灵的丰富，这是何等的福分！我靠著主的怜悯能作见证，我天天都享受祂。保罗在同一节经文里说到与基督隔绝，又说到『从恩典中坠落』。与基督隔绝，就是从恩典中坠落。这含示我们信徒所在的恩典，就是基督。
7All kinds of Christians have been brought to nought from Christ in one way or other. Again I ask, where are the Christians who abide in Christ all the time to enjoy His riches? Where are the believers who have not been brought to nothing from Christ, who have not been deprived of their profit in Christ? The deplorable fact is that believers everywhere have been brought to nought from Christ. We need to pray, “Lord, have mercy on us and grant us grace that we would not be brought to nothing from You. We want to abide in You as the all-inclusive One to enjoy Your riches.” We thank the Lord that by His mercy and grace He has preserved us in Himself to enjoy His riches. How pitiful is the situation among Christians today! Many care for practices and doctrines, for a certain mode of baptism, or for spiritual gifts. But hardly any believers care for the enjoyment of Christ as the all- inclusive Spirit in our spirit. What a blessing it is to be able to testify that we daily enjoy the riches of the all- inclusive life-giving Spirit! By the Lord’s mercy I can testify that I enjoy Him day by day. In the same verse where Paul speaks of being brought to nought from Christ, he also speaks of having “fallen from grace.” To be brought to nought from Christ is to fall from grace. This implies that Christ Himself is the grace in which we the believers are
8保罗在五章二节说，『看哪，我保罗告诉你们，你们若受割礼，基督就于你们无益了。』犹太教徒以割礼为救恩的条件。（加二3～5，徒十五1。)加拉太信徒若受割礼，以其为救恩的条件，基督就于他们无益；他们因回到律法，就自动放弃了基督。我们若要明白保罗在加拉太五章二至四节的思想，就需要知道这几节经文所针对的背景。这背景关系到神给亚伯拉罕那赐福万国的应许。神赐下这应许大约二千年之后，基督来作了这应许的成就。祂是那后裔，成就了这应许，使之成为供我们享受的恩典。基督成就了应许，就成了包罗万有赐生命的灵，就是所应许的福。正如三章十四节所指明的，我们接受了那灵的应许作为福音的福。我们享受这赐生命的灵，就成了按著灵生的儿女、所应许之福的承受者。这是我们的身分、地位、并我们的享受。为这缘故，保罗在五章一节劝勉我们，要我们在基督里所得著的自由与享受中站立得住。但是我们若回到律法和割礼，就会与基督隔绝、从基督贬为无有。这样，基督在我们的经历里，对于我们就毫无益处。这样与基督隔绝，就是从恩典中坠落了。
8In 5:2 Paul says, “Behold, I Paul say to you that if you are circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.” The Judaizers made circumcision a condition of salvation (2:3-5; Acts 15:1). If the Galatian believers had received circumcision, making it a condition of salvation, Christ would have profited them nothing. By going back to the law, they automatically would have had to relinquish Christ. In order to understand Paul’s thought in 5:2-4, we need to know the background against which these verses were written. The background concerns God’s promise made to Abraham about blessing all the nations. About two thousand years after this promise was given, Christ came as the fulfillment. As the seed, He fulfilled the promise that it might become grace for our enjoyment. After fulfilling the promise, Christ became the all - inclusive life - giving Spirit, who is the very blessing of the promise. As 3:14 indicates, we received the promise of the Spirit as the blessing of the gospel. By enjoying this life-giving Spirit, we become children according to the Spirit, heirs of the promised blessing. This is our status, our standing, and our enjoyment. For this reason, in 5:1 Paul exhorts us to stand fast in the freedom and enjoyment we have in Christ. But if we go back to the law and circumcision, we shall be brought to nought from Christ, reduced to nothing from Christ. Then Christ will not be of any profit to us in our experience. To be brought to nothing from Christ in this way is to fall from grace.
9保罗在三至四章中所陈明的经历，实际上与我们接枝到基督里有关。我们已经接枝到这一位里面；一面来说，这一位是那成就应许的后裔；另一面来说，这一位是赐生命的灵，作为美地的福。我们的地位既然是接枝到基督里的枝子，我们就得以享受祂一切的丰富。但我们若回到律法，就使自己从基督这好树分离，与基督隔绝了。我们对基督的享受就贬为无有。这样，基督就与我们无益，因为我们从恩典中坠落了。我们看看今天的光景：少有基督徒在自由中站立，并留在他们是接枝之枝子的身分里，享受基督的丰富。相反的，几乎所有的基督徒都从基督隔开了。你从基督隔开了么？你与基督隔绝，丧失了在基督里所给你的一切益处么？我盼望所有在主恢复里的人，都能刚强的宣告：『不，我们没有与基督隔绝！我们住在祂里面，享受祂之于我们的一切。』
9The experience Paul presents in chapters three and four is actually related to our being grafted into Christ. We have been grafted into the One who, on the one hand, is the seed to fulfill the promise and, on the other hand, is the life-giving Spirit as the blessing of the good land. Since our position is that of branches grafted into Christ, we may enjoy all His riches. But if we go back to the law, we shall detach ourselves from Christ as the superior tree and be brought to nothing from Him. We shall be reduced to nothing from the enjoyment of Christ. Then Christ will not profit us anything, for we shall have fallen from grace. As we consider today’s situation, we see that few Christians stand in freedom and remain in their status as grafted branches to enjoy the riches of Christ. On the contrary, almost all Christians have been detached from Christ. Have you been detached from Christ? Have you been brought to nought from Him, deprived of all the profit there is for you in Christ? I hope that all of us in the Lord’s recovery can strongly declare, “No, we have not been brought to nothing from Christ! We abide in Him to enjoy all He is to us
参 靠著那灵，本于信，
III. EXPECTING THE HOPE OF
热切等待所盼望的义
RIGHTEOUSNESS BY THE SPIRIT BY FAITH
10保罗在五章五节说，『我们靠著那灵，本于信，热切等待所盼望的义。』靠著那灵（圣灵)，与靠著肉体相对。（三3。)不仅如此，本于信与本于行律法相对。（2。)我们所盼望的义，就是基督自己。（林前一30。）这不是在肉体中本于行律法，乃是在灵里本于信。基督是我们所盼望的义。祂是我们今天的义，也是我们要来的盼望。我们不追求甚么属地的成功。我们靠著那灵，本于信，热切等待所盼望的义，就是基督。保罗在五章五节把那灵与信放在一起。我们已经指出，那灵是由美地所豫表的；我们也看见信是照相机，将恩典的景象拍摄下来。我们若要有正确的享受，就需要有那灵作为包罗万有的美地，并有信作为享受这地的凭藉。我们本于信享受那灵时，就热切等待所盼望那要来的义。
10In 5:5 Paul says, “For we by the Spirit by faith eagerly expect the hope of righteousness.” By the Spirit, the Holy Spirit, here is in contrast with by the flesh (3:3). Furthermore, by faith is in contrast with by works of law (3:2). The hope of righteousness means the righteousness we hope for, which is Christ Himself (1 Cor. 1:30). It is not by works of law in the flesh but by faith in the Spirit. Christ is our hope of righteousness. He is our righteousness today, and He is our hope to come. We are not looking for earthly success. By the Spirit and by faith we expect Christ as the hope of righteousness. In 5:5 Paul puts the Spirit together with faith. We have pointed out that the Spirit is typified by the land. We have also seen that faith is the camera which photographs the scenery of grace. In order to have the proper enjoyment, we need to have the Spirit as the all- inclusive land and faith as the means to enjoy this land. As we enjoy the Spirit by faith, we eagerly expect the coming hope of righteousness
11保罗在五章六节接著说，『因为在基督耶稣里，受割礼不受割礼，全无效力；惟独藉著爱运行的信，才有效力。』离了那灵与信，其他没有一样有效力。在基督耶稣里，受割礼不受割礼，都没有效力。有效力的是在神那一面的灵，与在我们这一面的信。那灵是包罗万有的美地作了我们的享受，信是我们藉以有分于这丰富之地并享受这地的器官。因为那灵与信才有效力，所以我们应该宝贝这二者。保罗在五章六节也说到信藉著爱运行。活的信是活跃的，藉著爱运行作工，使律法得以完全。（14。）『割礼』不过是外面的规条，没有生命的能力，所以全无效力，全无力量，全无实际的能力。『信』接受了生命之灵，（三2，)满有能力，藉著爱运行，不仅完全了律法，也完全了神的定旨，就是完成神儿子的名分，使神得著团体的彰显─基督的身体。爱与我们对基督的珍赏有关。没有这样的珍赏，信就无法运行。当我们有了听信仰，这个听信仰就唤起我们爱的珍赏，这个珍赏就使信运行。信运行，是因为信有分于赐生命之灵的丰富。我们越听信仰，就越有珍赏与爱。我们越爱主，信就越运行，带我们进入那包罗万有之灵的丰富和益处里，使我们不至丧失在基督里的益处，反而丰丰足足的得了丰富。我们就不会与基督隔绝，反而因著那包罗万有之灵全备的供应而得著加强。
11In 5:6 Paul goes on to say, “For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails anything nor uncircumcision, but faith operating through love.” Apart from the Spirit and faith, nothing else avails. In Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What avails is the Spirit on God’ss i de and faith on our side. The Spirit is the all-inclusive land for our enjoyment, and faith is the organ by which we participate in this rich land and enjoy it. Because the Spirit and faith avail, we should treasure them. In 5:6 Paul also says that faith operates through love. Living faith is active. It operates to work out the fulfillment of the law through love (5:14). Circumcision is simply an outward ordinance having no power of life. Hence, it avails nothing. It has no force or practical power. Faith receives the Spirit of life (3:2), which is full of power. It operates through love to fulfill not only the law, but also God’s purpose, that is, to complete the sonship of God for His corporate expression. Love is related to our appreciation of Christ. Without such an appreciation, faith cannot operate. When we have the hearing of faith, this hearing awakens our loving appreciation, and this appreciation causes faith to operate. Faith operates because it participates in the riches of the life-giving Spirit. The more we have the hearing of faith, the more appreciation and love we have. The more love we have for the Lord, the more faith operates. The more faith operates, the more it brings us into the riches, the profit, of the all-inclusive Spirit. Instead of being deprived of profit in Christ, we are thus abundantly enriched. Instead of being brought to nought from Christ, we are strengthened with the bountiful supply of the all-inclusive Spirit
12『信』接受了生命之灵，（三2，)并藉著爱运行，以完全律法。（五14。)信藉著爱运行，因而完成了神儿子的名分，使神得著团体的彰显。这个信是一具照相机，将恩典的景象拍摄下来；这恩典就是包罗万有的基督，成了赐生命的灵，给我们享受。
12Faith receives the Spirit of life (3:2) and operates through love to fulfill the law (5:13). Faith operating through love thus completes the sonship of God for His corporate expression. This faith is the camera which photographs the scenery of grace, the very grace that is the all-inclusive Christ as the life-giving Spirit for our enjoyment