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加拉太书生命读经 · 第42篇

凭著灵，照著基本准则而行，活新造并神的以色列

Walking by the Spirit According to the Elementary Rule To Live a New Creation and the Israel of God
1读经：加拉太书5:25;6:15-16。我们已指出，加拉太书陈明神两个经纶的比较：在旧约里与律法有关的经纶，以及在新约里以基督自己为中心的经纶。照著神新约的经纶，祂的心意是要将基督分赐到我们里面，并使基督与我们成为一，我们也与祂成为一。这与我们天然的观念完全不同。为这缘故，我很关切我们许多人仍不完全领悟，我们这些得救，被神的灵重生，有神圣生命与性情的人，现今与神是一灵。我们得救以前，与神是分开的，彼此相隔甚远。但我们得救、重生的时候，神就孕育在我们里面，并且生到我们里面。藉著新的出生，我们与神已经成为一灵。何等奇妙！
1Scripture Reading: Gal. 5:25; 6:15-16 We have pointed out that the book of Galatians presents a comparison of God’st wo economies: the economy in the Old Testament, which concerns the law, and the economy in the New Testament, which is centered on Christ Himself. According to His New Testament economy, God’sin tent i on is to dispense Christ into us and to make Christ one with us and us one with Him. This is altogether different from our natural concept. For this reason, I am rather concerned that many of us still do not fully realize that as those who are saved and regenerated by the Spirit of God with the divine life and nature, we are now one spirit with God. Before we were saved, we and God were separate, far removed from each other. But when we were saved and regenerated, God was conceived in us and born into us. By the new birth we and God have become one spirit. How marvelous
2我们可能一再读圣经，对圣经里所启示神的心意却没有深刻的印象。反之，我们也许留意诸如这类的事：保罗吩咐作丈夫的要爱自己的妻子，或作妻子的要服从自己的丈夫。爱与服从这类的事符合我们天然的观念。但神将祂自己分赐到我们里面，使我们与祂成为一的奥秘，与我们天然的观念相反。这就是即使这事启示在圣经里，我们也无法领略的原因。我们何等需要主的怜悯，使我们能认识祂的心意。
2We may read the Bible again and again without being impressed with God’sin tent i on as revealed in the Bible. Instead, we may pay our attention to such things as Paul’s commandment for husbands to love their wives, or for wives to submit to their husbands. Matters such as love and submission fit our natural concepts. But the mystery of God dispensing Himself into us to make us one with Him is contrary to our natural concept. This is the reason that even though this is revealed in the Scriptures, we do not have the ability to comprehend it. How we need the Lord’s mercy that we may know His intention
两种凭著灵而行
TWO KINDS OF WALK BY THE SPIRIT
3最近我开始留意，保罗在加拉太书里用两个不同的希腊字说到行。他在五章十六节说，『你们当凭著灵而行，就绝不会满足肉体的情欲了。』这里的希腊字是peripateo，帕利帕提欧。保罗在五章二十五节接著说，『我们若凭著灵活著，也就当凭著灵而行。』这里的行，希腊字是stoicheo，史托依奇欧，原文是四章三节、九节，和歌罗西二章八节『蒙学』的动词形式。加拉太四章三节说到『世上的蒙学』，四章九节说到『软弱乏用的蒙学』。歌罗西二章八节也说到『世上的蒙学』。这些『蒙学』指初步、基本的原则。例如，数学里有加减乘除四个基本原则。同样，哲学和道德教训也是由基本原则组成的。在神的经纶里也有蒙学、基本原则、基础准则。
3Recently I have begun to pay attention to the fact that in the book of Galatians Paul uses two different Greek words for walk. In 5:16 he says, “Walk by the Spirit and you shall by no means fulfill the lust of the flesh.” Here the Greek word is peripateo. In 5:25 Paul goes on to say, “If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.” Here the Greek word is stoicheo, the verbal form of the Greek word for element used in 4:3 and 9, and Colossians 2:8. Galatians 4:3 speaks of “the elements of the world,” and 4:9, of “the weak and poor elements.” Colossians 2:8 also refers to “the elements of the world.” These elements denote basic, rudimentary, or elementary principles. For example, in mathematics there are the elementary principles of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Likewise, philosophy and ethical teachings are also composed of rudimentary elements. There are also elements, basic principles, elementary rules, in God’secon o my.
4我们已经指明，加拉太五章二十五节里的『行』，原文是『蒙学』的动词。同字也用在六章十六节，那里保罗说，『凡照这准则而行的，愿平安怜悯临到他们，就是临到神的以色列。』繙译圣经的人很难找到符合这希腊文的字。倘若我们说，『我们若凭著灵活著，就当凭著灵蒙学』，没有人能领会我们的意思。因此，繙译的人只好用『行』字。不错，按照原文的用法，这字的确表达行的思想。然而，这不是一般的行，不是随意而行的意思，乃是特别的按著某种准则、原则、或线道而行。行传二十一章二十四节用这希腊字，意思是遵循律法的教训，按规律而行。这节的『按规律而行』，原文就是stoicheo，史托依奇欧，用来指有次序或在行列里行。例如，士兵前进的时候，按次序行，列队并在行伍中行。这说明了按规律而行的意思。
4As we have indicated, in Galatians 5:25 the Greek word for element is used as a verb. The same word is also used in 6:16, where Paul says, “And as many as shall walk by this rule, peace be upon them and mercy, even upon the Israel of God.” It is difficult for translators to find an English equivalent for this Greek verb. If we say, “If we live by the Spirit, let us also element by the Spirit,” no one will be able to understand what we mean. Thus, translators are forced to use the word “walk.” Yes, according to Greek usage, the word does convey the thought of walking. However, it is not to walk in a general way, in the sense of walking about, but to walk in a specific way according to a certain rule, principle, or lane. This Greek word is used in Acts 21:24 with the meaning of walking orderly with respect to the teachings of the law. The expression “walk orderly” in this verse is the translation of the Greek word stoicheo. It is used to denote a walk that is in order or in line. For example, when soldiers march, they walk in order, keeping rank and walking in line. This is an illustration of what it means to walk orderly
5在我们基督徒的日常生活里，我们需要有两种凭著灵而行。第一种是一般的行，而第二种是照著某种准则或原则，以完成神永远定旨的行。在第一种行里，我们需要显出那灵的果子，就是五章二十二、二十三节所列举的美德。然而，我们在这里不只是要展示爱、喜乐、和平这样的美德。我们在这里是为著完成神的定旨。因此，我们需要照著某些准则或原则而行，以完成这定旨。为著神的定旨，我们需要有按规律的行，照著某些基本准则或基本原则的行。爱与喜乐不是基本准则或原则。这些不过是我们基督徒日常生活不同的各面，不是为著完成神定旨而行的特征。这第二种凭著灵而行，需要我们照著基本原则和基础准则而行。
5In our daily living as Christians, we need to have two kinds of walk by the Spirit. The first is a general walk, whereas the second is the walk according to a certain rule or principle for the fulfillment of God’s eternal purpose. In the first kind of walk, we need to display the fruit of the Spirit, the virtues listed in 5:22 and 23. However, we are not here simply to exhibit such virtues as love, joy, and peace. We are here for the fulfillment of God’s purpose. Thus, we need to walk according to certain rules or principles for the fulfillment of this purpose. For God’s purpose, we need to have a walk that is orderly, a walk that is according to certain elementary rules or basic principles. Loving and being joyful are not basic rules or principles. These are simply different aspects of our daily life as Christians, not the characteristics of the walk which leads to the fulfillment of God’s purpose. This walk, the second kind of walk by the Spirit, requires that we walk according to basic principles and elementary rules
6我们可用一位年轻在学姊妹的日常生活，来说明两种凭著灵而行。一面，这位姊妹和家人住在家里。她若真活基督，向著她的家人就会显出基督的美德。另一面，她在学校里需要作个正当的学生，达到学校一切的要求，才能毕业。她在家里需要有女儿和姊妹的生活行动，但她在学校里需要有正当学生的生活行动。她需要有在家里与家人一般的生活行动，也需要有在学校里按照基本准则和基础原则比较专一的生活行动。
6We may use the daily life of a young sister who is a student to illustrate the two kinds of walk by the Spirit. On the one hand, this sister lives with her family at home. If she truly lives Christ, she will show forth the virtues of Christ to the members of her family. On the other hand, she needs to be a proper student at school and fulfill all the requirements leading to graduation. At home she needs to walk as a daughter and sister, but at school she needs to walk as a proper student. She needs to have both the general walk at home with her family and the more specific walk at school according to basic rules and elementary principles.
7在加拉太书头三章里，我们看见基督启示在我们里面，（一15～16，）基督在我们里面活著，（二20，）并且我们已经穿上基督。（三27。）因此，基督是我们里面的内容，也是我们外面的彰显。不仅如此，我们『藉著相信基督耶稣，都是神的儿子』，（三26，）并且神儿子的灵，已经奉差进入我们的心。（四6。）赞美主，我们现今是神的儿子！我们既是神的儿子，就需要凭著灵而行，彰显基督一切的美德。我们也需要另一种凭著灵而行，就是照著某些准则或原则，朝著完成神定旨的目标而行。我们若有第二种凭著灵而行，就不仅是神的儿子，也是新造，并神的以色列。我们需要活新造，并作神的新以色列。我们要活新造，并且作神的以色列而活，就需要第二种行。我们需要照著神经纶的基本原则，按规律而行。在四章我们看见，我们是神的儿子，有神儿子的灵在我们心里。在五章我们看见，我们需要两种凭著灵而行，一般彰显基督的生活行动，以及有目的的向著标竿而行。第二种行将我们构成活新造的人以及神的以色列。我们要活新造并作神的以色列而活，就需要这样遵守神新约经纶所有的基本原则而行。
7In the first three chapters of Galatians, we see that Christ is revealed in us (1:15-16), that Christ lives in us (2:20), and that Christ has been put upon us (3:27). Christ is thus our inward content and also our outward expression. Furthermore, we are all “sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus” (3:26), and the Spirit of the Son of God has been sent into our hearts (4:6). Praise the Lord that we are now sons of God! As God’ss ons, we need a walk by the Spirit to express Christ in all His virtues. We also need another kind of walk by the Spirit, the walk according to certain rules or principles, leading toward the goal for the fulfillment of God’s purpose. If we have the second kind of walk by the Spirit, we shall be not only sons of God, but also a new creation and the Israel of God. We need to live the new creation and as the new Israel of God. In order to live a new creation and live as the Israel of God, we need the second kind of walk. We need to walk orderly according to the elementary principles of God’secon o my. In chapter four we see that we are sons of God with the Spirit of the Son of God in our hearts. In chapter five we see that we need two kinds of walk by the Spirit, a general walk to express Christ and a purposeful walk toward the goal. The second kind of walk constitutes us those who live a new creation and who are the Israel of God. To live a new creation and to live as the Israel of God, we need to walk in such a way as to observe all the basic principles of God’s New Testament economy
新造的原则
THE PRINCIPLE OF THE NEW CREATION
8照著六章十五、十六节，第二种凭著灵而行与新造有密切的关系。十五节宣告：『受割礼不受割礼，都无关紧要，要紧的乃是作新造。』十六节接著说到照『这准则』而行。这里的准则是新造的准则。这新造等于十六节也题到的神的以色列。热中犹太教的人以割礼夸口。照著六章十三节，他们要加拉太的信徒受割礼，使他们能在加拉太人的肉体上夸口。割礼是在肉体上所作的行为，完全与旧造有关。即使人的身上带著割礼的记号，他还是旧造的一部分。一个人不论有没有在肉体上受割礼，他还是旧造的一部分。受割礼的犹太人和未受割礼的外邦人，都在旧造里。在神眼中，受割礼不受割礼全无功效；神所要的乃是新造。旧造是我们在亚当里的旧人，（弗四22，）是我们与生俱来天然的人，没有神的生命和神的性情。新造是在基督里的新人，（24，）是我们由那灵重生的人，（约三6，）有神的生命和神的性情作到其中，（约三36，彼后一4，）有基督为其构成成分，（西三10～11，）成为新的构成。
8According to 6:15 and 16, the second kind of walk by the Spirit is intimately related to the new creation. Verse 15 declares, “For neither is circumcision anything nor uncircumcision, but a new creation.” Verse 16 goes on to speak of walking by “this rule.” The rule here is that of being a new creation. This new creation is equal to the Israel of God, also mentioned in verse 16. The Judaizers boasted in circumcision. According to 6:13, they wanted the Galatian believers to be circumcised so that they could boast in the flesh of the Galatians. As a work carried out in the flesh, circumcision is wholly related to the old creation. Even though a person may bear the mark of circumcision on his body, he is still part of the old creation. Whether or not one has been circumcised in the flesh, he is part of the old creation. Both circumcised Jews and uncircumcised Gentiles are in the old creation. In the eyes of God, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision avails anything. God wants a new creation. The old creation is our old man in Adam (Eph. 4:22), our natural being by birth, without God’s life and divine nature. The new creation is the new man in Christ (Eph. 4:24), our inner being regenerated by the Spirit (John 3:6), having God’s life and the divine nature wrought into it (John 3:36; 2 Pet. 1:4), with Christ as its constituent (Col. 3:10-11).
9旧造与新造之间的不同乃是：在旧造里，神没有加到人里面，但在新造里，神分赐到祂的选民里面。亚当堕落以前无论多好，神还没有加到亚当里面。亚当固然好，但他里面没有神圣的元素。他仅仅是旧造，是没有神元素的受造者。我们可把这旧造比作一杯白开水，把新造比作一杯茶。茶是由茶与水调和而成为茶水。杯中的白开水可能很纯净，但事实上，这水里仍然没有茶的元素。这说明即使旧造是纯净的，仍然没有神的元素。惟有当神的元素加到祂的造物里面，并与其调和，这才成为新造。因为神这属天的『茶』加到我们里面，我们就不再是旧造的白开水，而是新造的『茶水』。就一面说，我们『茶化』了。用另一个说法，我们可以说，我们『神化』了。神已加到我们里面，与我们调和，并且浸透我们，因而使我们成为神人。神的愿望不只是要得著好人甚或纯洁的人祂的心意是要得著神人。
9The difference between the old creation and the new creation is that in the old creation God was not added to man, but in the new creation He is dispensed into His chosen people. No matter how good Adam might have been before the fall, God had not been added to Adam. Adam was good, but he did not have the divine element within him. He was simply the old creation, the creation without the element of God. We may liken this old creation to a glass of plain water and the new creation to a glass of tea. Tea is formed by the mingling of tea with water to make tea-water. The water in the glass of plain water may be pure. But the fact remains that there is no element of tea in this water. This illustrates the fact that even if the old creation were pure, it still would not have the element of God. Only when God’s element is added to His creation and mingled with it does that creation become the new creation. Because God, the heavenly “tea,” has been added to us, we are no longer the plain water of the old creation, but the “tea-water” of the new creation. In a sense, we have been “tea-ified.” Using another expression, we may say that we have been “God-ified.” God has been added to us to mingle with us and to saturate us and thereby to make us a God-man. God’s desire is not simply to have a good man or even a pure man—His intention is to have a God-man
10我们基督徒若仅仅照著律法或照著伦理标准而活，我们的生活就没有神。在我们的生活中，神不会与我们调和，或浸透我们。即使我们爱人，这爱仍是在旧造里。但我们若蒙光照，就会看见我们基督徒必须凭著新造的基本原则而行。这基本原则就是神与我们调和。倘若我们爱别人是照著这原则，而不仅仅是照著伦理道德，神就会在我们的爱里爱人。我们会与神一起来爱人。
10If we as Christians live merely according to the law or according to ethical standards, we shall live without God. In our living God will not be mingled with us or saturated with us. Even though we may love others, this love will be in the old creation. But if we are enlightened, we shall see that as Christians we must walk by the basic principle of the new creation. This basic principle is that God is mingled with us. If we love others according to this principle and not merely according to ethics, God will love in our loving. We shall love others together with God
11姊妹对自己丈夫的服从可能属旧造，也可能属新造。一面，她的服从里面也许没有神的调和。这样的服从可能只是照著某种文化的标准。在某些文化里，妇女受教导要非常服从。然而，这服从乃是属旧造的。用茶与水的例证，这服从不过是一杯白开水，一点没有茶的元素。姊妹照著新造的基本原则，就是神与人调和的原则而活，她的服从是何等不同！这样的服从的确是基督的彰显。这不只是纯水─这乃是与茶调和的水。在旧造里的服从，乃是照著这位姊妹从文化吸收的某些原则或法则而行。但在新造里的服从，乃是照著新造的基本原则而行。她这样行，就是活新造。她不只是照著伦理的原则而行，乃是照著新造的原则而行，就是人应当以神圣生命而活的原则而行。所以，活新造就是以神圣生命与神圣性情为管治的原则而行。
11The submission a sister renders to her husband may be either of the old creation or of the new creation. On the one hand, in her submission there may be nothing of the mingling with God. Such a submission may simply be according to the standard of a particular culture. In certain cultures, women are taught to be very submissive. This submission, however, is of the old creation. To use the illustration of water and tea, this submission is nothing more than a glass of plain water. It is utterly lacking in the element of tea. How much different is a sister’s submission when she lives according to the basic principle of the new creation, the mingling of God with man! Such submission is truly the expression of Christ. It is not simply pure water — it is water mingled with tea. In the case of submission in the old creation, the sister walks according to certain principles or rules assimilated from her culture. But in the case of submission in the new creation, the sister walks according to the basic principle of the new creation. By walking in this way, she lives the new creation. Her walk is not simply according to ethical principles, but according to the principle of the new creation, the principle that man should live by the divine life. Therefore, to live a new creation is to walk by the divine life and divine nature as a governing principle.
奥秘的生活
A MYSTERIOUS LIVING
12凭著新造的原则而行，这事是奥秘的，很少基督徒看见这点。凭著新造的原则而行是奥秘的，因为这完全与生命有关，是一件生机的事。生命既奥秘又抽象。我们能看见人的皮肤，却看不见他里面的生命。
12This matter of walking by the principle of the new creation is mysterious, and not many Christians have seen it. Walking by the principle of the new creation is mysterious because this is an organic matter altogether related to life. Life is mysterious and abstract. We can see a person’ss kin, but we cannot see the life in him
13我们这样凭著新造的原则而行，在其中所经历的基督远多于第一种的行。我们这样行的时候，就不但在地位与性情上是新造，在日常的实行里也是新造。新造在我们日常生活里就变得非常实际。正如我们所指出的，新造的基本原则是人过神圣的生活。我们日常的生活行动应当受这原则规律，这原则就是凭著神圣生命而活。我们越照著这原则而行，就会越实际的成为新造。然后别人就会领悟，在我们的生活中有个比伦理道德更高的东西。他们很难说出这个奥秘的元素，因这实际上是那活在我们里面基督奇妙的人位。凡是爱主耶稣的人，在别人眼中都该是奥秘的。没有得救的父母应当能彀这样说他们的女儿：『她是何等奇妙的人！然而，我们不能准确的描述她是怎样的人！她能忍受的，是我们无法忍受的；她所过的生活，是我们无法过的。』这就是新造。不信的人对新造没有观念，但我们这些信徒需要活这新造。
13In this walk by the principle of the new creation, we experience Christ much more than in the first kind of walk. When we have this walk, we are a new creation not only in position and nature, but also in daily practice. The new creation becomes very practical in our daily living. As we have pointed out, the basic principle of the new creation is that a human being lives the divine life. Our daily walk should be regulated by this principle, the principle of living by the divine life. The more we walk according to this principle, the more we shall be the new creation in a practical way. Then others will realize that in our living there is something higher than ethics. They may find it difficult to designate this mysterious element, for it is actually the wonderful Person of Christ living in us. All those who love the Lord Jesus should be mysterious in the eyes of others. Unsaved parents should be able to say of their daughter, “What a wonderful person she is! However, we are not able to describe accurately just what kind of person she is. She is able to suffer what we cannot suffer and to live in a way that we cannot live.” This is the new creation. Unbelievers have no concept of a new creation, but as believers we need to live this new creation
神的以色列代表神
THE ISRAEL OF GOD REPRESENTING GOD
14我们若活新造，就是神的真以色列。照著创世记，雅各这个抓脚跟的人，篡夺者，被变化成为以色列，神的君王与得胜者。他是君王与得胜者，能胜过所有消极的事物。今天我们需要成为这样的以色列，就是君王，在地上执行神的行政。我们若有第二种凭著灵而行，就是照著神永远的定旨按规律而行，我们就会非常实际的成为新造，我们也就是神的以色列，代表神，行使祂的权柄，并在地上执行祂的行政，以完成祂的定旨。最终，这个神的以色列，要成为新耶路撒冷。神的新以色列必须是新造。为此，我们需要神自己作到我们里面，浸透我们，并使我们与祂成为一。然后我们需要过这样调和的生活。我们过新造调和的生活，就会成为今天神在地上的以色列，祂的君王与得胜者，执行祂的权柄，代表祂的行政。今天神的以色列是要来新耶路撒冷的小影，新耶路撒冷将是新造和神的以色列终极的完成。愿我们都看见这点，并且照此而行。
14If we live a new creation, we shall be the real Israel of God. According to the book of Genesis, Jacob, a heel- holder, a supplanter, was transformed into Israel, a prince of God and a victor. As a prince and a victor, he could overcome all negative things. Today we need to be such an Israel, a prince to execute God’s government on earth. If we have the second kind of walk by the Spirit, an orderly walk according to God’s eternal purpose, we shall become a new creation in a very practical way, and we shall also be the Israel of God, representing God, exercising His authority, and carrying out His administration on earth for the fulfillment of His purpose. Ultimately, this Israel of God will become the New Jerusalem. The new Israel of God must be a new creation. For this we need God Himself to be wrought into us, to saturate us, and to make us one with Him. Then we need to live such a mingled life. By living the mingled life of the new creation, we shall be the Israel of God on earth today, His princes and victors executing His authority and representing His government. Today’s Israel of God is a miniature of the coming New Jerusalem, which will be the ultimate consummation of the new creation and of the Israel of God. May we all see this and walk according to it