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加拉太书生命读经 · 第43篇

在我们灵里享受基督，凭著灵而行

Walk By The Spirit In The Enjoyment Of Christ In Our Spirit
1读经：加拉太书5:16,25;6:16,18。在神新约的经纶里，祂首先使我们成为祂的儿子，然后成为新造和神的以色列。在加拉太书末了，保罗说到新造，（六15，）又说到神的以色列。（16。）他在这卷书的结语说到这两件事，指明牠们的重要。因此，我们对新造和神的以色列要有正确的领会，这是很紧要的。
1Scripture Reading: Gal. 5:16, 25; 6:16, 18 In God’s New Testament economy He first makes us His sons and then the new creation and the Israel of God. Toward the end of Galatians, Paul speaks both of a new creation (6:15) and of the Israel of God (v. 16). The fact that he refers to these matters in the conclusion of the book is an indication of their importance. Hence, it is crucial that we have a proper understanding of the new creation and also of the Israel of God
平安临到神的以色列
PEACE UPON THE ISRAEL OF GOD
2保罗在六章十六节说，『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。』这里保罗题到平安，不是一般的，乃是特别的。不但如此，保罗不是说『平安归与你们』，乃是说『平安临到神的以色列』。平安临到我们与平安归与我们不同。平安临到我们比平安归与我们更主观。照著六章十六节，这平安不是一般的临到信徒，这平安乃是临到那些照这准则，就是照新造的基本准则而行的人。平安会临到那些照新造之准则而行的人。这指明在加拉太书的结语这里，平安是有条件的。要让平安临到我们，我们需要是一班照新造的准则而行，成为神的真以色列的人。保罗在十八节说到恩典以前，插进十七节，说，『从今以后，人都不要搅扰我，因为我身体上带著耶稣的烙印。』这节插进来，进一步指明在加拉太书末了题到平安与恩典都是有条件的。平安若要临到我们，我们就必须履行一些条件。因为这里的平安临到我们是非常特别的，所以我们需要达到某种要求，就是照新造的准则而行，成为神的以色列。
2In 6:16 Paul says, “ And as many as shall walk by this rule, peace be upon them and mercy, even upon the Israel of God.” Here Paul does not mention peace in a general way, but in a particular way. Furthermore, he does not say “peace be unto you,” but says “peace be upon the Israel of God.” For peace to be upon us is different from it being unto us. Peace upon us is more subjective than peace unto us. According to 6:16, this peace is not upon the believers generally; rather, it is upon those who walk by this rule, the elementary rule of the new creation. Peace will be upon those who walk by the rule of the new creation. This indicates that here in the conclusion of Galatians peace is conditional. In order for peace to be upon us, we need to be those who walk by the rule of the new creation to be the true Israel of God. Before Paul speaks of grace in verse 18, he inserts verse 17 and says, “For the rest let no one trouble me, for I bear in my body the brands of Jesus.” The insertion of this verse is a further indication that at the end of Galatians both peace and grace are mentioned with certain conditions. If peace is to come upon us, we must fulfill the conditions. Because peace here comes upon us in a very particular way, we need to meet a certain requirement, the requirement that we walk by the rule of the new creation to be the Israel of God
3我们已指出，保罗在加拉太书里说到两种凭著灵而行。五章十六节的行是6:16比较一般的行，而五章二十五节与六章十六节的行是特别的行，照著某种准则或原则的行。有第二种的行，是平安临到神的以色列的条件。这不是一般临到神的子民的平安，乃是专特的平安，临到一班特别的人，就是有第二种凭著灵而行的人。
3We have pointed out that in Galatians Paul speaks of two kinds of walk by the Spirit. The walk in 5:16 is a more general walk, whereas the walk in 5:25 and is a particular walk, a walk according to a certain rule or principle. Having the second kind of walk is a condition for peace to come upon the Israel of God. This is not the peace which comes upon God’sp eople in a general way; it is a specific peace which comes upon a particular people, those who have the second kind of walk by the Spirit.
神的儿子与神的以色列
SONS OF GOD AND THE ISRAEL OF GOD
4保罗在三章二十六节说，『因为你们众人藉著相信基督耶稣，都是神的儿子。』我们是神的儿子，就是祂的亲属，祂家里的亲人。但神新约的经纶不但要使我们成为祂的儿子，也要使我们成为神的以色列。试想皇家的儿子如何受训练成为君王，这例证也许可以叫我们领会神的儿子与神的以色列之间有甚么不同。一面，这儿子长大，有皇家一员的身分，就是王与王后的儿子；另一面，他必须受训练，好在将来成为君王。因此，他必须有两种生活：第一，身为皇家的儿子；第二，身为未来的君王。他若有第一种生活，没有第二种，就不会装备好，不彀资格作君王。孩子不是一夜之间就训练好来作君王的，也不是只发展某些美德就彀资格作君王的。他若是喜乐、有爱、温柔、信实并节制，他会是非常好的孩子。但这些美德本身并不能使他彀资格作君王。身为未来的君王，他必须受训练，生活举止要有君尊的样式。他的坐姿，或与别人交谈的方式，必须是君尊的。他既有双重的身分─皇家的儿子与未来的君王，他就必须有两种生活。
4In 3:26 Paul says, “You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.” As sons of God, we are His folks, members of His household. But God’s New Testament economy is not only to make us His sons, but also to make us the Israel of God. Perhaps we can understand the difference between the sons of God and the Israel of God if we consider as an illustration how a son in a royal family is trained to be king. On the one hand, such a son grows up as a member of the royal family, the son of the king and queen. On the other hand, he must be trained in order to become king in the future. Thus, he must have two kinds of living: the first, as a son in the royal family; the second, as a king-to-be. If he has the first kind of living without the second, he will not become equipped or qualified to be king. A boy is not trained to be a king overnight. Nor does he become qualified to be a king simply by developing certain virtues. If he is joyful, loving, meek, faithful, and self-controlled, he will be a very good boy. But these virtues in themselves do not qualify him to be a king. As a king-to-be, he must be trained to live and act in a kingly way. The way he sits in a chair or converses with others must be kingly. As one with a dual status— that of a son in the royal family and that of a king-to- be—he must have two kinds of living
两种生活
two kinds of living
5我们这些相信基督耶稣的人也有双重的身分。一面，我们是神的儿子，神圣家庭的一员。另一面，我们是未来的君王，命定要作君王的人。君王职分与神的以色列有关。我们应当不只是神的儿子，也是神的以色列。要成为神合式的儿子，有那灵的果子，如五章二十二、二十三节所列举的那些美德，就彀了。但我们要作君王─神的以色列，就需要另一种生活，一种特别的凭著灵而行。我们需要有神儿子的生活，也需要有神的以色列的生活。许多基督徒没有第一种凭著灵而行，更不用说第二种了。我们感谢主，因著祂的怜悯，今天在召会生活中许多人的确有第一种凭著灵而行，以活基督。但现今主正呼召我们往前有第二种凭著灵而行，第二种的生活。这不仅仅是神圣家庭中儿子的生活，也是那要在神国里作君王之人的生活。愿我们的眼睛得开启，看见我们是皇家的君王！我们的定命不只是作神的儿子，乃是在神的国里作掌权的君王。你活得像君王的样子么？你若这样生活，甚至你笑的时候也像君王。我们若看见保罗论到神的以色列这话，含示我们需要君尊的生活行动，我们里面就会激起要过君尊生活的渴慕。我们甚至要祷告：『主，使我有君尊的生活行动，好叫我彀资格成为神今日以色列的一部分。』就一面说，即使许多以色列人悖逆且非常罪恶，以色列国还是神的以色列和神的见证。然而，真以色列，属灵的以色列，乃是召会。但因为以色列国与召会都在低落的光景里，主就需要恢复神的真以色列。为著这样的恢复，我们需要两种生活，两种的行。在第一种行，我们会有爱、喜乐、和平、温柔、和恒忍这样的美德，这都是那活在我们里面之基督的彰显。我们也需要第二种行，好叫我们成为神的以色列，背负神的君王职分，有祂的权柄代表祂，并执行祂的行政管理。这两种的行，也可由我们作美国公民的生活来说明。一面，我们是过一般生活的人；另一面，我们是这个国家的公民。我们是人，需要有爱、和平、喜乐、信实、温柔。然而，若要美国一直是个强盛的国家，我们也需要有好公民的生活，履行政府所有的要求。我们是公民，需要纳税、服兵役、并尽其他的义务。就属灵一面说，我们是神的儿子，也是神的以色列。我们是神的儿子，需要有爱、喜乐、和平、信实、温柔；我们是神的以色列，必须照神新约经纶的基本准则而行。
5We who believe in Christ Jesus also have a dual status. On the one hand, we are sons of God, members of the divine family. On the other hand, we are kings - to - be, those destined to be kings. Kingship is related to the Israel of God. We should be not only sons of God, but also the Israel of God. To be proper sons of God it is sufficient to have the fruit of the Spirit, such as those virtues listed in 5:22 and 23. But to be kings, the Israel of God, we need another kind of living, a particular kind of walk by the Spirit. We need both the living of sons of God and that of the Israel of God. Many Christians do not have the first kind of walk by the Spirit, much less the second. We thank the Lord that, by His mercy, many in the church life today do have the first kind of walk by the Spirit to live Christ. But now the Lord is calling us to go on to have the second walk by the Spirit, the second kind of living. This is the living not merely of sons in the divine family, but of those who will be kings in God’skin gdom. May our eyes be opened to see that we are kings in the royal family! Our destiny is not only to be sons of God; it is to be kings reigning in the kingdom of God. Do you live in a kingly way? If you live in this way, you will be kingly even when you laugh. If we see that Paul’sword about the Israel of God implies that we need a kingly walk, the aspiration to live in a kingly way will be stirred up within us. We may even want to pray, “Lord, cause me to live and walk in a kingly way so that I may be qualified to be part of today’s Israel of God.” In a sense, the nation of Israel is the Israel of God and a testimony of God, even though many Israelites are rebellious and very sinful. However, the real Israel, the spiritual Israel, is the church. But because both the nation of Israel and the church are in a low condition, there is the need for the Lord to recover the real Israel of God. For such a recovery, we need two kinds of living, two kinds of walk. In the first walk we shall have such virtues as love, joy, peace, meekness, and longsuffering, all of which are the expression of the Christ who lives in us. We also need the second kind of walk so that we may be the Israel of God bearing God’s kingship, representing Him with His authority, and executing His governmental administration. These two kinds of walks are illustrated by our life as citizens of the United States. On the one hand, we are persons living in an ordinary way; on the other hand, we are citizens of this nation. As persons, we need to be loving, peaceful, joyful, faithful, and meek. However, in order for the United States to remain a strong nation, we also need to live as good citizens, fulfilling all the requirements of the government. As citizens, we need to pay taxes, serve in the army, and fulfill other obligations. Spiritually speaking, we are both the sons of God and the Israel of God. As sons of God, we need to be loving, joyful, peaceful, faithful, and meek. As the Israel of God, we must walk according to the elementary rules of God’s New Testament economy.
6那些真正渴望随主往前的基督徒，通常只顾到第一种行，渴望属灵、圣别并得胜，但我们也需要顾到第二种行。我们尤其需要顾到召会生活。然而，许多『属灵』或『圣别』的基督徒一点不在意召会生活。这些基督徒对祷告、查经、传福音、改良自己的行为很感兴趣。照他们的观念，这些都是不可少的。但因为他们没有照新造的原则而行，他们就不可能成为神的以色列。
6Whereas those Christians who truly desire to go on with the Lord usually care only for the first kind of walk and desire to be spiritual, holy, and victorious, we need to care also for the second kind of walk. In particular, we need to care for the church life. However, many Christians who are “spiritual” or “holy” do not care in the least for the church life. These Christians are interested in prayer, Bible study, gospel preaching, or improving their behavior. According to their concept, this is all that is necessary. But because they do not walk according to the principle of the new creation, it is not possible for them to become the Israel of God.
新的构成
A NEW CONSTITUTION
7新造与召会意义相同。神的以色列也是召会的同义辞。那为甚么保罗在加拉太六章不用召会这辞呢？答案乃是，保罗的用意是要指出召会是新造，是新的构成。我们今天尤其需要领悟，召会是新的构成。我们用『召会』这辞，不像许多人所想那有尖塔的建筑物，或某种宗教组织。照著圣经，召会乃是新造。因为我们里面的人已由神圣的性质构成，所以我们已经成了新造。旧造与新造都是团体的实体。没有两个旧造，也没有两个新造。旧造与新造都是独一的团体。我们相信基督的人都是一个新造，正如我们都是一个召会一样。
7The new creation is synonymous with the church. The term the Israel of God is also a synonym for the church. Why, then, did Paul not use the word church in Galatians 6? The answer is that Paul’sin tent i on was to point out that the church is a new creation, a new constitution. It is especially needful for us today to realize that the church is a new constitution. When we use the word church, many think of a building with a steeple or of a certain religious organization. But according to the Bible, the church is a new creation. Because our inner being has been constituted of the divine nature, we have become a new creation. Both the old creation and the new creation are corporate entities. There were not two old creations, and there are not two new creations. Both the old creation and the new creation are uniquely corporate. We who believe in Christ are all one new creation, just as we are all one church
8『新造』这辞是指召会的性质，就是召会里面、内在生机的构成成分。召会是有内在构成的生机体。这构成就是新造。保罗说，受割礼不受割礼，作宗教徒或不作宗教徒，都无关紧要，要紧的乃是新造。他这话的意思乃是，在宇宙中惟一有功效或要紧的事，乃是这个与神人调和有关，内在、生机的构成。我们不仅需要有某些彰显基督美德的行事为人，我们也需要照著这样一个新造的原则、准则而行。
8The expression “the new creation” denotes the nature, the inward and intrinsic organic constituent, of the church. The church is an organism with an intrinsic constitution. This constitution is the new creation. Paul says that neither circumcision nor uncircumcision, neither being religious nor unreligious, avails anything, but only a new creation. By this he means that in the universe the only thing that avails or matters is the intrinsic and organic constitution, involving the mingling of God with man. We need to walk not only with certain virtues that express Christ; we also need to walk according to the principle, the rule, of such a new creation
有冲击力的『行』
A WALK WITH IMPACT
9照著新造的基本原则而行，就是按规律而行，像士兵整齐的前进。就是这种『行』使召会有冲击力。所谓召会软弱，乃是因为信徒没有第二种凭著灵而行。他们对召会生活的实行没有真正的关切。但一个地方即使只有少数圣徒有第二种行，并且整齐的前进，那里的召会就会有冲击力。那些圣徒不只是神的儿子，也会真正成为神的以色列。
9To walk according to the basic principle of the new creation is to walk in a regulated way like soldiers marching in cadence. It is this kind of walk which causes the churches to have impact. The reason the so-called church is weak is that the believers do not have the second kind of walk by the Spirit. They have no real concern for the practice of the church life. But if in a locality there are even a small number of saints who have the second walk and march together in cadence, the church there will have impact. Those saints will not simply be sons of God; they will truly become the Israel of God
10你知道是谁打败迦南七族，得著美地，以建造圣殿，并将神的国带到地上？是神的以色列。旧约里的以色列乃是新约里召会的豫表。因此，今天召会必须实际成为神的以色列。赞美主，在神新约的经纶里，我们已成为神的儿子和神的以色列。
10Do you know who defeated the Canaanite tribes, took possession of the good land for the building up of the temple, and brought God’skin gdom to earth? It was the Israel of God. Israel in the Old Testament is a type of the church in the New Testament. Thus, the church today must be the Israel of God in reality. Praise the Lord that in God’s New Testament economy we have been made both the sons of God and the Israel of God!
恩典与我们的灵同在
GRACE WITH OUR SPIRIT
11保罗在加拉太书末了说，『愿我们主耶稣基督的恩与你们的灵同在。』（六。）基督的恩典乃是与我们的灵同在。然而，许多基督徒只知道圣灵，对人的灵却一无所知。为这缘故，每当他们在新约里看到灵字，就以为是指圣灵。他们不知道一个事实：除了神的灵以外，圣经还说到人的灵。新约里有三节题到这两个灵。约翰三章六节说，『从那灵生的，就是灵。』约翰四章二十四节说，『神是灵；敬拜祂的，必须在灵和真实里敬拜。』罗马八章十六节说，『那灵自己同我们的灵见证。』神的灵与我们的灵对神今天的经纶都很要紧。那灵就是三一神；祂经过了成为肉体、人性生活、钉十字架、与复活的过程，成了赐生命的灵。（林前十五45。）现今这赐生命的灵住在我们的灵里，同我们的灵见证我们是神的儿子。林前六章十七节告诉我们，与主联合的，便是与主成为一灵。这清楚指明二灵已成为一。
11At the very end of Galatians Paul says, “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit” (6:18). The grace of Christ is with our spirit. However, many Christians 18 know only of the Holy Spirit; they do not know anything of the human spirit. For this reason, whenever they see the word spirit in the New Testament, they assume that it refers to the Holy Spirit. They are ignorant of the fact that besides the Spirit of God, the Bible speaks of the human spirit. Three verses in the New Testament mention these two spirits. John 3:6 says, “That which is born of the Spirit is spirit”; John 4:24, “God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit”; Romans 8:16, “The Spirit Himself witnesses with our spirit.” The Spirit of God and our spirit are both crucial for God’secon o my today. The Spirit is the very Triune God who has passed through the process of incarnation, human living, crucifixion, and resurrection to become the life- giving Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45). This life-giving Spirit now dwells in our spirit and witnesses with our spirit that we are sons of God. First Corinthians 6:17 tells us that he who is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. This is a clear indication that the two spirits have become one.
12照著保罗在加拉太六章十八节的话，主耶稣基督的恩与我们的灵同在。这里的恩典就是基督自己作我们的享受。今天基督这灵是在我们灵里，给我们经历并享受。对基督的这享受，就是与我们的灵同在的恩典。我们在这享受里，并藉著这享受，就可凭著灵而行，以活基督，并且活新造和神的以色列。这两种凭著灵而行，都是在我们的灵里享受主耶稣基督。藉著呼求主的名享受祂我们只要藉著呼求主的名，就可在我们灵里享受主。你知道为甚么我们呼求主就享受祂？我们这样享受主，因为我们藉著呼求主，自然而然就运用了我们的灵。例如，即使我无意操练我的腿与脚，但每当我走路的时候，自然就操练了我的腿与脚。同样，每当我们从里面深处呼求主，自然而然就运用了我们的灵。无论何时何地，我们都可藉著呼求主的名，享受基督的丰富。我们这样呼求主，就凭著灵而行。呼求主也击败我们里面消极的事物。
12According to Paul’sword in 6:18, the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ is with our spirit. Grace here is Christ Himself as our enjoyment. Today Christ as the Spirit is in our spirit for our experience and enjoyment. This enjoyment of Christ is the very grace that is with our spirit. In this enjoyment and by this enjoyment we may walk by the Spirit to live Christ and to live the new creation and the Israel of God. Both kinds of walk by the Spirit are in the enjoyment of the Lord Jesus Christ in our spirit. ENJOYING THE LORD BY CALLING ON HIS NAME We may enjoy the Lord in our spirit simply by calling on His name. Do you know why we enjoy the Lord when we call on Him? We enjoy Him in this way because by calling on the Lord we automatically exercise our spirit. For example, even though I may not have the intention to exercise my legs and feet, I spontaneously exercise them whenever I walk. In like manner, whenever we call on the Lord from deep within, we automatically exercise our spirit. Anywhere and at any time we may enjoy the riches of Christ by calling on the Lord’s name. By calling on the Lord in this way we walk by the Spirit. Calling on the Lord also defeats the negative things within us
13假定一位已婚的年轻姊妹有脾气的难处。她真渴望作个好妻子、好母亲，她厌恶自己的脾气。然而，她无法胜过脾气。多年前，我不知道如何劝告受脾气难处困扰的人，现在我知道解除这困扰最好的路就是运用灵呼求主的名。我们藉著这样呼求主，就吸入征服我们脾气的属灵元素。在我五十多年的经历，并与组织的基督教不同的各面接触过以后，我得了结论：享受主最好的路乃是呼求祂。人应当因我们呼求主耶稣的名而认出我们是基督徒。我们知道这是第一世纪信徒的标记，因为大数的扫罗由大祭司得著权柄，去捆绑一切呼求主名的人。呼求主耶稣的名也应当是今天信徒的标记。召会人尤其应当让人知道他们是呼求主的人。呼求主名就像呼吸，是一件简单的事。但我们若从呼吸『毕业』，我们就无法活下去。照样，我们若停止呼求主的名，在属灵上我们也无法活下去。生命中最需要的事往往是最简单的。要维持生命，有甚么比呼吸更需要呢？然而，呼吸十分简单。呼吸与作菜不同，不需要许多劳苦。同样，呼求主耶稣的名何等简单！然而，许多有学问的人不在意这样简单的实行，宁可作些复杂的事。有些人甚至因我们呼求主耶稣的名而批评我们，毁谤我们。对他们来说，这种实行是一种念咒。呼求主名与念咒毫无关系，因为呼求完全是照著圣经的实行。哦，我们何等需要呼求主耶稣，使我们享受祂作我们的恩典，并且有两种凭著灵而行。我鼓励你们藉著呼求主耶稣，作属灵的呼吸。我们藉著呼求主，就享受祂。因此，让我们在我们的灵里享受基督，好凭著灵而行。
13Suppose a young married sister has a problem with her temper. She earnestly desires to be a good wife and mother, and she loathes her temper. However, she has no way to overcome it. Years ago, I did not know how to advise someone plagued by the problem of temper. Now I know that the best cure for this plague is to call on the name of the Lord with the exercise of the spirit. By calling on the Lord in this way we breathe in a spiritual element which subdues our temper. After more than fifty years of experience and after having contacted many different aspects of organized Christianity, I have come to the conclusion that the best way to enjoy the Lord is to call on Him. As Christians we should be known by the fact that we call on the name of the Lord Jesus. We know that this was a mark of believers in the first century by the fact that Saul of Tarsus was given authority by the chief priests to bind all those who called on the Lord’s name. Calling on the name of the Lord Jesus should also be a mark of believers today. The church people especially should be known as those who call on the Lord. Like breathing, calling on the name of the Lord is a simple matter. But just as we cannot stay alive if we graduate” from breathing, so we cannot live spiritually if we stop calling on the name of the Lord. Often the most needful things in life are the most simple. What is more necessary to maintain life than breathing? Yet, breathing is so simple. In contrast to cooking, it does not require a great deal of labor. Likewise, how simple it is to call on the name of the Lord Jesus! However, many learned ones do not care for such a simple practice, preferring instead to do things that are much more complicated. Some even criticize us and defame us for calling on the name of the Lord Jesus. For them, this practice is a form of chanting. Calling on the Lord has nothing to do with chanting, for calling is a practice altogether according to the Bible. Oh, how we need to call on the Lord Jesus that we may enjoy Him as our grace and have the two kinds of walk by the Spirit! I encourage you to breathe spiritually by calling on the Lord Jesus. By calling on the Lord we enjoy Him. Let us, then, walk by the Spirit in the enjoyment of Christ in our spirit