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以弗所书生命读经 · 第25篇

穿上新人

PUTTING ON THE NEW MAN
1在本篇信息中，我们要进一步说到如何穿上新人。
1In this message we shall give a further word concerning how to put on the new man
被创造并得更新
CREATED AND RENEWED
2新约说到新人的方式可能使我们天然的心思觉得希奇。按照以弗所四章二十四节，新人是在那实际的义和圣中所创造的；但是按照歌罗西三章十节，新人是渐渐更新的。新人既是被创造，与老旧的事物毫不相干，怎么能同时又得更新，与老旧的事物有关？新人的创造是一回事，但对新人的经历又是一回事。从基督那一面来看，新人已经创造成了；但是从我们这一面，从我们的经历来看，新人是渐渐更新的。就新造而言，新人已经藉著基督的工作完成了。但是就我们的经历而言，新人是在天天被更新的过程中。我在本篇信息的负担，是要指出新人如何渐渐得更新。这个更新实际上就是穿上新人。正如我们在前一篇信息所指出的，新人已经创造成了，但现今我们的需要乃是在我们的经历中穿上新人。
2The way the New Testament speaks of the new man may sound strange to our natural mind. According to 4:24, the new man is created in righteousness and holiness of the truth, but according to Colossians 3:10, the new man is being renewed. How can the new man be both created, which has nothing to do with anything old, and renewed, which is related to something old? The creation of the new man is one thing, but the experience of the new man is another. From Christ’ss i de, the new man has already been created. But from our side, our experience, the new man is being renewed. According to the new creation, the new man has been completed by the work of Christ. But according to our experience, the new man is in the process of being renewed daily. My burden in this message is to point out how the new man is being renewed. This renewing is actually the putting on of the new man. As we pointed out in the previous message, the new man has been created, but now our need is to put him on in our experience
内在主观的更新
AN INWARD, SUBJECTIVE RENEWING
3『穿上』在原文是用在与衣著有关的事上。比方，一位弟兄有一套西装已经缝制好，我们可以说这套西装已经完成，现在这位弟兄必须以正确的方式穿上这套西装。他不能一下子就穿上去；反之，这穿上乃是渐渐的、一步一步的过程。
3The Greek word rendered “put on” is used with respect to clothing. Suppose a brother has a suit of clothes tailor-made for him. We may say that the suit has been completed. Now the brother must put on this suit in a proper way. He cannot put it on all at once; rather, it is a gradual, step-by-step procedure
4然而，穿上西装不是穿上新人完全正确的图画。穿上西装是客观的，而穿上新人包括内在的更新。我们不是以外在、客观的方式穿上新人。相反的，穿上新人是从里面开始，与内在、主观的更新有关。在我们重生的时候，新人就被放进，或是说生到我们的灵里。现今这个新人必须扩展到我们全人的每一部分。新人的这个扩展就是穿上新人，也就是更新。藉此我们看见，穿上新人不是外在、客观的事，乃是内在、主观的经历。
4The putting on of a suit of clothes, however, is not a fully accurate picture of the putting on of the new man. The putting on of a suit is objective, whereas the putting on of the new man involves an inward renewing. We do not put on the new man in an outward, objective way. On the contrary, the putting on of the new man begins from within; it is related to an inward, subjective renewing. At the time of our regeneration, the new man was put into, or born into, our spirit. Now this new man must spread into every part of our being. This spreading of the new man is the putting on of the new man. It is also the renewing. By this we see that the putting on of the new man is not an out ward, objective matter, but an inward, subjective experience.
5我们曾经指出，基督在十字架上已经废掉了规条，为要在复活里产生一个新人。因此，在基督的复活里，新人被创造并产生出来。当我们相信主耶稣时，赐生命的灵就进到我们灵里，随祂同来的是新人这个已经完成的产品。这样，新人就生到我们的灵里。所以，从我们重生的时候起，新人就已经在我们的灵里。现今新人必须浸透我们的每一部分。这个扩展就是穿上新人，也是更新。正如歌罗西三章十节所说，我们必须穿上新人，这新人是渐渐更新的。我们穿上新人有多少，乃是根据我们更新有多少。
5We have pointed out that on the cross Christ has slain the ordinances in order to produce the one new man in resurrection. Hence, in the resurrection of Christ, the new man was created and brought forth. When we believed in the Lord Jesus, the life - giving Spirit came into our spirit, bringing with Him the new man as a finished product. In this way the new man was born into our spirit. Therefore, since the time of our regeneration, the new man has been in our spirit. Now the new man must saturate every part of us. This spreading is both the putting on of the new man and there newing. As Colossians 3:10 says, we need to put on the new man, which is being renewed. How much of the new man we put on depends on how much we are renewed.
脱去从前的生活样式
PUTTING OFF THE FORMER MANNER OF LIFE
6以弗所四章和歌罗西三章都指明，我们要穿上新人，就需要先脱去旧人。以弗所四章二十二节说，『在从前的生活样式上，脱去了旧人。』『生活样式』一辞所含示的很广。你得救前，有某种的生活样式。也许你一周工作五天，然后在晚上或周末以一些世俗的娱乐为消遣。对有些人来说，他们的生活样式可能是赌博；对另一些人，可能是旅游或吃点好东西。这些都是生活样式的一部分。世界上各个国家、各个民族，都有他们特殊的生活样式。
6Both Ephesians 4 and Colossians 3 indicate that in order to put on the new man, we first need to put off the old man. Ephesians 4:22 says, “Put off concerning the former manner of life the old man.” The words “manner of life” imply a great deal. Before you were saved, you had a certain manner of life. Perhaps you worked five days a week and then in the evenings or on the weekends amused yourself with certain worldly entertainments. To some, the manner of life may be gambling. To others, it may be going to certain places or eating certain foods. These are all part of the manner of life. In every country of the world and among every people there is a characteristic manner of life
7我们若真的渴望更新，就必须脱去从前的生活样式。我们藉著脱去从前的生活样式，就实际的脱去了旧人。埋葬从前的生活样式，实际上就和埋葬旧人相同。所以，我在本篇信息的负担，不仅是鼓励你们脱去旧人，更是专一的鼓励你们脱去从前的生活样式。许多在主恢复里的圣徒，仍然持守他们老旧的生活样式。我告诉你们要脱去从前的生活样式，不要以为我这样说就是古板、保守、老旧。你若对我在这里说的话持这种态度，这就是一个记号，说出你已经落在今日撒但系统的邪恶潮流中。我们不该被这世代的潮流卷走，反而应当埋葬我们从前的生活样式，甚至为从前的生活样式举行葬礼。只是说脱去旧人，太过于讲道理。真正的脱去旧人，乃是脱去从前的生活样式；从前的生活样式总是与规条和我们的生活方式有关。
7If we truly desire to be renewed, we need to put off the former manner of life. By putting off our manner of life, we put off the old man in a practical way. To bury the former manner of life is virtually the same as burying the old man. Therefore, my burden in this message is not simply to encourage you to put off the old man; it is specifically to encourage you to put off your former manner of life. Many of the saints in the Lord’s recovery still hold on to their old manner of life. Do not say that I am legal, conservative, or old - fashioned in telling you to put off your former manner of life. To have this attitude toward what I am saying here is a sign of being caught in the evil current of today’s satanic system. We should not be swept along by the current of this age; instead, we should bury our former manner of life and even hold a funeral for it. To speak merely of putting off the old man is too doctrinal. The actual putting off of the old man is the putting off of the former manner of life, which always involves ordinances and our way of living.
没有区别
NO DISTINCTIONS
8论到新人，歌罗西三章十一节说，『在此并没有希利尼人和犹太人、受割礼的和未受割礼的、化外人、西古提人、为奴的、自主的，惟有基督是一切，又在一切之内。』文生（Vincent）在他的『新约字研』里说，『没有』这辞，原文的语气很强，表示没有可能的意思。在新人里，希利尼人、犹太人、化外人、西古提人、为奴的、自主的，都不可能存在，因为在这些人中间从前的生活样式已经除去了。毫无疑问的，在歌罗西召会中，有人是从这一切背景中出来的。然而，根据保罗在以弗所四章二十二节的话，他们都必须脱去他们从前的生活样式。藉此，他们就得以更新。我们若从脱去从前旧人的生活样式这一面，来看今天的召会生活，就不得不承认，我们脱得不彀。反而，我们中间太多人仍旧持守我们的生活样式。
8Speaking of the new man, Colossians 3:11 says, “Where there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bondman, and freeman; but Christ is all things and in all” (Gk.). In his Word Studies of the New Testament Vincent says that in the Greek language the words rendered “cannot be” are very strong and mean that there is no possibility. In the new man there is no possibility for Greek and Jew, Barbarian and Scythian, bondman and freeman to exist, because the former manner of life found among these peoples has been put away. No doubt, in the church in Colosse there were people from all these backgrounds. Nevertheless, according to Paul’sword in Ephesians 4:22, they all had to put away their former manner of life. By doing this they were renewed. If we consider today’s church life from the perspective of the putting away of the former manner of life, we shall have to admit that we have not adequately done this. On the contrary, too many of us are still holding on to our manner of life
9当保罗写信给歌罗西人时，地中海一带几乎每个城市都有犹太人。当某一个城里的犹太人和希利尼人得救了，他们就来在一起成为当地的召会。许多地方不仅有犹太人和希利尼人，还有化外人（北欧人）和西古提人；有些圣经教师认为，西古提人是最没有文化、最野蛮的民族。所以，在有些城市里，召会可能包括文明的希利尼人、宗教的犹太人、化外人、和未开化的西古提人。不仅如此，还有为奴的，就是那些被卖为奴隶的，以及那些拥有奴隶的主人。如果这些不同的人来在一起擘饼，那将怎么办？他们为了过召会生活，就必须脱去那具体表现在他们从前生活样式里的旧人。希利尼人必须脱去他们的哲学，犹太人必须脱去他们宗教的规条和饮食条例，西古提人必须脱去他们的野蛮生活，作主人的必须脱去他们对奴隶的态度，为奴的必须脱去他们特殊的生活样式。在召会生活中，这些区别都没有地位。并没有犹太人和外邦人、化外人和西古提人、为奴的和自主的。在召会生活中，只有基督有地位。
9When Paul wrote the Epistle to the Colossians, there were Jews in virtually every city in the Mediterranean area. When the Jews and the Greeks in a particular city were saved, they came together as the church in that locality. In many localities there must have been not only Jews and Greeks but also Barbarians (northern Europeans) and Scythians, who, as some Bible teachers believe, were the most uncultured and barbarous of people. There fore, in some cities it was possible for the church to include cultured Greeks, religious Jews, Barbarians, and uncultured Scythians. Furthermore, there were also bondmen, those who had been sold into slavery, and masters, those who owned slaves. What would happen if all these different peoples came together for the Lord’stable? In order for them to have the church life, they had to put off the old man embodied in their former manner of life. The Greeks had to put off their philosophy; the Jews, their religious observances and dietary regulations; the Scythians, their barbarous living; the masters, their attitude toward slaves; and the slaves, the manner of life peculiar to them. In the church life there is no room for such distinctions. There cannot be Jews and Gentiles, Barbarians and Scythians, bondmen and freemen. In the church life there is room only for Christ.
10因著现代交通和通讯工具发达，今天世界上的各民族来在一起，比历史上任何一个时期都密切。特别是美国被称为大熔炉，融合了各个不同的人种和民族。各民族的性情完全不同，有的容易表现在外，有的则安静神秘；但这些不同的民族都被带在一起。在主恢复里的召会也的确是这样，在其中我们看见许多不同的民族：波多黎各人、墨西哥人、巴西人、瑞士人、法国人、德国人、瑞典人、丹麦人、印尼人、马来西亚人、韩国人、中国人、日本人、迦纳人和美国人。我们甚至可以从唱歌的表情，看出民族的区别来。有的人可能用自认为庄重的态度歌唱，只动嘴唇；另有的人也许热情洋溢，甚至全身在动。因此，即使在唱诗赞美主的时候，我们也许仍然持守我们的生活样式。
10Through modern means of transportation and communication, the peoples of the world have been brought together more closely today than at any other time in history. The United States in particular has been called a melting pot, a blend of all different races and peoples. People with completely different temperaments, some outwardly expressive and others silent and mysterious, are brought together. This certainly is true of the churches in the Lord’s recovery, where we see so many different peoples: Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, Brazilians, Swiss, French, Germans, Swedes, Danes, Indonesians, Malaysians, Koreans, Chinese, Japanese, Ghanians, and Americans. The difference between peoples is seen even in the way they sing hymns. Some may sing in what they regard as the dignified manner, barely moving their lips, whereas others may be filled with enthusiasm and exercise their whole body. Thus, even in singing and in praising the Lord we may hold on to our manner of life.
脱去我们从巴别来的遗传
PUTTING OFF OUR HERITAGE FROM BABEL
11从巴别起，人类中间开始有了区别。但是在十字架上，基督除灭了这一切的区别，为要产生一个新人。藉著重生，一个新人已经放到我们这些从前因著巴别所造成的区别而受影响的人里面。除了犹太人的规条之外，一切不同的生活样式都是巴别的遗传。我们对这个遗传该如何？我们该埋葬牠。这意思是说，我们必须脱去从前的生活样式。不要称义你的生活样式或引以为荣。问题不在于生活样式的对错。每一种生活方式都与规条有关，所以我们都必须脱去。有些所谓的召会是按著国籍组成的，那是何等可悲！譬如，在旧金山有一个中国长老会。似乎每一个国家都有自己所谓的召会。当我们来在一起实行真正的召会生活时，我们都必须脱去并忘掉我们民族的遗传。
11After Babel, there began to be the differences among the peoples. But on the cross Christ slew all these differences in order to produce the one new man. Through regeneration, the one new man has been put into us, those who formerly had been under the influence of the differences caused by Babel. Except for the Jewish ordinances, all the various manners of life are the heritage of Babel. What should we do about this heritage? We should bury it. This means that we must put off the former manner of life. Do not justify your manner of life or glory in it. The issue is not which manner of life is right and which is wrong. Every way of life involves ordinances and must be put off. How deplorable it is to see so-called churches formed according to nationality! For example, in San Francisco there is a Chinese Presbyterian church. It seems that every nationality has a so-called church. When we come together for the practice of the genuine church life, we must all put off our national heritage and forget it
12藉心思的灵穿上新人我们都必须对新人有清楚的异象。我们从前的生活样式，我们从巴别来的遗传，甚至犹太人的规条也在内，都已经藉著基督在十字架上的死，在祂的肉体里废掉了。我们不该宝贝我们的遗传，而该否认牠。在积极一面，我们必须看见新人已经创造成了，并且已经藉著重生放在我们的灵里。现今所需要的，乃是使我们的灵成为管理我们全人的部分。这意思是说，我们那与神的灵调和的灵，必须成为我们心思的灵。（弗四23。）我们的灵若是心思的灵，我们一切的生活就都是凭著灵。凡我们所作的，都是照著灵。我们这心思的灵就要成为更新的灵。当我们被这灵更新时，我们就穿上了新人。
12Putting on the New Man By the Spirit of the Mind We all need to have a clear vision of the new man. Our former manner of life, our heritage from Babel, and even the Jewish ordinances have been abolished in the flesh of Christ by His death on the cross. Instead of treasuring our heritage, we should disown it. On the positive side, we need to see that the new man has already been created and, by regeneration, has been put into our spirit. The need now is for our spirit to become the dominant part of our being. This means that our spirit mingled with the Spirit of God must become the spirit of our mind (4:23). If our spirit is the spirit of our mind, then all our living will be by the spirit. Whatever we do will be according to the spirit. This spirit of our mind will then become the renewing spirit. As we are renewed by this spirit, we put on the new man.
渐渐更新，以致有充足的知识
RENEWED UNTO FULL KNOWLEDGE
13以弗所四章二十四节指明，新人是直接照著神创造的。但歌罗西三章十节启示，这新人是照著创造他者的形像渐渐更新，以致有充足的知识。由于新人是照著神造的，所以认真的说，他和神一样。然而，在我们的经历里，新人必须照著创造他者的形像（就是彰显）渐渐更新，以致有充足的知识。照著神创造的新人已经完成了，但在我们的经历里，新人是一点一点的更新，以致有充足的知识。这样，我们所经历的新人就成为神的彰显。
13Ephesians 4:24 indicates that the new man was created according to God directly. But Colossians 3:10 reveals that the new man is being renewed unto full knowledge, which is according to the image of God (Gk.). Because the new man was created according to God, in a very real sense it is the same as God. Nevertheless, in our experience the new man must be renewed unto the full knowledge that is according to the image, the expression, of God who created him. The creation of the new man according to God has already been completed, but in our experience the new man is renewed unto full knowledge little by little. In this way the new man experienced by us becomes the expression of God
有实际的义和圣
righteousness and holiness of the truth
14以弗所四章二十四节说新人是照著神，在那实际的义和圣中所创造的。义在这里表征神的作为，圣表征祂的所是。神一切所作的都是义的，神一切所是的都是圣的。新人乃是照著神的这两方面创造的。不仅如此，义和圣都是出于实际的。阿福德（DeanAlford）说，本节的实际是指神的素质，因为神就是实际。这与四章二十二节所题那迷惑的情欲是相对的。迷惑是撒但的素质，他是说谎者；而实际是神的素质，祂是实际。因此，情欲是属撒但的，他就是『那迷惑』；而义和圣是属神的，祂就是『那实际』。文生指出，这两节里的迷惑和实际都该是人位化的。新人是照著神，在神素质的两面─义和圣中所创造的。
14Ephesians 4:24 says that the new man is created according to God in righteousness and holiness of the truth. Righteousness here signifies God’s deeds, and holiness signifies His being. Whatever God does is righteous, and whatever God is, is holy. The new man is created according to God in both of these respects. Moreover, both righteousness and holiness are of the truth. Dean Alford says that in this verse truth denotes the very essence of God, for God is truth. This is in contrast with the lust of the deceit mentioned in 4:22. Deceit is the essence of Satan, who is a liar, but truth is the essence of God, who is truth. Thus, the lusts are of Satan, who is the deceit, whereas righteousness and holiness are of God, who is the truth. Vincent points out that in these verses deceit and truth should be personified. The new man is created according to God in righteousness and holiness, two aspects of God’s essence
新人的生命和生活
THE LIFE AND LIVING OF THE NEW MAN
15在我们对新人的经历中，新人乃是照著创造他者的形像渐渐更新，以致有充足的知识。这更新的发生是藉著脱去从前的生活样式，以及凭著灵生活行动。已过我们说了许多关于我们的灵，但这不该和脱去从前的生活样式一事分开。我们若要有新人作我们的生活，就必须先脱去从前的生活样式。然后我们必须让我们的灵成为我们全人领导、管理、指示并支配的元素。我们若这样生活，更新的过程就会自然而然的在我们里面发生。这样不断的更新就是穿上新人。这就是召会生活，也就是新人的生命和生活。
15In our experience of the new man, the new man is gradually renewed unto a full knowledge according to the image of the Creator. This renewal takes place by the putting away of the former manner of life and by our living according to the spirit. In the past we have spoken a great deal about our spirit. However, we should not separate this from the matter of putting off our former manner of life. If we would have the new man as our living, we must firstly put of four former manner of life. Then we must allow our spirit to become the leading, dominating, directing, and governing element of our whole being. If we live in this way, spontaneously the process of renewing will take place within us. Such a continual renewing is the putting on of the new man. This is the church life, the life and living of the new man.
16在本篇信息中，我没有摆出哲学的教训。反之，我乃是把主所启示关于穿上新人的异象分享给你们。我不在乎照著文化、习俗、伦理的教训，我的负担在于我们得著属天的异象，看见神在这些日子里所要的。神渴望得著一个新人，这新人必须是今天召会的生活。活出这新人的路，乃在于脱去从前的生活样式，并且让我们全人和日常的生活受灵的管理和指引。这样，我们就要被更新，并经历新人作我们的召会生活。
16In this message I have not put forth a philosophical teaching. On the contrary, I have shared with you the vision the Lord has shown me concerning the putting on of the new man. I do not care for teachings according to culture, custom, or ethics. My burden is that we have a heavenly vision of what God is seeking in these days. God desires the one new man. This new man must be the living of the church today. The way to live this new man is to put off the former manner of life and to allow our entire being and daily living to be dominated and directed by the spirit. Then we shall be renewed and experience the new man as our church life