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以弗所书生命读经 · 第40篇

达到标准的路

THE WAY TO REACH THE STANDARD
1在前一篇信息，我们看到信徒的标准。本篇信息我们要来看，达到这标准的路。
1In the last message we saw the believer’s standard. In this message we shall consider the way to reach this standard
2以弗所三章一节说，『因这缘故，我这为你们外邦人作基督耶稣囚犯的保罗，…』这节不是一个完整的句子；只有主词，没有述词。所有从三章二至二十一节的经节，都是插进的话；达秘（Darby）在他的译本里，把这些经节摆在括弧里。这就是说，四章一节是继续保罗在三章一节的思路。保罗写这书信，到了三章二节时，他里面有一个负担要说一段插进的话。然后他在四章一节继续说，『所以我这在主里的囚犯劝你们，行事为人要与你们所蒙的呼召相配。』在这里保罗完成他在三章一节开始所要表达的思想。因此，我们把三章一节和四章一节摆在一起，就有一个完整的思路。
2Ephesians 3:1 says, “For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you, the nations.” This verse is not a complete sentence; it contains a subject but not a predicate. All the verses from 3:2 through 3:21 are a parenthesis, and Darby places them within parentheses in his translation. This means that 4:1 continues Paul’s thought in 3:1. As Paul was writing this Epistle, a burden rose up in him in 3:2 to utter a parenthetical word. Then he continued in 4:1, “I beseech you therefore, I, the prisoner in the Lord, to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called.” Here Paul completed the thought he began to express in 3:1. Thus, by putting 3:1 and 4:1 together we have a complete thought
3三章一节和四章一节之间这一长段插进的话，是以弗所书非常要紧的一段。在这段话里，保罗指明他渴望众信徒都和他一样。我们的行事为人若要与神的呼召相配，我们就必须以保罗作我们的标准。为要使我们可以这么作，保罗就把自己陈明为榜样。保罗在三章不是以一个蒙神呼召之使徒的身分说话，乃是以一个主囚犯的身分说话。身为这样的囚犯，他是那些行事为人要与神呼召相配之人的榜样。保罗在以弗所三章不仅摆出标准，也摆出达到这标准的路。让我们更详细的来看这条路的各方面。
3The lengthy parenthesis between 3:1 and 4:1 is an extremely crucial section of Ephesians. In this portion Paul indicated that he longed for all the believers to be the same as he was. As those who would walk worthily of God’scall ing, we must take Paul as our standard. In order that we might do this, Paul presented himself as an example. In chapter three Paul did not speak on the basis of being an apostle called by God, but he spoke on the basis of being a prisoner of the Lord. As such a prisoner, he was the standard model of one who walked worthily of God’scall ing. In chapter three of Ephesians Paul presented not only the standard, but also the way to reach this standard. Let us consider the various aspects of this way in some detail
普遍的管家职分
THE UNIVERSAL STEWARDSHIP
4首先我们必须都是管家，正如保罗一样。（三2。）管家职分不限于领头的使徒，乃是普遍的；也就是说，管家职分是为著所有主的门徒的。譬如，路加十六章里管家的比喻，是对门徒说的。这指明每一信徒，包括我们众人，都必须是管家。我相信当保罗在三章二节说到管家职分时，他里面知道管家职分是赐给众信徒的。
4Firstly, we must all be stewards, just as Paul was (3:2). The stewardship is not limited to the leading apostles. Rather, it is universal; that is, it is for all the Lord’s disciples. For example, the parable of the steward in Luke 16 was spoken to the disciples. This indicates that every believer, including all of us, must be a steward. I believe that, when Paul spoke of the stewardship in 3:2, he realized within him that the stewardship is for all believers
5保罗在以弗所三章发展了主耶稣在四福音所陈明的一个观念。四福音启25:14-示，所有的信徒是管家也是奴仆。（太二五14～30。）根据四福音，奴仆和仆人、管家没有不同。以弗所三章的观念乃是：不仅使徒是管家和仆人，所有的信徒也是管家和仆人。
5In Ephesians 3 Paul develops a concept presented by the Lord Jesus in the four Gospels. The Gospels reveal that all the believers are both stewards and slaves (Matt. 30). According to the Gospels, a slave is not different from a servant, a steward. The concept in Ephesians 3 is that not only the apostles are stewards and servants, but that all the believers are stewards and servants.
6由于宗教背景和环境的影响，没有多少基督徒认为自己是管家。你有否看见，你不只是一个信靠主而得救的信徒？不仅如此，你有否看见，你不只是一个守纪律、受训练的门徒？你有否看见，你是一个以基督的丰富供应人的管家？我们都必须看自己是管家。我们若有这观念，我们整个基督徒生活将会改变。我们都是管家；甚至我们可以称为侍者，就是将基督的丰富当作营养食物分赐给别人的人。将这一切食物豫备好的『厨房』，就是召会。你若没有任何东西可以供应别人，你可以来这『厨房』得著供应。
6Because of the influence of their religious background and environment , not many Christians regard themselves as stewards. Do you realize that you are not simply a believer, one who trusts in the Lord for salvation? Moreover, have you seen that you are not just a disciple, one who is disciplined and trained? Have you seen that you are a steward, one who serves others with the riches of Christ? We all need to regard ourselves as stewards. If we have this concept, our whole Christian life will be changed. We are all stewards; even we could be called waiters, those imparting Christ’sr i chest o others as nourishing food. The “kitchen” in which all this food is prepared is the church. If you do not have anything with which to serve others, you may come to this “kitchen” and receive the supply
接受恩典
RECEIVING GRACE
7由于我们的管家职分就是神恩典的管家职分，所以我们需要接受恩典，甚至接受洋溢的恩典。不错，我们都能成为神所差遣的人，以及神的发言人；但是要尽这样的功用，我们必须有恩典。约翰一章十六节说，『从祂的丰满里我们都领受了，而且恩上加恩。』
7Because our stewardship is the stewardship of the grace of God, we need to receive grace, even the abundance of grace. Yes, we all can be God’ss ent ones and God’s spokesmen, but in order to fulfill such a function, we must have grace. John 1:16 says, “For of His fullness we all received, and grace upon grace
8我们已经指出，所有的信徒都是管家。而且，我们这些管家都有从上好的『厨房』而来的供应。但是当我们接触『顾客』时，我们以甚么供应他们？我们必须以我们所接受的恩典供应他们。你也许不知道如何实际的接受恩典。为此，我们必须进入主的话，并用主的话祷告。进入主的话就是接受恩典，用主的话祷告就是摸著实际。我们进入主的话，并且用主的话祷告之后，还需要照著主的话在灵里行事为人。我们若天天作这三件事，就会不断接受恩典的供应。凭这恩典，我们就会蒙光照，并经历神作恩典的实际。这恩典自然而然的就把我们联于召会，使我们与『厨房』有活而有力的联结。这样，我们就成为正确的管家。
8We have pointed out that all the believers are stewards. Furthermore, we as the stewards have the supply that comes from an excellent “kitchen.” But when we contact the “customers,” what shall we serve them? We need to serve them the very grace we have received. Perhaps you are wondering how you can receive grace in a practical way. For this, we must get into the Word and pray with the Word. To get into the Word is to receive grace, and to pray with the Word is to touch reality. After getting into the Word and praying with the Word, we need to walk in spirit according to the Word. If we do these three things daily, we shall receive a continual supply of grace. With this grace, we shall be enlightened and shall experience the reality of God as grace. This grace spontaneously connects us to the church, giving us a vital link to the “kitchen.” In this way we become proper stewards
9我们若说我们是使徒、申言者、传福音者、牧人和教师，却不进入主的话里，既没有祷告，也没有照著主的话在灵里行事为人，我们所有的就不过是空洞的名称。我们没有实际，也没有路达到保罗所设立的标准。
9If we say that we are apostles, prophets, evangelists, and shepherds and teachers, but we do not get in to the Word, pray, and walk in the spirit according to the Word, then what we have is just an empty title. We have no reality, and we have no way to reach the standard set by Paul.
10在我们的祷告中，我们不该关心琐碎的事。譬如，不要为你健康上的小问题，或为你的脾气祷告。你越为你的脾气祷告，你就越受其搅扰。你应当用主的话祷告，特别是用以弗所三章这样的经节。我们应当用主的话祷告，直到这些话进到我们里面，并充满我们。当主的话进到我们里面，并且那灵充满我们的灵，我们日常的行事为人就自然而然的与神的呼召相配。那时我们就会照著主的话在灵里行事为人，且会接受恩典并经历恩典。藉著这样接受恩典，我们就被带到保罗所设定的标准上。
10In our prayer we should not be concerned about trivial matters. For example, do not pray about a minor problem with your health or about your temper. The more you pray about your temper, the more you will be troubled by it. Pray with the Word, especially with chapters like Ephesians 3. We should pray with the Word until it gets into us and fills us. When the Word gets into us and the Spirit fills our spirit, spontaneously our daily walk becomes worthy of God’scall ing. We shall then walk in spirit according to the Word, and we shall receive grace and experience grace. By receiving grace in this way, we are brought on to the standard established by Paul
接受启示
RECEIVING REVELATION
11我们要达到标准，也需要接受启示。（三3，5。）申言者是满有亮光的人，是看见别人未见之事的人。在黑暗中的人没有甚么可说的，但是在光中的人有许多话要说出来。每当我们藉著启示看见一些事时，我们就自动有话要说。我们若要成为今日的受差遣者和申言者，就必须接受恩典，也接受启示。我们因著接受了恩典和启示，自然而然的就有负担接触人。一个天天进入主的话里，并且持续祷告的人，就会有负担对别人讲说他所看见并经历的。至少，他会盼望打电话给别人。不要以为你所接受的恩典和启示会让你被动或消极。不，恩典和启示会使你有负担到别人那里去供应他们。这就是实际的成为使徒和申言者。不论我或别人吩咐你要成为这样一个受差遣者和发言人都没有用。惟一有用的，是你进入主的话里、祷告、并且接受恩典和启示。你一旦蒙主光照，就会渴望告诉别人你所看见的。
11In order to reach the standard, we also need to receive revelation (3:3, 5). A prophet is one who is full of light, one who sees what others do not see. Those who are in darkness have nothing to say, but those who are in the light have a great deal to speak forth. Whenever we see something by revelation, we automatically have something to talk about. If we would be today’ss ent ones and prophets, we must receive both grace and revelation. By receiving grace and revelation , we shall spontaneously become burdened to contact others. One who gets into the Word daily and who prays consistently will have a burden to speak to others about what he has seen and experienced. At the very least, he will have the desire to call someone on the telephone. Do not think that the grace and revelation you receive will allow you to remain passive or inactive. No, the grace and revelation will burden you to go to others and to minister to them. This is to be an apostle and a prophet in a practical way. It is useless for me or anyone else to charge you to be such a sent one and spokesman. The only thing that avails is for you to get into the Word, pray, and receive grace and revelation. Whenever you are enlightened by the Lord, you will be eager to tell others what you have seen
12接受启示的路，就是进入主的话里。我信保罗是藉著研读旧约而得著启示。因为他花许多时间在主的话里，启示才能藉著话临到他。然而，法利赛人无法从话中接受启示，因为他们关闭且不顺服。但保罗是敞开的；一切遮盖他的帕子，都被主除去了。当我们来到主的话前，我们该求主除去我们眼睛上的帕子。虽然我们不知道甚么帕子还在我们身上，但是主知道，并且祂乐意除去。我们需要祷告：『主，我来到你的话前。求你除去任何遮蔽我视线的东西，使你的话向我打开。』我们若这样祷告，光就会进来，我们就会得著启示。这样，我们就会照著我们从主所得到的光，对别人讲说。这样的说话，满了神圣亮光的说话，会使宗教人士大为惊讶。哦！在召会中的人必须满了亮光，满了启示！
12The way to receive revelation is to get into the Word. I believe that Paul received revelation through his study of the Old Testament. Because he spent so much time in the Word, revelation could come to him by means of the Word. The Pharisees, however, could not receive revelation from the Word because they were closed and disobedient. Paul, however, was open. All the veils that covered him were taken away by the Lord. As we come to the Word, we should ask the Lord to remove the veils from our eyes. Although we do not know what veils are still upon us, the Lord knows, and He is willing to remove them. We need to pray, “Lord, I am coming to Your Word. Take away anything that veils my sight, and make Your Word open to me.” If we pray in this manner, light will come in, and we shall receive revelation. Then we shall speak to others according to the light we have received from the Lord. Such a speaking, a speaking full of divine light, will greatly surprise the religious ones. Oh, the church people must be full of light, full of revelation!
问适当的问题
ASKING PROPER QUESTIONS
13我们接受启示时，不该注意一些次要的事，如洗脚、受浸的方式、擘饼用杯的大小等等。当圣徒问我一些次要的事，而忽略了神永远的定旨和神的经纶时，我就感到不安。有一次我访问一个地方，那里的人说来该是十分属灵的。但在一次回答问题的交通聚会中，我对于所问的问题感到失望。许多人问我一些小事情，却没有一个人问我一些有意义的事，诸如基督的奥秘与神的奥秘之间的区别等。
13In receiving revelation, we should not be concerned with minor things such as foot-washing, the method of baptism, or the size of the cup used at the Lord’stable. I am troubled when saints question me regarding secondary matters, but neglect the matters of God’s eternal purpose and God’secon o my. Once I visited a certain place where the people were supposed to be quite spiritual. During a fellowship meeting held for the purpose of answering questions, I was disappointed by the kind of questions that were asked. I was asked questions about minor things, but no one asked me about significant things such as the difference between the mystery of Christ and the mystery of God
14我们所问的问题，指明我们在那里，以及我们是怎样的人。譬如，我的小孙儿问我的许多问题，都是没有意义的。我不期望他们问一些深奥的题目。要问高水准的问题，我们需要有相当的认识和经历。当我们读以弗所三章时，我们需要发出一个又一个的问题。这里有些问题是我们该问的：恩典的管家职分是甚么？基督的奥秘是甚么？同为后嗣是甚么意思？基督那追测不尽的丰富是甚么？奥秘的经纶是甚么？历世和历代之间有甚么分别？神永远的定旨是甚么？加强到里面的人里是甚么意思？基督如何能安家在我们心里？我们若寻求像这类问题的答案，就会得著启示。
14The questions we ask indicate where we are and what we are. For example, many of the questions addressed to me by my little grandchildren are nonsensical. I do not expect them to ask questions about profound subjects. In order to ask a high question, we need to have considerable knowledge and experience. As we read chapter three of Ephesians, we need to ask question after question. Here are some questions we should ask: What is the stewardship of the grace? What is the mystery of Christ? What is a joint-heir? What are the unsearchable riches of Christ? What is the dispensation of the mystery? What is the difference between ages and generations? What is the purpose of the ages? What does it mean to be strengthened into the inner man? How can Christ make His home in our hearts? If we seek out the answers to questions like these, we shall receive revelation
15我们因这类问题的回答而得著亮光和启示之后，就会有许多话能与别人分享。我们在主恢复里的人必须是说话的人，是天天说话的人，因为我们已经接受了启示。我们看见得越多，就越喜欢说。这就是为甚么我尽职时总有可说的。实际上，我越说，就越有可说的。我们若愿意成为这样说话的人，就需要接受启示。不仅领头的使徒该接受启示，所有的圣徒都该接受启示。
15After we receive light and revelation in answer to questions such as these, we shall have a great deal to share with others. We in the Lord’s recovery must be speaking people, those who speak day by day because we have received revelation. The more we see, the more we shall desire to speak. This is the reason that I always have something to speak in the ministry. Actually, the more I speak, the more there is to speak. If we would be such speaking ones, we need to receive revelation. All the saints, not just the leading apostles, should receive revelation.
福音的执事
MINISTERS OF THE GOSPEL
16保罗在三章七节说，他『作了这福音的执事，是照著神恩典的恩赐』。我们在前一篇信息曾指出，执事就是服事的人。所以，我们不该单单是管家，也该是服事人的执事。
16In 3:7 Paul says that he “became a minister according to the gift of the grace of God.” As we pointed out in the previous message, a minister is one who serves. Therefore, we should not just be stewards, but also ministers, serving ones
17七节的『这福音』是指六节的福音。这指明保罗成了六节所说之福音的执事，就是以这福音服事人的人。我们也是这福音的执事。这福音与天堂无关，乃是关乎『外邦人在基督耶稣里…得以同为后嗣，同为一个身体，并同为应许的分享者』。（三6。）六节所说的福音，与同为后嗣，同为一个身体，并同为应许的分享者有关。所有的圣徒都能成为这么高品且丰富之福音的执事。我们需要对我们的父母、邻居、和朋友传高品的福音，向他们说到在基督里得以同为后嗣，并同为应许的分享者。他们若消极的与你辩论，你只要积极的对他们继续讲说你在以弗所书中所看见的。不要担心他们能不能明白。你若按时合式的对他们讲说，他们终究会明白你说的是甚么。让我们都用以弗所书对人讲说。
17The words “of which” in verse 7 refer to the gospel in verse 6. This indicates that Paul became a minister of the gospel, that is, one who served others with the gospel. We also are ministers of the gospel. This gospel is not concerned with heaven, but with the nations becoming “joint-heirs and a joint Body and joint-partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus” (v. 6). The gospel spoken of in verse 6 has to do with joint-heirs, a joint Body, and joint-partakers of the promise. All the saints can be ministers of such a high and rich gospel. We need to preach the high gospel to our parents, neighbors, and friends. Tell them about becoming joint- heirs and joint-partakers of the promise in Christ. If they argue with you in a negative way, simply continue to speak positively to them about what you have seen in the book of Ephesians. Do not be worried that they may not be able to understand you. If you regularly speak to them in a proper way, they will eventually understand what you are saying. Let us all speak to others from the book of Ephesians
得加强到里面的人里
strengthened into the inner man
18我们若要达到使徒保罗所立的标准，我们整个人就需要得加强到里面的人里。藉著得加强到里面的人里，我们就能以在爱里生根立基，满有力量领略基督的量度，并认识基督那超越知识的爱，且被充满，成为神一切的丰满。（三16～19。）保罗这个人，全人都得加强到里面的人里。所以，他就在爱里生根立基，并认识基督的量度和基督那超越知识的爱。我们如何？保罗祷告，愿我们能得加强到我们里面的人里，使我们至终被充满，成为神一切的丰满。
18If we would reach the standard established by the Apostle Paul, our whole being needs to be strengthened into the inner man. By being strengthened into the inner man, we shall be rooted and grounded in love and shall become strong to apprehend the dimensions of Christ, to know the knowledge-surpassing love of Christ, and to be filled unto all the full ness of God (3:16-1 9). Paul was a person with his entire being strengthened into the inner man. Therefore, he was rooted and grounded in love and knew the dimensions of Christ and the knowledge-surpassing love of Christ. What about us? Paul prayed that we would be strengthened into the inner man so that, ultimately, we might be filled unto all the fullness of God
19不要以为保罗能成为这样的人，而你不能。三章的关键点，在于保罗期望众圣徒都能和他一样。我们都能，也都该得加强到里面的人里。照样，我们都该在爱里生根立基，也都该有力量领略基督的量度，认识基督那超越知识的爱，并且被充满，成为神一切的丰满。我们在以弗所三章看见，保罗的渴望就是要所有的圣徒和他一样。他在二至九节从一个角度发表这个渴望，在十六至十九节从另一个角度讲说这事。从一个角度看，我们是管家，我们接受了恩典，我们看见了奥秘的启示，我们也是高品福音的执事。我们将基督的丰富供应人，使召会能实际的产生。从另一个角度看，我们需要得加强到里面的人里，使我们能在爱里生根立基，能以明白基督的量度，认识基督那超越知识的爱，并且被充满，成为神一切的丰满。从这两个角度看，我们都必须像保罗一样。我们若是和他一样，我们的行事为人就会与神的呼召相配，因为我们搆得上信徒的标准。
19Do not think that Paul could be such a person, but that you cannot. The crucial point in chapter three is that Paul expected all the saints to be the same as he was. We all can and should be strengthened into the inner man. Likewise, we all should be rooted and grounded in love, and we all should be strong to know the dimensions of Christ, to know the knowledge-surpassing love of Christ, and to be filled unto all the fullness of God. In chapter three of Ephesians we see that Paul’s desire was for all the saints to be the same as he was. In verses 2 through 9 he expressed this from one angle, and in verses 16 through 19 he related it from another. From one angle, we are stewards, we have received grace, we have seen the revelation of the mystery, and we are ministers of the high gospel. We minister the riches of Christ so that the church may be produced in a practical way. From another angle, we need to be strengthened into the inner man so that we may be rooted and grounded in love and may become strong to know the dimensions of Christ, to know the knowledge- surpassing love of Christ, and to be filled unto all the fullness of God. From both angles, we need to be the same as Paul was. If we are the same as he was, we shall be walking worthily of God’scall ing, for we shall be up to the standard for a believer
20当保罗正要劝勉圣徒，行事为人要与神的呼召相配时，他有负担插入三章二至二十一节这段话。在这一段插进的话里，保罗将自己陈明为一个在基督里正常、正当信徒的标准。他是一个接受恩典、作了管家、看见了启示、并且成了高品福音之执事的人。他是把基督的丰富当作福音传给人以产生召会的人。作为这样一个人，他得加强到他里面的人里，他在爱里生根立基，他认识基督的量度和基督的爱，他并且被充满成为神的丰满，这丰满就是那作三一神彰显的召会。今天我们都能成为这样的人。赞美主，在以弗所三章我们不仅有标准，也有达到标准的路！
20As he was about to beseech the saints to have a walk worthy of God’scall ing, Paul became burdened to insert the parenthetical word found in 3:2-21. In this parenthetical section, Paul presented himself as the standard of a normal, proper believer in Christ. He was one who had received grace, who was a steward, who had seen the revelation, and who had become a minister of the high gospel. He was one who preached the riches of Christ as the gospel for the producing of the church. As such a one, he was strengthened into the inner man, he was rooted and grounded in love, he knew the dimensions of Christ and the love of Christ, and he was filled unto the fullness of God, which is the church as the expression of the Triune God. Today we all can be such a person. Praise the Lord that in Ephesians 3 we have not only the standard, but also the way to reach the standard