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以弗所书生命读经 · 第69篇

为著召会生活之调和的灵

THE MINGLED SPIRIT FOR THE CHURCH LIFE
1在前一篇信息中我们指出，神的定旨是要藉著把祂自己分赐到人里面，使祂自己与人成为一而得著召会。神要把祂自己分赐到人里面，祂就必须是三一的─父、子和灵。不仅如此，人必须有神的形像，并有灵可以接受神且消化祂。有一天，子神，就是父的化身，成为一个人。祂经过人性生活、钉十字架和复活，成了赐生命的灵。作为那灵，祂进到我们里面，与我们的灵调和。经过这过程，产生了一个二性品的生命，就是神圣生命与属人生命调和所构成的实体。这就是召会。神不再是未经过过程的神，乃是经过过程的神。祂已完成一切所需的事，好进入我们里面作赐生命的灵。现今我们必须相信祂，并呼求主耶稣的名。当我们这样作时，赐生命的灵就进到我们灵里，神圣生命与属人生命的调和就发生在我们里面。这调和就产生召会。
1In the foregoing message we pointed out that God’s purpose is to obtain the church by dispensing Himself into man and making Himself one with man. In order to dispense Himself into man, God must be triune, the Father, the Son, and the Spirit. Furthermore, man must be in God’sim age and have a spirit to receive God and assimilate Him. One day, the Son of God, the embodiment of the Father, became a man. Passing through human living, crucifixion, and resurrection, He became the life- giving Spirit. As the Spirit, He comes into us and mingles with our spirit. Through this process there is brought into being a hybrid life, an entity composed of the mingling of the divine life with the human life. This is the church. God is no longer the unprocessed God, but the processed God. He has accomplished everything necessary to come into us as the life-giving Spirit. Now we must believe in Him and call on the name of the Lord Jesus. When we do this, the life-giving Spirit comes into our spirit, and the mingling of the divine life and the human life takes place within us. This mingling produces the church
2神的丰满与基督的丰富以弗所书包含了圣经中三一神最完满的启示。譬如，保罗在三章说到神的丰满、（19、）基督的丰富、（8、）和那灵的大能。（16。）丰满含示神一切所是的丰富成了祂的彰显。歌罗西二章九节说，神的丰满有形有体的居住在基督里面。这意思是说，基督乃是神丰满的具体化身，是神一切所是的具体化身。当神的丰满具体化在基督里时，就有了基督的丰富。基督的丰富是藉著那灵的大能实化的。因此，基督是神丰满的具体化身，那灵是基督丰富的实化。我们要有神的丰满，就必须有基督。不仅如此，我们要享受基督的丰富，就必须有那灵。在约翰福音里，那灵称为实际的灵。实际的灵使子一切的所是和所有，对信徒成为实际的。父一切的所是和所有，乃是具体化在子里；子一切的所是和所有，乃是藉著那灵向信徒启示为实际。（十六14～15。）譬如，基督是生命。然而，我们若不摸著那灵，就无法有这生命。但是当我们摸著那灵，我们就经历基督作生命的实际。照样，基督是光。但我们若不摸著那灵，就无法蒙基督光照。当我们接触那灵，我们就享受基督作光的实际。
2THE FULLNESS OF GOD AND THE RICHES OF CHRIST The book of Ephesians contains the fullest revelation of the Triune God in the Scriptures. For example, in chapter three Paul speaks of the fullness of God (v. 19), the riches of Christ (v. 8), and the power of the Spirit (v. 16). The fullness implies that the riches of all that God is become His expression. Colossians 2:9 says that the fullness of God dwells in Christ bodily. This means that Christ is the embodiment of the fullness of God, the embodiment of all that God is. When the fullness of God is embodied in Christ, there are the riches of Christ. The riches of Christ are realized through the power of the Spirit. Hence, Christ is the embodiment of God’s fullness, and the Spirit is the realization of Christ’s riches. To have the fullness of God, we must have Christ. Furthermore, to enjoy the riches of Christ, we must have the Spirit. In the Gospel of John, the Spirit is called the Spirit of reality. The Spirit of reality makes real to the believers all that the Son is and has. Embodied in the Son is all that the Father is and has, and all that the Son is and has is revealed as reality to the believers through the Spirit (John 16:14-15). For example, Christ is life. However, if we do not touch the Spirit, we cannot have this life. But as we touch the Spirit, we experience the reality of Christ as life. In like manner, Christ is light. But if we do not contact the Spirit, we cannot be enlightened by Christ. When we contact the Spirit, we enjoy the reality of Christ as light.
3今天我们的三一神乃是包罗万有的灵。不要把那灵看为基督之外的东西，也不要以为基督与父神是分开的。不，父、子、灵乃是一。这就是我们说神是三一的，是三而一的原因。没有人能充分的解释三一神。父神在子神里，子神成为赐人生命的那灵。为著召会的缘故，神的丰满具体化在基督里，使基督的丰富藉著那灵对我们成为实际的。我们越接触那灵，就越享受基督的丰富。至终我们将被充满，成为神一切的丰满，并且完全与三一神调和。
3Today our Triune God is the all-inclusive Spirit. Do not regard the Spirit as something other than Christ, nor think of Christ as separate from God the Father. No, the Father, the Son, and the Spirit are one. This is the reason that we refer to God as triune, as three in one. No one can adequately define the Trinity. God the Father is in God the Son, and God the Son has become the Spirit who gives life. For the sake of the church, the fullness of God is embodied in Christ that the riches of Christ may be made real to us through the Spirit. The more we contact the Spirit, the more we enjoy Christ’s riches. Eventually we shall be filled unto all the fullness of God and be fully mingled with the Triune God
进到父面前
ACCESS UNTO THE FATHER
4在以弗所二章十八节，三一神的三者都题到：『因为藉著祂，我们两下在一位灵里，得以进到父面前。』藉著子基督，我们在一位灵里，进到父面前。何等奇妙！请注意，这节不是说我们进到那灵面前，乃是说我们进到父面前。那灵是向著我们，而我们是向著父。父在子里临到我们，子作那灵进到我们里面。现今那灵藉著子带我们到父面前。这是为著将三一神分赐到我们里面，使召会得以产生。我们再一次看见，召会是藉著三一神与人性调和所产生的。
4In 2:18 all Three of the Triune God are mentioned: “For through Him we both have access in one Spirit unto the Father.” Through Christ the Son we have access in one Spirit unto the Father. How wonderful! Notice that this verse does not say that we have access unto the Spirit. It speaks of access unto the Father. The Spirit is unto us, whereas we are unto the Father. The Father came to us in the Son, and the Son came into us as the Spirit. Now through the Son the Spirit brings us unto the Father. This is for the dispensing of the Triune God into us so that the church may come into existence. Once again we see that the church is produced by the mingling of the Triune God with humanity
对那灵有反应
RESPONDING TO THE SPIRIT
5三一神分赐到人里面，完全与那灵有关。经过过程的神，作包罗万有赐生命的灵，正等著我们的灵对祂有反应并与祂合作。得救不是仅仅明白福音而已，得救乃是从我们全人的深处敞开，对那灵有反应。当我们呼求主耶稣的名时，我们必须从灵里，从我们全人的深处呼喊。我们若这样作，甚至在我们还没有十分明白福音的时候，我们就得救了。我们来看大数的扫罗在往大马色路上的事例。（徒九。）他得救是因著他说，『主阿，你是谁？』扫罗得救时不太清楚福音，甚至不清楚主耶稣是谁。然而，仅仅因著说，『主阿，你是谁？』他就被主俘掳了。这给我们看见，得救主要的还不在于明白福音，乃在于接触赐生命的灵；赐生命的灵就是经过过程的神，正等待机会进入我们里面。接触赐生命的灵很像呼吸。重要的不是明白空气，乃是把空气吸到我们里面。藉著吸入空气，我们就得著空气的一切好处。
5The dispensing of the Triune God into man is altogether related to the Spirit. The processed God as the all - inclusive life - giving Spirit is waiting for our spirit to respond to Him and to cooperate with Him. To be saved is not me rely to understand the gospel. It is to open ourselves from the depths of our being to respond to the Spirit. When we call on the name of the Lord Jesus, we must call from our spirit, from the depths of our being. If we do this, we shall be saved, even if we do not adequately understand the gospel. Consider the case of Saul of Tarsus on the way to Damascus (Acts 9). He was saved by saying the words, “Who art Thou, Lord?” At the time he was saved, Saul was not so clear about the gospel, nor even about the Lord Jesus. However, simply by saying the words, “Who art Thou, Lord?” he was captured by the Lord. This shows that to be saved is not mainly a matter of understanding the gospel, but of contacting the life - giving Spirit, who is the processed God waiting for an opportunity to come into us. Contacting the life-giving Spirit is much like breathing. The important thing is not to understand the air, but to breathe the air into us. By breathing in the air, we receive all the benefits of the air.
6这个原则可以应用到我们整个基督徒的生活中。以圣别为例，我们成为圣别，不是靠学习圣别的道理，乃是靠接触那灵─祂本身就是圣别的素质。圣别的道理不是圣别本身。圣别乃是一个活的人位，就是经过过程的神作赐生命的灵。我们可能懂得圣别的道理，却没有圣别的实际。成为圣别的路，在于接触赐生命的灵。我们也许读一本关于圣别的书，但我们读的结果却没有一点圣别。然而，我们若花同样的时间，一面呼求主名，一面读那本书，我们必定会经历神的圣别。
6This principle applies to our whole Christian life. Take holiness as an example. We become holy not by learning the doctrine of holiness, but by contacting the Spirit who Himself is the essence of holiness. The doctrine of holiness is not holiness itself. Holiness is a living Person, the processed God as the life-giving Spirit. It is possible to know the doctrine of holiness without having the reality of holiness. The way to be holy is to contact the life-giving Spirit. We may read a book on holiness, but have nothing of holiness as a result of our reading. However, if we spend the same amount of time calling on the name of the Lord as we would reading that book, we shall certainly experience God’s holiness
智慧和启示的灵
A SPIRIT OF WISDOM AND REVELATION
7以弗所书很著重的说到调和的灵，就是人的灵调和著神的灵。一章十七节说，『愿我们主耶稣基督的神，荣耀的父，赐给你们智慧和启示的灵，使你们充分的认识祂。』对这节原文里『灵』字的繙译，学者中间有不同的看法。有些人坚持『灵』在英文里要大写，因为他们认为这里的灵是圣灵。其他人相信这里的灵必是指人的灵。事实上，本节中的灵乃是我们重生的灵，有神的灵内住于其中；这是人的灵与圣灵调和在一起。这样一个灵乃是神赐给我们的，使我们有智慧和启示，能以认识祂和祂的经纶。没有圣灵，我们的灵就不可能是智慧和启示的灵。然而一旦圣灵与我们的灵调和，我们的灵就成了智慧和启示的灵。
7In the book of Ephesians there is great emphasis on the mingled spirit, the human spirit mingled with the divine Spirit. Ephesians 1:17 says, “That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the full knowledge of Him.” There is disagreement among scholars concerning the translation of the Greek word for spirit in this verse. Some insist on capitalizing the word spirit, because they think that the spirit here is the Holy Spirit. Others believe that the spirit here must refer to the human spirit. Actually, the spirit in this verse is our regenerated spirit indwelt by the Spirit of God. It is the human spirit mingled with the Holy Spirit. Such a spirit is given to us by God so that we may have wisdom and revelation to know Him and His economy. Without the Holy Spirit, our spirit cannot be a spirit of wisdom and revelation. But as soon as the Holy Spirit is mingled with our spirit, our spirit becomes a spirit of wisdom and revelation
神在我们灵里的居所
GOD’S DWELLING PLACE IN OUR SPIRIT
8在二章二十二节，保罗再次说到调和的灵：『你们也在祂里面同被建造，成为神在灵里的居所。』繙译的人对这一节也有不同的译法。有人争论说，这里的灵是神圣的灵，另有人认为这是人的灵。事实上，这是调和的灵，就是信徒有神的圣灵内住于其中之人的灵。神的灵是内住者，不是居所。居所乃是我们的灵。神的灵住在我们的灵里；所以圣灵是内住者，不是被住者。神的居所是在我们的灵，就是调和著圣灵的人灵里。
8In 2:22 Paul again refers to the mingled spirit: “In Whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in spirit.” Translators differ about this verse also, with some arguing that the spirit here is the divine Spirit and others, that it is the human spirit. Actually, it is the mingled spirit, the believers’ human spirit indwelt by God’sHo ly Spirit. God’s Spirit is the indwelling One, not the dwelling place. The dwelling place is our spirit. God’s Spirit dwells in our spirit. The Holy Spirit is, therefore, the indwelling One, not the indwelt One. The dwelling place of God is in our spirit, the human spirit mingled with the Holy Spirit.
基督的奥秘在灵里启示
THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST REVEALED IN SPIRIT
9保罗在三章五节说，基督的奥秘『如今在灵里启示祂的圣使徒和申言者』。这里的灵再一次是指调和的灵。当我们的灵与神圣的灵调和时，我们的灵就成了基督的奥秘启示于其中的器官。
9In 3:5 Paul says that the mystery of Christ “has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in spirit.” The spirit here is once again the mingled spirit. When our spirit is mingled with the divine Spirit, our spirit becomes the organ in which the mystery of Christ is revealed
里面的人
THE INNER MAN
10在三章十六节，保罗说到里面的人。里面的人就是我们重生的灵。人的灵能蒙重生，惟一的路乃是藉著神的灵进到人的灵里。因此，这节中里面的人也是指人的灵调和著圣灵。
10In 3:16 Paul speaks of the inner man. The inner man is our regenerated spirit. The only way man’s spirit can be regenerated is through having the Spirit of God come into it. Hence, the inner man in this verse also denotes the human spirit mingled with the Holy Spirit
我们心思的灵
THE SPIRIT OF OUR MIND
11以弗所四章二十三节说，『在你们心思的灵里得以更新。』有些人说这里的灵不可能是人的灵，因为这是使人更新的灵。然而，这里的灵必定是人的灵，因为这是心思的灵。这节中的灵乃是信徒重生的灵，与神内住的灵相调和。这样一个调和的灵，扩展到我们的心思里，因此成了我们心思的灵。人的灵惟有藉著与圣灵调和，才能成为使人更新的灵。这里的灵一面是心思的灵，另一面却是使人更新的灵。这指明这乃是调和之灵的事。基础乃是人的灵，不是圣灵。
11Ephesians 4:23 says, “ And are renewed in the spirit of your mind.” Some say that the spirit here cannot be the human spirit because this is the renewing spirit. However, the spirit here must be the human spirit because it is the spirit of the mind. The spirit in this verse is the regenerated spirit of the believers mingled with the indwelling Spirit of God. Such a mingled spirit spreads into our mind and thus becomes the spirit of our mind. The human spirit can be the renewing spirit only by being mingled with the Holy Spirit. On the one hand, the spirit here is the spirit of the mind, but, on the other hand, it is the renewing spirit. This indicates that it is a matter of the mingled spirit. The human spirit, not the Holy Spirit, is the base
在灵里被充满
FILLED IN SPIRIT
12保罗在五章十八节劝勉我们，要在灵里被充满。当然，他的意思是要我们在我们的灵里被圣灵充满。
12In 5:18 Paul exhorts us to be filled in spirit. Certainly he means that we should be filled in our spirit with the Holy Spirit
在灵里祷告
PRAYING IN SPIRIT
13在六章十八节，保罗吩咐我们要时时在灵里祷告。按照上下文，这里的灵也指人的灵调和著圣灵。圣灵乃是我们在灵中藉著祷告来取用的话。
13In 6:18 Paul charges us to pray at every time in spirit. According to the context, the spirit here also refers to the human spirit mingled with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the Word which we are to take in spirit by prayer.
亲近、应时且便利
near, present, and available
14三一神已经完全经过过程，成了赐生命的灵。作为这样的灵，祂是亲近、应时且便利的。然而祂是圣别的，我们却是有罪的。这位圣别的神如何能接近我们？答案在这事实里：救赎的元素包括在包罗万有的灵里。仇敌撒但懂得这事。撒但若告诉神，祂没有权利就近有罪的人，耶稣基督的血会立刻作见证反对他。基督成为肉体之前，神的灵不能像现在这样接近堕落的人类，因为在那灵里还没有救赎的元素。基督救赎之死的功效，就是旧约中的祭物所豫表的，现今乃是在赐生命的灵里。或许直到新耶路撒冷，我们才能完全明白这灵之于我们有何等的意义。赞美祂！这灵乃是经过过程的神，祂是亲近、应时、便利、且豫备好给我们享受的。每当我们呼求主耶稣的名，我们就接受那灵；原因乃在于那灵就是基督的实际。
14The Triune God has been fully processed to become the life-giving Spirit. As such a Spirit, He is near, present, and available. But He is holy, and we are sinful. How can this holy God be close to us? The answer is found in the fact that the element of redemption is included in the all- inclusive Spirit. The enemy, Satan, realizes this. If Satan would tell God that He has no right to be near sinful people, the blood of Jesus Christ would immediately testify against him. Before Christ’sin carnation, the Spirit of God could not be so close to fallen mankind as now because there was not yet the element of redemption in the Spirit. The effectiveness of Christ’s redemptive death, typified by the offerings in the Old Testament, is now in the life-giving Spirit. Perhaps not until we are in the New Jerusalem shall we fully understand what this Spirit means to us. Praise Him that this Spirit is the processed God, near, present, available, and ready for us to enjoy. Whenever we call on the name of the Lord Jesus, we receive the Spirit. The reason for this is that the Spirit is the reality of Christ.
印记和凭质
THE SEAL AND THE PLEDGE
15保罗在一章十三节说，『你们既听了真理的话，就是那叫你们得救的福音，也在祂里面信了，就在祂里面受了所应许的圣灵为印记。』这里的印记乃是赐生命的灵。圣灵藉著进入我们里面来印我们。按照一章十四节，这印记是我们得基业的凭质、保证、豫尝。全享将是得著三一神完满的分。今天赐生命的灵给我们豫尝三一神作我们的分。
15In 1:13 Paul says, “In Whom you also, hearing the word of the truth, the gospel of your salvation, in Whom also believing, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of the promise.” The seal here is the life-giving Spirit. By coming into us, the Spirit sealed us. According to 1:14, this seal is the pledge, the earnest, the guarantee, the foretaste, of our inheritance. The full taste will simply be the full portion of the Triune God. Today the life- giving Spirit gives us a foretaste of the Triune God as our portion
不要叫圣灵忧愁
NOT GRIEVING THE SPIRIT
16在四章三十节，我们看见一件要紧的事，就是我们不要叫圣灵忧愁。反之，我们必须一直讨祂喜悦。圣灵在我们里面若不快乐，我们就有难处。我们基督徒生活中最重要的事，就是要留意，不要叫圣灵忧愁。如果你在这事上忠信，你就是一个出色的基督徒。
16In 4:30 we see that the crucial matter is for us not to grieve the Spirit. Rather, we must always please Him. If the Spirit in us is not happy, we shall have difficulty. The most important thing in our Christian life is to take care that we do not grieve the Spirit. If you are faithful in this matter, you will be an outstanding Christian
三一神里的一
ONENESS IN THE TRIUNE GOD
17按照二章十八节，我们藉著基督，在一位灵里，得以进到父面前。当那灵进到我们里面，祂就自然而然的把我们带回到父面前。在这灵里，我们实在是一。这一就是正当的召会生活。因此，召会是所有与三一神调和之人在三一神里的一。
17According to 2:18, through Christ we have access in one Spirit unto the Father. When the Spirit comes into us, He spontaneously brings us back to the Father. In this Spirit we are truly one. This oneness is the proper church life. Hence, the church is the oneness in the Triune God of all those who have been mingled with the Triune God
18以弗所书的深，是在于这些说到调和之灵的经节。召会乃是圣灵（就是经过过程的神）与人性的调和。这比属灵、圣别、或得胜更大。只要我们在这一里，我们就必定属灵、圣别、得胜。我们的目标该一点不差的就是这一。我们若在这一里，还需要追求属灵、圣别或得胜么？藉著在这奇妙的一里，我们就有这一切，并且还有更多。
18The depth of the book of Ephesians is in these verses that speak of the mingled spirit. The church is the mingling of the Holy Spirit as the processed God with humanity. This is greater than spirituality, holiness, or victory. As long as we are in this oneness, we are surely spiritual, holy, and victorious. Our goal should be nothing less than this oneness. If we are in this oneness, what need have we to seek spirituality or holiness or victory? By being in this marvelous oneness we have all this and much more