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以弗所书生命读经 · 第84篇

满溢而说话

OVERFLOWING TO SPEAK
1读经：以弗所书5:18b-19，哥林多前书14:1,5,23-24,31-32。
1Scripture Reading: Eph. 5:18b-19; 1 Cor. 14:1, 5, 23-24, 31-32
2保罗在以弗所五章十八节吩咐我们说，『要在灵里被充满。』我们这些基督身体的肢体，需要在我们的灵里被充满，成为神一切的丰满。我们若在灵里被充满，那充满我们的，就要
2In 5:18 Paul charges us to “be filled in spirit.” As members of the Body of Christ, we need to be filled in our spirit unto all the fullness of God. If we are filled in spirit, that with which we are filled will overflow from within us
3从我们里面满溢出来。
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4十九节说到这种满溢：『用诗章、颂辞、灵歌，彼此对说，从心中向主歌唱、颂咏。』我们不会因默想，或因安安静静的坐在召会的聚会中而满溢。相反的，我们乃是因彼此对说而满溢。我们若是在灵里被充满，成为神一切的丰满，就会自然而然的彼此说到基督。因此，说话乃是满溢的路。一位说话的神和一班说话的子民
4Verse 19 refers to this overflow: “Speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and psalming with your heart to the Lord.” We do not overflow by meditating or by sitting silently in the meetings of the church. On the contrary, we overflow by speaking to one another. If we are filled in spirit unto all the fullness of God, we shall spontaneously speak to one another concerning Christ. Speaking, therefore, is the way to overflow. A SPEAKING GOD AND A SPEAKING PEOPLE
5基督徒必须是一班说话的人。我们不该闭口无言，因为我们所敬拜的神乃是说话的神。相反的，偶像不会说话；牠们是哑吧。保罗在林前十二章二节题到『不能出声的偶像』。偶像不会说话，所以那些拜偶像的也是哑吧；哑吧神需要哑吧的敬拜者。你若到一个拜偶像的国家，你可以看到那些拜偶像的人，以哑吧的方式敬拜他们的神。但我们的神不是哑吧，祂乃是说话的神；所以那些敬拜祂的也必须说话。然而，许多参加所谓基督教崇拜的人不说话，反而以哑吧的方式敬拜主。我们在召会的聚会中光景如何？我们是安静的，还是洋溢的说出我们日常生活中所经历的基督？在聚会中我们应该赞美主，并且述说在我们经历里祂之于我们的一切。许多基督徒晓得，他们的宗教崇拜不该一味的安静，因此他们安排有独唱、四重唱、和唱诗班来提供音乐。他们也聘请名传道人来讲道。尽管这样，大多数的人还是安安静静的坐在板凳上，大部分时间都是哑吧敬拜者。
5Christians must be a speaking people. We should not be dumb, or silent, for the God we worship is the speaking God. Idols, on the contrary, do not speak; they are dumb. In 1 Corinthians 12:2 Paul mentions “dumb idols.” Because idols cannot speak, those who worship idols are also dumb. A dumb god needs dumb worshippers. If you visit a country where there is the practice of idol worship, you can see that idol worshippers worship their gods in a dumb way. But our God is not dumb; He is the speaking God. Therefore, those who worship Him must also speak. However, many who attend the so-called services in Christianity do not speak. Instead, they worship the Lord in a dumb way. What is our situation in the meetings of the church? Are we silent, or are we bubbling over with words about the Christ we have experienced in our daily life? In the meetings we should praise the Lord and speak of what He is to us in our experience. Many Christians realize that their religious services should not be altogether silent. Therefore, they arrange to have soloists, quartets, and choirs to provide music. They also may hire outstanding preachers to speak. Nevertheless, most of the people sit silently in the pews, and, for the most part, are dumb worshippers
6许多基督徒敬拜场所的建筑，就是叫人肃然起『静』。譬如，许多人一踏入天主教堂，就自然而然的安静下来。高耸的塔顶，灯光黯淡的气氛，加上彩色玻璃窗，都是叫人静默无言。有些敬拜者也许在雕像前点上蜡烛，或在肖像前祷告。这是何等的属鬼魔！原则上这和异教国家所实行的偶像崇拜没有两样。基督教多半弥漫著这种安静敬拜的观念。事实上，许多参加基督教崇拜的人都是哑吧敬拜者。
6The very architecture of many places of Christian worship is conducive to silence. For example, many spontaneously become quiet when they enter Catholic cathedrals. The steep roof, the dimly-lighted atmosphere, and the stained glass windows all encourage dumbness. Some worshippers may burn candles before images or pray in front of statues. How devilish! In principle, this is the same as the idol worship practiced in pagan countries. Much of Christianity has been permeated by the concept of silent worship. In effect, many who attend the Christian services are dumb worshippers.
7我们的神既然是说话的神，我们这些敬拜祂的人也就必须说话。有时，我们甚至应当向主大声欢呼，如诗篇一百篇一节所吩咐的。诗篇中还有另外好几处经节，告诉我们同样的事。（六六1，八一1，九五2，九八4，6。）当我们来在一起时，我们应当常常向主大声欢呼。当我们彼此说到对基督的经历时，我们不该等候某种正式的开场，才开始聚会。这样作就是留在传统基督教的影响之下。如果我们从传统中得著释放，当我们在召会聚会中来在一起时，就会自然而然的说话。有的人甚至在赴会途中就开始讲说。聚会必须满了对基督丰富的讲说。以弗所五章十九节也题到，向主『歌唱、颂咏』。这样的歌唱、颂咏不仅是在灵里被充满的满溢，也是在灵里被充满的路。每当我们在灵里被充满，成为神一切的丰满时，我们所作的头一件事就是说话。然后我们会从心中向主歌唱、颂咏。
7Since our God is a speaking God , we as His worshippers must also speak. At times, we should even make a joyful noise to the Lord, as we are charged to do in Psalm 100:1. In a number of other verses we are told to do the same thing (Psa. 66:1; 81:1; 95:2; 98:4, 6). Often when we come together we should make joyful noise to the Lord. As we speak to one another of our experiences of Christ, we should not wait for some kind of formal beginning of the meetings. To do this is to remain under the influence of traditional Christianity. If we have been set free from tradition, we shall speak spontaneously as we come together in the meetings of the church. Some may even begin to speak on the way to the meeting. The meetings need to be filled with speaking concerning the riches of Christ. Ephesians 5:19 also refers to “singing and psalming” to the Lord. Such singing and psalming are not only the overflow of being filled in spirit, but also the way to be filled in spirit. Whenever we are filled in our spirit unto all the fullness of God, the first thing we shall do is speak. Then we shall sing and psalm with our heart to the Lord
8许多人以遵循圣经为傲。然而，我不知道他们有否遵循以弗所五章十九节。在这一卷论到召会的书信里，这一节告诉我们，我们在灵里被充满，成为神一切的丰满之后，就需要说话。许多人自以为遵循圣经，只不过是在传统方式之下遵循圣经；照著保罗在十九节的话，他们并没有遵循圣经。
8Many pride themselves on being scriptural. I wonder, however, if they are scriptural according to 5:19. This verse, found in a book that deals with the church, tells us that after we have been filled in our spirit unto all the fullness of God, we need to speak. Many who regard themselves as scriptural are scriptural only in a traditional way. They are not scriptural according to Paul’sword in verse 19
对申言合乎圣经的领会
THE BIBLICAL UNDERSTANDING OF PROPHECY
9保罗在林前十四章一节说，『你们要追求爱，更要切慕属灵的恩赐，尤其要切慕申言。』大多数的人认为申言只是豫言将来的事。按照这种领会，有些人豫言将来，并且加上『主耶和华如此说』以结束他的说话。譬如，一九六三年有些人豫言，有一个大地震要使洛杉矶沉没到海底。然而，在圣经里，特别是在新约里，豫言并不是申言的主要含义。
9In 1 Corinthians 14:1 Paul says, “Pursue love, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy” (Gk.). Most people regard prophecy merely as a foretelling of future events. According to this understanding, someone predicts the future and concludes his speaking with the words, “Thus saith the Lord.” For example, in 1963 some prophesied that a great earthquake would cause Los Angeles to fall into the ocean. Prediction, however, is not the primary meaning of prophecy in the Bible, especially in the New Testament.
10在圣经里，申言有三个意思。首先，申言是为某人说话，代表某人说话。当一个人这样申言时，他不是为自己说话，乃是为别人说话。因此，有些人也许蒙召为主申言，那就是为主说话。第二，申言乃是发言、宣告。在圣经里，一个人不仅为神说话，也把关乎神的一些事说出来。第三，申言乃是豫言、豫测。因此申言的意思是代言、发言、豫言。然而，豫言不是主要的意思。让我们用以赛亚书作例证。以赛亚一章三节说，『牛认识主人，驴认识主人的槽；以色列却不认识，我的民却不留意。』这是那一种的申言？这当然不是豫言，乃是宣告，说出一些属主的事。照样，以赛亚九章六节说，『因有一婴孩为我们而生，有一子赐给我们；政权必担在祂的肩头上；祂名称为奇妙的策士、全能的神、永远的父、和平的君。』（另译。）这话主要的不是豫言将来的事，乃是宣告，发言。当然，在以赛亚书里有一些豫言的例子。然而，以赛亚书大部分不是代言便是发言，只有较少的部分是豫言。因此，以赛亚书的内容说明，申言主要的意思不是豫言，乃是宣告及代表别人说话，特别是为主说话。
10In the Bible to prophesy has three meanings. First, it is to speak for someone, to speak on behalf of another person. When one prophesies in this way, he speaks not for himself, but for someone else. Hence, someone may be called upon to prophesy for the Lord, that is, to speak on the Lord’s behalf. Second, to prophesy means to speak forth, to declare. In the Bible a person may not only speak for God, but he may also speak forth something of God. Third, to prophesy is to foretell, to predict. Therefore, the three meanings of prophesy are to speak for, to tell forth, and to foretell. However, the meaning of foretell is not the primary meaning. Let us use the book of Isaiah as an example. Isaiah 1:3 says, “The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.” What kind of prophecy is this? Certainly it is not foretelling. Rather, it is a declaration, a speaking forth something that is of the Lord. The same is true of Isaiah 9:6: “For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.” This word is a declaration, a telling forth. It is not primarily a foretelling of a future event. Of course, in the book of Isaiah there are a number of instances of such foretellings or predictions. Nevertheless, most of the book of Isaiah is either a speaking for or a telling forth. Only a relatively small portion of the book consists of foretelling. Thus, the content of the book of Isaiah illustrates the fact that the primary meaning of prophecy is not prediction, but declaration and speaking on behalf of another, especially on behalf of the Lord
11我们传福音时，可以用这种方式申言。我们可以对一群不信的人说，『朋友，你必须相信主耶稣。否则，你会永远沉沦。』这样说话乃是一种申言，说出属于主的事，并且为主说话。因此传福音乃是宣告一些属主的事，并且为主说话。这样的传讲也许包含豫言的成分，譬如，豫言那些拒绝相信基督的人将永远沉沦；但这样的豫言不是主要的元素。一般说来，我们能说，每当我们说到主，或为主说话时，我们就是在申言。这与一般传统对申言的领会，有何等的不同！
11As we preach the gospel, we may prophesy in this way. We may say to a group of unbelievers, “Fr iends, you must believe in the Lord Jesus. Otherwise, you will be eternally lost.” To speak in this manner is to prophesy in the sense of uttering something of the Lord and on behalf of the Lord. To preach the gospel, therefore, is to declare something of the Lord and to speak on behalf of the Lord. Such preaching may contain an element of prediction— for example, the prediction of eternal loss for those who refuse to believe in Christ — but such prediction is not the main element. In a general way, we can say that whenever we speak regarding the Lord or for the Lord, we are prophesying. How different this is from the common and traditional understanding of prophecy!
12我们若要彻底的合乎圣经，就必须接受对于申言合乎圣经的领会。申言不是说闲话，或为自己说话，也不是说出我们自己的事。相反的，申言乃是为主说话，并且说出属于主的事。我们已经指出，这样的说话也许有豫言的一面。为主说话的人也许说，『主耶稣是信实、便利、与我们相近且亲切的。每当我们呼求祂，祂立即就来，并且我们深深感觉到祂的甘甜。但我们若不实行呼求主名，我们日常的生活将会很可怜。』这样的说话乃是申言。保罗在林前十四章三十一节说，『因为你们都能一个一个的申言，为要使众人有学习，使众人得勉励。』如果申言主要的只是豫言将来，众圣徒怎么可能都申言？但我们都能为主说话，并且说出属于主的事。即使是刚得救的人，或是年轻人，也都能这样申言。
12If we intend to be scriptural in a comprehensive way, we need to accept the biblical understanding of prophecy. To prophesy is not to gossip or to speak for ourselves. Furthermore, it is not to speak forth something of ourselves. On the contrary, to prophesy is to speak for the Lord and to speak forth something of the Lord. As we have pointed out, such speaking may have the aspect of prediction. One who speaks for the Lord may say, “The Lord Jesus is faithful, available, near, and dear. Whenever we call on Him, He immediately comes, and we have the deep sense of His sweetness. But if we do not practice calling on the name of the Lord, our daily living will be pitiful.” To speak in this way is to prophesy. In 1 Corinthians 1 4:3 1 Paul says, “For ye can all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted” (Gk.). If prophecy were mainly a matter of predicting the future, how would it be possible for all the saints to prophesy? But we all can speak for the Lord and utter something of the Lord. Even the new ones and the young ones can prophesy like this.
属灵的路
THE WAY TO BE SPIRITUAL
13属灵的路就是为主说话，并且说到主。我们越说，就越在灵里被充满。然而，我们若保持安静，就会发现我们无法在灵里被充满。在我们的日常生活里，我们需要作说话的人。即使我们单独时，我们也能说到主。你若天天这样讲说，你会看见，这在你里面要产生一种真正的属灵，并且使你在灵里被充满。当我们没有其他人可以说话时，我们可以对我们的宠物，甚至对没有生命的东西说话。譬如，你可以对一朵花说，『小花阿，你真美丽，但你的美丽是虚空的，真正的美丽乃是主耶稣基督。』我们都要学习说话，这是何等的重要。我们尤其需要在召会聚会中说话。保罗在林前十四章二十三至二十四节说，当全召会聚在一处的时候，如果我们众人都申言，有不信的，或是不通方言的人进来，就会被众人劝服，被众人审明。他在二十五节接著说，『他心里的隐情显露出来，就必面伏于地敬拜神，宣告说，神真是在你们中间了。』许多信徒认为林前十四章是论到说方言的一章。然而，这一章著重申言过于说方言。保罗在三节说，申言乃是为著建造、勉励、并叫众圣徒得安慰。不仅如此，申言的人乃是建造召会。（4。）
13The way to be spiritual is to speak for the Lord and concerning the Lord. The more we speak, the more we shall be filled in our spirit. However, if we remain silent, we shall find that we cannot be filled in spirit. In our daily living we need to be those who speak. We can speak concerning the Lord even when we are alone. If you speak in this way day by day, you will see that it produces in you a genuine spirituality and that it causes you to be filled in your spirit. When we have no other person to whom to speak, we can speak to our pets or even to inanimate objects. For example, you may say to a flower, “Little flower, you are very pretty. But your beauty is vanity. The real beauty is the Lord Jesus Christ.” How important it is that we all learn to speak! We especially need to speak in the meetings of the church. In 1 Corinthians 14:23 and 24 Paul says that if we all prophesy when the whole church comes together into one place, the unlearned one will be convinced of all and judged of all. In verse 25 he goes on to say, “And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is among you of a truth” (Gk.). Many believers regard 1 Corinthians 14 as a chapter that deals with speaking in tongues. However, in this chapter more attention is given to prophesying than to tongues-speaking. In verse 3 Paul says that prophesying is for the building up, exhortation, and comfort of the saints. Furthermore, the one who prophesies builds up the church (v. 4).
14我们越多为主说话，我们里面的人就越被祂充满。我们被人绊倒，常常是因为我们的魂是空的，我们没有正确的被充满。但是当我们藉著述说主而被充满时，我们这个人就要正确的被占有，没有空间让任何消极的事物进来霸占我们。
14The more we speak for the Lord, the more our inward being is filled with Him. Often the reason we are offended by others is that our soul is empty. We are not occupied in a proper way. But when we are filled through speaking of the Lord, our being will be properly occupied, and there will be no room for anything negative to come in to usurp us
我们的灵服从我们
OUR SPIRIT SUBJECT TO US
15在为主说话这件事上，有些人相信他们应当等候，直到圣灵临到他们。这是旧约的作法，不是新约所启示的路。在旧约里，神的灵临到人，但并不住在他们里面。然而在新约时代，我们这些在基督里的信徒，有那灵在我们里面。因此，毋需等候圣灵临到我们。在林前十四章三十二节，保罗说，『申言者的灵，是服从申言者的。』我们的灵既是服从我们的，我们就毋需等候感动。我们已经有圣灵在我们的灵里，为甚么要等候圣灵临到我们？我们应当主动开始运用我们的灵，命令我们的灵行动。然后我们应当说话，不是照著我们的思想，乃是照著里面深处的感觉。每一位在基督里的信徒，都能这样说话。这是保罗告诉我们，我们都能申言的原因。
15Concerning this matter of speaking for the Lord, some believe that they should wait until the Spirit comes upon them. This was the practice in the Old Testament. But it is not the way revealed in the New Testament. In the Old Testament the Spirit of God came upon people, but the Spirit was not dwelling in them. In the New Testament age, however, as believers in Christ, we have the Spirit within us. Hence, there is no need to wait for the Spirit to come upon us. In 1 Corinthians 14:32 Paul says, “ And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.” Since our spirit is subject to us, there is no need for us to wait for inspiration. Why should we wait for the Spirit to come upon us when we already have the Spirit in our spirit? We should take the initiative to exercise our spirit, giving our spirit the command to act. Then we should speak, not according to our thought, but according to the sense deep within. Every believer in Christ can speak in this way. This is the reason Paul tells us that we all can prophesy
洋溢的说出主
BUBBLING OVER WITH THE LORD
16在召会的聚会中，我们都需要为主说话，并且述说到主。每个人都应当洋溢的说出主。如果这是我们每个人的经历，聚会就不需要这么多的唱诗和讲道。在许多基督徒的聚会中，唱诗和讲道是用来填时间的。没有唱诗和讲道，那些聚会就有很大的空档。在主的恢复里，我们的光景必须全然不同。我们必须是那些经历基督、凭祂而活、并且在我们的灵里被祂充满的人。我们若在灵里被基督充满，我们就要因述说基督并为基督说话而满溢。每当我们来到聚会中，我们就要彼此述说对基督的经历与享受。当然，我们仍会唱诗，但不是因为我们无事可作。我们不是用诗歌来填满那些因缺少说到基督而造成的空档。
16In the meetings of the church we all need to speak for the Lord and regarding the Lord. Everyone should be bubbling over with the Lord. If this is the experience of every one of us, there will be no need for so much singing or preaching in the meetings. In many Christian meetings singing and preaching are used to fill up time. Without singing and preaching, there would be large gaps in those meetings. The situation among us in the Lord’s recovery must be altogether different. We must be those who experience Christ, who live by Him, and who are filled in our spirit with Him. If we are filled with Christ in our spirit, we shall overflow by speaking of Christ and for Christ. Whenever we come to the meetings, we shall speak to one another of our experience and enjoyment of Christ. Of course, we shall still sing, but not because we have nothing else to do. We shall not use songs and hymns to fill the gaps caused by the shortage of speaking regarding Christ
17我们需要天天经营基督，正如以色列人在美地上经营一样。藉著他们的劳苦，他们就得著出产，在节期的时候献给耶和华。当他们进到耶和华的面前，他们手上有东西献给祂。关于经历基督，原则也是如此。因著许多基督徒没有经营基督，他们没有在日常生活中经历祂；因此，当他们来到聚会中，他们就没有出于基督的东西可以献给神，或与圣徒分享。他们没有甚么可以为主说话。愿主在召会生活中怜悯我们，使我们天天接触祂，并且按照祂内在所是的标示而生活。我们若凭基督而活，就会在灵里被充满，成为神一切的丰满。然后我们会自然而然的因著为主说话而满溢。藉著这样说话，我们将基督献与神，并将祂与人分享。充满这种讲说基督的聚会，乃是活的基督的彰显。原则上，这是召会聚会正当的路。我信时候将到，众地方召会都要有这样的聚会。然而，我们惟有藉著在日常生活中经历基督，才能成功这事。惟有当我们经历基督时，我们才有东西为基督说话。
17We need to labor on Christ day by day just as the children of Israel labored on the good land. Through their labor, they gained produce to offer to the Lord at the time of the feasts. When they came into the Lord’s presence, they had something in their hands to present to Him. The principle is the same with respect to experiencing Christ. Because many Christians do not labor on Christ, they do not experience Him in their daily living. Thus, when they come to meetings, they have nothing of Christ to present to God or to share with the saints. They have nothing to speak on behalf of the Lord. May the Lord be merciful to us in the church life that we may contact Him day by day and live according to the index of His inner being. If we live by Christ, we shall be filled in our spirit unto all the fullness of God. Then spontaneously we shall overflow by speaking for the Lord. Through this kind of speaking we shall offer Christ to God and share Him with one another. Meetings that are filled with this speaking of Christ will be the expression of the living Christ. In principle, this is the proper way to have the church meetings. I believe that the time is coming when the meetings of the local churches will be carried out in this way. However, we can do this only through experiencing Christ in our daily living. Only when we experience Christ do we have something to speak for Christ
基督的见证
TESTIMONIES OF CHRIST
18许多基督徒所作的见证，与神迹或物质的祝福有关，有些人也许见证得著好工作，或是身体得医治。但这些不是召会聚会所需要的见证，我们需要有对基督经历的见证。譬如，我们需要圣徒见证如何特别的经历基督，也许见证基督如何作他们的柔细、温柔或和蔼。不仅如此，我们也需要有照著主内在所是的标示而生活行事的见证。我们必须承认，我们中间仍然极为缺欠这样的见证。愿主怜悯我们，使我们在地方召会中，在经历基督上是丰富的。我们需要天天经历基督作我们的生命、我们的人位、以及我们的一切。这样，我们就会被祂充满，并且自然而然的讲说祂。我鼓励众圣徒操练为基督说话，并且讲说基督。我们将主接受到我们里面的路，乃是说到祂。我们越说，就越被祂充满；我们越被祂充满，就越多说到祂。愿我们都被基督充满，并且满溢出基督的丰富。
18Many of the testimonies given by Christians concern miracles or material blessings. Some may testify about a good job or about a physical healing. But this is not the kind of testimony we need in the church meetings. We need testimonies of the experience of Christ. For example, we need to hear testimonies about how the saints have experienced Christ in a particular way, perhaps as their tenderness, meekness, or gentleness. Furthermore, we need testimonies about living and acting according to the index of the Lord’sin ward being. We must confess that as far as such testimonies are concerned, there is still a great shortage among us. May the Lord be merciful to us that we in the local churches will be rich in the experience of Christ. Day by day we need to experience Christ as our life, our person, and our everything. Then we shall be filled with Him and spontaneously speak of Him. I encourage all the saints to practice speaking for Christ and of Christ. The way to take the Lord into us is to speak of Him. The more we speak, the more we shall be filled with Him; and the more we are filled with Him, the more we shall speak of Him. May we all be filled with Christ and be overflowing with the riches of Christ.