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以弗所书生命读经 · 第90篇

藉著生命长大而放下道理

DROPPING DOCTRINES
BY THE GROWTH OF LIFE
1读经：以弗所书4:11-14，提摩太前书1:19，3:9;6:12a，提摩太后书4:7，提
1Scripture Reading: Eph. 4:11-14; 1 Tim. 1:19; 3:9; 6:12a; 2 Tim. 4:7; Titus 1:13b; Jude 3
2多书1:13b，犹大书3。
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3我们已经指出，道理包括在四类破坏召会生活的消极事物里。其他三类是规条、旧人、斑点和皱纹。在我们天然、宗教的观念里，道理是正面的，并且被多数基督徒看作是积极的，所以很难消极的说到道理。然而，道理的确能打岔基督身体的建造。在以弗所四章十四节，保罗说到道理消极的影响：『使我们不再作小孩子，为波浪漂来漂去，并为一切教训之风所摇荡，这教训是在于人的欺骗手法，在于将人引入错谬系统的诡诈作为。』没有多少基督徒充分的注意这一节；这节指明，道理能彀破坏基督的身体。
3We have pointed out that doctrine is included among the four categories of negative things that damage the church life. The other three categories are ordinances, the old man, and the spots and wrinkles. Because in our natural, religious concept, doctrine is positive and is viewed positively by most Christians, it is difficult to speak about doctrine in a negative way. Doctrine, however, can frustrate the building up of the Body of Christ. In 4:14 Paul speaks of the negative effect of doctrine: “That we may be no longer babes tossed by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching in the sleight of men, in craftiness with a view to a system of error.” Not many Christians have paid adequate attention to this verse, a verse which indicates that doctrine can damage the Body of Christ
4按照四福音，那些沉湎于道理的宗教人士为难主耶稣。经学家、法利赛人、长老和祭司长与祂争辩道理。他们不晓得，实际上他们是在与神争辩，就是与那位默示旧约（即他们的道理所依据者）的神争辩。他们盲目的用圣经与这位默示圣经，且是圣经所豫言要来的那一位争辩。那些被道理霸占的人，错失得著基督的机会；他们不晓得，当主耶稣在地上时，神所关心的不是道理，乃是基督。被道理和哲学破坏召会建立并开始扩展之后，召会中的难处是由道理引起的。罗马十四章指明这事。关于饮食和守日的道理乃是源于犹太教，而不是异教的哲学。虽然罗马帝国的确逼迫召会，但这逼迫并没有破坏召会生活。然而，破坏是由宗教的道理引起的。行传十五章所描述那个必须召开会议的局面，乃是由道理引起的。道理如何破坏头一世纪的召会生活，照样也能破坏今日主恢复里的召会生活。
4According to the four Gospels, the Lord Jesus had a difficult time with those religious people who were steeped in doctrine. The scribes, Pharisees, elders, and chief priests argued with Him over doctrine. Little did they realize that they were actually arguing with God, the One who inspired the Old Testament on which their doctrines were based. In their blindness they used the Scriptures to argue with the One who inspired the Scriptures and whose coming the Scriptures foretold. Those who were occupied with doctrine missed the opportunity to gain Christ. They did not realize that when the Lord Jesus was on earth, God was not concerned for doctrine, but for Christ. DAMAGED BY DOCTRINE AND PHILOSOPHY After the church had been established and had begun to spread, problems in the churches were caused by doctrine. Romans 1 4 indicates this. The doctrines concerning eating and observing days were derived from Judaism, not from heathen philosophy. Although the Roman Empire did persecute the church, this persecution did not damage the church life. However, damage was caused by religious doctrine. The situation that made it necessary to call the conference described in Acts 1 5 was caused by doctrine. Just as doctrine caused damage to the church life in the first century, it can damage the church life in the Lord’s recovery today.
5召会生活也曾受过哲学的破坏，特别是受智慧派及其一切观念所破坏。我们若带进由我们文化背景所产生的观念，就会在召会生活中造成难处。在主恢复中的召会生活，仍会受到道理和哲学的破坏。基督徒多半都欣赏圣经知识渊博的人。但就某一面来说，圣经的知识若是使我们失去基督，那么我们得著渊博的圣经知识可能是件可怕的事。请记得，乃是那些懂得圣经的人─法利赛人和经学家─逼迫主耶稣和使徒们。今天的原则也是一样，最反对主恢复的人，乃是那些稍有圣经知识的人。
5The church life has also been damaged by philosophy, especially by Gnosticism with all its concepts. If we bring in concepts derived from our cultural background, we shall cause problems in the church life. The church life in the Lord’s recovery can still be damaged by doctrine and philosophy. Most Christians appreciate those who are knowledgeable in the Scriptures. But, in a sense, it may be a dreadful thing to acquire a vast knowledge of the Bible, if our Bible knowledge causes us to miss Christ. Remember that it was those who knew the Scriptures—the Pharisees and the scribes—who persecuted the Lord Jesus and the apostles. The principle is the same today. The ones who are most opposed to the Lord’s recovery are those with a certain amount of Bible knowledge.
神所关心的
GOD’S CONCERN
6神所关心的乃是基督与召会，不是道理或圣经知识。然而，许多基督徒却关心道理，过于关心基督与召会。神的经纶不是要得著一班懂得圣经的人，乃是要把基督作到祂所拣选的人里面，为要建造基督的身体。我们必须定罪任何打岔我们，使我们离开基督，或拦阻我们在基督身体里被建造的道理。甚至合乎圣经或基要的道理，都可能被仇敌用来打岔我们，使我们离开基督与召会。撒但恨恶看到神的子民在基督的身体里被建造起来。虽然神的目标是藉著将基督作到我们里面，以产生基督的身体，但祂的子民多半从神的经纶与永远的定旨岔开。撒但诡诈的利用许多好东西，使神的子民从神的旨意岔出去，道理就是其中一样。神印证召会的恢复，原因乃在于我们在恢复里是追求神的目标，而不是仅仅追求道理的知识。
6God’s concern is with Christ and the church, not with doctrine or Bible knowledge. However, many Christians care more for doctrine than for Christ and the church. God’secon o my is not to have a group of people who know the Bible. It is to work Christ into His chosen people for the building up of the Body. We must condemn any doctrine that distracts us from Christ or that hinders us from being built up in the Body. Even doctrines that are scriptural or fundamental may be used by the enemy to distract us from Christ and the church. Satan hates to see God’sp eople built up in the Body. Although God’s goal is to produce the Body by working Christ into us, most of His people have been distracted from God’secon o my and from His eternal purpose. Doctrines are among the good things utilized by Satan in his subtlety to distract God’sp eople from God’s will. The reason God has put His seal upon the recovery of the church is that in the recovery we are pursuing God’s goal, not mere doctrinal knowledge
主观的持守道理
THE SUBJECTIVE HOLD OF DOCTRINE
7我们有些人在深处，甚至不自觉的，仍然持守著某些道理。这些隐藏在我们里面的道理，也许有一天会使我们成为持异议者。这样的事能发生在弟兄身上，同样也能发生在姊妹身上。实际上，道理抓住姊妹们，比抓住弟兄们更牢固。按照我的经历，姊妹比弟兄还难放下道理。原因乃在于姊妹们对于道理是主观的，弟兄们是客观的。因此，要姊妹们改变她们的道理很难。在召会生活中，道理所引起的难处，通常是因著姊妹们而得著拥护、支持并加强的。姊妹们这种抓住道理的倾向，会打岔、破坏、甚至毁坏召会生活。
7Deep within, even unconsciously, some of us may still be holding on to certain doctrines. These doctrines hidden within us may cause us one day to become dissenting. This can happen to sisters as well as to brothers. Actually, doctrines often have a stronger hold on sisters than on brothers. According to my experience, it is much harder for a sister to let go of a doctrine than it is for a brother. The reason is that, as far as doctrine is concerned, sisters are subjective, whereas the brothers are objective. Hence, it is difficult for sisters to change their doctrine. The trouble in the church life caused by doctrine is often backed, supported, and strengthened by sisters. This tendency for sisters to hold on to doctrine can frustrate, damage, and even destroy the church life.
8我们已经指出，虽然基督已经作成产生召会所需的一切，召会仍然需要在实行上建造起来。这包括我们的合作。以弗所末了三章强调人的合作，为著建造基督的身体。
8We have pointed out that although Christ has done everything necessary to produce the church, there is still the need for the church to be built up in a practical way. This involves our cooperation. The last three chapters of Ephesians emphasize human cooperation for the building up of the Body
藉长大得成全
PERFECTED THROUGH GROWTH
9以弗所二章二十二节说到召会的建造，但只有说到原则，没有说到细节。然而，在四章十六节我们看到细节：『本于祂，全身藉著每一丰富供应的节，并藉著每一部分依其度量而有的功用，得以联络在一起，并结合在一起，便叫身体渐渐长大，以致在爱里把自己建造起来。』基督身体的肢体藉著长到元首里面，彼此就有东西可以分享。不仅如此，每一部分也有依其度量而有的功用，结果就使身体渐渐长大，以致在爱里把自己建造起来。我们要有这一节的实际，就必须被元首赐给祂身体的恩赐所成全。圣徒被成全不是单靠学会道理。相反的，他们是藉著得𫗪养而被成全。这个𫗪养使他们长大。譬如，一个婴儿不需要甚么东西加到他身上来成全他。当他长大时，身体的肢体就发展，并开始正常的尽功用。母亲成全她的婴孩，不是教导他使用身体的各部分，乃是藉著𫗪养来成全他。孩子越接受适当的滋养而长大，他身体的各肢体就越显出功用。同样的原则，基督身体的肢体得成全，不是凭著教训，乃是藉著得𫗪养而长大。
9Ephesians 2:22 speaks of the building up of the church, but it gives only the principles; it does not give the details. However, the details are found in 4:16. “Out from Whom all the Body, fitted and knit together through every joint of the supply, according to the operation in measure of each one part, causes the growth of the Body unto the building up of itself in love.” By growing up into the Head, the members of the Body have something to share with one another. Furthermore, there will be the operation in the measure of each part, and the result will be the growth of the Body unto the building up of itself in love. In order to have the reality of this verse, we must be perfected by the gifts given to the Body by the Head. The saints are not perfected merely by learning doctrine. On the contrary, they are perfected through being fed. This feeding causes them to grow. For example, an infant does not need anything to be added on to his body to perfect him. As he grows, the members of his body develop and begin to function normally. A mother does not perfect her baby by teaching him to use the various parts of his body; she perfects him by feeding him. The more a child grows through receiving proper nourishment, the more the members of his body will come into their function. In the same principle, the members of the Body are perfected not by teaching, but through the feeding that causes them to grow
信仰上并对神儿子之完全认识上的一
THE ONENESS OF THE FAITH AND OF THE FULL KNOWLEDGE OF THE SON OF GOD
10照四章十三节来看，圣徒需要被成全，直到他们达到三件事：达到信仰上并对神儿子之完全认识上的一，达到长成的人，达到基督丰满之身材的度量。这样，我们就不再作小孩子，为波浪漂来漂去，并为一切教训之风所摇荡；（14；）反而在爱里持守著真实，使我们得以『在一切事上长到祂，就是元首基督里面』。（15。）我们越长大，就越放下我们的道理。一个人得救之后，需要得著基督供应到他里面，作他属灵的食物和饮料。这会使他长大。当他长大时，就会渐渐把道理的观念撇开。最终他会看见，没有甚么比基督作到他里面更重要。
10According to 4:13, the saints need to be perfected until they arrive at three things: at the oneness of the faith and of the full knowledge of the Son of God, at a full - grown man, and at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. Then we shall be no longer babes tossed by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching (v. 14). Instead, we shall hold to truth in love so that we may “grow up into Him in all things, Who is the Head, Christ” (v. 15). The more we grow, the more we shall drop our doctrines. After someone is saved, he needs to have Christ ministered to him as his spiritual food and drink. This will cause him to grow. As he grows, he will gradually lay aside his doctrinal concepts. Eventually he will realize that nothing is more important than having Christ wrought into him.
11当我们在生命里长大，我们就达到信仰上的一。然而，我们若持守住不同的道理观念，就不会有这个一。强调道理，就破坏了基督徒中间的一。我们若被基督的元素所滋养，并逐渐撇开道理的观念，就要达到信仰上并对神儿子之完全认识上的一。我们越长大，就越达到这样的一。这方面的一，包括两件事：信仰，以及对神儿子的完全认识。这里的信仰不是指我们信的行动，乃是指我们所信之事，就如基督神圣的身位，以及祂为我们的救恩所成就救赎的工作。这是犹大书三节，提后四章七节，提前六章二十一节所说的信仰。对神儿子的完全认识，乃是对关于神儿子之启示的领略，是为著我们的经历。我们越在生命中长大，就越固守信仰，持定对基督的领略，也越抛弃一切引起分裂，次要且较低的道理观念。在新约里，信仰一辞有客观的意思，也有主观的意思。用在主观的意义上时，（中文通常译为信或信心，）是指我们信的行动；用在客观的意义上时，（中文通常译为信仰，）是指我们所信的对象。提前一章十九节的信心和信仰，原文就是同一个字，分别有主观的意思和客观的意思。保罗在这里说，『持守信心和无亏的良心；有人丢弃这些，就在信仰上犹如船破。』这节的信心是主观的，指我们相信的性能。下文的信仰是客观的，指我们所信的对象。
11As we grow in life, we arrive at the oneness of the faith. However, if we hold to our different doctrinal concepts, we shall not have this oneness. The emphasis on doctrine has destroyed the oneness among Christians. If we are nourished with the element of Christ and gradually lay aside our doctrinal concepts, we shall arrive at the oneness of the faith and of the full knowledge of the Son of God. The more we grow, the more we arrive at such a oneness. This aspect of oneness is of two things: the faith and the full knowledge of the Son of God. The faith here does not refer to the act of believing; it refers to those things in which we believe, such as the divine Person of Christ and His redemptive work for our salvation. This is the faith spoken of in Jude 3; 2 Timothy 4:7; and 1 Timothy 6:21. The full knowledge of the Son of God is the realization of the revelation concerning the Son of God for our experience. The more we grow in life, the more we shall cleave to the faith and to the realization of Christ, and the more we shall drop all the minor doctrinal concepts which cause division. In the New Testament faith has both an objective meaning and a subjective meaning. When used in a subjective sense, faith denotes our action of believing. Used in an objective sense, it denotes the object of our belief. In 1 Timothy 1:19 the word faith is used in both a subjective and an objective sense. Here Paul says, “Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away, concerning the faith have made shipwreck” (Gk.). The first reference to faith in this verse is subjective; it denotes our capacity to believe. The second use of faith is objective; it denotes the object of our belief
12以弗所四章十三节的信仰，是指所有基督徒所信之事。我们都信三一神─父、子、灵。我们信神的儿子基督成为肉体，为了救赎我们被钉在十字架上，在肉身一面以及在灵性一面都从死人中复活，升到神的右边，并且祂还要再来。不仅如此，我们信圣经是神的话，句句都是圣灵所默示的。这是我们的信仰，是我们『共同的信仰』，（多一4，）也是那『一次永远交付圣徒的信仰』。（犹3。）
12Faith in Ephesians 4:13 refers to those things which all Christians believe. We all believe in the Triune God—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit. We believe that Christ, the Son of God, was incarnated, was crucified for our redemption, was resurrected from among the dead both physically and spiritually, that He has ascended to the right hand of God, and that He is coming again. Furthermore, we believe that the Bible is God’sWord, inspired by the Holy Spirit word by word. This is our faith, the “common faith” (Titus 1:4), the “faith which was once delivered unto the saints” (Jude 3).
信仰和道理
FAITH AND DOCTRINE
13我们必须谨慎分辨信仰与有关守日、饮食的条例、受浸的方式、说方言、洗脚等这些事之道理的不同。请记住，我们的信仰包括人得救所必须相信的那些事。一个真基督徒必须相信三一神，相信神的儿子基督，就是我们永活的救主，祂为我们的罪死在十字架上，身体从死人中复活。然而，人可能不信洗脚或说方言，却是得救的。虽然保罗在以弗所四章对信仰和道理作了清楚的区别，但许多基督徒对这二者仍然混淆不清。他们没有为信仰争辩，反而为他们特别的道理争辩。圣经里没有告诉我们要为道理争战。然而，我们却必须为那与我们『共享之救恩』（犹3）有关的信仰争辩。我们共享的救恩来自共同的信仰。虽然所有的真基督徒都有共同的信仰和救恩，但我们所有的道理不都是共同的。不同的宗派强调并持守不同的道理。虽然我们不为道理争战，但我们必须乐意为信仰争战。在提前六章十二节保罗嘱咐提摩太：『你要为信仰打那美好的仗。』所以，我们该为我们的信仰竭力争辩，但是我们不该为我们的道理争战。
13We must be careful to distinguish the faith from doctrines related to such things as the keeping of days, dietary regulations, the method of baptism, speaking in tongues, and foot-washing. Remember that our faith consists of those things which a person must believe in order to be saved. To be a genuine Christian it is necessary to believe in the Triune God and in Christ, the Son of God, our living Savior, who died on the cross for our sins and was raised bodily from among the dead. However, it is possible to be saved and not believe in foot-washing or in tongues-speaking. Although Paul in Ephesians 4 makes a clear distinction between the faith and doctrine, many Christians confuse these two things. Instead of contending for the faith, they contend for their particular doctrine. Nowhere in the Scriptures are we told to fight for doctrine. However, we must contend for the faith that is related to our “common salvation” (Jude 3). Our common salvation comes from the common faith. Although all genuine Christians have the faith and salvation in common, we may not have all doctrines in common. The different denominations emphasize different doctrines and hold on to them. Although we are not to fight for doctrine, we must be willing to fight for the faith. In 1 Timothy 6:12 Paul charges Timothy, “Fight the good fight of the faith” (Gk.). Therefore, we should contend for our faith, but we should not fight for our doctrine
14保罗在罗马十四章给我们看见，只要人有这信仰，我们就应当接纳他，即使他可能在道理上与我们不同。我们也不该为饮食、守日等类的事争辩。若有人认为某一日是特别的，他可以自由这样作。但如果有人看日日都一样，他也有自由这样作。我们在道理上必须对别人宽大，因为道理与我们共同的救恩无关。若有人到你那里，否认耶稣是神的儿子，你就必须为信仰竭力争辩。你必须随时准备好，为耶稣基督是神的儿子成了肉体这个真理争战。然而，你不该为洗脚之类的事争论。若有人鼓吹这个作法，你可以告诉他，你只在意基督，你不想要介入关于道理的讨论中。许多基督徒受道理的辖制，并被道理霸占了，这是何等可怜！
14In Romans 14 Paul shows us that as long as someone has the faith, we should receive him, even though he may differ from us with respect to doctrine. We should not dispute over matters such as eating and the observing of days. If someone regards a particular day as special, he is free to do so. But if someone else views every day as the same, he is also free. As far as doctrines are concerned, we must be liberal toward others, because doctrines have nothing to do with our common salvation. If someone comes to you denying that Jesus is the Son of God, you must earnestly contend for the faith. You must be ready to fight for the truth that Jesus Christ is the Son of God incarnated. However, you should not argue over things such as foot-washing. If someone comes advocating this practice, you may tell him that you care only for Christ and do not want to be involved in discussion about doctrine. How pitiful it is that so many Christians are under the dominion of doctrine and are preoccupied with it
放下道理的玩具
LAYING ASIDE DOCTRINAL TOYS
15许多基督徒对待道理就像孩童玩玩具一般。从我与我孙儿接触的经历里，我知道叫小孩子放下玩具最好的方法，就是给他一些好东西吃。帮助基督徒放下霸占他们的道理也是一样。我们越多享受基督，并越从基督的供应得著滋养，我们就会变得越乐意放下道理。多年前，有一地方的圣徒被他们道理的玩具霸占了。但是随著年日过去，他们享受基督的供应，逐渐的他们就丢下了这些玩具。他们越在基督里长大，就越不在乎玩具。
15Many Christians play with doctrines just as children play with toys. From my experience with my grandchildren, I have learned that the best way to get a child to drop his toys is to offer him something good to eat. The same is true with helping Christians to drop the doctrines that preoccupy them. The more we enjoy Christ and are nourished by the ministry of Christ, the more willing we shall become to lay aside our doctrines. Years ago, the saints in a certain place were preoccupied with their doctrinal toys. But as the years have gone by and they have enjoyed the ministry of Christ, they have gradually dropped these toys. The more they have grown in Christ, the less they care for toys
16我们能放下道理，惟一的路乃是在生命里长大。我们需要长大，直到我们达到信仰上并对神儿子之完全认识上的一。虽然我们都得救了，但我们是从不同的背景进到召会生活中。因著这些不同的背景，我们有不同的道理与哲学。我们也许说我们只在意基督与召会，但是我们可能仍然被道理所霸占。不要想去教导别人放下道理。孩童长大前如何玩玩具，信徒在基督里长大前，也照样被道理霸占。圣徒们若是在主里长大，至终他们会放下霸占他们的道理。
16The only way we can drop our doctrines is by the growth in life. We need to grow until we arrive at the oneness of the faith and of the full knowledge of the Son of God. Although we all are saved, we have come into the church life from different backgrounds. Because of these different backgrounds, we have different doctrines and philosophies. We may say that we care only for Christ and the church, but we may still be occupied with doctrine. Do not try to teach others to set aside their doctrines. Just as children will play with their toys until they grow up, so the believers will be occupied with doctrine until they grow more in Christ. If the saints grow in the Lord, eventually they will lay aside the doctrines which preoccupy them
17我们长大时，不是达到道理上的一，乃是达到信仰上并对神儿子之完全认识上的一。这是我们在众地方召会里所渴望的一。我们的一不是在圣经知识上的一，乃是在对活的基督之认识上的一；这一是由共同的信仰与对基督的认识所构成的。我们主要所关心的，不是要圣徒得到圣经的知识，乃是要他们以活的方式认识主耶稣。在召会聚会中，我们所著重的不在于圣经的教训，乃在于帮助圣徒认识活的基督，并在祂里面长大。惟有藉著这样的长大，我们才不再作小孩子，为波浪漂来漂去，并为教训之风所摇荡。
17As we grow, we shall arrive not at the oneness of doctrine, but at the oneness of the faith and of the full knowledge of the Son of God. This is the kind of oneness we desire in the local churches. Our oneness is not a oneness of Bible knowledge; it is a oneness in the knowledge of the living Christ, a oneness constituted of the common faith and of the knowledge of Christ. Our main concern is not that the saints acquire the knowledge of the Bible. It is that they know the Lord Jesus in a living way. In the meetings of the church our emphasis is not on Bible teaching; it is on helping the saints to know the living Christ and to grow in Him. Only by growing in this way shall we be no longer children tossed by waves and carried about by winds of doctrine
长大的过程
THE PROCESS OF GROWTH
18藉著生命的长大，我们也要达到长成的人，达到基督丰满之身材的度量。基督的丰满就是基督的身体，基督的彰显。这身体有一个具有度量的身材。许多年以前，当主恢复里的工作在美国开始时，我们所能看到这身材的度量很小。赞美主！这些年来，这身材的度量已经增加了。这增加乃是藉著供应基督以成全众圣徒的结果。然而，我们都承认，我们仍然在长大的过程中。我们越长大，就越能尽功用，并且越能叫基督的身体渐渐长大，以致在爱里把自己建造起来。这乃是我们今天的需要。
18Through the growth of life, we shall also arrive at a full- grown man and at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. The fullness of Christ is the Body of Christ, Christ’s express i on. With this Body there is a stature with a measure. When the Lord’s work in His recovery began in this country a number of years ago, we could see very little of the measure of this stature. Praise the Lord that over the years the measure of the stature has increased! This increase is the result of the perfecting of the saints through the ministry of Christ. However, as we all admit, we are still in the process of growth. The more we grow, the more we shall be able to function and to have the growth of the Body unto the building up of itself in love. This is our need today.