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腓立比书生命读经 · 第20篇

给人看出是在基督里面

TO BE FOUND IN CHRIST
1读经：腓立比书三章八至九节。我们若要正确的领会腓立比三章九节，就不该将牠和八节分开。八节末了和九节的开头应当连起来读。保罗宣告说，『我因祂已经亏损万事，看作粪土，为要赢得基督，并且给人看出我是在祂里面，不是有自己那本于律法的义，乃是有那藉著信基督而有的义，就是那基于信、本于神的义。』照著这两节，保罗亏损万事，看作粪土，为要赢得基督，并且给人看出他是在基督里面。此外，保罗渴望给人看出他在基督里的光景，不是有自己的义，乃是有那基于信、本于神的义。
1Scripture Reading: Phil. 3:8-9 If we would have a proper understanding of 3:9, we should not isolate it from verse 8. Rather, the end of verse 8 must be read in connection with the beginning of verse 9. “I have suffered the loss of all things,” Paul declares, “and count them to be refuse that I may gain Christ, and be found in Him, not having my own righteousness which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God based on faith.” According to these verses, Paul suffered the loss of all things and counted them to be refuse in order to gain Christ and be found in Him. Furthermore, Paul’s desire was to be found in Christ in the condition of having the righteousness which is of God based on faith, not of having his own righteousness
保罗的渴望
PAUL’S ASPIRATION
2在九节我们看见，保罗切慕给人看出他是在基督里面。保罗从前完全是在犹太教里，律法之下，并且总是给人看出他是在律法里面。但他在悔改信主时，就从律法和先前的宗教迁到基督里，成了在基督里的人。（林后十二2。）现今他期望所有观察他的，无论犹太人、天使或鬼魔，都看出他是在基督里面。这指明他渴望全人浸没在基督里面，给基督浸透，使所有观察他的，都看出他是完全在基督里面。我们也该渴望给人看出我们是在基督里面。给人看出我们是在基督里面，真正的意思是给人观察、看到或发现我们是在基督里面。保罗悔改相信基督之前，是活在律法里面，在律法之下。每当人遇见保罗时，就看出保罗是在律法里面，并且被律法包围。大数的扫罗是一个完全被律法包裹，被律法禁闭的人。他凭律法而活，带著律法而活，也活在律法之下。但有一天，他从律法之下出来，迁入基督里面。因此，每当别人看见他或观察他时，他们能说，他成了在基督里的人。保罗不在文化、哲学或宗教里。他是活在基督里的人；他所切慕、所期望的，就是给人看出他是在基督里面。保罗亏损万事，看作粪土，一面是要赢得基督，另一面是要给人看出他是在基督里面。
2In verse 9 we see that Paul’s earnest desire was to be found in Christ. In the past Paul was fully in the Jewish religion under the law and was always found by others in the law. But a this conversion he was transferred from the law and his former religion into Christ, and he became “a man in Christ” (2 Cor. 12:2). Now he expected to be found in Christ by all those who observed him—the Jews, the angels, and the demons. This indicates that he aspired to have his whole being immersed in Christ and saturated with Christ so that all who observed him could discover him in Christ. We also should aspire to be found by others in Christ. To be found in Christ actually means to be observed, seen, or discovered by others in Christ. Before Paul was converted to Christ, he lived in the law and under the law. Whenever someone met Paul, that person found Paul in the law and enveloped by the law. Saul of Tarsus was a person altogether encased by the law, fully boxed in by it. He was living by the law, with the law, and under the law. But one day he was transferred out from under the law into Christ. Henceforth, whenever others saw him or observed him, they could tell that he had become a person in Christ. Paul was not in culture, philosophy, or religion. He was a person who lived in Christ, and his aspiration and expectation were that he would be found by others in Christ. Paul suffered the loss of all things and counted them refuse in order to gain Christ on the one hand and to be found in Him on the other.
基于信、本于神的义
THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD BASED ON FAITH
3保罗在腓立比三章九节的说法不是仅仅概括的，更是十分明确的。他说，他不要有自己的义，乃要有那藉著信基督而有的义，就是那基于信、本于神的义。『不是有自己…的义，乃是有那…本于神的义。』这是保罗渴望给人看出他是在基督里面的光景。他不要活在自己的义里，乃要活在神的义里，并且给人看出他是在这样超越的光景里彰显神，不是藉著守律法，乃是藉著活基督。保罗得救以前，一点也不知道基督能彀成为他的义。本于律法的义，就如六节所题到的，乃是人凭自己努力守律法而有的义。从前保罗活在照著律法的义里面，别人总是看出他被律法的义所包围。但是现在保罗渴望被人观察出，他是一个活在基督里面的人，并且有基督作他的义。
3In verse 9 Paul does not speak merely in a general way, but in a very definite way. He says that he did not want to have his own righteousness, but he wanted the righteousness which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God based on faith. “Not having my own righteousness...but...the righteousness which is of God” is the condition in which Paul desired to be found in Christ. He wanted to live not in his own righteousness, but in the righteousness of God, and to be found in such a transcendent condition, expressing God by living Christ, not by keeping the law. Before Paul was saved, he had no idea that Christ could be his righteousness. The righteousness of the law is the righteousness which comes from man’sown effort to keep the law, as mentioned in verse 6. Formerly, Paul lived in that righteousness which was according to the law. Others could invariably find him enveloped by the righteousness of the law. But now Paul’s desire was to be observed as a person living in Christ and having Christ as his righteousness
4保罗盼望给人看出他在其中的义，乃是『藉著信基督而有的义，就是那基于信、本于神的义』。信基督，直译，基督的信，或，在基督里的信。我们这种对基督的信，乃是出于我们对基督的认识和珍赏。藉著我们对祂的珍赏，基督自己就注入我们里面，成了我们的信─在祂里面的信。因此，这也是基督的信，将我们带进与祂生机的联结里。基于信、本于神的义，就是神自己从我们活出来，成了我们在基督里藉著信而有的义。这样的义乃是活在我们里面之神的彰显。这义是基于信，因为是在信的根基或条件上。信是根基、条件，叫我们接受并得著从神来的义，最高的义，就是基督。（林前一30。）
4The righteousness in which Paul wanted to be found was the righteousness “which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God based on faith.” The expression “the faith of Christ” implies our believing in Christ. Such faith issues from our knowing and appreciating Christ. It is Christ Himself infused into us through our appreciation of Him, who becomes our faith in Him. Hence, it is also the faith of Christ that brings us into an organic union with Him. The righteousness which is of God based on faith is that righteousness which is God Himself lived out of us to be our righteousness through our faith in Christ. Such righteousness is the expression of God, who lives in us. It is based on faith because it is on the basis, or condition, of faith. Faith is the basis, the condition, for us to receive and possess the righteousness out from God, the highest righteousness, which is Christ (1 Cor. 1:30
基督之宝贵的异象
A VISION OF THE PRECIOUSNESS OF CHRIST
5在道理上领会给人看出我们是在基督里面是一回事，而在我们日常生活中给人看出我们是在基督里面，完全是另一回事。我若到你家去看望你，我会看出你在那里？我会看出你在好行为里面，还是在基督里面？别人观察我们的时候，我们在那里，指明我们生活的范围。我们若活在文化里，别人就看出我们是在文化里。我们若活在好行为里，别人就要看出我们是在我们的行为里。不论我们活在甚么范围里，别人就要看见、观察并发现我们是在那里。当保罗还凭律法活著的时候，别人看出他是在律法里面。但有一天，他开始以认识基督为至宝。他看见一个异象，就是基督必须是他的一切：爱、恩慈、谦卑、智慧、忍耐、意向、态度，甚至是他的言语、发表和表情。因他以认识基督为至宝，他就甘心将万事看作亏损。不仅如此，他还亏损万事，看作粪土，为要赢得基督，并且给人看出他是在基督里面。
5It is one thing to have a doctrinal understanding of being found in Christ; it is quite another thing to be found in Christ in our daily living. If I were to visit you in your home, where would I find you? Would I find you in your good behavior or in Christ? Where we are when others observe us indicates the realm in which we live. If we live in our culture, we shall be found by others in culture. If we live in our good behavior, we shall be discovered by others in our behavior. In whatever realm we live, that is where we shall be seen, observed, and discovered by others. When Paul was still living by the law, he was found in the law. But one day he began to have the excellency of the knowledge of Christ. He saw the vision that Christ must be his everything: love, kindness, humility, wisdom, patience, intention, attitude, and even his words, utterances, and expressions. On account of this excellency of the knowledge of Christ, he was willing to count all things to be loss. Furthermore, he suffered the loss of all things and counted them refuse in order to gain Christ and be found in Him.
6我们必须有异象，看见基督的宝贵。然后，我们必须赢得我们所看见的这位基督。例如，有一个人去参观珠宝店，看到陈列著许多贵重的物品。看见这些物品是一回事；但是，赢得这些物品是另一回事。要认识基督，不仅要有关乎基督的知识，更要赢得祂那独特的人位。基督是神格丰满的具体表现，（西二9，）又是一切正面事物影儿的实际。（二16～。）赢得是需要出代价的。赢得基督就是出代价以经历、享受并支取祂一切追测不尽的丰富。（弗三8。）我们既赢得基督，就该也活在祂里面，成为一班在经历上在祂里面的人。这样，当别人看见我们或观察我们的时候，就会看出我们是在基督里面。人不会看出我们是在自己的美德里面；我们会给人看出我们是在基督里面，并且只在基督里面。哦，愿我们都赢得祂，并且给人看出我们是在祂里面！愿我们都愿意亏损万事，看作粪土，为要给人看出我们是在基督里面。我们若赢得基督，并且活在祂里面，祂作为我们的义，就要成为我们在神和人面前的彰显。这样，人不只笼统的看出我们是在基督里面，人也要看出我们是在义里面，这义就是基督自己从我们里面活出来。惟有当人看出我们是在基督里面时，主才会得著满足。照样，当人看出信徒是在基督里面时，服事主的人才会喜乐并满足。
6We need to have a vision of the preciousness of Christ. Then we need to gain the very Christ we have seen. For example, suppose a person visits a jewelry store and sees many valuable items on display. To see these items is one thing, but to gain them is another. To know Christ is not merely to have the knowledge concerning Him, but to gain His very Person. Christ is the embodiment of the fullness of the Godhead (Col. 2:9) and the reality of the shadows of all 17 positive things (Col. 2:16-17). To gain Him is to experience, enjoy, and take possession of all His unsearchable riches (Eph. 3:8). As we gain Christ, we should also live in Him and become those who are in Him in experience. Then when others see us or observe us, they will find us in Christ. We shall not be found in our own virtues — we shall be found in Christ and in Him alone. Oh, that we may gain Him and be found in Him! May we be willing to suffer the loss of all things and count them refuse in order to be found in Christ. If we gain Christ and live in Him, He as our righteousness will become our expression before both God and man. Then we shall not simply be found in Christ in a general way, but we shall be found in the very righteousness which is Christ Himself lived out of us. Only when we are found in Christ will the Lord be satisfied. Likewise, those who serve the Lord will be pleased and satisfied only when the believers are found in Christ.
六千年的传统
THE SIX-THOUSAND-YEAR TRADITION
7你若访问一个国家，住在一位弟兄家里，你可能会发现，你无法避开那里普遍的民族味道。原因是我们仍然在六千年传统的影响之下。保罗写腓立比三章时，他里面深知人类传统的生活方式，霸占了每一个人。不论一个人有没有罪，有没有道德，都被基督以外的事物，被人类几千年历史中的一些元素所霸占。我们可以称之为人类六千年的传统。
7If you visit another country and stay in a brother’s home, you will probably find it impossible to avoid the national flavor prevailing there. The reason for this is that we are all still under the influence of six thousand years of tradition. When Paul wrote Philippians 3, deep within him was the realization that the traditional forms of human living occupy everyone. Whether a person is sinful or not sinful, moral or immoral, that person is occupied by something other than Christ, by some element of the thousands of years of human history. We may call this the six-thousand-year human tradition.
8一千九百多年来，这传统一直拦阻召会的建造。主耶稣说，『看哪，我必快来！』（启二二12。）但是，一千九百多年过去了，祂还没有来。主在地上的定旨还没有实现，祂怎能回来？撒但这狡猾者正隐藏在人类六千年传统的背后。因著他的影响，我们就活在这传统里面，而不活在基督里面。除了保罗之外，几乎没有人碰过这强有力的营垒。不论我们多属灵，别人难得看出我们是在基督里面。相反的，他们看出我们是在基督以外的事物里面，在人类六千年传统的某些生活方式里面。我们祷告的时候，可能暂时从这个传统里得著释放。然而，即使在圣徒的祷告中，我们有时候也可以闻到六千年传统的气味。这种光景是多么严重！我们若要给人看出是在基督里面，而不在数千年的传统里面，我们就必须乐意忘记我们的过去，甚至忘记已往的基督徒生活，在主面前谦卑下来，求祂怜悯我们。在主的恢复里，我们正面临一块巨石，阻挡我们的去路。我们中间许多人似乎无法再往前。不仅如此，许多人已经到一个地步，似乎连主也很难在我们身上通行。这与别人看见我们时，常常看出我们不在基督里面，而在别的事物里面大有关系。你若去看望一位弟兄，你可能不会看出他在作甚么罪恶或错误的事。但是，你可能不是看出他在基督里面，而是看出他在好行为或习惯性的生活方式里面。你若到我家来看望我，我也不敢保证，你会看出我是在基督里面。相反的，你可能察觉到，我这个年长的人，只是活在天然的良善里。你可能看出，我是在基督以外许许多多的事物里。
8The building up of the church has been hindered by this tradition for more than nineteen hundred years. The Lord Jesus said, “Behold, I come quickly” (Rev. 22:12). But more than nineteen centuries have passed, and still He has not come. How can the Lord come back when His purpose on earth has not been accomplished? Satan, the subtle one, is lurking behind the six-thousand- year human tradition. Due to his influence, we live in this tradition instead of in Christ. With the exception of Paul, hardly anyone has ever touched this powerful stronghold. No matter how spiritual we may be, others rarely find us in Christ. Rather, they find us in something other than Christ, in some aspect of man’ss ix thousand years of traditional living. During times of prayer, we may be released temporarily from this tradition. But even in the prayers of the saints it is sometimes possible to sense the flavor of the six-thousand-year tradition. What a serious situation this is! If we would be found in Christ instead of in the thousands of years of tradition, we must be willing to forget our past, even our past Christian life, humble ourselves before the Lord, and ask Him to have mercy on us. In the Lord’s recovery we have come to the place where we are facing a huge rock standing in our way. For many of us, there seems to be no way to go on. Furthermore, many of us have come to a stage where it seems difficult for even the Lord to get through in us. This is very much related to the fact that when others see us, it is very probable that they will find us in something other than Christ. Should you visit a certain brother, you may not find him doing anything sinful or wrong. But, instead of finding him in Christ, you may find him in his good behavior or in his habitual way of living. I do not have the assurance that if you visit me at home, you will find me in Christ. On the contrary, you may observe that, as an elderly person, I live simply in my natural goodness. You may find me in so many things other than Christ
9腓立比书是写于保罗尽职事的末期，也就是在他离世之前不久写的。所以，保罗写这封书信的时候，已经相当成熟。但是，他仍然没有把握说，他可以给人看出是在基督里面。为这缘故，在八至九节中，他用的是现在式，说，『我也将万事看作亏损，因我以认识我主基督耶稣为至宝；我因祂已经亏损万事，看作粪土，为要赢得基督，并且给人看出我是在祂里面。』
9The book of Philippians was written by Paul in his later ministry, not long before he was to depart from this earth. Hence, when Paul wrote this Epistle, he was quite mature. Nevertheless, he still did not have the assurance that he would be found by others in Christ. For this reason in verses 8 and 9 he used the present tense, saying, “I count also all things to be loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord...and count them to be refuse that I may gain Christ and be found in Him.”
10我们若要给人看出是在基督里面，就必须时刻注意，不断儆醒的活在基督里面。我们若不儆醒，就会立刻从基督岔出去，活在基督以外的事物里。或许我们活得非常好，但是在经历上，我们并不在基督里面。
10If we would be found in Christ, we need to be watchful moment by moment, continually on the alert to live in Christ. If we are not alert, we shall immediately be distracted from Christ and live in something other than Christ. Our living may be very good, but in our experience we are not in Christ
我们惟一的彰显
OUR UNIQUE EXPRESSION
11我的负担是：我们不可将三章八至九节保罗的话仅仅视为道理。我们必须在主面前认真考量，我们现在到底在那里。我们在基督里么？天使和鬼魔观察我们的时候，他们看出我们是在基督里面么？当别人遇见我们的时候，他们看出我们是在那里？是在基督里，还是在基督自己以外一些美好的事物里？保罗所说给人看出是在基督里面的这话，意义非常重大。保罗深处有个渴望，就是给人看出他是在基督里面。但愿我们都渴望给人看出是在基督里面。我们必须祷告：『主，我渴望给人看出我是在你里面。在每天所作的每一件事上，我都要给人看出我是在你里面。』不过，我怀疑我们有多少人这样祷告过。保罗能说，他将万事看作粪土，为要赢得基督，并且给人看出他是在基督里面。这是个非常重要的声明。他在五至七节中的话，帮助他说出在八至九节中所表达的渴望。我们要祷告，叫妻子、丈夫、儿女、亲戚、邻居、同事、以及同学，都能看出我们是在基督里面。
11I am burdened that we must not regard Paul’sword in 3:8 and 9 as mere doctrine. We need to consider seriously before the Lord just where we are right now. Are we in Christ? As the angels and demons observe us, do they find us in Christ? When others meet us, where do they find us— in Christ or in some good thing that is not Christ Himself? Paul’sword about being found in Christ is of great significance. Deep within Paul was the aspiration to be found in Christ. May we all aspire to be found in Christ. We need to pray, “Lord, my desire is to be found in You. In everything I do day by day, I want to be found in You.” However, I doubt that many of us have prayed in this way. Paul could say that he counted all things as refuse in order to gain Christ and be found in Him. This is a very important statement. All that he says in verses 5 through 7 help him to reveal his aspiration expressed in verses 8 and 9. Let us pray that we may be found in Christ by our wife or husband, by our children and relatives, and by our neighbors, colleagues, and classmates
12人若真看出我们是在基督里，所有其他的事物就不能再辖制我们。我们再也不会受到宗教、哲学或文化的影响。给人看出我们单单在基督里面，是何等的美好！当我们给人看出是在祂里面时，宗教、哲学和文化就失去效力了。给人看出我们是在基督里面，意即祂是我们惟一的彰显。保罗能给人看出是在基督里面，所以基督就成了他的彰显。从每一方面、每一角度来看，在他身上只能看见基督。保罗渴望基督是他惟一的彰显。他不愿意给人看出他是在谦虚、忍耐和爱这些天然的美德里面。他把这些东西也看作粪土、垃圾，为要赢得基督，并且给人看出他是在基督里面。文化、人的耐心、天然的爱和服从等等，与基督相比，全是粪土。我们不该渴望给人看出我们是在自己对别人的爱里，或是在我们天然的服从里。我们应当真诚的渴望，给人看出我们单单在基督里面。
12If we are truly found in Christ, all other things will lose their hold on us. We shall no longer be under the influence of religion, philosophy, or culture. How marvelous to be found only in Christ! When we are found in Him, religion, philosophy, and culture are annulled. To be found in Christ means that He is our unique expression. Because Paul could be found in Christ, Christ was his expression. In every aspect and from every angle, only Christ could be seen upon him. Paul’s aspiration was that Christ would be his only expression. He did not want to be found in such natural virtues as humility, patience, and love. These were among the things that he counted refuse, trash, in order to gain Christ and be found in Him. Culture, human patience, natural love, and submission—all are refuse when compared to Christ. We should not aspire to be found in our own love for others or in our natural submission. Our earnest desire should be to be found only in Christ
神救恩的标准
THE STANDARD OF GOD’SS ALVATION
13神救恩的标准非常高。保罗在以下的话里论到这救恩：『因为我知道，这事藉著你们的祈求，和耶稣基督之灵全备的供应，终必叫我得救。』（一19。）这里叫保罗得救的救恩，就是基督自己，是人可以看出，甚至天使和鬼魔也可以看出我们在祂里面的这位基督。我们若看见神救恩这个高的标准，就会领悟我们何等迫切需要神的怜悯。我们远远搆不上这标准，因为别人能看出我们是在基督以外的许多美好事物里面。这些事物都属于人类六千年的传统。神的仇敌撒但利用这传统为手段，来霸占我们，拦阻我们，使我们不能更高、更丰富的经历基督。为这缘故，在腓立比书这卷论到照著神的高标准经历基督的书中，保罗表达了一个渴望，愿我们经历基督到一个地步，叫人可以看出我们是在祂里面。
13The standard of God’ss alvation is very high. Paul refers to this salvation when he says, “I know that for me this shall turn out to salvation through your petition and the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ” (1:19). Salvation here is Christ Himself, the very Christ in whom we may be found by others and even by angels and demons. If we see the high standard of God’ss alvation, we shall realize how desperately we need God’s mercy. We are far below His standard, for people can find us in many good things other than Christ. All these things belong to the six thousand years of human tradition. Satan, God’se ne my, uses this tradition as a means to occupy us, to frustrate us, and to keep us from the higher and richer experience of Christ. For this reason, in Philippians, a book on the experience of Christ according to God’s high standard, Paul expresses the aspiration that we would experience Christ to such an extent that we may be found in Him
14哦，我们都必须在主面前屈膝祷告说，『主，怜悯我。使保罗的渴望也成为我的渴望。哦，主，在我里面制造出追求你的饥渴，好使别人可以看出我是在你里面。我不要给人看出我是在你自己以外的任何事物里面。我要成为一个完全在你里面的人，我要给人看出我是在你里面。』愿主怜悯我们，叫我们可以给人看出是在祂里面！
14Oh, we all need to bow down before the Lord and pray, “Lord, have mercy on me. Cause Paul’s aspiration to become my aspiration also. O Lord, create in me the hunger and thirst to pursue after You that I may be found in You. I don’t want others to find me in anything other than Yourself. I want to be a person wholly in You, and I want others to find me in You,” May the Lord grant us mercy that we may be found in Him