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腓立比书生命读经 · 第37篇

丰富的话、全备的供应、

THE RICH WORD, THE BOUNTIFUL SUPPLY,
1和不住的祷告，为著活基督读经：歌罗西书3:16-17，以弗所书，帖撒罗尼迦前书5:17-19，腓
1AND UNCEASING PRAYER FOR LIVING CHRIST Scripture Reading: Col. 3:16-17; Eph. 5:18-20; 1 Thes. 5:17-19; Phil. 1:19-21a 5:18-20
2立比书1:19-21a。
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3神的经纶与人天然的观念相对神的经纶与人天然的观念，二者中间有很大的不同。我们的观念是我们得救以后，该定意改良自己的行为。可能许多真基督徒都曾这样定意。照著我们的观念，我们需要改良自己。我们知道自己的软弱，就求神帮助我们。然而，神不答应这样的祷告。我们越祷告，求祂帮助我们改良，祂就越不作。反之，我们的行为也许更坏。这原因乃是，从神接受帮助以改良我们行为的观念，违背神的经纶。神的经纶是要将祂自己分赐到我们里面，并将祂自己作到我们里面，使我们接受祂作我们的生命和生命的供应以活祂。这不是要改良的属人性格，乃是要活神。照著神的经纶，祂的心意是要将祂的元素、祂的本质、和祂性情的成分，分赐到我们的所是里，使我们活祂。基督徒已落入想要改良自己性格的陷阱里。我们感谢主，在祂的恢复里，我们正从这陷阱得拯救。许多年前，我习惯祷告求主帮助我改良我的行为。我想作非常高尚的人，尤其是要更爱我的妻子。但我领悟自己没有能力，就求主帮助我。现在我不是这样祷告了，我乃是享受神的经纶。我看见祂的心意是要将祂自己分赐或灌输到我里面，使我活祂。
3GOD’SECON O MY VERSUS THE NATURAL CONCEPT There is a great difference between God’secon o my and the natural human concept. Our concept is that after we are saved we should make up our minds to improve our behavior. Probably every genuine Christian has made such a decision. According to our concept, we need to improve ourselves. Conscious of our weakness, we beg God to help us. However, God does not answer this kind of prayer. The more we pray that He will help us to improve, the less He will do. On the contrary, our behavior may even worsen. The reason for this is that the concept of receiving help from God to improve our behavior is contrary to God’secon o my. God’secon o my is to dispense Himself into us and to work Himself into us that we may take Him as our life and life supply in order to live Him. This is not to have an improved human character; it is to live God. According to His economy, God’sin tent i on is to impart His element, His substance, and the ingredients of His nature into our being that we may live Him. Christians have fallen into the trap of trying to improve their character. We thank the Lord that in His recovery we are being rescued from this trap. Many years ago it was my habit to pray that the Lord would help me to improve my behavior. I wanted to be a very refined human being. Especially, I wanted to have more love for my wife. Realizing my inability, I asked the Lord to help me. Now instead of praying in this way, I enjoy God’secon o my. I see that His intention is to dispense, or transfuse, Himself into me that I may live Him
不是外面的改正，
NOT OUTWARD CORRECTION
乃是里面的灌输
BUT INWARD TRANSFUSION
4我们可用其他的辞描述神渴望将祂自己分赐到我们里面。神要浇灌我们，𫗪养我们，复苏我们，并滋养我们。这些辞指明，神要作我们的生命、生命的供应、食物、饮料和空气。祂是我们的食物滋养我们；是我们的饮料解我们的干渴；是我们的空气使我们复苏；又是我们生命的供应使我们丰富。这神圣的一位用祂的元素注入我们里面，使我们在生命和性情上与祂一样。
4We may use other terms to describe God’s desire to dispense Himself into us. God wants to water us, feed us, refresh us, and nourish us. These terms indicate that God wants to be our life, life supply, food, drink, and air. He is our food to nourish us; our drink to quench our thirst; our air to refresh us; and our life supply to enrich us. As the divine Being, He infuses us with His elements, causing us to be the same as He in life and nature.
5在神的经纶里，神不是在外面改良我们，乃是将祂一切的所是传输到我们里面。外面的改正与里面的灌输不同，这可用化妆和因为吃得正确而有健康肤色的不同来说明。人的方法是化妆。神的方法是新陈代谢的变化我们，就是滋养、复苏、浇灌、丰富、并加强我们。这就是神的经纶。神在祂的滋养、浇灌、𫗪养、复苏、和照耀上是丰富的。哦，祂的照耀带进祂的丰富！空气、水、和食物也将祂的丰富供应我们。在圣经里，神将祂自己比喻为食物、水、空气和阳光。84:11诗篇八十四篇十一节说主是我们的日头。神不是仅仅教导我们；祂乃是滋养我们、浇灌我们、并将祂一切的丰富注入我们里面的人里。这是神的方法。
5In His economy God does not improve us outwardly. Instead, He transmits all that He is into us. The difference between outward correction and inward transfusion can be illustrated by the difference between applying makeup and having a healthy complexion because of eating properly. Man’s way is to apply makeup. God’sway is to transform us metabolically; it is to nourish, refresh, water, enrich, and strengthen us. This is God’secon o my. God is rich in His nourishing, watering, feeding, refreshing, and shining. Oh, His shining brings in His riches! The air, water, and food also supply His riches to us. In the Bible God likens Himself to food, water, air, and sunshine. Psalm says that the Lord is our sun. God does not me rely teach us; He nourishes us, waters us, and infuses all His riches into our inner being. This is God’sway.
由我们所吃的构成
CONSTITUTED OF WHAT WE EAT
6神将祂的丰富传输到我们里面，目的是叫我们活祂。营养学家告诉我们，我们吃甚么，就是甚么。我们若大量的吃某种食物，就会由那种食物构成。我年轻的时候，留意到住在我外祖父母家里的每个人，都有鱼的味道。母亲向我解释，那一带的人每天三餐都吃鱼。他们因著吃这么多鱼，就由鱼所构成。这说明我们吃甚么，就是甚么。我们若吃基督，就会由祂所构成。
6God’s purpose in transmitting His riches into us is that we may live Him. Dietitians tell us that we are what we eat. If we eat a great deal of a certain kind of food, we shall be constituted of that food. When I was young, I noticed that everyone who lived in the home of my grandparents smelled like fish. My mother explained to me that the people in that area eat fish three times a day. Because they ate so much fish, they became constituted of fish. This illustrates the fact that we are what we eat. If we eat Christ, we shall be constituted of Him
7神的经纶是要我们吃基督，并由祂所构成。在约翰六章主耶稣说，祂是生命的粮，从天上降下来的粮，并且那吃祂的人，要因祂活著。（35，41，57。）然后在约翰七章祂发出呼召：『人若渴了，可以到我这里来喝。』（37。）主耶稣这话是指著那灵说的。启示录二十二章十七节再次呼召人来喝。主呼召我们来喝那灵，喝经过过程的三一神。三一神经过了神圣过程的种种步骤，现今乃是宇宙、包罗万有的饮料，是豫备好的、便利的。召会每个聚会都该是筵席。主呼召我们有分于祂作我们的食物和饮料。一个聚会是否出于主，决定于那个聚会中有没有『餐桌』。你若去天主教堂，你所看见的是迷信，而不是筵席。反之，召会的聚会乃是筵席。在每个聚会里都有餐桌为我们摆设，我们都有机会吃喝三一神。
7God’s economy is that we eat Christ and become constituted of Him. In John 6 the Lord Jesus says that He is the bread of life, the bread which came down from heaven, and that those who eat Him will live because of Him (vv. 35, 41, 57). Then in John 7 He sounds the call: “If anyone thirst, let him come to Me and drink” (v. 37). This the Lord Jesus said concerning the Spirit. In Revelation 22:17 the call is sounded once again to come and drink. The Lord calls us to drink of the Spirit, of the processed Triune God. Having passed through the steps of a divine process, the Triune God is now a universal, all-inclusive drink, prepared and available. Every meeting of the church should be a feast. The Lord calls us to partake of Him as our food and drink. Whether or not a particular meeting is of the Lord can be determined by whether or not there is a “dining table” in that meeting. If you go to a Catholic cathedral, you will find superstition instead of feasting. The church meetings, by contrast, are a feast. In every meeting there is a dining table set for us, and we have the opportunity to eat and drink of the Triune God.
8现在我们该清楚，我们所需要的不是外面的改良或改正；我们所需要的乃是藉著吃喝三一神，将祂接受进来。照著神的命定，有分于祂的路就是吃祂并喝祂。基督的话丰丰富富的住在我们里面现在我们来看一件极重要的事：在何处可以找著经过过程之三一神这包罗万有的饮料。说祂在天上是正确的。说祂在我们里面也是正确的。然而，三一神这包罗万有的灵虽住在我们里面，祂也许不是丰丰富富的住在我们里面。在歌罗西三章十六节保罗说，『当用各样的智慧，让基督的话丰丰富富的住在你们里面，用诗章、颂辞、灵歌，彼此教导，互相劝戒，心被恩感歌颂神。』让基督的话丰丰富富的住在我们里面，是甚么意思？许多年前，我以为这意思是我们该记住圣经节，并且能背诵。照著我当时的观念，让基督的话丰丰富富的住在我里面，就是记住多而又多的圣经节。然而，这不是保罗在歌罗西三章十六节这句话的意思。
8By now it should be clear that what we need is not outward improvement or correction. Our need is to take in the Triune God by eating and drinking of Him. According to God’so rd i nation, the way to partake of Him is to eat Him and drink Him. THE WORD OF CHRIST DWELLING IN US RICHLY Now we come to the crucial matter of where to find the processed Triune God as the all-inclusive drink. It is true to say that He is in heaven. It is also true that He is in us. But although the Triune God indwells us as the all-inclusive Spirit, He may not dwell in us richly. In Colossians 3:16 Paul says, “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to God.” What does it mean to let the word of Christ dwell in us richly? Years ago I thought that this meant that we should memorize Bible verses and be able to recite them. According to my concept at the time, to let the word of Christ dwell in me richly was to memorize more and more verses. However, this is not the meaning of Paul’sword in Colossians 3:16
9基督的话丰丰富富的住在我们里面，意思是丰丰富富的居住、安居在我们里面。这可用吃来说明。我们吃过饭后，食物就丰丰富富的住在我们里面。食物包含许多丰富、营养的元素。我们将这营养的食物接受到我们里面并吸收以后，这食物就丰丰富富的住在我们里面。同样，基督的话丰丰富富的住在我们里面，意思就是以滋养我们，使我们丰富的方式住在我们里面。这不是要记住圣经节，乃是要让那包含了基督追测不尽之丰富的话，以滋养我们并使我们丰富的方式住在我们里面。我曾遇见一些背过整卷以弗所书的人，甚至遇见一个背过马太福音的人。但是把新约一卷一卷的背过，并不表示基督的话就丰丰富富的住在我们里面了。例如，我们将食物接受到我们里面，但我们的胃也许没有正确的消化食物。消化不良指明食物没有丰丰富富的进入我们里面。食物也许营养丰富，但我们吃了以后若消化不良，食物就没有丰丰富富的进入我们里面。在这样的情形里，我们没有能力吸收食物的丰富。但我们若有正确的新陈代谢，并消化我们所吃的食物，食物的元素就会丰丰富富的进入我们里面。我们需要基督的话这样住在我们里面。
9For the word of Christ to dwell in us richly means that it inhabits us, indwells us, in a rich way. This can be illustrated by eating. After we eat a meal, the food inhabits us in a rich way. The food contains many rich, nourishing elements. When we take this nourishing food into us and assimilate it, it indwells us richly. In like manner, for the word of Christ to dwell in us richly means that it inhabits us in the way of nourishment and enrichment. This is not a matter of memorizing verses, but a matter of having the Word containing the unsearchable riches of Christ dwell in us in such a way that it nourishes us and enriches us. I have met some people who had memorized the whole book of Ephesians and even one who had memorized the Gospel of Matthew. But to memorize entire books of the New Testament does not mean that the word of Christ is dwelling in us richly. For example, we may take food into us, but our stomach may not digest it properly. Indigestion indicates that the food does not enter into us richly. The food may be rich in nourishment, but its entering into us is not rich if we suffer from indigestion after eating it. In such a case we do not have the ability to absorb the riches of the food. But if we have a proper metabolism and digest the food we eat, the elements of the food will enter into us richly. We need the word of Christ to dwell in us in this way.
10同样的圣经节进到我们里面，可能是丰富的，也可能是贫穷的。这一次你也许不能消化并吸收某一节。但改天这句话也许就丰丰富富的进入你里面，并住在你里面。我们都需要让基督的话丰丰富富的住在我们里面。
10It is possible for the same verse of the Bible to enter into us either in a rich way or in a poor way. At one time you may not be able to digest and assimilate a particular verse. But at another time the Word may be rich in its entering into you and dwell in you richly. We all need to let the word of Christ dwell in us richly
唱主的话
SINGING THE WORD
11现在我们要来看让基督的话丰丰富富的住在我们里面的路，这是很重要的。保罗在歌罗西三章十六节把路给了我们，他说，『当用各样的智慧，让基督的话丰丰富富的住在你们里面，用诗章、颂辞、灵歌，彼此教导，互相劝戒，心被恩感歌颂神。』这里保罗指明，我们应当教导并劝戒，不是用普通的方式，乃是用诗章、颂辞、灵歌。诗章常是相当长，灵歌趋向简短，颂辞通常中等长度。我们用诗章、颂辞、灵歌，互相劝戒时，应当心被恩感歌颂神。我们需要运用灵歌颂。我们越这样歌颂，就越受感而火热起来。藉著这样的歌颂，我们就让基督的话丰丰富富的住在我们里面。
11At this point it is important to consider the way to let the word of Christ inhabit us richly. Paul gives us the way in Colossians 3:16, where he says “in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to God.” Here Paul indicates that we should teach and admonish, not in an ordinary way, but in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Psalms are often rather long, spiritual songs tend to be short, and hymns are usually of medium length. As we admonish one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, we should sing with grace in our hearts to God. We need to sing with the exercise of the spirit. The more we sing in this way, the more we shall be inspired and set on fire. By this kind of singing, we let the word of Christ dwell in us richly
12假定在聚会中我们唱一首用以弗所三章十六至二十一节写成的诗歌。我们若运用灵唱这些经节，这段话就会丰丰富富的住在我们里面，我们就会得著营养。这营养首先供应灵，不是供应头脑。藉著用我们的灵歌颂，我们就有路让基督的话带著其一切的丰富住在我们里面，滋养我们。
12Suppose in a meeting we sing a hymn composed of Ephesians 3:16-21. If we sing these verses with the exercise of the spirit, this portion of the Word will inhabit us richly, and we shall receive nourishment. This nourishment is supplied first to the spirit, not to the mentality. By singing with our spirit we have a way to let the word of Christ inhabit us with all its riches to nourish us
凡所作的都要在主的名里
DOING ALL IN THE NAME OF THE LORD
13在歌罗西三章十七节保罗继续说，『凡你们所作的，无论是甚么，或说话，或行事，都要在主耶稣的名里，藉著祂感谢父神。』凡所作的都要在主的名里，是甚么意思？在某人的名里行动，就是与他是一，甚至成为他。我若不与某人是一，我怎能在他的名里作甚么？凡我们所作的，若要在主的名里，我们就必须与祂是一，甚至成为祂。这样作就是活基督。
13In Colossians 3:1 7 Paul goes on to say, “And in everything, whatever you do in word or in work, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.” What does it mean to do all things in the name of the Lord? To act in a person’s name is to be one with him and even to become him. If I am not one with a particular person, how can I do anything in his name? If we are to do everything in the name of the Lord, we must be one with Him and even become Him. To do this is to live Christ.
14我们越藉著诵读、祷读、尤其唱读，接受主的话，主话的丰富就越浸透我们，并使我们与主成为一。这样，我们行事就不会在我们自己的名里，乃在主耶稣的名里。活基督的路，就是藉著运用我们的灵接受主的话。仅仅用我们的心思读主的话并不彀。我们也必须祷告主的话，唱主的话，藉此运用我们的灵。我盼望在召会的聚会中，我们会花更多的时间唱神的话。让我们首先读神的话，然后祷读神的话。接著，让我们唱神的话。这样，我们就会彻底被话的丰富所浸透。因为话是基督丰富的具体化，被话浸透就是被基督的元素注入并饱和。这个注入并饱和使我们与基督成为一，并使我们所作的，都在祂的名里。在我们所说、所作的一切事上，我们都要与祂是一。我们被丰富的话所饱和，我们就与主耶稣成为一，并且在祂的名里作一切事。这就是活基督的路。
14The more we take the Word by reading, pray-reading, and especially sing-reading, the more the riches of the Word will saturate us and make us one with the Lord. Then we shall do things not in our own name, but in the name of the Lord Jesus. The way to live Christ is to take the Word by exercising our spirit. It is not sufficient merely to use our mind to read the Word. We must also exercise our spirit by praying the Word and singing it. I hope that in the church meetings we shall spend more time singing the Word of God. Let us first read the Word and then pray-read it. Following this, let us sing the Word. Then we shall become thoroughly saturated with the riches of the Word. Because the Word is the embodiment of the riches of Christ, to be saturated with the Word is to be infused with and permeated by the elements of Christ. This infusion and permeation causes us to become one with Christ and to do everything in His name. In all that we say and do, we shall be one with Him. As we are permeated by the enriching Word, we become one with the Lord Jesus and do everything in His name. This is the way to live Christ
15神的心意是要得著一班与祂是一的人，不是在祂的神格上，乃是在祂的生命和性情上与祂是一。那些在神圣的生命和性情上与神是一的人，就能彰显祂。今天神所寻找的，乃是一班藉著将丰富的话接受到他们里面，而活基督的人。
15God’sin tent i on is to have a people who are one with Him, not in His Godhead, but in His life and nature. Those who are one with God in the divine life and nature are able to express Him. What God is seeking today is a group of people who live Christ by taking the rich Word into them
话成为全备供应的灵
THE WORD BECOMING THE BOUNTIFUL SPIRIT
16每当我们被话的丰富所浸透，我们里面的话就成为全备供应的灵。这是藉著我们不住的祷告而发生。可能你不知道这种祷告与歌唱有甚么关系。歌唱是祷告绝佳的路。当你藉著运用你的灵而歌唱，你就是在祷告。我们能献给神最好的祷告，往往就是我们向祂的歌唱。假定你唱：『何等生命！何等平安！基督活在我的里面。』这就是绝佳的祷告。
16Whenever we are saturated with the riches of the Word, the Word within us becomes the bountiful Spirit. This takes place through our unceasing prayer. Perhaps you are wondering what this kind of prayer has to do with singing. Singing is an excellent way to pray. When you sing by exercising your spirit, you pray. Often the best prayer we can offer to God is our singing unto Him. Suppose you sing “Oh, what a life! Oh what a peace! The Christ who’sa ll within me lives.” This is an excellent prayer
17我们感谢神，也就是祷告。我们在主耶稣的名里行事，也该藉著祂感谢父神。
17We also pray when we thank God. When we do things in the name of the Lord Jesus, we should also give thanks to God the Father through Him
18藉著祷告、歌唱和感谢，我们就被基督注入，被祂饱和，并与祂调和。我们许多人能见证，我们享受某段主的话时，自然而然就有旋律从里面涌出。然后我们开始用这旋律向主唱这段话。藉著歌唱，我们就被话浸透，并得著话丰富的滋养。这使我们向神感谢。那时我们真与基督是一。凡我们所作的，无论是甚么，或说话，或行事，就都在主耶稣的名里。我再说，这就是活基督。我们需要看见，话、那灵全备的供应、以及不住的祷告，带著歌颂和感谢，都是并行的。藉著我们的祷告，带著歌颂和感谢，我们里面丰富的话就成为全备供应的灵。然后因著我们与那灵、与话、并与基督是一，我们就活基督；在我们所说、所作的一切事上，我们就真正与祂是一。我们每天都必须来到主的话跟前，并让主的话丰丰富富的进入我们里面。为此，我们不只需要读主的话，我们也需要祷告、歌颂、感谢并赞美。我们这样将话接受到我们里面，话就成为全备供应的灵。然后我们就被主浸透，与祂调和，并且实际的在生命和性情上与祂是一。逐渐的，话中杀死的元素会对付我们里面消极的事物─肉体、己、和天然的生命。同时，话会滋养、加强、并丰富我们，供应我们属灵成长所需要的一切元素。一面，我们被话与灵浸透；另一面，消极的事物逐渐减少。这就使我们活基督，并在祂里面长大。
18By praying, singing, and thanking we are infused with Christ, permeated by Him, and mingled with Him. Many of us can testify that, as we were enjoying a certain portion of the Word, spontaneously a melody welled up from within. Then we began to use this melody to sing the Word to the Lord. By singing, we were saturated with the Word and nourished by its riches. This caused us to be thankful to God. At that time we were truly one with Christ. Whatever we did in word or work was done in the name of the Lord Jesus. Again I say, this is to live Christ. We need to see that the Word, the bountiful supply of the Spirit, and unceasing prayer with singing and thanking all go together. By our prayer with singing and giving thanks, the rich Word within us becomes the bountiful Spirit. Then because we are one with the Spirit, with the Word, and with Christ, we live Christ, we are truly one with Him in all we say and do. Every day we must come to the Word and allow the Word to enter into us in a rich way. For this, we need more than just the reading of the Word. We also need praying, singing, thanking, and praising. When we take the Word into us in this way, the Word becomes the Spirit with the bountiful supply. Then we are saturated with the Lord, mingled with Him, and one with Him in a practical way in life and nature. Gradually, the killing element in the Word will deal with the negative things in us—the flesh, the self, and the natural life. At the same time, the Word will nourish, strengthen, and enrich us, supplying us with all the elements we need for our spiritual growth. On the one hand, we are saturated with the Word and the Spirit; on the other hand, the negative things are gradually reduced. This will cause us to live Christ and grow in Him
19我要再次劝你们将丰富的话、全备供应的灵、以及不住的祷告结合起来。不但要藉著读，也要藉著祷读和唱读来接受神的话。还要赞美主，并感谢祂。要将丰富的话和那灵全备的供应，与不住的祷告结合起来。然后你就会享受主、有分于祂、与祂是一、活祂、在祂里面长大、并显大祂。这是神今天所渴望的。我们需要实行本篇信息中所陈明的，盼望我们对此都有深刻的印象。不要照著人天然的观念祷告；反而要运用你的灵祷告主的话，唱主的话，感谢神并赞美祂。这样你就会让主的话进入你里面，使你得著主话一切丰富的滋养。然后，藉著你不住的祷告，这些丰富就会成为那灵全备的供应。你就会享受主、与祂是一、并且活祂。
19Once again I would urge you to combine the rich Word, the bountiful Spirit, and unceasing prayer. Take the Word of God not only by reading, but also by pray- reading and sing - reading. Also praise the Lord and give thanks to Him. Combine the rich Word and the bountiful supply of the Spirit with unceasing prayer. Then you will enjoy the Lord, partake of Him, be one with Him, live Him, grow in Him, and magnify Him. This is what God desires today. I hope that we shall all be deeply impressed with the need to practice what has been presented in this message. Do not pray according to the natural, human concept. Rather, exercise your spirit to pray the Word, to sing the Word, and to thank God and praise Him. In this way you will allow the Word to enter into you that you may be nourished with all its riches. These riches will then become the bountiful supply of the Spirit through your unceasing prayer. Then you will enjoy the Lord, be one with Him, and live Him.