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腓立比书生命读经 · 第42篇

被主的丰富浸透，以致凡所作的都在主的名里

DOING EVERYTHING IN THE NAME OF THE LORD BY BEING SATURATED WITH HIS RICHES
1读经：歌罗西书3:16—4:2，以弗所书，腓立比书4:13。在歌罗西三章十七节保罗嘱咐我们，凡所作的，都要在主耶稣的名里。在腓立比四章十三节他见证：『我在那加我能力者的里面，凡事都能作。』要领会在那加我们能力的主里面，凡事都能作的意思，相当容易，但要领会凡所作的，都要在主的名里，就相当困难。当然，名是指人位。我们叫某人的名，那人就回应。因此，名是指人位。没有人位，名是虚空、无意义的。因为名是指人位，所以在主的名里作事，意思必是在祂的人位里作事。
1Scripture Reading: Col. 3:16—4:2; Eph. 5:18-25; 6:17-18a; Phil. 4:13 5:18-25; 6:17-18a In Colossians 3:17 Paul charges us to do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus. In Philippians 4:13 he testifies, “I can do all things in Him who empowers me.” It is somewhat easy to understand what it means to be able to do all things in the Lord who empowers us, but it is quite difficult to understand what it means to do all things in the name of the Lord. The name, of course, denotes a person. When we call someone by name, that person responds. Hence, a name denotes a person. Apart from the person, the name is empty and meaningless. Because the name denotes a person, to do things in the name of the Lord must mean to do things in His person.
在主的名里祷告
PRAYING IN THE NAME OF THE LORD
2许多基督徒在祷告末了加上一句：『奉耶稣的名，阿们。』他们用主的名作印记、图章或签名，担保他们的祷告。然而，照著圣经，这不是在主的名里祷告的意思。在约翰十五章十六节主耶稣说，『你们在我的名里，无论向父求甚么，祂就赐给你们。』这里主说到在主的名里求父。约翰十四章十三至十四节说，『你们在我的名里无论求甚么，我必作成，叫父在子身上得荣耀。你们若在我的名里求我甚么，我必作成。』我们若在子的名里向父求甚么，我们的祈求很可能是用子的名作担保的签名。但我们直接向祂求甚么，当然不能这样用主的名。14照著约翰十四至十五章所启示的基本真理，在主的名里，意思是与主是一，凭主而活，并让主活在我们里面。主在父的名里来，并在父的名里行事。（五43，十25。）这就是说，祂与父是一，（十30，）凭父活著，（六，）并且父在祂里面作事。（十四。）在福音书里，主作父的彰显，在父的名里行事。在使徒行传里，门徒作主的彰显，在祂的名里作更大的事。（约十四12。）所以，在主的名里，意思是在实际上与祂是一。
2At the end of their prayers many Christians add the words “In the name of Jesus, amen.” They use the Lord’s name as a seal, stamp, or signature to endorse their prayers. According to the Bible, however, this is not the meaning of praying in the Lord’s name. In John 15:16 the Lord Jesus says, “Whatever you ask the Father in My name, He may give you.” Here the Lord speaks of asking the Father in the Lord’s name. John 14:13 and 14 say, “And whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it.” If we ask something of the Father in the name of the Son, it may be possible for our petition to use the Son’s name as a signature of endorsement. But we certainly cannot use the Lord’s name in this way when we are asking something of Him directly. According to the basic truth revealed in John and 15, to be in the Lord’s name means to be one with the Lord, to live by the Lord, and to let the Lord live in us. The Lord came in the name of the Father and did things in the Father’s name (John 5:43; 10:25). This means that He was one with the Father (John 10:30) and lived by the Father (John 6:57), and the Father worked in Him (John 57 14:10). In the Gospels, the Lord as the expression of the 10 Father did things in the Father’s name. In the Acts, the disciples as the expression of the Lord did even greater things (John 14:12) in His name. Therefore, to be in the Lord’s name means to be one with Him in actuality.
3在约翰五章四十三节主耶稣说，『我在我父的名里来，你们并不接受我。』主耶稣在父的名里来，意思不是祂用父的名作图章。主在父的名里来，这事实的意思是祂同著父并在父里面来。祂来了，父也来了。不但如此，照著约翰十章二十五节，主耶稣说，『我已经告诉你们，你们不信；我在我父的名里所行的事，为我作见证。』主在父的名里行事，就是与父是一，并在父的人位里行事。为这缘故，主耶稣能说，『我与父原是一。』（十30。）在约翰六章五十七节主耶稣说，活的父差祂来，祂又因父活著。这里的思想是主耶稣与父是一，所以祂是在父的人位里，并在父的名里。这一切经文指明，照著圣经的用法，在一个人的名里，意思是与那人是一。因此，名不仅仅是结束祷告时用作担保的签名、图章或印记。
3In John 5:43 the Lord Jesus says, “I have come in the name of My Father, and you do not receive Me.” For the Lord Jesus to come in the name of the Father did not mean that He used the Father’s name as a stamp. The fact that the Lord came in the name of the Father means that He came with the Father and in the Father. When He came, the Father came also. Furthermore, according to John 10:25, the Lord Jesus said, “I told you, and you do not believe; the works which I do in the name of My Father, these testify concerning Me.” For the Lord to do works in the name of the Father is to be one with the Father and to do things in the person of the Father. For this reason, the Lord Jesus could say, “I and the Father are one” (John 10:30). In John 6:57 the Lord Jesus said that the living Father sent Him and that He lived because of the Father. The though there is that the Lord Jesus was one with the Father and therefore was in the person of the Father and in the Father’s name. All these verses indicate that, according to biblical usage, to be in a person’s name means to be one with that person. Thus, the name is not merely a signature, stamp, or seal used as an endorsement to conclude a prayer.
主观的经历基督
EXPERIENCING CHRIST SUBJECTIVELY
4许多基督徒不领悟，我们信徒该主观的经历基督。圣经启示神的愿望和心意，是要将基督作到我们里面。还有甚么能比将基督作到我们这人里面更主观？保罗说到基督安家在我们心里，（弗三17，）就是指这点。基督这延展无限、包罗万有的一位，为神所膏的一位，不但要住在我们里面，更要安家在我们里面。这的确是一件主观的事。以弗所三章十七节的『安家』，原文与家同字根。仅仅说到基督住在我们里面并不充分，因这没有表达原文完全的意思。我们必须说，基督要定居、安家在我们里面。经历基督安家在我们里面，的确非常主观。然而，这经历多半为今天的基督徒所忽略。
4Many Christians do not realize that as believers we should experience Christ subjectively. The Bible reveals that God’s desire and intention is to work Christ into us. What could be more subjective than having Christ wrought into our very being? Paul refers to this when he speaks of Christ making His home in our hearts (Eph. 3:17). As the extensive, all-inclusive One, the One anointed by God, Christ wants not only to dwell in us, but also to make His home in us. This certainly is a subjective matter. The root of the Greek word rendered “make home” in Ephesians 3:17 is the same as that for house. It is not adequate merely to speak of Christ dwelling in us, for this does not convey the full meaning of the Greek word. We must say that Christ wants to house Himself, make His home, in us. The experience of Christ housing Himself in us is indeed very subjective. However, for the most part, this experience is neglected by Christians today
5基督徒中间的教训，主要是强调基督是我们的救赎主和救主；强调基督是神，应当是我们敬拜的对象；强调基督徒应当改良自己的行为。我们完全相信基督是我们的救赎主和救主，祂是神，并且我们应当敬拜祂。然而，照著圣经，关于基督徒改良自己的行为，这点有待商榷。好行为是甚么意思？我们不赞同仅仅由人自己努力所产生的好行为。但我们的确赞同，我们需要有那凭基督而变化之基督徒生命所产生的好行为。圣经说到好行为，不是指天然生命的好行为；反之，乃是指变化的生命正确的生活或行为。这里要紧的一点乃是：许多基督徒偏离了神经纶的目标、中心点。他们没有从神的话看见，三一神渴望进到我们里面，作我们的生命、我们生命的供应、和我们的一切、甚至我们的人位，使我们与祂是一。
5The teachings among Christians mainly stress that Christ is our Redeemer and Savior, that as God Christ should be the object of our worship, and that Christians should improve their behavior. We fully believe that Christ is our Redeemer and Savior, that He is God, and that we should worship Him. However, according to the Bible, the point about Christians improving their behavior is questionable. What is meant by good behavior? We do not agree with good behavior that is merely the product of a person’s self-effort. But we definitely agree that we need good behavior which is the product of the Christian life transformed with Christ. When the Bible speaks of good behavior, it does not refer to the good behavior of the natural life. On the contrary, it denotes the proper living, or behavior, of a transformed life. The important matter here is that many Christians have missed the mark, the focal point, of God’s economy. They do not see from the Word of God that the Triune God desires to come into us to be our life, our life supply, and everything to us, even our person, that we may be one with Him.
互相内在
COINHERENCE
6我要再强调，在主的名里，不仅仅是在祷告末了用祂的名作图章或签名。在主的名里，意思是在主耶稣的人位里。当子基督在父的名里来，祂不是用父的名作签名或图章。祂乃是在父的人位里来。我们不该以为主耶稣来的时候，只有子来，而父没有来。不，当子来时，父就在祂里面并同著祂来。约翰十四章二十三节证明这点：『人若爱我，就必遵守我的话，我父也必爱他，并且我们要到他那里去，同他安排住处。』一面，这里主说到父爱我们；另一面，祂说到父与子到我们这里来，同我们安排住处。照著这节，我们若爱子，父必爱我们。然后父与子要同我们安排住处。这指明子到我们这里来时，父也来。然而，这不是说父伴随子而来。父乃是在子里，以互相内在、彼此内住的方式来。约翰十四章十一节说到子在父里面，父在子里面。『在…里面』这小小的辞非常要紧，因为是指著互相内在的事。主在父里面并同著在祂里面的父而来。这就是子在父的名里来的意思。
6I wish to emphasize once again that to be in the name of the Lord is not merely to use His name as a stamp or signature at the end of a prayer. It means to be in the person of the Lord Jesus. When Christ the Son came in the name of the Father, He did not use the Father’s name as a signature or stamp. Instead, He came in the person of the Father. We should not think that when the Lord Jesus came, only the Son came and not the Father also. No, when the Son came, the Father came in Him and with Him. John 14:23 proves this: “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word, and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make an abode with him.” On the one hand, here the Lord speaks of the Father loving us; on the other hand, He speaks of the Father and the Son coming to us and making an abode with us. According to this verse, if we love the Son, the Father will love us. Then the Father and the Son will make an abode with us. This indicates that when the Son comes to us, the Father comes also. However, this does not mean that the Father comes alongside the Son. The Father comes in the Son, in the way of coinherence, of mutual indwelling. John 14:11 speaks of the Son being in the Father and the Father being in the Son. The little word in is very important, for it points to the matter of coinherence. The Lord came in the Father and with the Father in Him. This is what it means to say that the Son came in the name of the Father
7关于在主的名里祷告，并在祂的名里行事的意思，我们的思想需要更新。我们不应当再把『在主耶稣的名里』一辞当作担保的图章。我们要看见在主耶稣的名里，意思就是我们与祂是一，我们在祂里面，祂也在我们里面，这是很要紧的。正如子在父里面，父在子里面，是互相内在的，我们也必须这样与主是一。我们与主耶稣也该互相内在；就是我们需要在祂里面，并有祂在我们里面。这样，我们就真正在主的名里。
7Our thinking needs to be renewed with respect to the meaning of praying in the Lord’s name and of doing things in His name. No longer should we consider the expression, “in the name of the Lord Jesus,” as a stamp of endorsement. It is vital for us to see that to be in the name of the Lord Jesus means that we are one with Him, that we are in Him and He in us. As the Son is in the Father and the Father in the Son in the way of coinherence, we also must be one with the Lord in this way. We and the Lord Jesus should coinhere; that is, we need to be in Him and have Him in us. Then truly we shall be in the Lord’s name.
被话浸透
SATURATED WITH THE WORD
8在歌罗西三章十七节保罗说，『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。』凡所作的都要在主耶稣的名里，与让基督的话浸透我们并饱和我们有关。我们藉著祷告、歌唱、颂咏主的话，并为著话感谢父神，就被话充满、浸透并饱和。这样我们就挑旺我们的全人─我们的心思、意志、情感与灵。然而，许多基督徒没有被话挑旺，不热中于主的话；他们与话的接触是极其冷淡的。我们不该这样读圣经。反之，我们需要藉著歌唱、祷告、颂咏和感谢，让基督的话住在我们里面。我们越这样操练，我们里面的人就越被挑旺，基督的话不但会更多浸透我们，也更多与我们调和。这样我们整个里面的人就会被基督的话浸透。
8In Colossians 3:17 Paul says, “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.” Doing all things in the name of the Lord Jesus is related to letting the word of Christ saturate us and permeate us. We are filled, saturated, and permeated with the Word by praying, singing, and psalming the Word and giving thanks to God the Father for the Word. In this way we stir up our whole being, our mind, will, emotion, and spirit. However, instead of being stirred up by the Word, many Christians are halfhearted in relation to the Word; their contact with the Word is extremely cool. We should not read the Bible in this way. On the contrary, we need to let the word of Christ inhabit us by singing, praying, psalming, and thanking. The more we exercise in this way, the more our inner being will be stirred up, and the more the word of Christ will not only saturate us, but become mingled with us. In this way our entire inner being will be saturated with the word of Christ
9基督的话实际上就是基督的具体化。因此，话作为基督的具体化，与我们里面的人调和时，我们里面就与基督是一。这时候，我们自然就能在主的名里行事。因为主已浸透我们，饱和我们，并使自己与我们调和，使我们与祂是一，所以凡我们所作的，就能在祂的名里。在主的名里行事，意思就是在祂里面行事。歌罗西三章十七节与腓立比四章十三节互相呼应，那里保罗告诉我们，他在那加他能力者的里面，凡事都能作。我们若要使『在…里面』对我们不仅是个辞，乃是实用与实际，就需要让基督的话浸透我们全人。当基督的话进到我们里面，并在里面挑旺我们时，我们就真与基督是一；我们就在实际和经历上在祂里面。然后，就如我们凭我们所吃、所消化、所吸收的食物而活，照样，凡我们所作的，也会在那将我们饱和、浸透，与我们调和，并且我们实际与其是一的那位的名里。
9The word of Christ is actually the embodiment of Christ. Thus, when the Word as the embodiment of Christ is mingled with our inner being, inwardly we are one with Christ. It is at such a time that we can spontaneously do things in the name of the Lord. Because the Lord has saturated us, permeated us, and mingled Himself with us, making us one with Him, we can do all things in His name. To do things in the Lord’s name means to do things in Him. Colossians 3:17 corresponds to Philippians 4:13, where Paul tells us that he can do all things in the One who empowers him. If the words in Him are not to be simply terminology but a practicality and a reality to us, we need to let the word of Christ saturate our whole being. When the word of Christ enters into us and stirs us inwardly, we are truly one with Christ. We are in Him actually and experientially. Then just as we live by the food we have eaten, digested, and assimilated, we shall do all things in the name of the One with whom we have been permeated, saturated, and mingled and with whom we are one in a practical way
与主是一
one with the Lord
10歌罗西三章十八节至四章一节，是保罗对作妻子、丈夫、儿女、父亲、奴仆、和主人者的嘱咐。妻子要服从丈夫，丈夫要爱妻子；儿女要顺从父母，父亲不要惹儿女的气；奴仆要顺从主人，主人要公公平平的对待奴仆。但妻子怎样服从丈夫，丈夫怎样爱妻子？服从或爱惟一的路就是在主的名里，与主是一。请注意三章十八节至四章一节是直接继续保罗在三章十六至十七节的话。这就是说，我们若不藉著让基督的话丰丰富富的住在我们里面，而在主耶稣的名里，与祂是一，我们就无法服从或爱。要履行保罗在歌罗西这段所给的一切嘱咐，就要『在主耶稣的名里』。姊妹若与主调和，并与祂是一，自然会服从丈夫。同样，丈夫若与主调和，自然会爱妻子。照样，儿女会孝敬父母，父亲会避免惹儿女的气，奴仆会顺从主人，主人也会公公平平的对待奴仆。这就是说，妻子必须在主的名里服从丈夫，丈夫必须在主的名里爱妻子。不但如此，儿女孝敬父母，父母照顾儿女，奴仆顺从主人，主人公平的对待奴仆，这一切都该在主的名里。
10In Colossians 3:18 — 4:1 Paul gives a charge to wives, husbands, children, fathers, slaves, and masters. The wives are to be subject to their husbands, the husbands are to love their wives, the children are to obey their parents, the fathers are not to provoke their children, the slaves are to obey their masters, and the masters are to grant their slaves that which is just and equal. But how is a wife to submit to her husband, or a husband to love his wife? The only way to submit or to love is to be in the name of the Lord, to be one with the Lord. Notice that 3:18—4:1 is the direct continuation of Paul’sword in verses 16 and 17. This means that if we are not in the name of the Lord Jesus, one with Him by having the word of Christ dwell in us richly, we cannot submit or love. The fulfillment of all the charges given by Paul in this portion of Colossians comes out of being “in the name of the Lord Jesus.” If a sister is mingled with the Lord and one with Him, she will spontaneously submit to her husband. Likewise, if a husband is mingled with the Lord, he will automatically love his wife. In like manner, a child will honor his parents, a father will refrain from provoking his children, a slave will obey his master, and a master will give to his slave what is just and equal. This means that a wife must submit to her husband in the name of the Lord, and a husband must love his wife also in the name of the Lord. Furthermore, children should obey their parents, parents should care for their children, servants should obey their masters, and masters should be fair to their slaves—all in the name of the Lord.
11在四章二节保罗继续说，『你们要坚定持续的祷告，在此儆醒感恩。』我们既已藉著歌唱、颂咏、祷告、和感谢与主成为一，就需要藉著坚定持续的祷告，保守这一。我们藉著祷告保守一，保守与主的调和。坚定持续的祷告就是不断、不住的祷告。我们若要活基督，这是必需的。
11In 4:2 Paul goes on to say, “Persevere in prayer, watching in it with thanksgiving.” Having become one with the Lord by singing, psalming, praying, and thanking, we need to preserve this oneness by persevering in prayer. By prayer we preserve the oneness, the mingling with the Lord. To persevere in prayer is to pray continually, unceasingly. This is necessary if we are to live Christ
正常的基督徒生活
THE NORMAL CHRISTIAN LIVING
12在以弗所五章十八节保罗告诉我们，要在我们的灵里被充满。我们的灵该被甚么充满？我们需要在灵里被基督丰富的话充满。我们让基督的话丰丰富富的住在我们里面，这话就会浸透我们，在里面充满我们。我们该被那包含在话里之基督的丰富所充满，甚至被充满成为神一切的丰满。当弟兄这样被充满时，神就会藉著他来爱妻子。同样，儿女这样被充满时，他们的孝敬父母就会带著神的丰满。
12In Ephesians 5:18 Paul tells us to be filled in our spirit. With what should our spirit be filled? We need to be filled in spirit with the rich word of Christ. When we let the word of Christ inhabit us richly, this word will saturate us and produce an inner filling. We shall be filled with the riches of Christ contained in the Word, filled even unto all the fullness of God. When a brother is filled in this way, God will love his wife through him. Likewise, when children are filled like this, their honoring of their parents will be with the fullness of God
13今天许多基督徒受教导要照著伦理而活。他们忽略了三一神将自己分赐到信徒里面，并使自己与他们调和，使他们活祂。有些人甚至反对这启示。他们指控我们贬低神，高举人，并教导泛神论和进化成神。何等瞎眼、无知！圣经教导说，神成为肉体；祂甚至降卑到生在马槽里。至终，基督被钉在十字架上，然后被埋在坟墓里，甚至降到阴间，好豫备道路进到我们里面。不是我们高举了人，乃是基督高举了我们。照著新约，祂升天时，我们也升天。不然，我们怎能与祂一同坐在诸天界里？（弗二6。）真可悲，今天许多神圣的真理被基督徒忽略了。但主在祂的怜悯里，已给我们看见这些事。我们已从圣经看见，三一神要进到我们里面，使祂自己与我们调和，并将我们高举到诸天之上，使我们与祂同活，并与祂是一。倘若这是我们的经历，那么凡我们所作的，都会在主耶稣的名里。看见这奇妙的真理，是何等的祝福！我们需要到永世才完全明白，我们看见的这点是蒙了主多少的祝福。哦，何等的福分，凡我们所作的，都能在三一神的名里！姊妹若在三一神的名里服从丈夫，她的服从就会是美妙、神圣的，全然不同于照著孔子伦理的服从。她的服从不会凭著人天然的生命，乃会凭著那作到她里面神圣的生命。我们信徒有神圣的性情，这是奇妙的事实。彼后一章四节说，我们有分于神的性情。扩大我们里面神圣性情范围的路，就是接受基督的话，不但藉著诵读，也藉著祷告、歌唱、颂咏和感谢。基督的话若要丰丰富富的住在我们里面，我们就需要敞开我们的全人，并运用我们的灵。然后话就会进到我们里面，挑旺我们，并与我们调和，使我们真正、实际的与主成为一。结果，凡我们所作的，都会在主耶稣的名里。我们自然会活基督。我们会在行为和言语上与基督是一。
13Most Christians today are taught to live according to ethics. They neglect the Triune God dispensing Himself into the believers and mingling Himself with them that they may live Him. Some even go so far as to oppose this revelation. They accuse us of lowering God, of uplifting man, and of teaching pantheism and evolution into God. What blindness and ignorance! The Bible teaches that God was incarnated. He even stooped so low as to be born in a manger. Eventually, after Christ was crucified on the cross, He was buried in a tomb and even descended into Hades in order to prepare the way to enter into us. It is not we who have uplifted man; it is Christ who has uplifted us. According to the New Testament, when He ascended, we ascended also. Otherwise, how could we be seated with Him in the heavenlies (Eph. 2:6)? It is indeed sad that so many divine truths are neglected by Christians today. But in His mercy the Lord has shown these things to us. We have seen from the Bible that the Triune God wants to come into us, mingle Himself with us, and uplift us to the heavens that we may live with Him and be one with Him. If this is our experience, then everything we do will be in the name of the Lord Jesus. What a blessing it is to see this marvelous truth! It will take eternity to make known how much we have been blessed by the Lord in seeing this. Oh, what a blessing that we can do all things in the name of the Triune God! If a sister submits to her husband in the name of the Triune God, her submission will be wonderful, divine, altogether different from submission that is according to the ethics of Confucius. Her submission will not be by the natural human life, but by the divine life which has been wrought into her. It is a wonderful fact that as believers we possess the divine nature. Second Peter 1:4 says that we are partakers of the divine nature. The way to enlarge the sphere of the divine nature within us is to take the word of Christ not only by reading, but also by praying, singing, psalming, and thanking. If the word of Christ is to dwell in us richly, we need to open our entire being and exercise our spirit. Then the Word will enter into us, stir us up, and become mingled with us, causing us to be one with the Lord in an actual and practical way. As a result, we shall do all things in the name of the Lord Jesus. Spontaneously we shall live Christ. We shall be one with Christ in deeds and words
14所以，在主的名里作一切事，就是与主是一来作一切事，这是藉著诵读、祷告、歌唱、并颂咏主的话，运用我们的灵与话调和，因而在经历上与基督成为一。这样，我们就会活基督，在祂的名里作一切事。这就是正常的基督徒生活。
14Therefore, to do all things in the Lord’s name is to do all things in oneness with the Lord by reading, praying, singing, and psalming the Word, exercising our spirit to be mingled with the Word and thereby to become one with Christ experientially. Then we shall live Christ, doing all things in His name. This is the normal Christian living.