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腓立比书生命读经 · 第48篇

藉著耶稣基督之灵全备的供应,以及内住之神里面的运行,

Constant Salvation Through the Bountiful Supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ
经历常时的救恩
and the Inward Operation of the Indwelling God
1读经:腓立比书1:19-21;2:12-16。
1Scripture Reading: Phil. 1:19-21; 2:12-16
2腓立比书虽然简短,却非常丰富、深奥。新约中没有一卷书以这样实际、经历的方式来启示救恩。从马太一章我们知道,基督成了一个人,名叫耶稣和以马内利。耶稣的意思是『耶和华救主』,以马内利的意思是『神与我们同在』。我得救以后,非常宝贝这两个名字。但是,直至主带我进入腓立比书的实际后,我才在经历中认识这两个名字的含义。这卷书给我们看见神那实际、可经历、主观且常时之救恩的细节。腓立比书陈明神救恩的方式,比罗马书更实际,更重在经历。罗马书说到救恩,是重在道理一面;但腓立比书说到救恩,是重在经历一面。
2Although Philippians is a short book, it is rich and profound. No other book in the New Testament reveals salvation in such a practical and experiential way. We know from the first chapter of Matthew that Christ became a man named Jesus and Emmanuel. Jesus means “Jehovah the Savior,” and Emmanuel means “God with us.” After I was saved, I treasured these names. However, I did not know their meaning in an experiential way until the Lord brought me into the reality of the book of Philippians. In this book we have the details of God’s practical, experiential, subjective, and constant salvation. Philippians presents God’ss alvation in away that is more practical and experiential than the way it is presented in Romans. Romans speaks of salvation more in a doctrinal way, but Philippians speaks of it more in an experiential way
在我们的家庭生活和召会生活里,
THE NEED FOR CONSTANT SALVATION
需要常时的救恩
IN OUR FAMILY LIFE AND CHURCH LIFE
3神在基督里的救恩不仅是永远的,也是常时的、实际的。就某种意义说,永远的救恩是相当的遥远。我们需要一种救恩,能彀应用到我们每日的景况中,特别是应用到我们的婚姻生活和家庭生活里。婚姻生活可比作监狱;我们的配偶是禁卒,我们的儿女是守卫。在这种景况中,我们需要实际、常时、经历上的救恩。腓立比书启示一种我们可以天天经历的救恩,一种可以在婚姻生活的『监狱』里享受的救恩。我们不仅需要在家庭生活里经历现时的救恩,也需要在召会生活里经历现时的救恩。在召会里,有许多不同国籍的圣徒,带著各种的性情和个性。我们若要一同留在召会生活里,就需要现时、实际的救恩。如果我们不仅要经历地方的召会,也要经历召会作宇宙的新人,就特别有这个需要。因此,为著我们的家庭生活、我们所在地方召会的生活,以及我们在一个新人里的生活,我们都需要救恩。
3God’ss alvation in Christ is not only eternal, but also constant and practical. In a sense, eternal salvation is rather remote. We need a salvation that can be applied to our daily situations, especially to our married life and family life. Married life can be compared to a prison. Our spouse is the jailer, and our children are guards. For such a situation, we need a salvation that is practical, constant, and experiential. The book of Philippians reveals a salvation that we can experience day by day, a salvation that we can enjoy in the “prison” of married life. We need to experience a present salvation not only in our family life, but also in the church life. In the church there are saints of many different nationalities and with all kinds of dispositions and personalities. In order for us to stay together in the church life, we need a present and practical salvation. This is especially necessary if we are to experience the church not only locally, but also as the new man universally. Hence, we need salvation for our family life, for our local church life, and for our life in the one new man.
4假定你准备去访问世界各地的召会;当你接触到不同文化、不同国籍、不同性情的圣徒时,你就会领悟,我们何等需要在召会生活里经历神的救恩。我们若要实行召会生活,让这么多不同的弟兄姊妹聚在一起如同一人,我们就需要腓立比书所启示常时的救恩。在腓立比一章十九节保罗说,『因为我知道,这事…终必叫我得救。』身为罗马监狱里的囚犯,保罗需要实际的救恩。假如有人和他题起永远的救恩,保罗可能会说,『弟兄,不要谈一些离我目前的景况如此遥远的事。我现在是一个带锁炼的囚犯。我需要一个能应用到这景况的救恩。』
4Suppose you plan to visit churches in different parts of the world. As you come in contact with saints of different cultures, nationalities, and dispositions, you will realize how much we need to experience God’ss alvation in the church life. If we are to practice the church life with so many different brothers and sisters meeting together as one, we need the constant salvation revealed in the book of Philippians. In 1:19 Paul says, “I know that for me this shall turn out to salvation.” As a prisoner in Rome, Paul needed a practical salvation. Suppose someone spoke to him about eternal salvation. Paul could have said, “Brother, don’t talk about something so remote from my present situation. I am a prisoner in chains. I need a salvation that can be applied to this situation.”
蒙拯救脱离弯曲
SAVED FROM CROOKEDNESS
5在二章十二至十五节,保罗说到作成我们自己的救恩,这救恩与发怨言、起争论、指摘、搀杂、弯曲、悖谬和瑕疵有关。这指明我们需要一种救恩,使我们脱离这一切消极的事物。倘若我们还有一点弯曲,那么不论我们是不是基督徒,我们仍是现今弯曲世代中的一部分。蒙拯救脱离弯曲的世代,就是蒙拯救脱离弯曲。我们都需要一种为著今日的救恩,就是腓立比书中所启示的救恩。
5In 2:12-15 Paul speaks of working out our own salvation in relation to murmurings, reasonings, blame, guile, blemishes, crookedness, and perverseness. This indicates that we need a salvation from all these negative things. If we are still crooked in some way, then, whether or not we are Christians, we are part of today’s crooked generation. To be saved from the crooked generation is to be saved from crookedness. We all need a salvation for today, the salvation revealed in the book of Philippians
我们每日救恩的凭藉
THE MEANS OF OUR DAILY SALVATION
6在本篇信息中我们要来看,藉著耶稣基督之灵全备的供应,以及内住之神里面的运行,我们可以得著常时、每日的救恩。救恩是需要能力的。这意思是说,我们需要一种能力,以提供我们常时的救恩。神成就这救恩的凭藉,实在大得难以形容。照著腓立比书,这凭藉有两个:耶稣基督之灵全备的供应,以及内住之神里面的运行。我们天天,甚至时时都可以因这两个凭藉而蒙拯救。请注意:我们每日救恩的凭藉,并不是『神』的灵全备的供应,以及『眷临』之神的运行;乃是耶稣基督之灵全备的供应,以及内住之神里面的运行。拯救我们的神不仅眷临我们,祂更住在我们里面。一面,保罗能说,藉著耶稣基督之灵全备的供应,他的景况终必叫他得救。另一面,他嘱咐众圣徒,要照著神在他们里面的运行,作成他们自己的救恩。因此,那灵全备的供应和内住之神里面的运行,乃是使我们天天实际的蒙拯救的两个凭藉。
6In this message we shall see that we may have constant, daily salvation through the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ and the inward operation of the indwelling God. Salvation requires power. This means that a certain power is necessary to afford us a constant salvation. God’s means for the accomplishment of this salvation are unspeakably great. According to Philippians, the means are two: the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ and the inward operation of the indwelling God. Daily and even hourly we may be saved by these two means. Please notice that the means of our daily salvation are not the bountiful supply of the Spirit of God and the operation of the visiting God. They are the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ and the inward operation of the indwelling God. The God who saves us is not one who merely visits us; He is the One who indwells us. On the one hand, Paul could say that his circumstances would turn out to him for salvation through the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. On the other hand, he charged the saints to work out their own salvation according to the inward operation of God. Thus, the bountiful supply of the Spirit and the inward operation of the indwelling God are the two means whereby we are saved in a practical way day by day.
与三一神的生机联结
AN ORGANIC UNION WITH THE TRIUNE GOD
7我们相信基督时,我们与三一神之间就有了生机的联结。我们已经实际的与三一神联合,与三一神联结了。我们相信基督,就从神而生,神也生到我们里面。这种神圣的出生使生机的联结有可能发生。当三一神这包罗万有的灵,耶稣基督的灵进到我们灵里的时候,我们就从神而生。在我们相信主耶稣时,即使我们可能不领悟,也没有察觉,这种生机的联结就发生了。包罗万有的灵既进到我们灵里,祂就带著全备的供应留在我们的灵里。
7When we believed in Christ, an organic union took place between us and the Triune God. We have actually been joined to the Triune God, united with Him. By believing in Christ we were born of God, and God was born into us. This divine birth makes the organic union possible. We were born of God when the Triune God as the all- inclusive Spirit, the Spirit of Jesus Christ, came into our spirit. This transaction took place at the time we believed in the Lord Jesus, even though we probably did not realize it and were not conscious of it. Having come into our spirit, the all-inclusive Spirit remains there with His bountiful supply
8全备供应的内容
8THE CONTENTS OF THE BOUNTIFUL SUPPLY
神性
Divinity
9我们必须看见那灵全备的供应包含些甚么。第一,全备的供应包含神圣的人位,带著神圣的生命与性情。所以,全备的供应包含了神性,而神性包含神圣的生命、性情、所是及人位;换言之,就是包含了神自己。我们在全备的供应里,得享神带著祂的生命、性情、所是及人位。
9We need to see what the bountiful supply of the Spirit includes. First, the bountiful supply includes the divine Person with the divine life and nature. Thus, the bountiful supply includes divinity, and divinity includes the divine life, nature, being, and person. In other words, it is God Himself. In the bountiful supply we have God with His life, nature, being, and person
人性
Humanity
10全备的供应也包含拔高的人性,就是一种带著正确生命、生活、性情和人位的人性。主耶稣是神又是人;祂里面有神性,也有人性。因此,祂在地上的时候,过著是神又是人的生活。主在地上三十三年半所经历的一切,如今都在包罗万有的灵里。因此,神性和人性,包括主耶稣的人性生活,都在包罗万有之灵全备的供应里。
10The bountiful supply also includes an uplifted humanity, a humanity with a proper life, living, nature, and person. The Lord Jesus is both God and man. Within Him there are both divinity and humanity. Thus, when He was on earth, He lived as God and also as man. All that the Lord passed through in thirty-three and a half years of life on earth is now in the all-inclusive Spirit. Therefore, divinity and humanity, including the human living of the Lord Jesus, are in the bountiful supply of the all-inclusive Spirit
钉死、复活和升天
Crucifixion, Resurrection, and Ascension
11主耶稣在十字架上完成了一个奇妙的死。基督包罗万有的死对付了宇宙中每一件消极的事物。因著祂的死,一切罪恶的事物都被了结。这奇妙的死也包含在那灵全备的供应里。基督的复活和升天也包含在这供应里。如今在那灵全备的供应里,有基督的神性、人性、钉死、复活和升天。
11On the cross the Lord Jesus died a wonderful death. The all-inclusive death of Christ dealt with every negative thing in the universe. By His death all sinful things were terminated. This wonderful death is also included in the bountiful supply of the Spirit. Christ’s resurrection and ascension are included as well. Now in the bountiful supply of the Spirit we have Christ’s divinity, humanity, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension.
神圣的属性和人性的美德
The Divine Attributes and Human Virtues
12那灵全备的供应也包含神圣的属性和人性的美德。神是爱,也是光;是圣别的,也是公义的。这些乃是神的属性。此外,为人的基督还有一切人性的美德。神圣的属性和人性的美德,都在耶稣基督包罗万有的灵里。
12The bountiful supply of the Spirit also includes the divine attributes and the human virtues. God is love and light, and He is holy and righteous. These are some of His attributes. Furthermore, as a man Christ has all the human virtues. Both the divine attributes and the human virtues are in the all-inclusive Spirit of Jesus Christ
13我们每日所需要的服从与爱,也在那灵全备的供应里。虽然圣经吩咐作妻子的要服从丈夫,作丈夫的要爱妻子,但实际上,凭著我们自己,我们既没有真正的服从,也没有真正的爱。我们没有服从,反而有背叛。我们没有合式的爱,却有失衡、弯曲的爱。真实的服从和真实的爱,乃是在那灵全备的供应里。当我们享受那灵全备的供应时,我们就不知不觉有分于这供应里的成分。例如,我们会爱别人,却不觉得我们在爱人。照样,我们服从人,自己却不知道。然而,我们若刻意的尝试去爱人、服从人,我们的爱与服从就不真。真实的爱与真实的服从,总是自自然然、不知不觉的。真服从自己丈夫的姊妹,会对自己的服从没有感觉,因为她的服从乃是出自耶稣基督之灵全备的供应。有时候,姊妹们的服从是有目的,有企图的。一位姊妹也许这样想:要属灵,就一定要服从丈夫。这种服从是耍政治手腕。有些姊妹服从的目的,是要树立一个好榜样,给她的女儿来效法。这种服从也是耍政治手腕,甚至是假冒为善。这是表演,而不是自然的表显。我再说,真实的服从乃是自然的,是享受那灵全备供应的结果。
13The submission and love we need day by day are also found in the bountiful supply of the Spirit. Although the Bible commands a wife to submit to her husband and a husband to love his wife, actually in ourselves we do not have either genuine submission or love. Instead of submission, we have rebellion. Instead of a proper love, we have an unbalanced, twisted love. True submission and love are in the bountiful supply of the Spirit. As we enjoy the bountiful supply of the Spirit, we partake of the ingredients of this supply without being aware of it. For example, we may love others without being conscious of the fact that we are loving. In like manner, we may be submissive without realizing that we are submissive. However, if we deliberately try to love or submit, our love or submission will not be genuine. True love and true submission are always spontaneous and not something of which we are conscious. A sister who is genuinely submissive to her husband has no consciousness of being submissive, for her submission comes out of the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. Sometimes sisters submit purposely and intentionally. A sister may think that she must submit to her husband in order to be spiritual. This kind of submission is political. Other sisters may submit for the purpose of setting a good example for their daughters to follow. This submission is also political and even hypocritical. It is a performance rather than something spontaneous. I repeat, real submission is spontaneous; it is the issue of enjoying the bountiful supply of the Spirit
14我们何时不享受耶稣基督之灵全备的供应,而要努力作出好行为,我们就是耍政治手腕、假冒为善。事实上,每一种宗教所教导人行事的方式,都是耍政治手腕。我们受了这影响,会认为为了丈夫、妻子的缘故,为了儿女或亲族的缘故,甚至为了召会的缘故,我们应当有特别的行为。这种行为乃是耍政治手腕,也是假冒为善。
14Whenever we try to be have ourselves apart from enjoying the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, we are political and hypocritical. Actually, every kind of religion teaches people to act in a political way. Under this influence, we may think that for the sake of our husband or wife, for the sake of our children or relatives, and even for the sake of the church, we should be have in a particular way. Such behavior is political, hypocritical.
15真实美德的源头乃是耶稣基督之灵全备的供应。保罗在罗马监狱里的喜乐,并不是刻意表现出来的。他的喜乐不是自我努力的结果,更不是一种表演。因著保罗爱三一神,向三一神敞开自己,与三一神有交通,三一神就得著自由的通道,将祂一切的所是注入到保罗里面。结果,保罗能彀体验,这位三一神有耶稣基督之灵全备的供应。因著他经历这样的供应,所以他虽是带锁炼的囚犯,他也能彀在主里喜乐。今天那灵不仅是神的灵、耶和华的灵、或是圣灵。那灵经过了成为肉体、人性生活、钉死、复活、升天等过程,如今成了耶稣基督的灵。祂里面有活的供应,包含了各种神圣、属灵、属天的成分。保罗藉著耶稣基督之灵这全备的供应,他的景况至终转成他的救恩。藉著这全备的供应,他持续不断、时时刻刻的蒙拯救。因此,他每日救恩的源头,乃是耶稣基督之灵全备的供应。
15The source of true virtue is the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. When Paul was rejoicing there in prison in Rome, he was not deliberately trying to act joyful. His rejoicing was not the result of his own effort, and it certainly was not a performance. Because Paul loved the Triune God, opened himself to the Triune God, and communicated with the Triune God, the Triune God had a free course to infuse all He is into Paul. As a result, Paul could realize that with this Triune God there is the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. Because he experienced this supply, he could rejoice in the Lord even while a prisoner in chains. The Spirit today is not merely the Spirit of God, the Spirit of Jehovah, or the Holy Spirit. Having passed through the process of incarnation, human living, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension, the Spirit is now the Spirit of Jesus Christ. Within Him there is a living supply which includes all kinds of divine, spiritual, heavenly ingredients. Through this bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, Paul’s circumstances turned out to his salvation. He was saved constantly and instantly through this bountiful supply. Thus, the source of his daily salvation was the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ
蒙拯救脱离发怨言、起争论
SAVED FROM MURMURINGS AND REASONINGS
16在腓立比一章,保罗藉著那灵全备的供应,蒙拯救脱离一个特别的景况。在二章保罗接著指出,信徒如何在日常生活中平常的事上经历常时的救恩。例如,二章十四节说,『凡所行的,都不要发怨言,起争论。』发怨言并起争论是我们每日的经历。我们也许不会每天都恨人或发脾气,但我们的确天天发怨言并起争论。在婚姻生活里,妻子特别容易发怨言,丈夫特别容易起争论。就某种意义说,天然的婚姻生活是一个发怨言、起争论的生活。一位弟兄若是单身,没有妻子作伴,他就不太有机会发怨言、起争论。但是,婚姻生活提供他足彀的机会来发怨言、起争论。同样,一位姊妹结婚之前,也许不会为著小挫折发怨言。当她结婚以后,可能会为著最轻微的挫折就发起怨言来。她的丈夫对她的发怨言也有反应,就与她争论起来,为自己表白,并指控对方。他们发怨言、起争论,也许是为著床舖没有整理,刷子没有归位,灯泡烧坏了,房间不干净这类的事。万一丈夫下班回家,发现家里乱七八糟,他很难会保持沉默。就算他试著如此作,也不会喜乐的沉默。我们为这些事发怨言、起争论,显示我们需要常时的救恩。哦,我们何等需要天天蒙拯救,脱离发怨言和起争论!
16In Philippians 1 Paul was saved from a particular situation through the bountiful supply of the Spirit. In chapter two he goes on to point out how the believers may experience a constant salvation in the ordinary things of daily life. For example, 2:14 says, “Do all things without murmurings and reasonings.” Murmurings and reasonings are things we experience daily. We may not experience hate or anger every day, but we certainly reason and murmur every day. In married life, the wives are especially given to murmuring, and the husbands, to reasoning. In a sense, the natural married life is a life of murmurings and reasonings. If a brother lived alone, without a wife as his companion, he might have little occasion for murmuring and reasoning. Married life, however, affords him ample opportunity for both. Likewise, before a sister is married, she may not murmur over minor frustrations. Now after she is married, she may murmur over the slightest frustration. Her husband may react to her murmuring by reasoning with her, vindicating himself and accusing her. There may be murmurings and reasonings over such things as a bed that is not made, a brush that is out of place, a burned-out light bulb, or a room that is not clean. Should a husband come home from work and find the house not in proper order, he may find it difficult to be silent. Even if he manages to be quiet, he may not be silent joyfully. Our murmurings and reasonings over matters such as these reveal our need for constant salvation. Oh, how we need to be saved daily from murmurings and reasonings
神在我们里面运行
GOD OPERATING IN US
17甚么能拯救我们脱离发怨言和起争论?在二章十二和十三节,保罗嘱咐我们,要作成我们自己的救恩,因为『乃是神为著祂的美意,在你们里面运行,使你们立志并行事』。然而,对我们而言,神在我们里面运行,可能只是个道理。当我们在家里面对某些景况时,可能没有神在我们里面运行的实际,而完全落在自己里面。但我们若要经历常时的救恩,我们就必须领悟,这救恩乃是神自己在我们里面运行。
17What can save us from our murmurings and reasonings? In 2:12 and 13 Paul charges us to work out our own salvation, for “it is God who operates in you both the willing and the working for His good pleasure.” However, the matter of God operating in us may be merely a doctrine. When we face certain situations at home, we may not have the reality of the inward operation of God. Instead, we may be fully in ourselves. Nevertheless, if we are to experience constant salvation, we need to realize that this salvation is God Himself operating within us
18多年来,我一直受一件事实的搅扰,就是保罗在二章十三节乃是题到神,而不是题到基督或那灵。在这一节里,保罗特意说到神,目的是要指出,我们常时的救恩,一点不差就是神自己。然而,二章十三节所启示的神,和创世记一章一节所启示的神不尽相同。我们来到腓立比书的时候,神已经经过了成为肉体、人性生活、钉死、复活和升天的过程。照著以赛亚九章六节,为我们而生的婴孩称为全能的神。那生在伯利恒的马槽里,长在拿撒勒木匠家里的一位,乃是全能的神。由此我们看见,活的神经历了人性生活。全能的神在一个人里面,在人类中间生活三十多年之久。之后,为要成功救赎,祂被钉在十字架上,进入死,游历了阴间,又在复活里出来。不仅如此,我们的神─耶稣基督─还升到天上,被立为万有的主。现今祂有主权、王权和元首的地位。如今我们的神不仅是创造者、救赎主、救主和主,祂更是包罗万有的一位。腓立比二章十三节的『神』,乃是指这位奇妙、经过过程、包罗万有的神。这位内住的神如今在我们里面运行。内住并运行的神,乃是父、子、圣灵。此外,祂也是我们的榜样、生命的话、以及包罗万有的灵。
18For years I was bothered by the fact that in 2:13 Paul speaks of God and not of Christ or the Spirit. Paul deliberately speaks of God in this verse in order to indicate that our constant salvation is nothing less than God Himself. However, there is a difference between the God revealed in 2:13 and the God revealed in Genesis 1:1. By the time we come to the book of Philippians, God has passed through incarnation, human living, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension. According to Isaiah 9:6, the child born to us was called the mighty God. The One who was born in a manger in Bethlehem and who lived in a carpenter’sho me in Nazareth was the mighty God. By this we see that the living God experienced human life. In a man, the mighty God lived among human beings for more than thirty years. Then for the accomplishment of redemption, He was crucified, entered into death, took a tour of Hades, and came forth in resurrection. Furthermore, our God, Jesus Christ, ascended to heaven and was made the Lord of all. Now He has the lordship, the kingship, and the headship. Today our God is not only the Creator, the Redeemer, the Savior, and the Lord. He is the all-inclusive One. The word God in 2:13 points to this wonderful, processed, all-inclusive God. This indwelling God is now operating in us. The indwelling and operating God is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Furthermore, He is our pattern, the word of life, and the all-inclusive Spirit
19这位内住者不是被动的,乃是主动的,满了活力,在我们里面行动、作工并运行。二章十三节的『运行』,原文意『使…有力』。内住的神从里面使我们有力,作我们常时救恩的源头、能力、力量与活力。
19This indwelling One is not passive; on the contrary, He is active and energetic, moving, working, and operating in us. The Greek word rendered operates in 2:13 means “energizes.” The English word energize is an anglicized form of this word. The indwelling God energizes us from within to be the source, power, strength, and energy for our constant salvation.
20蒙拯救脱离发怨言和起争论,并不是一件小事。离了内住并运行的神,我们就无法蒙拯救脱离这些事。我们也必须蒙拯救脱离弯曲和悖谬。我们在某些方面都是弯曲、悖谬的。悖谬就是弯翘不平的,扭曲的。我们很不容易在这些事上实际的蒙拯救。
20To be saved from murmurings and reasonings is not an insignificant matter. Apart from the indwelling and operating God, we have no way to be saved from these things. We also need to be saved from crookedness and perverseness. In certain ways we all are crooked and perverted. To be perverted is to be warped, twisted. It is not easy to be saved from these things in a practical way
常时的救恩拯救我们脱离细微的罪
A CONSTANT SALVATION FROM REFINED SINS
21保罗在腓立比二章题到发怨言、起争论、指摘、搀杂、弯曲、悖谬、瑕疵和黑暗。这与罗马一章所题到粗鄙的罪─拜偶像、淫乱、凶杀─形成对比。事实上,蒙拯救脱离粗鄙的罪还比较容易,但要蒙拯救脱离发怨言、起争论、弯曲和悖谬,就非常困难。我们也许不会犯粗鄙的罪,但我们天天仍然受到保罗在腓立比二章所列举消极事物的搅扰。我们不仅需要蒙拯救脱离粗鄙的罪,也需要脱离被认为是细微的罪,如发怨言和起争论。我们若要无可指摘,纯洁无杂,就需要常时的救恩。惟一能这样拯救我们的,乃是三一神;祂经过了过程,成为包罗万有、赐生命、复合的灵。今日我们的神乃是这样一位包罗万有的灵。这位奇妙的神现今住在我们里面,在我们里面作工、加力、运行,天天寻找机会来拯救我们。
21In Philippians 2 Paul refers to murmurings, reasonings, blame, guile, blemishes, crookedness, perverseness, and darkness. By contrast, in Romans 1 he speaks of gross sins such as idolatry, fornication, and murder. Actually, to be saved from gross sins is relatively easy, but to be saved from murmurings, reasonings, crookedness, and perverseness is very difficult. We may not commit gross sins, but day by day we are still bothered by the negative things listed by Paul in Philippians 2. We need salvation not only from gross sins, but also from sins that may be considered somewhat refined, such as murmuring and reasoning. If we would be blameless and guileless, we also need a constant salvation. The only one who can possibly save us in this way is the Triune God who has been processed to become the all- inclusive, life-giving, compound Spirit. Today our God is such an all-inclusive Spirit. This wonderful God now indwells us and is working, energizing, operating, within us, looking for the opportunity to rescue us day by day
22我年轻的时候,只听过神救恩的两方面。第一,基督死在十字架上,为要拯救我们。第二,倘若我们信靠祂,这位在诸天之上的全能者,就能拯救我们到底。多年来我一直无法精确的知道,主耶稣如何实际的拯救我们。现在腓立比书给我们看见,我们有常时的救恩,不仅是为著特别的景况,也是为著一般的日常生活。那拯救我们的一位,不仅是诸天之上的全能者;我们蒙拯救,乃是藉著耶稣基督之灵全备的供应,并藉著内住之神在我们里面的运行。
22When I was young, I heard only two aspects of God’ss alvation. First, I was told that Christ died on the cross to save us. Second, I learned that, as the almighty One, He is in the heavens, able to save us to the uttermost if we trust in Him. For years I did not know specifically how the Lord Jesus saves us in a practical way. Now in the book of Philippians we see that we have a constant salvation both for particular situations and for ordinary daily life. The One who saves us is not merely the almighty One in the heavens; we are saved through the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ and by the inward operation of the indwelling God
23藉著赐生命的灵以及经过过程的
23SAVED THROUGH THE LIFE-GIVING SPIRIT
神蒙拯救
and the processed God
24今天我们的神是主观的。祂已经成为我们里面的供应,在任何特别的景况中,以祂的丰富来扶持我们;这些丰富如今都在那灵全备的供应里,成了我们的分。我们享受这全备的供应时,自然而然就从我们特别的景况中蒙拯救。此外,这灵乃是住在我们里面的神,为要在我们里面运行,以拯救我们脱离日常生活的一般景况。我在美国的这些年间,不断的将包罗万有的基督作为赐生命的灵和经过过程的三一神供应给众圣徒。腓立比一章给我们看见包罗万有、赐生命、复合的灵,二章给我们看见经过过程的神。今天我们的神不再仅仅是我们敬拜的对象;祂已经经过过程,住在我们里面。神不再是没有经过过程,不再是『生的』。神经过了整个过程的种种步骤,如今住在我们的灵里,给我们经历并享受。阿利路亚,我们有经过过程的神,作我们的分!祂在我们里面运行,天天拯救我们。至终,祂自己成了我们常时的救恩。实际上,在我们里面运行的内住之神,就是包罗万有的灵,也就是耶稣基督的灵。祂既是这样的一位,我们实在无法将祂系统化。这位神就是基督,也是那灵。我们常时救恩的源头,乃是这位经过过程的神;祂是包罗万有、赐生命、复合的灵。我们有了这灵,就有全备的供应;我们有了经过过程的神,就有里面的运行。这个供应和运行,就是我们常时救恩的源头。藉著这奇妙的源头,我们就能蒙拯救脱离特别的景况,以及日常生活一般的景况。这样,我们就能蒙拯救脱离发怨言、起争论、弯曲和悖谬。这不是理论;这乃是实际的,是可以经历的。当我们享受这常时的救恩,我们就活基督。我们乃是藉著在日常生活中享受常时的救恩而活基督。
24Today our God is subjective. He has become our in ward supply to support us in any particular situation with His riches, all of which are now our portion in the bountiful supply of the Spirit. As we enjoy this bountiful supply, we are spontaneously saved from our particular situations. Furthermore, this Spirit is the God who dwells in us to operate within us to save us from the common situations of daily life. During the years I have been in this country, I have continually ministered to the saints the all-inclusive Christ as the life - giving Spirit and the processed God. In Philippians 1 we have the all-inclusive, life- giving, compound Spirit, and in Philippians 2 we have the processed God. Today our God is no longer merely the object of our worship. As the processed One, He dwells in us. God is no longer unprocessed, no longer “raw.” Having passed through the steps of a process, He now dwells in our spirit for our experience and enjoyment. Hallelujah, we have the processed God as our portion! He is operating in us to save us day by day. Eventually, He Himself becomes our constant salvation. Actually, the indwelling God who operates in us is the all-inclusive Spirit, the Spirit of Jesus Christ. Because He is such, we simply cannot systematize Him. This God is Christ and also the Spirit. The source of our constant salvation is the processed God who is the all- inclusive, life-giving, compound Spirit. With this Spirit we have the bountiful supply, and with the processed God we have the inward operation. The supply and the operation are the source of our constant salvation. By means of this wonderful source we are saved from our particular situation and from the common situations of daily life. In this way we can be saved from murmurings, reasonings, crookedness, and perverseness. This is not a theory; it is practical and experiential. When we enjoy this constant salvation, we live Christ. We live Christ by enjoying constant salvation in our daily life.