12圣经的话乃是基督作为神的话,给人接受作人的生命。(申三十14,约一1,罗十8~9。)申命记三十章十一节,摩西说诫命『于你不是太难的,离你也不远。』难,也可译为奇特的,奇异的。十二、十三节摩西接著说,『不是在天上,使你说,谁要升到天上替我们取来,使我们听见就可以遵行?也不是在海外,使你说,谁要过海替我们取来,使我们听见就可以遵行?』然后十四节摩西说,『但这话与你甚近,就在你口里,也在你心里,使你可以遵行。』保罗在罗马十章引用并解释了这话。6他在罗马十章六、七节说,『但那本于信的义如此说,「你不要心里说,谁要升到天上?」就是要领下基督来,或说,「谁要下到无底坑?」就是要领基督从死人中上来。』保罗在这里解释申命记这段话的时候,将三十章十一至十三节里的『话,』应用在基督身上,又把『海』解释为无底坑。然后保罗在八节说,『这义到底怎么说?他说,「这话与你相近,就在你口里,也在你心里。」这就是我们所传信主的话。『在六、七节保罗说到基督,但在八节基督成了话。保罗这里所说到的是基督,但他至终指明基督乃是话。保罗在罗马十章六至八节进一步指明,申命记里所说的每一句话都是基督,因为保罗将神的呼出应用到基督身上。基督乃是从神出来的话。『太初有话,话与神同在,话就是神。…话成了肉体,支搭帐幕在我们中间。』(约一1,14。)这在太初就有,与神同在,就是神,且成了肉体的话,乃是基督。作为神的话的基督,就是申命记中所重申的话。我们从保罗对申命记三十章的解释,看见话就是成为肉体、钉十字架并复活的基督。因为基督的成为肉体已经发生了,所以不需要任何人升到天上把基督领下来;又因为基督的复活已经发生了,所以不需要任何人下到无底坑领基督从死人中上来。今天基督是那已经成了肉体、钉十字架并复活的一位,但祂在那里?按照罗马十章八节,基督是在我们口里,也在我们心里。
12The word is Christ as the word of God for man to receive as his life (Deut. 3 0:1 4; John 1:1; Rom. 10:8-9). In Deuteronomy 30:11 Moses says that the commandment "is not too difficult for you, nor is it distant." The Hebrew word translated "difficult" can also be rendered "extraordinary" or "wonderful." In verses 12 and 13 Moses goes on to say, "It is not in heaven that you should say, Who will ascend to heaven for us and bring it to us that we may hear it and do it? Nor is it across the sea that you should say, Who will go across the sea for us and bring it to us that we may hear it and do it?" Then in verse 14 Moses says, "The word is very near to you, even in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it." This word is quoted and interpreted by Paul in Romans 10. In verses and 7 Paul says, "The righteousness which is out of faith speaks in this way, Do not say in your heart, Who will ascend into heaven? That is, to bring Christ down. Or, Who will descend into the abyss? That is, to bring Christ up from among the dead." Here in his interpretation Paul applies the word in Deuteronomy 30:11-13 to Christ, and he interprets the sea as the abyss. Then in verse 8 Paul continues, " But what does it say? The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart: that is, the word of the faith which we preach." In verses 6 and 7 Paul speaks about Christ, but in verse 8 Christ becomes the word. The object of Paul's speaking here is Christ, and he eventually indicates that Christ is the word. Paul's writing in Romans 10:6-8 further indicates that every word spoken in Deuteronomy is Christ, for Paul applies the breathing of God to Christ. Christ is the Word who has come out from God. " In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God...And the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us" (John 1:1, 14). This Word who was in the beginning, who was with God, who was God, and who became flesh is Christ. As the Word, Christ Himself is the word rehearsed in the book of Deuteronomy. In Paul's interpretation of Deuteronomy 30, we see that the word is the incarnated, crucified, and resurrected Christ. Because the incarnation of Christ has already taken place, there is no need for anyone to ascend into heaven to bring Christ down, and because the resurrection of Christ has already occurred, there is no need for anyone to descend into the abyss to bring Christ up from among the dead. Today Christ is the incarnated, crucified, and resurrected One, but where is He? According to Romans 10:8, Christ is in our mouth and in our heart.