Books
提摩太后书生命读经 · 第6篇

豫防的抗毒剂

The Antidote of the Inoculation
1读经：提摩太后书三章十四至十七节。我们看过，提摩太后书的主题是：对召会败落的豫防剂。在本篇信息中，我们要来看豫防的抗毒剂，就是神圣的话。提后二章十六至二十六节有败落的蔓衍，三章一至十三节有败落的恶化。我们赞美主，三章十四至十七节有奇妙、属天、神圣、属灵和丰富的抗毒剂。正如我们所要看见的，这抗毒剂是旧约和新约神圣的话，就是神所呼出的圣经，对于教训、督责、改正、在义上的教导，都是有益的，叫属神的人得以完备，为著各样的善工，装备齐全。
1Scripture Reading: 2 Tim. 3:14-17 We have seen that the subject of 2 Timothy is the inoculation against the decline of the church. In this message we shall consider the antidote of the inoculation, which is the divine Word. In 2:16-26 we have the spread of the decline and in 3:1-13, the worsening of the decline. We praise the Lord that in 3:14-17 we have a wonderful, heavenly, divine, spiritual, and rich antidote. As we shall see, this antidote is the divine word of the Old Testament and the New Testament, the God-breathed Scripture which is profitable for teaching, reproof, correction, and instruction in righteousness and which completes the man of God and fully equips him for every good work
壹 神圣的话
I. THE DIVINE WORD
一 新约
A. Of the New Testament
2提后三章十四节说，『但你所学习、所确信的，要活在其中，因为知道你是跟谁学的。』提摩太从使徒所学习并他所确信的，乃是新约内容的重要部分，这部分完成了神圣的启示。（西一。）因此，他对新约的大部分有实际的领略。这些是他从保罗所学习、所确信的。保罗所供应的话是神的启示完成的话，是新约主要的部分。即使那时候新约并不是完全的著作，但提后三章十四节指明，提摩太从保罗领受了新约的正确知识并且确信。提摩太得著了新约中心的启示。
2Second Timothy 3:14 says, “But you, continue in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned.” The things which Timothy learned of the apostle and was assured of were the vital portion of the content of the New Testament, which completed the divine revelation (Col. 1:25). Hence, he had the practical understanding of a great part of the 25 New Testament. These were the things he had learned from Paul and which he had been assured of by him. The word ministered by Paul was the completing word of God’sr evelation, the main part of the New Testament. Verse 14 indicates that from Paul Timothy received the proper knowledge of the New Testament and became assured of it, even though at that time the New Testament was not complete as a written volume. Timothy was granted the central revelation of the New Testament.
二 旧约
B. Of the Old Testament
3在十五节保罗接著说，『并且知道你是从小明白圣经；这圣经能使你藉著相信基督耶稣，有得救的智慧。』除了新约的知识以外，提摩太从小对旧约的知识也有美好的根基。他得了充分的成全和装备，以供应神的话，不仅为照管地方召会，也为面对召会日趋败落的光景。
3In verse 15 Paul goes on to say, “And that from a babe you have known the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.” In addition to the knowledge of the New Testament, Timothy also had, from his childhood, a good foundation in the knowledge of the Old Testament. He was one who was fully perfected and equipped to minister the word of God, not only in caring for a local church, but also in confronting the increasing decline of the church.
4十四、十五这两节合在一起是指旧约和新约。提摩太从小明白圣经，所以他非常熟悉旧约，他又从保罗得著新约中心部分的正确知识。因此，提摩太对全本圣经有正确的领会。今天所有在主恢复里的圣徒，尤其是青年人，需要领会神的话，领会旧约和新约。
4Together verses 14 and 15 refer to both the Old Testament and the New Testament. By knowing the sacred writings from childhood, Timothy was familiar with the Old Testament, and from Paul he gained a proper knowledge of the central part of the New Testament. Therefore, Timothy had a proper understanding of the Bible as a whole. Today all the saints in the Lord’s recovery, especially the young people, need the understanding of the Word of God, an understanding of both the Old Testament and the New Testament.
贰 圣经
II. THE SCRIPTURE
一 都是神的呼出
A. All God-breathed
5十六节说，『圣经都是神的呼出，对于教训、督责、改正、在义上的教导，都是有益的。』这一节原文也可译为：『凡圣经都是神呼出的，对于教训、督责、改正、在义上的教导，也是有益的。』
5Verse 16 says, “All Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.” The Greek words rendered, “All Scripture is God-breathed and profitable,” may also be translated “Every Scripture God-breathed is also profitable
6要面对召会败落中的死亡、败坏和混乱，一章所根据的永远生命，（1，10，）二章所强调的神圣真理，（15，18，25，）以及三章所尊重的圣经（14～17）都是必需的。永远的生命不仅吞灭死亡，也给与生命的供应；神圣的真理，用一切神圣丰富的实际顶替败坏的虚空；圣经不仅除去混乱，也给人神圣的亮光和启示。因此，使徒在本书强调这三件东西。神的呼出，指明圣经，神的话，乃是神的呼出。神的说话就是神的呼出。因此，祂的话就是灵（约六63）或气。所以，圣经乃是这位是灵之神的具体化。那灵乃是圣经的素质、本质，犹如燐是火柴的基本本质。我们必须用我们的灵，划擦圣经的灵，以点著神圣的火。圣经（神的话）既为是灵之神的具体化，也就是基督的具体化。基督是神活的话，（启十九13，）圣经是神写的话。（太四4。）
6To confront the death, corruption, and confusion in the church’s decline, the eternal life upon which chapter one is based (vv. 1, 10), the divine truth emphasized in chapter two (vv. 15, 18, 25), and the holy Scripture highly regarded in chapter three (vv. 14-17) are all needed. The eternal life not only swallows up death, but also renders the life supply; the divine truth replaces the vanity of corruption with the reality of all the divine riches; and the holy Scripture not only dispels confusion, but also furnishes divine light and revelation. Hence, in this book the apostle stresses these three things. The expression “God-breathed” indicates that the Scripture, the Word of God, is the breath of God. God’s speaking is God’s breathing. Hence, His word is spirit (John 6:63), pneuma, or breath. Thus, the Scripture is the embodiment of God as the Spirit. The Spirit is therefore the very essence, the substance, of the Scripture, just as phosphorus is the essential substance in matches. We must “strike” the Spirit of the Scripture with our spirit to kindle the divine fire. As the embodiment of God the Spirit, the Scripture is also the embodiment of Christ. Christ is God’s living Word (Rev. 19:13), and the Scripture is God’s written word (Matt. 4:4
二 有益的
B. Profitable
7按提后三章十六节所说，圣经对于教训、督责、改正、在义上的教导，都是有益的。这里的督责，即定罪，驳倒。改正，即矫正错误，使人转到正路，恢复到正直的情形。教导，即照著义管教或惩治，凭义的成分和光景管教或惩治。
7According to verse 16, all Scripture is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness. Reproof here means conviction or confutation. Correction denotes setting right what is wrong, turning someone to the right way, or restoring a person to an upright state. Instruction refers to discipline or chastisement in righteousness. This means to discipline or chastise in the element and condition of righteousness.
三 叫属神的人得以完备
C. To Complete the Man of God
8在十七节保罗说，『叫属神的人得以完备，为著各样的善工，装备齐全。』我们看过，属神的人，指有分于神的生命和性情，（约一13，彼后一4，）在神生命和性情上与祂是一，（林前六17，）因而彰显神的人。这相当于敬虔的奥秘，就是神显现于肉体。（提前三16。）藉著神所呼出的圣经，叫属神的人得以完备，为著各样的善工，装备齐全。这里的完备，即在资格上完备并完全。装备，指装配，设备，豫备。
8In verse 17 Paul says, “That the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work.” We have seen that a man of God is one who partakes of God’s life and nature (John 1:13; 2 Pet. 1:4) and thus becomes one with Him in His life and nature (1 Cor. 6:17) and thereby expresses Him. This corresponds to the mystery of godliness, which is God manifest in the flesh (1 Tim. 3:16). Through the God-breathed Scripture, the man of God may be complete, fully equipped for every good work. Complete here means complete and perfect in qualifications, and equipped denotes being fitted out, furnished, made ready
9我们明白圣经不仅仅需要照著白纸黑字，也需要照著神圣的启示和属天的智慧。不要以为有高学位就使人有资格领会以弗所这样一卷书。我们若只在字句上研读这封书信，就不能领会牠。为著正确的领会这卷书，并领会全本圣经，我们需要智慧和启示的灵。为这缘故，保罗祷告：『愿我们主耶稣基督的神，荣耀的父，赐给你们智慧和启示的灵，使你们充分的认识祂；光照你们的心眼。』（一17～18。）我们感谢主，五十多年来，我们一直领受这样一位智慧和启示的灵。结果，在主恢复里所出版的信息总是包含新鲜、崭新的东西。这些信息得以释放，不仅仅是照著圣经的白纸黑字，乃是照著智慧和启示的灵。我们在主的恢复里不宝贵神学、传统或会议。我们敬重、尊敬、并宝贵在属天的光照耀之下的圣言，这光藉著智慧和启示的灵而来。因为我们倚靠神的光照，祂的话就向我们开启。
9We need to know the Bible not merely according to letters in black and white, but also according to the divine revelation and heavenly wisdom. Do not think that having an advanced degree qualifies anyone to understand a book such as Ephesians. If we study this Epistle only in letters, we shall not be able to understand it. For a proper understanding of this book, and for the Bible as a whole, we need a spirit of wisdom and revelation. This was the reason Paul prayed, “That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the full knowledge of Him, the eyes of your heart having been enlightened” (Eph. 1:17- 18). We thank the Lord that for more than fifty years we have been receiving such a spirit of wisdom and revelation. As a result, the messages put out in the Lord’s recovery always contain something fresh and new. These messages are given not merely according to the black and white letters of the Scripture, but according to the spirit of wisdom and revelation. We in the Lord’s recovery do not treasure theology, tradition, or the councils. We honor, respect, and treasure the holy Word under the shining of the heavenly light which comes by a spirit of wisdom and revelation. Because we depend on God’s enlightenment, His Word is opened to us
10许多基督徒误用提后三章十六至十七节。他们指出圣经是为著教训、督责、改正、在义上的教导，并且使属神的人能得装备、完备、成全。虽然这都是对的，却忽略了话中生命的元素。认为圣经是教训、督责、改正、教导之书的人，常常忽视话中生命的素质。我们人外面有物质的身体，里面有灵与魂。我们人主要不是由外面的部分─身体，所组成的，乃是由里面的部分─灵与魂，所组成的。对于圣经，原则也是一样。圣经不仅有白纸黑字的『身体』，也有灵，因为牠是神的呼出。我们读圣经，若只运用我们的心思领会，就不会得著生命的供应。
10Many Christians misuse 3:16 and 17. They point out that the holy Scripture is for teaching, reproof, correction, and instruction in righteousness and that it enables the man of God to be equipped, completed, and perfected. Although all this is true, it neglects the element of life in the Word. Those who regard the Bible as a book of teaching, reproof, correction, and instruction often ignore the life essence of the Word. As human beings we have a physical body outwardly, but inwardly we have a spirit and a soul. Our person is composed not mainly of the outward part, the body, but of the inward parts, the spirit and the soul. The principle is the same with the Bible. The Bible has not only a “body” of letters in black and white; it also has a spirit, because it is God-breathed. If in reading the Bible we exercise only our mind to study it, we shall not receive the life supply.
11大多数的基督徒都忽略灵，把圣经当作字句的书。主耶稣曾说，『我对你们所说的话，就是灵，就是生命。』（约六63。）不仅如此，我们曾指出，圣经的每个字都是神所呼出之气的一部分。因此，我们不只该研读主的话，也该吸入具体化在话里的神圣之气。我们若不藉著运用我们的灵，吸入神圣的气，就不会从研读圣经得著生命。但我们吸入神的气，就被神圣、属天、并属灵的元素点活。我要强调这个事实：研读圣经而跟从其教导是不彀的。在结婚典礼中，牧师常常会照著以弗所五章里保罗的话教导新娘和新郎。然后牧师会题醒妻子要服从丈夫，丈夫要爱妻子。虽然他们应许要履行这些要求，但除非他们接受话中神圣的气，否则他们就作不到。我们若不接受神的气，只照著圣经上义的教训教导人，是不管用的，因为在实行上，我们这样作，会使这些教导成为和孔子的伦理教训一样。我们感谢主，给我们看见在读主的话上，需要运用我们的眼睛、我们的心思、和我们的灵。我们可以说，我们用眼睛接触话的体，用心思接触话的魂，并藉著运用灵祷告话，而接受话的灵。然后我们不仅领会某段圣经的意义，也吸入神圣的气，以接受生命的供应。
11Most Christians neglect the spirit and take the Bible as a book of letters. The Lord Jesus once said, “The words which I have spoken unto you are spirit and are life” (John 6:63). Furthermore, we have pointed out that every word of the Bible is part of God’s breath. Thus, we should not only study the Word, but also breathe in the divine breath embodied in the Word. If we do not breathe the divine breath by exercising our spirit, we shall not receive life from our study of the Bible. But when we breathe in God’s breath, we are enlivened by a divine, heavenly, and spiritual element. I wish to emphasize the fact that to study the Bible in order to follow its instructions is not sufficient. Often during a wedding ceremony a minister will instruct the bride and groom according to Paul’sword in Ephesians 5. The minister will then remind the wife to submit to the husband and the husband to love his wife. Although they may promise to fulfill these requirements, they will not be able to do so unless they receive the divine breath in the Word. The instructions in righteousness given according to the Bible do not work if we do not receive the breath of God, for then, in practice, we shall make these instructions the same as the ethical teachings of Confucius. We thank the Lord for showing us that in reading the Word we need to exercise our eyes, our mind, and our spirit. We may say that with the eyes we contact the body of the Word, that with our mind we contact the soul of the Word, and through the exercise of our spirit to pray the Word, we contact the spirit of the Word. Then we not only understand the meaning of a certain portion of Scripture; we also inhale the divine breath to receive the life supply
12我们许多人能见证，我们读某节圣经时，可能非常宝贵。然而，孔子的门徒也可能认为他所说的某些话很宝贵。但孔子的教训没有神圣的气。神的话包含祂的气。在圣经的字句里有赐人生命的灵。这就是我们读主的话时，除了运用心思以外，也必须运用灵的原因。然后我们所读的经文不但对我们是宝贵的，也会滋养、复苏并浇灌我们。
12Many of us can testify that a certain verse of the Bible may be very precious to us as we read it. However, disciples of Confucius may also regard certain statements made by him as precious. But with the teachings of Confucius there is no divine breath. God’sWord contains His breath. Within the letters of the Bible there is the Spirit who gives life. This is the reason that in reading the Word we must exercise our spirit in addition to our mind. Then the verses we read will be not only precious to us, but they will nourish, refresh, and water us.
13事实上，神的话在教训、督责、改正和教导的功用上，都与变化有关。圣经主要的不是在外面改正我们，乃是在里面以变化的方式改正我们。这意思是说，圣经的话在我们里面新陈代谢的作工。正如我们所吃、所消化的食物从里面滋养我们，新陈代谢的改变并变化我们，照样，神的话藉著在里面教训、督责、改正并教导我们，而变化我们。我们若要得著主话的滋养，不仅该祷告主的话，也该颂咏主的话，歌唱主的话。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。』藉著祷告、颂咏并歌唱主的话，就会把我们的灵如火挑旺起来。不仅如此，我们祷告、颂咏并歌唱主的话，就吸入神圣的气，并接受更多神的元素。这样，神就将祂自己分赐到我们里面，并用祂的元素注入我们里面。我们无法否认一个事实，就是主已从祂的话给我们看见更多的光。譬如，约翰福音发出许多的光。你若读新约圣经恢复本里所印约翰福音的纲目，就会看见主的确把祂的话向我们开启。许多人也许在白纸黑字上认识圣经，但因著主的怜悯和恩典，我们在生命、光和灵里认识圣经。
13Actually, the function of the Word in teaching, reproof, correction, and instruction is all related to transformation. The Bible corrects us not primarily outwardly, but inwardly in the way of transformation. This means that the word of Scripture works within us in a metabolic way. Just as the food we eat and digest nourishes us from within, metabolically changing and transforming us, so the Word of God transforms us by inwardly teaching, reproving, correcting, and instructing us. If we would be nourished by the Word, we should not only pray it, but also psalm it and sing it. 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.” By praying, psalming, and singing the Word we shall fan our spirit into flame. Furthermore, when we pray, psalm, and sing the Word, we inhale the divine breath and receive more of the element of God. In this way God dispenses Himself into us and infuses us with His element. We cannot deny the fact that the Lord has shown us much light from His Word. For example, much light has been shed on the Gospel of John. If you read the outline of the Gospel of John printed in the Recovery Version, you will realize that the Lord indeed has opened the Word to us. Many may know the Bible in black and white letters, but, by the Lord’s mercy and grace, we know the Bible in life, light, and spirit
14让我见证我们在约翰十六章八至十一节所得著的光。有一天，我读这些经文时看见，罪、义和审判与亚当、基督和撒但这三个人位有关。不久以后，我应邀在上海召会的福音聚会中释放信息。我说到这些经文并告诉人：『身为人，你生在亚当里。在亚当里你犯了罪，并且你已被定罪。但有另一个人位─基督─并且有一条路叫你从亚当里出来，并进到基督里，使你得神称义。你若相信基督，就会被迁到祂里面。但你若不信入基督，就会留在亚当这第一个人里，至终你的定命就会是撒但这第三个人的定命。审判已经为撒但豫备好了。你要帮助撒但受永远的审判么？你要留在亚当和罪里，至终与撒但同受审判，或者你要相信基督并被迁到祂里面，以得著义的恩赐？』那篇信息非常好，满了光。我释放那篇信息以后，满得滋养。一段时间以后，倪弟兄和我题到那篇信息并且说，『常受弟兄，几乎没有人看见在约翰十六章八至十一节里，罪与亚当有关，义与基督有关，审判与撒但有关。我鼓励你继续这样教导圣经。』我绝不能忘记倪弟兄对我说的话。今天我仍受那话的鼓励、加强并坚固。我们感谢主，这些年来，光已照耀在我们身上，甚至倾倒在我们身上。没有主的光照，我们也许多次读提摩太后书，而没有看见任何与豫防剂有关的事。要看见这点，我们需要光。在光之下，我们能领悟神圣的话─圣经，乃是豫防的抗毒剂。我们不该以主耶稣和保罗时代的宗教徒那样的方式读圣经。他们不领悟神的名称─亚伯拉罕的神、以撒的神、雅各的神─含示复活。可能迦玛列照著创世记十二、十五章教导保罗，但直到保罗蒙主光照并得著启示，他才领悟亚伯拉罕的妻和妾豫表两约。这显示作圣经学者是一回事，有神启示的光完全是另一回事。我们不该仅仅研读字句的话。我们需要祷告，求主赐给我们智慧和启示的灵。我们若没有这样的灵，而只读圣经的白纸黑字，就不会经历生命、光或灵。今天大多数基督徒中间使用圣经的方式，与我们在主恢复里的人使用圣经的方式，有很大的不同。大多数信徒以字句的方式使用神的话，但我们以生命、光和灵的方式使用神的话。这是我们一直谦卑自己在主面前，向祂敞开，并仰望祂给我们光、异象、智慧和启示的原因。愿我们都学习这样来到神的话跟前。
14Allow me to testify concerning the light we have received on John 16:8-11. One day in my reading of these verses I saw that sin, righteousness, and judgment are related to the three persons of Adam, Christ, and Satan. Sometime later I was asked to give the message for a gospel meeting in the church in Shanghai. I spoke on these verses and told the people, “As human beings, you were born in Adam. In Adam you have sinned and you have been condemned. But there is another person—Christ—and there is a way for you to get out of Adam and into Christ that you may be justified by God. If you believe in Christ, you will be transferred into Him. But if you do not believe into Christ, you will remain in Adam, the first person, and eventually your destiny will be that of Satan, the third person. Judgment has been prepared for Satan. Do you intend to help Satan suffer judgment for eternity? Will you remain in Adam with sin and eventually share the judgment with Satan, or will you believe in Christ and be transferred into Him in order to receive the gift of righteousness?” That message was very good, full of light. After delivering that message, I was fully nourished. Brother Nee spoke to me sometime later concerning that message and said, “Witness, hardly anyone has seen that in John 16:8-11 sin is related to Adam, righteousness to Christ, and judgment to Satan. I encourage you to continue to teach the Bible in this way.” I could never forget Brother Nee’sword to me. Today I am still being encouraged, strengthened, and confirmed by that word. We thank the Lord that over the years the light has been shining upon us, even pouring out upon us. Apart from the Lord’s enlightening, we may read 2 Timothy a dozen times without seeing anything related to the inoculation. To see this we need a light. Under the light we can realize that the divine word, the Scripture, is the antidote of the inoculation. We should not read the Bible in the way the religionists did at the time of the Lord Jesus and Paul. They did not realize that the title of God—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob—implied resurrection. Probably Gamaliel instructed Paul according to Genesis 12 and 15, but it was not until Paul was enlightened of the Lord and received revelation that he realized that Abraham’s wife and his concubine typified two covenants. This shows that it is one thing to be a Bible scholar; it is quite another thing to have the light of God’sr evelation. We should not merely study the Word in letter. We need to pray that the Lord would give us a spirit of wisdom and revelation. If we do not have such a spirit but read only the black and white letters of the Bible, we shall not experience life, light, or spirit. There is a great difference between the way the Bible is used among most Christians today and the way it is used among us in the Lord’s recovery. The majority of believers use the Word in the way of letters, but we use it in the way of life, light, and spirit. This is the reason we constantly humble ourselves before the Lord, open to Him, and look to Him for light, vision, wisdom, and revelation. May we all learn to come to the Word of God in this way.