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希伯来书生命读经 · 第13篇

怜悯、忠信的大祭司

A Merciful and Faithful High Priest
1希伯来书不论在内容上、在结构上，都极为美妙。没有一个人的头脑能写出这样一封书信。毫无疑问，这是在圣灵的感动之下写成的。本篇信息说到怜悯、忠信的大祭司，乃是希伯来书头两章的结论。这卷书的作者在头两章说了许多点之后，就下了一个结论，启示人子乃是怜悯、忠信的大祭司来供应我们。要明白祂怎样能成为这样一位大祭司，我们需要回头看一、二章里所说，祂的所是和祂所作的一切项目。
1The book of Hebrews is marvelous in both its content and its composition. No human mind could have written such an Epistle. It certainly was written under divine inspiration. In this message, on a merciful and faithful High Priest, we come to the conclusion of the first two chapters of Hebrews. After covering so many items in the first two chapters, the writer concludes this section by revealing that the Son of Man is a merciful and faithful High Priest ministering to us. In order for us to know His qualifications for being such a priest, we need to look back at chapters one and two to see all the items of what He is and of what He has done
2壹是神的儿子，有神的性情希伯来书的作者为甚么用怜悯和忠信这两个辞来形容大祭司？为甚么不只用一个辞，或用二个以上的辞？因为本书的头两章主要说到两方面：基督是神的儿子，是神；基督也是人的儿子，是人。怜悯与祂是人相合，忠信与祂是神相合。我们若想要忠信，就不仅要有美德，更要有能力。假定我答应你一个应许，虽然我有很好的美德，但我未必有能力去履行我的话。我有心要在这事上忠信，信守承诺，但我缺少能力。我无法实现诺言，结果被迫变成不忠不信。但是这一位大祭司，不仅是诚实的人，更是信实的神。神是信实的。（十23。）凡祂所应许的，祂都能成就。神绝不说谎，（六18，）凡祂所说的，祂都能成就。祂用各种方法来成就祂所说的。只有神是绝对忠信的，我们没有一个人能完全忠信。曾有多次我真心想要履行我的话，却发觉我作不到。我不能作到，因为我不是全能的神。有甚么能拦阻神成就祂的话？甚么都不能。耶稣能成为忠信的大祭司，因为祂就是那全能的神。祂既是神的儿子，就是神自己，祂当然能忠信。我们虽然是神的众子，是长子的众弟兄，有神性也有人性，但我们不是全能的。我们在人性里是属人的，在神性里是神圣的，但并非在神格上是全能的。祂既是全能的神，就能向我们忠信。
2I. AS THE SON OF GOD WITH THE DIVINE NATURE Why does the writer of Hebrews use the words merciful and faithful to describe this High Priest? Why does he not use just one word or more than two? The answer is that in the first two chapters of this book the writer has mainly covered two points—that Christ is the Son of God, God Himself, and the Son of Man, man Himself. Merciful corresponds with His being a man, and faithful corresponds with His being God. In order to be faithful we not only need virtue but also ability. Suppose I have spoken a word to you as a promise. Although my virtue may be good, I may not have the ability to keep my word. I have the heart to be faithful in keeping my word, but I lack the ability. I do not have the means to fulfill my word. Eventually I am forced into not being faithful. But this High Priest is not merely an honest man; He is the faithful God. God is faithful (10:23). He is able to fulfill whatever He says. God never lies (6:18). Whatever He has spoken He is able to fulfill. He has every means to fulfill what He has spoken. Only God can be fully faithful. None of us can be completely faithful. A good number of times I had a sincere heart to keep my word but found myself unable to do it. I could not do it because I am not the Almighty God. What can frustrate God from fulfilling His word? Nothing. Jesus can be a faithful High Priest because He is the very Almighty God. Since He, as the Son of God, is God Himself, He is able to be faithful. Although, as the many sons of God and as the many brothers of the Firstborn, we are divine as well as human, we are not almighty. We are human in our human nature and divine in His divine nature, but we are not almighty in His deity. Since He is the Almighty God, He can be faithful to us
3贰是人的儿子，有人的性情怜悯与基督是人这一点相合。祂成为人，在地上过著人的生活，经历了人生一切的苦难。结果，祂完全彀资格怜悯我们。祂懂得怎样怜悯人。祂是个满有人生的经历，并人生苦难之经历的人。基督怎能成为怜悯忠信的大祭司？因为祂是人的儿子，有人的性情；祂也是神的儿子，有神的性情。祂完全彀资格作大祭司。亚伦是个好的大祭司，但他只有人性，没有神性。亚伦可能很有怜悯，但我怀疑他能否真正的忠信。但是我们这位是神子又是人子的大祭司耶稣基督，既怜悯又忠信，因为祂是神也是人。
3II. AS THE SON OF MAN WITH THE HUMAN NATURE Being merciful corresponds to the point of Christ’s being a man. He became a man and lived on earth as a man passing through all the human sufferings. As a result, He is fully qualified to be merciful to us. He knows how to be merciful to man. He is a man with the experiences of human life, with the experiences of human suffering. How is Christ able to be a merciful and faithful High Priest? Because He is the Son of Man with the human nature and the Son of God with the divine nature. He is fully qualified. Aaron was a good high priest, but he only had humanity. He did not have divinity. Although Aaron could have been merciful, I doubt that he was truly faithful. But our High Priest, Jesus Christ, the Son of God and the Son of Man, is both merciful and faithful because He is both God and man.
参 成为肉体，与我们一样
III. BEING INCARNATED TO BE LIKE US
4基督能成为大祭司的另一项资格是祂成了肉体，与我们一样。（二14，17。）我们甚至可以说，祂不只与我们一样而已，因为在祂的人生中，祂忍受了我们所未曾忍受的。为了彀资格作怜悯的大祭司，祂成了与我们一样的人，能同情我们一切的软弱。
4Another qualification of Christ’s being the High Priest is that He was incarnated to be like us (2:14, 17). We may even say that He is more than like us, for He suffered in His human life some things we have not suffered. In order to be qualified to be a merciful High Priest, He became like us, sympathizing with all of our weaknesses
肆 被试诱
IV. BEING TRIED
5主耶稣彀资格作我们的大祭司，因为祂受过试诱。（二18。）你若再把福音书读过，就会发现，没有一个人像主耶稣遭受那么多的为难、攻击、误会和谣言。许多热心宗教的人都是造谣专家。在宗教圈子里，也和其他的地方一样满了谣言。这些造谣专家专门扭曲你的话，把你的话抽出几个字，而加上一些别的东西。有时候主耶稣说了一些话，这些热心宗教者就从其中抽出几句加以扭曲，想要找出把柄来攻击主。今天的情形也是一样。当倪弟兄和我一起在中国作工的时候，我见过有许多关于他的谎言和谣言四处散播。倪弟兄对此通常不说甚么。有几次，他来找我，说，『常受弟兄，基督徒竟然也撒谎。』那时候，他是攻击的目标，我们都在他的遮盖之下。攻击没有临到我们，因为他作了一把伞，我们都在他的遮护之下。一九四九年，我们到了台湾之后，我立即成了攻击的目标。现在，我从经历中知道，基督徒会撒谎。如果你去问主耶稣说，那些热心宗教者会不会撒谎，祂必定告诉你说，『当然会，我受了他们不少的苦。』因为主耶稣与祂当时的黑暗宗教完全不同，祂就备受热心宗教者的憎恨。所有热心宗教的人都恨恶祂。同样的事情，在中国也发生在倪弟兄身上。从一九三二年到一九五二年他被囚为止，全中国没有一个公会请他去讲道。然而，主耶稣满有怜悯，祂知道如何同情我们，如何忍受谎言。从来没有一个人像祂那样受热心宗教者的试诱、试验、攻击、反对和误会。祂彀资格怜悯我们，同情我们。
5The Lord Jesus is qualified to be the High Priest because He was tried (2:18). If you read the Gospels again, you will see that no other person has been subject to so many troubles, attacks, misunderstandings, and rumors as the Lord Jesus. So many religionists are good rumor makers. There are as many rumors in the sphere of religion as in any other place. These rumor makers are accustomed to twisting your words. They isolate a few words that you say and add something else to it. Sometimes the Lord Jesus spoke a word and the religionists picked on it and twisted it, trying to make a case out of it against the Lord. The situation is exactly the same today. When Brother Nee and I were working together in China, I saw how many lies and rumors were spread about him. Often Brother Nee would not say anything. A number of times he came to me, saying, “Witness, Christians can lie.” At that time, he was the target, and we were under his covering. The attacks did not reach us because he was the umbrella and we were under him. In 1949, after we went to Taiwan, I spontaneously became the target for the attacks. Now I know from my own experience that Christians can lie. If you were to go to the Lord Jesus and ask Him whether or not religious people can lie, He would say, “They certainly can. I have suffered a great deal of it.” Because the Lord Jesus was different from the dark religion of His day, He was hated by the religionists. All the religious people hated Him. The same thing happened to Watchman Nee in China. From 1932 until the day he was imprisoned in 1952, no denomination in China invited him to speak. Nevertheless, the Lord Jesus is merciful and certainly know show to sympathize with us and how to suffer the lies. No human being has ever been tempted, tested, attacked, opposed, and misunderstood by the religionists as He was. He is qualified to be merciful to us and to sympathize with us.
伍 受了死的苦
V. HAVING SUFFERED DEATH
6基督彀资格作我们的大祭司，也因为祂受了死的苦。（二9。）主耶稣所经过的死，实在是一个浸。有一天，主耶稣问祂的门徒说，『我所受的浸，你们能受么？』（可十38。）那个浸乃是指主的死。祂的死是真约但河。祂藉著受死的苦就过了河，进到另一个境地，满有神的彰显，满有神的荣耀。
6Christ is also qualified to be our High Priest because He suffered death (2:9). The death that the Lord Jesus passed through was truly a baptism. Once the Lord Jesus asked His disciples, “Can ye...be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?” (Mark 10:38). That baptism was His death. His death was the real Jordan River. In suffering death, He crossed the river and entered into the region that is full of God’sex press i on, full of God’s glory
7陆为我们的罪成就了平息基督在十字架上受死的苦，为我们的罪成就了平息。（来二17。）这意思是说，祂使神对我们满意了。祂满足了神的义和神对我们一切的要求，解决了我们与神之间的一切问题。
7VI. HAVING MADE PROPITIATION FOR OUR SINS By suffering death on the cross, Christ made propitiation for our sins (2:17). This means that He appeased God for us. He has appeased God’s righteousness and all of God’s requirements on us. He has settled every problem between us and God
柒 废除了魔鬼
VII. HAVING DESTROYED THE DEVIL
8基督在十字架上的死，不仅为我们尝了死味，为我们的罪成就了平息，也废除了那掌死权的魔鬼。（二14。）祂已经把死废掉，解决了我们罪的问题，祂也废除了魔鬼。所以祂彀资格作我们富有怜悯的大祭司。
8By His death on the cross Christ has not only tasted death for us and made propitiation for our sins, but also has destroyed the Devil who has the might of death (2:14). He has abolished death. He has solved the problem of our sins. He has also spoiled the Devil. So He is qualified to be a merciful High Priest
捌 释放我们
VIII. HAVING RELEASED US
脱离死的奴役
FROM THE SLAVERY OF DEATH
9基督也释放我们脱离死的奴役。（二15。）祂把我们从罪的奴役里释放出来，从怕死的奴役里释放出来，甚至把我们从死本身的奴役里释放出来。我们从此不再受任何事物的奴役。
9Christ has also released us from the slavery of death (2:15). We have been released by Him from the slavery of sin, from the slavery of the fear of death, and even from the slavery of death itself. No longer are we enslaved by anything.
玖 在复活里产生了
IX. IN RESURRECTION BRINGING FORTH
许多的弟兄以形成召会
MANY BROTHERS TO FORM THE CHURCH
10基督成为大祭司的另一项资格，是祂在复活里产生了许多的弟兄，以形成召会。（二10～12。）在复活里，祂成了神的长子，我们在复活里则成了祂的众弟兄，以形成了召会。祂和我们在生命和性情上完全一样；祂和我们都在复活里。祂是召会的头，我们是召会的众肢体。这使祂有更充分的地位作我们的大祭司。
10A further qualification of Christ’s being the High Priest is that in resurrection He has brought forth many brothers in order to form the church (2:10-12). He is the Firstborn Son of God in resurrection, and we are His many brothers in resurrection to form the church. He and we are the same in life and in nature. He and we are all in resurrection. He is the Head of the church, and we are the members of the church. This affords Him so much ground to be our High Priest
拾 被高举得了
X. IN EXALTATION BEING CROWNED
荣耀尊贵为冠冕
WITH GLORY AND HONOR
11基督被高举得了荣耀尊贵为冠冕，也是祂祭司职分的一项资格。祂被高举，得了荣耀和尊贵，都使祂能作大祭司供应我们。祂既有这样的地位和能力，就更能照祂所喜悦的施行怜悯和忠信了。拾壹作我们救恩的元帅至终，基督得了成全，彀资格作我们救恩的元帅。（二10，创始者或作元帅。）在前面两篇信息里我们已经看过这一点。祂是救恩的元帅，完全彀
11Christ’s being crowned with glory and honor in His exaltation is also a qualification of His priesthood. His exaltation, glory, and honor all afford Him the possibility of ministering to us as the High Priest. With such a position and possibility, He can be merciful and faithful as much as He likes. XI. BEING THE CAPTAIN OF OUR SALVATION Eventually Christ was perfected and qualified to be the Captain of our salvation (2:10). We have seen this in the two previous messages. As the Captain of salvation, He is now fully qualified to be our High Priest
12资格作我们的大祭司。
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13已往我们许多人虽然经历了基督作大祭司的供应，但知道的却不多。希伯来书是一卷讲祭司职分的书；以后我们会看到，四至六章说到的祭司职分，在七至十章有充分的发展。等讲到那一部分的时候，我们再详细来看。在本篇信息中，我们要花些时间立好基础，使我们对祭司职分有正确的认识。祭司是甚么人？我们已经说过，祭司就是事奉神的人。这个说法虽然是对的，但不彀完全。祭司不仅是事奉神的人，也是把神供应到人里面的人。所有的基督徒都认为，祭司乃是事奉神的人，但很少基督徒知道，祭司至终更是把神供应给人的人。可以说，事奉神是次要的，把神供应给人才是主要的。祭司职分基本的意义还不是事奉神，乃是把神供应给人。作为祭司，如果我们只懂得事奉神，而不懂得把神供应给人，我们就十分可怜。
13In the past, many of us have had the experience of being ministered unto by Christ as our High Priest without knowing much about it. Hebrews is a book on the priesthood. As we shall see in future messages, the priesthood which is mentioned in chapters four through six, is fully developed in chapters seven through ten. When we come to that portion of Hebrews, we shall see more. In this message we need to spend some time to lay a foundation for a proper understanding of the priesthood. What is a priest? We have already said that the priest is one who serves God. Although it is correct to say this, it is not adequate. A priest is not only one who serves God but also one who ministers God into man. All Christians think that a priest is one who serves God, but not many Christians know that, ultimately, a priest is one who ministers God to man. In a sense, serving God is secondary, while ministering God to man is primary. The basic significance of the priesthood is not to serve God but to minister God to man. If, as priests, we only know how to render service to God without knowing how to minister God to man, we shall be quite poor.
14圣经头一次题到祭司，是说到麦基洗德。（创十四18～20。）麦基洗德是圣经中第一个祭司。我们曾经指出，圣经头一次题到的事，就确立了那类事情以后的原则。因此，第一次题到祭司，说到麦基洗德，就立定以后作祭司的原则。你若仔细看麦基洗德怎样作至高神的祭司，就看出他不是从人这里到神那里，乃是从神那里来到人这里。他并不是到神那里去事奉神，乃是从神那里来，将一些出于神的东西供应给寻求神的亚伯拉罕。麦基洗德以后，圣经在祭司职分这事上有更多的发展。但我们不可忘记祭司职分的基本故事，就是祭司乃是从神而来，用一些出于神的东西供应给神的子民。基督作大祭司主要的点，还不在于祂事奉神，乃在于祂将神供应给我们。我们必须脱开那肤浅的观念，以为祭司只是事奉神的人。每一个人，包括街上那些不信神的人，都知道天主教的祭司是事奉神，烧香，担任『圣』职的人。甚至外邦宗教也都有祭司。我们需要过河，脱离低浅的观念，进到更高的观念。神不需要你的事奉，神需要你把祂供应给人。基督为大祭司，主要的工作乃是把神供应给我们。基督在你里面所作的，主要的是把神供应到你里面。这就是我们的大祭司。祂一直只作一件事，就是将神供应到我们里面。可能有人说，麦基洗德并没有把神供应人；我就要问，那么饼和酒是表征甚么？饼和酒乃是表征神作我们的享受，神供应到我们里面，叫我们得著复苏、扶持、加力、滋养，使我们因神一切的丰富而增长。这才是祭司的主要工作。在原则上，今天我们这些事奉神的人也是神的祭司。作为祭司，我们主要的责任是把神供应给人。在实际的召会生活中，我们需要看见这一种的祭司职分。今天在召会生活中有许多事奉小组，你不可把这些事奉小组仅仅当作是利未人的事奉；所有的事奉小组，都该是祭司的体系。事奉小组不可单为著作事。各事奉小组里的弟兄姊妹，必须在基督里不断的把神的丰富供应人。你要在你的事奉小组中把神供应给人；结果，你那整个小组就成为一个祭司体系，肢体与肢体之间互相供应神。譬如以整洁布置小组来说，他们主要的任务还不是整洁会所，排椅子，把一切整理得有次有序。这对聚会固然有帮助，但并不是祭司体系。真正祭司体系的显出，乃是当你整洁会所、排椅子的时候，还能把神供应给人。
14The first mention of the word priest in the Bible is with Melchisedec (Gen. 14:18-20). Melchisedec was the first priest in the Bible. As we have pointed out on other occasions, the first mention of a thing in the Bible establishes the principle for that category of things. Therefore, the first mention of the priest, that of Melchisedec, establishes the principle of a priest. If you examine the case of Melchisedec as the priest of the most high God, you will see that he did not go from man to God but came from God to man. He did not go to God and serve God; he came from God and ministered something of God to Abraham, God’s seeker. After the case of Melchisedec, there is much development of this matter of the priesthood in the Bible. But we must not forget that the foundational story of the priesthood is that of a priest coming from God ministering something of God to God’sp eople. The main point with respect to Christ as the High Priest is not that He serves God but that He ministers God to us. We must go deeper than the superficial concept that a priest is one who serves God. Everyone, including the unbelievers on the street, knows that a Catholic priest is one who serves God, burns incense, and fulfills his “holy” duty. Even the heathen religions have priests. We need to cross the river out of this low concept into a higher one. God does not need your service, but He does want you to minister Himself to people. As the High Priest, Christ’s major job is to minister God to us. Mainly what Christ does within you is to minister God into you. This is our High Priest. He is continually doing one thing—ministering God into us. Some may say that Melchisedec did not minister God. But what about the bread and the wine—what do they signify? The bread and the wine signify God as our enjoyment, God being ministered to us to refresh, sustain, support, strengthen, and nourish us that we may grow with all the riches of God. This is the primary task of a priest. In principle, we who serve God today are His priests. As priests, our main responsibility is to minister Him to people. We need to see this kind of priestly ministry in the practical church life. There are many service groups in the church life today. These service groups should not only be considered as a kind of Levitical service. All the service groups must also be the priesthood. A service group should not be just for its service. The brothers and sisters in every service group must constantly minister the riches of God in Christ to people. You need to minister God to the people in your service group. Eventually, your whole group will become a priesthood ministering God from one member to another. Take the example of the cleaning and arranging group. The main task of this service group is not simply to clean the hall, arrange the chairs, and keep everything in order. That is a help, but that is not the priesthood. The real priesthood comes into being when you minister God to people as you clean the hall and arrange the chairs
15当我们把神供应到人里面，最终他们就有神的彰显。基督将神供应到祂的信徒里面，直到他们身上有神的彰显。我们看过，神的彰显就是荣耀。在圣经里，神的荣耀就是神的彰显。当神得著彰显，我们就有荣耀。神怎样得著彰显？乃是藉著基督作大祭司，不断的将神供应到我们里面。这一点我们在救恩的元帅那两篇信息中，基本上已经看过了。现在，我们可以看到基督的三方面。第一面，祂是救恩的元帅；第二面，祂是荣耀的种子；第三面，祂是供应人的大祭司。基督作为大祭司，将神供应给我们。这是祂作祭司的工作，也是祂作救恩元帅的工作。虽然祂是救恩的元帅，但祂乃是藉著作大祭司，完成祂的任务。希伯来二章十节说，基督是我们救恩的元帅（创始者或作元帅），到十七节就说，我们救恩的元帅基督，也是我们的大祭司。祂怎样尽祂作我们救恩元帅的职分？乃是藉著作大祭司。我们一般的观念，认为元帅是领袖，是带头的战士。这观念不能说不对，但基督若仅仅是这样的元帅，祂还不能完成祂的职任。我们看旧约中摩西和亚伦的关系。没有亚伦，摩西也不能成功的作领袖。使徒的领导职分，需要祭司职分的供应。约书亚像摩西一样，也需要大祭司。不要以为亚伦是一个人，摩西是另一个人。按历史的人物说，他们是两个；但作为基督的豫表，他们乃是一个。一面，耶稣是我们的摩西；另一面，祂也是我们的亚伦。我们在第三章会更多看到，耶稣是我们的使徒，也是我们的大祭司。领导的职分和祭司的职分必须一直是并行的。在基督身上，这两种职分都归于祂一人。祂若不是我们的大祭司，就不能尽职作我们的元帅。基督若不是大祭司，我就无法跟随祂。一面，祂是率领我们争战的元帅；另一面，祂又是把神自己和神圣生命的丰富供应到我们里面的大祭司。
15As we minister God into people, they will eventually have His expression. Christ ministers God into His believers until there is in them the expression of God. As we have seen, the expression of God is glory. In the Bible, the glory of God is God’s express i on. When God is expressed, we have glory. But how can God be expressed? By Christ as the High Priest ministering God into us continually. We have basically covered this point in the two messages on the Captain of salvation. Now we can see Christ in three aspects. In the first aspect, He is the Captain of salvation; in the second aspect, He is the seed of glory; and in the third aspect, He is the ministering One, the High Priest. As the High Priest, Christ ministers God to us. This is His priestly work and this also is the job that the Captain of salvation is doing. Although He is the Captain of salvation, He fulfills His office by being the High Priest. In 2:10 we are told that Christ is the Captain of our salvation, and in 2:17 we see that this Christ who is the Captain of our salvation is also our High Priest. How can He function as the Captain of our salvation? Only by being the High Priest. According to our human concept, a captain is a leader, a leading fighter. This concept is not wrong, but if Christ were just a Captain in this sense, He could not fulfill His office. Consider the relationship between Moses and Aaron in the Old Testament. Without Aaron, Moses could not fulfill his leadership. The apostle’s leadership needs the ministering of the priesthood. Joshua, like Moses, also needed the high priest. Do not think that Aaron is one person and that Moses is another. According to themselves as historical figures, they are two, but considered as types of Christ, they are one. On the one hand, Jesus is our Moses; on the other hand, He is our Aaron. When we come to chapter three we shall see more of Jesus as our Apostle and as our High Priest. The leadership and the priesthood must always go together. In Christ, these two ministries belong to one person. He could never function as our Captain if He were not our High Priest. I could not follow Christ if He were not the High Priest. On the one hand, He is the Captain leading on and fighting on; on the other hand, He is the High Priest ministering God Himself and the riches of the divine life into us.
16我可以用我的身体来说明。感谢神给我一个健壮的身体。虽然如此，我每次讲完道之后，都会感到疲累。但我回家后，只要饱餐一顿，就得著复苏。这样饱餐之后，我又有力量再来讲一个半钟头。然后回家享受晚餐。最近我晚上讲过之后，回家仍然满有活力；第二天早上未到六点就起床，觉得精神充沛，能作许多事情。这个力量从那里来的？是从营养的食物来的。照样，我有一位真正的大祭司，一直供应我饼和酒。这使我能工作而不疲惫。我享受滋养越多，就越有能力。你若读希伯来一、二章，你会看见这奇妙、奥秘、希奇的一位，现今乃是我们的大祭司。不要以为这位大祭司只是事奉神的。事奉神是次要的。这位大祭司乃是一直将神供应给我们。作为祭司，你若只是到神那里事奉祂，祂必定会说，『我不需要你。你为甚么到这里来浪费时间。你必须与我一同到人那里去，把我供应给人。那才是我所要的。』我们看过，基督足彀资格作我们的大祭司。祂是神的儿子，是神自己，成为人，历经人的苦难。作为人子，祂经过了一切，也成就了一切。现今祂有资格作我们的大祭司来供应我们。不管我们的情形怎样，祂总有东西供应我们。我们享受祂祭司的供应，通常就像呼吸一样。我们并不需要了解呼吸的过程，也不需分析空气的成分。我们只要呼吸，就得著空气中的一切。照样，在灵里发生的许多事，我们并不明白。但是主耶稣像空气一样，就在这里。只要我们接触祂，把祂吸进来，我们就得著所需的一切。当然，若能多认识主，是有帮助的。享受基督是非常真实的，并不是迷信。
16I may use my physical body as an illustration. I praise God that He has given me a strong, healthy body. After ministering, however, I become quite exhausted. Then I go home and enjoy a good meal. This revives me. After such a meal, I am able to come and minister again for another hour and a half. Then I go home and enjoy another good meal. Recently, after speaking in an evening meeting, I went home still very much alive. I awoke the next morning before six o’clock full of energy. I did many things that morning. Where did the energy come from? It came from the nourishment. Likewise, I have a real High Priest ministering bread and wine to me. This enables me to do my job without being tired out. The more I enjoy the nourishment, the more energy I have. If you read Hebrews 1 and 2, you will see that this wonderful, mysterious, marvelous One is now our High Priest. Do not think that this High Priest only serves God. That is secondary. This High Priest is the One who continually ministers God to us. If, as a priest, you only go to God and serve Him, He will say, “I don’t need you. Why do you come here and waste your time. You must go with Me to the people. You need to minister Me to people. That’s what I want.” As we have seen, Christ is more than fully qualified to be our High Priest. He, the Son of God, God Himself, became a man and suffered as a man. As the Son of Man, He passed through all things and accomplished all things. Now He is qualified to minister to us as our High Priest. Regardless of our situation, He has something to minister to us. Often, the enjoyment of His priestly ministry is like breathing. There is no need for us to understand the breathing process or to analyze the air. As long as we breathe, we get all that is in the air. Likewise, many things happen in our spirit that we do not understand. Like the air, Jesus is here. As long as we contact Him by breathing Him in, we have all that we need. Nevertheless, it is a help if we know the Lord well. This enjoyment of Christ is real; it is not superstitious
17每当我们的大祭司把神供应到我们里面，我们就更多得著神，能以彰显祂。最终，我们就可以来事奉神。在这一点上，我们需要转。我们来事奉神的时候，乃是更多的让神灌注进来。我们让神灌注进来以后，祂就会说，『去把我供应给别人。』
17As our High Priest ministers God into us, we shall gain more of God and come into His expression. Eventually, we shall come to serve God. Here is where we need to make a turn. When we come to serve God, we are infused the more with God. Once we have been infused with Him, God will say, “Go and minister Me to others.”
18现在我们都清楚，主耶稣作我们救恩的元帅，把我们带进荣耀里去的路，乃是藉著祂作大祭司，一直把神供应给我们。当基督把神供应到我们里面，就开始了一连串的反应。我们得著神的灌输，直到我们也成为祭司。作为祭司，我们不重在事奉神，乃重在把神供应给人，把人带到神的彰显里。凡接受我们供应的人，就也得著神的灌注。这会使他们到神面前，去得著神更多的灌注。然后，神就会叫他们去把神自己供应给人。这就是我们救恩的元帅带我们进荣耀里去的路。我懊恼没有足彀的口才来发表。这不仅是一种的基督徒造就，这是父带领众子进荣耀里去的路。我再说，主是藉著作我们的元帅，领我们进荣耀里去，而我们的元帅乃是藉著作我们的大祭司，完成祂的职分。
18Now we can understand the way in which the Lord Jesus as the Captain of our salvation brings us into glory by being the High Priest ministering God to us all the time. As Christ ministers God into us, a chain reaction begins. We are transfused with God until we also become priests. As priests, we do not mainly serve God but minister God to others, bringing them into God’sex press i on. The ones who receive our ministry will in turn be infused with God. This will cause them to go to God for more infusing. Then God will tell them to minister Himself to others. This is the way that the Captain of our salvation is leading us into glory. I regret that I do not have the adequate words to express this. This is not merely a kind of Christian edification. It is the way that the Father is leading many sons into glory. I repeat, the Lord leads us into glory by being our Captain and our Captain fulfills His duty by being our High Priest
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XII. RENDERING HELP TO SUCCOR US
19我年轻时，就学习希伯来二章十七节。我所受的教导是说，基督是我们的大祭司，我们无论遇到甚么困难，基督都能同情我们；这种说法比较低浅。我曾多次这样经历基督的同情，却从未从这同情得到神圣生命的供应。我只得著安慰，其他就没有了。但是现在，我所经历的与已往大不相同。现在我经历基督作我的大祭司，祂对我的同情比从前更高、更丰富。每一次我经历祂的同情，我都得到神圣的供应。从我的经历中，我认识基督作大祭司事奉神，主要的乃是把神供应给我们。
19I learned Hebrews 2:17 as a youth. I was taught that Christ, as our High Priest, can sympathize with us, but I was taught this in the low way which says that whenever you find yourself in difficulty, Christ can sympathize with you. Although I experienced Christ’s sympathizing with me like this many times, I did not receive from it the ministry of the divine life. I only obtained comfort, nothing else. My present experience is much different. The experience that I now have of Christ’s sympathizing with me as my High Priest is much higher and richer than this. Every time I experience His sympathy I receive the divine supply. I have learned from my experiences that Christ as the High Priest mainly serves God by ministering God to us
20这种供应称为帮助，也就是一种搭救。要懂得二章十八节里『帮助』原文的意思，我们需要读十六节：『诚然祂不是救援天使，乃是救援亚伯拉罕的后裔。』这里的救援，意给与帮助，搭救。这辞的意思不是像搭救将要淹死的人那样，抓住那人，把他从危险的环境里拉出来。不是。这里的救援乃是进到一个人里面，穿上他，背著他。譬如，你遇到了困难，大祭司并不是伸手把你从困难中救出来。不，当你在困苦的时候，祂来到你那里，穿上你，背著你通过那个困难。这是我们大祭司的工作。你这样经历几次之后，就不会再受任何难处的威胁。难处再来的时候，你就会说，『难处越多，我享受基督越多，享受神越丰富，享受神圣元素越多，并且越被带进荣耀。』
20This kind of ministry is called succor, a helpful rescue. To understand the Greek word that is rendered “succor” in 2:18 in the King James Version we need to read 2:16 in both the King James Version and the Recovery Version. The King James Version says, “For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.” The Recovery Version says, “For assuredly He does not take hold of angels, but He takes hold of the seed of Abraham.” What a difference between these translations! The King James Version says the Lord Jesus did not take upon Him the nature of angels but the nature of the children of Abraham. But the proper meaning of the Greek is not to take on but to take hold of. What does it mean to take hold of? According to the Greek, it simply means to help and rescue us. But this does not mean to rescue a person in the way that you rescue a drowning man. It does not just mean to grab hold of a person and pull him out of a dangerous situation. No, it means to get into a person, put him upon you, and carry him. That is the helpful rescue spoken of here. This is why the King James Version says, “He took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham.” This is not absolutely wrong, for it is a partial meaning of the Greek word. The full meaning of this word is “to help, to rescue, by coming to a person, putting him on you, and carrying him.” For example, when you have a difficult time, the High Priest is not going to stretch forth His finger and rescue you from that difficult time. No, while you are suffering, He will come to you, put you on, and carry you through the difficult time. This is the work of our High Priest. After you have experienced this a number of times, you will never again be threatened by any difficulty. The next time a difficulty comes, you will say, “The more difficulties I have, the more I enjoy Christ, the more I enjoy God, the more I enjoy the divine element, and the more I am brought into glory.”
21这是二章十七、十八两节的真意。基督是许许多多的项目：祂是神子，是人子，是创造主，是万有的维持者，是万有的承受者，也是受过死之苦、为我们的罪成就平息、废除撒但、把我们从死的奴役里释放出来的一位。这样的一位主，完全彀资格作我们救恩的元帅。祂作我们的元帅，把我们从一切低下的光景里救出来，把我们带进神的荣耀里去。祂并不是客观的救我们，乃是把神供应到我们里面，并且穿上我们，背著我们，主观的搭救我们。当我们享受祂这样的搭救，我们就有分于神的元素，并被带到荣耀之神的彰显里。这就是主带我们进入荣耀的路。
21Now we know the real meaning of 2:17-18. Christ is so many things: the Son of God, the Son of Man, the Creator, the Upholder, the Heir, the One who suffered death, made propitiation for our sins, destroyed Satan, and released us from the slavery of death. As such a One He is thoroughly qualified to be the Captain of our salvation. As our Captain, He saves us from every kind of low situation and brings us into God’s glory. He does not save us in an objective way but by ministering God Himself into us and by rendering us a subjective succor by putting us on, bearing us, and carrying us. When we enjoy this succor, we participate in God’s element and are brought into the expression of the glorious God. This is the way in which the Lord is bringing us into glory