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彼得前书生命读经 · 第12篇

三一神完全的救恩及其结果（七）

The Full Salvation of the Triune God and its Issues (7
1读经：彼得前书一章十五节，十八至十九节。
1Scripture Reading: 1 Pet. 1:15, 18-19
在一切行事为人上成为圣的
BECOMING HOLY IN ALL OUR MANNER OF LIFE
2在我们往前到彼前一章十八至十九节以前，我要进一步说到在一切行事为人上成为圣的。（15。）『行事为人』按原文也可译为生活（生命）的样式。照著一章十五节，我们应当不仅仅是圣的，过圣别的生活，更是在一切生活样式上成为圣的。别人应当能在我们的生活中看见一种样式，这种样式该是圣的。这不是说，我们偶尔是圣的，或者我们在某些事上是圣的。譬如，我们不是仅仅早晨在某件事上是圣的，而稍后在那件事上就不再是圣的。不，我们需要习惯的有圣别的生活；这才会构成圣别的行事为人。我们若要有圣别的行事为人，就需要在我们的构成上习惯的成为圣的。这就是说，我们需要成为某一种人，在构成上是圣的。我们可用果树来说明所谓圣别的行事为人到底是甚么意思。苹果树照著苹果树的生命样式结苹果。同样，橘子树照著橘子树的生命样式结橘子。苹果树结苹果，橘子树结橘子，不是偶然的。反之，这全然是照著每种树特有的生命样式。在一切行事为人上成为圣的，也应当是这样。有些基督徒强调所谓的圣别，他们也许有时候行动圣别，有时候却非常属世或属肉体。这指明他们没有圣别的行事为人。有圣别的行事为人，就是有彰显神的生活。这就是过彰显神圣别性情的生活。我们重生时，父圣别的性情就分赐给我们。这现今在我们里面的圣别性情，是我们过圣别生活的基本因素。我们可以再用果树作例证。苹果树若没有苹果树的生命，就不可能有苹果树的生命样式。假定有人想要把苹果接在另一种树的枝子上。不久之后，苹果就会掉下来。但苹果树既有苹果树的生命样式，就彰显牠里面苹果树的性情。在一切行事为人上成为圣的，原则也是一样。父已将祂圣别的性情分赐到我们里面，这使我们有可能过彰显圣别之神的生活。
2Before we go on to verses 18 and 19, I would like to say a further word concerning the matter of becoming holy in all our manner of life (1:15). The phrase “manner of life” is a literal translation of the Greek. According to 1:15, we should not merely be holy and live a holy life; we should become holy in all our manner of life. Others should be able to see a certain manner in our living, and this manner should be holy. This does not mean that we are holy occasionally or that we are holy in certain things. For instance, it is not that in the morning we are holy in one matter, and then later in the day we are no longer holy in that matter. No, we need habitually to have a holy life. This is what constitutes a holy manner of life. If we would have a holy manner of life, we need to be habitually holy in our constitution. This means that we need to become a certain kind of person, a person who is holy in constitution. We may use fruit trees as an illustration of what we mean by a holy manner of life. An apple tree produces apples according to the apple - tree manner of life. Likewise, an orange tree produces oranges according to its manner of life. The producing of apples by an apple tree and oranges by an orange tree is not accidental. On the contrary, it is altogether according to the manner of life characteristic of each tree. The same should be true of our becoming holy in our manner of life. Some Christians who emphasize a so-called holiness may sometimes act holy, but at other times they may be very worldly or fleshly. This indicates that they do not have a holy manner of life. To have a holy manner of life is to have a life that is the expression of God. It is to have a living that is the expression of the holy nature of God. When we were regenerated, the holy nature of the Father was imparted to us. This holy nature that is now within us is the basic factor for us to live a holy manner of life. Once again we may use fruit trees as an illustration. If an apple tree did not have the life of an apple tree, it could not possibly have the manner of life of an apple tree. Suppose someone tried to attach apples to the branches of another kind of tree. After a short period of time, the apples would fall down. But an apple tree, having an apple - tree manner of life, expresses the nature of the apple tree that is within it. The principle is the same with becoming holy in all our manner of life. The Father has imparted His holy nature into us, and this is what makes it possible for us to have a life that expresses the holy God.
3其次，关于圣别的行事为人，圣灵正在我们里面作圣别的工作。『圣别』这个动词，原文就是『圣的』这个形容词的动词形式。圣灵圣别我们时，就使我们成为圣的。我们里面有父圣别的性情，圣灵就以此为运行的基础，在我们里面作工，使我们成为圣的。第三，因为我们常常悖逆，我们就需要神的管教。为这缘故，希伯来十二章十节说，父神管教我们，使我们有分于祂的圣别。我们要有圣别的行事为人，就需要三件事：父圣别的性情分赐到我们这人里面，圣灵圣别的工作使我们成为圣的，以及神的管教使我们有分于我们圣别之神的圣别。这些是我们过圣别生活的三个因素。我们的生活不该只有某个程度的圣别，我们的整个行事为人都该是圣别的。这就是说，我们该有彰显我们圣别之神的生活。知道我们蒙了救赎彼前一章十八节说，『知道你们得赎，脱离你们祖宗所传流虚妄的生活，不是用能坏的金银等物。』照著文法，十八节与十七节『在你们寄居的时日中，凭著敬畏行事为人』有关。这指明要在我们寄居的时日中，凭著敬畏行事为人，我们就需要深刻领悟基督的救赎。今天许多基督徒生活松懈，因为他们对基督救赎的领会很肤浅。
3Second, concerning a holy manner of life, the Holy Spirit is doing a sanctifying work within us. The Greek word for sanctify is the verb form of the adjective holy. When the Holy Spirit sanctifies us, He makes us holy. With the Father’sho ly nature within us as a basis of operation, the Holy Spirit is working in us to make us holy. Third, because we are often disobedient, we need God’s discipline. For this reason, Hebrews 12:10 says that God the Father disciplines us so that we may partake of His holiness. To have a holy manner of life, we need three things: the impartation of the Father’sho ly nature into our being, the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit to make us holy, and God’s discipline so that we may participate in the holiness of our holy God. These are the three factors for us to live a life of holiness. Our living should not only be holy to a certain extent, but our very manner of life should be holy. This means that we should have a living that is the expression of our holy God. KNOWING THAT WE HAVE BEEN REDEEMED Verse 18 says, “Knowing that you were redeemed not with corruptible things, with silver or gold, from your vain manner of life handed down from your fathers.” According to grammar, verse 18 is related to “pass the time of your sojourning in fear” in verse 17. This indicates that in order to pass the time of our sojourning in fear, we need a deep realization concerning the redemption of Christ. Today many Christians are living in a loose way because their understanding of Christ’s redemption is shallow
4我幼年在浸信会办的小学读书时，听见许多关于基督的十字架与基督救赎的事。然而，我所听见的事没有一样感动我的心，因为那关于基督救赎的教训很肤浅。我不知道为甚么宣教士和中国传道人不就著彼前一章十八至十九节说些有分量的事。我不记得我读那所学校的时候，曾听见甚么教训是讲到这几节的。我在那里所听见一切关于基督救赎的传讲，都非常肤浅。
4When I was a child studying in the elementary school of a Baptist mission, I heard much about the cross of Christ and Christ’s redemption. However, nothing that I heard touched my heart, for that teaching regarding the redemption of Christ was shallow. I do not know why the missionaries and the Chinese ministers did not say something weighty from 1:18 and 19. I cannot recall hearing any teaching from these verses while I attended that school. All the preaching concerning Christ’s redemption that I heard there was very shallow.
5彼得在这些经文里关于救赎的说法绝不肤浅。彼得说，『知道你们得赎，…乃是用基督的宝血，如同无瑕疵无玷污的羔羊之血。』我信任何人全神贯注的来读这些经文，都会受感动。照著十八节，基督的血已救赎我们脱离虚妄的生活。这虚妄的生活与十五节圣别的行事为人相对。照圣经别处多半所说到的，基督的血救赎我们脱离罪、过犯、不法、以及一切犯罪的事。（弗一7，来九15，多二14。）但这里是个例外：基督的血救赎我们脱离老旧虚妄的生活，因为这里所著重的不是罪恶，乃是生活。全章都强调圣别的生活，就是神所拣选的人在寄居的时日所该有的生活。不仅那灵的圣别是为此，连基督的救赎也是为此，要把我们从祖宗所传流虚妄的生活中圣别出来。我们既知道这是用最高的代价，就是基督的宝血所成就的，就当在我们寄居的时日中，凭著敬畏行事为人。我们老旧的生活，也就是放纵私欲的生活，（彼前一14，）没有意义，也没有目标，因此是虚妄的。但现今过圣别的生活，在神的圣别上彰显祂，
5Peter’sway of speaking about redemption in these verses is far from superficial. I believe that anyone who would read these verses by concentrating his entire being on them would be touched when Peter says, “Knowing that you were redeemed...with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, the blood of Christ.” According to verse 18, the blood of Christ has redeemed us from our vain manner of life. This vain manner of life is in contrast to the holy manner of life in verse 15. According to most other references in Scripture, the blood of Christ redeems us from sins, transgressions, lawlessness, and all sinful things (Eph. 1:7; Heb. 9:15; Titus 2:14). Here is an exception: Christ’s blood has redeemed us from our old, vain manner of life, because the emphasis here is not on sinfulness, but on the manner of life. The whole chapter emphasizes the holy manner of life which God’s chosen people should have in their sojourn. Not only is the Spirit’s sanctification for this; even Christ’s redemption is for this—to separate us from our vain manner of life handed down from our fathers. Knowing that this was accomplished with the highest price, the precious blood of Christ, we pass the days of our sojourning in fear. Our old manner of life, a life in lusts (1 Pet. 1:14), had no meaning and no goal; hence, it was vain. But now to live a holy life, to express God in His holiness, is our goal (vv. 15-16
6乃是我们的目标。（15～16。）
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7许多宝贵的圣经名词，在神话语中非常重要的名词，成了凡俗、宗教的。我们甚至可以说，这些辞受了破坏。『救赎』这辞就是一个例子，因著被凡俗的使用，这个圣经名词就成了宗教的名词。所以，我们读圣经中的这辞，我们里面也许没有多少感觉。然而，彼得写一章十八至十九节时，是满了感觉的。为基督的宝血所买
7Many precious biblical terms, terms which are very important in the Word, have become common and religious. We may even say that they have been spoiled. The word “redeemed” is an example of a biblical term that has become religious because of the way it is commonly used. Therefore, when we read this word in the Bible, we may not have much feeling within us concerning it. However, when Peter wrote 1:18 and 19, he was full of feeling. PURCHASED BY THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF CHRIST
8我比较喜欢把『得赎』的希腊字译为『被买』。实际上这是原文的意思。我们已为基督的宝血所买。
8I prefer to translate the Greek word for “redeemed” as purchased. Actually this is the meaning of the Greek word. We have been purchased by the precious blood of Christ
9我们是堕落的人，在我们经历基督的救赎以前，光景都很可怕：我们乃是在不洁的市场（虚妄生活的市场）出售的货品。你在购物中心的时候，倘若你里面属灵的感觉敏锐，你就会领悟这样的地方是不洁的。这样的地方外表也许非常清洁，就属灵说，却非常污秽。不但如此，购物中心里，几乎每样东西都与虚妄的生活有关。从前，我们是在撒但的购物中心，在他不洁、属世的市场里出售的货品。今天整个人类社会乃是不洁的市场。
9As fallen human beings, we were in a dreadful situation before we experienced Christ’s redemption: we were merchandise up for sale in an unclean marketplace, the marketplace of the vain manner of life. If the spiritual feelings within you are tender when you are in a shopping center, you will realize that such a place is unclean. Outwardly, it may be very clean; however, spiritually speaking, it is very dirty. Furthermore, nearly everything in a shopping center is related to the vain manner of life. Formerly, we were merchandise up for sale in Satan’s shopping center, in his unclean, worldly market. Today all of human society is an unclean market.
10虽然我们原是撒但购物中心出售的物品，但基督来买我们，救赎我们。祂付了非常高的代价─祂宝血的代价─来买我们。撒但不要基督买我们。撒但的计画是要我们被别人所买。所以，撒但领悟基督是来买我们，就制造许多难处。他不愿释放我们，让我们去，就兴起许多障碍和隔阂，拦阻基督买我们。虽然如此，基督却死在十字架上，并流出祂的宝血来救赎我们。从我们这面说，我们是被买回；但从撒但那面说，我们是被救赎。救赎我们的血是一种特别的血─神人耶稣基督，生命达到最高标准之人的血。主耶稣是与神调和的人。所以，这人死在十字架上的时候，神也经过死。没有人的言语足以解释这点。惟有基督的血有资格并足以救赎我们，买我们。我们曾被霸占我们的仇敌撒但出售，但我们的救赎者基督付了极高的代价买我们。彼得在十八至十九节说到这点。
10Although we were items on sale in Satan’s shopping center, Christ came to purchase us, to redeem us. He paid a very high price to buy us—the price of His precious blood. Satan did not want Christ to buy us. Satan’s plan was that we would be bought by someone else. Therefore, when Satan realized that Christ had come to purchase us, he caused a great deal of trouble. Unwilling to release us, to let us go, he raised up many obstacles and barriers to frustrate Christ from purchasing us. Nevertheless, Christ died on the cross and shed His precious blood to redeem us. From our side, we were purchased, but from Satan’ss i de, we were redeemed. The blood that redeemed us was an extraordinary kind of blood—the blood of the God-man, Jesus Christ, the Man whose life reached the highest standard. The Lord Jesus is a Man mingled with God. Therefore, when this Man died on the cross, God also passed through death. No human words are adequate to explain this. Only the blood of Christ was qualified and sufficient to redeem us, to purchase us. We had been put on sale by the enemy Satan, our usurper. But Christ, our Redeemer, paid the highest price to purchase us. Peter speaks of this in verses 18 and 19
比金银更宝贵
MORE PRECIOUS THAN GOLD OR SILVER
11在十八节彼得说，我们得赎，『不是用能坏的金银等物。』基督的血是物质的东西，但其功效、功用、价值、能力和权柄，是永远的、不能坏的。
11In verse 18 Peter says that we were redeemed “not with corruptible things.” The blood of Christ is a material substance, yet its effectiveness, function, worth, power, and authority are eternal and incorruptible
12我们蒙基督的宝血所洒，因此就从凡俗的人中被标明出来；这血比金银还要宝贵。基督为著救赎我们付了极高的代价，把我们从虚妄的生活救赎到圣别的生活。（18，15。）为此我们在神面前该有圣别的敬畏，健康、认真的谨慎，免得我们这蒙神用极高代价所救赎的选民，偏离基督这最高救赎的目的。
12The blood of Christ, by which we are sprinkled and thus marked out from common people, is more precious than silver and gold. The highest price has been paid for our redemption, that we might be redeemed from the vain manner of life to the holy (vv. 18, 15). For this we should have a holy fear, a healthy, serious caution before God that, as God’s elect, redeemed with such a high price, we would not miss the purpose of this most high redemption of Christ.
13十八至十九节有金银与羔羊之间的比较。金银是贵重的，但没有生命。金银不是生机的，但羔羊是活的、生机的。藉著这比较，彼得指明基督为我们所付的代价与生命之物和生机之物有关。在约翰六章主耶稣用五个大麦饼和两6:9-条鱼食饱群众。（9～12。）大麦在豫表里表征复活的生命。在巴勒斯坦，大麦比小麦早熟。因此，大麦表征在复活里的基督。主耶稣使用食饱群众的神迹作根据，接著向人释放信息，告诉他们祂是生命的粮。在约翰六章三十五节祂说，『我就是生命的粮，到我这里来的，必永远不饿；信入我的，必永远不渴。』在四十八节祂又说，『我就是生命的粮。』当然，粮（饼）是用植物生命的原料作的。谁会用属于动物生命之物作饼？虽然如此，主耶稣告诉人祂是生命的粮以后，接著说，『我是从天上降下来的活粮，人若吃这粮，就必永远活著。我所要赐的粮，就是我的肉，为世人的生命所赐的。』（51。）然后主耶稣说，『我实实在在的告诉你们，你们若不吃人子的肉，不喝人子的血，就没有生命在你们里面。…我的肉是真正的食物，我的血是真正的饮料。』（53，55。）首先，饼是大麦饼；至终，这饼成为主的肉。当然，大麦属植物生命，但肉与血属动物生命。我引用约翰六章是要指出，我们无法完全领会或解释基督为著完成神的救赎而有的事。不但如此，圣经的真理无法系统化。你怎能将约翰六章的大麦饼和肉系统化？照著本章，大麦和肉混合、调和在一起成为一。一面，基督的生命由植物生命所代表；另一面，祂的生命由动物生命所代表。这就好比说，基督是神也是人。基督神圣的性情与祂属人的性情调和。祂死在十字架上的时候，乃是人。虽然如此，神却牵涉在这个死里。这是过于我们所能解释的。
13In verses 18 and 19 we have a comparison between gold or silver and a lamb. Gold and silver are valuable, but they are lifeless. They are not organic, but a lamb is living and organic. Through this comparison, Peter indicates that the price paid for us by Christ was related to something of life and to something organic. In chapter six of John the Lord Jesus fed the multitude with five loaves of barley and two fishes (John 12). Barley in typology signifies resurrection life. In Palestine barley ripens earlier than wheat does. For this reason, barley signifies Christ in resurrection. Using the miraculous feeding of the multitude as a basis, the Lord Jesus went on to give a message to the people, a message telling them that He is the bread of life. In John 6:35 He said, “I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me shall by no means hunger, and he who believes in Me shall by no means ever thirst.” Again, in John 6:48 He said, “I am the bread of life.” Bread, of course, is made of materials of the plant life. Who would use something of animal life to make bread? Nevertheless, after telling the people that He is the bread of life, the Lord Jesus went on to say, “I am the living bread which came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he shall live forever; and the bread which I will give is My flesh which I will give for the life of the world” (v. 51). Then the Lord Jesus said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves....For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink” (vv. 53, 55). First the bread is barley bread; eventually, this bread becomes the Lord’s flesh. Barley, of course, is of the vegetable life, but the meat of the flesh with the blood is of the animal life. I refer to John 6 in order to point out that we cannot understand or explain in full the things of Christ for the accomplishing of God’s redemption. Furthermore, biblical truth cannot be systematized. How can you systematize barley bread and meat in John 6? According to this chapter, the barley and the meat are mixed, blended together as one. On the one hand, the life of Christ is represented by the vegetable life; on the other hand, His life is represented by the animal life. This can be compared to saying that Christ is both divine and human. Christ’s divine nature is mingled with, blended with, His human nature. When He died on the cross, He died as a man. Nevertheless, God was involved with this death. It is beyond our ability to explain this.
14因为基督是神而人，由动物生命和植物生命所代表，祂的人位就是独一的，祂的血也是独一的。没有别的血能救赎我们；惟有基督的血足以成就这事。祂的血是独一的，因为祂的人位是独一的。因为祂是宝贵的，祂的血就是宝贵的。圣经甚至告诉我们，今天基督的血仍在诸天之上为我们说话。（来十二24。）
14Because Christ is both God and man, represented by both the animal life and the vegetable life, His Person is unique, and His blood also is unique. No other blood can redeem us. Only the blood of Christ is sufficient for this. His blood is unique because His Person is unique. Because He is precious, His blood is precious. The Bible even tells us that today the blood of Christ still speaks for us in the heavens (Heb. 12:24
无瑕疵无玷污
without blemish and without spot
15彼前一章十九节说，『乃是用基督的宝血，如同无瑕疵无玷污的羔羊之血。』领会彼得所说『瑕疵』和『玷污』的意思，并知道其间的不同，是很重要的。瑕疵常用来指见于宝石和珠宝里的杂质。假定你手中有块宝石；这宝石若是纯的，就没有任何搀杂，也就是没有任何异物搀在其中。然而，有时候宝石或珠宝里面的确有异物，那异物，那搀杂的元素，就是瑕疵。玷污是来自创伤的痕迹。你手上若有创伤，至终那创伤也许会发展成疤痕。这样的疤痕就是你身体上的玷污。
15Verse 19 says, “But with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot, the blood of Christ.” It is important to understand what Peter means by “blemish” and “spot” and to know the difference between them. Blemish is a term often used for impurities found in precious stones and gems. Suppose you have a precious stone in your hand. If this stone is pure, it does not have any mixture; that is, it does not have any foreign body mixed in with it. However, sometimes a precious stone or a gem does have a foreign body in it. That foreign body, that element of mixture, is a blemish. A spot is a scar that comes from a wound. If you have a wound on your hand, eventually that wound may develop into a scar. Such a scar is a spot on your body
16神创造我们是纯洁的，但堕落已把许多异物、瑕疵，带到我们里面。这一切异物都是属魔鬼，属撒但的。不但如此，在我们天然的生命里，我们受了创伤。我们能从旧约的豫表看见，动物的祭牲必须无瑕疵无玷污。譬如，假定要献绵羊为赎罪祭，那只绵羊必须无瑕疵，无搀杂；也必须无玷污，无任何创伤。献为赎罪祭的绵羊必须是纯洁、完全的。所有曾在地上生活过的人中，惟有一个人─主耶稣基督─是没有搀杂或瑕疵的。不但如此，祂是惟一在道德和伦理上没有受过创伤的人。我要请你想想你的情况。即使你可能仍然很年轻，但对你伦理和道德的所是而言，你岂没有受过许多创伤？你必须承认，你没有蒙保守得以完全。有些人发展出赌博的习惯；嗜赌对人的性格是严重的创伤。每当我们说谎的时候，我们也伤害自己。我不信我们中间有任何人从来没有说过谎。每个谎言都是创伤。倘若妻子向丈夫说谎，或丈夫向妻子说谎，这样的谎言对婚姻生活就是创伤。我们大多数人也因偷窃受了创伤。很少人从未偷过别人的东西。有时候儿女偷父母的东西，妻子偷丈夫的东西。偷窃总是伤害我们。
16God created us pure, but the fall has brought many foreign bodies, blemishes, into us. All these foreign bodies are of the Devil, Satan. Furthermore, in our natural life we have been wounded. We can see from the typology in the Old Testament that the animal sacrifices were to be without blemish and without spot. For instance, suppose a sheep was to be offered as a sin offering. That sheep had to be without blemish, without mixture; it also had to be without spot, without any wound. The sheep offered as a sin offering had to be pure and perfect. Among all the human beings who have ever lived on earth, there has been only one Man — the Lord Jesus Christ — who is without mixture or blemish. Furthermore, He is the only Man who has not been wounded morally and ethically. I would ask you to consider your situation. Even though you may still be young, have you not received many wounds to your ethical and moral being? You must admit that you have not been preserved perfect. There are some who have developed the habit of gambling. Being addicted to gambling is a serious wound to a person’s character. We also wound ourselves whenever we tell a lie. I do not believe that there is anyone among us who has never told a lie. Every lie is a wound. If a wife lies to her husband or a husband to his wife, such a lie will be a wound to their married life. Most of us have also been wounded by stealing. Very few people have never stolen anything from others. Sometimes children steal things from their parents, or wives from their husbands. Stealing always wounds us.
17我们这个人和我们的性格，在许多方面受了创伤。我们堕落的人有许多瑕疵和创伤。任何离婚的人都经历了严重的创伤。约翰四章的撒玛利亚妇人在这方面受了创伤，因为她六次更换丈夫，她在许多方面受了创伤，她满了玷污。耶稣基督是惟一无搀杂无玷污的人。祂没有任何瑕疵或创伤。事实上，『无瑕疵无玷污』是旧约用来指献给神的祭牲的措辞。任何读彼得前书的犹太人都会领悟这点。因为彼得是写信给犹太信徒，他就用他们所熟悉的辞。换句话说，本节指明耶稣基督是真正的祭物，作我们的赎罪祭和赎愆祭。基督是真正的逾越节羊羔。
17Our person and character have been wounded in many ways. As fallen human beings, we have many blemishes and wounds. Anyone who has been divorced has experienced a serious wound. The Samaritan woman in John 4 had been wounded in this way. Because she had changed husbands six times, she had been wounded in many ways. She was full of spots. Jesus Christ is the only person without mixture and without spot. He does not have any blemishes or wounds. Actually, the words “without blemish and without spot” are Old Testament terms used with respect to sacrifices offered to God. Any Jews reading the First Epistle of Peter would realize this. Because Peter was writing to Jewish believers, he used terms that were familiar to them. In other words, this verse indicates that Jesus Christ is the real sacrifice to be our sin offering and trespass offering. Christ is the real Passover lamb
18逾越节的时候所献的羊羔必须无瑕疵无玷污。不但如此，这羊羔必须看守四天，好仔细察验。在羊羔能被献上以前，首先必须受察验，证明牠无瑕疵无玷污。这就是主耶稣在钉十字架以前的几天里，在耶路撒冷所经历的。祂天天受法利赛人、撒都该人、经学家、长老和祭司的察验。他们尽所能的在祂身上吹毛求疵。然而，照著他们的律法，他们找不著祂的过失。于是他们将主耶稣交给罗马官长，就是彼拉多和希律。但这些罗马官长照著罗马的法律，在祂身上也找不著任何过失。为这缘故，彼拉多宣告说，『我查不出祂有甚么该定罪的。』（约十八38。）所以，照著神圣的律法和世俗的法律，神的羔羊受了察验，并显为无搀杂无玷污的。惟有这独一的人位是无瑕疵无玷污的。
18The lamb sacrificed at the time of the Passover had to be without blemish and without spot. Furthermore, this lamb had to be kept for four days in order to be carefully examined. Before the lamb could be sacrificed, it first had to be examined to prove that it was without blemish and without spot. This is what the Lord Jesus experienced in Jerusalem during the days before He was crucified. Day by day He was examined by the Pharisees, the Sadducees, the scribes, the elders, and the priests. They did their best to find a fault of some kind in Him. However, according to their law, they could not find fault with Him. Then they handed the Lord Jesus over to the Roman rulers, to Pilate and Herod. But neither could these Roman rulers, according to Roman law, find any fault in Him. For this reason, Pilate declared, “I find no fault whatever in him” (John 18:38). Therefore, according to both divine law and secular law, the Lamb of God was examined and found to be without mixture and without spot. Only this unique Person is without blemish and without spot.
19一面，彼得题到旧约的豫表；另一面，他同时指明基督是真正的逾越节羊羔。祂是我们的赎罪祭和我们的赎愆祭，为著赎神子民的罪而献上的一位。祂是无瑕疵无玷污的羔羊，流出祂的宝血救赎我们。我们都需要知道，我们已藉著基督的宝血得赎，脱离虚妄的生活。我要鼓励你们单独花一小时与主同在，思想基督在十字架上为你所流的宝血。这会使你渴望凭著敬畏有圣别的生活；你会想要在一切行事为人上成为圣的，并且在你余下寄居的时日中，凭著敬畏行事为人。我们若要这样生活，就需要领悟我们已经因基督宝血的重价被救赎、买回。这领悟会使我们过一种生活，有圣别的行事为人，因为我们会领悟基督的宝血已救赎我们脱离虚妄的生活。我们会不愿再过虚妄的生活。虚妄的生活未必是罪恶的。反之，这样的生活在某些方面也许是相当道德的。然而那仍是虚妄的─没有目标、目的或标的。任何没有目标或目的的事都是虚妄。现在我们应当过没有虚妄的生活。我们所作所说的一切，都该对准神的目标。这种生活有分量，并且满了内容；乃是有标的、有目标、有目的的生活。让我们都花时间思想彼得所写论到基督宝血的话，好叫我们实际的在一切行事为人上成为圣的，并且在我们寄居的时日中，凭著敬畏行事为人。
19On the one hand, Peter refers to the Old Testament typology; on the other hand, simultaneously he indicates that Christ is the real Passover lamb. He is our sin offering and our trespass offering, the One offered for the atonement of the sins of God’sp eople. As the Lamb without blemish and without spot, He shed His precious blood to redeem us. We all need to know that we have been redeemed from our vain manner of life by the precious blood of Christ. I would encourage you to spend an hour alone with the Lord to consider the precious blood of Christ shed for you on the cross. This will give you the desire to have a holy manner of life in fear. You will want to become holy in all your manner of life and to pass the remaining time of your sojourn in fear. If we would live in this way, we need to realize that we have been redeemed, bought, purchased, with the high price of Christ’s precious blood. This realization will cause us to have a living in a holy manner of life, for we shall realize that Christ’s precious blood has redeemed us from the vain manner of life. No longer will we want to live in a way that is vain. A vain manner of life is not necessarily sinful. Rather, in certain respects it may be quite moral. Nevertheless it is still vain—having no goal, aim, or purpose. Anything without a goal or purpose is vanity. Now we should live a life without any vanity. Everything we do and say should have God’s goal in view. This kind of life is weighty and full of content. It is a life with purpose, goal, and aim. Let us all spend time to consider Peter’s writing concerning the precious blood of Christ so that in a practical way we may become holy in all our manner of life and pass the time of our sojourn in fear