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彼得后书生命读经 · 第4篇

神圣的供备（四）

The Divine Provision (4)
1读经：彼得后书一章一至四节。在本篇信息中，我有负担进一步看彼后一章一至四节。让我们回头逐节看这些经文。
1Scripture Reading: 2 Pet. 1:1-4 In this message I have the burden to consider further 2 Peter 1:1-4. Let us go back to these verses one by one
信与产业
FAITH AND THE INHERITANCE
2一节说，『耶稣基督的奴仆和使徒西门彼得，写信给那些因我们的神和救主，耶稣基督的义，与我们分得同样宝贵之信的人。』在这很长的一节里，我们都需要对两个要点有明确、清楚的领会。第一个要点与分得新约的信有关。这信就是『同样宝贵的信』，与新约的产业相同。新约的产业一点不差就是三一神自己，就是那经过过程并成为包罗万有赐生命之灵的一位。因此，三一神这赐生命的灵就是新约的产业。信实际上就是这产业的返照。所以，信与新约的产业是一。我们若有信，也就有这产业。信是对产业之本质的质实。所以，新约的信与新约的产业乃是一。
2Verse 1 says, “Simon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have been allotted like precious faith with us in the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ.” In this long verse we all need a definite and clear understanding of two crucial points. The first concerns the allotment of the New Testament faith. This faith, which is the “like precious faith,” is the same as the New Testament inheritance. The New Testament inheritance is nothing less than the Triune God Himself, the One who has been processed and has become the all- inclusive life-giving Spirit. Hence, the Triune God as the life-giving Spirit is the New Testament inheritance. Faith is actually the reflection of this inheritance. Therefore, faith is one with the New Testament inheritance. If we have faith, we also have this inheritance. Faith is the substantiation of the substance of the inheritance. Therefore, the New Testament faith and the New Testament inheritance are one
3倘若神所作的仅仅是将新约的产业分给我们，我们所有的就太客观了，那不仅在我们外面，也远离我们。当然，那是为著我们的；虽然如此，那却不能达到我们，也是我们所搆不到的。为这缘故，需要有所质实，这质实就是信的事。信不是由我们发起的，也不是出于我们的东西。反之，信是出于神的，是神所发起的，是神所分给我们的。信怎样分给我们？信乃是藉著神启示里的话临到我们。人向我们传讲这话，这话就传达新约产业的实际。不但如此，人向我们传讲这话时，那灵也同时与这话同工。事实上，照圣经看，话与那灵乃是一。在约翰六章六十三节主耶稣说，『我对你们所说的话，就是灵，就是生命。』话与灵是一。话就是灵，灵就是话。（弗六17。）所以，藉著说出的话，且凭著那灵的工作、感动，信在我们里面就得以产生。这是神将同样宝贵的信分给我们的路。藉著说出的话，且凭著感动人的灵，神就将信注入我们这人里面。一旦这信分赐到我们里面，我们就得著新约产业的分。
3If what God had done was merely to allot a New Testament inheritance to us, we would have something that is too objective, something not only outside of us but also far beyond us. It would, of course, be something that is for us, but it would not be able to reach us, and we would not be able to reach it. For this reason, there is the need of substantiation, and this substantiation is a matter of faith. Faith is not initiated by us, and it is not some thing that is out of us. On the contrary, faith is out of God, it is initiated by God, and it is allotted to us by God. In what way is faith allotted to us? Faith comes to us by the word in God’sr evelation. When this word is preached to us, it conveys the reality of the New Testament inheritance. Furthermore, as this word is preached to us, simultaneously the Spirit works with it. Actually, according to the Bible, the word and the Spirit are one. In John 6:63 the Lord Jesus said, “The words which I have spoken unto you are spirit and are life.” The word and the Spirit are one. The word is the Spirit, and the Spirit is the word (Eph. 6:17). Therefore, through the spoken word and by the working, the inspiring, of the Spirit, faith is produced within us. This is the way God allots to us the like precious faith. Through the spoken word and by the inspiring Spirit, God infuses faith into our being. Once this faith has been imparted into us, we have our portion of the New Testament inheritance.
我们的神和救主，耶稣基督的义
the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ
4彼后一章一节里第二个要点与我们的神和救主，耶稣基督的义有关。照一节看，宝贵的信分给我们，是因我们的神和救主，耶稣基督的义。『因我们的神和救主，耶稣基督的义，』直译，『在我们的神和救主，耶稣基督的义里。』这意思是：在我们的神和救主，耶稣基督之义的范围里。这奇妙的信，是在甚么范围里，或用甚么凭藉分给了我们？乃是在我们的神和救主，耶稣基督之义的范围里分给了我们。这义含示主耶稣的义行，义的行为。（罗五18。）主的义行就是祂死在十字架上。主死在十字架上，是绝对顺从神，并成就神一切义的要求。所以，祂的死是神照著祂自己的义所重看的义行。基督顺从神而死在十字架上，这义行成就神的义，并且给祂这公义的神合法的地位，称义所有相信基督这义行的人。这义，神和我们救主耶稣基督的义，乃是范围，也是凭藉，使神有自由和地位将祂自己分给我们，作我们的分。1因这缘故，彼得在彼后一章一节说，我们是因我们的神和救主，耶稣基督的义，而分得同样宝贵的信。
4The second crucial point in verse 1 is related to the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ. According to 1:1, the precious faith has been allotted to us in the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ. The Greek preposition translated “in” here means in the sphere of or by means of. In what sphere, or by what means, has this wonderful faith been allotted to us? It has been allotted to us in the sphere of the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ. This righteousness implies the righteous deed, the righteous act, of the Lord Jesus (Rom. 5:18). The Lord’s righteous act was His death on the cross. The Lord’s death on the cross was in absolute obedience to God and fulfilled all the requirements of God’s righteousness. Therefore, His death is a righteous deed highly valued by God according to His own righteousness. Christ’s righteous deed of dying on the cross in obedience to God fulfilled God’s righteousness and gave Him, the righteous God, the legitimate position to justify all those who believe in this righteous deed of Christ. This righteousness, the righteousness of God and our Savior, Jesus Christ, is the sphere in which and also the means by which God has the liberty and position to allot Himself to us as our portion. This is the reason Peter says in verse that we have been allotted the like precious faith in the righteousness of our God and Savior.
恩典与平安
GRACE AND PEACE
5在二节彼得说，『愿恩典与平安，因你们充分认识神和我们的主耶稣，繁增的归与你们。』本节也有两个要点。第一个与恩典、平安有关。因为奇妙的分─三一神自己─分给了我们，恩典与平安就临到我们。恩典是我们对自己新约产业之分的享受，这产业实际上就是经过过程的三一神。用简单的话说，恩典就是对三一神的享受。那么，平安是甚么？平安就是由恩典所产生、造成的光景。得著恩典与平安，就是得著对三一神的享受，以及这享受的结果。我们享受三一神，结果与神与人就有一种安宁的光景或情形。
5In 1:2 Peter says, “Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the full knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.” In this verse there are also two crucial points. The first is related to grace and peace. Because a wonderful portion — the Triune God Himself — has been allotted to us, grace and peace have come to us. Grace is our enjoyment of our portion of the New Testament inheritance, which is actually the processed Triune God. In simple terms, grace is the enjoyment of the Triune God. What, then, is peace? Peace is the condition that results from, issues from, grace. To have grace and peace is to have the enjoyment of the Triune God and the issue of this enjoyment. When we enjoy the Triune God, the result is a tranquil condition or situation with both God and man.
充分认识
full knowledge
6二节第二个要点与『因你们充分认识神和我们的主耶稣』这话有关。这里的『因你们充分认识神和我们的主耶稣』，直译，『在对神和我们主耶稣的充分认识里，』指在这充分认识的范围里，藉著这认识。照一节看，宝贵的信是在双重之义的范围里，并藉著这义，就是我们的神和救主，耶稣基督的义，分给我们。现今在二节，我们看见，恩典与平安是在一个范围里，经由一个特别的凭藉临到我们；这范围和凭藉就是对神和我们的主耶稣充分的认识。一节的范围是双重的义，二节的范围是对神和我们的主耶稣充分的认识。充分认识三一神，叫我们有分于并享受祂神圣的生命和性情。这不是仅仅道理的认识，乃是经历上的认识，充分的认识。充分认识，原文由『认识』加上『在…之上』所组成；指明经历上透彻的认识。这样的认识不是肤浅或一般的；反之，乃是深刻、透彻、并经历上的认识。如我们所指出的，这不只是头脑的认识，乃是在我们属灵的悟性和理解中经历上的认识。充分认识神和基督，乃是深刻、实际、透彻、并在经历上认识神和我们的主。这充分的认识乃是范围和凭藉，使三一神能给我们享受，好叫我们与祂并与众人有平安的情形。
6The second crucial point in verse 2 concerns the words “in the full knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.” As in verse 1, the preposition “in” here means in the sphere of or by means of. According to verse 1, the allotment of the precious faith was given to us in the sphere of a twofold righteousness and by means of this righteousness, the righteousness of our God and our Savior, Jesus Christ. Now in verse 2 we see that grace and peace also come to us in a sphere and by a particular means—the full knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. In verse 1 the sphere is a twofold righteousness, and in verse 2 the sphere is the full knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. The full knowledge of the Triune God is for our participation in and enjoyment of His divine life and divine nature. It is not a mere doctrinal knowledge; it is an experiential knowledge, a knowledge that is full. The Greek word rendered “full knowledge” is composed of the word gnosis plus the prefix epi, which means upon. This word indicates a thorough, experiential knowledge. This kind of knowledge is not superficial or general. Rather, it is a knowledge that is deep, thorough, and experiential. As we have pointed out, this is not simply a mental knowledge; it is experiential knowledge in our spiritual understanding and apprehension. The full knowledge of God and of Christ is a deep, practical, thorough, and experiential knowledge of God and our Lord. This full knowledge is both the sphere in which and the means by which the Triune God can be enjoyed by us in order that we may have a peaceful situation with Him and with all men
恩典与平安的繁增
THE MULTIPLICATION OF GRACE AND PEACE
7在二节彼得不是仅仅说，恩典与平安要加给我们；他说到恩典与平安，『因你们充分认识神和我们的主耶稣，繁增的归与你们。』保罗在他的书信里没有说到恩典与平安，繁增的归与我们。本节的『归与你们』这话，指明恩典与平安临到我们。恩典与平安临到我们以后，就会在对神和我们的主耶稣充分的认识这个范围里，并藉著这充分的认识而繁增。
7In verse 2 Peter does not say simply that grace and peace will be added to us; he speaks of grace and peace being “multiplied in the full knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord.” In his Epistles Paul does not say anything about grace and peace being multiplied to us. The words “to you” in this verse indicate that grace and peace come to us. After grace and peace come to us, they will be multiplied in the sphere of the full knowledge of God and our Lord and by the means of this full knowledge.
8恩典与平安临到我们，乃是藉著神所分给我们，那将新约的产业质实出来的信。这信是藉著那把对神和我们主耶稣的充分认识，传输给我们之神的话，注入到我们里面的。在这对神和我们主耶稣之充分认识的范围里，藉著这正在增加，并已经增加的认识，我们所领受的恩典与平安就得以繁增。一章一至四节按原文是一长句。三节是二节思想的延续：『神的神能，藉著我们充分认识那用祂自己的荣耀和美德呼召我们的，已将一切关于生命和敬虔的事赐给我们。』三节开头，原文有一连接词，可译为『因为』（As）。钦定英文译本说，『根据』（Ac），美国标准本和新美国标准本译为『既然』（Seeing）。钦定英文译本说，恩典与平安，藉著你们充分认识神和我们的主耶稣而繁增，根据神的神能，已将一切关于生命和敬虔的事赐给我们。美国标准本指明，既然神的神能已将一切事赐给我们，恩典与平安就在这样的范围里繁增。在三节彼得说到『神的神能』。『神的』在原文是一单数的代名词（『祂的』），但这代名词在二节有两个前述词─神和我们的主耶稣。我们若仔细、正确的研读主话，就会留意一个事实：三节的单数代名词『祂的』有两个前述词。这指明我们的主耶稣就是神自己，我们的神实际上就是主耶稣。不然，彼得就会说，『祂们的神能…已将一切…事赐给我们。』
8Grace and peace have come to us through the God- allotted faith, which substantiates the New Testament inheritance. This faith has been infused into us through the word of God, which conveys the full knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. In the sphere of and by means of this full knowledge, the increasing and increased knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, the grace and peace which we have received will be multiplied. The punctuation of 1:1-4 indicates that these four verses make up one long sentence. In verse 3 we have the continuation of the thought in verse 2: “As His divine power has granted to us all things which relate to life and godliness, through the full knowledge of Him who has called us to His own glory and virtue.” Verse 3 begins with the word “As.” This word is a literal translation of the Greek. The King James Version says, “According as,” and both the American cording as Standard Version and the New American Standard Version adopt the rendering “Seeing that.” The King that James Version says grace and peace be multiplied through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord according as His divine power has given us all things that pertain to life and godliness. The American Standard Version indicates that grace and peace are multiplied in such a sphere, seeing that the divine power has granted to us all things. In verse 3 Peter speaks of “His divine power.” The pronoun “His” is singular, but in verse 2 there are two antecedents of this pronoun—God and Jesus our Lord. If we study the Word carefully and properly, we shall pay attention to the fact that in verse 2 we have two antecedents for the singular pronoun “His” in verse 3. This indicates that our Lord Jesus is God Himself and that our God is actually the Lord Jesus. Otherwise, Peter would have said, “As Their divine power has granted to us all things.”
9我们看过，恩典繁增，是因为或根据神的神能已将一切关于生命和敬虔的事赐给我们。生命是在里面叫我们活著，敬虔是在外面作我们内里生命的外在彰显。生命是内里的能力，内里的力量，产生外在的敬虔。一切关于内里生命和外在敬虔的事，已经藉著神的神能赐给我们。现在恩典必须照著这神圣能力的赐给而繁增。
9We have seen that grace is multiplied as, or according as, His divine power has granted to us all things which relate to life and godliness. Life is within for us to live, and godliness is without as the outward expression of the inward life. Life is the inward energy, inward strength, to bring forth the outward godliness. All things relating to life within and godliness without have already been given to us by the divine power. Now grace must be multiplied according to the giving of this divine power
10除此以外，我们得了『又宝贵又极大的应许』。（4。）新约包含许多应许。藉著重生，我们得著神的生命和神的性情。不但如此，一切关于生命和敬虔的事，已藉著神的神能赐给我们。此外，我们也得著新约里的应许。我们乃是藉著这些应许，得有分于神的性情。
10In addition to this, we have been given “precious and exceedingly great promises” (v. 4). The New Testament contains many promises. Through regeneration, we have the divine life with the divine nature. Furthermore, all things pertaining to life and godliness have been given to us by the divine power. In addition, we have the promises in the New Testament. It is by these promises that we may become partakers of the divine nature.
11经历恩典的繁增现在我们能知道经历恩典繁增的路。我们需要领悟，一切关于生命和敬虔的事已经赐给我们，并且我们在里面得著神的生命和神的性情。藉著新约里所赐的应许，我们能有分于神的性情。我们只需要打开神的话，并祷读这些应许。我们若这样接受话，就会经历恩典的繁增。
11EXPERIENCING THE MULTIPLICATION OF GRACE Now we can know the way to experience the multiplication of grace. We need to realize that all things which relate to life and godliness have already been given to us, and that inwardly we have the divine life with the divine nature. Through the promises given in the New Testament, we can become partakers of the divine nature. We simply need to open the Word and pray-read the promises. If we take the Word in this way, we shall experience the multiplication of grace
12单单知道恩典的繁增并不彀。我们需要藉著宝贵的应许，有分于神的性情。然后恩典就会繁增的归与我们。我们若喝神的话这纯净的奶，（彼前二2，）忠信的吸入这话，我们就会经历恩典内里属灵的繁增。这就是在恩典上长大。接受话奶正确的路就是喝。我们喝话奶，这话奶就被消化并吸收到我们这人里面。这样，话奶就成为我们的一部分，恩典也就在我们里面繁增。主对一切呼求祂的人是丰富的。（罗十12。）我们若要有分于基督的丰富，就需要呼求祂的名，并将祂的话祷告到我们里面。这样，恩典就会在我们里面繁增。一切关于生命和敬虔的事，已藉著神的神能赐给了我们，宝贵的应许也赐给了我们。我们若简单的呼求主的名，并祷读祂应许的话，吃喝祂，我们就会经历恩典的繁增。这是过真实基督徒生活的路，这种基督徒生活产生真正的召会生活。
12It is not sufficient simply to learn about the multiplication of grace. We need to partake of the divine nature through the precious promises. Then grace will be multiplied to us. If we are faithful to take in the Word by drinking it as pure milk (1 Pet. 2:2), we shall experience an inward spiritual multiplication of grace. This is growth in grace. The proper way to take the milk of the Word is to drink it. When we drink in the milk of the Word, it will then be digested and assimilated into our being. In this way, it will become part of us, and grace will be multiplied in us. The Lord is rich to all who call upon Him (Rom. 10:12). If we would partake of the riches of Christ, we need to call on His name and pray His Word into us. In this way grace will be multiplied within us. Everything pertaining to life and godliness has been given to us by the divine power, and the precious promises have also been given to us. If we simply call on the name of the Lord and pray-read the word of His promises, eating and drinking of Him, we shall experience the multiplication of grace. This is the way to have a true Christian life which produces the genuine church life
13我们看过，一、二节各有两个要点。但三节至少有六件要紧的事：（神的）神能、充分认识、被呼召到荣耀和美德、生命、敬虔、一切事。我们若能有完全的信息来充分的说到这里的每一件事，那就太好了。
13We have seen that in verses 1 and 2 there are two crucial points each. But in verse 3 there are at least six crucial matters: the divine power, all things, life, godliness, full knowledge, and being called to glory and virtue. It would be very good if we could have a full message on each of these matters to cover them adequately
神圣生命的能力
THE POWER OF THE DIVINE LIFE
14我们已指出，三节的神能，即神圣的能力，乃是神圣生命的能力，与神圣的性情有关。我们的能力无法测量这神圣的能力。在人能力的范围里，那使人登陆月球的能力，足叫我们印象深刻。但要使基督升到三层天上，到宇宙的中心和高处，需要何等更大的能力！
14We have pointed out that the divine power in verse 3 is the power of the divine life related to the divine nature. It is beyond our ability to measure this divine power. In the realm of human power we are impressed by the kind of power it took to land a man on the moon. But how much more power was necessary to raise Christ to the third heaven, to the center and height of the universe!
15保罗在以弗所一章清楚说到这神圣的能力，他祷告愿我们认识：『祂的能力向著我们这信的人，照祂力量之权能的运行，是何等超越的浩大，就是祂在基督身上所运行的，使祂从死人中复活，叫祂在诸天界里，坐在自己的右边。』（19～20。）这神圣的能力已将基督高举在万有之上，并将一切都放在祂的脚下。如今基督坐在宇宙的至高处，远超过地上的一切，『远超过一切执政的、掌权的、有能、主治的、以及一切受称之名。』（21。）在以弗所一章保罗接著指明，这神圣的能力已应用到我们身上。（22。）阿利路亚，那使基督从死人中复活，并叫祂在诸天界里，坐在神的右边，远超一切的能力，就是神圣的能力，已应用到我们身上！我不是在讲传说或虚构无稽的事，我也不是在教导哲学的事。反之，我是照著圣言中的神圣启示说话。这启示告诉我们，以弗所一章所描述神圣的能力，已应用到我们身上。在彼后一章三节，彼得说，这神圣的能力已将一切关于生命和敬虔的事赐给我们。这就是说，这一切事已藉著那重生我们并住在我们里面，包罗万有之赐生命的灵，分赐、注入并栽种到我们里面。（林后三6，17，约三6，罗八11。）为著祂所注入我们里面并栽种到我们里面的，赞美主！
15Paul speaks clearly of this divine power in Ephesians 1 when he prays that we would know “what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the operation of the might of His strength, which He wrought in Christ in raising Him from among the dead, and seating Him at His right hand in the heavenlies” (Eph. 1:19-20). This divine power has exalted Christ over all and has put everything under His feet. Now Christ is seated on the highest peak of the universe, far above everything on earth and “far above all rule and authority and power and lordship, and every name that is named” (Eph. 1:21). In Ephesians 1 Paul goes on to indicate that this divine power has been applied to us (v. 22). Hallelujah, the very power, the divine power, that raised Christ from among the dead and seated Him at God’sr ight hand in the heavenlies, far above all, has been applied to us! I am not speaking something that is legendary or mythical, nor am I teaching something of philosophy. On the contrary, I am speaking according to the divine revelation in the holy Word. This revelation tells us that the divine power described in Ephesians 1 has been applied to us. In 2 Peter 1:3, Peter says that this divine power has granted us all things which relate to life and godliness. This means that all these things have been imparted, infused, and implanted into us by the all-inclusive life-giving Spirit, who has regenerated us and now indwells us (2 Cor. 3:6,17; John 3:6; Rom. 8:11). Praise the Lord for what He has infused into us and implanted into us!