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约翰壹书生命读经 · 第10篇

神圣的光与神圣的真理（二）

The Divine Light and the Divine Truth (2)
1读经：约翰一书一章五至七节。在本篇信息中，我们要继续看新约里真理一辞的意义。我们已经指出，真理就是神、基督和那灵。所以，真理就是神圣的三一。实际上，神圣三一的三者总括是一个实际。
1Scripture Reading: 1 John 1:5-7 In this message we shall continue to consider the meaning of the word truth in the New Testament. We have pointed out that truth is God, Christ, and the Spirit. Therefore, truth is the Divine Trinity. Actually the Three of the Trinity are all one reality
神的话
THE WORD OF GOD
2我们已经看见真理就是三一神，现在可以接著指出，真理也是神的话，作神圣的启示，不仅启示，更传输神与基督的实际，以及一切神圣、属灵事物的实际：因此，神的话也是实际。约十七17。）
2Having seen that truth is the Triune God, we may go on to point out that truth is also the Word of God as the divine revelation, which not only reveals but also conveys the reality of God and Christ and of all the divine and spiritual things. Hence, the Word of God also is reality (John 17:17
3话是三一神的说明。这就是说，真理之所是的第四方面─话，实际上就是真理头三方面─父、子、灵─的说明。所以，实际乃是父神、子神、灵神、也是神圣的话。
3The Word is the explanation of the Triune God. This means that the fourth aspect of what the truth is, the Word, is actually the explanation of the first three aspects of the truth, the Father, the Son, and the Spirit. Therefore, reality is God the Father, God the Son, God the Spirit, and also the divine Word
信仰的内容
THE CONTENTS OF THE FAITH
4按照新约，真理也是信仰（相信）的内容，就是我们所信之事的具体元素，成了完满福音的实际；（弗一13，西一5；）这信仰的内容启示在整本新约1里面。（林后四2，十三8，加五7，提前二4，7上，三15，四3，六5，提后二15，18，25，三7～8，四4，多一1，14，帖后二10，12，来十26，雅五19，彼前一22，彼后一12。）
4According to the New Testament, truth is also the contents of the faith (belief), which is the substantial elements of what we believe as the reality of the full gospel (Eph. 1:13; Col. 1:5). This is revealed in the entire New Testament (2 Cor. 4:2; 13:8; Gal. 5:7; Tim. 2:4, 7b; 3:15; 4:3; 6:5; 2 Tim. 2:15, 18, 25; 3:7, 8; 4:4; Titus 1:1, 14; 2 Thes. 2:10, 12; Heb. 10:26; James 5:19; 1 Pet. 1:22; 2 Pet. 1:12).
5神话语的内容也是我们基督徒信仰的内容。这是客观的信仰，就是我们所相信的。话是神圣三一的启示和说明，这话有其内容。简单的说，这内容就是新约的内容，也是我们基督徒信仰的内容。所以，新约以及我们基督徒信仰的内容也是真理，实际。这就是说，在新约里，实际是指我们信仰的内容，也是指整本新约的内容。
5The contents of the Word of God are also the contents of our Christian faith. This is the objective faith, our belief. The Word is the revelation and explanation of the Trinity, and this Word has contents. In brief, these contents are the contents of the New Testament and also the contents of our Christian faith. Therefore, the contents of the New Testament and of our Christian faith are also the truth, the reality. This means that in the New Testament, reality refers to the contents of our faith and to the contents of the entire New Testament
关于神、人、宇宙的实际
THE REALITY CONCERNING GOD, MAN, AND THE UNIVERSE
6在圣经里，真理也是关于神、宇宙、人、人与神的关系、以及人与人彼此的关系、人对神的责任等的实际，这些都是藉著受造之物和圣经所启示的。(罗一18～20，二2，8，20。）
6In the Bible truth is also the reality concerning God, the universe, man, man’s relationship with God and with one another, and man’s obligation to God, as revealed through creation and the Scripture (Rom. 1:18-20; 2:2, 8, 20).
7我们若要知道关于神和宇宙真实的光景，不需要猜测或推论。我们只需要读圣经，因为在新约里有关于神、宇宙和人的真理，也有关于人对神的责任、人与神的关系、人与人彼此之关系的真理。这真理部分启示在神的造物里，并且完满的启示在圣经里。我们在神的造物里能看见关于神、人、人与神的关系之真理的某些方面。所以，在新约里，真理一辞用来指这些事。
7If we would know the actual situation concerning God and the universe, there is no need for us to guess or make inferences. We simply need to come to the Scriptures, for in the New Testament we have the truth concerning God, the universe, and man. We also have the truth regarding man’s obligation to God and his relationship with God and others. This truth is revealed partially in God’s creation, and it is revealed fully in the Scriptures. In God’s creation we can see certain aspects of the truth concerning God, man, and man’s relationship with God. Therefore, in the New Testament the word truth is used to refer to these matters
真实─神圣的美德
GENUINENESS AS A DIVINE VIRTUE
8在新约里，真理的原文也是指真实、可信、真诚、诚实、可靠、信实；这些就著神说，是神圣的美德；(罗三7，十五8；）就著人说，是人性的美德，可十二14，林后十一10，腓一18，约壹三18，）并且是神圣实际的流出。（约四23～24，约贰l，约参1。）约翰四章二十三、二十四节说，『时候将到，如今就是了，那真正敬拜父的，要在灵和真实里敬拜祂，因为父寻找这样敬拜祂的人。神是灵；敬拜祂的，必须在灵和真实里敬拜。』有些人持有一种观念，以为这两节的真实是指敬拜神之人的真诚。按照这观念，我们敬拜神，不仅该在我们的灵里，用我们的灵敬拜，也该在真诚里敬拜。这种领会是错的。约翰四章二十三、二十四节的真实，是指神作我们实际的结果，流出。当我们享受神作我们的实际，这享受会产生一种结果，这结果就是真实，实际。事实上，这种享受神作我们实际的结果，乃是基督从我们里面出来。当我们享受三一神─父、子、灵─作我们的实际，也就是神圣的三一成了我们的实际，给我们享受时，这享受就产生某种美德。这美德就是我们所经历的基督，这位基督乃是一切祭物的应验。
8In the New Testament the Greek word for truth, aletheia, also denotes the genuineness, truthfulness, sincerity, honesty, trustworthiness, and faithfulness of God as a divine virtue (Rom. 3:7; 15:8), and of man as a human virtue (Mark 12:14; 2 Cor. 11:10; Phil. 1:18; 1 John 3:18) and as an issue of the divine reality (John 4:23-24; 2 John 1; 3 John 1). John 4:23 and 24 say, “But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and reality; for the Father seeks such to worship Him. God is Spirit; and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and reality.” Some hold the concept that the word truth in these verses denotes the sincerity of God’s worshippers. According to this concept, we should worship God not only in our spirit and with our spirit, but also worship Him in sincerity. This understanding is mistaken. In John 4:23 and 24 truth refers to the result, the issue, of God being reality to us. When we enjoy God as our reality, this enjoyment will have a certain outcome, and this outcome is truth, reality. Actually, this outcome of enjoying God as our reality is Christ coming forth from us. When we enjoy the Triune God—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit—as our reality, that is, when the Divine Trinity becomes a reality to us for our enjoyment, this enjoyment issues in a certain kind of virtue. This virtue is the Christ experienced by us, the Christ who is the fulfillment of all the offerings
WORSHIPPING GOD
以我们所经历的基督敬拜神
WITH THE CHRIST WE HAVE EXPERIENCED
9在旧约时代，以色列人在一个特别的地方─耶路撒冷─敬拜神。他们去耶路撒冷敬拜神时不能空手。他们必须带著祭物去耶路撒冷敬拜神；那些祭物全是基督的豫表。所以，以色列人在神所指定的地方，带著神所要求的祭物来敬拜神。在豫表里，神所拣选的地方豫表人的灵，就是神今日的居所，（弗二22，）而祭物豫表基督。
9In Old Testament times the children of Israel worshipped God in a particular place — Jerusalem. When they went to Jerusalem to worship God, they could not be empty- handed. They were required to go to Jerusalem with offerings for the worship of God. All those offerings were types of Christ. Therefore, the children of Israel worshipped God in the place designated by God and with the offerings required by God. In typology the place chosen by God typifies the human spirit, where God’s habitation is today (Eph. 2:22), and the offerings typify Christ.
10在约翰四章，撒玛利亚妇人对主耶稣说，『我们的祖宗在这山上敬拜，你们倒说，敬拜的地方必须在耶路撒冷。』（约四20。）主耶稣回答说，『妇人，你当信我，时候将到，那时你们敬拜父，不在这山上，也不在耶路撒冷。』（约四21。）主的回答指明时代正在改换。在旧约时代，神命令祂的百姓带著祭物在耶路撒冷敬拜祂。但时期改换了，现在是灵的时期。所以，主接著说，神是灵，敬拜祂的必须在灵里敬拜祂，而不是在某一个地方敬拜祂。这就是说，在豫表的应验里，人的灵顶替了耶路撒冷那个指定的地方。主还告诉撒玛利亚妇人，真正的敬拜者不仅必须在灵里，也必须在真实里敬拜父。这里的真实乃是我们所经历，作一切祭物之实际的基督。因此，作祭物的基督，乃是敬拜神所用祭牲之豫表的应验。今天我们需要在我们的灵里，以我们所经历作为燔祭、素祭、平安祭、赎罪祭、赎愆祭的基督来敬拜神。我们需要用基督，就是以色列人敬拜神时所献祭物的应验，来敬拜父。这基督不是客观的基督，乃是主观的基督，就是我们所经历的基督。经历基督作祭物的应验，就产生实际。这实际就是约翰四章二十三、二十四节的真实，就是神圣的实际，给我们经历，并产生我们的美德。这美德也是实际。假定有两个以色列人，一个是犹大支派的，另一个是但支派的，都来敬拜神。他们都必须在耶路撒冷敬拜，特别是在耶路撒冷的中心锡安山敬拜。他们也必须带著一些祭物来敬拜神；他们不可空手朝见神。他们要正确的敬拜神，就必须来到神所指定的地方，也必须将他们的祭物带来。他们若履行了这些要求，他们对神的敬拜就是正确的。
10In chapter four of John the Samaritan woman said to the Lord Jesus, “Our fathers worshipped in this mountain, and you say that in Jerusalem is the place where men must worship” (v. 20). The Lord Jesus answered, “Woman, believe Me, an hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem shall you worship the Father” (v. 21). The Lord’s answer indicates that the dispensation was changing. In Old Testament times God commanded His people to worship Him in Jerusalem with the offerings. But the hour has changed, and now is the hour of the Spirit. Therefore, the Lord went on to say that God is Spirit and those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit, not in a certain place. This means that in the fulfillment of the typology, the human spirit replaces Jerusalem as the designated place. The Lord also told the Samaritan woman that the true worshippers must worship the Father not only in spirit, but also in reality. Reality here is the Christ whom we experience as the reality of all the offerings. Hence, Christ as the offerings is the fulfillment of the type of the sacrifices used in the worship of God. Today we need to worship God in our spirit and with the Christ whom we have experienced as the burnt offering, meal offering, peace offering, sin offering, and trespass offering. We need to worship the Father with the Christ who is the fulfillment of the offerings that the children of Israel offered in their worship to God. This Christ is not the objective Christ; rather, He is the subjective Christ, the Christ whom we have experienced. The experience of Christ as the fulfillment of the offerings results in reality. This is the reality in John 4:23 and 24, the divine reality experienced by us and resulting in our virtue. This virtue also is reality. Suppose two Israelites, one from the tribe of Judah and the other from the tribe of Dan, came to worship God. They both had to worship in Jerusalem, in particular, on Mount Zion, which was in the center of Jerusalem. They also had to worship God with certain offerings; they were not allowed to appear before Him empty-handed. For the proper worship of God they had to come to the place designated by God, and they had to bring their offerings. If they fulfilled these requirements, their worship of God would be proper.
11按照旧约，正确的敬拜不是人在神面前身体的姿势该如何；也就是说，这不是站立、下跪或五体投地的问题。旧约里正确的敬拜，乃是来到对的地方--耶路撒冷的锡安山，并且带著对的东西─祭物。献祭的人将祭物献给神以后，也能与神一同享受祭物，吃其中的一分。因此，正确的敬拜包括来到对的地方，将祭物献给神，并且在神面前吃祭物。这指明唱诗、赞美、祷告并不是正确敬拜神的先决条件。先决条件乃是神所指定的地方，以及神所要求的祭物。祭物在神所指定的地方献给神以后，献祭的人就在神面前与神一同享受这些祭物。按豫表，这就是正确的敬拜。现在我们需要领会，这豫表怎样由新约中正确的敬拜得著应验。我们敬拜神正确的地方是在我们的灵里。不仅如此，当我们在灵里敬拜神，我们必须以我们一直经历的基督来敬拜神。你知道甚么是基督徒的生活？基督徒的生活乃是天天经历我们所接受的基督。基督徒的生活是一直经历基督的生活。这样经历基督就产生了我们用以敬拜神的祭物。
11According to the Old Testament, proper worship is not a matter of one’s physical posture before God; that is, it is not a matter of standing, kneeling, or prostrating oneself. Proper worship in the Old Testament is a matter of coming to the right place—Mount Zion in Jerusalem—and with the right things—the offerings. After the offerings were presented to God, those who offered them could also enjoy them with God by eating a portion of them. Therefore, proper worship includes coming to the right place, presenting the offerings to God, and eating the offerings in the presence of God. This indicates that singing, praising, and praying are not the prerequisites for the proper worship of God. The prerequisites are the place God designates and the offerings God requires. After the offerings were offered to God at the place designated by God, they were enjoyed by the offerers in the presence of God and with God. According to typology, this is proper worship. Now we need to understand how this typology is fulfilled by the proper worship in the New Testament. The proper place for us to worship God is in our spirit. Furthermore, when we worship God in spirit, we must worship him with the Christ whom we have been experiencing. Do you know what the Christian life is? The Christian life is a life of daily experiencing the Christ we have received. The Christian life is a life of experiencing Christ all the time. This experience of Christ produces the offerings with which we worship God
12我们既是基督徒，就该天天经历基督。然后我们该在灵里，带著我们在日常生活中一直经历的基督，来参加召会的聚会。在召会的聚会里，我们该在我们的灵里，带著我们所经历作祭物的基督来敬拜神。我们可以将祂献上作赎罪祭或赎愆祭，我们也可以将祂献上作燔祭、素祭、或平安祭。这些祭物都是我们主观经历的基督。这样主观的经历基督乃是我们享受三一神的结果。当我们经历基督时，我们实际上是在享受父、子、灵。因此，经历基督就是享受三一神。这享受产生一种实际，乃是非常主观而实用的。这实际一面是我们里面的基督，另一面也是我们的实际。
12As Christians, we should daily experience Christ. Then we should come to the meetings of the church in spirit and with the Christ whom we have been experiencing in our daily living. In the church meetings we should worship God in our spirit and with the very Christ whom we have experienced as the offerings. We may offer Him as the sin offering or as the trespass offering. We may also offer Him as the burnt offering, as the meal offering, or as the peace offering. All these offerings are the Christ whom we experience subjectively. This subjective experience of Christ is the issue of our enjoyment of the Triune God. When we experience Christ, we are actually enjoying the Father, the Son, and the Spirit. Hence, to experience Christ is to enjoy the Triune God. This enjoyment results in a reality that is very subjective and practical. On the one hand, this reality is Christ in us; on the other hand, this is also our reality.
13假定在召会生活里，有些弟兄对基督漠不关心，也在经历基督的事上闲懒。结果，他们对基督没有甚么经历。他们已经相信了主的名，也接受了主，就是这样而已；他们在日常生活中对基督没有甚么经历。这些弟兄也许很有伦理道德，没有犯甚么大罪。但因著他们在日常生活中对基督没有甚么经历，等到他们来参加召会的聚会时，他们就空手而来。他们不会祷告，或为主说话。他们可能喜欢坐在会中看别人尽功用。这对神是一种侮辱。这种敬拜不仅被神弃绝，更是神所定罪的。我们不该空手朝见神。每当我们朝见神时，该有一些出于我们日常生活所经历之基督的东西。你知道，我们敬拜神的时候，神要从我们得著甚么？神要我们所经历的基督。祂渴望我们以每天所经历的基督来敬拜他。我们已经指出，我们经历基督时，是在享受父神、子神、灵神。这享受产生一个实际，我们可以称之为我们个人的实际。这个人的实际乃是基督浸透我们里面的人。当我们有这个实际时，就有基督在我们的灵、心、心思、情感和意志里。这是我们所经历的基督成了我们的实际。现在，我们不仅该在我们的灵里敬拜神，也该以这个实际，就是我们在日常生活中所经历的基督，来敬拜神。这不仅是给我们享受的神圣实际，也是从我们对神圣实际的享受而来之属人的实际，就是我们个人的实际。这属人的实际乃是我们每天所享受之神圣实际的流出。这是对约翰四章二十三、二十四节的真实正确的领会。在约翰四章二十三、二十四节中真实一辞的意义，一直是隐藏或被人误解的。我们已经指明，有些基督徒受教导说，在真实里敬拜神就是在真诚里敬拜神。多年前，我听到一些信息说，我们敬拜神需要真诚，这真诚就是主耶稣在这几节里所说的真实。比方说，有人可能对会众说，『你们来敬拜神，但是你们的心不在这里。你若是作生意的，你的心可能被你的生意所霸占，这就是说，你敬拜神不真诚。你敬拜神的时候，必须忘记别的事，以真诚来敬拜神。你敬拜神需要真诚的心。』
13Suppose certain brothers in the church life are indifferent concerning Christ and idle with respect to the experience of Christ. As a result, they do not have any experience of Him. They have believed in the Lord’s name and received Him, and that is all. They do not have any experience of Christ in their daily living. These brothers may be ethical and moral, not committing any gross sins. But because they do not have any experience of Christ in their daily living, when they come to the church meetings, they come empty- handed. They are not able to pray or give a word for the Lord. They may like to sit in the meeting and watch others function. This is an insult to God. This kind of worship is not only rejected by Him—it is condemned. We should not come to God empty-handed. Whenever we come to Him, we should have something of the Christ we have experienced in our daily living. Do you know what God wants from us in our worship of Him? God wants the Christ we have experienced. His desire is that we worship Him with the Christ we experience day by day. We have pointed out that in experiencing Christ we enjoy God the Father, God the Son, and God the Spirit. This enjoyment issues in a reality that we may call our personal reality. This personal reality is a matter of having Christ saturating our inner being. When we have this reality, we have Christ in our spirit, heart, mind, emotion, and will. This is the Christ whom we have experienced becoming our reality. Now we should worship God not only in our spirit, but also worship Him with this reality, which is the Christ we experience in our daily living. This is not only the divine reality for our enjoyment; this is also our human reality, our personal reality, which comes out of our enjoyment of the divine reality. This human reality is the issue of the divine reality which we enjoy daily. This is the proper understanding of reality in John 4:23 and 24. The meaning of truth in John 4:23 and 24 has been either concealed or misunderstood. We have indicated that some Christians have been taught that to worship God in truth is to worship Him in sincerity. Years ago, I heard messages saying that we need to be sincere in our worship of God and that this sincerity is what the Lord Jesus meant by truth in these verses. For example, one may say to the members of a congregation, “You have come to worship God, but your heart is not here. If you are a businessman, your heart may be occupied with your business. This means that you are worshipping God without sincerity. When you worship God, you must forget about other things and worship Him with sincerity. For the worship of God, you need a sincere heart
14将约翰四章二十三、二十四节的真实一辞解释为真诚，乃是以天然、宗教的方式解释神的话。这样的解释必定不是照著神圣的启示。这里神圣启示的真理乃是说，我们需要在真实里敬拜神，这真实就是我们享受神作实际的结果。我们若天天经历基督，就会享受三一神作我们的实际。这享受要产生美德，这美德要成为我们属人的实际，这实际乃是神圣实际的结果。然后，我们该以这实际来敬拜神。这美德一点不差就是我们所经历的基督，这基督乃是一切的祭物。我们所经历的基督是我们的赎罪祭、赎愆祭、燔祭、素祭以及平安祭。经历基督作祭物
14To interpret the word truth in John 4:23 and 24 as sincerity is to expound the Word of God in a way that is natural and religious. This interpretation is definitely not according to the divine revelation. The truth of the divine revelation here is that we need to worship God in reality, which is the issue of our enjoyment of the Triune God as reality. If we experience Christ daily, we shall enjoy the Triune God as our reality. This enjoyment will result in a virtue, and this virtue will become our human reality, a reality that is the outcome of the divine reality. Then we should worship God with this reality. This virtue is nothing less than Christ experienced by us, and this Christ is all the offerings. The Christ we have experienced is our sin offering, trespass offering, burnt offering, meal offering, and peace offering. EXPERIENCING CHRIST AS THE OFFERINGS
15当我们在日常生活里与主有交通，我们就要在光中。在光中我们看见自己有罪，并且晓得自己在许多事上都不对。我们也许看见，我们对待丈夫或妻子，或对待父母都不对。于是我们在光中向主承认我们的罪，我们就享受主宝血的洗净。这就是在我们日常生活中，实际的经历基督作我们的救赎主。我们在日常生活中这样经历主，然后我们就该在我们的灵里来参加召会的聚会，并且祷告，或见证我们的经历。我们也许见证说，『亲爱的圣徒，最近我在与神的交通中蒙光照，看见自己在许多事上不对，也跟一些人过不去。但我一件件的向主承认，祂洗净了我。现在我享受祂作我的救赎主，也享受祂作我的赎罪祭和赎愆祭。』这就是在聚会中献上基督作我们的赎罪祭和赎愆祭。这是在我们的灵里，以我们所经历的基督来敬拜神的路。当我们不断在光中与主交通时，我们会看见，我们该绝对为著神。但是我们并没有绝对为著神，而且我们凭自己无法绝对。在我们交通的过程中，我们也许进一步蒙那灵光照，看见我们无法绝对为著神，所以我们需要基督作生命。祂是绝对的一位，我们需要祂作我们的生命，使我们能过一种绝对为著神的生活。我们自然会祷告说，『主耶稣，我无法绝对为著神。但是主，我感谢你，你是我的生命。你是绝对为著神的，我信你能在我里面替我过这样一种绝对的生活。主，我接受你作我的燔祭，作我的绝对。』你这样经历主之后，就能带著你对基督的经历，来参加召会的聚会。你在聚会中，也许会献上一个祷告，在祷告中，你将基督献给神作你的燔祭。在这样的祷告中，你也许会说，『主耶稣，我该绝对为著神，但我凭著自己无法绝对。主，我感谢你，你是我的生命。当你在地上生活时，你绝对为著神。现今你在我里面是绝对为著神的那一位。主耶稣，你是我的燔祭。』这就是在灵里，以你所经历作燔祭的基督来敬拜神。
15As we have fellowship with the Lord in our daily life, we shall be in the light. In the light we see our sinfulness, and we realize that we are wrong in many matters. We may see that we are not right with our husband or wife or with our parents. Then in the light we confess our sins to the Lord, and we enjoy the cleansing of the Lord’s precious blood. This is to experience Christ in a practical way as our Redeemer in our daily life. Experiencing the Lord like this in our daily living, we should then come to the church meetings in our spirit and either offer a prayer or give a testimony of our experience. In our testimony we may say, “Dear saints, recently I was enlightened in my fellowship with God, and I saw that I was wrong in many matters and with certain persons. But I confessed everything to the Lord, and He cleansed me. Now I enjoy Him as my Redeemer and also as my sin offering and trespass offering.” This is to offer Christ in the meeting as our sin offering and trespass offering. This is the way to worship God in our spirit with the Christ whom we experience. As we continue to fellowship with the Lord in the light, we may realize that we should be absolute for God. However, we are not absolute for God, and of ourselves we cannot be absolute. In the course of our fellowship we may be further enlightened of the Spirit to realize that because we cannot be absolute for God, we need Christ as our life. He is the absolute One, and we need Him as our life so that we can live a life that is absolute for God. Spontaneously we may pray, “Lord Jesus, I cannot be absolute for God. But I thank You, Lord, that You are my life. You are absolute for God, and I believe that You can live such an absolute life for me and in me. Lord, I take You as my burnt offering to be my absoluteness.” After you experience the Lord in this way, you may come to the church meeting with your experience of Christ. In the meeting you may offer up a prayer in which you present Christ to God as your burnt offering. In such a prayer you may say, “Lord Jesus, I should be absolute for God, but in myself I cannot be absolute. Lord, I thank You that You are my life. When You lived on earth, You were absolute for God, and now You are the One in me who is absolute for God. Lord Jesus, You are my burnt offering.” This is to worship God in spirit with the Christ you experience as the burnt offering.
16在你的日常生活中，你也可以经历基督作那以祂自己这生命的粮来𫗪养你的一位，这就是经历基督作你的素祭。因著你这样经历基督，你可以带著作你素祭的基督来参加召会的聚会。然后你会在祷告或见证里，说到基督作你每日的食物，作你的素祭。我们若经历基督作赎罪祭、赎愆祭、燔祭、素祭，这样，我们也会经历祂作我们的平安祭。平安祭是基于赎罪祭、赎愆祭、燔祭和素祭，也是由这四种祭构成的。我们若经历基督作这四种祭，我们必定会享受祂作我们与神与人之间的和平。假定一位弟兄在婚姻生活和家庭生活里没有和平，他若经历基督作赎罪祭、赎愆祭、燔祭、素祭，他也会经历基督作他与妻子、儿女之间的和平。于是这位弟兄就能喜乐的来参加召会的聚会，赞美主是他的和平。他也能向全宇宙（包括天使和鬼魔）见证他是个和平的人，就是尽享和平的人。他能见证他与神，与家人，与基督的身体，甚至与他周遭一切的事物都有和平。
16In your daily life, you may also experience Christ as the One feeding you with Himself as the bread of life. This is to experience Christ as your meal offering. Because you experience Christ in this way, You may come to the church meeting with Christ as your meal offering. Then either in prayer or in testimony you may speak concerning Christ as your daily food, as your meal offering. If we experience Christ as the sin offering, the trespass offering, the burnt offering, and the meal offering, then we shall also experience Him as our peace offering. The peace offering is based upon and constituted of the sin offering, the trespass offering, the burnt offering, and the meal offering. If we experience Christ as these four offerings, certainly we shall enjoy Him as our peace with God and also as our peace with others. Suppose a brother does not have peace in his married life and family life. If he experiences Christ as the sin offering, the trespass offering, the burnt offering, and the meal offering, he will also experience Christ as peace with his wife and children. Then this brother will be able to come to the church meetings with joy, and praise the Lord for being his peace. He will also be able to testify to the entire universe, including the angels and demons, that he is a peaceful person, a person enjoying peace to the uttermost. He will be able to testify that he has peace with God, with those in his family, with the Body, and even with everything in his environment
17我们有时会对家庭生活或召会生活里的光景感到气忿。这样生气的原因是我们缺少对基督的经历。结果，我们没有基督作我们的和平。但我们若天天经历基督作我们的赎罪祭、赎愆祭、燔祭、素祭，就会在每一种处境里，都有基督作我们的和平。这样我们在召会的聚会中，就能献上基督作我们的平安祭。
17Sometimes we become angry with the situation in our family life or in the church life. The reason for this anger is that we are lacking in the experience of Christ, and, as a result, we do not have Christ as our peace. But if we experience Christ daily as our sin offering, trespass offering, burnt offering, and meal offering, we shall have Christ as our peace in every situation. Then in the meetings of the church we shall be able to offer Christ as our peace offering.
18当我们来参加召会聚会敬拜神时，我们需要在我们的灵里敬拜祂。我们也该用我们每天所经历的基督，就是那成了我们个人实际的基督，来敬拜神。在神眼中，作我们个人实际的基督，也就是我们个人的美德。我们有最高的人性美德，但这美德不是属于我们自己，乃是我们所经历之基督的甜美。这就是说，我们每天所经历的基督成了我们个人的美德，我们能以这美德，向神献上可喜悦、蒙悦纳的敬拜。当我们带著这样一位基督来敬拜神时，神就满意我们。我们现在也许能明白，在新约里，真理不仅是三一神、神的话、信仰的内容，以及关于神、人、宇宙的实际，真理也是真实、可信、真诚、诚实、可靠、信实。这些就著神说，是神圣的美德；就著人说，是人性的美德，并且是神圣实际的流出。按照对真理这样的领会，这神圣的美德先是属于神的，然后藉著我们对基督的经历，这美德也成了我们的。神圣的美德给我们经历之后，就成了我们的美德，这美德乃是神圣实际的流出。
18When we come to the church meetings to worship God, we need to worship Him in our spirit. We should also worship God with the very Christ whom we experience day by day, with the Christ who has become our personal reality. In the sight of God, the Christ who is our personal reality is also our personal virtue. We have the highest human virtue, yet this virtue is not of ourselves. Rather, this virtue is the sweetness of the Christ whom we experience. This means that the Christ whom we experience daily becomes our personal virtue, with which we can offer God a pleasant, acceptable worship. When we come to worship God with such a Christ, God is happy with us. Perhaps now we can understand that in the New Testament truth is not only the Triune God, the Word of God, the contents of the faith, and the reality concerning God, man, and the universe. Truth is also the genuineness, truthfulness, sincerity, honesty, trustworthiness, and faithfulness of God as a divine virtue and of man as a human virtue and as an issue of the divine reality. According to this understanding of truth, this divine virtue first belongs to God, and then through our experience of Christ this virtue also becomes ours. After the divine virtue is experienced by us, it becomes our virtue, a virtue that is an issue of the divine reality