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约翰壹书生命读经 · 第14篇

神圣交通的条件（六）

Conditions of the Divine Fellowship (6)
1读经：约翰一书二章一至二节。
1Scripture Reading: 1 John 2:1-2
2在本篇信息中，我们要继续来看约壹
2In this message we shall continue to consider 2:1-2
3二章一至二节。
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4约翰在二章一节说，『我的孩子们，我将这些事写给你们，是要叫你们不犯罪。若有人犯罪，我们有一位与父同在的辩护者，就是那义者耶稣基督。』我们已经看过，约翰在这里告诉他的孩子们，就是本书信的所有受信者，他写信的用意是要叫他们不犯罪。但若有人犯罪，我们有一位与父同在的辩护者，
4In verse 1 John says, “My little children, these things I write to you that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous.” We have seen that here John tells his little children, all the recipients of this Epistle, that his intention in writing was that they would not sin. But if anyone sins, we have an Advocate, a helper or counsel, with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous
5帮助者或律师，就是那义者耶稣基督。
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6约翰在二节接著说，基督『为我们的罪，作了平息的祭物，不是单为我们的罪，也是为所有的世人。』我们曾经指出，主耶稣基督为我们的罪，将自己当作祭物献上给神，不仅是为著救赎我们，更是为著满足神的要求。祂的代死满足了神的要求，平息了我们与神之间的关系。因此，祂是我们在神面前平息的祭物。主耶稣不仅为我们的罪，也为所有的世人，作了平息的祭物。然而，这平息是以人相信主，接受祂为条件的。
6In verse 2 John goes on to say that Christ is “a propitiation concerning our sins, and not concerning ours only, but also concerning the whole world.” As we have pointed out, the Lord Jesus Christ has offered Himself to God as a sacrifice for our sins, not only for our redemption but also for God’s satisfaction. His vicarious death satisfied God and appeased Him. Hence, He is the propitiation between God and us. As the propitiation concerning man’ss ins, the Lord Jesus is for the sins of the whole world. However, this propitiation is conditional upon our receiving it by believing in the Lord
耶稣的血以及与父同在的辩护者
THE BLOOD OF JESUS AND THE ADVOCATE WITH THE FATHER
7约翰这封书信写得很柔和细致。多年前当我头一次读第一章时非常喜乐，但是我不明白约翰为甚么加上二章一至二节。在我看来，罪的问题在一章已经完全解决了，我以为二章这两节是不必要的。后来我逐渐欣赏这两节的重要性。照本书信一章所说的，我们已经接受了神圣的生命，并且我们正在生命的交通里享受这生命。在这生命的交通里，我们接受神圣的光；在这神圣的光中，我们实行真理。但我们还需要关于那住在我们肉体里之罪的警告。对于内住的罪，我们需要谨慎、儆醒。
7John’s writing in this Epistle is tender and delicate. When I first read chapter one years ago, I was very happy. However, I did not understand why John added 2:1-2. It seemed to me that the problem of sin had been fully solved in chapter one, and I thought that these verses in chapter two were not necessary. Later I came to appreciate the importance of these verses. According to chapter one of this Epistle, we have received the divine life, and we are enjoying it in the fellowship of life. In this fellowship we receive the divine light, and in this light we practice the truth. But we still need the warning concerning the sin that dwells in our flesh. We need to be careful and on the alert regarding indwelling sin
8每当我们犯了罪，我们需要向神认自己的罪。我们若认自己的罪，神在祂的话上是信实的，必要赦免我们的罪；神在祂的救赎上是公义的，必要洗净我们一切的不义。这真是美好。但是二章一至二节指明，我们还需要一个人，一个与父同在的辩护者，照料我们的案件。我们自己没有能力处理案件，我们需要一位属天的律师。
8Whenever we sin, we need to confess our sin to God. If we confess our sins, God is faithful in His word to forgive us our sins, and He is righteous in His redemption to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. This is wonderful. Nevertheless, as 2:1-2 indicates, we still need a Person, an Advocate with the Father, to take care of our case. Because we are not capable of handling the case ourselves, we need a heavenly attorney.
9约翰在一章说到耶稣的血，在二章说到我们的辩护者。神不仅豫备了耶稣基督的血，为我们流出，使我们得蒙赦免并洗净；神也豫备了基督作我们的辩护者。首先，主耶稣流血作我们的赎价；祂流血之后，又成了我们的辩护者，我们属天的律师，照料我们的案件。我们的辩护者付清我们的债，又照料我们的案件。这真是美好！基督不单是与神同在，也是与父同在的辩护者，这事实指明主为我们所处理的案件，乃是家庭中的事，是我们父的儿女与父之间的案件。实际上，我们的辩护者就是我们的长兄，父的儿子。神圣的家庭充满了爱，但这家庭也充满了义，因此有规则，也有父的管教。我们绝不该认为我们在父的家里可以不守规矩。我们的父是有次有序的，祂的家应当远比人间的法庭有次序。但是我们这些父家里的儿女常常很顽皮。我们犯错，违反家规，得罪父。为这缘故，我们需要主，我们的长兄，作我们与父同在的辩护者。
9In chapter one John speaks of the blood of Jesus, and in chapter two, of our Advocate. Not only has God provided the blood of Jesus Christ, which was shed for us so that we may be forgiven and cleansed; God has also prepared Christ as our Advocate. First, the Lord Jesus shed His blood as the price of our redemption. Then after shedding His blood, He becomes our Advocate, our heavenly attorney, taking care of our case. How marvelous that our Advocate pays our debt and takes care of our case! The fact that Christ is our Advocate with the Father, and not simply with God, indicates that our case which the Lord undertakes for us is a family affair, a case between us as the Father’s children and the Father. Actually, our Advocate is our elder Brother, the Son of the Father. The divine family is full of love, but it is also full of righteousness. Hence, there are regulations and also the Father’s discipline. We should never think that in the Father’sho use we can be unruly. Our Father is orderly, and His house should be much more orderly than a human court of law. However, as children in the Father’sho use, we are often naughty. We make mistakes, break the family regulations, and offend the Father. For this reason, we need the Lord, our elder Brother, to be our Advocate with the Father
10为我们流血的主耶稣，乃是那义者。祂不仅与父是对的，与我们也是对的。主是我们的帮助者。（『辩护者』一辞，原文指被召到另一个人身边以帮助他的一位。）祂到我们身边来帮助我们，服事我们，照顾我们，并供应我们所需要的一切。我们需要洗净的血，因此，祂以自己的血供应我们，为要救赎并洗净我们。我们也需要人照料我们的案件，因此，祂现今是我们的辩护者，我们的帮助者。
10As the One who shed His blood for us, the Lord Jesus is the righteous One. He is right not only with the Father, but also right with us. The Lord is our Paraclete (the anglicized form of parakletos, the Greek word rendered Advocate). He comes alongside to help us, He serves us, He takes care of us, and He provides whatever we need. We were in need of the cleansing blood; therefore, He provided us with His own blood for redemption and cleansing. We also need someone to take care of our case. Therefore, He is now our Advocate, our parakletos
神圣的生命
THE DIVINE LIFE AS THE BASIC FACTOR
是我们属灵基业的基本因素
OF OUR SPIRITUAL INHERITANCE
11我们相信基督的人已经从神而生，成为神的儿女。现今神是我们的父，我们是神的儿女。因为我们已经从神而生，我们就有神的生命。神的生命是神圣的、永远的、不能毁坏的。这生命是我们在神的救恩里所得著属灵基业的基本因素。
11We who believe in Christ have been born of God and have become God’s children. God is now our Father, and we are His children. Because we have been born of God, we have His life. God’s life is divine, eternal, and indestructible. This life is the basic factor of the spiritual inheritance we have in God’ss alvation.
12我们可以用我们人的生命为例来说明。我们人类藉著出生得著了天然的生命，就是人的生命，作我们基本的基业。我们所承受的任何一项事物，都在于我们人的生命。当一个人死亡，失去了人的生命，他的一切也都了了。他不再有基业了。同样的原则，我们藉著重生所接受神圣的生命，是我们在神救恩里的基本基业。因此，生命是紧要的。我们属灵基业的基本成分乃是神圣的生命。
12We may use our human life as an illustration. As human beings, through birth we have our natural life, our human life, as our basic inheritance. Any particular thing we inherit depends on our human life. When a person dies and thereby loses his human life, that is the termination of everything. He no longer has an inheritance. In the same principle, the divine life we have received through regeneration is our basic inheritance in God’ss alvation. Life, therefore, is crucial. The basic element of our spiritual inheritance is the divine life
神圣生命交通里的享受
THE ENJOYMENT IN THE FELLOWSHIP
OF THE DIVINE LIFE
13感谢主，我们有神圣的生命，这生命在我们里面运行、工作、行动。我们里面神圣生命的运行产生了交通。因此，交通是我们所领受那奇妙的神圣生命的结果。在这交通中，我们享受神，享受使徒，享受信徒，享受召会，甚至享受众召会，这享受完全在于神圣生命的交通，这交通又是来自神圣的生命本身。
13We thank the Lord that we have the divine life and that this life moves, works, and acts in us. The moving of the divine life within us issues in fellowship. Hence, fellowship is the issue of the marvelous divine life we have received. In this fellowship we enjoy God, we enjoy the apostles, we enjoy the believers, and we enjoy the church and even the churches. All this enjoyment depends on the fellowship of the divine life, and this fellowship issues out of the divine life itself
14我们虽然接受了神圣的生命，也在神圣生命的交通中享受神、使徒、信徒和召会生活，但是关于罪，我们还需要儆醒。罪不是仅仅在表面上，可以洗去。相反的，罪是住在我们的肉体里。照保罗在罗马书里的话，罪会诱骗我们，征服我们，并且杀死我们。特别是内住的罪，会破坏我们的交通。如果我们的交通因罪被破坏了，我们就失去了对神的享受、对使徒的享受、对信徒的享受、以及对召会生活的享受。换句话说，一旦我们失去了交通，我们就失去了对整个属灵基业的享受。结果，我们在实际上就变得和不信的人一样。不信的人没有神，他们在对使徒、信徒、和召会生活的享受上无分无关。当我们享受神圣生命的交通时，我们就享受神，享受使徒，享受信徒，也享受众召会。这真是奇妙的享受！但罪一在我们里面作工，我们一犯罪，我们的交通就中断了。每当我们的交通中断了，我们就失去了对神、对使徒、对信徒、对召会生活的享受。我们要看见这事，并对这事有正确的领会，这是非常重要的。
14Although we have received the divine life and enjoy God, the apostles, the believers, and the church life in the fellowship of the divine life, we still need to be watchful concerning sin. Sin is not merely something on the surface that can be washed away. On the contrary, sin dwells in our flesh. According to Paul’sword in the book of Romans, sin may deceive us, conquer us, and kill us. In particular, indwelling sin damages our fellowship. If our fellowship is damaged through sin, we lose the enjoyment of God. We also lose the enjoyment of the apostles, the enjoyment of the believers, and the enjoyment of the church life. In other words, once we lose the fellowship, we lose the enjoyment of our entire spiritual inheritance. As a result, in a practical way we become the same as unbelievers. Unbelievers do not have God, and they have nothing to do with the enjoyment of the apostles, the believers, and the church life. When we enjoy the fellowship of the divine life, we enjoy God, we enjoy the apostles, we enjoy the believers, and we enjoy the churches. What a wonderful enjoyment this is! But as soon as sin works within us and we commit sin, our fellowship is broken. Whenever our fellowship is broken, we lose the enjoyment of God, the apostles, the believers, and the church life. It is very important that we see this and have a proper realization concerning it.
神圣的供备耶稣的血以及父的信实和公义
DIVINE PROVISIONS The Blood of Jesus and the Faithfulness and Righteousness of the Father
15即使我们蒙了重生，接受了神圣的生命，成为父的儿女，我们还必须承认两件事：第一，我们还有罪在肉体里；第二，我们总是有可能犯罪。每当我们在交通中，在神圣的光之下，感觉自己在某些事上，或对某些人有了过错，我们必须立刻向公义的父承认自己的罪。我们的父是豫备好要赦免我们的。正如为人父亲的，孩子的行为得罪了他，他就豫备好要赦免悔改的孩子。照样，我们神圣的父也豫备好要赦免我们。我们一承认我们的罪，我们的父对我们就是信实、公义的神。祂等著要赦免我们的罪，并洗去我们过犯的玷污。约翰在一章七节说，『祂儿子耶稣的血也洗净我们一切的罪。』这里有血为我们豫备好，作我们的供备。根据这一节里希腊文的动词时态，血的洗净是现今的，也是继续不断的。神儿子耶稣的血一直继续不断的洗净我们。血的供备是随时可得的，血的洗净是持续不断的。血总是豫备好让我们来享受牠的供备。约翰在二章一节说，『我的孩子们，我将这些事写给你们，是要叫你们不犯罪。』这指明约翰的用意是要叫信徒不犯罪。我们也该有这心意。我们需要祷告：『主，保守我不犯罪。主，保守我在你的同在里，在你的交通里。主，不断拯救我脱离罪。』但是不论我们对罪多么有警觉，我们总是可能会犯罪。每当我们犯罪，我们就需要向神承认自己的罪。血的供备豫备好要使我们得洗净，父也愿意赦免我们的罪，洗净我们一切过犯的玷污。
15Even though we have been regenerated and have received the divine life to become children of the Father, we still must admit two things: first, that we still have sin in our flesh; second, that it is always possible for us to commit sin. Whenever we are under the divine light in fellowship and sense that we are wrong in certain matters or with certain persons, we must immediately confess our sins to our righteous Father. Our Father is ready to forgive us. Just as a human father, who has been offended by the behavior of his child, is ready to forgive the repentant child, so our divine Father is ready to forgive us. Once we confess our sins, our Father will be the faithful and righteous God to us. He is waiting to forgive us our sins and to wash away the stains of our offenses. In 1:7 John says that “the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.” Here we have the blood as a provision prepared for us. According to the tense of the Greek verb in this verse, the cleansing of the blood is present and continuous. The blood of Jesus the Son of God cleanses us all the time, continuously and constantly. The provision of the blood is ever available, and the cleansing of the blood is continuous. The blood is always ready for us to enjoy its provision. In 2:1 John says, “My little children, these things I write to you that you may not sin.” This indicates that John’sin tent i on was that the believers would not sin. We also should have this intention. We need to pray, “O Lord, keep me from sinning. Lord, preserve me in Your presence and in Your fellowship. Lord, deliver me continuously from sin.” But no matter how much we may be on the alert concerning sin, it is always possible that we shall sin. Whenever we commit sin, we need to confess our sin to God. The provision of the blood is ready for our cleansing, and the Father is willing to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all the stains of our offenses.
基督作我们的辩护者和平息的祭物
Christ as our Advocate and propitiation
16约翰在一章说了这些事以后，接著在二章给我们看见，神圣的供备不仅包括耶稣的血和神的信实，也包括基督这活的人位作我们的辩护者。这人位替我们流了祂的血，现今是照料我们案件的属天律师。祂彀资格作这事，因为祂是那义者，就是与父是对的那一位。
16After covering these matters in chapter one, John goes on in chapter two to show us that the divine provision not only includes the blood of Jesus and the faithfulness of God, but also includes the living Person of Christ as our Advocate. As the One who shed His blood for us, this Person is now our heavenly attorney taking care of our case. He is qualified for this because He is the righteous One, the One who is right with the Father
17约翰在二章二节说，我们那位与父同在的辩护者，也为我们的罪作了平息的祭物。每当神的儿女得罪了父，他们之间的交通就中断了。不仅如此，他们之间就没有和平，混乱不安。作儿女的了解这种情况，就应当向父认罪。父是豫备好要赦免并洗净他们的。洗净的血已经豫备好，并且父自己是信实的，要赦免他们，父也是公义的，要洗净他们。但是父与祂儿女之间的和平怎样才能恢复？我们也许认为，只要有赦免和洗净，自然就有和平。然而，还需要我们的辩护者来作父与我们之间平息的祭物，使父得以平息，和平也得以恢复。我们再用我们人的家庭生活为例来说明。一个家庭里作母亲的常常替孩子平息父亲。假定某个家庭里孩子们得罪了父亲，失去了和平，那个家里就显得混乱不安。现在孩子们悔改，向父亲承认过错，父亲就赦免他们。但是孩子和父亲之间还不是全然愉快。这时，明智的母亲会对孩子和父亲双方说话。一方面她会对孩子说，『孩子们，现在没有事了，父亲赦免你们了。』另一方面她会转向丈夫说，『真好阿，孩子们悔改了，并且向你认了罪。』结果，藉著母亲作制造和平者，父亲和孩子之间的和平就恢复了。
17In 2:2 John says that the One who is our Advocate with the Father is also a propitiation concerning our sins. Whenever God’s children offend the Father, the fellowship between them is broken. Furthermore, there is no peace; instead there is turmoil. Realizing the situation, the children should make confession to the Father, who is ready to forgive them and cleanse them. The cleansing blood has been provided, and the Father Himself is faithful to forgive and righteous to cleanse. But how can the peace between the Father and His children be restored? We may think that as long as there is forgiveness and cleansing, peace will come automatically. However, there is still the need for our Advocate to be our propitiation between the Father and us so that the Father may be appeased and that peace may be restored. Let us once again use our human family life as an illustration. Often the mother in a family will be the one who appeases the father in behalf of the children. Suppose the children in a particular family offend the father, peace is lost, and now there is turmoil in that family. The children repent and confess their wrongdoings to the father, and he forgives them. However, the situation between the children and the father is still not altogether pleasant. At such a time, a wise mother will speak both to the children and to the father. On the one hand, she may say to the children, “Children, it is all right now. Your father has forgiven you.” On the other hand, she may turn to her husband and say, “Isn’t it wonderful that the children have repented and have confessed to you.” As a result, the peace between the father and the children is restored through the mother’s being the propitiation, the peacemaker
交通的恢复
THE RESTORATION OF FELLOWSHIP
18我们在约壹一章看见，有血来洗我们，又有父的信实和公义，使我们得著赦免和洗净。虽然藉著我们的认罪，藉著血的洗净，并藉著父的赦免和洗净，我们的问题得以解决，但是我们还需要基督作我们与父同在的辩护者，并作我们平息的祭物。祂是成就和平的那一位，是为我们平息了父的那一位。祂是平息者，使有关的每一位，父和儿女，都喜乐、和平。我们就立刻享受交通。这是约翰一书这几节经文所描绘的图画。
18In chapter one of 1 John we see that we have the blood to wash us and the Father’s faithfulness and righteousness for our forgiveness and cleansing. Although our problem is solved through our confessing, through the cleansing of the blood, and through the Father’s forgiveness and cleansing, we still need Christ as our Advocate with the Father and as our propitiation. He is the One who makes peace, the One who appeases the Father for us. As the appeasing One, He causes everyone involved, the Father and the children, to be happy and peaceful. Immediately, we have the enjoyment of the fellowship. This is the picture portrayed in these verses of John’s first Epistle
19我们需要对这一切神圣的供备有深刻的印象：洗净的血、神的信实、神的公义、辩护者、以及平息的祭物。在神这一面，我们得的供备有祂的信实和公义；在基督这一面，我们得的供备有祂的血，以及祂自己作我们的辩护者和平息的祭物。一天过一天，我们这些有神圣的生命，并且在交通里享受这生命的人，需要对罪有警觉。如果我们犯了罪，我们应当立刻认罪，我们就会经历到这一切供备的功效。我们有主血的洗净，有父的信实和公义使我们得著赦免和洗净，还有基督作我们的辩护者和平息的祭物，为要平息父，并恢复我们与父之间的和平。藉著基督作我们的辩护者和平息的祭物，我们再次与父有了和平，并且享受与祂的交通。
19We need to be deeply impressed with all the divine provisions: the cleansing blood, the faithfulness of God, the righteousness of God, the Advocate, and the propitiation. With God we have the provisions of His faithfulness and righteousness, and with Christ we have the provisions of His blood and of Himself as our Advocate and propitiation. Day by day, we who have the divine life and the enjoyment of this life in fellowship need to be on the alert concerning sin. But if we sin, we should immediately make confession. Then we shall experience the effectiveness of all these provisions. We shall have the washing of the Lord’s blood, the faithfulness and righteousness of the Father for our forgiveness and cleansing, and Christ as our Advocate and propitiation for the appeasing of the Father and the restoring of the peace between us and the Father. Through Christ as our Advocate and propitiation, we again have peace with the Father and we enjoy fellowship with Him