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约翰壹书生命读经 · 第18篇

神圣交通的条件（十）

Conditions of the Divine Fellowship (10)
1读经：约翰一书二章三至十一节。在论到神圣交通的条件的这些信息里，我们已经看见维持这交通有两个条件或要求。约壹一章五节至二章二节描述，第一个要求是认罪。二章三至十一节描述，第二个要求是爱神并爱弟兄。因此，我们若要维持与神的交通，就需要对付罪，也需要爱神并爱弟兄。约翰在约壹二章九和十一节说，恨他弟兄的是在黑暗里，且在黑暗里行。他在十节说，『那爱他的弟兄的，就住在光中，在他并没有绊跌的缘由。』约翰在这些经节里强调爱弟兄。我在本篇信息里的负担是要来看，约翰为何指出维持神圣交通的末了一项要求是爱弟兄。
1Scripture Reading: 1 John 2:3-11 In these messages on the conditions of the divine fellowship, we have seen that there are two conditions or requirements for maintaining this fellowship. The first requirement, described in 1:5—2:2, is the confessing of sins. The second requirement, described in 2:3-11, is the loving of God and the brothers. Therefore, if we want to maintain our fellowship with God, we need to deal with sin, and we need to love God and love the brothers. In verses 9 and 11 of chapter two John says that the one who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness. In verse 10 he says, “He who loves his brother abides in the light, and there is no cause of stumbling in him.” In these verses John emphasizes loving the brothers. My burden in this message is to consider why John indicates that the last requirement for maintaining the divine fellowship is that of loving the brothers
神圣交通的目标
THE GOAL OF THE DIVINE FELLOWSHIP
2我们要明白，为何爱弟兄是神圣交通的最后一个条件或要求，就需要明白神圣交通的目的是甚么。神圣交通的目标是甚么？我们在这交通里享受神圣生命的丰富，但这样享受是为著甚么目的？在神圣的交通里享受神圣生命的丰富，乃是为著召会生活。看见神圣交通的目标是召会生活，这对我们是顶重要的。
2In order to understand why loving the brothers is the final term, condition, or requirement of the divine fellowship, we need to understand what is the purpose of the divine fellowship. What is the goal of the divine fellowship? In this fellowship we enjoy the riches of the divine life, but for what purpose do we enjoy these riches in this fellowship? The enjoyment of the riches of the divine life in the divine fellowship is for the church life. It is of crucial importance for us to see that the goal of the divine fellowship is the church life
使徒的交通
The Fellowship of the Apostles
3约翰在约壹一章三节说，『我们将所看见并听见的，也传与你们，使你们也可以与我们有交通；而且我们的交通，又是与父并与祂儿子耶稣基督所有的。』这节的代名词『我们』是指使徒。使徒看见并听见了永远的生命。他们将这生命传与信徒，使信徒可以与使徒有交通。因为一章三节所描述的交通，首先是使徒在藉著那灵享受父与子上所得的分，（林后十三14，）因此称为『使徒的交通，』（徒二42，）以及这节『我们（使徒）的交通。』使徒是召会的代表，因此，每当新约说到使徒，都含示召会，因为使徒代表召会。这原则在新耶路撒冷仍然有效。启示录二十一章十四节论到新耶路撒冷说，『城墙有十二根基，根基上有羔羊十二使徒的十二个名字。』使徒代表召会中所有的圣徒。使徒既代表召会，并且神圣生命的交通既称为使徒的交通，我们就可以说，这交通是为著召会生活。
3In 1:3 John says, “That which we have seen and heard we report also to you, that you also may have fellowship with us, and indeed the fellowship which is ours is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ.” In this verse the pronouns “we” and “us” refer to the apostles. The apostles have seen and heard the eternal life. They report this to the believers so that the believers may have fellowship with the apostles. Because the fellowship described in 1:3 was first the portion of the apostles in enjoying the Father and the Son through the Spirit (2 Cor. 13:14), it is called the fellowship of the apostles (Acts 2:42) and “the fellowship which is ours” (the apostles’). The apostles are the representatives of the church. Hence, whenever the New Testament speaks of the apostles, the church is implied, for the apostles represent the church. This principle will still be in effect in the New Jerusalem. Concerning the New Jerusalem, Revelation 21:14 says, “And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.” The apostles represent all the saints in the church. Because the apostles represent the church and because the fellowship of the divine life is called the fellowship of the apostles, we may say that this fellowship is for the church life.
那灵的交通
The Fellowship of the Spirit
4约翰在约壹一章三节说，使徒的交通乃是与父并与祂儿子耶稣基督所有的交通。因此，这交通包括使徒，也包括父与子。这里只说到父与子，没有说到灵，因为那灵隐含在交通里。但是圣经别的地方清楚告诉我们，这交通是『圣灵的交通。』（林后十三。）神圣的交通是使徒，召会的代表的交通，也是这些作为召会代表的使徒与父和子之间的交通。神圣的交通也是那灵的交通。这就是说，这交通是由那灵实施的。这交通不仅是『与』那灵的交通，更是『属于』那灵的，意即这是那灵的交通，是由那灵实施的。
4In 1:3 John says that the fellowship which the apostles have is the fellowship with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. Therefore, this fellowship involves the apostles and also the Father and the Son. Only the Father and the Son are mentioned here, not the Spirit, because the Spirit is implied in the fellowship. However, elsewhere we are clearly told that this fellowship is “the fellowship of the Holy Spirit” (2 Cor. 13:14). The divine fellowship is a fellowship of the apostles, the 14 representatives of the church, and also a fellowship between these apostles as the representatives of the church and the Father and the Son. The fact that the divine fellowship is also a fellowship of the Spirit means that this fellowship is carried out by the Spirit. This fellowship is not merely with the Spirit; it is also of the Spirit. This means that it is the Spirit’s fellowship and that this fellowship is carried out by the Spirit.
5我们刚才指出，说神圣的交通是那灵的交通，是甚么意思。实际上，那灵本身就是交通。这就是说，交通不仅是由那灵实施的，而且那灵就是所实施的交通。我们可以再用电来说明。电从发电厂流到会所里面，结果，当开关开著的时候，天花板上所有的灯就在电流里有了『交通。』实施这交通的乃是电流。但更准确的说，电流本身实际上就是交通。如果没有电流，就不会有交通。电流就是电的交通，这交通包括发电厂、会所和灯。今天神圣的交通就是使徒的交通。这就是说，这是召会的交通。这交通也是信徒与使徒的交通。不仅如此，这是使徒和信徒与父和子的交通。因为这交通是由那灵实施的，所以也称为那灵的交通。
5We have just pointed out what it means to say that the divine fellowship is the fellowship of the Spirit. Actually, the Spirit Himself is the fellowship. This means that the fellowship is not only carried out by the Spirit, but also that the Spirit is the fellowship that is carried out. Once again we may use electricity as an illustration of the divine fellowship. Electricity flows from the power plant into the church meeting hall. As a result, when the switch is on, all the lights in the ceiling have “fellowship” in the current, the flow, of electricity. It is the current of electricity that carries out this fellowship. However, it is more accurate to say that actually the current itself is the fellowship. If there were no electrical current, there would not be any fellowship. The current of electricity is the fellowship of electricity, and this fellowship includes the power plant, the meeting hall, and the lights. Today the divine fellowship is the apostles’ fellowship. This means that it is the fellowship of the church. This fellowship is also the fellowship of the believers with the apostles. Furthermore, it is the fellowship of the apostles and the believers with the Father and the Son. Because this fellowship is carried out by the Spirit, it is called the fellowship of the Spirit.
为著召会生活的交通
Fellowship for the Church Life
6我们都需要领悟，这神圣的交通全然是为著召会生活。这交通不单是给我们享受、经历、供应、滋养并造就，这交通至终是为著召会生活。
6We all need to realize that this divine fellowship is altogether for the church life. This fellowship is not merely for our enjoyment, experience, supply, nourishment, and edification. Ultimately, this fellowship is for the church life
弟兄相爱的生活
A LIFE OF BROTHERLY LOVE
7神圣的交通既是为看召会生活，我们就不仅需要认罪，也需要爱弟兄。为了维持交通，认罪还不彀，还需要爱弟兄。因为召会生活是团体的生活，这生活牵涉到弟兄们。我们若失去对弟兄的爱，不再彼此相爱，召会生活就消失了。那里没有弟兄相爱，那里的召会生活就了了。实际上，弟兄相爱就是召会生活。已往我们从不同的角度著过召会生活，也从这些不同的角度陈明召会生活各种不同的定义。现在我们需要一个召会生活的定义，合乎弟兄相爱这个角度。我们都需要学习一个新辞来描述召会生活─弟兄相爱的生活。你知道召会生活是甚么？召会生活是弟兄相爱的生活。我能见证，我们在主恢复里的召会生活中，确实经历了弟兄相爱。我特别能见证，我们在每半年一次的训练里享受弟兄的爱。在训练的日子里，弟兄的爱特别明显并有力，从许多国家来的圣徒，一同享受这种弟兄的爱。似乎我们越是国际性的，就越经历并享受弟兄的爱。最近我们有一次特会，那时我们都在一种国际性的气氛中。参加那次特会的圣徒说不同的语言，诗歌也是用各种语言唱的。当我听见一首诗歌用这些不同的语言来唱，我在主里真是欣喜若狂。弟兄的爱是这么有力，就一面说似乎不需要繙译了。弟兄相爱的气氛太奇妙了。这种弟兄相爱就是召会生活。
7Because the divine fellowship is for the church life, there is not only the need for us to confess our sins, but also the need for us to love the brothers. For the maintaining of the fellowship, to confess our sins is not adequate. In order to maintain the divine fellowship, we need to love the brothers. The reason for this is that the church life is a corporate life, a life that involves the brothers. If we lose our brotherly love and if we no longer love one another, what will become of the church life? The answer is that the church life will disappear. Where there is no brotherly love, the church life is finished. Actually, brotherly love is the church life. In the past we have viewed the church life from different angles and have presented various definitions of the church life from these different angles. Now we need a definition of the church life that is in line with the angle of brotherly love. We all need to learn a new term to describe the church life — a life of brotherly love. Do you know what the church life is? The church life is a life of brotherly love. I can testify that in the church life in the Lord’s recovery we surely experience brotherly love. In particular, I can testify that we enjoy brotherly love during the semiannual trainings. During the days of the training, brotherly love is especially evident and prevailing, and saints from many different countries enjoy this brotherly love together. It seems that the more international we are, the more brotherly love we experience and enjoy. Recently we had a conference in Stuttgart, Germany. At that time we all were in an international atmosphere. The saints who attended that conference spoke different languages, and the hymns were sung in all the languages. Whenever I heard a hymn sung in these different languages, I was beside myself with joy in the Lord. The brotherly love was so prevailing that it seemed that in a sense, there was no need for translation. The atmosphere of brotherly love was marvelous. This brotherly love is the church life.
8召会生活包括不同种族、国家、语言、国籍的圣徒。在召会生活里，各种肤色的人都有：黑、白、黄、棕、红。赞美主，我们一同享受真实的弟兄相爱！我盼望强调神圣的交通是为著召会生活这事实。这交通必须由弟兄相爱来维持。弟兄相爱一面是神圣交通的结果，另一面是神圣交通的条件。因此，弟兄相爱是这交通的条件，也是这交通的结果。
8The church life involves saints of different races, countries, languages, and nationalities. All colors are represented in the church life: black, white, yellow, brown, and red. We praise the Lord that together we enjoy true brotherly love! I wish to emphasize the fact that the divine fellowship is for the church life. This fellowship must be maintained by brotherly love. On the one hand, brotherly love is the result, the issue, of the divine fellowship; on the other hand, brotherly love is a condition, a term, of the divine fellowship. Therefore, brotherly love is both a condition for this fellowship and its result
在经历上认识主
KNOWING THE LORD EXPERIENTIALLY
9我们自己无法产生一种爱，这种爱既是神圣交通的条件，又是神圣交通的结果。我们要有这种爱，惟一的路乃是在经历上不断的认识主。这就是为何约翰在约壹二章三节说，『我们若遵守祂的诫命，在此就知道我们是认识祂。』这是指我们在日常生活中，在经历上对神的认识。这与我们和祂亲密的交通有关。
9We ourselves cannot produce a love that is both the condition and the issue of the divine fellowship. The only way for us to have such a love is to know the Lord experientially and continually. This is the reason John says in 2:3, “And in this we know that we have known Him, if we keep His commandments.” This refers to our experiential knowledge of God in our daily walk, a knowledge related to our intimate fellowship with Him
遵守主的话
KEEPING THE LORD’SWORD
10约翰在约壹二章四节接著说，『那说我认识祂，却不遵守祂诫命的，便是说谎的，真理也不在这人里面了。』根据二章三、四节的话，认识主包括遵守祂的诫命。然后约翰在五节说到遵守祂的话。五节的『话』与三至四节的『诫命』同义。『诫命』著重训谕；『话』隐含灵与生命作我们的供应。（约六63。）接受主的话，意思就是接受祂神圣的供应。这供应总是包含在主的话里，藉著祂的话传输给我们。因此，主的话是神圣的生命供应藉以临及我们的管道。比方说，电藉著电线从发电厂流到建筑物里面。我们可以说，电线是电的容器，又是电从发电厂传输到建筑物里面的凭藉。主的话可以比作这样的电线。电怎样从发电厂通过电线进到建筑物里面，属天的电也照样藉著主话的管道流到我们里面。
10In 2:4 John goes on to say, “He who says, I have known Him, and is not keeping His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in this one.” According to 2:3 and 4, knowing the Lord involves keeping His commandments. Then in verse 5 John speaks of keeping His word. The “word” in verse 5 is synonymous with “commandments” in verses 3 and 4. “Commandments” emphasizes injunction; the “word” implies spirit and life as a supply to us (John 6:63). To take the Lord’s word simply means to receive His divine supply. This supply is always contained in the Lord’s word and is conveyed to us by His word. Therefore, the Lord’sword is a channel through which the divine supply of life reaches us. For example, electricity flows from the power plant into a building through wires. We may say that the wires are the container of electricity and the means through which it is conveyed from the power plant into a building. The word of the Lord can be compared to such an electrical wire. As electricity comes from the power plant into a building by passing through the wires, so the heavenly electricity flows into us through the channel of the Lord’sword.
11我们都必须在经历上来认识主。我们在认识祂的时候需要接受祂的话，以得著祂的供应。主的话既是带给我们神圣供应的管道，我们就需要很活的将祂的话接受到里面。这就是我鼓励你们祷读神的话的原因。
11We all must come to know the Lord experientially. In our knowing of Him, we need to take His word in order to receive His supply. Because the Lord’sword is the channel that brings us the divine supply, we need to take His word into us in a living way. This is the reason I encourage you to pray-read the Word of God
光与爱
LIGHT AND LOVE
12藉著话而临到我们的神圣供应有一个特别的彰显，这彰显就是神圣的光。每当我们将主的话接受到里面，神圣供应的素质，带著光作其彰显，就进来了。当供应来时，光就随之而来。我们从经历知道，每当我们接受主的话，我们就有光。光是神彰显的素质。在光中，也就是在神彰显的素质里，我们有爱作神所是的素质。这是享受神的爱的路。我们接受话，光就来了。每当光来了，自然就有了爱。我们首先用我们在神圣的光中所享受的这爱来爱神。我们爱神不是凭自己的爱，天然的爱，乃是凭所经历并享受之神的爱。不仅如此，当我们爱神，我们也爱凡从神生的。这就是说，当我们爱父，我们也爱祂的儿女。因此，我们就这样来爱弟兄。因为我们爱弟兄，我们自然渴慕有分于召会生活。我们特别想参加召会的聚会。我们藉著祷读接受主的话，就接受了光。然后我们在光中，就有对神并对众圣徒的爱。但我们若不接受话，因而不在光中，也没有爱，我们对圣徒并对召会生活就可能漠不关心。即使我们遇到一位在主里的弟兄，甚至也不愿跟他热切的打招呼。但是当我们接受话并在光中，我们自然经历到神的爱。我们里面强烈的感觉到我们爱主。然后当我们遇到弟兄，就会感觉到他是可爱的，我们也爱他。我们对他的反应乃是爱的反应。我们对他不会冷淡或漠不关心，反而有真正的热情。
12The divine supply that comes to us through the Word has a particular expression, and this expression is the divine light. Whenever we receive the Lord’sword into us, the essence of the divine supply comes in with light as its expression. When the supply comes, light comes with it. From experience we know that whenever we receive the Lord’sword, we have light. Light is the essence of God’sex press i on. In the light, that is, in the essence of God’sex press i on, we have love as the essence of God’s being. This is the way to enjoy the love of God. We receive the Word, and light comes. Whenever light comes, love is spontaneously present. With this love which we enjoy in the divine light, we first love God. We love Him not by our own love, by our natural love, but by His own love which we experience and enjoy. Moreover, when we love God, we also love every one begotten of Him. This means that when we love the Father, we love His children. Therefore, in this way we love the brothers. Because we love the brothers, we spontaneously have the desire to participate in the church life. In particular, we want to be in the meetings of the church. When we receive the Lord’sword through pray- reading, we receive light. Then in the light we have love for God and for all the saints. However, if we do not receive the Word and thus are not in the light with the love, we may be rather indifferent toward the saints and toward the church life. Should we meet a brother in the Lord, we may not even have the desire to greet him warmly. But when we receive the Word and are in the light, spontaneously we experience God’s love. We have the strong sense within that we love the Lord. Then if we meet a brother, we shall have the feeling that he is lovable and that we love him. Our response to him will be a response of love. Instead of being cold or indifferent, we shall have a genuine feeling of warmth toward him
13爱、交通、召会生活我们要有为著召会生活的交通，就需要弟兄相爱。我们若要有这爱，就需要在经历上认识主。我们这些认识主的人，需要一再接受主的话。当我们接受话，我们就接受光。在这光中，我们自然就有了爱。这爱有力的指明，我们也有主自己，因为爱是神所是的素质。光是神彰显的素质，爱是神所是的素质。这就是说，我们有神的爱，实际上就有神自己。我们用这爱，就是我们所经历并享受之神圣的爱，爱神和神的儿女。我们对神并对神的儿女有这爱，我们就有召会生活。正如我们已经指出的，这爱实际上就是召会生活。
13LOVE, FELLOWSHIP, AND THE CHURCH LIFE In order to have the fellowship that is for the church life, we need brotherly love. If we would have this love, we need to know the Lord experientially. As those who know the Lord, we need to take His word again and again. When we take the Word, we receive light. In this light we spontaneously have love. This love is a strong indication that we also have the Lord Himself, for love is the essence of God’s being. As light is the nature of God’sex press i on, love is the nature of God’s being. This means that when we have God’s love, we actually have God Himself. With this love, the divine love experienced and enjoyed by us, we love God and His children. When we have this love for God and for the children of God, we have the church life. As we have pointed out, this love actually is the church life
14爱是神圣交通的条件，也是经历这交通的结果。我们认识主，接受主话的时候，光来了。从这神圣的光所产生的爱，就是为著召会生活的交通。愿我们都让这爱，就是神的爱，在我们里面得著成全，使我们能以维持神圣的交通，来为著召会生活。
14Love is both a condition of the divine fellowship and the result of experiencing this fellowship. The love that issues from the divine light, the light that comes when we receive the Lord’sword in our knowing of Him, is the very fellowship that is for the church life. May we all have this love, the love of God, perfected in us so that we may maintain the divine fellowship for the church life