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启示录生命读经 · 第32篇

经历基督变化并建造的生命

Experiencing the Transforming and Building Life of Christ
1从一九二五年起，我就开始研读查究启示录。最叫我难以读通的就是头三章，特别是说到七个召会的那两章。在给七个召会的七封书信中，有许多处经节几乎没有人能解释。其中最难的一节是三章十二节，那里主说，『得胜的，我要叫他在我神殿中作柱子，他也绝不再从那里出去；我又要将我神的名，和我神城的名，（这城就是由天上从我神那里降下来的新耶路撒冷，）并我的新名，都写在他上面。』五十一年前我读这一节的时候，百思不得其解。甚么叫作主要叫我们在神的殿中作柱子？甚么叫作又要将神的名、神城的名、并祂的新名，都写在我们上面？我所参考过的书中，没有一本能解答我的问题。虽然这一节的字，连四年级的小学生都认得，但这一节的真正意义，却是极难了解。启示录三章十二节对所有的解经家一直是难解的一节，因为没有一个人有足彀的经历。经过这些年后，我终于逐渐看见，这个应许乃是启示录二、三章七封书信里七个应许中最大的一个，在本篇信息中，我们需要来看，主给非拉铁非召会得胜者的这个应许。
1In 1925 I began to read, study, and research the book of Revelation. The most difficult thing that faced me was getting through the first three chapters, especially the two chapters concerning the seven churches. In the seven epistles to the seven churches there are many difficult verses which hardly anyone can explain. One of the most difficult verses is 3:12, where the Lord said, “He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall by no means go out anymore, and I will write upon him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the New Jerusalem, which descends out of heaven from My God and My new name.” When I read this verse fifty- one years ago, I had a very difficult time understanding it. What does it mean to say that the Lord will make us a pillar in the temple of God and that He will write the name of God, the name of the New Jerusalem, and His new name upon us? None of the books I consulted regarding this matter could answer my question. Although even a fourth grader can understand the words, it is most difficult to apprehend the true significance of this verse. Revelation 3:12 has been a difficult verse for all expositors because none of them has had the adequate experience. Through the years, I eventually have come to realize that this promise is the greatest among the seven promises in the seven epistles in Revelation two and three. In this message we need to consider this promise of the Lord to the overcomer in the church in Philadelphia
最大的祝福
THE GREATEST BLESSING
2我们必须有经历，才能明白三章十二节。主在这里的应许，不是要给我们甚么，乃是要使我们成为甚么。我们每次想到主的应许，总是想他要给我们一些东西。按照我们的观念，应许乃是与祝福有关。对于我们，若没有祝福，就不能算是应许。但在三章十二节，主不是说，『我要给他…』乃是说，『我要叫他…』在三章十二节，主不是应许要给我们圣别，或是属天的福气；在这里，祂乃是应许要叫我们成为神殿中的柱子。
2We cannot understand 3:12 unless we have the necessary experience. The Lord’s promise here is not to give us something but to make us something. Whenever we think of the Lord’s promises, we always think that He will give us something. According to our concept, a promise is related to a blessing. To us, without a blessing, there can be no promise. But in 3:12 the Lord did not say, “I will give him”; He said, “I will make him.” In 3:12 the Lord does not promise to give us holiness or a heavenly blessing. No, here He promises to make us become something—a pillar in the temple of God
3成为神殿中的柱子，包括了两件事─变化和建造。自从我来到美国之后，我的负担一直就是这两件事。主能给我们最大的祝福，就是变化我们，并把我们建造在祂的殿中。大多数基督徒一直不明白，甚么叫作成为神殿中的柱子。这话到底是甚么意思？将神的名、新耶路撒冷城的名、和主的新名写在我们上面，又是甚么意思？但那些达到非拉铁非召会程度的人，里面就有正确的领会力。我们若是搆上了这个程度，就是豫备好让主来变化我们。我们若把从主领受的微小力量用在主的话上，并向主认真，那我们就是豫备好被变化，并且在正确的地位上，让主使我们成为柱子。这要求我们首先经过变化，成为贵重的材料，然后再被建造成为柱子。我们这些本是泥土的人，怎能成为神殿中的柱子？惟有藉著从泥土变化成为宝石，然后被建造在神的建造里，此外别无他路。在三章十二节之前，我们看见主在二章十七节的应许，指明我们藉著吃祂作隐藏的吗哪，就能变化成为一块白石。这真是最大的祝福。这关系到我们这个人，因为这关系到我们的所是。最大的祝福，不是主给我们甚么，乃是主使我们成为甚么。假如我是一团泥巴，无论你给我甚么，金子也好，钻石也好，我还是泥巴。即使你把我带到天上，放在神自己面前，我仍然是泥巴。最大的祝福，就是主要把我变化，成为连于神居所的东西。在召会生活里，我们不该盼望得著客观的祝福，倒要看见，主的祝福总是要把我们作成甚么，把我们变化成为珍贵的材料，然后把我们建造在神的殿里。你若接受这话到你里面，祂要彻底翻转你的观念。要是你看见这个异象，你还会要主给你外面的东西作祝福么？不会，我们一定会放下这种期望。我们若真的看见这个异象，就会晓得在召会生活中，神的心意不是要在我们外面作些甚么，乃是要作一些完全与我们这人有关的事。祂要使我们变化成另一个人。
3Becoming a pillar in the temple of God involves two things — transformation and building. Since I came to this country, my burden has been on these two matters. The greatest blessing the Lord can render us is to transform us and to build us into His temple. Most Christians have been unable to understand what it means to be made a pillar in the temple of God. What does this mean? And what does it mean to have the name of God, the name of the New Jerusalem, and the new name of the Lord written upon us? But those who have reached the level of the church in Philadelphia have the proper understanding within them. If we are on this level, then we are ready for the Lord to transform us. If we use the little power we have received of the Lord on His word and mean business with Him, then we are ready to be transformed and are in the proper position for the Lord to make us a pillar. This requires that we firstly be transformed into precious material and secondly that we be built into a pillar. How can we, who are clay, become a pillar in God’stem ple? There is no way except to be transformed from clay into precious stone and then to be built into God’s building. Prior to 3:12, we have the Lord’s promise in 2:17 that indicates that we can be transformed into a white stone by eating Him as the hidden manna. This is truly the greatest blessing. This involves our very being, for it is related to what we are. The greatest blessing is not what the Lord gives us, but what the Lord makes us. Suppose I am a mass of clay. No matter what you give me, whether it be gold or diamonds, I am still clay. Even if you would bring me into heaven and place me in front of God Himself, I would still be clay. The greatest blessing is that the Lord would transform me into something related to God’s dwelling place. In the church life we should not expect objective blessings. Rather, we must realize that the Lord’s blessing is always to make us something, to transform us into precious material, and then to build us into God’s building. If you take this word into you, it will absolutely revolutionize your concept. If you have seen this vision, would you still expect the Lord to bless you with outward things? No, we would drop this expectation. If we have truly seen this vision, we shall realize that in the church life the Lord’sin tent i on is not to do something outside of us, but something altogether related to our very being. He will make us into another being.
写在我们上面的三个名字
THE THREE NAMES WRITTEN UPON US
4主不只要使我们成为柱子，他还要把三个名字写在我们上面，就是神的名、新耶路撒冷的名、以及祂的新名。给某一个东西写上名字，就是给牠一个标示。如果我问你的名字，你会怎样说？你敢说『我的名字是神』么？这样说并不是僭妄，因为主应许要将神的名写在我们上面。假如我是主在其上写了神的名的人，你若问我叫甚么，我会说，『请你念我上面写著甚么─神，这就是我的名字，我的标示。』反对的人可能会批评我这样说，但请不要控告或责怪我僭妄，我只是被写上的，祂才是那写的。要责怪就怪祂好了！
4The Lord will not only make us into pillars, but He will write three names upon us: the name of God, the name of the New Jerusalem, and His new name. To write a name on something is to give it a designation. If I were to ask you your name, what would you say? Would you have the boldness to say, “My name is God”? To say this is not blasphemous, because the Lord promised to write the name of God upon us. Suppose I am the one on whom the Lord has written God’s name, and you ask me my name. I would say, “Please read what is written upon me—G-o-d. This is my name, my designation.” Some of the opposers may criticize me for saying this. But do not accuse or blame me of being blasphemous. I am just one who is being written upon—He is the Writer. You must blame Him.
5主也要把新耶路撒冷的名写在我们上面。新耶路撒冷有多少写在你上面？或者别人只能看见你上面有新字的几笔、耶字的几笔。但过一段日子以后，至终新耶路撒冷这名的每一笔每一画，都要写在你上面。最后，主要把祂的新名写在我们上面。因著主是常新的，祂当然没有旧名。只有新名。主这新名是甚么？就是我们所经历的基督。只有当我们有了充分的经历之后，我们才会得著这个新的标示。从这一切我们能看见，最大的祝福乃是主叫我们像神，叫我们成为新耶路撒冷的一部分，并且使我们以新的方式成为基督的彰显。
5The Lord will also write upon us the name of New Jerusalem. How much of the New Jerusalem is written upon you? Perhaps others can only see upon you the letters N-e-w J-e-r. But eventually, after a certain period of time, every letter of the name New Jerusalem will be written upon you. Finally, the Lord will write His new name upon us. Because the Lord is always new, He certainly does not have an old name, but a new name. What is this new name of the Lord? It is the very Christ whom we experience. Only after we have had the adequate experience will we receive this new designation. By all this we can see that the greatest blessing is for the Lord to make us like God, to make us a part of the New Jerusalem, and to make us an expression of Christ in a new way
主如何写在我们上面
THE LORD’SWAY OF WRITING UPON US
6我们在召会里的人，必须看见主最大的祝福，乃是应许把我们作成某一种情形。祂成就这事的方法，乃是把祂自己作到我们里面。在我们上面写上神的名、新耶路撒冷的名、和主的新名，实际上就是指把神作到我们里面，把新耶路撒冷作到我们里面，以及把基督的属性作到我们里面，作祂全新的彰显。藉著这样的工作，这三个新名至终就写在我们上面。祂把祂的元素作到我们里面，就是把这些名字写在我们上面。想想看石化木的例子。首先，我们有一块普通的木头；当水不断流经木头，水就把木头的天然元素带走，代以坚硬的矿物元素。当这过程发生时，木头就渐渐石化了。这过程完成之后，我们可以在那块木头上写上『石化木』。这标示就说明有些东西作到木头的纤维里面了。
6We in the churches must see that the Lord’s greatest blessing is that He promises us to make us become something. The way in which He accomplishes this is to work Himself into us. The writing of the name of God, the name of the New Jerusalem, and the new name of the Lord upon us actually refers to the working of God into us, to the working of the New Jerusalem into our being, and to the working of the attributes of Christ into us as His new expression. Eventually, through this working, these three new names will be written upon us. The working of His element into us is the writing of these names upon us. Consider the example of petrified wood. Firstly, we have a piece of ordinary wood. As water flows through it, it carries away the natural wooden element and replaces it with a solid mineral element. As this process transpires, the wood is gradually petrified. After the completion of this process, we may write upon that piece of wood the words petrified wood. This designation describes what has been wrought into the very fiber of the wood.
7我再说，写上这三个名字，描述了神圣的元素作到我们里面。所以，召会生活中最大的祝福并不是主要给我们甚么，乃是主现今正在把祂自己作到我们里面，使我们成为新耶路撒冷的一部分。藉著这个工作，我们就有了出于神的东西，也对包罗万有的基督有了新的经历。也许我们没有外面的祝福。主虽然看顾我们，但我们并不把这外面的看顾当作真正的祝福。真正的祝福乃是祂把我们作成神殿中的柱子，在其上写了三个美妙的名字。
7I say again that the writing of these three names describes the working of the divine element into our being. Therefore, the greatest blessing in the church life is not that the Lord will give us something, but that He is now working Himself into us to make us a part of the New Jerusalem. Through this working, we may have something of God as well as some new experience of the all-inclusive Christ. We may not have outward blessings. Although the Lord takes care of us, we do not consider this outward care to be the real blessing. The true blessing is that He is making us a pillar in the temple of God on which are written three wonderful names
终极的总结
THE ULTIMATE CONSUMMATION
8大多数的基督徒说不出启示录三章十二节的意义，因为多少个世纪以来，神要藉著祂的建造来完成祂永远定旨这件事，一直被人大大忽略了。甚至在今天的基督教中，你也难得听见几句话，说到神的建造。许多人把建造一辞领会错了，以为建造就是造就。对许多人来说，建造就是造就。虽然有许多人强调造就，却没有人顾到神的召会实际的建造，这建造产生神永远的居所。无论如何，圣经终极的总结是甚么？到了圣经最末了两章，我们看不到宗教、道德、伦理或造就，只看到一座城，就是新耶路撒冷。许多基督徒以为新耶路撒冷就是天上的一座大厦。他们好像从来没有注意到，这城要从天上降下来。（启二一2。）大多数基督徒都盼望能上天，神却愿意从天上降下。新耶路撒冷乃是神在旧造和新造中一切工作的终极总结。每一本书都有牠的总结。不管那本书前面说了多少事，最后的话才是最重要的。圣经的总结是甚么？就是神那终极总结的圣城，新耶路撒冷，作神永远的居所。写给非拉铁非召会的信，在七封信中是最精辟的。这封信摸著了神永远定旨的最高峰─新耶路撒冷。牠达到了整本圣经的终极总结，因为圣经和这封书信，都总结于新耶路撒冷。所以，这封信不光是七封书信中的精华，也达到了整本圣经的最高峰。
8Most Christians cannot tell you what the significance of 3:12 is because throughout the centuries the matter of God’s eternal purpose being carried out through God’s building has been greatly neglected. Even today in Christianity you can hardly hear a word about God’s building. Many misunderstand the word building, taking it to mean the same as edification. For many, to build up is simply to edify. Although many stress edification, no one cares for the practical building of the church of God which issues in His eternal dwelling place. Nevertheless, what is the ultimate consummation of the Bible? When we come to the last two chapters of the Bible, we do not find religion, morality, ethics, or edification—we see a city, the New Jerusalem. Many Christians think that the New Jerusalem is a heavenly mansion. Apparently they have never noticed that this city will come down from heaven (21:2). While most Christians are eager to go to heaven, God’s desire is to come down from heaven. The New Jerusalem is the ultimate consummation of God’s working in both the old creation and in the new. Every book must have a conclusion. Although a book may contain many things, the final word is the most important word. What is the conclusion of the Bible? It is God’s ultimate consummation, the holy city, New Jerusalem, as God’s eternal habitation. The epistle to the church in Philadelphia is the highlight among the seven epistles. This epistle reaches the high point of God’s eternal purpose, the New Jerusalem. It reaches the ultimate consummation of the entire Bible, for both the Bible and this epistle consummate with the New Jerusalem. Hence, this epistle is not only the highlight of the seven epistles, but also comes up to the high point of the whole Bible
9我们需要变化和建造
9OUR NEED FOR TRANSFORMATION AND BUILDING
10使徒约翰吃了那小书卷以后，他口中甜如蜜，肚子却发苦。（启十10。）我们的经历也是这样，当我们看到了异象，觉得很喜乐，因为异象是那样甜美。然而，看见过异象之后，这么多年以来，我们在经历中都有一种苦的感觉。这苦的感觉关系到今天基督徒当中可怜的光景。就是在我们这些非常接近主的职事之人中，还有许多对神的建造漠不关心。他们只关心自己所得的祝福和个人的属灵。还有一些只看重道理是否基要，是否正确，却不关心神的建造。他们需要被翻转过来，并且被变化。我愿意对这些亲爱的圣徒们说一句坦白、诚恳、爱心的话：请你忘掉你的道理，看看你的自己！到底你是怎样的一个人？道理对不对是小事，真正要紧的是你是怎样的一个人。你关心道理多年了，在你身上有甚么改变？你岂不是和二十五年前一样？你可能从未经历过任何的变化和建造。也许你自以为很属灵、合乎圣经、基要、正确，但在你里面有那一部分是经过变化的？你又跟谁建造在一起？你天天揽著你的圣经，钻研正确正统的道理，但你这个人到底怎么样？你里面有甚么改变？
10When the apostle John ate the little scroll, it was sweet in his mouth but bitter in his stomach (10:10). Our experience is the same. When we saw the vision, we were happy because the vision was so sweet. But after seeing this vision, throughout the years we have had a bitter feeling in our experience. This bitter feeling concerns the poor situation among Christians today. Even among us who are so close to the Lord’s ministry there are many who do not care for God’s building. They care for their blessings and their personal spirituality. Others care for being fundamental and doctrinally correct, but they do not care for God’s building. They need to be revolutionized and transformed. May I say a frank, honest, and loving word to these dear ones? Forget about doctrine and look at yourself. Who and what are you? It matters little whether the doctrine is correct or not. What truly matters is what you are. For years you have been concerned with doctrine, but has there been any change in you? Are you still the same as you were twenty - five years ago? Perhaps you have never experienced any transformation and building. You may consider yourself to be spiritual, scriptural, fundamental, and right. But in what part of your being have you been transformed, and with whom have you been built up? Day by day, you embrace the Bible, endeavoring to be fundamentally correct in doctrine, but what about your being? Has there been a change in you?
神将祂自己分赐
BEING TRANSFORMED THROUGH
到我们里面来变化我们
GOD’S DISPENSING HIMSELF INTO US
11甚么是神的建造？神的建造就是将祂自己分赐到我们里面，并将祂自己作到我们里面。再看一看石化木的例子，木头在天然上并没有矿物的成分，使牠有石头的本质。在神永远的建造里没有木头。在神的建造里只有宝石、金子和珍珠。新耶路撒冷的十二根基，就是一层一层的宝石，（启二一19～20，）而整道城墙，是碧玉造的。（启二一18。）新耶路撒冷没有木头，没有泥土。我们的天然，若不是泥土，就是木头。许多人宁愿作木头，而不作泥土，以为木头比泥土好一点。但不管是甚么，在神建造的手中，泥土和木头都没有用处。我们需要变化。泥土人需要变化成为宝石，木头人也需要石化。木头被石化的方法，就是让活水从其中流过，把木头的本质带走，用坚硬的矿物元素来代替。自然界里木头被石化的过程，乃是属灵实际的表征。今天，神藉著祂神圣生命的流真正在『石化』我们。启示录二十二章一节清楚启示这道流，那里说『天使又指给我看在城内街道当中一道生命水的河，明亮如水晶，从神和羔羊的宝座流出来。』这道河流通全城。
11What is God’s building? God’s building is to dispense Himself into us and to work Himself into our being. Consider again the illustration of petrified wood. The wood is natural, having no mineral element whatsoever to give it the substance of stone. There is no wood in God’s eternal building. In His building there are only precious stones, gold, and pearls. The twelve foundations of the New Jerusalem are layers of precious stones (21:19-20), and the entire wall is built with jasper (21:18). In the New Jerusalem there is nothing of mud or wood. By nature we all are either muddy or wooden. Everyone would rather be wooden than muddy, thinking that wood is superior to mud. Nevertheless, neither mud nor wood is useful in God’s building hand. We need transformation. The muddy people need to be transformed into precious stones, and the wooden ones need to be petrified. The way for a piece of wood to be petrified is to allow the living water to flow through it to carry away the wooden substance and to replace it with a solid mineral element. The process of petrification in the physical world is a symbol of the spiritual reality. Today God is truly “petrifying” us by the flow of His divine life. This flow is clearly revealed in Revelation 22:1, which says, And he showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.” This river flows throughout the whole city
12我里面经常有一种发苦的味道，对于今天基督徒的光景有一种发苦的感觉。他们外表看来好像知道得很多，其实几乎一无所知。知道多或少并不要紧；你可能知道得很多，但你每一部分可能仍然是泥土、木头，指明你并没有变化过。我们必须藉著神把祂自己分赐到我们里面，而得以变化。忘掉你的圣经知识，忘掉你的宗教，单单注意一件事─到底你有多少藉著活的神把祂自己分赐到你里面而得著变化？这才是真正要紧的。你可能会背许多节圣经，但你这个人算不得甚么。在神的经纶中，惟一算得数的，乃是神自己作到我们里面。我盼望你们许多人能说，『我对圣经知道得不多，但我只知道一件事；神天天把祂自己分赐到我里面；每一天，神的成分流进来，把我天然的元素带走，用祂神圣的素质来代替。』我有一个极深的负担！这不是在于你好或坏，圣别或不圣别，属灵或不属灵。要紧的乃是你有没有被主摸著过，被主变化过！我们必须乐意敞开自己，说，『主阿，流过我！主，流进来，通过我，也从我流出去；把我一切天然的元素带走。主阿，我恨恶外面的改良，也厌烦外面的改正。我也厌烦了宗教和圣经知识，厌烦了个人属灵。主阿，我为我的光景迫切，因为我太缺少你神圣的素质。我多年来受了不少的教导和「造就」，但我仍然是老样子。』
12I constantly have a bitter taste within me, a bitter feeling concerning today’s Christians. They appear to know much, but actually they are more than ignorant and know nearly nothing. It does not matter what you know. You may know many things, but every part of you may still be mud or wood, indicating that you have not been transformed. We must be transformed by God’s dispensing Himself into our being. Forget your knowledge of the Bible and forget your religion, and just take care of one thing—how much you have been transformed by the living God’s dispensing Himself into you. This is what truly matters. You may be able to recite so many verses in the Bible, yet you yourself mean nothing. Nothing counts in God’secon o my but Himself dispensed into your being. I hope that many of you will be able to say, “I don’t know very much about the Bible. I only know one thing: day by day God is dispensing Himself into me. Every day, something of God flows in to carry away my natural element and to replace it with His divine essence.” I am deeply burdened! It does not matter whether you are good or bad, holy or unholy, spiritual or unspiritual. The only thing that matters is whether or not you have been touched by the Lord and have been transformed. We must be willing to open ourselves and say, “Lord, get through. Lord, flow in, through, and out of me and carry away every particle of my natural element. Lord, I hate the outward improvement and am tired of being corrected outwardly. I am tired of religion and Bible knowledge. I am tired of being individually spiritual. Lord, I am desperate about my condition because I have so little of Your divine essence. I have been taught and edified’ for years. But still I am what I am
真正的弟兄相爱
TRUE BROTHERLY LOVE
13非拉铁非的召会一直被人大大的误解。不错，这是弟兄相爱的召会，但这是怎样的爱？光是外面互相拥抱一下，就是真正的弟兄相爱么？不，弟兄相爱乃是基督自己作到我们里面，并从我们活出来。在豫表上，我们天然的爱就像蜜，是绝不蒙神悦纳的。天然生命和天然的爱不是乳香，乃是蜜，在神的眼中是可憎的。神憎恨天然的爱就像憎恨面酵一样。真正的弟兄相爱，是那作到我们里面之基督的彰显。我们天然的素质和元素需要被神圣生命的流带走，而代之以神圣的元素。
13The church in Philadelphia has been greatly misunderstood. Yes, it is the church of brotherly love. But what kind of love is this? Is it a mere outward embracing of one another? Is that genuine brotherly love? No, brotherly love is Christ Himself wrought into our being and lived out of us. In typology, our natural love is like honey and will never be accepted by God. The natural life and the natural love are not frankincense; they are the honey that is hateful in the eyes of God. Natural brotherly love is just as hateful to God as leaven is. Real brotherly love is the expression of the Christ who has been wrought into our being. Our natural essence and element must be carried away by the flow of the divine life and replaced with God’s divine element.
叫我们成为柱子的意义
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF BEING MADE A PILLAR
14主叫我们成为柱子，并且在我们上面写上名字，其意义是甚么？主怎样能使我们这些天然的、木头的、泥土的人成为柱子？惟一的路是藉著变化我们，就是带走我们天然的元素，代之以祂神圣的素质。三章十二节的『我要叫他，』意思就是以创新的方式，将我们构成一种情形；这就是变化。今天我们要在主的恢复里作祂的见证，光合乎圣经是不彀的。为著完成神永远的定旨，我们都必须向主说，『主阿，我在这里，我看见了我需要你来石化的异象。我本是木头，需要被你石化。主阿，流过我，把我一切天然的所是带走，并以你自己来代替。』
14What is the significance of being made a pillar and of being written upon by the Lord? How can the Lord make us, who are so natural, being wood or mud, into pillars? The only way is by transforming us, that is, by carrying away our natural element and by replacing it with His divine essence. The meaning of the word make in 3:12 is to constitute us into something, to construct us in a creative way. This is transformation. As the Lord’s testimony in His recovery today, it is inadequate merely to be scriptural. For the fulfillment of God’s eternal purpose, we all must say, “Lord, I am here. I have seen the vision that I need Your petrification. I am wood and need to be petrified by You. Lord, flow through me and carry away all my natural being and replace it with Yourself
15给非拉铁非召会的信，对神的儿女来说，从来没有像今天这样的开启过。已过这么多年来，基督徒对神的变化和建造缺少真正的经历。因此，没有人能明白三章十二节。我再说，惟有藉著经历，我们才开始认识这节的意义。今天在正确的召会生活里，主正在叫我们这些仅仅是木头的，成为神殿中的柱子。这句话很简单，但是意义却很深奥。在非拉铁非的召会中，主不是要改正我们，甚至也不是仅仅焚烧我们。祂正在把我们这些人，不论是新的、是老的，都作成神殿中的柱子。这当然是件大事。主能完成这事，惟一的路就是藉著成为我们里面神圣的流。在这件事上，连主都不能作得太快。祂忍耐著，把祂自己作到我们里面，作为神圣的流，不是在外面改正我们的行为，乃是带走我们天然的素质。神不是仅仅要我们在行为上有所改良。今天，主的心意乃是要有正当的召会生活。因此，祂非常著急，盼望在这一刻，就进到我们里面。不要等到明天，也不要理会别人，单看你自已。主在召会中的工作，就是要将祂自己作到你里面，作为神圣的流，带走你天然的所是，而代之以祂神圣的本质，好使你逐渐被祂那变化的元素所变化。这就是我们所需要的。神变化我们的时候，我们就成为另一种情形，成为宝贵的材料，为著祂的建造。我们越变成这种材料，祂就越要把我们建造在祂的建造里。最终，这建造要成为新耶路撒冷。
15The epistle to the church in Philadelphia has never been as open to the Lord’s children as it is today. Throughout the years, Christians have lacked the genuine experience of God’s transformation and building. Due to this lack, there has been no understanding of 3:12. Again I say that it is only through experience that we have begun to realize the significance of this verse. Today in the proper church life the Lord is making us, mere pieces of wood, into pillars in the temple of God. This sentence is simple, but its significance is profound. In the church in Philadelphia the Lord is not correcting us or even just burning us. He is in the process of making us, old ones and new ones alike, into a pillar in the temple of God. This certainly means something. The only way the Lord can accomplish this is by being the divine flow within us. Not even the Lord can do a quick work in this matter. He patiently works Himself into us as the divine flow, not to correct our outward behavior but to carry away our natural essence. God does not desire the mere improvement of our behavior. Today the Lord desires the proper church life. For this, He is eager to get into us at this very moment. Do not wait until tomorrow and do not wonder about others. Look at yourself. The Lord’s work in the church is to work Himself into you as the divine flow to carry away your natural being and to replace it with His divine substance that you may gradually be processed by His transforming element. This is all we need. As God is transforming us, we shall become something else — the precious material for His building. The more we become this material, the more He will build us into His building. Ultimately, this building will become the New Jerusalem.
16主正在标明祂的工作，在上面写上适当的标示。木匠完成了某个物品后，就标上一个名称。那名称标示他作了个甚么东西。同样，主要把我们作成神殿中的柱子。在以后的信息里，我们会看见这殿要扩大成为一座城，整座城将是扩大的殿。因此，成为殿中的柱子，最终就是成为新耶路撒冷的一部分。三章十二节告诉我们，非拉铁非的得胜者，要成为神殿中的柱子，但主写上的标示却不是『神的殿，』而是『新耶路撒冷。』所以到最后，我们不是殿的一部分，而是新耶路撒冷的一部分。主在我们身上创新的工作，乃是使我们成为新耶路撒冷。主迟早要把新耶路撒冷的名，写在我们上面。祂要按祂把我们所作成的，来标明我们。
16The Lord is labeling His work, writing a suitable designation upon it. After a carpenter has finished a certain object, he may put a label on it. That label is the designation of the very thing he has made. Likewise, the Lord is making us a pillar in His temple. In some future messages we shall see that the temple will be enlarged into a city. The whole city will be an enlarged temple. Hence, to be a pillar of the temple eventually is to be a part of the New Jerusalem. In 3:12 we are told that the overcomer in Philadelphia will be made a pillar of the temple, yet the designation the Lord puts upon him is not “the temple of God,” but “the New Jerusalem.” Ultimately, we shall not be part of the temple, but part of the New Jerusalem. What the Lord is making us in a creative way is the New Jerusalem. Sooner or later, the Lord will write the name of the New Jerusalem upon us. He will label us according to what He has made us
并建造的生命
and Building Life of Christ
17这一切都根据于对基督全新的认识与经历。你对基督的经历可能太老旧了。你每逢站起来见证对基督的经历，那都是陈旧的。我们都需要对基督有新的，今天的经历。对基督这新的经历，必定就是祂叫我们成为柱子，并在我们上面写上新耶路撒冷的名。这是全新的经历，因此我们就有祂的新名。只有你知道这名是甚么，因为只有你有产生这个名的经历。我们对基督都当有这些新的经历，好叫我们成为柱子。我盼望我们中间许多认识主多年的人会说，『主，我赞美你，我从来没有发现我需要你的变化。主，这些年来，我一直是个人主义者。但现在求你流过我，带走我天然的个人主义，并且以你的素质来代替。我要被你变化，并在你的身体上和别的肢体建造在一起。主，我恨恶天然和个人主义。我要对那变化和建造的基督有新的经历；我要经历基督变化并建造的生命。』或许你经历了基督拯救的生命，祂的生命曾救你脱离罪和世界；但可能你从未经历过基督变化并建造的生命。你虽然已经从罪和世界里拯救出来，但你有没有经过变化，有没有与别人建造在一起？这些年来，你一直是天然并个人主义的。愿主怜悯我们。我们需要祷告说，『主，开我的眼睛，好叫我看见异象，全新的经历你这变化并建造的生命，叫你有机会将我作成神殿中的柱子，使我能成为新耶路撒冷的一部分。』
17All this is based upon a new realization and experience of Christ. Your experience of Christ may be too old. Whenever you stand up to testify of your experience of Christ, it is old. We all need some new, up - to - date experience of Christ. This new experience of Christ must be His making us a pillar and His writing the name of New Jerusalem upon us. This is a new experience, and because of it we have His new name. Only you know what this name is, for only you have had the experiences that produced it. We all must have these new experiences of Christ that we might become a pillar. I hope that many of us who have known the Lord for so long will say, “Lord, I praise You. I have never realized that I need Your transformation. Lord, I have been an individualist for all these years. But now I ask You to flow through me and carry away my natural individuality and to replace it with Your essence. I want to be transformed and built by You with other members in Your Body. Lord, I hate being natural and individualistic. I want to have some new experiences of the transforming and building Christ. I want to experience the transforming and building life of Christ.” Perhaps you have experienced the saving life of Christ. His life has saved you from sin and worldliness. But perhaps you have never experienced Christ’s transforming and building life. Although you have been saved from sin and the world, have you been transformed and have you been built up with others? Through the years, you have been natural and individualistic. May the Lord have mercy on us. We need to pray, “Lord, open my eyes that I may see a vision and experience You in a new way as the transforming and building life, that You may have the opportunity to make me a pillar in God’stem ple and that I may become apart of the New Jerusalem.”