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出埃及记生命读经 · 第113篇

帐幕的外院子（四）

The court of the tabernacle (4)
1读经： 出埃及记二十七章十四至十六节，十九节。
1Scripture Reading: Exo. 27:14-16, 19
二十三 享受神圣的性情
Enjoying the divine nature
2帐幕和帐幕的外院子有神彰显的两方面。外面看来，神的彰显是义，这是由细麻所表征的。里面看来，神的彰显乃是圣，是由金子所表征的。我们怎么能彀进入神义的范围、领域中？惟有经过神的审判之门，在那里与我们有关的每样东西都受了审判，我们才能彀进入这个范围。然后我们就有资格来背负神的义，作为祂的彰显。
2With the tabernacle and the court of the tabernacle, there are two aspects of God’s expression. Outwardly, God’s expression is righteousness, signified by the linen. Inwardly, God’s expression is holiness, signified by the gold. How can we enter into the realm, the sphere, of God’s righteousness? We enter into this realm only by passing through the gate of God’s judgment, where everything related to us is judged. Then we are qualified to bear God’s righteousness as His expression.
3不但如此，我们也有立场、道路和凭借好进到金子里，进到神的性情里，并享受神圣的性情作我们的一切。我们已经指出，在圣所和至圣所里，每样东西都是金的。这表征神的性情是我们的一切。因着享受神圣的性情，我们就有神内里的彰显，也就是神性情、本质的彰显─圣。神外面的彰显与祂的所作、祂的行事有关。神内里的彰显与祂的所是、祂的实质有关。在至圣所里就是在神精金的性情里。
3Furthermore, we also have the ground, the way, and the means to enter into the gold, into God’s nature, and to enjoy the divine nature as everything to us. As we have pointed out, in the Holy Place and in the Holy of Holies everything is golden. This signifies that God’s nature is everything to us. By enjoying the divine nature, we have the inward expression of God, that is, holiness as the expression of God’s nature, of God’s being. God’s outward expression is related to what He does, His doings. God’s inward expression is related to what He is, to His being. To be in the Holy of Holies is to be in God’s golden nature.
二十四 对审判的经历
The experience of judgment
4我盼望我们都能彀了解一些关乎神审判要紧的事。每一个进到神建造里的人，都必须受审判。离了审判之门，我们就无法进入神的建造里。我们乃是藉着神的审判进到祂的居所里。
4I hope that we all shall realize something vital concerning God’s judgment. Everyone who desires to come into God’s building must be judged. Apart from the gate of judgment, there is no way for us to enter into God’s building. It is through the judgment of God that we enter into His house.
5约翰福音十六章八节说，实际的灵“要叫世人为罪、为义、为审判，自己责备自己。”这意思是说，祂要积极地在世人身上施行神的审判，不是要叫世人沉沦，而是要叫他们得救。真正的悔改乃是在神的审判之下，每当人悔改的时候，就是把自己摆在神的审判之下。惟有对审判的经历，才能保守我们的属灵生活和教会生活稳固不移。
5John 16:8 says that the Spirit of reality “will convict the world concerning sin, and concerning righteousness, and concerning judgment.” This means that He will exercise God’s judgment on the world in a positive way, not that people may perish, but that they may be saved. True repentance is to be under God’s judgment. Whenever a person repents, he places himself under the judgment of God. Only the experience of judgment can keep our spiritual life and our church life stable.
二十五 在神审判之下的生活
A life under God’s judgment
6正当的为人生活乃是一直在审判之下的生活。夫妻要有美满的婚姻生活，双方都必须一直过着受审判的生活。但如果丈夫一直想要称义自己，他的婚姻就会出难处。分居和离婚的基本原因乃是自以为义。每当丈夫觉得他是义的，他在各方面、在凡事上都是对的，他自然会定罪妻子。如果妻子有这样的态度，她就会定罪丈夫。结果，他们就不可能再住在一起了。丈夫称义自己、定罪妻子，妻子也称义自己、定罪丈夫，这就使美满的婚姻生活被破坏了。
6A proper human life is a life constantly under judgment. In order to have a pleasant married life, both the husband and the wife need to live a life that is always being judged. But if a husband tries to justify himself all the time, he will have problems with his marriage. A basic cause of separation and divorce is self-justification. Whenever a husband feels that he is justified, that he is right in every way and in everything, he will automatically condemn his wife. If she is one who has such an attitude, she will condemn her husband. As a result, it will be impossible for them to stay together any longer. The husband justifies himself and condemns the wife, and the wife justifies herself and condemns the husband. This makes a pleasant married life impossible.
7但假设丈夫所定罪的是自己，觉得在他里头没有良善，连他的好意也不为神所悦纳 。因着主的怜悯和恩典，他留在神的审判之下。然后他会对自己说：“我的妻子有没有错不是我的事，我所关心的乃是留在神的审判之下。”如果夫妻都有这种态度，彼此就会有甜美的感觉，并且要享受非常美满的婚姻生活。
7But suppose the husband condemns himself and feels that there is nothing good in him, that not even his good intentions are acceptable to God. By the Lord’s mercy and grace, he remains under God’s judgment. Then he will say to himself, “Whether or not my wife is wrong is not my business. My concern is to remain under God’s judgment.” If both the husband and wife have this attitude, they will have a good feeling toward each other, and they will enjoy a very pleasant married life.
8在教会生活里，我们也必须在神的审判之下。倘若我们称义自己，就无法留在教会生活里。我愈称义自己，我就愈定罪别人。最终。我会离开教会。那些称义自己、定罪别人的人，无法和别人相处。在教会里，神的路乃是审判。
8In the church life we also need to be under God’s judgment. If we justify ourselves, we shall not be able to stay in the church life. The more I justify myself, the more I shall condemn others. Eventually, I shall leave the church. Those who justify themselves and condemn others are not able to stay with others. In the church God’s way is the way of judgment.
二十六 彰显神的义
Expressing the righteousness of God
9我们完全在神的审判之下以后，神的义就会彰显在我们身上。不论是教会生活或是婚姻生活都是这样。如果一位弟兄和他的妻子甘愿在神的审判之下，神的义自然而然就会在他们身上。别人拜访他们的家，就能彀看见神的义。但如果丈夫称义自己，妻子也称义自己，那么他们家里的访客就看不见神的义了。反之，他们会看见己的两种强烈彰显。
9After we have been under God’s judgment in a full way, the righteousness of God will be expressed upon us. This is true both in the church life and in married life. If a brother and his wife are willing to be under God’s judgment, spontaneously God’s righteousness will be upon them. Others who visit their home will be able to see the righteousness of God. But if the husband justifies himself and the wife justifies herself, then visitors in their home will not see anything of God’s righteousness. Instead, they will see two strong expressions of the self.
二十七 铜、银、麻
Bronze, silver, and linen
10帐幕外院子门的成分是铜、银和麻，门是由这三种成分构成的。铜是基本的材料，用于带卯的座和柱子。带卯的座是为着根基，而柱子是为着立场。我们已经看见，柱顶要用银包裹。这些柱顶是一个冠冕，指明救赎是神审判的冠冕。神的审判带来救赎，而救赎以荣耀为神审判的冠冕。不但如此，用来连系细麻和柱子的钩子是银作的，杆子也是银作的。藉着这些钩子和杆子，柱子就能彀站立，成为一个实体来维系住细麻。
10The elements of the gate of the court of the tabernacle are bronze, silver, and linen. The gate is constituted of these three elements. The bronze used in the sockets and the pillars is the basic material. The sockets are for the base, and the pillars are for standing. We have seen that the capitals on top of the pillars were overlaid with silver. These capitals were a crown and indicate that redemption crowns God’s judgment. God’s judgment brings forth redemption, and redemption crowns God’s judgment with glory. Furthermore, the hooks used for holding the linen to the pillars were of silver, and the connecting rods were also of silver. By means of these hooks and rods, the pillars could stand as one entity to hold the linen.
11我们已经强调过，麻是表征神的义这件事实。因此，这里有神的审判和基督的救赎，作为一个冠冕来保守神的义。这就是神建造的正面。
11We have emphasized the fact that the linen signifies the righteousness of God. Therefore, here we have God’s judgment with the redemption of Christ as a crown to hold God’s righteousness. This is the front of God’s building.
12罪人在这个建造外面听见福音而悔改的时候，藉着实际的灵就经历到一种里面的定罪。实际的灵作工在他们身上，责备他们，并使他们定罪自己。这便引导他们在神面前悔改，他们晓得，因着他们堕落了，就必须在神的审判之下。
12When sinners outside this building hear the glad tidings and repent, they experience an inward convicting through the Spirit of reality. The Spirit of reality works on them to convict them and to cause them to condemn the self. This leads them to repent before God; they realize that, because they are fallen, they must be under God’s judgment.
13我们这些堕落的受造之物，没有甚么可以让神称义的。因这缘故，保罗在罗马书里 说，凡有血气的没有一个能在神面前称义。（罗三20。）反之，整个旧造都必须被神所审判、所定罪。倘若我们顺服这个神圣的审判和定罪，我们同时就经历到基督的救赎。然后，我们会看见，基督不光是为我们的罪死了，也是为我们死了。我们如果明白了这一点，救赎就要作我们的冠冕，并使我们联于神的义。换句话说，救赎带来神的义，作为我们的彰显。
13With us fallen creatures, there is nothing that can be justified by God. For this reason, Paul says in Romans that no flesh shall be justified before God (Rom. 3:20). Rather, the entire old creation must be judged, condemned, by God. If we submit to this divine judgment and condemnation, we shall simultaneously experience the redemption of Christ. Then we shall see that Christ died not only for our sins, but also for us. When we realize this, redemption crowns us and links us to God’s righteousness. In other words, redemption brings in the righteousness of God as our expression.
14首先我们被神所审判，然后蒙基督所救赎，如今基督成为神的义，挂在我们身上。我们背负神的义，作为神的彰显和见证。因此，我们乃是神所审判、基督所救赎的人。对别人来说，我们乃是教会，要成为神的见证。我们仍然是人，但我们是受了审判、蒙了救赎，并联于神的义的人，背负着基督作为神的彰显。如今我们背负着三一神作为我们的见证。
14First we are judged by God and then redeemed by Christ. Christ now hangs upon us as God’s righteousness. We bear the righteousness of God as the expression and testimony of God. Therefore, we are those judged by God and redeemed by Christ. With others, we are the church to become a testimony of God. We remain human beings, but we are human beings who have been judged, redeemed, and linked to God’s righteousness, bearing Christ as God’s expression. Now we bear the Triune God as our testimony.
二十八 传扬高品的福音
Preaching an uplifted gospel
15我们都必须学习照着外院子门的豫表所启示的来传扬福音；我们必须运用信心来传扬这种高品的福音。我们所传的福音，不该降低到我们以为是人所能懂的标准上。我 们许多人向不信的人传讲真理的时候，没有把人带到福音的标准上，反而降低了福音的思想。以往有好多年我传福音的时候，就是这么作。我晓得听众中有许多人是异教徒，有些人是佛教徒；他们不认识神，不懂得福音的事，也从来没有听过耶稣基督的名。因着我考虑到他们的光景，我就没有传扬高品的福音。到中国去的传教士也有这种作法，他们里面认为中国人无法了解救赎、称义、重生这类的事，这便降低了他们传福音的标准。这是一个错误。我们必须晓得，在人里头有一种神所创造的本能、才 干，为着接受神，并接受、领会祂的福音。
15We all need to learn to preach the gospel according to what is revealed in the typology of the gate of the outer court. We must exercise our faith to preach such an uplifted gospel. We should not preach a gospel that has been lowered down to what we think is the level of people’s understanding. Instead of bringing people up to the level of the gospel, many of us have lowered the thought of the gospel when presenting the truth to unbelievers. For years, I did this when I preached the gospel. I realized that many of those in the audience were pagans. Some were Buddhists. They did not know God, they did not know anything about the gospel, and they had never heard the name of Jesus Christ. Because I considered their situation, I did not preach an uplifted gospel. Missionaries to China also had this practice. Deep within, they had the thought that the Chinese people were not able to understand such matters as redemption, justification, and regeneration. This caused them to lower the level of their gospel preaching. This is a mistake. We need to realize that within man there is a God-created talent, ability, to receive God and to receive and understand His gospel.
16教育界人士都晓得，孩子们所具有的理解力，比老师们先前认为他们所能了解的还多；小孩子所能了解的程度，往往过于老师们所知道的。照样，不信者对福音所能了解的，也过于我们所晓得的。每当我们传福音的时候，必须相信神给听的人创造了一种本能、才干，来接受并领略福音的信息。我们的传福音必须改进；我们应当传扬高品的福音，绝不能把观念降低。
16People in the educational sphere have learned that children have the ability to understand more than teachers formerly thought they could understand. Just as children are often able to understand more than their teachers realize, so unbelievers can understand more of the gospel than we realize. Whenever we preach the gospel, we must believe that those listening were created by God with a certain ability, a talent, to receive and understand the message of the gospel. We need to improve our gospel preaching. We should preach an uplifted gospel and never lower the concept.
17有时候我们传的福音太简单了。我们也许会强调一个点：没有基督，生活就是徒然的，人也是虚空的，但有了基督，就有实际。我们必须传扬高品的福音，比神救恩的开端涵盖得更多。因着神创造人的方式，这会满足人里头的饥渴、也会激起听者的兴趣，再来听福音的传讲。不然，他们只会来一次。他们喝了一杯淡而无味的水，就不 想再来了。
17Sometimes our preaching of the gospel has been too simple. We may emphasize one point: without Christ life is vain and people are empty, but with Christ there is reality. We need to preach an uplifted gospel, a gospel that covers more than the ABC’s of God’s salvation. This will satisfy the hunger and thirst that is within man because of the way God created him. It will also stir up the interest of those who hear to come again to hear the preaching of the gospel. Otherwise, they may come just once. Having received a cup of plain, tasteless water, they will not care to come again.
18我鼓励在众教会里领头的人，能彀交通到怎样传福音，尤其是如何丰富并拔高我们福音的信息。我不是说我们必须释放长篇大论的信息，甚至在相当简短的信息里，我 们也能彀叙述一些扎实而拔高的东西。
18I would encourage the leading ones in all the churches to fellowship concerning the presentation of the gospel, especially how to enrich and uplift our gospel messages. I am not saying that it is necessary to give a long lecture or sermon. Even in a rather short message we can present something solid and uplifted.
19人是为着神造的，他里头有能力来领会神的事，并且渴慕这些事。因此，我们来传高品福音的时候，必须相信听者会有能力来领会我们所说的。
19Man was created for God, and within him there is the ability to understand the things of God, and there is a hunger for these things. Therefore, as we preach the gospel in an uplifted way, we must believe that the hearers have the ability to understand what we are saying.
20福音布道家如乔治怀特腓（George Whitefield）和查理斐尼（Charles Finney），有能力把人唤醒到神面前。怀特腓每天祷告，有时候祷告好几个小时。结果，和他接触的人就经历到一种奋兴。查理斐尼也是这样。据说有一次他访问一家工厂，他一进到一个房间，注视那些工人的时候，有些人就开始哭泣。这是唤醒的能力。然而，我在本篇信息中不是论到福音的能力，而是说到福音信息的内容。我们必须丰富并拔高传福音的话语。
20Gospel preachers such as George Whitefield and Charles Finney had the ability to awaken people to God. Whitefield prayed daily, sometimes for hours. As a result, the people who came into contact with him experienced an awakening. The same was true of Charles Finney. I was told that once he visited a factory. As soon as he entered a certain room and looked at the workers, some of them began to weep. This is the awakening power. However, in this message I am speaking not about the power of the gospel, but about the content of the gospel messages. We need to enrich and uplift the word of our gospel preaching.
二十九 认识并经历福音
Knowing and experiencing the gospel
21如果我们要传扬高品的福音，我们自己就必须认识并经历福音所有的内涵。我们尤其必须认识帐幕外院子的门所豫表的福音真理。我们必须认识三和四这些数字的意义，以及铜、银、麻这些材料、素质的意义。我们必须认识审判、救赎和义，并认识三一神是一位审判的神、救赎的神、义的神。正如外院子的门所指明的，三一神是与人有关的。这种关连有审判、救赎和义的素质。我们传福音的时候，必须宣告神是这样的一位神。
21If we would preach an uplifted gospel, we ourselves must know and experience all the contents of the gospel. In particular, we need to know the truths of the gospel typified by the gate of the court of the tabernacle. We need to know the significance of the numbers three and four and of the materials, the elements, of bronze, silver, and linen. We need to know judgment, redemption, and righteousness, and to know that the Triune God is a God of judgment, redemption, and righteousness. As the gate of the court indicates, the Triune God is involved with man. This involvement has the elements of judgment, redemption, and righteousness. As we preach the gospel, we need to declare that God is such a God.
22本篇信息是我们对帐幕本身研究的结论。下一篇信息我们要来看点灯和祭司的衣服。我盼望我们都能铭记神建造的清楚图画。这幅图画比千言万语还要有帮助。我们不但该看见这幅图画，也该把它深深刻在我们全人里面。然后我们对于铜、银、金、麻，就会有恰当的领会。为着帐幕、外院子和门的这幅图画，我们阿利路亚！
22With this message we conclude our study of the tabernacle itself. Next we shall consider the lighting of the lamps and the priestly garments. I hope that we shall all be impressed with a clear picture of God’s building. This picture will be more helpful than thousands of words. Not only should we see this picture; we should have it impressed deeply into our being. Then we shall have the proper understanding of the bronze, the silver, the gold, and the linen. Hallelujah for this picture of the tabernacle, the court, and the gate!