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马太福音生命读经 · 第10篇

王的受膏（三）

THE KING’S ANOINTING (3)
1在本篇信息里，我们来到王实际的受膏。（太三13～17。）
1In this message we come to the actual anointing of the King (3:13-17
贰 、受膏
II. ANOINTED
一 、藉著受浸
A. Through Baptism
2马太三章十三节说，『当下，耶稣从加利利出来，到约但河约翰那里，要受他的浸。』这节的两个关键辞是加利利和约但河。这节不是说，耶稣从伯利恒出来，到耶路撒冷成圣；乃是说，祂从加利利出来，到约但河受浸。我们需要来看『从加利利出来，到约但河。』这句话的意义。我们不容易明白，为甚么耶稣不从伯利恒出来，却从加利利出来；又为甚么不到耶路撒冷，却到约但河。我们也需要明白，为甚么祂到一个『野』人，约翰那里，不到有文化的宗教徒，大祭司那里。
2Verse 13 says, “Then came Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan unto John to be baptized by him.” Two of the crucial words in this verse are Galilee and Jordan. This verse does not say that Jesus came from Bethlehem to Jerusalem to be sanctified. It says He came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized. We need to consider the significance of the phrase “from Galilee to the Jordan.” It is not easy to see why Jesus came not from Bethlehem but from Galilee and not to Jerusalem but to the Jordan. We also need to see why He came to John, who was a “wild” person, not to the high priest, who would have been a cultured and religious
3不仅如此，我们还需要知道，为甚么神来是要受浸，不是要成圣。
3person. Moreover, we need to know why He came to be baptized, not to be sanctified
1. 从加利利出来
1. Coming from Galilee
4在新约里，加利利是受藐视的地区，表征弃绝。耶稣不是从伯利恒出来，因为当时伯利恒是受尊敬并欢迎的地方。你若是从伯利恒出来，人人都会尊敬你，并且热烈欢迎你：但你若是从加利利出来，人人都会藐视你，弃绝你。耶稣从这样一个受藐视并弃绝的地方出来。这地方不是神所弃绝的，乃是宗教和文化所弃绝的。所有来到主恢复里的人，都不是来自伯利恒，乃是来自加利利。不要想从受尊敬并热烈欢迎的地方来，乃要从受宗教和文化所藐视并弃绝的地方来。即使一个国家的总统走召会的路，他也必须是从加利利出来，到约但河的人。我曾多年留意、观察，看见那些转向召会之路的高阶层人士，受今天的宗教和文化所藐视并弃绝。你若仍受今天的宗教和文化所尊敬并欢迎，我相当确信你并没有在从加利利到约但河的路上。从加利利到约但河馋是召会正确的路。今天召会生活的路不是从伯利恒到耶路撒冷，乃是从加利利到约但河。
4In the New Testament, Galilee, a despised region, signifies rejection. Jesus did not come from Bethlehem because at that time Bethlehem was a place of honor and welcome. If you came out of Bethlehem, everyone would honor you and give you a warm welcome. But if you came from Galilee, everyone would despise you and reject you. Jesus came from such a despised and rejected place. This place was not rejected by God, but it was rejected by religion and culture. All those who come to the Lord’s recovery do not come from Bethlehem; rather, they come from Galilee. Do not try to come from a place of honor and warm welcome, but come from a place that is despised and rejected by religion and culture. Even if the president of a nation took the way of the church, he would also have to be one coming from Galilee to the Jordan. Throughout my years of watching and observing, I have seen that those of a high rank who turned to the way of the church were despised and rejected by today’s religion and culture. I am quite certain that if you are still honored and welcomed by today’s religion and culture, you are not on the way from Galilee to the Jordan. The way from Galilee to the Jordan is the correct way for the church. The way of today’s church life is not from Bethlehem to Jerusalem; it is from Galilee to the Jordan.
5召会的路是窄路。即使每个基督教的组织对主的恢复都没有反对，反而有很高的评价，转向召会之路的人数仍会与今天大致相同，只因为召会的路是窄路。有些人想到召会，也许会说，『这是诸天的国，当然这条路必定很高。』这条路虽高，却不是照著你的观念。这乃是从加利利到约但河的高速公路。
5The way of the church is a narrow way. Even if there were no opposition to the Lord’s recovery but rather a high appraisal from every Christian organization, the number of those who would turn to the way of the church would still be about the same as it is today, simply because the way of the church is a narrow way. When some consider the church, they may say, “This is the kingdom of the heavens. Certainly this way must be very high.” Although this way is high, it is not high according to your concept. Instead, it is a highway from Galilee to the Jordan
2. 来到约但河
2. Coming to Jordan
6我们曾指出，约但河是埋葬和复活的地方。因此，约但河表征了结和新生的起头。以色列人行经旷野约四十年，最终他们都被埋葬在约但河里。因此，约但河了结了他们，结束了他们在旷野飘流的历史，并且了结了飘流的时代。然而，约但河也给他们新的开始，因约但河给他们新生的起头，把他们引进新的时代。约但河把以色列人带出旷野，引进美地；美地就是基督。这就是约但河的意义。
6As we have pointed out, Jordan was a place of burial and resurrection. Thus, Jordan signifies termination and germination. The children of Israel traveled through the wilderness for about forty years, and eventually they were all buried in the Jordan River. Hence, the Jordan terminated them, ended their history of wandering in the wilderness, and terminated the age of wandering. But the Jordan also gave them a new beginning, for it germinated them and ushered them into a new age. It was the Jordan that brought the children of Israel out of the wilderness and into the good land, which is Christ. This is the significance of the Jordan
7今天在召会生活中，我们的路就是从加利利到约但河，从弃绝到了结和复活。我们都需要对那些藐视并弃绝我们的人说，『别了。我不寻求受你们的欢迎，我要到一个我能被了结并有新生起头的地方。』在召会生活中没有尊荣，却有了结。一天过一天，我们被了结。在召会中，我们彼此了结。我们天天，甚至时时彼此了结。但被了结是一件美事。了结不是结束，乃是开始，因为了结总是导致新生的起头。所以我们能见证，每次的了结都成为新生的起头。
7In the church life our way today is the way from Galilee to the Jordan, the way from rejection to termination and resurrection. We all need to say to those who despise and reject us, “Farewell. I shall not seek to be welcomed by you. I am going to the place where I can be terminated and germinated.” In the church life there is no honor; instead, there is termination. Day by day we are terminated. In the church we have a mutual termination. We terminate one another every day, even every hour. But it is a good thing to be terminated. Termination is not the end; it is the beginning, because termination always leads to germination. Therefore, we can testify that every termination becomes a germination
8有时候姊妹们说，『李弟兄，召会生活很美妙，但对我们姊妹常常很为难。我们知道弟兄是头，姊妹必须服从他们。弟兄们很好，但他们太强了，我们简直无法接受。好多次他们几乎把我们杀了。、』每当我听到这话，我就说，『那不是很好么?被了结是多么的好！姊妹们被弟兄们杀了不是很好么？』
8Sometimes the sisters say, “Brother Lee, the church life is wonderful, but it is often difficult for us sisters. We know that the brothers are the head and that we sisters must submit to them. The brothers are good, but they are too strong. We just cannot take it. Many times they have nearly killed us.” Whenever I hear this, I say, “Isn’t that good? How good it is to be terminated. Isn’t it good for the sisters to be killed by the brothers?”
9几年前，我应邀去某个召会，那里的弟兄告诉我，姊妹很情绪化，并且满了意见，他们发觉很难和姊妹有交通。他们简直不知道如何处理这种局面。几天以后，一些有问题的姊妹邀我共餐。她们这么作，目的是要得著机会表达她们的意见。她们告诉我，她们的忍耐被耗尽了，因为弟兄们太强了。她们要我给她们往前的路。几天之前，我因弟兄受压，但现在我因姊妹受压。我看见这样对弟兄姊妹彼此都是严肃而可怕的了结。弟兄和姊妹都在被了结。但这种彼此了结是非常积极的。你不爱被了结么？你在召会生活中若从未被了结，你自己就要豫备好。我能向你保证，在召会生活中，我们都要被了结，因为我们都在从加利利到约但河的路上。
9A few years ago I was invited to a certain church. The brothers there told me that the sisters were so emotional and opinionated that they found it very difficult to have fellowship with them. They simply did not know how to handle the situation. Several days later some of the very sisters in question invited me to lunch. Their purpose in doing so was to have an opportunity to express their opinion. They told me their patience was exhausted because the brothers were so strong. They wanted me to give them the way to go on. Several days earlier I had been pressed by the brothers, but now I was being pressed by the sisters. I saw what a serious and terrible termination that was for both the brothers and the sisters. Both the brothers and the sisters were being terminated. But that mutual termination is very positive. Do you not love to be terminated? If you have never been terminated in the church life, get yourself prepared. I can assure you that in the church life we all shall be terminated, because we are on the way from Galilee to the Jordan
10新人进入召会生活的时候可能会说，『阿利路亚！我已经看见了召会生活！太美妙了！』每当我听见这话，我里面就说，『不错，召会生活很美妙，但等著瞧，迟早这美妙的召会生活要把你了结。、』在召会生活中，我曾多次被了结。我至少经历了十次大了结。在烟台、上海、台北、马尼拉、洛杉矶和安那翰，我都被了结。奇妙的召会生活是了结的生活。美妙的召会生活把我们都了结了。要豫备好被了结。刚在召会生活中不久的人可能还在度召会蜜月。蜜月很甜美。但每对结了婚的夫妇都知道，蜜月最终转为了结。几乎每个丈夫都了结过自己的妻子，每个妻子也都了结过自己的丈夫。但这了结是非常积极的，因为这了结带进新生的起头。阿利路亚，了结产生复活！
10When new ones come into the church life, they may say, “Hallelujah! I have seen the church life! How wonderful!” Whenever I hear this, I say within, “Yes, it is wonderful, but wait awhile. Sooner or later, this wonderful church life will terminate you.” In the church life I have been terminated dozens of times. I have experienced at least ten major terminations. I was terminated in Chefoo, Shanghai, Taipei, Manila, Los Angeles, and Anaheim. The marvelous church life is surely a terminating life. The wonderful church life terminates us all. Be prepared to be terminated. Those who have been in the church life for just a short time are probably still on their church honeymoon. The honeymoon is fine. But as every married couple knows, the honeymoon eventually turns into termination. Nearly every husband has terminated his wife, and every wife has terminated her husband. But this termination is very positive because it brings in germination. Hallelujah, termination issues in resurrection
11召会生活诚然很美妙，但不是照著我们观念的那种美妙。这种美妙的召会生活迟早要把我们全都了结。牠要把你了结，并使你有新生的起头。我向你保证，你的一切所是、所有、所能，都要被了结。在召会中，可能需要十年之久来成就这事。那些在召会中已经十年的人能见证，他们这人的每一部分都已被了结。我们留在召会中越久，就越被了结。起初，被了结的经历很苦，后来却成为甜美的。今天对我而言，被了结是甜美的。在召会生活中多年经历被了结之后，你会乐于被了结。起初，你在召会生活中被了结时，会觉得很羞耻。然而逐渐的，了结对你成为甜美的经历。我们都在从加利利到约但河的路上，从弃绝之地到了结之地。
11The church life truly is wonderful, but not wonderful according to our concept. The wonderful church life sooner or later will terminate us all. It will both terminate you and germinate you. I assure you that whatever you are, whatever you have, and whatever you can do will all be terminated. It may take a history of ten years in the church to accomplish this. Those who have been in the church for ten years can testify that every part of their being has been terminated. The longer we stay in the church, the more we are terminated. At first, the experience of termination is bitter. But later it becomes sweet. For me today it is sweet to be terminated. After a number of years of being terminated in the church life, you will be happy to be terminated. At first when you are terminated in the church life, you feel ashamed. Gradually, however, it becomes a sweet experience for you. We are on the way from Galilee to the Jordan, from the place of rejection to the place of termination.
12在这了结之地，我们遇见了王。召会生活乃是我们遇见祂的地方。从我进入召会生活的时候起，我就一再被带到主面前。一天过一天，召会生活把我带给基督，也把君王基督带给我。最终，国度就在这里。因此，召会生活就是国度。
12It is in this place of termination that we meet the King. Here, in the church life, is where we meet Him. From the time I came into the church life, I have been brought to the Lord again and again. Day after day, the church life brings me to Christ, and it brings Christ the King to me. Eventually, the kingdom is here. This is the reason the church life is the kingdom
13我曾受弟兄会教导说，国度已虚悬起来，直到将来某个时候；我也受他们教导说，今天的召会不是国度。但我在经历中逐渐领悟，每次我被了结，就把我带给王，也把王带给我。在我的经历中，这就是国度的实际。藉著经历我开始认识，召会生活就是国度。我的经历告诉我，我从弟兄会所接受关于国度的教导是不准确的。按照我的经历，我知道我是在国度里。每次我被了结的时候，我就遇见王，国度就在那里。这不是道理的事，乃是经历的事。后来藉著进一步研读新约，我得著了关于国度这事的亮光，我的经历得了证实。现在我能放胆说，按照新约，今天国度就在这里。有些基督教教师，因为还没有被了结，就说国度已虚悬起来，直到将来某个时候。他们还没有带给王，王也还没有带给他们；因此，在他们日常的经历中没有国度。然而，你在从加利利到约但河的路上被了结之后，王和国度都会在这里。
13I was taught by the Brethren that the kingdom had been suspended until a future time. I was also taught that the church today was not the kingdom. But in my experience I gradually realized that every time I was terminated I was brought to the King and the King was brought to me. In my experience this was the reality of the kingdom. It was through experience that I first came to know that the church life is the kingdom. My experience told me that the teaching I received from the Brethren regarding the kingdom was not accurate. According to my experience, I knew I was in the kingdom. Every time I was terminated, I met my King, and the kingdom was present. This is not a matter of doctrine; it is a matter of experience. Later, through further study of the New Testament, I received light on the matter of the kingdom, and my experience was confirmed. Now I can boldly say that according to the New Testament the kingdom is here today. Because they have not been terminated, some Christian teachers say that the kingdom has been suspended until some future time. They have not been brought to the King, and the King has not been brought to them. Thus, in their daily experience they do not have the kingdom. However, after you have been terminated on the way from Galilee to the Jordan, both the King and the kingdom will be present.
3. 受约翰的浸
3. Baptized by John
14主耶稣从加利利出来，到约但河，要受约翰的浸。主耶稣以人的身分，照著神新约的作法，来受约翰的浸。四福音中只有约翰福音没有记载主受浸的事，13因为约翰见证主是神。马太三章十三节不是说，耶稣到约翰那里要成圣，乃是说祂来要受浸。每个基督徒都喜欢成圣，没有人喜欢在被了结并埋葬的意义上受浸。受浸就是被了结。我若告诉你，召会不会使你成圣，却会将你了结，你就会离开召会，并说，『我不要留在这里。我要成圣。我要召会使我更圣别。』但召会首先不是使你圣别，乃是一再将你了结。召会首先不是使人成圣的召会，乃是给人施浸的召会。想想主耶稣的事例。祂是真牧人，牧人总是领头。主耶稣是牧人－王，领头从加利利走到约但河受浸。神不是到约但河来登宝座，乃是被置于死地，被埋葬。
14The Lord Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John. As a man, the Lord Jesus came to be baptized by John the Baptist according to God’s New Testament way. Of the four Gospels only John’s does not give a record of the Lord being baptized, because he testifies that the Lord is God. Verse does not say that Jesus came to John to be sanctified; it says that He came to be baptized. Although every Christian likes to be sanctified, no one likes to be baptized in the sense of being terminated and buried. To be baptized is to be terminated. If I told you that the church will not sanctify you, but rather terminate you, you would turn away from the church and say, “I don’t want to stay here. I want to be sanctified. I want the church to make me more holy.” But the church will not firstly make you more holy; it will terminate you again and again. The church is not firstly a sanctifying church, but a baptizing church. Consider the case of the Lord Jesus. He was the true Shepherd. A shepherd always takes the lead. As the Shepherd-King, the Lord Jesus took the lead to walk from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized. He did not come to the Jordan to be enthroned, but to be put to death, to be buried.
4. 尽全般的义
4. To Fulfill All Righteousness
15马太三章十四、十五节说，『约翰想要拦住祂，说，我当受你的浸，你反到我这里来么？耶稣回答说，你暂且容许我罢，因为我们理当这样尽全般的义。于是约翰容许了祂。』约翰不很明白，他希奇耶稣怎能受他的浸，他以为他当受耶稣的浸。这指明约翰多多少少还在他天然的生命里。虽然他三十多年来一直浸透在圣灵里，但一些天然的元素仍然存留。他在十四节的话是照著他天然的观念说出来的。因此，主回答他时似乎说，『你必须容许我受浸，不要用你天然的观念拦阻我。不要以为因著我能力比你更大，我就不需要受你的浸。容许我受浸罢，这样我们才能尽全般的义。』
15Verses 14 and 15 say, “But John would have prevented Him, saying, I have need to be baptized by You, and You are coming to me? But Jesus answering said to him, Permit it now, for in this way it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he permitted Him.” John did not understand very well, He wondered how Jesus could be baptized by him, and he thought that he should have been baptized by Jesus. This indicates that John was still somewhat in his natural life. Although he had been soaked in the Holy Spirit for more than thirty years, some natural element still remained. His word in verse 14 was uttered according to his natural concept. Thus, in answering him the Lord seemed to say, “You must permit Me to be baptized. Don’t frustrate Me by your natural concept. Do not think that because I am mightier than you I don’t need to be baptized by you. Permit Me to be baptized so that we may fulfill all righteousness
16义就是照著神所命定的作法生活、行事、为人，成为对的。在旧约里，遵守神所赐的律法就是义。现在神差遣施浸者约翰来设立浸，人受浸就是尽了在神面前的义，意即履行了神的要求。主耶稣不是以神的身分，乃是以一个典型的人，一个真以色列人的身分，来到约翰这里。因此，祂必须受浸，遵守神在这时代的安排，否则祂就和神不对了。
16Righteousness is to be right by living, walking, and doing things in the way God has ordained. In the Old Testament, to keep the law that God had given was righteousness. Now God had sent John the Baptist to ordain baptism. To be baptized is also to fulfill righteousness before God, that is, to fulfill the requirement of God. The Lord Jesus came to John, not as God, but as a typical man, a real Israelite. Hence, He must be baptized to keep this dispensational practice of God; otherwise, He would not be right with God
17义就是和神是对的。假定神在屋顶上开了一个门，说这门是进入屋内的正路。任何人不从这门进入屋内，他就和神不对了。也许你会说，『我不愿意从这门进入屋内。照我的观念，这门是错的，前门和边门才是对的。』你的作法在你眼中也许是对的，但在神眼中却不然。义不是你的意见，乃是神的命定。
17Righteousness is a matter of being right with God. Suppose God opens a door in the ceiling of a room and says that this is the proper way to enter the room. Anyone who does not enter the room through that door is not right with God. Perhaps you would say, “I don’t agree with entering the room through that door. According to my concept, this door is not right. The front door or the side door is the right door.” Your way may be right in your eyes, but not in God’s eyes. Righteousness is not a matter of your opinion; it is a matter of God’so rd i nation
18在施浸者约翰的时代，神命定受浸为一条路。任何人要进入诸天的国，必须经过约翰的浸这条路。连耶稣基督也不能例外，连祂也必须经过这条路。否则，祂就缺了经过这门的义。主这样回答之后，约翰就明白了，并为祂施浸。
18At the time of John the Baptist, God ordained baptism as the way. Anyone who wanted to enter the kingdom of the heavens had to pass through the gateway of John’s baptism. Not even Jesus Christ could be an exception. Even He had to pass through this gateway. Otherwise, He would have lacked the righteousness of passing through this doorway. After the Lord answered him in such a way, John understood and baptized Him
19受浸是要在神眼中成为义的。我们这人的了结和新生的起头，就是在神面前的义。人受了浸，已经被了结，并得著新生的起头，和神就是对的。神的经纶就是要了结我们天然的人，并且用新生命使我们得著新生的起头。我们若要和神是对的，就必须在我们天然的生命里被了结，并且藉祂神圣的生命得著新生的起头。了结和新生的起头是最高的义。主耶稣这位属天之国的王领头被了结。这样，在神眼中祂尽了义。因此，祂是建立诸天之国的正确人选。
19To be baptized is to be righteous in the eyes of God. The termination and germination of our being is righteousness before God. One who has been baptized, who has been terminated and germinated, is right with God. God’s economy is to terminate our natural man and germinate us with a new life. If we would be right with God, we must be terminated in our natural life and germinated with His divine life. Termination and germination is the highest righteousness. The Lord Jesus, as the King of the heavenly kingdom, took the lead to be terminated. In this way He fulfilled righteousness in the eyes of God. Thus, He was the right person to establish the kingdom of the heavens.
20主受浸不仅是照著神所命定的，尽了全般的义，也是让自己摆到死与复活里，使祂能彀不以天然的作法，乃以复活的作法来尽职。藉著受浸，祂甚至在实际死而复活的三年半以前，就在复活里生活并尽职了。照著我们的领会，主耶稣是在十字架上被置于死地，第三天复活。但在神眼中，以及照著主的领悟，神在钉十字架约三年半以前，就被置于死地了。在祂开始尽职之前，祂已经被置于死地并且复活了。因此，祂不是以天然的作法尽职。祂的职事完全是在祂复活的生命里。因此，祂进了义门，并且行走在义路上。祂在这路上所行的全都是义。
20The Lord was baptized not only to fulfill righteousness according to God’s ordination, but also to allow Himself to be put into death and resurrection that He might minister, not in a natural way, but in the way of resurrection. By being baptized He lived and ministered in resurrection even before His actual death and resurrection three and a half years later. According to our understanding, the Lord Jesus was put to death on the cross and resurrected on the third day. But in the eyes of God and according to the Lord’s realization, He was put to death three and a half years before His crucifixion. Before He began His ministry, He was already put to death and resurrected. Thus, He did not minister in a natural way. His ministry was absolutely in His resurrection life. Thus, He entered into the gateway of righteousness and walked along the pathway of righteousness. Whatever He did on this pathway was righteous.
21主耶稣再来的时候，许多人要对祂说，『主阿，主阿，我们不是在你的名里豫言过，在你的名里赶鬼过，并在你的名里行过许多异能么?（太七22。）主要对他们说，『我从来不认识你们，你们这些行不法的人，离开我去罢。』（太七23。）主似乎要说，『你是不法的人，我从不称许你，也不赞同你所行的，因为你不是在复活里行事。你所行的一切善事，都是以你天然的方式，并在你天然的生命里行的。你是不义的，你是不法的。』主耶稣藉著受浸进入义门，然后一直行走在义路上。因此，祂是公平者，公义者。（徒三14，七52，二二14。）
21When the Lord Jesus comes back, many will say to Him, “Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name do many works of power?” (7:22). The Lord will say to them, “I never knew you; depart from Me, workers of lawlessness” (7:23). The Lord will seem to say, “You are a lawless person. I never approved of you nor agreed with what you did, because you did not do things in resurrection. All the good things you did were done in your natural way and in your natural life. You are not righteous; you are lawless.” Through baptism the Lord Jesus entered into the gateway of righteousness, and then He walked continually along the pathway of righteousness. Therefore, He was the just One, the righteous One (Acts 3:14; 7:52; 22:14
二 、为圣灵所膏
B. With the Holy Spirit
22马太三章十六节说，『耶稣受了浸，随即从水里上来，看哪，诸天向祂开了，祂就看见神的灵，彷佛鸽子降下，落在祂身上。』耶稣不仅藉著受浸而受膏，祂也为圣灵所膏。
22Verse 16 says, “And having been baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and coming upon Him.” Not only was Jesus anointed through baptism, but He was also anointed with the Holy Spirit
1. 从水里上来
1. Rising Up from the Water
23受浸之后，主从水里上来。这表征祂受死并埋葬之后，从死人中复活。
23In His baptism the Lord rose up from the water. This signifies that after His death and burial, He was raised from the dead.
2. 诸天向祂开了
2. The Heavens Being Opened to Him
24主受浸，尽了神的义，并被摆到死与复活里，就得著三件事：诸天开了、神的灵降下、以及父说话。今天我们也该是一样。
24The Lord’s baptism to fulfill God’s righteousness and to be put into death and resurrection brought Him three things: the open heaven, the descending of the Spirit of God, and the speaking of the Father. It should be the same today with us.
25因为主耶稣受了浸，尽了神的义，诸天就向祂开了，圣灵就降在祂身上，并且父说到祂。祂受浸，尽了神的义，就使神喜悦。因此，祂的受浸开启了诸天，带下了圣灵，并开了父的口。藉著被了结，我们就能得著开启的天、降下的灵、和父的说话。我们许多人能见证，每当我们被了结，诸天就开启了。反之，每当我们受欢迎并受尊敬，诸天就关闭了。在召会生活中，每当我们被了结，诸天就开了。不仅如此，每次的了结都带下圣灵，并且开了我们天父的口。那时父会说，『我亲爱的。』我能见证，我听见神说话的最甜美的时候，乃是被了结的时候。也许我被了结到流泪的地步，但我的被了结却开了父的口，祂向我说甜美的话。祂只说，『我亲爱的孩子，』这句简单的话就壳了，这话满了怜悯和恩典。祂说，『我亲爱的孩子，』这是何等的安慰和力量！在召会生活中，我们有许多这样的经历。然而，在召会以外，很少经历这样的事。在召会生活中，我们被了结时，诸天就开了，那灵就来了，父也说话了。我们就得著开启的天、施膏的灵、和说话的父。
25Because the Lord Jesus was baptized, fulfilling God’s righteousness, the heavens were opened to Him, the Holy Spirit descended upon Him, and the Father spoke concerning Him. His being baptized to fulfill God’s righteousness pleased God. Thus, His baptism opened the heavens, brought down the Holy Spirit, and opened the mouth of the Father. The way we can have an open heaven, the descending Spirit, and the speaking of the Father is to be terminated. Many of us can testify that whenever we have been terminated, the heavens have been opened. On the contrary, whenever we were welcomed and honored, the heavens were closed. Whenever we are terminated in the church life, the heavens are opened. Moreover, every termination brings down the Holy Spirit and opens the mouth of our heavenly Father. At that time the Father will say, “My beloved.” I can testify that my sweetest times of hearing God’s speaking have been times of termination. Perhaps I was terminated to the point of tears, but my termination opened the mouth of the Father, who spoke a sweet word to me. He only said, “My beloved child.” This simple word is sufficient. It is full of mercy and grace. What a comfort and a strength it is for Him to say, “My beloved child”! In the church life we have many experiences like this. However, seldom are such things experienced outside the church. In the church life, when we are terminated, the heavens are opened, the Spirit comes, and the Father speaks. We have an open heaven, the anointing Spirit, and the speaking Father
3. 神的灵降在祂身上
3. The Spirit of God Descending upon Him
26马太三章十六节说，『祂就看见神的灵，彷佛鸽子降下，落在祂身上。』主耶稣在神的灵降到祂身上以前，已经从圣灵而生，（路一35，）证明祂里头早有神的灵，这是为著祂的出生。现在神的灵降在祂身上，是为著祂的职事。这应验了以赛亚六十一章一节，45:7四十二章一节，和诗篇四十五篇七节的话，为要膏新王，并把祂介绍给祂的百姓。
26Verse 16 says, “He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and coming upon Him.” Before the Spirit of God descended and came upon Him, the Lord Jesus was born of the Spirit (Luke 1:35), which proved that He already had the Spirit of God within Him. That was for His birth. Now, for His ministry, the Spirit of God descended upon Him. This was for the fulfillment of Isaiah 61:1; 42:1; and Psalm to anoint the new King and introduce Him to His people.
27鸽子是温柔的，牠的眼睛一次只能看一样东西。因此，鸽子表征在眼光与目的上的温柔和单纯。因著神的灵彷佛鸽子降在主耶稣身上，祂就能专注于神的旨意，温柔并单纯的尽职。
27A dove is gentle, and its eyes can see only one thing at a time. Hence, it signifies gentleness and singleness in sight and purpose. By the Spirit of God descending upon Him as the dove, the Lord Jesus ministered in gentleness and singleness, focusing solely on the will of God
28主耶稣是由圣灵成孕。（太一18，20。）祂是由圣灵而生，由圣灵所构成。圣灵是祂的构成成分。然而，祂仍然需要圣灵的浸，圣灵的浇灌。祂在童女马利亚腹中时，就由圣灵所构成。这就是说，祂是圣灵的构成。这是里面的。在外面，祂还需要圣灵降在祂身上。
28The Lord Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit (1:18, 20). He was born of the Holy Spirit and constituted with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit was His constituent. Nevertheless, He still needed the baptism of the Holy Spirit, the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. When He was in the womb of the virgin Mary, He was constituted with the Holy Spirit. This means that He was a constitution of the Holy Spirit. That was something inward. Outwardly, He still needed the Holy Spirit to come down upon Him
29既然耶稣在受浸之前，圣灵就在祂里面，为甚么圣灵还要降在祂身上？难道有两位灵么？神的灵不是在耶稣里面么？的确是。那么圣灵为甚么还降在祂身上？难道祂里面的灵和降在祂身上的灵不同么？除了那已经在祂里面的灵，难道还有另一位灵降在祂身上么？若说这两者是一位灵，我就要问，这两位灵如何能成为一？那已经住在主耶稣里面的灵，就是降在祂身上的灵。耶稣有灵么？是的。祂有。那么圣灵为甚么还降在祂身上？我和你在这里，既然我在这里，我怎么还能到你这里来？虽然我在这里，就不可能再到你这里来，但对这位神圣的人物，这却是可能的。主是奇妙的。祂能同时在这里，又到这里来。基督是在你里面，还是在诸天之上？祂既在我们里面，又在诸天之上。因此，主既在这里，又到这里来。
29Since the Spirit was in Jesus before He was baptized, why did the Spirit come down upon Him? Are these two Spirits? Was not the Spirit of God in Jesus? Certainly He was. Then why did the Spirit still descend upon Him? Was the Spirit within Him different from the Spirit who came down upon Him? Is the Spirit who descended upon Him another Spirit in addition to the Spirit who was already within Him? If you say that these two were one Spirit, I would ask how these two Spirits could be one. The same Spirit who already indwelt the Lord Jesus came down upon Him. Did Jesus have the Spirit or not? Yes, He did. Why then did the Spirit still descend upon Him? I am here with you. Since I am here, how could I still come to you? Although it is not possible for me to be here and yet still be coming, it is not impossible with the divine Person. The Lord is wonderful. At the same time, He can be both here and also coming. Is Christ in you or is He in the heavens? He is both in us and in the heavens. Thus, the Lord is both here and coming
4. 父对祂说话
4. The Father Speaking to Him
30马太三章十七节说，『看哪，又有声音从诸天之上出来，说，这是我的爱子，我所喜悦的。』圣灵的降下，是基督的受膏；父的说话，乃基督是爱子的见证。这里是一幅神圣三一的图画；子从水里上来，灵降在子身上，父说到子。这证明父、子、灵同时存在。这是为了完成神的经纶。
30Verse 17 says, “And behold, a voice out of the heavens, saying, This is My beloved Son, in Whom I delight.” While the descending of the Spirit was the anointing of Christ, the speaking of the Father was a testimony to Him as the beloved Son. Here is a picture of the divine Trinity: the Son went up from the water, the Spirit descended upon the Son, and the Father spoke concerning the Son. This proves that the Father, the Son, and the Spirit exist simultaneously. This is for the accomplishment of God’secon o my.