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腓立比书生命读经 · 第43篇

基督、救恩、神、以及生命的话

Christ, salvation, God, and the word of life
1读经： 腓立比书二章五至十六节。
1Scripture Reading: Phil. 2:5-16
2腓立比二章五至十六节给我们看见基督、救恩、神、以及生命的话。这些是构成这几节经文的四个基本元素。在五节保罗陈明基督是我们的榜样：“你们里面要思念基督耶稣里面所思念的。”然后保罗接着描述这位基督，说祂顺从至死。在十二节保罗说到作成我们自己的救恩，在十三节他接着说到神在我们里面运行。因此，我们有基督作我们救恩的榜样，我们也必须照着神在我们里面的运行，作成自己的救恩。神在我们里面运行的结果，乃是我们将生命的话表明出来。（16。）所以，二章五至十六节的四个基本元素乃是基督、救恩、神、以及生命的话。在本篇信息中，我们要来看这四个元素彼此之间的关系。
2In 2:5-16 we have Christ, salvation, God, and the word of life. These are the four basic elements of the structure of these verses. In verse 5 Paul presents Christ as our pattern: “Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Jesus.” Then Paul goes on to describe this Christ, saying that He was obedient unto death. In verse 12 Paul speaks of working out our own salvation, and in verse 13 he goes on to say that God is operating in us. Therefore, we have Christ as the pattern of our salvation and we must work out our own salvation according to God’s operation in us. The issue of God’s operation within us is that we hold forth the word of life (v. 16). Hence, the four basic elements in 2:5-16 are Christ, salvation, God, and the word of life. In this message we shall consider how these four elements are related to one another.
基督是榜样
Christ as the pattern
3腓立比书是一卷论到经历基督的书。我们若要经历基督并活基督，就必须认识基督是我们的榜样。在二章五至十一节，保罗陈明基督是我们的榜样。我们必须对这榜样有深刻的印象，甚至让这榜样灌注到我们里面。
3Philippians is a book on the experience of Christ. If we would experience Christ and live Him, we must know Him as our pattern. In 2:5-11 Paul presents Christ as our pattern. We need to be deeply impressed with this pattern and even have it infused into us.
4基督是奇妙的，祂实在是包罗万有的一位。从歌罗西书中我们看见，基督是包罗万有的，也像宇宙般延展无限。这位包罗万有的基督一点不差就是神自己。然而，祂虽然与神同等，却“倒空自己，取了奴仆的形状，成为人的样式”。（腓二7。）祂不以自己与神同等为强夺之珍，紧持不放，反倒将这同等撇在一边，倒空自己。但这不是说基督就不再是神了，这只是说祂撇弃了神外表的彰显。祂虽有神的形状，却取了奴仆的形状，成为人的样式，显为人的样子。结果，祂有了人的外表，取代了神的彰显。一面，基督本有神的形状，反而倒空自己；另一面，基督既显为人的样子，就降卑自己，顺从至死，且死在十字架上。基督作为救主，有神性也有人性。祂倒空自己，并且降卑自己。因此，根据六至八节，我们可以称祂为倒空自己和降卑自己的基督。
4Christ is wonderful; He truly is all-inclusive. From the book of Colossians we have seen that Christ is both all-inclusive and universally extensive. This all-inclusive Christ is nothing less than God. But even though He is equal with God, He “emptied Himself, taking the form of a slave, becoming in the likeness of men” (v. 7). He did not regard His equality with God as a thing to grasp. Rather, He laid aside this equality and emptied Himself. This does not mean, however, that Christ was no longer God. It simply means that He put aside His outward expression of God. Although He subsisted in the form of God, He took on the form of a slave and became in the likeness of men and in the fashion of a man. As a result, He had the appearance of a man instead of the expression of God. On the one hand, having the form of God, Christ emptied Himself. On the other hand, being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, becoming obedient even unto death, and that the death of a cross. As the Savior, Christ has both divinity and humanity. He both emptied Himself and humbled Himself. Thus, according to verses 6 through 8, we may speak of the self-emptying and self-humbling Christ.
5二章九节说，“所以神将祂升为至高，又赐给祂那超乎万名之上的名。”这节指明神进来高举基督。基督被高举的意义，不仅是祂从地的低下之处被高举到三层天上，更是祂带着祂属人的性情，荣耀的被带回到神的形状里。基督成为肉体之前并没有人性。但藉着成为肉体，祂穿上了人性。然后祂将这人性带到十字架上，流出祂的血救赎我们。祂复活之后，被神高举到诸天之上，带着祂的人性，在荣耀里被带回到神的形状里。如今祂是我们的榜样。基督徒生活的榜样，乃是这位倒空自己并降卑自己，被神高举并荣耀的神人救主。
5Philippians 2:9 says, “Wherefore also God highly exalted Him and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name.” This verse indicates that God came in to exalt Christ. For Christ to be exalted means not only that He was uplifted to the third heaven from the lower parts of the earth; it also means that in a glorious way He was brought back with His human nature to the form of God. Before His incarnation, Christ did not have the human nature. But through incarnation He took on humanity. Then He brought this human nature to the cross, shedding His blood for our redemption. After His resurrection, He was uplifted to the heavens and with His human nature was brought back to the form of God in glory. Now He is our pattern. The pattern of the Christian life is the God-man Savior who emptied Himself and humbled Himself and who was exalted and glorified by God.
翻印榜样
Reprinting the pattern
6二章五至十一节所启示的榜样，现今必须成为我们的救恩。这由十二节开头的“这样”二字所指明。保罗清楚的给我们看见基督是我们奇妙的榜样之后，就接着说，“这样，我亲爱的，…就当恐惧战兢，作成你们自己的救恩。”
6The very pattern revealed in 2:5-11 must now become our salvation. This is indicated by the words so then at the beginning of verse 12. After giving us a clear view of Christ as our wonderful pattern, Paul says, “So then, my beloved... work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.”
7作我们榜样的基督是包罗的，也是排他的。这个榜样是排他的，因为祂排除一切世界、肉体或罪恶的事物。消极的事物与基督无分无关，也无法进到祂里面。但在积极一面，祂是包罗万有的，因为祂是那倒空自己、降卑自己，并且被神高举并荣耀的神人救主。这样的榜样对我们既是如此便利，现今我们就必须作成自己的救恩。
7As our pattern, Christ is both inclusive and exclusive. The pattern is exclusive because it excludes everything worldly, fleshly, or sinful. There is no way for negative things to have any part in Him or access to Him. But, on the positive side, He is all-inclusive, for He is the God-man Savior who emptied and humbled Himself and who has been exalted and glorified by God. With such a pattern available to us, we now must work out our own salvation.
8作成我们自己的救恩，就是作出这榜样，在我们的经历中成为这榜样的翻印。作为榜样的基督，可比作印刷书籍所用的原版，而我们对这榜样的主观经历成为我们的救恩，可比作书页的印刷。在制作一本书的过程中，每一页原版都要一再的翻印，才能作出许多书来。在我们的经历中，神人救主应该被翻印，成为我们主观的救恩。我们所要作成的救恩，乃是作为我们榜样的基督。
8To work out our salvation is to work out this pattern and to become in our experience a reprint of the pattern. Christ as the pattern can be compared to a page of type used in printing a book, and our subjective experience of the pattern becoming our salvation can be compared to the printing of the pages of a book. In making a book, each page of type is reprinted again and again until there are many copies. In our experience, the God-man Savior should be reprinted and become our subjective salvation. The very salvation we are to work out is Christ as our pattern.
脱离发怨言和起争论的救恩
Salvation from murmurings and reasonings
9二章十二节的救恩，不是指脱离神的定罪或脱离火湖的救恩，乃是指我们每日所经历的救恩，特别是指脱离发怨言和起争论的救恩。在十四节保罗说，“凡所行的，都不要发怨言，起争论。”我们需要即时的救恩，拯救我们脱离发怨言和起争论。
9The salvation in 2:12 is not salvation from the condemnation of God or from hell. Rather, salvation here refers to the salvation we experience day by day. In particular, it is salvation from murmurings and reasonings. In verse 14 Paul says, “Do all things without murmurings and reasonings.” We need an instant salvation to deliver us from our murmurings and reasonings.
10我们曾经指出，姊妹们特别有发怨言的难处，弟兄们则容易起争论。作妻子的常会发怨言，作丈夫的常会起争论。我们都受到发怨言和起争论的困扰，所以我们需要这种不仅能拯救我们脱离神的定罪和火湖，更能拯救我们脱离发怨言和起争论的救恩。这就是说，我们需要主观的、时刻的救恩。
10We have pointed out that the sisters have a particular problem with murmurings, and the brothers, with reasonings. Usually the wives are given to murmuring, and the husbands, to reasoning. Because we all are troubled by murmurings or reasonings, we need the kind of salvation that can rescue us, not only from God’s condemnation and from the lake of fire, but also from our murmurings and reasonings. This means that we need a subjective, moment-by-moment salvation.
11我们已经看见，作为我们榜样的基督如何倒空自己、降卑自己，又被神高举并荣耀。姊妹们，当你发怨言的时候，你想神会高举你么？弟兄们，当你和人起争论的时候，你信神会荣耀你么？我们发怨言或起争论的时候，神必不会高举我们，也不会荣耀我们。哦，我们需要脱离发怨言和起争论的救恩！
11We have seen that, as our pattern, Christ emptied Himself and humbled Himself and also was exalted and glorified by God. Sisters, do you think that while you are murmuring, God will come in to exalt you? Brothers, do you believe that while you are reasoning, God will come in to glorify you? Surely God will not exalt us or glorify us when we are murmuring or reasoning. Oh, we need salvation from murmurings and reasonings!
12发怨言和起争论都是背叛和不服的记号。在十二节保罗说，腓立比人是“常顺从的”。我们也必须顺从，顺从作为我们榜样的基督。作为我们榜样的主耶稣，不发怨言，不起争论，反而倒空自己，并且降卑自己。如今，我们既看见基督不发怨言，不起争论，反而倒空自己，降卑自己，我们就必须顺从这榜样。弟兄们受试诱想要起争论的时候，要记住那倒空自己并降卑自己之基督的榜样。弟兄们应当顺从这榜样，不起争论。这样的顺从就是作成我们自己的救恩。每当我们顺从基督作我们的榜样时，我们就自然而然的作成我们自己的救恩，脱离发怨言和起争论。
12Both murmurings and reasonings are signs of rebellion and disobedience. In verse 12 Paul says that the Philippians “have always obeyed.” We also need to obey — to obey Christ as our pattern. As the One who became our pattern, the Lord Jesus did not murmur or reason. Instead, He emptied Himself and humbled Himself. Now we must obey this pattern, realizing that Christ does not murmur or reason, but empties Himself and humbles Himself. When the brothers are tempted to reason, they need to remember the pattern of the self-emptying and self-humbling Christ. The brothers should then obey this pattern without reasoning. This obedience is the working out of our salvation. Whenever we obey Christ as our pattern, we automatically work out our salvation from our murmurings and reasonings.
13基督徒常会问别人是否已经得救。我年轻时，别人若问起这问题，我会坚决的回答说，我已经得救了。但今天人若再问我这问题，我会说，“你所谓的‘得救’是甚么？你若是指脱离神的审判和脱离火湖的得救，我满有把握，我已经得救了。然而，你若是指脱离起争论的得救，我就不得不承认，我只得救了一部分，尚未完全得救。”
13Christians often ask others if they have been saved. When I was asked this question as a young man, I answered strongly that I had been saved. But if I were asked this question today, I would reply, “What do you mean by ‘saved’? If you mean saved from God’s judgment and from the lake of fire, I most assuredly have been saved. However, if you mean saved from reasonings, I would have to admit that I have been saved in part, but not yet in full.”
14多年前，我一直不明白，保罗为甚么把十四节放在这一章里。依我看，保罗所写的既然这么高，似乎不需要加上这一节。保罗说，神将基督升为至高，又赐给祂那超乎万名之上的名，万口都要公开承认耶稣基督为主；此外，我们还需要照着神在我们里面的运行，作成我们自己的救恩。接着，保罗突然吩咐我们，凡所行的，都不要发怨言，起争论。依我看，发怨言和起争论似乎太微不足道，不值得一题。然而，当我有了更多的经历之后，我就知道我们的确需要实际的蒙拯救，脱离发怨言和起争论。
14Years ago, I used to wonder why Paul included verse 14 in this chapter. It seemed to me that what Paul had written was so high that there was no need for this verse. After saying that Christ was exalted and given a name above every name, that every tongue would confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, and that we must work out our own salvation according to God’s operating within us, Paul suddenly tells us to do all things without murmurings and reasonings. It seemed to me that murmurings and reasonings were too insignificant to be mentioned here. However, after more experience I learned that we definitely need to be saved in a practical way from reasonings and murmurings.
15不论在召会生活，或是在我们的婚姻生活中，都有许多的怨言和争论。姊妹们也许外面举止合宜，里面却在埋怨弟兄们。有那一位姊妹能说，她从来没有对召会生活任何一件事发过怨言？姊妹们若在外面没有抱怨，就必定在里面发怨言。弟兄们听见姊妹们发怨言，他们的反应可能就是起争论。因着我们会发怨言，起争论，所以我们需要腓立比二章所启示的实际救恩。这里的救恩并不是指我们所领受一次永远的救恩，乃是指我们必须作成的救恩，叫我们天天蒙拯救，脱离我们的软弱。我们已经指出，这救恩就是基督作我们的榜样。因此，榜样与救恩乃是一。榜样就是救恩，救恩就是在我们身上作出来的榜样。
15In the church life and in our married life there is a lot of murmuring and reasoning. The sisters may behave properly, but within they may murmur against the brothers. What sister can say that she has never murmured about anything in the church life? If the sisters do not complain outwardly, they certainly murmur inwardly. When the brothers hear of the sisters’ murmuring, they may react by reasoning. Because we have murmurings and reasonings, we need the practical salvation revealed in Philippians 2. The salvation here is not the salvation we have received once for all. On the contrary, it is the salvation which we need to work out in order to be rescued daily from our weaknesses. We have pointed out that this salvation is Christ as our pattern. Hence, the pattern and the salvation are one. The pattern is the salvation, and the salvation is the pattern worked out in us.
神在我们里面运行
God operating in us
16腓立比二章十三节说，“因为乃是神为着祂的美意，在你们里面运行，使你们立志并行事。”这里的“因为”一辞将十三节和十二节连在一起。这指明我们能作成我们自己的救恩，是因为神在我们里面运行。救恩是榜样，而神乃是那一直运行，将这榜样作到我们里面的一位。因此，我们可以说，救恩就是神自己在我们里面运行。救恩、榜样和神，不是三件分开的事；三者乃是一。榜样就是救恩，而救恩就是神。这里我们看见一件事的三方面。榜样是基督，就是那倒空自己，降卑自己，又被神高举并荣耀的神人。然而，这位基督就是神自己，成了我们每天所要作出的救恩。不仅如此，这救恩实际上就是在我们里面运行的神。 神在我们里面运行成为我们的救恩，这件事对我们而言，不该只是个道理，乃该成为我们每天实际的经历。姊妹在抱怨或发怨言的时候，常会感觉里面有个东西在限制她，督促她住口。这种里面的感觉是来自在她里面运行的神。她若因着神的怜悯，顺从里面的感觉，她就会经历救恩，并且充满喜乐。
16Philippians 2:13 says, “For it is God who operates in you both the willing and the working for His good pleasure.” The little word for at the beginning of verse 13 connects it to verse 12. This indicates that we can work out our own salvation because God is operating in us. Salvation is the pattern, and God is the One who is operating, working this pattern into us. Therefore, we may say that salvation is God Himself operating in us. Salvation, the pattern, and God are not three separate things; they are one. The pattern is the salvation, and the salvation is God. Here we have one thing in three aspects. The pattern is Christ, the God-man who emptied and humbled Himself and who has been exalted and glorified by God. This Christ, however, is the very God Himself to be the daily salvation for us to work out. Furthermore, this salvation is actually the God who is operating in us. The matter of God operating in us to be our salvation should not be merely a doctrine, but should be something we experience in a practical way day by day. Often when a sister is complaining or murmuring, she may sense that something within is constraining her and urging her to stop. This inner sense comes from God operating in her. If, by God’s mercy, she obeys this inner sense, she will experience salvation and be filled with joy.
17我们可以说，从外在、客观的一面而言，基督是榜样；但是这榜样在我们里面作工时，就成了运行的神。基督不仅死在十字架上作我们的救主，现今祂也活在我们里面作运行的神。基督作为人无法活在我们里面。然而，祂作为神就可以住在我们里面。因此，基督在客观方面是榜样，在主观方面是运行的神。我们再次看见，榜样、基督、神三者乃是一。
17We may say that, outwardly, objectively, Christ is the pattern. But when the pattern works within us, it becomes the operating God. Not only did Christ die on the cross as our Savior, but now He lives within us as the operating God. Christ as a man was not able to live in us. However, as God it is possible for Him to dwell in us. Thus, Christ is both the pattern objectively and the operating God subjectively. Once again we see that the pattern, Christ, and God are one.
18在二章十三节保罗清楚的说，神在我们里面运行。但是在别处，他通常说基督在我们里面，或说那灵在我们里面。多年来我一直不明白，保罗在二章十三节为甚么说神，而不说那灵。现在我知道，保罗特意这样写，为要给我们看见，那作我们救恩榜样的基督，就是在我们里面运行的神。我们若思想这一节的上下文，就会看见，作为榜样的基督，也就是运行的神。在客观一面，祂是榜样；在主观一面，当祂进到我们里面，并在我们里面运行的时候，祂就是运行的神。在十字架上，祂是基督；但在我们里面，祂是运行的神。在十字架上，祂这位基督为我们设立一个榜样；但在我们里面，祂这位神乃是那不断运行以作出这榜样的一位。 因此，榜样就是救恩，救恩就是运行的神。
18In 2:13 Paul clearly says that God is operating in us. But elsewhere he usually speaks either of Christ or of the Spirit being in us. For years I did not understand why in 2:13 Paul spoke of God and not of the Spirit. Now I realize that Paul did this deliberately in order to show us that the Christ who is the pattern for our salvation is the very God operating in us. If we consider the context of this verse, we shall see that Christ as the pattern is also the operating God. Objectively, He is the pattern. Subjectively, when He comes into us and operates within us, He is the operating God. On the cross, He was Christ. But within us, He is the operating God. On the cross He, as Christ, established a pattern for us. But within us He, as God, is the operating One to work out this pattern. Therefore, the pattern is the salvation, and the salvation is the operating God.
19我们每天都可以经历运行的神作我们实际的救恩。每当我们与那在我们里面运行的神合作，我们就享受救恩。神的运行成了我们的救恩。不仅如此，这救恩还是这榜样的翻印、复制。榜样在我们里面翻印，就成了我们的救恩。这榜样的翻印乃是藉着神在我们里面运行而得以成就的。
19We may experience the operating God daily as our practical salvation. Whenever we cooperate with God operating in us, we enjoy salvation. God’s operation becomes our salvation. Furthermore, this salvation is the reprint, the reproduction, of the pattern. When the pattern is reprinted in us, it becomes our salvation. The reprinting of the pattern is accomplished by God operating in us.
将生命的话表明出来
Holding forth the word of life
20十六节开头说，“将生命的话表明出来。”当神在我们里面运行时，我们就自然而然将生命的话表明出来。事实上，生命的话就是在我们里面运行的神。神乃是藉着祂的话在我们里面作工。祂是作为生命的话，而在我们里面运行。我们一再说到运行的神，现在我们必须看见，神乃是具体化在生命的话里面。这意思是说，生命的话乃是运行之神的具体化。
20Verse 16 opens with the words, “Holding forth the word of life.” When God operates in us, we spontaneously hold forth the word of life. In fact, the word of life is actually the God who operates in us. God works in us by His word. He operates in us by being the word of life. We have spoken repeatedly of the operating God. Now we must see that God is embodied in the word of life. This means that the word of life is the embodiment of the operating God.
21我们必须天天就近生命的话─圣经，而将这样的领会付诸实行。每当我们来读主的话时，我们也当就近神。然而，这并不是把圣经当作神自己。不过，我们不该把神与祂的话分开，因为神乃是具体化在话里面。神非常奥秘，所以人很难领略祂。但我们何等感谢祂，因为祂已经将自己具体化在祂的话里，也就是在圣经里！话乃是那看不见、奥秘之神的浓缩。我们很多人都能从经历中作见证，每当我们来读圣经，将我们自己敞开时，我们就摸着神，神也就在我们里面作工。每当我们摸着生命的话，我们就经历神在我们里面运行，在我们里面行动，以产生这榜样的翻印。这就是我们实际的救恩。
21We need to put this understanding into practice by coming daily to the word of life, the Bible. Whenever we come to the Word, we should also come to God. This, however, is not to regard the Bible as God Himself. But we should not separate God from His Word, for God is embodied in the Word. Because God is mysterious, it is difficult for anyone to apprehend Him. How we thank Him that He has embodied Himself in the Word, the Bible! The Word is the condensation of the invisible and mysterious God. Many of us can testify from our experience that whenever we come to the Bible and open ourselves, we touch God, and God works within us. Whenever we touch the word of life, we experience God operating in us, moving in us, to produce a reprint of the pattern. This is our practical salvation.
22现在我们能看见，基督、救恩、神、生命的话乃是一。此外，照着我们所描述的方式经历基督、救恩、神、生命的话，就是活基督。
22Now we can see that Christ, salvation, God, and the word of life are one. Furthermore, to experience Christ, salvation, God, and the word of life in the way we have described is to live Christ.
藉着灵与话经历救恩
Salvation through the Spirit and the word
23保罗在一章十九节和二章十二节都题到救恩。在一章十九节保罗能说，他的景况终必叫他得救。这指明保罗即使在监狱里，也享受神的救恩。二章十二节的救恩是实际的救恩，天天拯救我们脱离发怨言和起争论。一章十九节和二章十二节的救恩在原则上是一样的。这两种救恩都是天天、时刻、实际的救恩。
23Paul speaks of salvation both in 1:19 and in 2:12. In 1:19 Paul could say that his circumstances would turn out to him for salvation. This indicates that even in his imprisonment Paul enjoyed God’s salvation. The salvation in 2:12 is the practical salvation which rescues us daily from murmurings and reasonings. However, salvation in both 1:19 and 2:12 is the same in principle. In both cases salvation is a practical, daily, moment-by-moment salvation.
24按照一章十九节，保罗藉着耶稣基督之灵全备的供应，享受了救恩。表面看来，我们在二章并没有看见这个全备的供应，只看见生命的话。然而，那灵全备的供应与生命的话实际上乃是一。保罗藉着那灵全备的供应享受每日的救恩，我们也可以藉着生命的话享受每日的救恩。此外保罗说，藉着那灵全备的供应享受救恩，就是显大基督并活基督。同样的原则，当我们每天藉着神在生命之话里的运行而享受救恩时，我们也就活基督。因此，实际享受神的救恩就是活基督，也就是将生命的话表明出来。我们要活基督，首先必须以基督作活的榜样。然后，我们必须顺从在我们里面运行的神，并接受祂生命的话。这样，我们就自然而然的活基督。
24According to 1:19, Paul enjoyed salvation through the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. Apparently, we do not find this bountiful supply in chapter two. Instead, we have the word of life. However, the bountiful supply of the Spirit and the word of life actually are one. Paul enjoyed daily salvation through the bountiful supply of the Spirit, and we may enjoy daily salvation by the word of life. Moreover, Paul says that to enjoy salvation through the bountiful supply of the Spirit is to magnify Christ and to live Christ. In the same principle, when we enjoy salvation daily through God operating in the word of life, we also live Christ. Thus, to enjoy God’s salvation in a practical way is to live Christ, that is, to hold forth the word of life. In order to live Christ, we must first take Christ as the living pattern. Then we need to obey the operating God within us and receive His word of life. Then spontaneously we shall live Christ.
25救恩、基督、神、生命的话是四而一的。至终，在我们的经历里，榜样就是生命的话。生命的话藉着运行的神作出榜样，将救恩应用到我们的日常生活中。这样，我们就享受基督并活基督。
25Salvation, Christ, God, and the word of life are four-in-one. Eventually, in our experience, the pattern is the word of life. The word of life works out the pattern by the operating God to apply salvation to our daily life. In this way we enjoy Christ and live Him.