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腓立比书生命读经 · 第55篇

独一的思念与独一的生活行动

The unique mind and the unique walk
1读经： 腓立比书三章十五至十六节，加拉太书五章二十五节，六章十五至十六节。
1Scripture Reading: Phil 3:15-16; Gal. 5:25; 6:15-16
2腓立比三章向我们启示一个独一的人位─超绝、包罗万有的基督。在本篇信息中，我们要来看，我们这些基督徒里面应当有独一的心思，外面应当有独一的生活行动。
2In Philippians 3 we have a revelation of a unique Person — the excellent, all-inclusive Christ. In this message we shall see that, as Christians, we should have the unique mind inwardly and the unique walk outwardly.
思念竭力追求杰出的复活
A mind to pursue the out-resurrection
3保罗在三章十五节总结一至十四节的话，说，“所以我们凡是长成的人，都要思念这事；你们若思念任何别的事，神也必将这事启示你们。”保罗说“思念这事”是甚么意思？我们要回答这个问题，就必须思考保罗在十三至十四节所说的话：“弟兄们，我不是以为自己已经取得了。我只有一件事，就是忘记背后，努力面前的，向着标竿竭力追求，要得神在基督耶稣里，召我向上去得的奖赏。”保罗所说“思念这事”的意思，就是忘记背后，努力面前的，向着标竿竭力追求，为要得着奖赏。
3In verse 15 Paul says, as a word of conclusion to 3:1-14, “Let us therefore, as many as are full-grown, have this mind; and if in anything you are otherwise minded, this also God shall reveal to you.” What does Paul mean by “this mind”? To answer this question we need to consider Paul’s word in verses 13 and 14: “Brothers, I do not yet reckon myself to have laid hold, but one thing — forgetting the things which are behind and stretching forward to the things which are before, I pursue toward the goal for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” What Paul means by “this mind” is to have a mind to forget the things behind and to stretch forward to the things before in order to pursue toward the goal for the prize.
4我们曾指出，那标竿就是我们的生活、行事、为人完全脱离旧造，而在神里面。这就是杰出复活的标竿。（11。）向着杰出复活的标竿竭力追求，就是竭力追求一种脱离旧造，并完全在神里面的生活。这杰出的复活，实际上就是在复活里的基督自己。我们也可以说，基督本身就是杰出的复活的描绘。在基督成为肉体、钉十字架并复活之前，还没有这幅图画，因为那时还没有杰出的复活这样的事。在基督成为肉体以前，神还没有联于受造之物。但是有一天，神的儿子进到旧造里面。祂钉十字架的时候，将整个旧造带到十字架上，钉在那里。因此，基督藉着钉十字架，了结了旧造。不仅如此，祂埋葬的时候，还将旧造（由细麻布与裹头巾所表征）一同带进坟墓里。当祂复活的时候，祂把细麻布与裹头巾留在那里。（约二十6～7。）这指明旧造已经留在坟墓里。基督在复活里出来的时候，祂是一个绝对脱离旧造，完全在神里面的人。这就是“杰出的复活”一辞的意义。基督藉着钉死与复活，达到了这杰出的复活。
4We have pointed out that the goal is to live, walk, and have our being absolutely out of the old creation and in God. This is the goal of the out-resurrection (v. 11). To pursue toward the goal of the out-resurrection is to pursue a life which is out of the old creation and wholly in God. This out-resurrection is actually Christ Himself in resurrection. We may also say that in His Person Christ portrays the out-resurrection. Before the incarnation, crucifixion, and resurrection of Christ, there was no such portrait, for there was not yet such a thing as the out-resurrection. Before Christ’s incarnation, God had not been joined to His creation. But one day the Son of God came into the old creation. When He was crucified, He brought the entire old creation to the cross and nailed it there. Hence, through crucifixion, Christ terminated the old creation. Furthermore, when He was buried, He brought the old creation, which was symbolized by the graveclothes, with Him into the tomb. When He was resurrected, He left the graveclothes behind (John 20:6-7). This indicates that the old creation was left in the tomb. When Christ came forth in resurrection, He was a Person absolutely out of the old creation and in God. This is the meaning of the expression “the out-resurrection.” Christ attained to this out-resurrection through crucifixion and resurrection.
5按照新约，我们不该将杰出的复活与基督的人位分开，因为基督自己实际上就是杰出的复活。这意思是说，我们接受主耶稣时，也接受了杰出的复活。然而，历代以来，从第一世纪直到现今，这件事传扬得还不彀。我们何等感谢主，因着祂的怜悯，祂开启了我们的眼睛，叫我们看见何谓从死人中杰出的复活！
5According to the New Testament, we should not separate the out-resurrection from the Person of Christ, for Christ Himself is actually the out-resurrection. This means that when we received the Lord Jesus, we also received the out-resurrection. However, throughout the centuries, from the first century until the present, this matter has not been proclaimed adequately. How we thank the Lord that, in His mercy, He has opened our eyes to see what is the out-resurrection from among the dead!
6“思念这事”与竭力追求杰出的复活有关。思念这事就是明白并领悟，我们这些蒙神拣选、救赎并重生的人，必须竭力追求一件事，就是使我们的生活脱离旧造，而在神里面。这意思是说，我们全部的生活应当是在杰出的复活里。我们已经看见，这杰出的复活实际上就是基督这亲爱、宝贵、超绝的人位；祂藉着钉死与复活，已经从旧造出来，并进到神里面。这奇妙的一位远比天使优越。天使仍然属于旧造，也不曾经历钉死与复活。但是基督钉死、埋葬之后，又复活脱离旧造，并进入神里面，你曾听过别人这样描述主耶稣么？阿利路亚，基督自己就是杰出复活的实际！现在我们必须竭力追求一种生活，这生活就是基督这奇妙的人位。我们应当能与保罗说同样的话：“在我，活着就是基督。”（腓一21。）保罗也能见证说，他已经与基督同钉十字架，并且基督在他里面活着。（加二20。）在保罗里面活着的那位基督，本身就是杰出的复活。
6Having “this mind” is related to pursuing the out-resurrection. To have this mind is to have the understanding and realization that, as those who have been chosen, redeemed, and regenerated by God, we must pursue one thing — to have our living out of the old creation and in God. This means that our whole life should be in the out-resurrection. We have seen that this out-resurrection is actually the dear, precious, excellent Person of Christ, the very One who, through crucifixion and resurrection, has passed out of the old creation and has entered into God. This wonderful One is far more excellent than the angels. Angels still belong to the old creation. They have not experienced crucifixion or resurrection. But after Christ was crucified and buried, He was resurrected out of the old creation and into God. Have you ever heard such a description of the Lord Jesus? Hallelujah, Christ Himself is the reality of the out-resurrection! Now we must pursue a life which is this wonderful Person of Christ. With Paul we should be able to say, “To me to live is Christ” (1:21). Paul could also testify that he had been crucified with Christ and that Christ lived in him (Gal. 2:20). The very Christ who lived in Paul is the One who, in His own Person, is the out-resurrection.
7只要我们活在旧造里，即使我们所作的事非常美好，我们仍然没有活基督。就算有人遵照比孔子更高的伦理标准生活，那样的生活还不是基督，只不过是伦理的生活，在旧造里属伦理的生活。我们不仅要追求胜过罪，也要追求胜过旧造最好的各方面，包括属旧造的伦理道德。我们必须向着标竿─杰出的复活─竭力追求，这标竿就是我们亲爱、超绝的基督自己。看见这事是何等的有福！我们若竭力追求过一种脱离旧造并在神里面的生活，我们在家庭生活中就会蒙何等的福。
7As long as we have our living in the old creation, we do not live Christ, even if the things we do are very good. Suppose someone lives according to an ethical standard higher than that of Confucius. Nevertheless, such a living is not Christ; it is merely an ethical living, the living of ethics in the old creation. We must seek not only to overcome sins, but also to overcome the best aspects of the old creation, including the ethics of the old creation. We need to pursue toward the goal — the goal of the out-resurrection, which is our dear and excellent Christ Himself. What a blessing it is to see this! How blessed we would be in our family life if we pursued a life which is out of the old creation and in God.
8我们都必须“思念这事”，就是思念追求基督这杰出的复活。青年人若要竭力追求这个标竿，不仅要改良自己的行为和性格，或是成为更好的学生，乃是要过一种生活，这种生活实际上就是在复活里的基督自己。这是一种完全在旧造之外，并完全在神里面的生活。愿我们都有这独一的思念。
8We all need to have “this mind,” a mind to pursue Christ as the out-resurrection. For a young person to pursue this goal is not merely to improve his behavior or character or to become a better student. It is to live a life which is actually Christ Himself in resurrection. This is a life which is fully out of the old creation and in God. May we all have this unique mind.
不思念任何别的事
Not otherwise minded
9在腓立比三章十五节保罗说，我们若思念任何别的事，神也必将这事启示我们。今天基督徒中间普遍思念别的事，他们对事情的想法、领会和体验有数百种之多。哦，信徒中间所思念的事何其多！但是保罗勉励我们要只有一个心思，只“思念这事”。
9In verse 15 Paul says that if in anything we are otherwise minded, this also God shall reveal to us. Being “otherwise minded” is common among Christians today. Christians have hundreds of different ways of thinking, understanding, and realizing matters. Oh, how many minds there are among believers! But Paul encourages us to have one mind, “this mind.”
10我在中国传福音的时候，时而有人指控我心胸狭窄。他们劝我不要说惟有基督是救主。他们宣称，传扬耶稣基督是人类独一的救主，就是心胸太狭窄。我告诉他们，论到基督，我的心胸还不彀狭窄；我还必须狭窄到一个地步，只有基督自己。基督徒也劝我不要心胸狭窄；他们特别敦促我，不要说我们在主恢复里所走的路才是正路。我回答说，“倘若这条路不对，我就不能走下去。若这是正路，我不仅自己必须接受，还要鼓励别人也接受。否则我就是欺骗自己，也欺骗别的信徒。你们以为自己心胸宽大，实际上你们是自欺欺人。你们不知道这正路，你们也没有走在正路上。”关于属灵的事，神定罪人的“心胸宽大”。主耶稣说，引到生命的，那门窄，那路狭。（太七14。）
10Sometimes when I was preaching the gospel in China, others accused me of narrow-mindedness. They advised me not to say that Christ alone is the Savior. They claimed that it is too narrow-minded to preach that Jesus Christ is the unique Savior of mankind. I told them that, concerning Christ, I was not yet narrow-minded enough, that I needed to be narrowed down to nothing other than Christ Himself. Christians also have exhorted me not to be narrow-minded. In particular, they urged me not to say that the way we follow in the Lord’s recovery is the right way. I replied, “If this way is not right, I cannot follow it. But if it is the right way, I must both take it myself and encourage others to do so. Otherwise, I shall first cheat myself and then cheat other believers. You consider yourselves to be broad-minded. But actually you are cheating yourselves and others. You do not know the right way and you are not on it.” Concerning spiritual matters, God condemns man’s broad-mindedness. The Lord Jesus said that the gate is narrow and the way is constricted which leads unto life (Matt. 7:14).
11按照圣经，我们只有一位神，一位主，一位灵，一个召会。神的话非常强调一。只有一位创造者和一位救主；与此不同的教导，完全是属鬼魔的。
11According to the Bible, we have one God, one Lord, one Spirit, and one church. The emphasis in the Word is on oneness. There is one Creator and one Savior, and it is utterly devilish to teach otherwise.
12保罗说，我们若思念别的事，“神也必将这事启示”我们；这指明思念别的事，就是缺少启示。我们若思念别的事，就需要启示。为这缘故，在腓立比三章十五节保罗并不是说，神要教导我们；他乃是说，神要将这事启示我们。
12The fact that Paul says that if we are otherwise minded, “this also God shall reveal” indicates that to be otherwise minded is to be lacking in revelation. If we are otherwise minded, we need revelation. For this reason, Paul does not say in verse 15 that God will teach us; instead, he says that God will reveal this to us.
13信徒仅仅靠着读圣经的字句，并不能思念相同的事。主耶稣来到地上的时候，旧约三十九卷书都已经完成。宗教徒虽然查考圣经，却不肯到基督这里来得生命。在约翰五章三十九至四十节主耶稣说，“你们查考圣经，因你们以为其中有永远的生命，为我作见证的就是这经。然而你们不肯到我这里来得生命。”我们若查考圣经，却不到主这里来，我们就会思念许多不同的事。有些人可能比较喜欢摩西，有些人比较喜欢以利亚或耶利米。我们惟有到基督这独一的人位这里来时，才可能思念同一件事。
13Believers cannot have one mind simply by reading the Bible in letters. When the Lord Jesus came, the thirty-nine books of the Old Testament had already been written. But even though the religionists searched the Scriptures, they were not willing to come to Christ that they might have life. In John 5:39 and 40 the Lord Jesus said, “You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life, and it is these that testify concerning Me; and you are not willing to come to Me that you may have life.” If we search the Scriptures without coming to the Lord, we shall have many different minds. Some may prefer Moses and others, Elijah or Jeremiah. Only when we come to Christ, the unique One, can we have one mind.
14主复活以后，对祂的门徒说，“这就是我从前还与你们同在的时候，对你们所说的话：摩西的律法、申言者的书、和诗篇上所记关于我的一切事，都必须应验。”（路二四44。）这指明我们必须在圣经里看见基督。
14After His resurrection, the Lord said to His disciples, “These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me” (Luke 24:44). This indicates that in the Scriptures we need to see Christ.
15今天基督徒中间的光景，乃是当日主耶稣在地上时宗教徒情形的重演。事实上，今天的光景更差。现在读圣经的人不只有三十九卷书，乃是有六十六卷书。今天比第一世纪有更多的“法利赛人”、“撒都该人”和“经学家”，这是因为有更多的人读圣经，也有更多的信徒思念别的事。
15The situation among Christians today is a repetition of that of the religionists when the Lord Jesus was on earth. In fact, today’s situation is worse. Now readers of the Bible have sixty-six books instead of thirty-nine. There are more “Pharisees,” “Sadducees,” and “scribes” today than in the first century, for there are many more readers of the Bible and more believers who are otherwise minded.
16虽然今天基督徒中间，所思念的有数百种不同的事，但我们的目标不是要使信徒联合。然而，当基督这独一的人位启示给我们的时候，我们就在祂里面联合，并且是祂将我们联合。事实上，祂自己就是我们的联合。
16Although there are hundreds of different minds among Christians today, it is not our goal to unify the believers. However, when Christ, the unique Person, is revealed to us, we are unified in Him and by Him. In fact, He Himself is our unification.
17我们不但不以联合信徒为目标；事实上，我们也不指望有大批的信徒会走主恢复的道路。主耶稣在地上职事的末期，并没有得着许多跟从者。根据行传一章，只有一百二十人聚集在耶路撒冷的那间楼房上。我们的目标不是要受热烈的欢迎，也不是要得着众多的人数。说到这一点，我们必须受题醒，保罗写腓立比书的时候，并没有受到群众的欢迎。相反的，他写这封书信的时候，乃是被人拒绝、遭人逼迫，并且下了监牢。
17Not only is it not our aim to try to unify the believers; actually we do not expect that a great number of believers will take the way of the Lord’s recovery. At the end of His earthly ministry, the Lord Jesus did not have a large following. According to Acts 1, only one hundred twenty were gathered together in that upper room in Jerusalem. It is not our goal to be warmly welcomed or to have a huge number. At this point, we need to be reminded that Paul did not write the book of Philippians at a time when he was welcomed by the multitudes. On the contrary, this Epistle was written when Paul was rejected, persecuted, and imprisoned.
18倘若有几百万的基督徒走主恢复的道路，主的恢复也许就不存在了。信徒中间许多不同的心思可能会使主的恢复终结。主的恢复实在是一条窄路，是大多数基督徒难以接受的窄路。所有在恢复里的人必须注意保罗的话，要“思念这事”。
18Probably if millions of Christians took the way of the Lord’s recovery, the recovery would cease to exist. It would be terminated by the many different minds among the believers. The Lord’s recovery truly is a narrow way, a way difficult for most Christians to take. All those in the recovery must heed Paul’s word to have “this mind.”
领悟与决心
A realization and a resolution
19我们不能否认，我们已经从主领受了关于包罗万有之基督的启示。惟有神的启示才能叫我们“思念这事”，有独一的思念，这思念在保罗里面，也在许多爱主耶稣并寻求主耶稣的人里面。这种思念不是竭力追求一种工作或运动，乃是竭力追求过一种完全脱离旧造，而在神里面的生活。这就是腓立比三章所说那独一的思念。
19We cannot deny that we have received revelation from the Lord concerning the all-inclusive Christ. Only God’s revelation can cause us to have “this mind,” the unique mind, the mind which was in Paul and in many who love the Lord Jesus and seek Him. This is a mind not to pursue a work or a movement, but to pursue a life which is absolutely out of the old creation and in God. This is the unique mind in Philippians 3.
20“思念这事”包含一种领悟与决心，要向着标竿竭力追求。宗教的作法和伦理的作法，与对神标竿的领悟以及向这标竿竭力追求的决心全然不同。思念这事就是思念要竭力追求在复活里的基督，使我们可以活基督这杰出的复活。我们都需要思念这事，有这样的领悟和这样的决心；这样，我们就能彀向着这标竿竭力追求。
20“This mind” involves both a realization and a resolution to pursue toward the goal. The practice of religion and ethics is altogether different from the realization of God’s goal and the resolution to pursue it. To have this mind is to have a mind to pursue Christ in His resurrection that we may live Him as the out-resurrection. We all need such a mind, such a realization and resolution, that we may pursue toward this goal.
受独一思念的管治，而有独一的生活行动
Governed by the unique mind to have the unique walk
21我们若有独一的思念，也必有独一的生活行动。我们人都是受心思控制的；是心思支配行动，而不是行动支配心思。我们的所思所想，总是管治我们的言行。因此，我们的思想支配并控制我们全部的生活。这是我们需要藉着心思的更新而变化的原因。 有人诬告并毁谤我们扭曲人的心思。我们绝没有扭曲人的心思，但我们的确鼓励更新心思。我们的心思必须更新，才能有正确的领悟与决心。这样，我们基督徒的生活行动，就会受被神更新过的心思所支配。
21If we have the unique mind, we shall also have the unique walk. As human beings, we are under the control of our mind. It is the mind which directs the walk, not the walk that directs the mind. What we think governs what we say and do. Hence, our thinking directs and controls our entire life. This is the reason we need to be transformed by the renewing of the mind. We have been falsely and slanderously accused of mind-bending. We by no means practice mind-bending, but we do promote the renewing of the mind. Our mind needs to be renewed in order to have a proper realization and resolution. Then our Christian walk will be directed by a mind which has been renewed by God.
22腓立比三章十六节繙作“行”的希腊字不是一般的“行”；加拉太五章二十五节也是用这个字。这个字非常特别，它是“基本原则”（element）这个名词的动词形式。至少有一个英文译本将这里的希腊字繙作“遵守基本原则”。这里的“行”原文为“史托依奇欧”（stoicheo），源自“史泰依叩”（steicho），意按次序而行，在军队行列中前进，步伐一致。这样的行进，乃是在某一条道路或路径上行走。这种行走是有规律的，像士兵按着步调行进，他们同时行进，而且节奏相同。
22The Greek word rendered walk in verse 16 is not the ordinary word for walk, but the word found also, for example, in Galatians 5:25. It is a very particular word, the verbal form of the noun element. At least one translation renders the Greek here as “to observe the elements.” The Greek word, stoicheo, derived from steicho, means to walk orderly, to march in military rank, to keep step. To walk in this way is to walk in a certain lane or path. This is a walk which is regulated like that of soldiers marching in cadence, who walk at the same time and in the same rhythm.
23有些人也许会怀疑，经历深浅不一的圣徒，怎么可能按着同一步伐、同一步调行走？例如，一位在主里有五十多年经历的弟兄，怎么能彀和刚得救的弟兄按着那同一步伐而行？不要认为这样的行是不可能的。圣经中教导的方式与世俗教育制度的作法不同。在学校里，不同年龄的学生有不同的教科书。然而，我们基督徒只有圣经这本独一的教科书。就着属灵方面而言，幼稚园和研究所都只有一本教科书，就是圣经。
23Some may wonder how it is possible for saints with different degrees of experience to walk in the same steps or in cadence. How, for example, can a brother with over fifty years’ experience in the Lord walk in the same steps as one who has recently been saved? Do not think that such a walk is impossible. The way of teaching in the Bible is different from that practiced in the worldly educational system. In schools there are different textbooks for students of different ages. As Christians, however, we have the Bible as our unique textbook. Both for those who, spiritually speaking, are in kindergarten and for those who are in graduate school, the Bible is our only textbook.
24保罗在十五节题到“凡是长成的人”，这话含示有些信徒比其他的人更成熟。但保罗在十六节接着说，“然而，我们无论到了甚么地步，都当按着那同一规则而行。”“我们无论到了甚么地步”指明所有的圣徒，不论他们成熟不成熟，都包括在内。我们都必须按着同一规则而行。即使是最年幼的圣徒，也应当与很成熟的圣徒走同一条路径。在这一点上，神的意念高过我们的意念。我们都应当“思念这事”，走同一条路径。
24In verse 15 Paul refers to “as many as are full-grown.” This implies that some believers are more mature than others. But in verse 16 Paul goes on to say, “Only this, whereunto we have attained, by the same rule let us walk.” The words whereunto we have attained indicate that all the saints, regardless of their degree of maturity, are included. We all must walk by the same rule. Even the very youngest of the saints should walk the same path as those who are very mature. Concerning this, God’s mind is higher than ours. We all should have “this mind” and walk the same path.
25至终，我们都要受独一的思念和独一的生活行动之启示所管治。然后我们自然而然会说，“主耶稣，我现在爱你和从前爱你不一样。主，我在你面前，决心要竭力追求你这杰出的复活。我盼望我生活里的一切都脱离旧造，而在神里面。”我们若看见这样的启示，也下了这样的决心，我们就会有独一的生活行动，这独一的生活行动乃是受独一思念的控制并支配的。
25Eventually we all shall be governed by the revelation of the unique mind and the unique walk. Then spontaneously we shall say, “Lord Jesus, I love You in a way I have never loved You before. Lord, in Your presence I resolve to pursue You as the out-resurrection. I want everything in my life to be out of the old creation and in God.” If we see this revelation and have this resolution, we shall have the unique walk controlled and directed by the unique mind.
照新造的准则而行
Walking by the rule of the new creation
26加拉太六章十五至十六节指明，这独一的生活行动乃是照新造的准则而行的：“受割礼不受割礼，都无关紧要，要紧的乃是作新造。凡照这准则而行的，愿平安怜悯临到他们，就是临到神的以色列。”照新造的准则而行，就是照杰出复活的准则而行。我们若照这准则而行，我们就是神的真以色列。
26Galatians 6:15 and 16 indicate that this unique walk is a walk by the rule of the new creation: “For neither is circumcision anything nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. And as many as shall walk by this rule, peace be upon them and mercy, even upon the Israel of God.” To walk by the rule of the new creation is to walk by the rule of the out-resurrection. If we walk by this rule, we shall be the true Israel of God.
27以色列这名字的意思是“神的王子”。我们成为神的王子，乃是藉著有独一的思念，这思念支配我们采取独一的生活行动，也就是向着杰出的复活这标竿竭力追求。今天主盼望要得着一班竭力追求这标竿的人。愿我们都看见独一的思念支配独一的生活行动这件事的重要性，也愿我们都向着这独一的标竿─基督，就是杰出的复活─竭力追求。
27The name Israel means “a prince of God.” We become a prince of God by having the unique mind which directs us to take the way of the unique walk, that is, to pursue toward the goal of the out-resurrection. Today the Lord desires to have a group of people pursuing this goal. May we all see the crucial importance of the unique mind directing the unique walk, and may we all pursue toward the unique goal — Christ as the out-resurrection.