约六63 …我对你们所说的话，就是灵，就是生命。

　　　五39 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。

　　John 6:63b …. the words which I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

　　5:39 You search the Scriptures, because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is these that testify concerning Me.

　　生命是全本圣经的中心。但什么是生命？或者说，谁是生命？〔主〕说，“我就是…生命，”〔约十四6，〕又说，“我来了，是要叫羊〔人〕得生命。”〔十10。〕圣经就是启示基督作生命。每逢我们来到圣经跟前，我们必须认识，我们乃是来接触作我们生命的基督。

　　整本圣经是一本生命的书，这生命就是基督耶稣自己这神圣而活的人位，祂乃是我们的分。当我们来读圣经，我们必须来接触祂，我们不该重复犹太人可怜的历史，他们查考圣经，因他们以为其中有永远的生命，然而他们却不肯到主耶稣那里（约五39～40）。我们切不可只接触圣经而不接触主。每当我们打开圣经，我们必须说，“主耶稣！你必须在这里。这不仅是一本书，这是你的启示。我不愿读这书却没有接触你，我不愿从这书上听到一些话却没有听到你。我也不愿读这书而没有看见你。我喜欢见到你的面，我喜欢在这书页上见到你的所是。哦，主耶稣，照亮你的话，膏抹每一行，好叫我摸着你。”我们需要这样的灵，来接触这活的话（创世记生命读经，四至五页）。

　　Life is the focus of the whole Bible. But what is life, or who is life? The answer is in the word of the Lord Jesus. He says, "I am life," and "I am come that you may have life." The Bible is a revelation of Christ as life. Whenever we come to the Bible, we must realize that we are coming to contact Christ as our life.

　　The whole Bible is a book of life, and this life is nothing less than the divine and living Person of Christ Jesus Himself, Who is our portion. When we come to the Bible, we must come to contact Him. We should not repeat the pitiful history of the Jewish people who researched the Scriptures because they thought there was life in them, yet would not come to the Lord Jesus (John 5:39-40). We should not contact the Bible without contacting the Lord. Whenever we open the Bible we have to say, "Lord Jesus, You have to be here. This is not merely a book, this is Your revelation. I don't like to read this book without contacting You. I don't like to hear something from this book without hearing You. I don't like to read this book without seeing You. I like to see Your face. I like to see what You are from the printed page. O Lord Jesus, enlighten Your Word and anoint every line that I may touch You." We need such a spirit to contact this living Word. (Life-Study of Genesis)

　　我们…该相信神的信实。我们会改变，但神永不改变。正如雅各书一章十七节所说，“在祂并没有…转动的影儿。”不仅如此，…祂对自己的话总是信实的。神不仅是信实的，也是有能力的。所以，我们需要信神的能力。保罗在以弗所三章二十节宣告：“神能…极其充盈地成就一切，超过我们所求所想的。”

　　我们的信还有一面，就是相信神的话。神受了约束，要成就祂所说的一切。祂越说话，就越要负责成就祂自己的话。我们能告诉祂说，“神，你已经说了，你写出的话已经在我们手中。主，你受了约束，要成就你的话。”为着神信实的话，阿利路亚！（以弗所书生命读经，六五三至六五四页。）

　　We should have faith in God's faithfulness. We may change, but God does not change. As James 1:17 says, there is no shadow of turning with Him. Furthermore, He cannot lie (Titus 1:2), but is always faithful to His word. God is not only faithful, but also able. Therefore, we need to have faith in God's ability. In 3:20 Paul declares that God “is able to do superabundantly above all that we ask or think.”

　　still another aspect of our faith is faith in God's word. God is bound to fulfill all that He has spoken. The more He speaks, the more responsible He becomes to fulfill His own word. We can tell Him, “God, You have spoken, and Your written Word is in our hand. Lord, You are bound to fulfill Your word.” Hallelujah for God's faithful word! (Life-Study of Ephesians, message 65)

　　“查考圣经”可能与“到我这里来”分开。犹太宗教徒查考圣经，却不肯到主这里来；这两件事应当并行。圣经既是为主作见证，就不该与主分开。我们可能接触圣经，却没有接触主。惟有主能赐人生命。我们绝不该将圣经和主自己分开。每逢我们查考神的话，我们都必须到主这里来。我们必须使查考神的话和摸着主成为一件事。每逢我们读圣经，我们必须将我们的灵向主敞开。当我们的眼睛在阅读圣经的话，我们的心思在领会这些话时，我们的灵必须操练借着圣经接触主。这样，我们不但在头脑里领会圣经上的白纸黑字，还在我们的灵中得到生命（约翰福音生命读经，二○○至二○一页）。

　　To “search the Scriptures” may be separated from “come to Me.” The Jewish religionists searched the Scriptures, but were not willing to come to the Lord. These two should be kept together. Since the Scriptures testify concerning the Lord, they should not be separated from Him. We may contact the Scriptures and yet not contact the Lord. Only the Lord can give life. We should never separate the Scriptures from the Lord Himself. Whenever we search the Word, we must come to the Lord Himself. We must make searching the Word and touching the Lord one thing. Whenever we study the Bible, we must open our spirit to the Lord. While our eyes are reading the words and our mind is understanding them, our spirit must be exercised to contact the Lord through the Scriptures. Then we shall not only have the understanding of the black and white letters in our mentality, but also have the life in our spirit. (Life-Study of Gospel of John)