二 基督自己就是神所赐给我们之生命的新约，新遗命—赛四二6，四九8，耶三一31~34，来八8~12： |
Ｂ Christ Himself is the new covenant, the new testament, of life given to us by God—Isa. 42:6; 49:8; Jer. 31:31-34; Heb. 8:8-12: |
１ 在原文，约与遗命同字： |
１ In Greek the same word is used for both covenant and testament: |
ａ 约和遗命相同；只是立约者还活着时，那就是约；他若死了，那就是遗命；用今天的话来说，遗命就是遗嘱。 |
ａ A covenant and a testament are the same, but when the maker of the covenant is living, it is a covenant, and when he has died, it is a testament; a testament in today’s terms is a will. |
ｂ 约是合同，带着一些应许，要为受约的人成就一些事；而遗命是遗书，带着一些已成就的事物，遗赠给承受的人—九16~17，参申十一29，二八1、15，耶三一31~32。 |
ｂ A covenant is an agreement containing some promises to accomplish certain things for the covenanted people, while a testament is a will containing certain accomplished things that are bequeathed to the inheritor—9:16-17; cf. Deut. 11:29; 28:1, 15; Jer. 31:31-32. |
２ 律法的旧约是神的照片，而恩典的新约乃是神的人位—约一16~17： |
２ The old covenant of the law is a portrait of God, but the new covenant of grace is the person of God—John 1:16-17: |
ａ 当我们信入基督，这照片的人位就进入我们里面；当我们照着灵而行并将心思置于灵，祂就在我们里面满足律法公义的要求—结三六26~27，罗八2、4、6、10。 |
ａ When we believe into Christ, the person of this portrait comes into us, and He fulfills in us the righteous requirements of the law as we walk according to the spirit and set our mind on the spirit—Ezek. 36:26-27; Rom. 8:2, 4, 6, 10. |
ｂ 基督借着死，满足了神按着祂律法公义的要求，立了新约（六23，三21，十3~4，路二二20，来九16~17），并且在复活里祂成了新约连同其一切遗赠（林前十五45下，赛四二6，腓一19）。 |
ｂ Through His death Christ fulfilled the demands of God’s righteousness according to His law and enacted the new covenant (6:23; 3:21; 10:3-4; Luke 22:20; Heb. 9:16-17), and in His resurrection He became the new covenant with all its bequests (1 Cor. 15:45b; Isa. 42:6; Phil. 1:19). |
ｃ 基督在祂的升天里，展开关于神经纶之新约的书卷，并且在祂天上的职事里作为中保，执行者，正在执行其内容—启五1~5，来八6，九15，十二24。 |
ｃ In His ascension Christ opened the scroll of the new covenant concerning God’s economy, and in His heavenly ministry as the Mediator, the Executor, He is carrying out its contents—Rev. 5:1-5; Heb. 8:6; 9:15; 12:24. |
ｄ 基督是犹大支派中的狮子，胜过并击败了撒但；是救赎的羔羊，除去了堕落之人的罪性和罪行；也是七灵，将自己作为新约书卷的内容注入我们里面—启五5~6，约一29。 |
ｄ As the Lion of the tribe of Judah, Christ overcame and defeated Satan, as the redeeming Lamb, Christ took away the sin and sins of fallen man, and as the seven Spirits, Christ infuses us with Himself as the contents of the scroll of the new covenant—Rev. 5:5-6; John 1:29. |
ｅ 神的救恩、神的祝福以及神一切的丰富都已经立约给了我们；这约就是基督；新约中千百项遗赠的实际乃是基督；神已经立遗命，将祂自己在基督里作为那灵赐给我们—创二二18上，加三14，林前一30，十五45下，弗一3，三8，约二十22。 |
ｅ God’s salvation, God’s blessings, and all of God’s riches have been covenanted to us, and this covenant is Christ; the reality of all the hundreds of bequests in the New Testament is Christ; God has willed Himself in Christ as the Spirit to us—Gen. 22:18a; Gal. 3:14; 1 Cor. 1:30; 15:45b; Eph. 1:3; 3:8; John 20:22. |
３ 我们的灵是新约一切遗赠的“银行账户”；借着生命之灵的律，这一切遗赠都分赐到我们里面，对我们成为真实的—罗八2、10、6、11、16，来八10，约十六13。 |
３ Our spirit is the “bank account” of all the bequests of the new covenant; by the law of the Spirit of life, all these bequests are dispensed into us and made real to us—Rom. 8:2, 10, 6, 11, 16; Heb. 8:10; John 16:13. |
４ 新约的中心、内容和实际，乃是内里生命的律（罗八2）；就其素质说，这律指神圣的生命，而神圣的生命就是三一神，具体化身在包罗万有的基督里，并实化为赐生命的灵（西二9，林前十五45）；三一神已经过过程并终极完成，成为祂选民的一切： |
４ The center, the content, and the reality of the new covenant is the inner law of life (Rom. 8:2); in its essence this law refers to the divine life, and the divine life is the Triune God, who is embodied in the all-inclusive Christ and realized as the life-giving Spirit (Col. 2:9; 1 Cor. 15:45); He is the One who has been processed and consummated to be everything to His chosen people: |
ａ 在新约里，神将祂自己放在祂所拣选的人里面，作他们的生命，并且这生命是一个律，就是一种自然的能力和自动的法则—来八10，罗八2。 |
ａ In the new covenant God puts Himself into His chosen people as their life, and this life is a law, a spontaneous power and an automatic principle—Heb. 8:10; Rom. 8:2. |
ｂ 按其生命说，新约的律乃是经过过程的三一神；按其功用说，新约的律乃是全能的神圣性能；这神圣的性能在我们里面行作一切，为着完成神的经纶。 |
ｂ According to its life, the law of the new covenant is the processed Triune God, and according to its function, it is the almighty divine capacity; this capacity can do everything in us for the carrying out of God’s economy. |
ｃ 就素质说，这律是神在基督里作为那灵；按功用说，这律有性能，使我们成为神（2、10、6、11、28~29）；不仅如此，内里生命之律的性能将我们构成基督身体的肢体（林前十二27，弗五30），有各种的功用（罗十二3~8，弗四11、16）。 |
ｃ In essence this law is God in Christ as the Spirit, and in function it has the capacity to deify us (vv. 2, 10, 6, 11, 28-29); furthermore, the capacity of the inner law of life constitutes us the members of the Body of Christ (1 Cor. 12:27; Eph. 5:30) with all kinds of functions (Rom. 12:3-8; Eph. 4:11, 16). |
ｄ 生命的律写在我们心上，符合新约的教训，论到神圣生命从我们全人的中心（我们的灵）扩展到圆周（我们的心）（来八10，罗八9，弗三17）；神将祂的律写在我们心上，乃是借着从我们的灵运行到我们的心，将祂的所是写到我们全人里面（林后三3）。 |
ｄ The writing of the law of life on our heart corresponds to the New Testament teaching concerning the spreading of the divine life from the center of our being, which is our spirit, to the circumference, which is our heart (Heb. 8:10; Rom. 8:9; Eph. 3:17); God writes His law on our heart by moving from our spirit into our heart to inscribe what He is into our being (2 Cor. 3:3). |
ｅ 我们借着里面神圣生命自然、自动的功用，有认识神、活神甚至在神的生命和性情上（但不在祂的神格上）成为神的性能，使我们成为祂的扩增、扩大，作祂的丰满，使祂得着永远的彰显—弗三16~21。 |
ｅ Through the spontaneous, automatic function of the divine life within us, we have the capacity to know God, to live God, and even to become God in His life and nature but not in His Godhead so that we may become His increase, His enlargement, to be His fullness for His eternal expression—Eph. 3:16-21. |
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耶三一31 ……我要与以色列家和犹大家，另立新约。 33~34 ……我要将我的律法放在他们里面，写在他们心上；我要作他们的神，他们要作我的子民。他们……都必认识我，因为我要赦免他们的罪孽，不再记念他们的罪。 在原文里，约这辞也是指遗命。每一个正确的约至终都成了遗命。在立约的人死以前，这是约；他死了以后，那约就成了遗命。用今天的话来说，遗命就是遗嘱。……我们手中有新约圣经，但这并不是实际。新约中千百项遗赠的实际乃是基督。没有基督，圣经就是空的，所以真正的遗命，真正的遗嘱，乃是基督。基督是我们的所有权状，这所有权状在我们的灵里，就是那包罗万有、赐生命、内住并终极完成的灵（以赛亚书生命读经，四一三页）。 |
Jer. 31:31 …I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. 33-34 …I will put My law in their inward parts and write it upon their hearts; and I will be their God, and they will be My people. And…all of them will know Me…, for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more. In Greek the word for covenant is also the word for testament. Every proper covenant eventually becomes a testament. Before the person who enacted the covenant dies, it is the covenant. After he dies, that covenant becomes a testament. A testament in today’s terms is a will….We have the New Testament of the Bible in our hands, but this is not the reality. The reality of all the hundreds of bequests in the New Testament is Christ. Without Christ, the Bible is empty, so the real testament, the real will, is Christ. Christ is our title deed, and this title deed is in our spirit as the all-inclusive, life-giving, indwelling, consummated Spirit. (Life-study of Isaiah, p. 329) |
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我们里面神圣生命内里的律有性能，使我们与神成为一。在这生命同其律里，神是我们的神，我们是祂的子民。神作我们的神，乃是借着祂神圣的生命；我们作祂的子民，也是借着神圣的生命。至终，在神圣的生命里，并凭着神圣生命之律的工作，神要作到我们里面，我们也要活祂，并在祂的生命和性情上（当然不在祂的神格上）被祂构成。 神要我们接受祂作我们的源头并天天饮于祂，使祂成为我们里面生命水的河。在我们堕落的光景中，我们是没有盼望、全然败坏、无法医治、不能改变的。但基督已经来成为我们的义和我们内里的生命。就着外面说，祂是我们的义，使我们蒙神称义；就着里面说，祂是神圣的生命充满我们，使我们与神成为一，甚至以神构成我们，使我们活神。这样，我们就成为团体的身体，就是三一神的生机体。这就是耶利米书的核仁。 新约的中心，乃是内里生命的律。耶利米三十一章三十三节上半……〔指明〕这律法不是外面的律法，乃是里面的律法。就其素质说，这律指神圣的生命，而神圣的生命一点不差就是赐生命的灵，包罗万有的基督，经过过程并终极完成的神。 这律……会尽功用。……在这律里有神圣的性能，而神圣的性能是全能的。这神圣的性能在我们里面能行作一切，为着完成神的定旨。关于完成神的经纶，没有一件积极的事是这神圣的性能作不到的。 内里生命之律的神圣性能能活神，……也能使在基督里的信徒被神构成，……在生命和性情上与神一样，……成为祂的扩增、扩大，作祂的丰满以彰显祂。这是内里生命之律的性能最高的一面。 内里之律的性能，也将我们构成基督的身体（林前十二13，弗五30）。……这性能有身体一切功用所具有的一切才能。……这性能能将我们构成基督身体的肢体，包括各种的功用：丰富供应的节（使徒、申言者、传福音者、牧人和教师）的功用，以及身体每一部分依其度量而尽的功用（弗四11、16）。就素质说，内里生命的律是神在基督里作为那灵；按功用说，这律有性能，使我们被神构成，并将我们构成基督身体的肢体，有各种的功用，各种的才能。我很喜乐，甚至很兴奋，看见这律运行在主恢复中的众圣徒里面。为着这美妙的生命之律，阿利路亚！（耶利米书生命读经，三一五、二二一至二二四页）。 参读：耶利米书生命读经，第二十六篇；以赛亚书生命读经，第四十六篇。 |
The inner law of the divine life within us has the capacity to make us one with God. In this life with its law, God is our God, and we are His people. The way for God to be our God is His divine life, and the way for us to be His people is also the divine life. Eventually, in the divine life and by the working of the law of the divine life, God will be wrought into us, and we will live Him and be constituted with Him in His life and nature but not, of course, in His Godhead. God wants us to take Him as our source and to drink of Him every day so that He may become the river of the water of life within us. In our fallen condition we are hopeless, utterly corrupt, incurable, and unchangeable. But Christ has come to be our righteousness and our inner life. Outwardly, He is our righteousness for us to be justified by God. Inwardly, He is the divine life to fill us, to make us one with God, and even to constitute us with God that we may live God. Then we will be a corporate Body, the organism of the Triune God. This is the kernel of the book of Jeremiah. The center, the centrality, of the new covenant is the inner law of life. Jeremiah 31:33a…[indicates that] this law is not an outward law but an inward law. In its essence, this law refers to the divine life, and the divine life is nothing less than the life-giving Spirit, the all-inclusive Christ, and the processed and consummated God. This law functions….In this law there is the divine capacity, and the divine capacity is almighty. This divine capacity can do everything in us for the fulfillment of God’s purpose. There is not a positive thing concerning the carrying out of God’s economy that this divine capacity is unable to do. The divine capacity of the inner law of life can live God [and] cause the believers…to be constituted with God,…made the same as God in life and in nature,…[to] become His increase, His enlargement, as His fullness to express Him. This is the highest aspect of the capacity of the inner law of life. The capacity of the inner law constitutes us to be the Body of Christ (1 Cor. 12:13; Eph. 5:30)…[and] has all the abilities of all the functions of the Body….This capacity can constitute us to be the members of the Body of Christ, including all kinds of functions: those of apostles, prophets, evangelists, and shepherds and teachers—the joints of the rich supply—and those of every part of the Body that functions in its measure (Eph. 4:11, 16). In essence the inner law of life is God in Christ as the Spirit, and in function this law has the capacity to constitute us with God and to constitute us the members of the Body of Christ with all kinds of functions, all kinds of abilities. I am happy, and even excited, to see this law operating in the saints in the Lord’s recovery. Hallelujah for this wonderful law of life! (Life-study of Jeremiah, pp. 262, 183-185) Further Reading: Life-study of Jeremiah, msg. 26; Life-study of Isaiah, msg. 46 |