太四4 耶稣却回答说，经上记着，“人活着不是单靠食物，乃是靠神口里所出的一切话。”

　　约六63 赐人生命的乃是灵，肉是无益的；我对你们所说的话，就是灵，就是生命。

　　圣经给我们看见……神的说话，神的话。希伯来一章一至二节上半说，“神既在古时，借着众申言者，多分多方向列祖说话，就在这末后的日子，在子里向我们说话。”因此，圣经里首先有神，然后有神的说话，就是从祂口中所出的话（箴言生命读经，五二至五三页）。

　　Matt. 4:4 But He answered and said, It is written, “Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out through the mouth of God.” John It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits

　　6:63 nothing; the words which I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.

　　The Bible shows us …God’s speaking, God’s word. Hebrews 1:1-2a says, “God, having spoken of old in many portions and in many ways to the fathers in the prophets, has at the last of these days spoken to us in the Son.” Thus, in the Bible we first have God, and then we have God’s speaking, the word that proceeds out of His mouth. (Life-study of Proverbs, p. 39)

　　基督徒需要每日接触主，被那灵摸着，并接受更多的生命。我们可以借着接触话来作这些事。……神今日在基督里作为那灵具体化在圣经里，这是何等奇妙！圣经里的神圣话语乃是具体化并传输神、基督、那灵和生命的“电线”。圣经是神的呼出（提后三16），将神、基督、那灵和生命传输到我们里面，就像电线将电传输到建筑物里面。我们需要天天接受圣经里的话，使其“安装”到我们里面，并且“打开开关”，好让神、基督、那灵和生命得以传输到我们里面。

　　神的话实际上是由三种成分组成的—基督、祂的死以及祂的复活。圣经的基本成分并不是故事或道理，乃是基督、祂的死以及祂的复活。我们读圣经时，若只看见故事或道理，却没有看出基督、祂的死与复活，我们的读经就是枉然。无论我们读过什么章节，我们总该接受并享受这三项基本成分—基督、祂包罗万有的死以及祂的复活。

　　约翰福音的开头几节并未提及基督的死与复活，但我们若借着祷读这几节而吃下健康的话，结果乃是我们里面的病菌被杀死，我们里面的软弱也被吞灭。这是话语中基督之死的杀死元素所产生的击杀。当我们继续祷读，同样的话会将生命供应给我们，因为这话也含有基督之复活的滋养元素。这就是基督徒生活—借着话从我们的神领受杀死和滋养的一种生活。

　　正确的读经总是将杀死的元素传输到我们里面。我们在读经时，若没有接受任何杀死，我们的读经就是枉然。我们肉身的吃，同样使我们的身体能杀死体内的病菌。我们每天若没有正确地吃，很快就会因着许多病菌而生病。只要我们好好地吃、规律地吃，我们就不需要吃抗生素。我们借着吃，就可以自然得到杀死的元素。同样的原则，我们每次读经时，都领受了杀死的元素。实际上，被杀死的并非我们自己，而是我们里面的消极事物，如我们天然的生命和肉体（李文集一九七八年第三册，二九四、二四六至二四七页）。

　　在约翰六章六十三节〔下半〕主说，祂的话就是灵，就是生命。这里的“话”是随着上文的“灵”〔63上〕。灵是活的、实际的，但相当奥秘，摸不着，且很难领会。然而，主的话是具体的。首先主指明，为着赐人生命，祂要成为那灵。然后祂说，祂所说的话就是灵，就是生命。这指明祂所说的话，乃是赐生命之灵的具体化。祂现今在复活里是赐生命的灵，而这灵是具体化于祂的话。我们运用灵来接受祂的话，就接受了是生命的那灵（李文集一九八二年第二册，二七六页）。

　　参读：约翰福音生命读经，第十六篇；完全明白神的话，第一至三篇；为神说话，第二章。

　　Christians need to daily contact the Lord, be touched by the Spirit, and receive more life. We can do this by touching the Word….How wonderful that today God in Christ as the Spirit is embodied in the Bible. The divine word in the Bible is the “wire” that embodies and conveys God, Christ, the Spirit, and life. The Bible as God’s breath (2 Tim. 3:16) conveys God, Christ, the Spirit, and life into our being, just as a wire conveys electricity into a building. We need to daily take in the word in the Bible to have it “installed” and “switched on” so that God, Christ, the Spirit, and life may be transmitted into our being.

　　The word of God is actually composed of three elements—Christ, His death, and His resurrection. The basic ingredients of the Bible are not stories or doctrines but Christ, His death, and His resurrection. When we read the Bible, if we pick up only stories or doctrines rather than Christ, His death, and His resurrection, our Bible reading is in vain. Regardless of what chapter or verse we read, we should always take in and enjoy the three basic ingredients—Christ, His all-inclusive death, and His resurrection.

　　The first few verses of the Gospel of John do not mention the death or resurrection of Christ, but if we eat the healthy word by pray-reading these verses, the result will be that the germs within us will be killed, and the weaknesses within us will be swallowed up. This is a killing produced by the killing element of Christ’s death in the word. As we continue pray-reading, we will be supplied with life by the same word, which also contains the nourishing element of Christ’s resurrection. This is the Christian life—a life of receiving killing and nourishing from our God through the Word.

　　The proper reading of the Bible always transmits a killing element into us. If we do not receive any killing when we read the Bible, our reading is in vain. Our physical eating similarly enables our body to kill the germs in us. If we do not eat properly every day, we will quickly become sick from many germs. As long as we eat well and regularly, we do not need to take antibiotics. Through our eating we will naturally have the killing element. In the same principle, every time we read the Word, we receive a killing element. Actually, it is not we ourselves but the negative things within us, such as our natural life and our flesh, that are killed. (CWWL, 1978, vol. 3, “The Healthy Word,” pp. 213-214, 177-178)

　　In John 6:63b the Lord said that His words are spirit and life. Here the “words” follow the Spirit [v. 63a]. The Spirit is living and real but rather mysterious, intangible, and difficult for us to apprehend. However, the Lord’s words are substantial. First, the Lord indicated that for giving life He would become the Spirit. Then He said that the words He speaks are spirit and life. This indicates that His spoken words are the embodiment of the life-giving Spirit. He is now the life-giving Spirit in resurrection, and the Spirit is embodied in His words. When we receive His words by exercising our spirit, we receive the Spirit who is life. (CWWL, 1982, vol. 2, “The Fulfillment of the Tabernacle and the Offerings in the Writings of John,” p. 215)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of John, msg. 16; CWWL, 1985, vol. 4, “The Full Knowledge of the Word of God,” chs. 1-3; CWWL, 1985, vol. 5, “Speaking for God,” ch. 2