三 约书亚四十岁时，联同迦勒成为十二个探子中的两个，他们二人满有信心，接受神的话作他们的信心，顾到神的权益，使祂的百姓据有美地；在旷野里，蒙神救赎的人中间，只有两个得胜者，约书亚和迦勒，得着美地为奖赏—民十三30，十四6~9、27~30，罗十17，加三3、5，来十一5~6，腓三13~14，参徒六5： |
C At the age of forty Joshua joined Caleb, as two of the twelve spies, as ones who had hearts full of faith by taking the word of God as their faith to care for God’s interests for His people to possess the good land; only two overcomers among God’s redeemed in the wilderness, Joshua and Caleb, received the prize of the good land—Num. 13:30; 14:6-9, 27-30; Rom. 10:17; Gal. 3:3, 5; Heb. 11:5-6; Phil. 3:13-14; cf. Acts 6:5: |
１ 根据民数记十三和十四章的记载，以色列人有不信的恶心；约书亚和迦勒劝勉并警告百姓，说，“你们不可背叛耶和华”（十四9）；这话指明不相信主就是背叛祂—十三31~33，十四1~3、6~11，申一26、32。 |
１ According to the record in Numbers 13 and 14, the people of Israel had an evil heart of unbelief; Joshua and Caleb exhorted and warned the people by saying, “Do not rebel against Jehovah” (v. 9); these words indicate that not to believe in the Lord is to rebel against Him—Num. 13:31-33; 14:1-3, 6-11; Deut. 1:26, 32. |
２ 我们若要完全据有基督这美地，就必须求主拯救我们脱离有不信的恶心；有这样刚硬的心就是从活神坠落、转离了—25~26，28，35~39节，九23，徒六5上，来三7~13。 |
２ If we are going to fully possess Christ as the good land, we must ask the Lord to save us from having an evil heart of unbelief; to have such a hardened heart is to fall away, to turn away, from the living God—vv. 25-26, 28, 35-39; 9:23; Acts 6:5a; Heb. 3:7-13. |
３ 我们基督徒行事为人，是凭着信心，不是凭着眼见（林后五7）；因此，我们必须持续地望断以及于耶稣，就是我们信心的创始者与成终者（来十二1~2）；我们的信不是出于我们自己，乃是出于那将自己作信的成分，分赐到我们里面，替我们信者的（加二20，彼后一1）。 |
３ Our Christian walk is by faith, not by sight (2 Cor. 5:7); thus, we must continually look away unto Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith (Heb. 12:1-2); our faith is not of ourselves but of Him who imparts Himself as the believing element into us that He may believe for us (Gal. 2:20; 2 Pet. 1:1). |
４ 我们需要领悟，对基督徒来说，最大的罪乃是不信；我们若抓住神的话并相信祂的话，就好了；当我们凭自己的感觉而活，不运用信心的灵并将我们的心转向主，以相信神话语（祂的约，祂的遗嘱）中神圣的事实时，对我们来说，我们就是背叛神的话，羞辱神，以神为说谎的—申一25~26，来三12、16~19，四2、6，十一1，罗三4。 |
４ We need to realize that for a Christian, unbelief is the greatest sin; if we grasp hold of God’s Word and believe His Word, all will be well; when we live by our feelings and do not exercise our spirit of faith and turn our heart to the Lord in order to believe in the divine facts in God’s Word, which is His covenant, His will, to us, we are rebelling against the Word of God, insulting God, and making Him a liar—Deut. 1:25-26; Heb. 3:12, 16-19; 4:2, 6; 11:1; Rom. 3:4. |
５ 我们不该被自己的定罪、感觉、和环境等乌云所威胁或恐吓；我们必须活在新约之下，不信任何的失败、软弱、黑暗、或消极的事物；我们是有约的人，我们有一节应许的经文可以应付每一种处境—创九8~17，启四2~3，哀三22~23，罗八1，林后十二9，提后一10，二1，犹24，约壹一9，林前一9。 |
５ We should not be threatened or frightened by the clouds of our convictions, feelings, and environments; we must live under the new covenant and not believe in any failure, weakness, darkness, or negative thing; we are the covenanted people, and we have a verse of promise to meet every situation—Gen. 9:8-17; Rev. 4:2-3; Lam. 3:22-23; Rom. 8:1; 2 Cor. 12:9; 2 Tim. 1:10; 2:1; Jude 24; 1 John 1:9; 1 Cor. 1:9. |
６ 我们的灵是复活、是灵之基督作新约一切遗赠之实际的“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；因着召会人乃是在约之下的人，实际上我们可以称为约的召会—赛四二6，四九8，罗八2、10、6、11、16，来八10，约十六13。 |
６ Our spirit is the “bank account” of the resurrected, pneumatic Christ as the reality 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; because the church people are a people under the covenant, we can actually be called the church of the covenant—Isa. 42:6; 49:8; Rom. 8:2, 10, 6, 11, 16; Heb. 8:10; John 16:13. |
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来十二2 望断以及于耶稣，就是我们信心的创始者与成终者…。 罗十17 可见信是由于听，听是借着基督的话。 来四2 …所听见的话与他们无益，因为这话在听见的人里面，没有与信心调和。 加二20 …我如今在肉身里所活的生命，是我在神儿子的信里，与祂联结所活的，祂是爱我，为我舍了自己。 旧约所有得胜的圣徒不过是信心的见证人，但耶稣乃是信心的创始者。祂是信心的发起者、开创者、源头和因由。照我们天然的人，我们没有信的能力，我们凭自己没有信。那叫我们得救的信，乃是我们从主所得宝贵的信（彼后一1）。当我们仰望耶稣，祂这赐生命的灵（林前十五45）就将祂自己，将祂信的成分，灌输到我们里面；这样，自然而然的，有一种信在我们里面升起，我们就有信心相信祂。这不是出于我们自己，乃是出于那将自己作信的成分，分赐到我们里面，替我们信者的。因此，乃是主自己作我们的信。我们因着祂作我们的信而活，是因着祂的信（加二20），不是因着我们自己的信（圣经恢复本，来十二2注3）。 就如十个探子的恶信（民十三31~33）和百姓向摩西、亚伦所发的怨言（十四1~4）所指明的，以色列人不顾神，只顾自己。…因此，他们不信神，并且得罪神到一个地步，使神憎恶他们。他们的光景带来神的审判和惩罚。只有神是信心的源头。我们若要有信心，就必须学习顾到神的权益，而不顾自己的利益（民十四11注1）。 |
Heb. 12:2 Looking away unto Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith… Rom. 10:17 So faith comes out of hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ. Heb. 4:2…The word heard did not profit them, not being mixed together with faith in those who heard. Gal. 2:20 …I live in faith, the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me. The overcoming saints in the Old Testament are only witnesses of faith, whereas Jesus is the Author of faith. He is the Originator, the Inaugurator, the source, and the cause of faith. In our natural man we have no believing ability….When we look away unto Jesus [Heb. 12:2], He as the life-giving Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45) transfuses us with Himself, with His believing element. Then, spontaneously, a kind of believing arises in our being, and we have the faith to believe in Him. This faith is not of ourselves but of Him who imparts Himself as the believing element into us that He may believe for us. Hence, He Himself is our faith. We live by Him as our faith; that is, we live by His faith (Gal. 2:20), not by our own. (Heb. 12:2, footnote 3) As indicated by the evil report of the ten spies (Num. 13:31-33) and the murmuring of the people against Moses and Aaron (14:1-4), the children of Israel did not care for God but cared only for themselves…. Because of this, they did not believe in God, and they offended God to such an extent that they became abhorrent to Him. Their situation brought in God’s judgment and punishment. God alone is the source of faith. If we would have faith, we must learn to care for God’s interests and not for our benefit. (Num. 14:11, footnote 1) |
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神对什么信实？神对祂所说的信实。神对祂的话信实，祂的话就是遗命，就是约。约就是神的话。 我们的基督徒生活以及召会生活，绝对是约的生活。…在新约圣经的每一节，我们看见神的应许。我要给你们其中的一节：“那临到你们的试诱，无非是人所能受的；神是信实的，必不容你们受试诱过于所能受的，祂也必随着试诱开一条出路，叫你们能忍受得住”（林前十13）。…在你面临任何环境时都…有一节圣经作活的应许，来给你倚靠并凭此而活。…我们不该被自己的定罪、感觉、和环境等乌云所威胁或恐吓。我们乃是在神的约下，完全在祂的祝福下。不再有定罪，不再有审判，不再有咒诅。死已经被废去，在召会中我们不断地享受生命。…不要怕失去你的职业或健康。不要被黑暗或消极的事物所威胁。我们是有约的人，我们有一节应许的经文可以应付每一种处境（创世记生命读经，五三三至五三四页）。 只有神的话是真的！如果环境和经历与神的话相合，我们感谢赞美神！如果环境和经历与神的话不合，就只有神的话是真的。凡和神的话相反的，都是假的。…神说基督是我的圣别，神说基督是我的生命，神说基督是我的得胜。撒但说你还是败坏，但神的话是真的。撒但说你还是软弱，但神的话是真的。撒但说你还是污秽，但神的话是真的。撒但对你说的都是谎言，只有神的话是真的！（倪柝声文集第二辑第四册，一五九至一六○页。） 信徒的信实际上不是他们自己的信，乃是基督进到他们里面作他们的信。…当我们悔改归向神，那是灵的基督作神圣化的灵（彼前一2上），就在我们里面运行，作我们的信，使我们凭这信信靠主耶稣（徒十六31）。…我们这些罪人原是没有信的。信乃是借着我们听见话而进到我们里面的。这话就是基督自己（罗马书的结晶，八四至八五页）。 参读：希伯来书生命读经，第二十五篇；得胜的生命，第七至八篇。 |
To what is God faithful? He is faithful to what He says. He is faithful to His Word, and His Word is the testament, the covenant. The covenant is simply God’s Word. Our Christian life and church life are absolutely a covenant life…. In verse after verse of the New Testament, we find God’s promises. I want to give you one of them: …“No temptation has taken you except that which is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow that you be tempted beyond what you are able, but will, with the temptation, also make the way out, that you may be able to endure it” (1 Cor. 10:13). There is a verse for every circumstance that you face…as a living promise for you to rely upon and live by….We should not be threatened or frightened by the clouds of our convictions, feelings, and environments. We are under God’s covenant, fully under His blessing. There is no more condemnation, no more judgment, no more curse. Death has been abolished. In the church, we continually enjoy life…. Do not be frightened about losing your job or your health. Do not be threatened by any dark or negative thing. We are the covenanted people, and we have a verse of promise to meet every situation. (Life-study of Genesis, p. 437) Only God’s Word is true! If the environment and experience match God’s Word, we thank and praise Him! If the environment and experience do not match God’s Word, it is God’s Word that stands. Anything that contradicts God’s Word is false…. God says that Christ is my holiness, my life, and my victory. Satan will say that you are still corrupt, weak, and unclean. But God’s Word is true. Satan’s words are lies. Only God’s Word is true! (CWWN, vol. 24, “The Overcoming Life,” p. 136) The faith of the believers is actually not their own faith but Christ entering into them to be their faith….When we repented unto God, the pneumatic Christ as the sanctifying Spirit of God (1 Pet. 1:2a) moved within us to be our faith by which we believed on the Lord Jesus (Acts 16:31)…. As sinners, we did not have faith. Faith came into us by our hearing the word. This word is just Christ Himself. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 1, “Crystallization-study of the Epistle to the Romans,” p. 273) Further Reading: Life-study of Hebrews, msg. 25; CWWN, vol. 24, “The Overcoming Life,” chs. 7-8 |