壹 在启示录二章七节，生命树是指钉十字架（由树，就是木头所含示—彼前二24）并复活（由神的生命所含示—约十一25）的基督；今天祂是在召会中，这召会的完成乃是新耶路撒冷，在其中这位钉死并复活的基督将是生命树，滋养神所有的赎民，并作他们的享受，直到永远（启二二2、14，参出十五25~26）。 |
Ⅰ In Revelation 2:7 the tree of life signifies the crucified (implied in the tree as a piece of wood—1 Pet. 2:24) and resurrected (implied in the life of God—John 11:25) Christ, who today is in the church, the consummation of which will be the New Jerusalem, in which the crucified and resurrected Christ will be the tree of life for the nourishment and enjoyment of all God's redeemed people for eternity (Rev. 22:2, 14; cf. Exo. 15:25-26). |
贰 在亚西亚的众召会，包括在以弗所的召会，离弃了使徒保罗许配的职事（提后一15，林后十一2~3）；因此，我们看见在大约二十六年之后，使徒约翰写信给在以弗所的召会时，他们已经离弃了起初的爱，并失去了对基督作生命树的真正享受（启二4~5、7）： |
Ⅱ The churches in Asia, including the church in Ephesus, had turned away from the apostle Paul's betrothing ministry (2 Tim. 1:15; 2 Cor. 11:2-3); thus, we see that approximately twenty-six years later, when the apostle John wrote the epistle to the church in Ephesus, they had left their first love and lost the genuine enjoyment of Christ as the tree of life (Rev. 2:4-5, 7): |
一 真正的新约职事总是挑旺我们用起初的爱来爱主耶稣，加强我们单纯的吃并享受基督这生命树作我们生命的供应—林后十一2~3，三3~6。 |
A The genuine ministry of the New Testament always stirs us up to love the Lord Jesus with the first love, strengthening us in the simplicity of eating and enjoying Christ as the tree of life for our life supply—2 Cor. 11:2-3; 3:3-6. |
二 用起初的爱爱主，就是在凡事上让主居首位，居第一位，受祂的爱困迫，在我们的生活中尊祂为一切，并接受祂作一切—启二4~5，西一18下，林后五14~15，可十二30，诗七三25~26。 |
B To love the Lord with the first love is to give Him the preeminence, the first place, in all things, being constrained by His love to regard and take Him as everything in our life—Rev. 2:4-5; Col. 1:18b; 2 Cor. 5:14-15; Mark 12:30; Psa. 73:25-26. |
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启二7 ……得胜的，我必将神乐园中生命树的果子赐给他吃。 林后十一2~3 我以神的妒忌，妒忌你们，因为我曾把你们许配一个丈夫，要将一个贞洁的童女献给基督。我只怕你们的心思或被败坏，失去那向着基督的单纯和纯洁，就像蛇用诡诈诱骗了夏娃一样。 在圣经里，生命树总是指基督，就是神一切丰富的具体化身（西二9），作我们的食物（创二9，三22、24，启二二2、14、19）。这里是指钉十字架（由树，就是木头所含示—彼前二24）并复活（由神的生命所含示—约十一25）的基督，今天祂是在召会中，这召会的完成乃是新耶路撒冷，在其中这位钉死并复活的基督是生命树，滋养神所有的赎民，直到永远（启二二2、14）（圣经恢复本，启二7注6）。 |
Rev. 2:7 …To him who overcomes, to him I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise of God. 2 Cor. 11:2-3 For I am jealous over you with a jealousy of God; for I betrothed you to one husband to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. But I fear lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your thoughts would be corrupted from the simplicity and the purity toward Christ. In the Bible the tree of life always signifies Christ as the embodiment of all the riches of God (Col. 2:9) for our food (Gen. 2:9; 3:22, 24; Rev. 22:2, 14, 19). In Revelation 2:7 it signifies the crucified (implied in the tree as a piece of wood—1 Pet. 2:24) and resurrected (implied in the life of God—John 11:25) Christ, who today is in the church, the consummation of which will be the New Jerusalem, in which the crucified and resurrected Christ will be the tree of life for the nourishment of all God’s redeemed people for eternity (Rev. 22:2, 14). (Rev. 2:7, footnote 6) |
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〔保罗〕告诉哥林多人，他是以神的妒忌，妒忌他们。他接着说，他曾把他们许配一个丈夫，要将〔他们作为〕贞洁的童女献给基督。……保罗在林后十一章二节的话很摸着人，深深摸着我们的心，挑旺我们对主耶稣的爱。生命读经的信息，也常常这样摸着我们的心。只要读几页，你里面就会激起对主耶稣柔细的感觉，新鲜地觉得主耶稣是何等的宝贝、宝贵。……你自然而然地会说，“哦，主耶稣，亲爱的新郎，我爱你。主，为着你的话，为着你的职事，为着你的恢复，我感谢你。”……真正的职事……会挑旺我们对我们的新郎主耶稣的爱。……我们该说，“我们亲爱的主耶稣是我们独一的丈夫，我是祂的童女的一部分。……我只在意那供应基督给我的职事。主是我所爱，令人愉悦、宝贝的一位。” 主的恢复的目标……乃是要恢复基督自己作我们所爱的独一丈夫。我们只该属于基督。只要我们能像贞洁的童女献给这位丈夫，爱祂、珍赏祂并归属祂，我们就蒙保守。这会保守、圣别、浸透并变化我们。……我们都是为着祂的，都该为祂所吸引，爱祂、珍赏祂并宝贝祂。 在林后十一章三节，……使徒保罗……指明，热中犹太教者的教训好比创世记三章蛇向夏娃所说诱骗的话。……我们读创世记三章，就知道蛇打岔夏娃，使她偏离了对生命树的享受。蛇将夏娃指向另一棵树，就是带进死亡的善恶知识树，借此就使她偏离了对生命树的享受。 神的目标是生命。这个由生命树所表征的生命，乃是神自己在基督里成了那灵。仇敌撒但（蛇）是要打岔人，使人离开这生命。他企图把人转向知识、善与恶，其结果乃是死亡。死亡就是离开了对神的享受。……撒但……想要使我们离开享受神作我们的生命。历世纪以来，狡猾的蛇一直用各种教训使神的选民无法享受神作他们的生命。这些教训多半与知识、善、恶有关，但这些教训的结果，却叫人与神隔绝。……任何教训无论看来多好，若使你停止对主的享受，就是出于死亡。只要某人的教训或传讲剥夺我们对主作我们生命供应的享受，那种教训就是出于蛇的。然而，主真正的职事总是加强我们享受祂作我们生命的供应（哥林多后书生命读经，五四四至五四六、五四八、五五一至五五二、五五四至五五五页）。 参读：长老训练第七册，第八章；吃主，第一至二篇。 |
Paul told the Corinthians that he was jealous over them with a jealousy of God. He went on to say that he had betrothed them to one husband in order to present [them as] a pure virgin to Christ… Paul’s word in 2 Corinthians 11:2…touches our heart in a deep way and stirs up our love for the Lord Jesus. Very often the life-study messages touch our hearts in the same way. After reading a few pages of a message, the tender feeling within you for the Lord Jesus is stirred up, and you realize afresh how dear and precious He is… Spontaneously you say, “O Lord Jesus, dear Bridegroom, I love You. Lord, thank You for Your word, for Your ministry, and for Your recovery.”… The genuine ministry stirs up our love for the Lord Jesus as our Bridegroom. We should say, “Our dear Lord Jesus is our unique Husband, and I am part of His virgin… I care only for the ministry that ministers Christ to me. He is the pleasant and dear One whom I love.” The goal of the Lord’s recovery… is to recover Christ Himself as the unique Husband for us to love. We should belong only to Him. As long as we have been brought as a pure virgin to this Husband and love Him, appreciate Him, and belong to Him, we shall be preserved. This will keep us, sanctify us, saturate us, and transform us…We are for Him, and we should be attracted to Him, loving Him, appreciating Him, and treasuring Him. In 11:3…the apostle Paul indicates that the teachings of the Judaizers can be compared to the deceitful word spoken by the serpent to Eve in Genesis 3… From reading Genesis 3 we know that the serpent distracted Eve from the enjoyment of the tree of life. The way he turned her away from the enjoyment of the tree of life was to point her to another tree, to the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, which issues in death. God’s goal is life. This life, signified by the tree of life, is God Himself in Christ as the Spirit. The way of the enemy, Satan, the serpent, is to distract people from this life. He seeks to turn them to knowledge, good, and evil, the issue of which is death. Death is separation from the enjoyment of God. Satan seeks to separate us from the enjoyment of God as our life. For centuries the subtle serpent has been using teachings to keep God’s chosen people from enjoying Him as their life. For the most part, these teachings are related to knowledge, good, and evil. But such teachings result in separation from God. Any kind of teaching that causes your enjoyment of the Lord to cease is something of death, no matter how good that teaching seems to be. As long as someone’s teaching or preaching deprives us of the enjoyment of the Lord as our life supply, that teaching is of the serpent. However, the genuine ministry of the Lord always strengthens us in the enjoyment of Him as our life supply. (Life-study of 2 Corinthians, pp. 462-465, 468, 470). Further Reading: CWWL, 1986, vol. 1, “Elders’ Training, Book 7: One Accord for the Lord’s Move,” ch. 8; CWWL, 1972, vol. 1, “Eating the Lord,” chs. 1-2 |