纲目
贰 约伯是一个好人，表现他自己的完全、正直和纯全—伯二七5，三一6，三二1： |
Ⅱ Job was a good man, expressing himself in his perfection, uprightness, and integrity—Job 27:5; 31:6; 32:1: |
一 完全与里面的人有关，正直与外面的人有关—一1。 |
A Being perfect is related to the inner man, and being upright is related to the outer man—1:1. |
二 约伯是一个纯全的人；纯全是完全和正直的总和—二3、9，二七5，三一6： |
B Job was a man of integrity; integrity is the totality of being perfect and upright—2:3, 9; 27:5; 31:6: |
１ 关于约伯这个人，纯全是他这人的总体表现。 |
１ With respect to Job, integrity is the total expression of what he was. |
２ 在性格上，约伯是完全、正直的；在道德上，他有高标准的纯全。 |
２ In character, Job was perfect and upright, and in his ethics, he had a high standard of integrity. |
三 约伯在积极一面敬畏神，在消极一面远离恶事—一1： |
C Job feared God positively and turned away from evil negatively—1:1: |
１ 神造人不仅是要人敬畏祂、不犯错；神按着自己的形像，照着自己的样式造人，乃是为叫人彰显祂—创一26。 |
１ God did not create man merely to fear Him and not do anything wrong; rather, God created man in His own image and according to His likeness that man may express God—Gen. 1:26. |
２ 彰显神比敬畏神和远离恶事更高。 |
２ To express God is higher than fearing God and turning away from evil. |
３ 约伯在他的完全、正直和纯全上所达到的全是虚空，并没有完成神的定旨，也没有满足神的愿望；因此，神对约伯有爱的关切—伯一6~8，二1~3。 |
３ What Job had attained in his perfection, uprightness, and integrity was altogether vanity; it neither fulfilled God's purpose nor satisfied His desire, and thus He was lovingly concerned for Job—Job 1:6-8; 2:1-3. |
四 唯有神知道约伯有一个需要—他里面没有神；因此，神要约伯得着祂以彰显祂，好成就祂的定旨—四二5~6。 |
D Only God knew that Job had a need—he did not have God within him; therefore, God wanted Job to gain Him in order to express Him for the fulfillment of His purpose—42:5-6. |
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伯二3 ……你曾用心察看我的仆人约伯没有？地上没有人像他完全且正直，敬畏神，远离恶事；……他仍然持守他的纯全。 约壹三2 亲爱的，我们现在是神的儿女，将来如何，还未显明；但我们晓得祂若显现，我们必要像祂；因为我们必要看见祂，正如祂所是的。 “乌斯地有一个人名叫约伯；这人完全且正直，敬畏神，远离恶事。”〔伯一1〕完全，与我们里面的人有关；正直，与我们外面的人有关。不仅如此，正直也是不弯曲，不偏斜。……约伯不仅里面完全、外面正直，更在积极一面敬畏神，在消极一面远离恶事。……神造人不仅是要人敬畏祂、不犯错。圣经告诉我们，神乃是按着自己的形像，照着自己的样式造人，为叫人彰显祂（创一26）。……最积极的事乃是彰显神。彰显神比敬畏神和远离恶事更高（约伯记生命读经，一一至一二页）。 |
Job 2:3 …Have you considered My servant Job? For there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil. And he still holds fast his integrity… 1 John 3:2 Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not yet been manifested what we will be. We know that if He is manifested, we will be like Him because we will see Him even as He is. “There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and this man was perfect and upright, and he feared God and turned away from evil” [Job 1:1]. Being perfect is related to the inner man, and being upright is related to the outer man. Furthermore, to be upright means that we are not crooked or biased. In addition to being perfect inwardly and upright outwardly, Job feared God positively and turned away from evil negatively…God did not create man merely to fear Him and not do anything wrong. The Bible tells us that God created man in His own image and according to His likeness that man may express Him (Gen. 1:26)…The most positive thing is to express God. To express God is higher than fearing God and turning away from evil. (Life-study of Job, p. 9) |
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另一个说到约伯这人的辞是“纯全”〔伯二3〕。……约伯的妻子问他：“你仍然持守你的纯全么？”〔9〕在约伯记二十七章五节约伯对他的朋友说，“我至死必不丢弃自己的纯全。”最后在三十一章六节约伯宣告说，“愿神……知道我的纯全。”纯全是完全和正直的总和，是完全加上正直的总和。就约伯而言，纯全是他这人的总体表现。在性格上，他是完全、正直的；在道德上，他有高标准的纯全。 约伯所达到的全是虚空，并没有完成神的定旨，也没有满足神的愿望。因此，神对约伯有爱的关切，而在天上举行两次会议，讨论如何对付约伯（一6~8，二1~3）。……在道德上，约 伯很好。按照人的看法，约伯没有问题。神甚至向撒但夸奖约伯如何好（一8，二3）。唯有神知道约伯有一个需要，就是他缺少神。因着神对约伯有爱的关切，所以就在天上举行会议讨论约伯。……至终，神的目的是要使约伯成为属神的人（提前六11，提后三17），充满了作神具体化身的基督，成为神的丰满，好在基督里彰显神，而不是一个高道德标准的人，有天然的完全、天然的正直和天然的纯全，那是约伯想要维持并持守的（伯二3、9上）（约伯记生命读经，一二、二○、一三、三五页）。 基督徒应该追求得着神自己，过于一切的事物。……得着神，不是仅仅信有神，不是仅仅敬畏神；得着神，比这些更深入，更主观。……许多有思想的人都信有神，也有许多人敬畏神，……却不一定在他们里面得着神。信仰基督，……是叫人在灵里，在主观方面得着神。……信神是叫人打开心接受神，让祂进到人里面，并住在人里面，与人联合，与人调和，到一个地步，神变作人里面的成分。……当你让神进到你里面，作你的生命，作你的性情，成为你里面的一部分；结果祂和你，你和祂，就完全联合成为一。这就是作基督徒的意义；基督徒都该知道，神要人得着祂。 我们所说的得着神，不是仅仅在客观方面相信祂，敬畏祂，更是在主观方面把祂接受到我们里面，让祂作我们的生命，作我们的性情，在我们里面与我们调和，到一个地步，祂成为我们的成分；祂的思想变作我们的思想，……祂的性情变作我们的性情，……祂的喜爱变作我们的喜爱，祂的趋向变作我们的趋向。……这个就叫作得着神（李文集一九五○至一九五一年第三册，五四八至五四九页）。 参读：约伯记生命读经，第二至四篇。 |
Another word used in relation to Job the man is integrity [Job 2:3]… Job’s wife asked him, “Do you still hold fast your integrity?” [v. 9]. In 27:5 Job said to his friends, “Until I die, I will not put away my integrity from me.” Finally, in 31:6 Job declared, “Let God know my integrity.”…Integrity is the totality of being perfect and being upright; it is the totality of perfection plus uprightness. With respect to Job, integrity is the total expression of what he was. In character he was perfect and upright, and in his ethics he had a high standard of integrity. What Job had attained was altogether vanity. It did not fulfill God’s purpose, and it did not satisfy God’s desire. Thus, God was lovingly concerned for Job and held two councils in heaven concerning how to deal with Job (1:6-8; 2:1-3). Ethically speaking, Job was very good. According to human eyes, there was no problem with Job. God even boasted to Satan regarding how good Job was (1:8; 2:3). Only God knew that Job had a need, that he was short of God. Because of His loving concern for Job, God held a council in the heavens to talk about Job. Eventually, God’s intention was to make Job a man of God (1 Tim. 6:11; 2 Tim. 3:17), filled with Christ, the embodiment of God, to be the fullness of God for the expression of God in Christ, not a man of the high standard of ethics in Job’s natural perfection, natural uprightness, and natural integrity, which Job attempted to maintain and hold (Job 2:3, 9a). (Life- study of Job, pp. 10, 17, 11, 29) Christians should seek to gain God more than any other matter or thing… To gain God is deeper and more subjective than merely to believe in His existence or to fear Him. Many thoughtful people believe that God exists and even fear Him, but God is not in them…To believe in God is to gain Him subjectively in one’s spirit. When a person believes in God, he opens his heart to receive God and to let God enter into him and dwell in his spirit. Hence, he can be joined and mingled with God, and God can become his element. When we let God enter into us to be our life and nature and even our being, we are joined to Him as one. This is the meaning of being a Christian. Every Christian should know that God desires man to gain Him. To gain God does not refer merely to believing in Him or fearing Him objectively. To gain God is to receive Him into us subjectively, that is, to let Him be our life and nature and to let Him mingle with us until He becomes our element. Then His thoughts will be our thoughts, His emotions will be our emotions, His preferences will be our preferences, and His inclinations will be our inclinations. This is what it means to gain God. (CWWL, 1950-1951, vol. 3, “The Operation of God and the Anointing,” pp. 405-406) Further Reading: Life-study of Job, msgs. 2—4 |