读经：歌二14~15，罗六6，太十六24，腓三10，弗二16，诗四三4上
Scripture Reading: S. S. 2:14-15; Rom. 6:6; Matt. 16:24; Phil. 3:10; Eph. 2:16; Psa. 43:4a
Scripture Reading: S. S. 2:14-15; Rom. 6:6; Matt. 16:24; Phil. 3:10; Eph. 2:16; Psa. 43:4a
壹
“我的鸽子啊，你在磐石穴中，在陡岩的隐密处，求你让我得见你的面貌，得听你的声音；因为你的声音甘甜，你的面貌秀美”─歌二14：
"My dove, in the clefts of the rock, / In the covert of the precipice, / Let me see your countenance, / Let me hear your voice; / For your voice is sweet, / And your countenance is lovely"—S. S. 2:14:
"My dove, in the clefts of the rock, / In the covert of the precipice, / Let me see your countenance, / Let me hear your voice; / For your voice is sweet, / And your countenance is lovely"—S. S. 2:14:
一
基督要祂的佳偶驻留于十字架，就是停留在“磐石穴中”，和“陡岩的隐密处”─14节上：
Christ wants His lover to remain in the cross, that is, to stay in "the clefts of the rock" and in "the covert of the precipice"—v. 14a:
Christ wants His lover to remain in the cross, that is, to stay in "the clefts of the rock" and in "the covert of the precipice"—v. 14a:
１
在新约里，十字架的主要意义不是受苦，乃是被治死─林后四10~12，诗歌四六一首。
In the New Testament, the primary meaning of the cross is not to suffer but to be put to death—2 Cor. 4:10-12; Hymns, #622.
In the New Testament, the primary meaning of the cross is not to suffer but to be put to death—2 Cor. 4:10-12; Hymns, #622.
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基督要我们一直驻留于钉死的光景中─腓三10。
Christ wants us to remain in a crucified condition all the time—Phil. 3:10.
Christ wants us to remain in a crucified condition all the time—Phil. 3:10.
二
十字架对付己的工作有三方面：
The work of the cross in dealing with the self has three aspects:
The work of the cross in dealing with the self has three aspects:
１
我们需要有启示，看见我们的旧人已经与基督同钉十字架─罗六6，林后五14。
We need to have the revelation that our old man was crucified with Christ— Rom. 6:6; 2 Cor. 5:14.
We need to have the revelation that our old man was crucified with Christ— Rom. 6:6; 2 Cor. 5:14.
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我们需要承认、领悟、接受我们已经被钉死这个完成的事实─罗六11，加二20。
We need to recognize, realize, and accept the accomplished fact that we have already been crucified—Rom. 6:11; Gal. 2:20.
We need to recognize, realize, and accept the accomplished fact that we have already been crucified—Rom. 6:11; Gal. 2:20.
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我们需要将基督所成就、我们所承认之基督的死，应用在我们自己身上；这是背十字架正确的意义─太十六24，加五24：
We need to apply to ourselves the death of Christ that He has accomplished and that we have recognized; this is the correct meaning of bearing the cross—Matt. 16:24; Gal. 5:24:
We need to apply to ourselves the death of Christ that He has accomplished and that we have recognized; this is the correct meaning of bearing the cross—Matt. 16:24; Gal. 5:24:
ａ
这个应用必须在那灵里并靠着那灵执行─罗八13。
The application must be carried out in the Spirit and by the Spirit—Rom. 8:13.
The application must be carried out in the Spirit and by the Spirit—Rom. 8:13.
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我们在那灵里生活、行事为人，那灵就将基督的死应用在我们身上─加五16，25。
When we are living and walking in the Spirit, the Spirit applies the death of Christ to us—Gal. 5:16, 25.
When we are living and walking in the Spirit, the Spirit applies the death of Christ to us—Gal. 5:16, 25.
三
模成基督的死，就是以基督的死为我们生活的模型─腓三10：
To be conformed to Christ's death is to take Christ's death as the mold of our life—Phil. 3:10:
To be conformed to Christ's death is to take Christ's death as the mold of our life—Phil. 3:10:
１
神已经把我们都摆进基督之死的模子里，一天又一天，神一直在把我们塑造，模成这个死─罗六3~4。
God has put us into the mold of Christ's death, and day by day God is molding us to be conformed to this death—Rom. 6:3-4.
God has put us into the mold of Christ's death, and day by day God is molding us to be conformed to this death—Rom. 6:3-4.
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我们的生活应当模成这模子的形状，就是向我们人的生命死，而活神的生命─加二20，林后四10~11。
Our life should be conformed to such a mold—dying to our human life in order to live the divine life—Gal. 2:20; 2 Cor. 4:10-11.
Our life should be conformed to such a mold—dying to our human life in order to live the divine life—Gal. 2:20; 2 Cor. 4:10-11.
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我们若允许环境将我们压到这模子里，我们的日常生活就会模成基督之死的形状─罗八28~29。
If we allow our circumstances to press us into this mold, our daily life will be molded into the form of Christ's death—Rom. 8:28-29.
If we allow our circumstances to press us into this mold, our daily life will be molded into the form of Christ's death—Rom. 8:28-29.
贰
“要给我们擒拿狐狸，就是毁坏葡萄园的小狐狸；因为我们的葡萄园正在开花”─歌二15：
"Catch the foxes for us, / The little foxes, / That ruin the vineyards / While our vineyards are in blossom"—S. S. 2:15:
"Catch the foxes for us, / The little foxes, / That ruin the vineyards / While our vineyards are in blossom"—S. S. 2:15:
一
基督呼召祂的佳偶，要留意她的乖僻、习惯、以及内顾自己（小狐狸）；这些会毁坏那为着祂佳偶的复活（我们的葡萄园正在开花）。
Christ calls His lover to be aware of her peculiarities, habit, and introspection (little foxes) which ruin the resurrection for His lover (our vineyards in blossom).
Christ calls His lover to be aware of her peculiarities, habit, and introspection (little foxes) which ruin the resurrection for His lover (our vineyards in blossom).
二
我们天然的人是弯曲邪僻的，主要是表现在我们的乖僻上─徒十三13，约叁9~10：
Our natural man is biased and warped and is expressed mainly in our peculiarity—Acts 13:13; 3 John 9-10:
Our natural man is biased and warped and is expressed mainly in our peculiarity—Acts 13:13; 3 John 9-10:
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乖僻是我们天然人最终的彰显，是我们天然生命最终的彰显。
Peculiarity is the ultimate expression of our natural being, the last and final expression of our natural life.
Peculiarity is the ultimate expression of our natural being, the last and final expression of our natural life.
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乖僻是我们全人最强的控制者、指挥者─参箴二一1。
Peculiarity is the strongest controller and director of our being—cf. Prov. 21:1.
Peculiarity is the strongest controller and director of our being—cf. Prov. 21:1.
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我们的乖僻是我们里面隐藏的因素，拦阻我们众人来经历基督并活基督─参腓一19~21上。
Our peculiarity is a hidden factor within us that frustrates us from experiencing Christ and living Christ—cf. Phil. 1:19-21a.
Our peculiarity is a hidden factor within us that frustrates us from experiencing Christ and living Christ—cf. Phil. 1:19-21a.
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我们里头给基督的地位，被乖僻狡诈而隐秘的篡夺并霸占了；因此，乖僻在我们里面是可怕的敌基督者─参弗三16~17上。
The ground within us for Christ has been subtly and hiddenly usurped and possessed by our peculiarity; thus, peculiarity is a terrible antichrist in our being—cf. Eph. 3:16-17a.
The ground within us for Christ has been subtly and hiddenly usurped and possessed by our peculiarity; thus, peculiarity is a terrible antichrist in our being—cf. Eph. 3:16-17a.
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我们里头分裂的因素乃是我们的乖僻，这是所有外面分裂的根源─徒十五36~39。
The divisive factor within us is our peculiarity; it is the root of all outward division—Acts 15:36-39.
The divisive factor within us is our peculiarity; it is the root of all outward division—Acts 15:36-39.
三
我们借着十字架得拯救脱离乖僻；每当我们愿意让我们的己同我们的乖僻钉十字架，复活就随着来临─太十六24，歌二11~13。
We are delivered from peculiarity by the cross; whenever we are willing to have our self with our peculiarity crucified, resurrection will follow—Matt. 16:24; S. S. 2:11-13.
We are delivered from peculiarity by the cross; whenever we are willing to have our self with our peculiarity crucified, resurrection will follow—Matt. 16:24; S. S. 2:11-13.
叁
我们“借这十字架…在一个身体”里─弗二16：
We are "in one Body…through the cross"—Eph. 2:16:
We are "in one Body…through the cross"—Eph. 2:16:
一
基督的身体与己相对；这身体的仇敌乃是己─西二18~19，23：
The Body is versus the self; the enemy of the Body is the self—Col. 2:18-19, 23:
The Body is versus the self; the enemy of the Body is the self—Col. 2:18-19, 23:
１
拦阻人看见身体的异象并实行身体生活的，乃是己─18，23节。
The hindrance to seeing the vision of the Body and to practicing the Body is the self—vv. 18, 23.
The hindrance to seeing the vision of the Body and to practicing the Body is the self—vv. 18, 23.
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身体建造最大的拦阻，乃是己─太十六18，24。
The greatest frustration to the building up of the Body is the self—Matt. 16:18, 24.
The greatest frustration to the building up of the Body is the self—Matt. 16:18, 24.
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我们若要在身体里被建造起来，己就必须被定罪、否认、弃绝并撇弃─路九23~24。
If we would be built up in the Body, the self must be condemned, denied, rejected, and renounced—Luke 9:23-24.
If we would be built up in the Body, the self must be condemned, denied, rejected, and renounced—Luke 9:23-24.
二
十字架的工作停在基督的身体里，并将我们引进身体─弗二16，罗六6，八13，十二4~5：
The work of the cross consummates with the Body and ushers us into the Body— Eph. 2:16; Rom. 6:6; 8:13; 12:4-5:
The work of the cross consummates with the Body and ushers us into the Body— Eph. 2:16; Rom. 6:6; 8:13; 12:4-5:
１
十字架将我们带进身体，并且十字架是在身体的范围里作工；身体成为十字架作工的范围─弗二16。
The cross brings us into the Body, and it operates in the sphere of the Body; the Body becomes the realm in which the cross works—Eph. 2:16.
The cross brings us into the Body, and it operates in the sphere of the Body; the Body becomes the realm in which the cross works—Eph. 2:16.
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身体的限制会取去我们的自由，把我们推到十字架。
The restriction of the Body will take away our freedom and drive us to the cross.
The restriction of the Body will take away our freedom and drive us to the cross.
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只有当我们的己完全被十字架对付，我们才能摸着身体生活的实际，而得以认识身体─太十六24~25，罗八13，十二4~5，林前一18，23，二2，十二12，27。
Only when our self has been utterly dealt with by the cross are we able to touch the reality of the life of the Body and come to know the Body—Matt. 16:24-25; Rom. 8:13; 12:4-5; 1 Cor. 1:18, 23; 2:2; 12:12, 27.
Only when our self has been utterly dealt with by the cross are we able to touch the reality of the life of the Body and come to know the Body—Matt. 16:24-25; Rom. 8:13; 12:4-5; 1 Cor. 1:18, 23; 2:2; 12:12, 27.
肆
“我就到神的祭坛，到我最喜乐的神那里”─诗四三4上：
"I will go to the altar of God, / To God my exceeding joy"—Psa. 43:4a:
"I will go to the altar of God, / To God my exceeding joy"—Psa. 43:4a:
一
祭坛，十字架，乃是宇宙的中心─结四三13~27。
The altar, the cross, is the center of the universe—Ezek. 43:13-27.
The altar, the cross, is the center of the universe—Ezek. 43:13-27.
二
在我们与神的关系里，十字架既然占有中心的地位，我们就无法避免十字架；我们都需要来到一个点，在那里我们认识并接受十字架─加六14，太十六24。
Since the cross occupies a central place in our relationship with God, we cannot avoid it; we all need to come to the point where we know and accept the cross— Gal. 6:14; Matt. 16:24.
Since the cross occupies a central place in our relationship with God, we cannot avoid it; we all need to come to the point where we know and accept the cross— Gal. 6:14; Matt. 16:24.
三
在我们基督徒生活中，虽然到处都碰着十字架，但是当我们来到祭坛，就是来到神建筑的中心时，我们就特别的经历十字架─弗二15，21~22。
Although we meet the cross everywhere in our Christian life, we experience the cross in a particular way when we come to the altar at the center of God's building—Eph. 2:15, 21-22.
Although we meet the cross everywhere in our Christian life, we experience the cross in a particular way when we come to the altar at the center of God's building—Eph. 2:15, 21-22.
四
借着十字架的经历，我们被带到召会生活的实际里─太十六18，24。
Through the experience of the cross, we are brought into the reality of the church life—Matt. 16:18, 24.
Through the experience of the cross, we are brought into the reality of the church life—Matt. 16:18, 24.