读经：出十二3，8~9，十六14~16，31，民十一7，书五11~12，申八3，8
Scripture Reading: Exo. 12:3, 8-9; 16:14-16, 31; Num. 11:7; Josh. 5:11-12; Deut. 8:3, 8
Scripture Reading: Exo. 12:3, 8-9; 16:14-16, 31; Num. 11:7; Josh. 5:11-12; Deut. 8:3, 8
壹
吃乃是接触我们身外之物，将其接受到我们里面，使其至终成为我们的构成─创二16~17。
To eat is to contact things outside of us and to receive them into us, with the result that they eventually become our constitution—Gen. 2:16-17.
To eat is to contact things outside of us and to receive them into us, with the result that they eventually become our constitution—Gen. 2:16-17.
贰
神渴望人吃、消化并吸收祂；神的心意是要我们借着吃祂来接受祂─约一1，14，六35，51，53~58：
God desires that man eat, digest, and assimilate Him; God's intention is that we would receive Him by eating Him—John 1:1, 14; 6:35, 51, 53-58:
God desires that man eat, digest, and assimilate Him; God's intention is that we would receive Him by eating Him—John 1:1, 14; 6:35, 51, 53-58:
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吃主耶稣就是将祂接受到我们里面，为重生的新人以生命的方式所吸收─48，50，56~57节。
To eat the Lord Jesus is to receive Him into us that He may be assimilated by the regenerated new man in the way of life—vv. 48, 50, 56-57.
To eat the Lord Jesus is to receive Him into us that He may be assimilated by the regenerated new man in the way of life—vv. 48, 50, 56-57.
二
吃含示分赐与调和─耶十五16：
Eating implies both dispensing and mingling—Jer. 15:16:
Eating implies both dispensing and mingling—Jer. 15:16:
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吃是经历神的分赐以彰显祂的路─创一26，二9。
Eating is the way to experience God's dispensing for His expression—Gen. 1:26; 2:9.
Eating is the way to experience God's dispensing for His expression—Gen. 1:26; 2:9.
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我们所吃、所消化、所吸收的食物，实际上成了我们；这是调和的事─太四4。
The food eaten, digested, and assimilated by us actually becomes us; this is a matter of mingling—Matt. 4:4.
The food eaten, digested, and assimilated by us actually becomes us; this is a matter of mingling—Matt. 4:4.
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我们吃主耶稣的时候，需要有正确的属灵消化；我们若有好的消化，食物就有畅通的路进到我们内里所是的每一部分─结二8~三3，耶十五16，启十9~10，弗三16~17上。
As we eat the Lord Jesus, we need to have proper spiritual digestion; if we have good digestion, there will be a thoroughfare for the food to get into every part of our inward being—Ezek. 2:8—3:3; Jer. 15:16; Rev. 10:9-10; Eph. 3:16-17a.
As we eat the Lord Jesus, we need to have proper spiritual digestion; if we have good digestion, there will be a thoroughfare for the food to get into every part of our inward being—Ezek. 2:8—3:3; Jer. 15:16; Rev. 10:9-10; Eph. 3:16-17a.
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神的经纶是要我们吃基督并被祂构成，好彰显祂并代表祂─提前一4，约六35，51，57，创一26：
God's economy is that we eat Christ and be constituted with Him in order to express Him and represent Him—1 Tim. 1:4; John 6:35, 51, 57; Gen. 1:26:
God's economy is that we eat Christ and be constituted with Him in order to express Him and represent Him—1 Tim. 1:4; John 6:35, 51, 57; Gen. 1:26:
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神永远的计划乃是将祂自己分赐到我们里面，使祂成为我们里面之人的组成─西三4，10~11。
God's eternal plan is to dispense Himself into us so that He becomes every fiber of our inward being—Col. 3:4, 10-11.
God's eternal plan is to dispense Himself into us so that He becomes every fiber of our inward being—Col. 3:4, 10-11.
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神的经纶不在于外面的事物，乃在于基督进到我们里面：为此，我们需要借着吃基督，将祂接受进来─弗三17上，约六57。
God's economy is not a matter of outward things but of Christ coming into us inwardly; for this, we need to take Christ by eating Him—Eph. 3:17a; John 6:57.
God's economy is not a matter of outward things but of Christ coming into us inwardly; for this, we need to take Christ by eating Him—Eph. 3:17a; John 6:57.
叁
以色列人在埃及、旷野、和美地，经历了三个阶段的吃：
In Egypt, the wilderness, and the good land the people of Israel expe-rienced three stages of eating:
In Egypt, the wilderness, and the good land the people of Israel expe-rienced three stages of eating:
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以色列人在埃及吃逾越节的羊羔─出十二3，8~9：
In Egypt the people of Israel ate the passover lamb—Exo. 12:3, 8-9:
In Egypt the people of Israel ate the passover lamb—Exo. 12:3, 8-9:
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正如吃逾越节烤羊羔的肉是为得着生命的供应，我们也需要吃基督作我们生命的供应─8~10节，约六53，55~57：
Just as the roasted flesh of the passover lamb was to be eaten for life supply, so we need to eat Christ for our life supply—vv. 8-10; John 6:53, 55-57:
Just as the roasted flesh of the passover lamb was to be eaten for life supply, so we need to eat Christ for our life supply—vv. 8-10; John 6:53, 55-57:
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要解决人堕落的问题并成就神原初的心意，就需要生命与救赎。
To solve the problem of the fall of man and to accomplish God's original intention, both life and redemption are needed.
To solve the problem of the fall of man and to accomplish God's original intention, both life and redemption are needed.
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神借着基督之血的法理救赎乃是手续，以达到神将基督作为生命分赐到我们里面，作我们生机救恩的目标─罗五10。
God's judicial redemption through the blood of Christ is the procedure to reach God's goal of dispensing Christ as life into us for our organic salvation—Rom. 5:10.
God's judicial redemption through the blood of Christ is the procedure to reach God's goal of dispensing Christ as life into us for our organic salvation—Rom. 5:10.
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以色列人吃逾越节的羊羔，要带着头、腿，内脏而吃─出十二9：
The children of Israel were to eat the passover lamb with its head, legs, and inward parts—Exo. 12:9:
The children of Israel were to eat the passover lamb with its head, legs, and inward parts—Exo. 12:9:
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头表征智慧，腿表征举止、行动，内脏表征基督所是的内里诸部分，包括祂的心思、情感、意志和心，连同这些部分的一切功用。
The head signifies wisdom, the legs signify activity and move, and the inward parts signify the inward parts of Christ's being, including His mind, emotion, will, and heart with all their functions.
The head signifies wisdom, the legs signify activity and move, and the inward parts signify the inward parts of Christ's being, including His mind, emotion, will, and heart with all their functions.
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吃逾越节的羊羔，要带着头、腿、内脏而吃，表征接受完整的基督，包括祂的智慧、举止、行动、和内里的诸部分─约六57，林前一24，启十四4下，腓一8。
Eating the passover lamb with the head, legs, and inward parts signifies taking Christ in His entirety with His wisdom, His activity and move, and His inward parts—John 6:57; 1 Cor. 1:24; Rev. 14:4b; Phil. 1:8.
Eating the passover lamb with the head, legs, and inward parts signifies taking Christ in His entirety with His wisdom, His activity and move, and His inward parts—John 6:57; 1 Cor. 1:24; Rev. 14:4b; Phil. 1:8.
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以色列人在旷野吃吗哪─出十六14~16，31，民十一7：
In the wilderness the people of Israel ate manna—Exo. 16:14-16, 31; Num. 11:7:
In the wilderness the people of Israel ate manna—Exo. 16:14-16, 31; Num. 11:7:
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神将吗哪赐给祂的百姓吃，指明祂的心意是要借着改变饮食来改变他们的构成─出十六14~15：
By giving His people manna to eat, God indicated that His intention was to change their constitution by changing their diet—Exo. 16:14-15:
By giving His people manna to eat, God indicated that His intention was to change their constitution by changing their diet—Exo. 16:14-15:
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在名义上，以色列人不是埃及人；但在性情和组成上，他们与埃及人丝毫没有不同─3节。
In name the children of Israel were not Egyptian, but in nature and in constitution they did not differ from the Egyptians in the least—v. 3.
In name the children of Israel were not Egyptian, but in nature and in constitution they did not differ from the Egyptians in the least—v. 3.
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埃及的饮食是指我们所渴望得喂养作我们满足的一切事物─民十一4~6。
The Egyptian diet denotes all the things we desire to feed on in order to find satisfaction—Num. 11:4-6.
The Egyptian diet denotes all the things we desire to feed on in order to find satisfaction—Num. 11:4-6.
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神要祂的赎民忘掉埃及的饮食，而有份于属天的食物─申八3：
God wanted His redeemed people to forget the Egyptian diet and to partake of heavenly food—Deut. 8:3:
God wanted His redeemed people to forget the Egyptian diet and to partake of heavenly food—Deut. 8:3:
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我们越多吃吗哪，就越符合神，与祂联合为一，并照着神的所是生活并行事为人。
The more manna we eat, the more we correspond to God, are identified with Him, and live and walk according to what He is.
The more manna we eat, the more we correspond to God, are identified with Him, and live and walk according to what He is.
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在我们与主同活的日常生活中，帮助我们最大的，就是吃基督作属天的食物；借着吃基督，我们成为基督；也就是说，基督成了我们的构成成分─约六56~58。
What helps us most in our daily living with the Lord is eating Christ as heavenly food; by eating Christ we become Christ; that is, Christ becomes our constituent—John 6:56-58.
What helps us most in our daily living with the Lord is eating Christ as heavenly food; by eating Christ we become Christ; that is, Christ becomes our constituent—John 6:56-58.
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以色列人在迦南地吃美地丰富的出产─书五11~12：
In Canaan the people of Israel ate the produce of the good land—Josh. 5:11-12:
In Canaan the people of Israel ate the produce of the good land—Josh. 5:11-12:
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美地有小麦，大麦、葡萄树、无花果树、石榴树、出油的橄榄树和蜜；这一切都预表基督那追测不尽的丰富─申八8，弗三8。
The good land was a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, pomegranates, olive trees with oil, and honey, all of which typify the unsearchable riches of Christ—Deut. 8:8; Eph. 3:8.
The good land was a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, pomegranates, olive trees with oil, and honey, all of which typify the unsearchable riches of Christ—Deut. 8:8; Eph. 3:8.
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以色列人借着享受美地的丰富，就征服迦南地各族，建立神的国，并建造殿作神在地上的居所─书五11~12。
By enjoying the riches of the good land, the people of Israel conquered the tribes in the land, established the kingdom of God, and built up the temple as God's dwelling place on earth—Josh. 5:11-12.
By enjoying the riches of the good land, the people of Israel conquered the tribes in the land, established the kingdom of God, and built up the temple as God's dwelling place on earth—Josh. 5:11-12.
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这三个阶段预表信徒借着吃基督而享受基督的三个阶段─约六51~57，林前五7~8，十3~4，腓一19：
These three stages typify the three stages of the believers' enjoyment of Christ by eating Him—John 6:51-57; 1 Cor. 5:7-8; 10:3-4; Phil. 1:19:
These three stages typify the three stages of the believers' enjoyment of Christ by eating Him—John 6:51-57; 1 Cor. 5:7-8; 10:3-4; Phil. 1:19:
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借着头两个阶段的吃，信徒得着加力脱离世界，并被基督这属天元素所构成─约六51~57，林前五7~8，十3~4。
By their eating in the first two stages, the believers are energized to leave the world and are constituted with Christ as the heavenly element—John 6:51-57; 1 Cor. 5:7-8; 10:3-4.
By their eating in the first two stages, the believers are energized to leave the world and are constituted with Christ as the heavenly element—John 6:51-57; 1 Cor. 5:7-8; 10:3-4.
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为着达到神经纶的目标，我们需要往前，直到我们进入最高的阶段，就是吃基督作美地丰富的出产，使我们胜过属灵的仇敌，而被建造成为神的居所，并在地上建立神的国。
To reach the goal of God's economy, we need to progress until we enter into the highest stage of eating Christ as the rich produce of the good land so that we may overcome the spiritual enemies, be built up to be God's dwelling place, and establish God's kingdom on earth.
To reach the goal of God's economy, we need to progress until we enter into the highest stage of eating Christ as the rich produce of the good land so that we may overcome the spiritual enemies, be built up to be God's dwelling place, and establish God's kingdom on earth.
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我们吃基督作美地的出产时，就被祂构成，在生命，性情和彰显上与基督一式一样，为着建造召会作基督的身体─弗四16。
As we eat Christ as the produce of the good land, we are constituted with Him and are made the same as Christ in life, nature, and expression for the building up of the church as the Body of Christ—Eph. 4:16.
As we eat Christ as the produce of the good land, we are constituted with Him and are made the same as Christ in life, nature, and expression for the building up of the church as the Body of Christ—Eph. 4:16.