【读圣经学英语】我是复活,我是生命

【读圣经学英语】我是复活,我是生命

约翰福音-John 11 章 25~30节

11:25 耶稣对她说,我是复活,我是生命;信入我的人,虽然死了,也必复活;
Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes into Me, even if he should die, shall live; 
11:26 凡活着信入我的人,必永远不死。你信这话么?
And every one who lives and believes into Me shall by no means die forever. Do you believe this? 
11:27 马大对祂说,主啊,是的;我信你是基督,是神的儿子,就是那要来到世界的。
She said to Him, Yes, Lord; I have believed that You are the Christ, the Son of God, He who comes into the world. 
11:28 马大说了这话,就去暗暗的叫她妹妹马利亚,说,夫子来了,叫你。
And when she had said this, she went away and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Teacher is here and is calling you. 
11:29 马利亚听见了,就急忙起来,到耶稣那里去。
And she, when she heard this, rose quickly and came to Him. 
11:30 那时,耶稣还没有进村子,仍在马大迎接祂的地方。
Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha met Him.

亮光

主耶稣说,『我是复活,我是生命。』(约十一25。)复活是超过生命的。就其本身说,生命只能存在,复活却能抵挡一切的攻击,甚至能抵挡死亡的攻击。主不只是生命,祂也是复活。死亡不能拘禁祂,因为祂能胜过死亡。死亡不能扣留祂,因为祂不只是生命-祂也是复活。生命是生存的能力,复活却是胜过一切抵挡生命者的能力。

我们必须学习如何天天应用这复活的生命。我们不只必须凭主作生命而活着,我们也必须藉主作复活而得胜。许多时候环境像死亡一样影响我们,但赞美主,一切的事(包括摸着死亡)都是试验,因为这些事证明究竟主是不是复活。没有什么能拘禁我们,因为我们有主作我们复活的生命。不管我们所背负的压力或难处如何,我们都能忍受,因为我们有复活的生命。根据十一章二十五节,主不是说我们不会死,乃是说我们要向全宇宙证明,我们所信的主是复活!撒但尽其所能要将我们永远置于死地,有一天,可能我们都会死,但我们都要复活。在整个宇宙间这将是最大的得胜,这个得胜要见证主是复活。不过,甚至在我们日常的生活中,我们也可以预尝到那复活的最终得胜。所以使徒保罗说,『使我认识基督、并祂复活的大能。』(腓三10。)

 

Enlightenment:

The Lord Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life” (11:25). Resurrection is superior to life. By itself, life can only have existence, but resurrection can withstand any kind of attack, even the attack of death. The Lord is not only life, but He is also resurrection. Death cannot hold Him because He can conquer death. Death cannot retain Him, because He is not only life—He is also resurrection. Life is the power to exist, but resurrection is the power to conquer everything that is against life. Therefore, because resurrection can defeat every attack against life, it is superior to life.

We must learn how to apply this resurrection life day by day. We must not only live by the Lord as life, but we must also conquer by the Lord as resurrection. Many times our circumstances affect us like death. But praise the Lord that all matters which contain the touch of death are a test because these matters prove whether or not the Lord is the resurrection. Nothing can confine us, for we have the Lord as our resurrection life. Regardless of the pressure or trouble we are bearing, we can stand it because we have resurrection life. According to 11:25, the Lord did not say that we will not die, but that we will prove to the whole universe that the Lord in whom we believe is the resurrection! Satan will try his best to put us permanently into death. One day, though we all may die, we will all be resurrected. Throughout the whole universe this will be the greatest victory, the victory that will testify that the Lord is the resurrection. However, even in our daily life we may have the foretaste of the ultimate victory of that resurrection. This is why the Apostle Paul said, “To know Him and the power of His resurrection” (Phil. 3:10).