约翰福音-John 17章17-18 节
| 17:17 |
求你用真理圣别他们，你的话就是真理。 Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth. |
| 17:18 |
你怎样差我到世上，我也照样差他们到世上。 As You have sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. |
Enlightenment:
God’s living word works in the believers to separate them from anything worldly, separating them from the world and its occupation unto God and His purpose, not only positionally (Matt. 23:17, 19) but also dispositionally (Rom. 6:19, 22). This is what it means to be sanctified by the Lord’s word as the truth, the reality. This sanctification not only changes our position but also our disposition, our inward being. In the Bible, sanctification has these two aspects—the positional aspect and the dispositional aspect. In Matthew 23:17 we see that the gold is sanctified by being put into the temple. When the gold is in the market place, it is common, unholy, but when it is put into the temple, its position is changed and it is immediately sanctified, becoming the holy gold in the holy temple. But this kind of sanctification does not affect the nature or element of the gold; it merely changes the gold’s position. Hence, the gold is sanctified positionally. Some Christians only see this much regarding sanctification; they do not see the matter of dispositional sanctification. First Thessalonians 5:23 says, “And the God of peace Himself sanctify you wholly, and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.” Here we are told that our spirit, soul, and body are to be sanctified. This does not refer to positional sanctification but to dispositional sanctification. The sanctification mentioned in John 17 implies both aspects, for in order to maintain the proper oneness we must be sanctified both positionally and dispositionally.
亮光
神活的话在信徒里面作工，把他们从一切属世的事物中分别出来，就是从世界和世界的霸占里分别出来，归给神和神的旨意；这不仅是地位上的圣别，（太二三17，19，）也是性质上的圣别。（罗六19，22。）这就是藉着主的话得以圣别，这话就是真理，实际。这样的圣别不但改变我们的地位，并且变化我们的性情，我们里面的所是。在圣经里，圣别有两面：地位的一面和性情的一面。在马太二十三章十七节我们看见，金子被摆在殿里而得以圣别。金子在市场上，就是俗的、不圣的；但金子被摆在殿中，地位就改变了，立刻被圣别，成为圣殿中圣别的金子。但这种圣别并不影响金子的性质或元素，仅仅改变金子的地位。因此，金子是在地位上被圣别。有些基督徒对于圣别只看见这么多；他们并没有看见性质上的圣别。帖前五章二十三节说，“且愿和平的神，亲自全然圣别你们，又愿你们的灵，与魂，与身子得蒙保守，在我们主耶稣基督来临的时候，得以完全，无可指摘。”这里告诉我们，我们的灵、魂与身子都要圣别。这并不是指地位上的圣别，乃是指性质上的圣别。约翰十七章所题的圣别，含示这两面；为了维持正确的一，我们在地位上和性质上都必须圣别。