【读圣经学英语】信入神

约翰福音-John 6 章 25~30节

6:25	他们既在海那边找着了，就对祂说，拉比，你是几时到这里来的？ And when they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, Rabbi, when did You get here?
6:26	耶稣回答说，我实实在在的告诉你们，你们找我，并不是因看见神迹，乃是因吃饼得饱。 Jesus answered them and said, Truly, truly, I say to you, You seek Me not because you have seen signs, but because you ate of the bread and were filled.
6:27	不要为那必坏的食物劳力，要为那存到永远生命的食物劳力，就是人子要赐给你们的，因为祂是父神所印证的。 Work not for the food which perishes, but for the food which abides unto eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you; for Him has the Father, even God, sealed.
6:28	他们问祂说，我们当怎样行，才算作神的工？ Then they said to Him, What shall we do that we may work the works of God?
6:29	耶稣回答说，信入神所差来的，这就是作神的工。 Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that you believe into Him whom He has sent.
6:30	他们就说，这样，你行什么神迹，叫我们看见就信你？你到底作什么工？ They said then to Him, What sign then will You do that we may see and believe You? What work will You do?

亮光

在二十二至三十一节，我们看到必坏食物的追求者。他们在追求满足。不管人追求何种食物，他们都是在追求满足。他们也是在寻求神迹、奇事。堕落之人对神的观念，总是要为神作事，为神作工。这是创世记二章善恶知识树的原则。主认为人之于神，是要信入祂，就是接受祂作生命和生命的供应。这是创世记二章生命树的原则。主对追求必坏食物者的答复，就是藉信入主以接受主。（约六29。）

人的宗教观念，就是犹太人在二十八节所问的：『我们当怎样行，才算作神的工？』在整本圣经中，只有在这一章里，宗教的犹太人问了这漾旳问题。宗教的教训总是劝勉我们行什么，作什么。人的观念就是行，神的思想乃是信。

神所要、所预定我们作的工，乃是信入祂的儿子。在二十九节，主耶稣并不是告诉我们要『信祂，』乃是要『信入祂。』约翰六章给我们看见两种信法－信祂，与信入祂。当主答复了他们的问题之后，犹太人在三十节反驳主的话说，『你行什么神迹，叫我们看见就信你？你到底作什么工？』他们说『信你，』但那并不是主所说的。主告诉他们要『信入』祂。这里的介系词，与罗马六章三节『浸入基督』所用的介系词完全一样。我们已经看见，『信祂』的意思就是信祂是真实的，并且信关于祂的一切都是对的。但『信入祂』的意思是接受祂，并与祂联结，相调为一。你信入祂的时候，你与基督之间就有了一个联结和合一。换句话说，你已进入祂里面，也将祂接受到你里面。按照神圣的思想，我们没有什么要作的，只要信入基督，并且天天将祂接受到我们里面。

Enlightenment:

In verses 22 through 31 we find the seekers after the perishing food. They were seeking satisfaction. Regardless of the kind of food people are seeking, they all are seeking satisfaction. They were also seeking for signs and miracles. The concept of fallen man toward God is always that he must do something for God and work for God. This is the principle of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in Genesis 2. The Lord’s concept concerning man toward God is that he believe in Him, that is, receive Him as the life and life supply. This is the principle of the tree of life in Genesis 2. The answer to the seeking after the perishing food is to receive the Lord by believing into Him (6:29).

The human, religious concept is what the Jews asked in verse 28: “What shall we do that we may work the works of God?” Throughout the Scriptures, it is only in this chapter that the religious Jews asked such a question. Religious teaching always exhorts us to do and do. Man’s concept is doing; God’s thought is believing.

The work that God desired and predestinated for us to do is to believe into His Son. The preposition “in” in verse 29 (“on” in KJV) should be translated as “into” according to the Greek text. The Lord Jesus did not tell us to believe Him, but to believe into Him. John 6 shows two ways of believing—to believe Him and to believe into Him. After the Lord answered their question, the Jews retorted in verse 30, saying, “What sign will you do that we may see and believe you? What work will you do?” They said, “Believe you,” but that was not what the Lord said. The Lord told them to “believe into Him.” The preposition is exactly the same as that used in Romans 6:3 for “baptized into Christ.” As we have seen, to believe Him means to believe that He is true and that everything about Him is right. But to believe into Him means to receive Him and to be united and mingled with Him as one. When you believe into Him, there is a union and a oneness between you and Christ. In other words, you have come into Him and have received Him into you. According to the divine thought, there is nothing for us to do but to believe into Christ and receive Him into us day by day.