【读圣经学英语】真理必叫你们得以自由

【读圣经学英语】真理必叫你们得以自由

约翰福音-John 8 章 29~34节

8:29 那差我来的是与我同在,祂没有撇下我独自一人,因为我始终作祂所喜悦的事。
And He who sent Me is with Me; He has not left Me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to Him.
8:30 耶稣说这些话的时候,就有许多人信入了祂。
As He spoke these things, many believed into Him.
8:31 耶稣对信祂的犹太人说,你们若住在我的话里,就真是我的门徒;
Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, If you abide in My word, you are truly My disciples;
8:32 你们必认识真理,真理必叫你们得以自由。
And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.
8:33 他们回答祂说,我们是亚伯拉罕的后裔,从来没有被谁奴役过;你怎么说,你们必得以自由?
They answered Him, We are Abraham's seed and have never yet been enslaved to anyone. How is it that You say, You shall become free?
8:34 耶稣回答他们说,我实实在在的告诉你们,凡犯罪的,就是罪的奴仆。
Jesus answered them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.

亮光

我们得释放脱离罪,不只是藉生命之光的照耀,也是藉着那作实际(真理)的子。(约八32,36。)这真理,并不是道理上所谓的真理,乃是神圣事物的实际,就是主自己。(约十四6一14,17。)八章三十二节告诉我们,『真理必叫你们得以自由;』八章三十六节告诉我们,『神的儿子…叫你们自由。』这证明神的儿子,主自己,就是真理。主既是神的具体化身,(西二9,)祂就是神所是的实际。因此,实际就是神的神圣元素,给我们实化。当主这位伟大的『我是』进入我们里面作生命,祂就在我们里面作光照耀,将神圣的元素带进我们里面作实际。这实际,就是那分赐到我们里面的神圣元素,给我们实化,藉着神的生命作人的光,使我们得以自由,脱离罪的奴役。神的儿子这神格的丰满,乃是实际。当祂作生命在我们里面照耀时,便将祂的实际,就是祂神圣的元素,作到我们这人里面。这不仅仅是照耀,更是将神所是的实际带到我们这人里面的照耀。日复一日,年复一年,这神圣的元素至终要积蓄在我们这人里面。因此,我们这人里面就会有相当分量的神圣实际。没有人能否认这事。

Enlightenment:

We are set free from sin not only by the shining of the light of life, but also by the Son as reality (8:32, 36). The reality is not the so-called truth of doctrine; it is the reality of the truth which is the Lord Himself (14:6; 1:14, 17). In 8:32 we are told that “the reality shall set you free.” In 8:36 we are told that “the Son shall set you free.” This proves that the Son, the Lord Himself, is the reality. Since the Lord is the embodiment of God (Col. 2:9), He is the reality of what God is. Hence, reality is the very divine element of God realized by us. When the Lord as the great I Am comes into us as life, He shines within us as light, which brings the divine element as reality into us. This reality, which is the divine element imparted into us and realized by us, sets us free from the bondage of sin by the divine life as the light of man. The Son of God as the very fullness of the Godhead is the reality. While He shines in us as life, He works His reality, His divine element, into our being. This is not merely shining; it is a shining that brings the reality of what God is into our being. Eventually, day after day, and year after year, this divine element will be accumulated in our being. Thus, within our being there will be a certain amount of divine reality. No one can deny this.