【读圣经学英语】真自由

【读圣经学英语】真自由

约翰福音-John 8 章 35~41节

8:35 奴仆不永远住在家里,儿子是永远住在家里。
And the slave does not abide in the house forever; the son does abide forever.
8:36 所以神的儿子若叫你们自由,你们就真自由了。
If therefore the Son sets you free, you shall be free indeed.
8:37 我知道你们是亚伯拉罕的后裔;你们却想要杀我,因为你们里面容不下我的话。
I know that you are Abraham's seed; but you seek to kill Me because My word has no place in you.
8:38 我所说的,是在我父那里看见的;你们所行的,是从你们的父听见的。
I speak the things which I have seen with My Father; so then, you also do the things which you have heard from your father.
8:39 他们回答祂说,我们的父就是亚伯拉罕。耶稣对他们说,你们若是亚伯拉罕的子孙,就必行亚伯拉罕所作的。
They answered and said to Him, Our father is Abraham. Jesus said to them, If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham.
8:40 现在你们却想要杀我这个将从神所听见的真理,对你们讲了的人!这不是亚伯拉罕所行的。
But now you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth which I heard from God; Abraham did not do this.
8:41 你们是行你们父所作的。他们对祂说,我们不是从淫乱生的;我们只有一位父,就是神。
You do the works of your father. They then said to Him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, God.
亮光  

藉着内里生命的照耀,并藉着神圣元素在我们这人里面的工作,我们就得以自由,脱离罪的奴役。这就如设计一种处方以治疗我们血液的疾病一样。要消除我们血液的疾病很难,需要一些药物。我如果一天服用几次药,这药一面会杀除病菌,另一面会生机的把积极的元素加到身体里。这积极的元素会将营养供应给我身体的组织。最终,疾病就会被吞灭。藉着这种新陈代谢的过程,老旧的元素排除了,为新的元素所顶替。这就是神圣生命使我们得以自由,脱离罪的奴役的路。这不是按照罗马六章算自己死。我们好些人已往这样试过,发现并不灵。不是这样。你必须经历活的耶稣在你里面作照耀的光,并作在你里面工作的神圣元素。最终这属天、神圣的元素,就要加到你这人里面。这就是我们的救恩。

当我们接受祂,祂就成了我们的生命,这生命就成了光,带我们脱离罪的黑暗。这生命的光能使我们得以自由,脱离罪的奴役,并拯救我们脱离罪的黑暗。因此我们必须领悟,只有藉着基督成为我们的生命和光,我们才能得着自由。

Enlightenment:

By the shining of the inner life and by the working of the divine element in our very being, we are set free from the slavery of sin. This resembles the medical treatment designed to cure diseases in our blood. It is very difficult to eliminate the disease from our blood. We need medicine. If I take the medicine several times a day, the medicine will, on the one hand, destroy the germs and, on the other hand, add a positive element into my body organically. This positive element will supply nourishment to the tissues of my body. Eventually, the disease will be swallowed up. By such a metabolic process, the old element is discharged and replaced by a new element. This is the way that the divine life sets us free from the bondage of sin. It is not a matter of reckoning yourself dead according to Romans 6. Many of us have tried this in the past and found that it does not work. No, you must experience the living Jesus in you as the shining light and as the divine element that works inwardly. Eventually, the heavenly, divine element will be added into your being. This is our salvation.

When we received Him, He became our life, and this life becomes the very light that brings us out of the darkness of sin. This light of life can set us free from the bondage of sin and deliver us out of the darkness of sin. We must realize, therefore, that we are set free only by Christ becoming our life and light.