【读圣经学英语】生命在祂里面 In Him was life

Posted on 03/07/2016

约翰福音-John 1 章1~5节

1:1	太初有话，话与神同在，话就是神。 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
1:2	这话太初与神同在。 He was in the beginning with God.
1:3	万物是藉着祂成的；凡已成的，没有一样不是藉着祂成的。 All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him not one thing came into being which has come into being.
1:4	生命在祂里面，这生命就是人的光。 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.
1:5	光照在黑暗里，黑暗未曾胜过光。 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.

 

亮光
『生命在祂里面。 』（约一4。）一章四节的『祂，』是指那是神，并且万物借着祂而成的话。生命在祂里面。为什么在祂来作生命以前，祂先创造万物？因为祂要被人接受作生命，就必须先有容器，接受器。假定祂未创造万物，却来作生命，祂要作谁的生命？虽然祂可以成为生命，却没有接受祂作生命的接受者。所以在祂来作生命以先，祂造了天、地、以及有灵的人，好接受祂。撒迦利亚十二章一节说，主『铺张诸天，建立地基，造人里面之灵。 』因此，天是为着地，地是为着人，而人被造有灵来接受神。现在话就能来作生命，被祂所创造的人接受。创造产生了接受生命的器皿。生命在话里面。只有在神的彰显里，才能看到生命。话是神的彰显和说明，包含神作我们的生命。当我们接受话，我们就接受了话里的生命。话和生命都是神自己。话是神的彰显，生命是神的内容。我们听到话，就看见神得着彰显并说明了；我们接受话，就接受了神的内容作生命，因而从神而生，成为神的儿女了。话中的生命就是神的内容。

Enlightenment:

“In Him was life” (1:4). The “Him” in 1:4 denotes the Word who was God and through whom all things came into being. In Him is life. Why did He create all things before He came to be life? Because in order for Him to be received as life there was the need of a receptacle, a receiver. Suppose He had not created anything, yet came to be life. To whom would He be life? Although He might be life, there would have been no receiver for Him as life. Thus, before He came to be life He created the heavens, the earth, and man with a spirit to receive Him. Zechariah 12:1 says that the Lord “stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him.” Thus, the heavens are for the earth, the earth is for man, and man was made with a spirit to receive God. Now the Word can come as life to be received by the man whom He created. Creation produced the receptacle for life.Life can only be found in the expression of God. The Word, which is the expression and explanation of God, contains God as our life. When we receive the Word, we receive the life within it. Both the Word and the life are God Himself. The Word is the expression of God, and the life is the very content of God. When we hear the Word, we realize that God is expressed and explained; when we receive the Word, we receive God’s very content as life and are thereby born of God and become the children of God. The life in the Word is the very content of God.