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保罗的完成职事(六):出黑暗入耶稣奇妙之光者的美德
徒二二10『我说，主阿，我当作甚么？主对我说，起来，进大马色去，在那里要将
所派你作的一切事都告诉你。』
二六18『我差你到他们那里去，叫他们的眼睛得开，从黑暗转入光中，从撒但权
下转向神，又因信入我，得蒙赦罪，并在一切圣别的人中得著基业。』
P1:2-9 惟有你们是蒙拣选的族类，是君尊的祭司体系，是圣别的国度，是买来作产业的子民，
要叫你们宣扬那召你们出黑暗、入祂奇妙之光者的美德;
在行传九章六节扫罗悔改以后，主不愿直接告诉他当作甚么，因为他需要基督身体
的一个肢体，引他进入与这身体的联合里；他是直接因主得救并归向主的，并不是
间接经由任何管道。
主若不从他的身体差遣一个肢体去接触他，他身体的肢体就难以接受他。这与他对
基督身体的认识，并以后为基督的身体尽职有关。
行传二十六章十八节是保罗所受托付的内容。…这里叫人眼睛得开，乃是实现神的
禧年，主悦纳人的禧年，就是主耶稣在路加四章十八至二十一节照神新约的经纶所
宣扬的。
新约禧年属灵和神圣的福分，也就是神福音的福分，其中第一项就是叫堕落的人眼
睛得开，从黑暗转入光中，使他们能在属灵的范围里看见神圣的事。要看见这些事，
需要属灵的视力和神圣的光。
行传二十六章十八节不仅说到眼睛得开，也说到从黑暗转入光中，从撒但权下转向
神。这个转就是我们所说的转移。从黑暗转入光中，就是从黑暗转移到光里面；从
撒但权下转向神，就是从撒但的权势下，转移到神里面。这是何等大的转移！
黑暗是罪和死的标记；光是义和生命的标记。撒但的权势就是撒但的国，这国属於
黑暗。撒但是这世界的王，也是空中掌权者的首领。他有他的权势和他的使者，就
是他的从属，作这黑暗世界的执政者、掌权者和管辖者。因此，他有他的国，就是
黑暗的权势。
按照行传二十六章十八节，我们是从撒但权下转向神。实际上，转向神就是转向神
的权柄，也就是转向神那属於光的国。先前我们是在黑暗里，是在撒但的权下。但
我们已经从黑暗和撒但权下转移出来，转入光与神里面。
黑暗实际上就是撒但的权势。甚么时候我们在黑暗里，我们就在撒但权下。光就是
神自己，所以，当我们在光中，我们就在神里面。撒但与黑暗怎样是一，神与光也
照样是一。我们所得著的最大转移，乃是从黑暗转入光中。
在行传二十一章，雅各题倡犹太教老旧的事物。他这样作，乃是在黑暗里。雅各对
保罗说，『弟兄，你看犹太人中信主的有多少万，并且都为律法热心。』
这话是在黑暗里说的，指明雅各自己瞎眼且在黑暗里。因为他在黑暗里，他也在撒
但的权下。这样说雅各并不是太苛刻。
保罗必然不是瞎眼，但他在二十一章有被拖回到黑暗里的危险。实际上，他与别人
在殿里要完成拿细耳人之愿的那些日子，乃是在黑暗里。
参读：使徒行传生命读经，第六十至六十一、六十九篇。
English Version
Acts 22:10 "And I said, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord said to me,
Rise up and go into Damascus, and there it will be told to you concerning
all the things which have been appointed to you to do."
26:18 "To open their eyes, to turn them from darkness to light and from
the authority of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins
and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me."
[In Acts 9:6] the Lord would not directly tell Saul immediately after
his conversion what He wanted him to do. This was because he needed a member
of His Body to initiate him into identification with the Body, for he had
been saved and brought to the Lord directly by Him, not indirectly through
any channel. Unless a member of His Body had been sent by the Lord to contact
him, it would have been difficult for any member of the Body to receive
Saul (cf.v. 26). This is related to Saul's knowledge concerning the Body
of Christ and to his ministry for the Body of Christ later (Col. 1:24).
(Acts 9:6, footnote 1)
In Acts 26:18 we have the contents of Paul's commission.... Here the
opening of people's eyes is the carrying out of the fulfillment of God's
jubilee, the acceptable year of the Lord, proclaimed by the Lord Jesus in
Luke 4:18-21 according to God's New Testament economy....The first item
of the spiritual and divine blessings of the New Testament jubilee, which are the blessings
of the gospel of God, is to open the eyes of those who are fallen and turn
them from darkness to light so that they may see the divine things in the
spiritual realm. To see these things requires spiritual sight and divine
light.
Acts 26:18 speaks not only of the opening of the eyes but also of the
turn from darkness to light and from the authority of Satan to God. This
turn is what we mean by a transfer. To turn from darkness to light is to
have a transfer from darkness into light, and to turn from the authority
of Satan to God is to be transferred out of the authority of Satan into
God. What a great transfer this is!
Darkness is a sign of sin and death; light is a sign of righteousness
and life (John 1:4; 8:12). The authority of Satan is Satan's kingdom (Matt.
12:26), which belongs to darkness. Satan is the ruler of this world (John
12:31) and the ruler of the power of the air (Eph. 2:2). He has his authority
and his angels (Matt. 25:41), who are his subordinates as principalities,
powers, and rulers of the darkness of this world (Eph. 6:12). Hence, Satan
has his kingdom, the authority of darkness (Col. 1:13).
According to Acts 26:18, we are transferred from the authority of Satan
to God. Actually, to be transferred to God is to be transferred to the authority
of God, which is God's kingdom belonging to light. Formerly we were in darkness
and under the authority of Satan. But we have been transferred out of darkness
and the authority of Satan into light and God.
Darkness is actually the authority of Satan. Whenever we are in darkness,
we are under the satanic authority. Light is God Himself (1 John 1:5).
Therefore, when we are in the light, we are in God. Just as Satan and darkness
are one, so God and light are one. The greatest transfer we can have is
the transfer from darkness to light.
In chapter 21 of Acts James was promoting the old things of Judaism.When
he was doing this, he was in darkness. James said to Paul, "You observe,
brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews who have believed;
and all are zealous for the law" (21:20). This word was spoken in darkness,
and it indicates that James himself was blind and in darkness. Because he
was in darkness, he was also under the authority of Satan. It is not too
severe to say this concerning James.
Paul certainly was not blind. However, in Acts 21 he was in danger of
being pulled back into darkness. Actually, for the days he was in the temple
with the others for the completion of the Nazarite vow, he was in darkness.(Life-
study of Acts, pp. 599-601)
Further Reading: Life-study of Acts, msgs. 60-61, 69
- 未完待续
保罗的完成职事(五):作执事和见证人
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