1) Q. I have never heard of the crystallization study of the Bible. What is it?
A. The crystallization-study of the Bible, is a study that goes even deeper than the life-study of
the Bible.
问:我从来没有听过结晶读经,那是什么?
答:结晶读经是比生命读经更深入的研读。
2) Q. The life-study messages are good at opening up the Bible. Why is the crystallization study
needed?
A. The life-study opens the entire Bible to us in a general way, but we still need to touch the
depths, the crystals, of the Holy Scriptures.
问:生命读经信息用来打开圣经很好了,为什么还需要结晶读经呢?
答:生命读经是大体的把全部圣经打开了,但我们还得进到里头去,摸深处的东西,那就是圣经的结晶品。
3) Q. Crystallization is not a commonly used word. What is the basis of your usage of this word?
A. Crystallization, in our usage, is based upon the essence. A piece of metal, for example, has an
outward appearance, but within the appearance there is the inward element, and within the element is
the essence.
问:结晶不是普通的用词,你们用这个词的基础什么?
答:按着我们的用词,“结晶”乃是基于素质。一块铁有外面的样子,但在这外面的样子里有内在的元素,而在元
素里有素质。
4) Q. Some people seem to be satisfied with the outward appearance. Is the essence important?
A. To know the essence of an orange, you have to open the skin to see the contents. First, you can
see the element, then within the element, there is the essence. It is the very essence of the orange
that nourishes us.
问:一些人似乎很满意外观。素质很重要吗?
答:知道橘子的素质,你必须剥开皮,探看内容。首先,你会看见元素,然后在元素里有素质。能滋养我们的,乃
是橘子的素质。
5) Q. Many people know who Jesus Christ is. Isn’t a general knowledge about him enough?
A. Jesus Christ is famous today on this earth. Everywhere nearly every person knows something about
Jesus Christ. But who knows Jesus Christ’s essence?
问:许多人都知道耶稣基督是谁。对他有个大概的了解不就足够了吗?
答:今天在地上,耶稣基督是很有名的。在各处,几乎每一个人都知道一点关于耶稣基督的事。但是谁知道耶稣基
督的素质?
6) Q. I have read the Bible many times. Shouldn’t this give me a certain knowledge of God?
A. Even though you read the Bible many times, you still cannot fully know God until you get the
crystallization of the New Testament.
问:我读过许多遍圣经。这也应该使我对神有些认识了吧?
答:即使你读过圣经许多遍,你仍然不能完全认识神,直到你得着了新约的结晶。
7) Q. There are many matters mentioned in the New Testament. How can we summarize them?
A. The twenty-seven books of the New Testament mention many matters, but in summary they concern the
economy of God. This is the extract, the crystallization.
问:新约里讲了许许多多的事,我们怎么总括它们呢?
答:新约二十七卷书,讲了许许多多的事,总括起来,就是讲神的经纶。这就是摘录,结晶。
8) Q. Most Christians know about grace in a general way. Why isn’t this enough?
A. The New Testament shows us that grace first is God conceived in Mary. If we do not know all the
verses concerning grace in the New Testament in a crystallized sense, we cannot know God in a
complete way. ,
问:大多数基督徒只是泛泛的明白什么是恩典。为什么这还不够呢?
答:新约给我们看见,恩典首先乃是神在马利亚里面成孕。我们若没有以结晶的方式认识新约中所有这些关于恩典
的经节,就无法完全的认识神。
9) Q. In addition to reading the Bible, I also like hearing the word being spoken. This is also
helpful, right?
A. According to Romans 10:17, faith comes out of the hearing of the word. Thus, the source of faith
is the word, but we have to realize the crystallization of this point.
问:除了读圣经之外,我也喜欢听讲出来的话。这也是有帮助的,对吗?
答:按照罗马十章十七节,信来自听见话。因此,信的源头乃是话,但我们必须认识这一点的结晶。
10) Q. If we study the Bible in such a way, what will the Lord reveal to us?
A. By such a crystallization-study, the Lord can reveal to us the intrinsic essence of the divine
revelation, item by item.
问:我们若以这种方式读圣经,主会向我们开启什么呢?
答:借着这样的结晶读经,主会将神圣启示内在的素质,一一向我们开启。
Reference: The Governing and Controlling Vision in the Bible, Chapter 1; Crystallization-Study of the
Epistle to the Romans
参考书目:圣经中管制并支配我们的异象,第一篇;罗马书结晶读经