3. The Lord’s Table Meeting 擘饼聚会

1) Q. I have been told that the Lord’s table is to remember the Lord’s death. Is this correct?
A. Many Christians think that to have the Lord’s table is to remember His death. This is wrong. We are not going to remember the death, but we are going to remember the Lord Himself.
问:我听说主的桌子是为了记念主的死,这正确吗?
答:许多基督徒认为,主的桌子是为要记念祂的死,这是错误的。我们不是记念死,而是记念主自己。


2) Q. If the Lord’s table is not to remember His death, what do we remember?
A. The Lord told us to do this in remembrance of Him, not of His death. We remember the Person, the Lord Himself. This is the central point of the Lord’s table meeting.
问:如果主的桌子不是记念祂的死,那我们记念什么呢?
答:主告诉我们要如此行,为的是记念祂,而不是记念祂的死。我们记念主自己的人位。这是擘饼聚会的中心点。


3) Q. During the Lord’s table meeting, what should be the focus of hymns, testimonies, and messages?
A. The Lord’s table meeting is to remember the Lord, so any hymns, testimonies, or messages that distract people from the Lord, the Person, are not appropriate.
问:在擘饼聚会中,诗歌,见证和信息的中心是什么?
答:因为擘饼聚会是记念主,所以任何诗歌、见证、和信息,若将人从主这个人位岔开,都是不合式的。


4) Q. I have heard of eating the bread and breaking the bread. Are these two the same?
A. To eat the bread is to enjoy the Lord as our life supply. Breaking the bread does not imply any enjoyment, but eating the bread surely does. We also eat the bread to testify that we live by the Lord.
问:我听说过吃饼和擘饼,这两者一样吗?
答:吃饼是享受主作我们生命的供应。擘饼不意味着有任何的享受,但是吃饼确实是一件享受的事。我们吃饼也见证我们凭主活着。


5) Q. From the Bible, where can we see the meaning of eating the bread?
A. In John 6:57b the Lord said, “He who eats Me, he also shall live because of Me.” The next crucial point concerning our remembrance of the Lord is our eating the bread to enjoy the fellowship in Christ’s mystical Body.
问:从圣经的哪个地方我们可以看出吃饼的意义?
答:主在约翰六章五十七节下半说:“吃我的人,也要因我活着。”关于我们记念主另一个重要的点乃是,我们吃饼是为着享受基督奥秘身体里的交通。


6) Q. I don’t know what it is to break and eat the bread. Can you explain these to me?
A. The breaking of the bread mainly implies the Lord’s physical body broken for us on the cross. Eating the bread, which is to take in the bread, mainly implies the fellowship in the mystical Body of Christ.
问:我不知道擘饼和吃饼是什么,你能给我解释这二者吗?
答:擘饼主要含示主物质的身体在十字架上为我们裂开;而吃饼,就是把饼接受进来,主要含示基督奥秘身体里的交通。


7) Q. I’m sure the cup on the table is important. What verses in the Bible show us its importance?
A. Matthew 26:27-28: “And He took a cup and gave thanks, and He gave it to them, saying, Drink of it, all of you, for this is My blood of the covenant, which is being poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.”
问:我确信在桌子上的杯是重要的,圣经哪处经节告诉我们它的重要性?
答:马太二十六章二十七至二十八节:“又拿起杯来,祝谢了,递给他们,说,你们都喝这个,因为这是我立约的血,为多人流出来,使罪得赦。”


8) Q. People have said a lot about the bread and the cup. What does the Bible have to say about these?
A. In the Bible, the bread is called the bread of life and the cup is called the cup of blessing. To eat the bread means to receive the life supply and to drink the cup means to receive the blessing.
问:人们说道许多关于饼和杯,关于饼杯,圣经是怎么说的呢?
答:在圣经中,饼称为生命的粮,杯称为福杯。因此,吃饼的意思是接受生命供应,而喝杯的意思是接受祝福。


9) Q. At the Lord’s table, we express our desire for the Lord’s coming. Is this found in the Bible?
A. First Corinthians 11:26 says, “For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you declare the Lord’s death until He comes.” While we display the Lord’s death, we express our desire of the Lord’s second coming.
问:擘饼聚会中,我们表达我们对主再来的渴望,这在圣经中能找到吗?
答:林前十一章二十六节说,“你们每逢吃这饼,喝这杯,是宣告主的死,直等到祂来。”当我们陈列主的死时,乃是表达我们对主第二次来的渴望。


10) Q. In the Bible, what verse shows us the worship of the Father at the table meeting?
A. After breaking the bread and drinking the cup, the Lord will lead us to worship the Father. This is based upon Matthew 26:30, which says that after the Lord finished His supper with His disciples, He and the disciples sang a hymn.
问:在圣经里,哪处经节告诉我们在擘饼聚会中敬拜父?
答:在擘饼、喝杯之后,主要带领我们敬拜父。这是根据马太二十六章三十节,那里说主和祂的门徒吃完晚餐后,祂和门徒就唱诗。