第四週 • 週三

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晨興餧養

徒二23   祂既按着神的定議先見被交給人，你們就藉着不法之人的手，把祂釘在十字架上殺了。

　三15　  你們殺了那生命的創始者，神卻叫祂從死人中復活了，我們都是這事的見證人。

『創始者』〔徒三15〕原文的意思是創始者、起源、起始者、元首、元帥。這辭指明基督是生命的起源或起始者，因此是生命的創始者，與前節的兇手相對。

和合本在行傳三章十五節說『生命的主』。這是不恰切的翻譯。在十五節，『創始者』不是指主，乃是指生命的源頭、起源，甚至是起始者，就是生命的創始者。彼得在這裏說，那醫治者〔1~10〕是生命的源頭，就是生命的起始者；祂在生命上是創始者，是元首。彼得指明那醫治者不僅是醫治者—祂乃是生命的源頭、起源並起始者（使徒行傳生命讀經，一一七至一一八頁）。

信息選讀

行傳三章所有的不僅僅是醫治，在此我們看見生命分賜到人裏面。這就是繁殖基督。為着這樣的繁殖，我們需要主作生命的創始者，作生命的源頭。

許多基督徒遵照傳統的神學，膚淺地讀聖經。因這緣故，我鼓勵眾聖徒放下傳統神學，回到聖經。聖經裏有許多需要我們挖掘的深『礦』，這些深礦之一就是行傳三章十五節的『創始者』這辭。…十五節的『創始者』這辭，指明生命來自這醫治者；祂是聖別者，並公義者。這醫治者不僅有醫治的能力；祂自己就是生命的源頭，起源，因為祂是生命的創始者，起始者。我們有生命，我們也就有醫治。人生病的原因就是在生命上輭弱。醫生知道，當我們在生命上輭弱，我們就會生病。但如果我們在生命上剛強，這生命就要吞滅死亡。

彼得要人知道，他們所殺害的那位乃是生命的創始者。祂不僅是醫治者—祂是那生命的創始者。雖然祂被殺害，神卻叫祂從死人中復活了。…論到主是人，新約告訴我們，神叫祂從死人中復活；但論到祂是神，新約告訴我們，祂自己從死人中復活（羅十四9）。不僅如此，使徒是復活基督的見證人，見證祂的復活，這乃是完成神新約經綸的重點—中心點。

彼得說，『因信祂的名，祂的名便叫你們所看見所認識的這人健壯了；藉着祂而來的信，叫這人在你們眾人面前完全好了。』〔徒三16〕『因信祂的名』，照原文直譯是，『在對祂名的信上。』就是在對祂名之信的立場上。名是指人位，人位是名的實際；因此這名是有能力的。

在十七至十八節彼得接着說，『弟兄們，我曉得你們作這事是出於無知，你們的官長也是如此，但神藉着眾申言者的口所豫先宣告，祂的基督將要受害的事，就這樣應驗了。』基督救贖的死，首先是由神在永遠裏命定（二23），然後在舊約時代藉眾申言者豫先宣告。這再一次證明基督的死不是歷史上偶然的事，乃是神按祂喜悅的定旨所計畫，並藉着眾申言者所豫先宣告的行動。

彼得指明主耶穌是申言者：『摩西曾說，「主神要從你們弟兄中間，給你們興起一位申言者像我，凡祂向你們所說的，你們都要聽從。凡不聽從那申言者的人，必要從民中滅絕。」 』〔三22~23〕因此，在這章中我們看見主耶穌是僕人、聖別者、公義者、生命的創始者以及申言者（使徒行傳生命讀經，一一八至一一九頁）。

參讀：使徒行傳生命讀經，第十三篇。

WEEK 4 — DAY 3

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Morning Nourishment

Acts 2:23 This man, delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, you, through the hand of lawless men, nailed to a cross and killed.

3:15 And the Author of life you killed, whom God has raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses.

The Greek word rendered “Author” [Acts 3:15] is archegos, meaning “author, origin, originator, chief leader, captain.” It denotes Christ as the origin or Originator of life, hence the Author of life, in contrast to a murderer in the previous verse.

“The Prince of life” [KJV]…is a poor rendering. In 3:15 archegos does not denote a prince; it denotes the very source, origin, even Originator, of life, the Author of life. Here Peter was saying that the Healer [vv. 1-10] is the source of life, the Originator of life; He is the Author, the chief Leader, in life. Peter was indicating that the Healer is not merely a Healer—He is the source, origin, and Initiator of life. (Life-study of Acts, p. 102)

Today’s Reading

What we have in chapter 3 of Acts is not merely a matter of healing. Here we see the imparting of life into others. This is to propagate Christ. For such a propagation we need the Lord as the Author of life, as the source of life.

Many Christians, following traditional theology, read the Bible in a shallow way. This is the reason I encourage the saints to drop traditional theology and come back to the Bible. In the Bible there are many deep “mines” in which we need to dig. One of these deep mines is the Greek word archegos in 3:15. The word Author in verse 15 indicates that life comes from this Healer, who is the holy One and the righteous One. This Healer has not only the power to heal; He Himself is the source, the origin of life, for He is the Author, the Originator of life. When we have life, we also have healing. The reason  people become sick is that they are weak in life. Medical doctors know that when we are weak in life, we may become ill. But if we are strong in life, the life will swallow up death.

Peter wanted the people to realize that the One they killed is the Author of life. He is not only the Healer—He is the Author of life. But although He was killed, God raised Him from the dead…Regarding the Lord as a man, the New Testament says that God raised Him from the dead. But considering Him as God, it tells us that He Himself rose from the dead (Rom. 14:9). Furthermore, the apostles were witnesses of the resurrected Christ, bearing witness of His resurrection, which is the crucial focus in the carrying out of God’s New Testament economy.

Peter said, “Upon faith in His name, His name has made this man strong, whom you behold and know; and the faith which is through Him has given him this wholeness of health before you all” [Acts 3:16]. The Greek words rendered “upon faith in His name” literally mean “on the faith of His name,” that is, on the ground of faith in His name. The name denotes the person. The person is the reality of the name; hence, the name is powerful.

In verses 17 and 18 Peter went on to say, “Now, brothers, I know that you acted in ignorance, as also your rulers did; but the things which God announced beforehand through the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled.” First, the redeeming death of Christ was determined by God in eternity (2:23) and announced beforehand through the prophets in the Old Testament time. This proves again that Christ’s death was not a historical accident but an act planned by God according to the purpose of His good pleasure and announced beforehand through the prophets.

Peter indicated that the Lord Jesus is the Prophet: “Moses said, ‘A Prophet will the Lord your God raise up unto you from your brothers, like me; Him shall you hear in whatever things He speaks to you. And it shall be that every soul who does not hear that Prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people’” [3:22- 23]. Therefore, in this chapter we see that the Lord Jesus is the Servant, the holy One, the righteous One, the Author of life, and the Prophet. (Life-study of Acts, pp. 102-103)

Further Reading: Life-study of Acts, msg. 13