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认识包罗万有的基督并以神的增长而长大

第四篇 认识包罗万有的基督并以神的增长而长大

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第四周 周四
纲目
1总题:享受基督与在生命里长大以至成熟
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2第四篇 认识包罗万有的基督并以神的增长而长大
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311 “神的奥秘,就是基督;一切智慧和知识的宝藏,都藏在祂里面”——2~3节:
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4a 歌罗西书是讲神的奥秘,就是元首基督。
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5b 一切真智慧、真知识的宝藏,都藏在基督里面——3节。
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6c 这是关于基督与召会之神圣经纶的属灵智慧和知识。
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7d 智慧与我们的灵有关,知识与我们的心思有关——弗一817
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812 “神格一切的丰满,都有形有体地居住在基督里面,你们在祂里面也得了丰满”——西二9~10
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9a 那居住在基督里面的,不仅是神格的丰富,乃是神所是之丰富的彰显。
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10b 神格一切的丰满都居住在这位有属人身体的基督里面。
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11四 “所以你们若与基督一同复活,就当寻求在上面的事,那里有基督坐在神的右边”——三1
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121 一至四节含示,我们与基督有同一的地位、生命、生活、定命和荣耀。
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132 在诸天之上的神,该是我们生活的范围;我们该与基督一同活在神里面。
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晨兴喂养
Morning Nourishment
14西三1~4 “所以你们若与基督一同复活,就当寻求在上面的事,那里有基督坐在神的右边。你们要思念在上面的事,不要思念在地上的事。因为你们已经死了,你们的生命与基督一同藏在神里面。基督是我们的生命,祂显现的时候,你们也要与祂一同显现在荣耀里。”
14Col. 3:1-4 If therefore you were raised together with Christ, seek the things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things which are above, not on the things which are on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ our life is manifested, then you also will be manifested with Him in glory.
15我们的地位乃是在基督里。因着我们在祂里面,而祂在神的右边,(西三1,)我们就也在神的右边。在约翰十七章二十四节,主耶稣祷告说,“父啊,我在哪里,愿你所赐给我的人,也同我在哪里。”主耶稣在哪里,我们也在哪里,这不是地点上的问题。主在父里面,但门徒还没有在父里面,于是祂祈求使他们也能被带进父里面。所以主祷告说,祂在哪里,他们也要在哪里。
15Our position is that we are in Christ. Because we are in Him, we are where He is—at the right hand of God (Col. 3:1). In John 17:24 the Lord Jesus prayed, “Father, concerning that which You have given Me, I desire that they also may be with Me where I am.” To be where the Lord Jesus is, is not a matter of geography. The Lord is in the Father, and He prayed that the disciples, who were not yet in the Father, would be brought into Him. The Lord prayed, therefore, that they would be where He is.
16如果我们停在这里,我们就不过是在道理上领会我们与基督同有一个地位。我们只知道,我们在基督里、在父里、在天上这个事实。这事实要成为实际,就需要我们与主成为一灵。(林前六17。)当我们在灵里,我们在实际上、经历上,就在基督里,在父里,并在天上。(歌罗西书生命读经,六四四至六四五页。)
16If we stop here, we will have nothing more than a mere doctrinal understanding of our one position with Christ. We will only know the fact that we are in Christ, in the Father, and in heaven. What makes this real is that we are one spirit with the Lord (1 Cor. 6:17). It is when we are in the spirit that we are in Christ, in the Father, and in heaven practically and experientially. (Lifestudy of Colossians, 2nd edition, pp. 510-511)
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Today’s Reading
17赞美主,有一种传输从天上达到我们的灵里!当我们经历这种传输,我们就真正在基督里,在父里,并在天上。我们的灵乃是直接联于天;属天的传输开始于天,终结于我们的灵。因着我们可以经历并享受这独一的传输,我们就不必为了要在天上而到天上去。我们只要在灵里经历从天而来的传输,就在天上了。会所里的灯怎样借着电流联于发电厂,照样,我们也借着从天上神的宝座流到我们灵里之神圣的传输而联于天。
17Praise the Lord that transmission is going on from heaven to our spirit! When we experience this transmission, we are truly in Christ, in the Father, and in heaven. Our spirit is directly related to heaven. The heavenly transmission begins in heaven and ends in our spirit. Because we may experience and enjoy this unique transmission, there is no need for us to go to heaven in order to be in heaven. Simply by being in our spirit where we experience the transmission from heaven, we are in heaven. Just as the lights in the meeting hall are connected to the power plant by the flow of electricity, so we are connected to heaven by the divine transmission, which flows from the throne of God in heaven into our spirit.
18我们要问问自己,我们是在天上,还是在地上?我们回答这问题的时候要谨慎。正确的答覆乃是:当我们在灵里,我们就在天上,但是当我们不在灵里,我们就在地上,并且就经历说,甚至是在地底下。我们根据经历晓得,在灵里我们也许在天上一分钟;然后,因着我们不留在灵里,就立刻又落到地上。比如,早晨你与主同在,把自己祷告到灵里的时候,你也许在诸天界里。但在早餐桌上,你的妻子或丈夫说了一些搅扰你的话,你就立刻从灵里出来,进到肉体里;你不再在天上,乃是在地上。这指明我们唯有在灵里,才能在天上。每当我们不在灵里,我们就是属地的。
18We need to ask ourselves…whether we are in heaven or on earth. In answering this question we need to be careful. The proper way to answer is to say that when we are in spirit, we are also in heaven, but when we are not in spirit, we are on earth and, experientially, even under the earth. According to our experience, we know that in spirit we may be in heaven one minute and then, because we do not remain in our spirit, we may immediately plunge down to the earth. For example, during your time with the Lord in the morning, you may be in the heavenlies, having prayed yourself into the spirit. But at the breakfast table your wife or husband may say something to bother you, and immediately you are drawn out of the spirit into the flesh. No longer are you in heaven; you are now on earth. This indicates that only when we are in spirit are we in heaven. Whenever we are outside the spirit, we are earthly.
19保罗在歌罗西三章一节嘱咐我们,要寻求在上面的事。寻求这些事的路乃是转到灵里,并呼求主的名。…〔如此,我们〕就被提高到天上。这样,在经历上我们就在基督里,在父里,并且在天上。我们在灵里便与基督同有一个地位,寻求在上面的事。
19In Colossians 3:1 Paul charges us to seek the things which are above. The way to seek these things is to turn to the spirit and call on the name of the Lord…[Then] we are lifted into heaven. Then in our experience we are in Christ, in the Father, and in heaven. Then in the spirit we are one in position with Christ, seeking the things which are above.
20在三节保罗继续说,“因为你们已经死了,你们的生命与基督一同藏在神里面。”因我们的生命(不是天然的生命,乃是属灵的生命,就是基督),与基督一同藏在神,就是那在诸天之上的神里面,所以我们不该再顾念在地上的事。在诸天之上的神,该是我们生活的范围。我们该与基督一同活在神里面。…在四节保罗继续说,“基督是我们的生命,祂显现的时候,你们也要与祂一同显现在荣耀里。”在神里面,基督是我们的生命;我们的己,我们的魂,不是我们的生命。这生命现今是隐藏的,但将来要显现出来。那时,我们要与这生命一同显现在荣耀里。(歌罗西书生命读经,六四五至六四七、二七七至二七八页。)
20In 3:3 Paul goes on to say, “For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.” Because our life (not our natural life but our spiritual life, which is Christ) is hidden with Christ in God, who is in the heavens, we should no longer care for things on the earth. God in the heavens should be the sphere of our living. With Christ we should live in God. In verse 4 Paul continues, “When Christ our life is manifested, then you also will be manifested with Him in glory.” In God, Christ, not our self, our soul, is our life. This life is now hidden, but it will be manifested. Then we will be manifested with this life in glory. (Life-study of Colossians, second edition, pp. 511-512, 224)
21参读:歌罗西书生命读经,第二十七篇。
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今日要点
22主题:从道理的认识转向对基督主观的经历
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231.不仅在道理,更在经历上与基督同地位:
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24A.西三1~4一开头说到『所以』指明这段话是二章的延续,二章不仅说到我们要在这一位作为包罗万有美地实际的基督上面生根、行事为人,三章更说到,我们的地位乃是在基督里,因着我们在祂里面,而祂在神的右边,所以我们也在神的右边,我们不仅是地位上与祂一样,也与祂同有一个生命,同有一个定命,同得一个荣耀。
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25B.这是事实没错,但却可能还没成为我们的实际,因为我们很可能只是在道理上领会这段经文,知道我们在基督里、在父里、在天上这个事实,却没有成为我们的实际,若要成为实际,就需要我们与主成为一灵,当我们在灵里,我们才实际上、经历上,在基督里,在父里,并在天上。
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262.借着在灵里,从道理转向经历:
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27A.我们可能还是迷惑,并且问自己,到底我们在哪里?是在天上?还是在地上?这个问题不能用二分法解决,我们需要谨慎地回答,正确的答覆应该是,当我们在灵里,我们就在天上,但是当我们不在灵里,我们就在地上,例如我们早晨跟同伴晨兴,把自己祷告到灵里,也许我们就在诸天界里,但在餐桌上,你的家人跟你说一些话,就把你从灵里带出来,你就被打回原形了。
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28B.为什么会这样?因为有一种传输从天上达到我们的灵里,当我们在灵里,打开开关,我们经历这种传输,就把我们带到天上,使我们在地若天,真正在基督里,在父神里,并在天上,远超一切属地的捆绑,因为数天的传输开始于天,终结于我们的灵,就像家里的电灯怎样借着电流联于发电厂,照样,我们也借着从天上神的宝座流到我们里面,若不打开开关,我们只知道这些安装设备,是不会得着对电的应用的。
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