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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　周五
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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3贰 “持定元首；本于祂，全身⋯⋯得了丰富的供应，⋯⋯就以神的增长而长大”——二19：
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4一 长大就是有基督加到我们里面——林前三6～7，加四19。
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5二 基督身体的长大在于出自元首基督的东西——弗四15～16：
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61 当身体借着持定元首而得着供应，身体就以神的增长而长大——西二19。
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72 身体是从元首长出来的，因为一切的供应都是来自于元首——弗四15。
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晨兴喂养
Morning Nourishment
8西二7 “在祂里面已经生根，并正被建造，且照着你们所受的教导，在信心上得以坚固，洋溢着感谢，就要在祂里面行事为人。”
8Col. 2:7 Having been rooted and being built up in Him, and being established in the faith even as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
919 “…持定元首；本于祂，全身借着节和筋，得了丰富的供应，并结合一起，就以神的增长而长大。”
919…Holding the Head, out from whom all the Body, being richly supplied and knit together by means of the joints and sinews, grows with the growth of God.
10身体持定元首〔西二19〕的意思是，身体不〔让任何事物使〕自己与头分开。…当我们凭文化活着，而不凭基督活着的时候，我们就使自己与元首基督分开了，我们的奖赏（对基督的享受）就被骗取了。…我们若在基督里生根，并且在祂行动的时候行事为人，我们就自然而然地把基督的丰富吸收到我们里面，并且以神的增长而长大。这长大乃是借着持定基督作元首而有的。
10For the Body to hold the Head [Col. 2:19] means that the Body does not allow itself to be separated from the Head…by anything. When we live by our culture instead of by Christ, we separate ourselves from Christ as the Head and are defrauded of our prize, which is the enjoyment of Christ. If we are rooted in Christ and walk as He moves, we will spontaneously absorb the riches of Christ into our being and grow with the growth of God. This growth is by holding Christ as the Head.
11歌罗西二章十九节说到供应，以及身体结合一起。身体借着持定元首而得着供应并结合一起，就以神的增长而长大。本节中“本于祂”这辞很重要，指明基督的身体是本于元首而长大的，因为一切的供应都来自元首。一面，基督是元首；另一面，祂乃是土壤。当我们吸收土壤的丰富，我们就持定了元首。照样，从元首接受供应，就是从土壤吸取丰富。…我们因着土壤之丰富的增加而长大；作为身体，我们也是本于元首得着供应而长大。（歌罗西书生命读经，四七四至四七五页。）
11Colossians 2:19 speaks of the supply and of the Body being knit together. When the Body is supplied and knit together by holding the Head, the Body grows with the growth of God. The phrase out from whom in this verse is important. It indicates that the Body grows out from the Head, for all the supply comes from the Head. In one sense, Christ is the Head; in another sense, He is the soil. As we absorb the riches of the soil, we hold the Head. Likewise, to receive the supply from the Head is to absorb the riches from the soil .. We grow with the increase from the soil; we also grow as the Body with the supply out from the Head. (Life-study of Colossians, 2nd edition, pp. 376-377)
信息选读
Today’s Reading
12歌罗西二章七节说到在基督里面已经生根，并正被建造。植物越长大，就越把自己建造起来。比如，一棵树从土壤里吸取丰富，就把自己建造起来。这含示生机的活动。借着这样的活动，就把土壤里的养分吸收到树里面。
12Colossians 2:7 speaks of having been rooted in Christ and of being built up in Him. The more a plant grows, the more it builds itself up. A tree, for example, builds itself up by absorbing into itself nourishment from the soil. This implies organic activity. Through this activity the nourishment from the soil is absorbed into the tree.
13在二章七节，保罗把生根和建造相提并论，这是很有意义的。原因在于：生根是为着长大，而长大就是真正的建造。长大不只是为着建造，长大事实上就是建造。一棵树长大时，就把自己建造起来。人也是这样。作母亲的都知道，孩子越得着健康食物的滋养，他们就越长大，而借着长大，他们就被建造。他们里面所进行的生机活动，使他们长大；这个长大就是他们肉身的建造。
13It is significant that in 2:7 Paul puts being rooted and building together. The reason for this is that being rooted is for growing, and growing is genuine building. Growth is not only for building but is actually the building itself. As a tree grows, it builds itself up. The same is true of human beings. As all mothers realize, the more their children are nourished with healthy food, the more they grow, and by growing, they are built up. The organic activity that takes place within them causes them to grow. This growth is the building of their physical bodies.
14生根带进长大，而长大就是建造。我们若没有长大，就不能有什么建造。我们乃是借着吸取土壤中丰富、营养的元素而长大。我们在基督里面已经生根，如今在祂里面正被建造。我们已经在基督里生根，并且借着把祂的丰富吸收到我们里面而长大。这个长大就是在基督里把自己建造起来。
14Being rooted brings in the growing, and the growing is the building. If we do not grow, we cannot have any building. We grow by absorbing the rich, nourishing element of the soil. Having been rooted in Christ, we now are being built up in Him. We have been rooted in Christ, and we grow by absorbing His riches into us. This leads to growth, which is the building up of ourselves in Christ.
15在二章十九节保罗说到，“持定元首；本于祂，全身借着节和筋，得了丰富的供应，并结合一起，就以神的增长而长大。”持定元首等于住在基督里。当然，持定元首含示我们没有与祂分离，没有与祂隔绝。保罗写信给歌罗西人的时候，他们因着文化，已经有点与基督分离了。文化能成为一种绝缘体，使我们离开基督。持定元首就是留在基督里，在我们与祂之间没有任何的绝缘体。
15In 2:19 Paul speaks of “holding the Head, out from whom all the Body, being richly supplied and knit together by means of the joints and sinews, grows with the growth of God.” Holding the Head is equal to abiding in Christ. Of course, to hold the Head implies that we are not detached, or severed, from Him. At the time Paul wrote to the Colossians, they had been somewhat detached from Christ by their culture. Culture can be a form of insulation that keeps us from Christ. To hold the Head is to remain in Christ without any insulation between us and Him.
16十九节里“本于祂”一辞指明有些东西从元首出来，使身体长大。身体的长大在于有东西从基督这位元首出来，正如植物的长大在于养分从土壤进到植物里。植物若没有从土壤里吸取养分，就无法长大。照样，我们若没有接受从基督这元首所出来的，身体也无法长大。所以，持定元首就等于在基督这土壤里面生根。（歌罗西书生命读经，五六一至五六三页。）
16Out from whom in verse 19 indicates that something is coming out from the Head to cause the Body to grow. The growth of the Body depends on what comes out of Christ as the Head, just as the growth of a plant depends on what comes into the plant from the soil. If a plant does not absorb nutrients from the soil, the plant cannot grow. Likewise, if we do not receive what comes out from Christ as the Head, the Body cannot grow. Holding the Head is, therefore, equal to being rooted in Christ as the soil. (Life-study of Colossians, 2nd edition, pp. 444-445)
17参读：歌罗西书生命读经，第四十四、五十一篇。
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今日要点
18主题：对包罗万有之基督的认识，带进本于祂而生命长大
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191.对基督的认识，带进生命的长大：
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20A.歌罗西书不仅说到对这位包罗万有之基督的认识，也说到我们该如何经历这位基督，以及经历基督、享受基督的结果，在西二7，保罗把信徒比喻为植物，植物如何在土壤里生根，好吸取土壤里的丰富，照样，信徒也当在基督这美地里生根，当信徒生根于基督，就能够吸收基督里面的丰富，而使信徒里面神圣的生命长大。
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21B.另外，在二7，保罗把生根和建造相提并论，因为生根是为着长大，而长大就是建造，这是圣经的思想，长大不只是为着建造，可以说，长大就是建造，一棵树长大，就把自己建造起来，孩子越长大，就越把自己建造，同样的，信徒里面神圣的生命，也需要借着对这位基督的认识、经历并享受，而在祂里面生根，带进长大，就是建造。
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222.生命长大以至成熟的条件：
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23A.上文说到生根长大，西二19下文接着说到，作身体肢体的信徒，要持定这位作头，作元首的基督，保罗写信给歌罗西人的时候，他们已经因着文化，已经有点语作头的基督分离了，文化已经成为绝缘体，使我们离开基督了，为此信徒需要持定元首，住在基督里。
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24B.这节不仅说到持定元首，还有四个重要的词，第一，『长大』，长大就是有基督加到我们里面，第二，『本于祂』，这指明身体是本于元首而长大，因为一切的供应都是来自元首，本于的原文有从...出来的意思，也就是说，信徒要得着从基督出来的丰富，就像植物要吸收土壤的丰富，所以当身体借着持定元首得着供应，借着从元首出来的供应，身体就能够以神的生长而长大。
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