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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　周六
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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3三 基督身体的长大在于我们里面神的增长，神的加添，神的增多——西二19：
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41 神使我们生长，乃是以主观的方式把祂自己赐给我们。
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52 神越加到我们里面，就越使我们生长；这就是神叫人生长的路——林前三6～7。
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63 唯有神能叫人生长；唯有神才能把祂自己赐给我们；没有祂，我们就无法长大——6～7节：
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7a 神加到我们里面，就是祂使我们生长。
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8b 神使我们生长，事实上乃是把祂自己赐给我们——罗八11。
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9四 基督身体的长大就是基督身体的建造——弗四16，西二19：
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101 以弗所四章十二至十六节在新约里占有特别的地位，因为这段经文显示建造基督身体的奥秘。
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112 基督身体的长大，就是基督在召会里的加增，结果叫基督的身体把自己建造起来——三17上：
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12a 当基督进到圣徒里面，活在他们里面，众圣徒里面的基督就成为召会——西三10～11。
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13b 基督的身体因着基督在我们里面的长大而长大，也就得着了建造——一18，二19。
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143 基督的身体在爱里把自己建造起来，这爱不是我们自己的爱，乃是在基督里面神的爱，成了在我们里面基督的爱；借着这爱，我们爱基督和祂身体上同作肢体者——约壹四7～8、11、16、19，罗五5，八39：
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15a 爱是神内在的本质；当我们进到神这内在的本质里，我们就享受是爱的神，并在这甜美的神圣之爱里享受祂的同在，而像基督一样地爱别人——弗五25。
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16b 我们在这样的爱里持守着真实，就是持守基督同祂的身体，不受教训之风的影响，也不带进异于身体的元素——四14～15。
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晨兴喂养
Morning Nourishment
17弗四11～12 “祂所赐的，…为要成全圣徒，目的是为着职事的工作，为着建造基督的身体。”
17Eph. 4:11-12 And He Himself gave some…for the perfecting of the saints unto the work of the ministry, unto the building up of the Body of Christ.
1815～16 “唯在爱里持守着真实，我们就得以在一切事上长到祂，就是元首基督里面；本于祂，全身…便叫身体渐渐长大，以致在爱里把自己建造起来。”
1815-16 But holding to truth in love, we may grow up into Him in all things, who is the Head, Christ, out from whom all the Body…causes the growth of the Body unto the building up of itself in love.
19保罗在林前三章九节说，圣徒乃是神的耕地。他在六节说，“我栽种了，亚波罗浇灌了，唯有神叫他生长。”…许多人借着保罗所传的福音和话语的职事，被栽种到基督里。…以后，亚波罗来浇灌保罗所栽种的。虽然保罗栽种了，亚波罗浇灌了，但叫人生长的乃是神。
19In 1 Corinthians 3:9 Paul says that the saints are God’s cultivated land. In verse 6 he says, “I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused the growth.”… Through Paul’s preaching of the gospel and ministry of the word, many were planted into Christ…Later, Apollos came to water what Paul had planted. Although Paul planted and Apollos watered, it was God who caused the growth.
20神乃是借着进到我们里面，叫我们生长。…基督身体的长大在于我们里面神的增长，神的加添，神的增多。所以，神是以非常主观的方式把祂自己给了我们，而叫我们生长。
20God causes the growth…by getting into us…The growth of the Body depends on the growth of God, the addition of God, the increase of God, within us. Therefore, God causes the growth by giving Himself to us in a very subjective way.
21神既然借着这种方式叫人生长，我们就需要花时间来吸取祂。…我们每天怎样花时间吃东西，我们也该照样花时间吸取主，花时间吸收基督的丰富。我们与主接触不该匆匆忙忙。如果我们匆匆忙忙，就不能吸收多少祂的丰富。我们需要有充分的时间来祷告，这使我们能更多吸取神的丰富。（歌罗西书生命读经，五六六至五六八页。）
21Since God causes growth in this way, we need to take time to absorb Him… As we daily take time to eat food, we should daily take time to absorb the Lord, take time to assimilate the riches of Christ. Our contact with the Lord should not be rushed. If we are in a hurry, we will not be able to absorb much of His riches. We need to allow adequate time for prayer. This will enable us to absorb more of the riches of our God. (Life-study of Colossians, second edition, pp. 447-448)
信息选读
Today’s Reading
22保罗在以弗所书里也说到长大与建造。二章二十一节说，“在祂里面，全房联结一起，长成在主里的圣殿。”这一节是指宇宙的召会。在神眼中，宇宙的召会乃是一个建造。这建造是借着吸取基督的丰富而长成的。
22In Ephesians Paul also speaks of growth and building. In Ephesians 2:21 he says, “In whom all the building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord.” This verse refers to the universal church. In the eyes of God, the universal church is a building. This building is growing by absorbing the riches of Christ.
23在四章十五至十六节保罗继续说，“唯在爱里持守着真实，我们就得以在一切事上长到祂，就是元首基督里面；本于祂，全身借着每一丰富供应的节，并借着每一部分依其度量而有的功用，得以联络在一起，并结合在一起，便叫身体渐渐长大，以致在爱里把自己建造起来。”…我们必须在爱里持守着真实，就得以在一切事上长到元首里面。“供应”一辞指明，我们在元首里长大，从祂得着滋养。借着从元首而来的供应，身体便长大，在爱里把自己建造起来。这里所含示的意义很丰富。十五至十六节所含示的中心点，乃是我们应当在基督里生根，并且把祂的滋养吸取到我们里面，成为我们长大并被建造的元素和实质。
23In 4:15 and 16 Paul goes on to say, “But holding to truth in love, we may grow up into Him in all things, who is the Head, Christ, out from whom all the Body, being joined together and being knit together through every joint of the rich supply and through the operation in the measure of each one part, causes the growth of the Body unto the building up of itself in love.”…We must hold to the truth in love so that we may grow into the Head in all things. Out from the Head in whom we have grown, we have nourishment, as indicated by the word supply. Through the supply that comes out from the Head, the Body grows and builds itself up in love. Much is implied here. The focal point of the implications of Ephesians 4:15 and 16 is that we should be rooted in Christ and absorb His nourishment into our being to become the element and substance with which we grow and are built up.
24我们首先个别地长大，然后团体地长大。个别的长大成了团体的长大。因此，不仅肢体个别地建造起来，身体也团体地建造起来。我们肉身的身体可以说明这件事。你的身体乃是借着个别肢体的长大而建造起来的。如果肢体没有长大，身体就无法长大。身体上的肢体没有长大，就不能把自己建造起来。…身体的建造在于身体上个别肢体的建造。倘若所有的肢体都个别地长大，并且把自己建造起来，身体就会团体地被建造起来。
24First, we grow individually, then corporately. Individual growth becomes corporate growth. Hence, not only are the members built up individually, but the Body is built up corporately. Our physical bodies illustrate this. Your body is built up through the growth of the individual members. If the members do not grow, the body cannot grow. Without growing, the members of the body cannot build themselves up…The building of the body depends on the building up of the individual members of the body. If all the members grow and build themselves up individually, the body will be built up corporately.
25召会在一个地方一段时期以后，圣徒们中间…可能会发生摩擦。…但在基督里的长大会消除这一切的摩擦。所以，我们能喜乐的在一起，并且真正是一。基督的丰富补满了我们当中的缺欠，然后我们就个别地长大，也团体地长大。这就是召会真正的建造。召会的建造乃是基于个别肢体的建造。不仅如此，肢体的建造乃是在于肢体的长大，肢体的长大又是在于在基督里生根，并吸取基督的丰富，好成为肢体借以长大的元素。（歌罗西书生命读经，五七○至五七二页。）
25After a church has been in a locality for a certain period of time, friction may develop between the saints…The growth in Christ [cancels] out all this friction. Therefore, we can be happy together and truly one. The shortages among us are filled by the riches of Christ. Then we grow both individually and corporately. This is the genuine building of the church. The building up of the church is based upon the building up of the individual members. Furthermore, the building of the members depends on their growth, which, in turn, depends upon being rooted in Christ and absorbing the riches of Christ to become the very element with which the members grow. (Life-study of Colossians, second edition, pp. 450-451)
26参读：歌罗西书生命读经，第五十二、五十六篇。
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今日要点
27主题：以神的增长而长大，带进基督身体的建造
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28引经：弗四11~12，15~16
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291.以神的增长而长大：
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30A.在西二19还有第三个要辞，『神的增长』，这节所说的长大，不是我们的长，而是神的增长，神自己不需要长大，因为祂是永远、完整和完全的，然而，在我们里面作生命的神，需要在我们里面长大，神乃是借着进到我们里面，叫我们生长，基督身体的长大，在于我们里面神的增长，神的加添，神的增多，所以，神是以非常主观的方式把祂自己给我们，叫我们生长。
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31B.林前三章保罗说，圣徒乃是神的耕地，保罗自己栽种了，亚波罗浇灌了，惟有神叫他生长，叫他生长不是他生长，实际来说，就是神在他里面生长，神既然借着这种方式，就是神加到我们里面，这种方式叫人生长，我们就需要花时间来吸取祂。
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322.身体的长大，就是身体的建造：
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33A.最后一个词就是『全身』，这里所说的就是基督的身体，而在保罗的思想中，长大等于建造，基督身体的长大，就是基督身体的建造，林前三章清楚指出信徒就是神的耕地，也是神的建筑，弗二21也说，全房联结一起，长成在主里的圣殿，这里长成是两个不同的希腊字，长大、成为，成为召会，因此长大也就是建造，建造在于吸取基督的丰富而长大成为的。
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34B.弗四15~16保罗继续说到长大与建造，他先说到在一切事上长到元首里面，然后后面说，本于祂，也就是身体上的肢体根据出于头的东西，而得着供应，并且能够叫身体长大，以致在爱里把身体建造起来，这里清楚指出，长大就是建造，我们先个别的长大，然后团体的长大，不仅是肢体个别的长大建造，整个身体也团体的被建造起来。
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35应用：我们与主接触，不该匆匆忙忙，反之，我们需要划定确定的时间，有充分的时间来祷告，使我们能够吸取主的丰富，好叫我们不是行为上外面的改正，而是里面生命带来的变化。
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