2024 秋季长老第七周　周五

第七篇　为带进神的国而有属灵的争战，以及活在神爱子的国里

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第七周　周五

纲目

1四在神爱子的国里只有一个人位——包罗万有的基督，和一条道路——十字架——西二9、14～15：

21 这一个人位——基督，乃是宇宙的中心和焦点——15～17。

32 神的心意不是要赐给我们许多的事物；祂要赐给我们一个人位，就是包罗万有的基督——二10。

43 十字架乃是神行政的中心——14～15节：

5a 神借着十字架对付宇宙中一切消极的事物。

6b 神借着十字架管理万有，并借着十字架对付万有。

晨兴喂养

Morning Nourishment

7西二14~15 涂抹了规条上所写，攻击我们，反对我们的字据，并且把它撤去，钉在十字架上。既将执政的和掌权的脱下，神就把他们公然示众，仗着十字架在凯旋中向他们夸胜。

7Col. 2:14-15 Wiping out the handwriting in ordinances, which was against us, which was contrary to us; and He has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross. Stripping off the rulers and the authorities, He made a display of them openly, triumphing over them in it.

820~21 你们若是与基督同死，脱离了世上的蒙学，为什么仍像在世界中活着，服从那不可拿，不可尝，不可摸等类的规条？

820 If you died with Christ from the elements of the world, why, as living in the world, do you subject yourselves to ordinances?

9我们可以这样说，新约圣经的总题乃是基督，整本新约都是讲基督。从基督产生出三件大的东西：第一，十字架；第二，召会；第三，国度。……基督成功了十字架，十字架产生召会，召会就带进国度。等到国度完全实现，神的旨意就能通行在宇宙中，神的名也能在地上被人尊为圣（太六9~10）。到这时候，神一切的计划就都完成了（李常受文集一九五七年第二册，五六一页）。

9We can say that the general subject of the New Testament is Christ; the entire New Testament concerns Christ. From Christ three great items are produced: the cross, the church, and the kingdom …Christ accomplished the work of the cross, the cross produced the church, and the church brought in the kingdom. In the full manifestation of the kingdom, the will of God will have been done in the universe, and His name will have been sanctified on earth (Matt. 6:9-10). At that time all of God’s plan will have been fulfilled. (CWWL, 1957, vol. 2, “What the Kingdom Is to the Believers,” p. 402)

信息选读

Today’s Reading

10在神的经纶里，神给我们一个人位和一条道路。这一个人位乃是居首位并包罗万有的基督，这一条道路乃是十字架。基督是包罗万有者，祂对我们乃是一切。祂是神，是人，也是宇宙中一切正面事物的实际。神已经将这奇妙的人位赐给我们，作我们的救恩。这一个人位—基督，乃是宇宙的中心；这一条道路—十字架，乃是神行政的中心。神借着十字架管理万有，并借着十字架对付万有。因此，基督如何是宇宙的中心点，十字架也照样是神行政的中心。

10In His economy God gives us one person and one way. The one person is the preeminent, all-inclusive Christ, and the one way is the cross. As the allinclusive One, Christ is everything to us. He is God, man, and the reality of every positive thing in the universe. God has given us this marvelous person to be our salvation. The one person, Christ, is the center of the universe; and the one way, the cross, is the center of God’s government. God governs everything by the cross and deals with everything by the cross. Therefore, just as Christ is the focal point of the universe, so the cross is the center of God’s government.

11基督不该被规条、仪文、神秘主义或哲学顶替。基督是一切，祂绝不可被任何事物顶替。

11Christ should not be replaced by ordinances, observances, mysticism, or philosophy. Christ is everything and must not be replaced by anything.

12歌罗西书清楚地说出，包罗万有的基督乃是我们的一切。神的心意不是要赐给我们千万的事物，乃是单要赐给我们一个人位，就是包罗万有的基督。

12Colossians makes it clear that the all-inclusive Christ is everything to us. God’s intention is not to give us thousands of items; it is simply to give us one person, the all-inclusive Christ.

13保罗……给我们看见，十字架乃是神唯一的路。神的路不是禁欲主义，不是自表卑微、自我贬抑或苦待己身。唯一的路乃是十字架的路。借着十字架，神对付了宇宙中一切反面的事物；不仅如此，神还借着十字架管理万有。因此，我们有一个人位和一条道路，也就是说，我们有基督和十字架。

13Paul …shows us that the cross is God’s unique way. God’s way is not asceticism. It is not to humble ourselves, to abase ourselves, or to treat ourselves severely. The one way is the way of the cross. By the cross God has dealt with all the negative things in the universe. Furthermore, God is still governing everything through the cross. Therefore, we have one person and one way; that is, we have Christ and the cross.

14我们开车的时候，会遇到许多十字路口。你知道每一个十字路口都是一个十字架么？……经过许多的十字路口，我们才能抵达目的地。……我们若不经过十字架，也不能在属灵上有长进。只有当我们到达新耶路撒冷时，才不再需要经过十字架；因为乃是到那个时候，一切消极的事物才被除尽。在我们到达新耶路撒冷之前，我们还需要一天过一天地经过十字架，与主一同生活行动。

14As we drive, we come to many intersections. Have you realized that every intersection is a cross?…By passing through many crosses, …we get to our destination …We [also] cannot progress spiritually without passing through the cross. Only when we arrive at the New Jerusalem will we cease to pass through the cross, for by that time all the negative things will have been eliminated. Until we come to the New Jerusalem, we need to pass through the cross day by day in our walk with the Lord.

15在就寝前，我们需要把十字架应用到每一个问题，以及每一件消极、天然、有罪的事上。我们可以祷告主说，“主啊！我盼望这一切事都经过十字架。我不要带着还没有经过对付之天然的、有罪的、消极的或属世的元素去睡觉。主啊，我上床睡觉时，我盼望是一个被钉死的人。”

15At bedtime we need to apply the cross to every problem and to every negative, natural, or sinful thing. We may pray, “Lord, I want all these things to pass through the cross. I do not want to go to sleep with any natural, sinful, negative, or worldly element that has not been dealt with. When I go to bed, Lord, I want to be a person who has been crossed out.”

16保罗能写这样的话，乃是因为他看见了一个清楚的异象：包罗万有的基督是那一个人位，十字架是神行政里的那一条道路。因此他不在意那些关于拿、尝、摸等的规条。他不让规条霸占他。他知道一切物质的东西一经使用，就毁灭，至终成为无有。保罗知道，在歌罗西的信徒们需要看见包罗万有的基督，以及十字架作神行政中的道路这个大的异象。我们也需要对基督和十字架有清楚的看见（歌罗西书生命读经，二五九至二六○、二六四至二六五、二六七页）。

16Paul could write such a word because he had seen a clear vision of the allinclusive Christ as the one person and of the cross as the one way in God’s administration. Therefore, he did not care for regulations about handling, tasting, or touching. He would not be occupied with ordinances. He knew that all material things perish when used and eventually come to nothing. Paul realized that the believers in Colossae needed to see a great vision of the allinclusive Christ and of the cross as God’s way in His administration. We also need a clear view of Christ and the cross. (Life-study of Colossians, pp. 211-212, 215-217)

17参读：国度之于信徒，第四至六篇。

今日要点

18主题：经历基督和祂的十字架，使我们活在神爱子的国里

19引经：西二14~15，西二20~21

201.在神爱子的国里，只有一个人位：

21A.新约圣经的总题是基督，从基督产生三件大的东西：第一，十字架，第二，召会，第三，国度，基督成功了十字架，十字架产生召会，召会带进国度，等到国度完全实现，神的旨意就能通行在宇宙中，神的名也就能在地上被人尊为圣，要达到这个，就需要我们活在神国的实际里。

22B. 我们这些国度的子民，活在神爱子的国里，是要在地上实行父的旨意，如何实践呢？我们需要看见，在神爱子的国里，只有一个人位，就是包罗万有的基督，基督对我们乃是宇宙一切正面事物的实际，神把这人位赐给我们，作我们的救恩，我们要接受祂作我们的人位，好活在神国的实际里。

232.在神爱子的国里，只有一条道路：

24A. 我们也需要看见，在神爱子的国里，只有一条道路，就是十字架，西二14~15说，基督在十字架上，『涂抹了规条上所写，攻击我们，反对我们的字据，并且把它撤去，钉在十字架上。既将执政的和掌权的脱下，神就把他们公然示众，仗着十字架在凯旋中向他们夸胜』，我们要活在神爱子的国里，就需要借着十字架，了结一切消极的事物。

25B. 西二20~21启示十字架的经历，『你们若是与基督同死，脱离了世上的蒙学，为什么仍像在世界中活着，服从那不可拿，不可尝，不可摸等类的规条？』十字架不是禁欲主义，不是自表卑微、自我贬抑、或苦待己身，十字架乃是与基督同死，使一切反面的事物都被了结，而使我们活在神国的实际里。

26应用：我们信了主，可能仍有所缺乏，为此就会求主要赐给我们这个那个，但神的心意不是要赐给我们千万的事物，乃是单要赐给我们一个人位，就是包罗万有的基督，我们该借着祷告，回到灵中，摸着主这奇妙的人位，并经历基督的十字架，以祂来顶替宗教、规条、文化、哲学和一切，而活在神国的实际里。