第四週■週四

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晨興餧養

西三1 ～ 4『所以你們若與基督一同復活，就當尋求在上面的事，那裏有基督坐在神的右邊。你們要思念在上面的事，不要思念在地上的事。因爲你們已經死了，你們的生命與基督一同藏在神裏面。基督是我們的生命，祂顯現的時候，你們也要與祂一同顯現在榮耀裏。』

我們的地位乃是在基督裏。因着我們在祂裏面，而祂在神的右邊，（西三1，）我們就也在神的右邊。在約翰十七章二十四節，主耶穌禱告說，『父阿，我在那裏，願你所賜給我的人，也同我在那裏。』主耶穌在那裏，我們也在那裏，這不是地點上的問題。主在父裏面，但門徒還沒有在父裏面，於是祂祈求使他們也能被帶進父裏面。所以主禱告說，祂在那裏，他們也要在那裏。

如果我們停在這裏，我們就不過是在道理上領會我們與基督同有一個地位。我們只知道，我們在基督裏、在父裏、在天上這個事實。這事實要成爲實際，就需要我們與主成爲一靈。（林前六17。）當我們在靈裏，我們在實際上、經歷上，就在基督裏，在父裏，並在天上。（歌羅西書生命讀經，六四四至六四五頁。）

信息選讀

讚美主，有一種傳輸從天上達到我們的靈裏！當我們經歷這種傳輸，我們就真正在基督裏，在父裏，並在天上。我們的靈乃是直接聯於天；屬天的傳輸開始於天，終結於我們的靈。因着我們可以經歷並享受這獨一的傳輸，我們就不必爲了要在天上而到天上去。我們只要在靈裏經歷從天而來的傳輸，就在天上了。會所裏的燈怎樣藉着電流聯於發電廠，照樣，我們也藉着從天上神的寶座流到我們靈裏之神聖的傳輸而聯於天。

我們要問問自己，我們是在天上，還是在地上？我們回答這問題的時候要謹慎。正確的答覆乃是：當我們在靈裏，我們就在天上，但是當我們不在靈裏，我們就在地上，並且就經歷說，甚至是在地底下。我們根據經歷曉得，在靈裏我們也許在天上一分鐘；然後，因着我們不留在靈裏，就立刻又落到地上。譬如，早晨你與主同在，把自己禱告到靈裏的時候，你也許在諸天界裏。但在早餐桌上，你的妻子或丈夫說了一些攪擾你的話，你就立刻從靈裏出來，進到肉體裏；你不再在天上，乃是在地上。這指明我們惟有在靈裏，纔能在天上。每當我們不在靈裏，我們就是屬地的。

保羅在歌羅西三章一節囑咐我們，要尋求在上面的事。尋求這些事的路乃是轉到靈裏，並呼求主的名。…〔如此，我們〕就被提高到天上。這樣，在經歷上我們就在基督裏，在父裏，並且在天上。我們在靈裏便與基督同有一個地位，尋求在上面的事。

在三節保羅繼續說，『因爲你們已經死了，你們的生命與基督一同藏在神裏面。』因我們的生命（不是天然的生命，乃是屬靈的生命，就是基督），與基督一同藏在神，就是那在諸天之上的神裏面，所以我們不該再顧念在地上的事。在諸天之上的神，該是我們生活的範圍。我們該與基督一同活在神裏面。…在四節保羅繼續說，『基督是我們的生命，祂顯現的時候，你們也要與祂一同顯現在榮耀裏。』在神裏面，基督是我們的生命；我們的己，我們的魂，不是我們的生命。這生命現今是隱藏的，但將來要顯現出來。那時，我們要與這生命一同顯現在榮耀裏。（歌羅西書生命讀經，六四五至六四七、二七七至二七八頁。）

參讀：歌羅西書生命讀經，第二十七篇。

WEEK 4 — DAY 4

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Morning Nourishment

Col. 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.

Our 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.

If 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)

Today’s Reading

Praise 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 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.

We 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.

In 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.

In 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)

Further Reading: Life-study of Colossians, msg. 27