第八週   經歷並享受包羅萬有的基督作美地—我們在那地一無所缺

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詩歌：388

讀經：西一12，二6 ～ 15，19，申八9，創十七1，腓一19

【週一、週二】

壹 基督作居首位和包羅萬有者，乃是眾聖徒在光中所分得的分，給我們經歷並享受—西一12：

一 所分得的分指業分，如以色列人分得迦南美地之分，作他們的產業—書十四1。

二 新約信徒所分得的分，不是物質的土地，乃是包羅萬有的基督作爲賜生命的靈—西二6 ～ 7，加三14：

1 美地的豐富豫表基督那追測不盡之豐富的不同方面，在祂的靈裏作祂信徒全備的供應—申八7 ～10，弗三8，腓一19。

2 在基督裏的信徒藉着享受那地的豐富，被建造爲基督的身體，作神的家與神的國—弗一22 ～ 23，二21 ～ 22，提前三15，太十六18 ～ 19，羅十四17。

三 我們必須『在光中』，好享受包羅萬有的基督作美地；光就是神的同在—西一12，彼前二9，賽二5，約壹一5：

1 神是光—5 節。

2 神的話是光—詩一一九105，130。

3 基督是光—約八12，九5。

4 基督的生命是光—一4。

5 信徒是光—太五14，腓二15。

6 召會是燈臺發光照耀—啓一20，詩七三16 ～ 17。

【週三】

貳 歌羅西二章六至七節啓示，基督作爲我們在其中一無所缺的美地，（申八9，）乃是豐富的土壤，我們已在其中生了根，好使我們從這土壤吸收元素而長大（弗三17 下）：

一 神是真正的農夫，保羅是神的一位同工；（林前三6 ～ 9，林後六1 上；）保羅把信徒栽種到基督這土壤裏。

二 我們已被栽種到基督裏，日復一日我們必須花時間吸取祂；我們必須花時間享受主這包羅一切的地，使基督這豐富土壤的一切元素，都能被吸收到我們裏面，好叫我們在經歷中，在祂裏面得了豐滿—西二10 上，四2：

1 我們若要吸取那作土壤之基督的豐富，就需要細嫩、新長的根—王下十九30，賽三七31，耶十七7 ～8，參可四16 ～ 17，林後四16。

2 我們需要忘掉我們的環境、我們的光景、我們的失敗以及我們的輭弱，單單花時間吸取主；當我們花時間吸取祂，我們就以神在我們裏面的增長而長大，爲着建造基督的身體—路八13，太十四22 ～23，六6，西二7 上，19。

三 我們與主接觸不該匆匆忙忙的；我們必須操練我們的靈，留在神的面光中來吸取祂；我們必須花更多時間吸取主—愛慕祂，讚美祂，向祂獻上感謝，並且自由的對祂說話—詩二七4，出三三11，14，太六6，十四22 ～ 23，可一35，參弗四20 ～ 21。

四 基督身體的長大非常主觀的在於我們裏面神的增長，神的增多；基督身體的長大就是神建造的長大；召會的真實建造，乃是藉着信徒在生命裏的長大—西二19，弗二20 ～ 22，四16。

【週四】

叁 歌羅西二章八至十五節對基督是土壤有完滿的描述和說明，在這土壤中我們一無所缺；當我們花時間吸取祂這包羅萬有的地時，這幾節經文裏的事實就成爲我們的經歷；事實是在基督裏，經歷是憑着基督並同着基督：

一 基督這土壤，乃是神格一切的豐滿都有形有體的居住在祂裏面的那一位—9 節：

1 『豐滿』不是指神的豐富，乃是指神豐富的彰顯；那居住在基督裏的，不僅是神格的豐富，乃是神所是之豐富的彰顯—9 節，一15，18，三10 ～ 11。

2 當我們生根在基督這土壤裏，我們就在祂裏面得了豐滿；我們被一切神聖的豐富所充滿，成爲祂的彰顯—弗三8，19。

3 在作土壤的基督裏，我們都被充滿、得完備、被成全、得滿足、並徹底得着供應；我們一無所缺—參腓一19。

二 作土壤的基督，乃是一切執政掌權者的元首—西二10。

三 在作土壤的基督裏，有殺死的能力，將肉體治死—11 節。

四 在作土壤的基督裏，有一種元素使我們被埋葬—12 節上。

五 在作土壤的基督裏，有一種元素使我們復活—12 節下。

六 在作土壤的基督裏，有一種元素使我們活過來—13 節。

七 在作土壤的基督裏，就塗抹了規條上所寫的字據—14 節。

八 在作土壤的基督裏，就勝過空中的邪靈—15 節。

【週五】

肆 不僅如此，基督這土壤乃是神的歷史和奧祕，連同祂身位和所經過過程的一切豐富—2 節：

一 基督是神—約一1，二十28 ～ 29，賽九6，約十四9 ～ 10，林後三17，林前十五45 下，徒二36。

二 基督是人—提前二5：

1 祂是使徒—來三1。

2 祂是申言者—徒三22 ～ 23。

3 祂是策士—賽九6。

4 祂是教師—太二三8，10。

5 祂是帥領者—來二10。

6 祂是夫子—路五5。

7 祂是奴僕—賽四二1。

8 祂是牧人—約十11。

9 祂是見證人—啓一5。

10 祂是祭司—來七25 ～ 26。

11 祂是中保—八6。

12 祂是保證—七22。

13 祂是王—太二2。

14 祂是新郎—約三29，林後十一2。

三 基督是我們的所需—約十四6：

1 祂是我們的光—八12。

2 祂是我們的空氣—二十22。

3 祂是我們的水—四14。

4 祂是我們的食物—六35。

5 祂是我們的衣服—加三27。

6 祂是我們的住處—約十五5。

7 祂是我們的享受和安息—西二16 ～ 17，太十一28。

【週六】

四 基督是我們神聖的供備—林前一30：

1 祂是我們的能力—24 節下。

2 祂是我們的智慧—24 節下，30 節下。

3 祂是我們的公義—30 節下。

4 祂是我們的聖別—30 節下。

5 祂是我們的救贖—30 節下。

五 基督是向着召會：

1 祂是身體的頭—西一18。

2 祂是頭的身體—林前十二12。

3 祂是召會的根基—三11。

4 祂是神家（召會）的房角石—弗二20。

5 祂是新人一切的肢體—西三10 ～ 11。

伍 基督作爲我們所分得的分，追測不盡之豐富的美地，在其中我們一無所缺，乃是我們能天天經歷並享受之全豐全足的神和那偉大的我是；祂的所是應付我們的一切所需，好應付祂的需要，爲着建造祂的召會作祂的身體，並豫備祂的召會作祂的新婦，使祂得以回來—一12，申八9，創十七1，腓一19，約八58，來十一6，太十六18，啓十九7 ～ 9，二一2。

Week Eight

Experiencing and Enjoying the All-inclusive Christ as the Good Land— a Land in Which We Do Not Lack Anything

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Hymns: 510

Scripture Reading: Col. 1:12; 2:6-15, 19; Deut. 8:9; Gen. 17:1; Phil. 1:19

§ Day 1 & Day 2

I. Christ as the preeminent and all-inclusive One is the allotted portion of the saints in the light for our experience and enjoyment—Col. 1:12:

A. The allotted portion refers to the lot of the inheritance, as illustrated by the allotment of the good land of Canaan given to the children of Israel for their inheritance—Josh. 14:1.

B. The New Testament believers allotted portion is not a physical land; it is the all-inclusive Christ as the life-giving Spirit—Col. 2:6-7; Gal. 3:14:

1. The riches of the good land typify the unsearchable riches of Christ in different aspects as the bountiful supply to His believers in His Spirit—Deut. 8:7-10; Eph. 3:8; Phil. 1:19.

2. By enjoying the riches of the land, the believers in Christ are built up to be Christs Body as the house of God and the kingdom of God—Eph. 1:22-23; 2:21-22; 1 Tim. 3:15; Matt. 16:18-19; Rom. 14:17.

C. We must be in the light in order to enjoy the all-inclusive Christ as the good land; light is the presence of God—Col. 1:12; 1 Pet. 2:9; Isa. 2:5; 1 John 1:5:

1. God is light—v. 5.

2. The word of God is light—Psa. 119:105, 130.

3. Christ is light—John 8:12; 9:5.

4. The life of Christ is light—1:4.

5. The believers are light—Matt. 5:14; Phil. 2:15.

6. The church is a lampstand shining with light—Rev. 1:20; Psa. 73:16-17.

§ Day 3

II. Colossians 2:6-7 reveals that Christ as the good land, a land in which we do not lack anything (Deut. 8:9), is the rich soil in which we have been rooted so that we may grow with the elements that we absorb from the soil (Eph. 3:17b):

A. God is the real Farmer, and Paul was one of His co-workers (1 Cor. 3:6-9; 2 Cor. 6:1a); Paul planted the believers into Christ as the soil.

B. Day by day we need to take time to absorb Christ, the One into whom we have been planted; we must take time to enjoy the Lord as the allinclusive land so that all the elements of Christ as the rich soil may be absorbed into us for us to be made full in Him in our experience—Col.
2:10a; 4:2:

1. If we would absorb the riches of Christ as the soil, we need to have tender, new roots—2 Kings 19:30; Isa. 37:31; Jer. 17:7-8; cf. Mark 4:16-17; 2 Cor. 4:16.

2. We need to forget our situation, our condition, our failures, and our weaknesses and simply take time to absorb the Lord; as we take time to absorb Him, we grow with the growth of God in us for the building up of the Body of Christ—Luke 8:13; Matt. 14:22-23; 6:6; Col. 2:7a, 19.

C. Our contact with the Lord should not be rushed; we must exercise our spirit to stay in the Lords presence to absorb Him; we must spend more time to absorb the Lord—to adore Him, to praise Him, to offer thanks to Him, and to speak to Him freely—Psa. 27:4; Exo. 33:11, 14; Matt. 6:6; 14:22-23; Mark 1:35; cf. Eph. 4:20-21.

D. The growth of the Body depends on the growth of God, the increase of God, within us in a very subjective way; the growth of the Body is the growth of Gods building; the actual building of the church is by the believers growth in life—Col. 2:19; Eph. 2:20-22; 4:16.

§ Day 4

III. Colossians 2:8-15 presents a full description and definition of Christ as the soil, in which we do not lack anything; as we take time to absorb Him as the all-inclusive land, the facts in these verses become our experience; the facts are in Christ, and the experience is by Christ and with Christ:

A. Christ as the soil is the One in whom all the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily—v. 9:

1. Fullness refers not to the riches of God but to the expression of the riches of God; what dwells in Christ is not only the riches of the Godhead but the expression of the riches of what God is—v. 9; 1:15, 18; 3:10-11.

2. When we are rooted in Christ as the soil, we are made full in Him; we are filled up with all the divine riches to become His expression—Eph. 3:8, 19.

3. In Christ as the soil we are filled, completed, perfected, satisfied, and thoroughly supplied; we do not lack anything—cf. Phil. 1:19.

B. Christ as the soil is the Head of all rule and authority—Col. 2:10.

C. In Christ as the soil there is the killing power, which puts the flesh to death—v. 11.

D. In Christ as the soil there is an element that causes us to be buried—v. 12a.

E. In Christ as the soil there is an element that causes us to be raised up—v. 12b.

F. In Christ as the soil there is an element that vivifies us—v. 13.

G. In Christ as the soil there is the wiping out of the handwriting in ordinances—v. 14.

H. In Christ as the soil there is the victory over the evil spirits in the atmosphere—v. 15.

§ Day 5

IV. Furthermore, Christ as the soil is the history and mystery of God with all the riches of His person and processes—v. 2:

A. Christ is God—John 1:1; 20:28-29; Isa. 9:6; John 14:9-10; 2 Cor. 3:17; 1 Cor. 15:45b; Acts 2:36.

B. Christ is man—1 Tim. 2:5:

1. He is the Apostle—Heb. 3:1.

2. He is the Prophet—Acts 3:22-23.

3. He is the Counselor—Isa. 9:6.

4. He is the Teacher—Matt. 23:8, 10.

5. He is the Leader—Heb. 2:10.

6. He is the Master—Luke 5:5.

7. He is the Slave—Isa. 42:1.

8. He is the Shepherd—John 10:11.

9. He is the Witness—Rev. 1:5.

10. He is the Priest—Heb. 7:25-26.

11. He is the Mediator—8:6.

12. He is the surety—7:22.

13. He is the King—Matt. 2:2.

14. He is the Bridegroom—John 3:29; 2 Cor. 11:2.

C. Christ is our necessities—John 14:6:

1. He is our light—8:12.

2. He is our air—20:22.

3. He is our water—4:14.

4. He is our food—6:35.

5. He is our clothing—Gal. 3:27.

6. He is our lodging—John 15:5.

7. He is our enjoyment and rest—Col. 2:16-17; Matt. 11:28.

§ Day 6

D. Christ is our divine provision—1 Cor. 1:30:

1. He is our power—v. 24b.

2. He is our wisdom—vv. 24b, 30b.

3. He is our righteousness—v. 30b.

4. He is our sanctification—v. 30b.

5. He is our redemption—v. 30b.

E. Christ is to the church:

1. He is the Head of the Body—Col. 1:18.

2. He is the Body of the Head—1 Cor. 12:12.

3. He is the foundation of the church—3:11.

4. He is the cornerstone of the house of God, the church—Eph. 2:20.

5. He is all the members of the new man—Col. 3:10-11.

V. Christ as our allotted portion, our unsearchably rich good land in which we do not lack anything, is our All-sufficient God and the great I Am, whom we can experience and enjoy day by day; what He is meets our every need in order to meet His need for the building up of His church as His Body and the preparation of His church as His bride for His coming back—1:12; Deut. 8:9; Gen. 17:1; Phil. 1:19; John 8:58; Heb. 11:6; Matt. 16:18; Rev. 19:7-9; 21:2.