第十週   我們要據有基督作美地所必須看見並經歷的管制原則

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詩歌：1195 英譯中

讀經：西二6 ～ 7，林前六17，十二12 ～ 13，徒九3 ～ 5，出十三21 ～ 22，西四2

【週一】

壹 『你們旣然接受了基督，就是主耶穌，…就要在祂裏面行事爲人』—西二6 ～ 7：

一 我們旣然接受了基督，就該在祂裏面行事爲人；在祂裏面行事爲人就是在祂裏面生活、行動、舉止、爲人，使我們能享受祂的豐富，就如以色列人住在美地，享受其上一切豐富的出產。

二 今天的美地就是基督作爲包羅萬有的靈，（加三14，）祂住在我們的靈裏，（提後四22，羅八16，）作我們的享受。

三 照着靈並憑着靈而行，（4，加五16，）乃是新約的中心和關鍵。

【週二】

貳 我們要在基督裏行事爲人，就是照着並憑着作美地之實際的靈而行，就必須看見那蒙重生有三部分之信徒與終極完成之三一神屬靈交通的關鍵，乃是林前六章十七節—『與主聯合的，便是與主成爲一靈』：

一 我們用我們的靈敬拜是靈的神—約四24。

二 我們從那是靈的神而生，就是靈—三6。

三 那靈同我們的靈見證我們是神的兒女—羅八16。

四 我們成爲神在我們靈裏的居所，而那靈是內住者—弗二22。

五 主耶穌作爲那是靈的基督並作爲賜生命的靈，是在我們的靈裏—提後四22，羅八10。

六 那叫耶穌從死人中復活者的靈，若住在我們裏面，那叫基督從死人中復活的，也必藉着祂住在我們裏面的靈，賜生命給我們必死的身體—11 節。

七 我們若靠着那靈治死身體的行爲，必要活着—13 節下。

八 我們將心思置於靈，好得着生命平安—6 節。

九 那屬基督耶穌的人，是已經（靠着那靈）把肉體連肉體的邪情私慾，都釘了十字架—加五24。

十 當我們憑着靈而行，就絕不會滿足肉體的情慾—16 節。

十一 我們若憑着靈活着，也就當憑着靈而行—25 節。

十二 我們在靈裏並照着靈（調和的靈）而行（爲人），好成就律法義的要求—羅八4。

十三 我們憑着耶穌基督之靈全備的供應，活基督並顯大祂—腓一19 下～ 21 上。

十四 我們時時在靈裏禱告—弗六18。

十五 我們在那靈裏得以聖別—羅十五16。

十六 我們在我們的靈裏被那靈更新—多三5，弗四23。

十七 我們由主靈變化成爲基督榮耀的形像—林後三18。

十八 終極完成之三一神作爲那靈與變化之三部分的人作爲新婦，至終成爲屬靈的配偶，神性與人性的調和，（啓二二17 上，）而成爲終極完成的新耶路撒冷，作祂永遠的擴大和彰顯，使神聖的榮耀顯於得榮的人性。（二一10 ～ 11。）

【週三】

叁 我們必須看見我們需要在其中行事爲人的那一位，乃是在其三個時期豐滿職事裏的基督：

一 神的中心啓示乃是聖經中關於神的漸進啓示—『單身』的神、成肉體的神、救贖的神、複合的神、加強的神、內住的神與合併的神；合併的神就是身體基督，終極完成於『已婚』的神，就是終極合併的神，新耶路撒冷。

二 主的恢復乃是恢復那在祂三個時期—成肉體、總括與加強—豐滿職事裏的基督；主的恢復乃是神成了肉體，肉體成了賜生命的靈，賜生命的靈成了七倍加強的靈，爲要建造召會，成爲基督的身體，終極完成新耶路撒冷：

1 『神成了肉體』，乃是『單身』的神成了成肉體的神和救贖的神—約一1，14，29。

2 『肉體成了賜生命的靈，賜生命的靈成了七倍加強的靈』，乃是複合的神成了加強的神，作爲內住的神—林前十五45 下，啓一4，三1，四5，五6。

3 『建造的召會，成爲基督的身體，終極完成新耶路撒冷』，乃是合併的神，就是身體基督，要終極完成新耶路撒冷，就是經過過程並終極完成之三一神，與三部分的人所構成經過過程並終極完成之召會，終極的聯結、調和與合併—約十七21，弗四4 ～6，16，西二19，啓十九7 ～ 9，二一2，9 ～ 10。

【週四】

肆 主當前的恢復乃是要在召會生活中恢復身體基督（『那基督』）；身體基督就是合併的神；因此，在基督裏行事爲人就是在祂這身體基督裏，也就是在合併的神裏行事爲人—林前十二12 ～ 13，徒九4 ～ 5，15，西二19，弗四1 ～ 6，15 ～ 16，約十四23，十七21：

一 林前十二章十二節說，『就如身體是一個，卻有許多肢體，而且身體上一切的肢體雖多，仍是一個身體，那基督（直譯）也是這樣；』在這節裏，『那基督』不是個人的基督，乃是團體的基督，就是基督與祂所有肢體的合併。

二 這就是保羅在他被征服而悔改歸向基督時所看見團體的『我』；他看見主耶穌和祂的信徒是一個偉大的人—那奇妙的『我』—徒九3 ～ 5。

三 我們必須看見，今天我們需要在祂裏面行事爲人的基督，不僅是個人的基督，也是奇妙的『我』，身體基督，就是合併的神。

四 接受基督並在祂裏面行事爲人，就是接受身體基督並在身體基督裏行事爲人，因爲今天基督乃是團體的身體；基督不再只是個人的基督，也是團體的基督，就是頭連同身體；在團體的基督裏行事爲人，會使我們的基督徒生活大大不同。

五 主的恢復是恢復『基督化』，就是純粹並全然恢復基督的人位，好在召會生活中得着身體基督的實際—帖前五23，腓一19 ～ 21 上，三8 ～14，林後二10，西三10 ～ 11。

六 今天主正在召會生活中建造身體基督；在身體基督裏，有基督作到祂所有的肢體裏面，祂所有的肢體也藉着生命的長大和生命的變化，被作到祂裏面，使基督得着彰顯—二19，羅十二2，林後三18，林前十二12 ～ 13：

1 在身體基督裏，我們享受基督作一切—3 節下，13 節。

2 在身體基督裏，所有的肢體都盡功用—14 ～ 22 節。

3 在身體基督裏，眾肢體在三一神的一裏調和在一起—23 ～ 27 節，約十七21，弗四1 ～ 6。

【週五】

伍 我們要據有包羅萬有的基督作美地的實際，並在祂裏面行事爲人，就需要看見我們在主裏的生活並在主裏的工作上，主的同在對我們乃是一切；在出埃及三十三章十二至十七節，摩西與神討價還價，要求神的同在與他和神的百姓同去；神回應說，『我的同在必和你同去，我必使你得安息』—14 節：

一 主活在我們裏面，我們無論去那裏，祂都會去，但祂的同在和我們同去麼？許多時候主也許幫助我們，但我們並不叫祂喜樂；我們必須受主頭手直接的同在所管制。

二 主的同在，主的微笑，乃是我們進入並據有基督作美地之實際的管制原則；神的同在就是道路，是『地圖』，將祂的百姓當行的路指示他們。

三 按照出埃及記的圖畫，主的同在在他們前面行，『日間在雲柱中領他們的路；夜間在火柱中光照他們，使他們日夜都可以行走。日間雲柱，夜間火柱，總不離開百姓的面前』—十三21 ～ 22：

1 按豫表，雲表徵那靈；（林前十1 ～ 2；）照亮的火表徵神的話；（詩一一九105，耶二三29；）因此，神的同在所給卽時、活的帶領，乃是藉着靈或話臨到的。

2 雲柱和火柱象徵神自己，因爲神是靈也是話；（約四24，一1；）不僅如此，話也是靈。（六63，弗六17。）

3 因此，神、話、靈乃是一，日夜不斷的帶領並引導我們；在基督徒的生活中，白晝和黑夜並無兩樣，因爲火柱所發的光，使黑夜變爲白晝。

四 出埃及記也給我們看見，基督作爲神的使者乃是帶領百姓的那一位；當神的使者行動時，柱子也動，表明使者和柱子乃是一；基督和帶領的靈是不能分開的；（十四19，約十四17 ～20，十六13，林後三17，啓五6；）再者，每當跟隨主的人遭遇反對，引導的光自然就成爲保護的光；然而，這保護的光對反對者卻成了黑暗。（出十四20。）

【週六】

陸 我們要據有包羅萬有的基督作美地的實際，並在祂裏面行事爲人，就需要在我們的生活和事奉上有多而徹底的禱告，藉此在祭司職分的實際裏生活並事奉—彼前二5，9，西四2：

一 召會是不是活的、新鮮的、豐富的，就在於這件事：我們要一直被那靈充滿；我們要一直被那靈充滿，就需要是樂意、倒空並禱告的人—2節，腓二13，太五3，8，路一53，弗五18。

二 建造召會的尊貴工作所需的智慧、悟性、知識和技巧，必須是對我們成了那靈的神自己；惟有神的靈纔能藉着我們建造祂自己的居所—出三一1 ～ 3，亞四6。

三 如果各召會裏的眾聖徒都堅定持續的禱告，主的恢復就會大大地得着豐富並拔高；不僅如此，眾聖徒也會享受主，享受主的同在和祂卽時並常時的膏油塗抹；他們會終日享受主的笑臉，並且基督活的人位會成爲他們的經歷和享受。

Week Ten

Governing Principles That We Need to See and Experience in Order to Possess Christ as the Good Land

Hymns: 1195

Scripture Reading: Col. 2:6; 1 Cor. 6:17; 12:12-13; Acts 9:3-5; Exo.13:21-22; Col. 4:2

§ Day 1

I. "As therefore you have received the Christ, Jesus the Lord, walk in Him"—Col. 2:6:

A. As we have received Christ, we should walk in Him; to walk in Him is to live, to act, to behave, and to have our being in Christ so that we may enjoy His riches, just as the children of Israel lived in the good land, enjoying all its rich produce.

B. The good land today is Christ as the all-inclusive Spirit (Gal. 3:14), who dwells in our spirit (2 Tim. 4:22; Rom. 8:16) to be our enjoyment.

C. To walk according to the spirit and by the Spirit (v. 4; Gal. 5:16) is the central and crucial point in the New Testament.

§ Day 2

II. To walk in Christ, that is, to walk according to the spirit and by the Spirit as the reality of the good land, we must see that the key of the spiritual fellowship of the regenerated tripartite believers with the consummated Triune God is 1 Corinthians 6:17—"He who is joined to the Lord is one spirit":

A. We worship God the Spirit with our spirit—John 4:24.

B. We were regenerated of God as the Spirit to be a spirit—3:6.

C. The Spirit witnesses with our spirit that we are children of God—Rom. 8:16.

D. We become a dwelling place of God in our spirit, and the Spirit is the Indweller—Eph. 2:22.

E. The Lord Jesus as the pneumatic Christ and as the life-giving Spirit is in our spirit—2 Tim. 4:22; Rom. 8:10.

F. If the Spirit of the One who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in us, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to our mortal bodies through His Spirit who indwells us—v. 11.

G. If by the Spirit we put to death the practices of the body, we will live—v. 13b.

H. We set our mind on the spirit for life and peace—v. 6.

I. They who are of Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and its lusts (by the Spirit)—Gal. 5:24.

J. When we walk by the Spirit, we will by no means fulfill the lust of the flesh—v. 16.

K. If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit—v. 25.

L. We walk (have our being) in and according to the spirit (the mingled spirit) for the fulfilling of the righteousness of the law—Rom. 8:4.

M. By the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, we live Christ and magnify Him—Phil. 1:19b-21a.

N. We pray at every time in spirit—Eph. 6:18.

O. We are sanctified in the Spirit—Rom. 15:16.

P. We are renewed by the Spirit in our spirit—Titus 3:5; Eph. 4:23.

Q. We are transformed by the Lord Spirit into the glorious image of Christ—2 Cor. 3:18.

R. The Spirit as the consummated Triune God and the bride as the transformed tripartite man eventually become a spiritual couple, a mingling of divinity with humanity (Rev. 22:17a), to be the consummated New Jerusalem for His eternal enlargement and expression with the divine glory manifested in the glorified humanity (21:10-11).

§ Day 3

III. We need to see that the One in whom we need to walk is the Christ in His full ministry of three stages:

A. The central revelation of God is the progressive revelation of God in the Bible— the "bachelor" God, the incarnated God, the redeeming God, the compounded God, the intensified God, the indwelling God, and the incorporated God; the incorporated God is the Body-Christ that ultimately consummates in the "married" God, the ultimately incorporated God, the New Jerusalem.

B. The Lords recovery is the recovery of Christ in His full ministry of three stages—incarnation, inclusion, and intensification; the Lords recovery is God becoming the flesh, the flesh becoming the life-giving Spirit, and the lifegiving Spirit becoming the sevenfold intensified Spirit to build up the church that becomes the Body of Christ and that consummates the New Jerusalem:

1. God becoming the flesh is the "bachelor" God becoming the incarnated God and the redeeming God—John 1:1, 14, 29.

2. The flesh becoming the life-giving Spirit, and the life-giving Spirit becoming the sevenfold intensified Spirit is the compounded God becoming the intensified God to be the indwelling God—1 Cor. 15:45b; Rev. 1:4; 3:1; 4:5; 5:6.

3. The built-up church that becomes the Body of Christ and that consummates the New Jerusalem is the incorporated God, the Body-Christ, that consummates the New Jerusalem, the ultimate union, mingling, and incorporation of the processed and consummated Triune God with the processed and consummated tripartite church—John 17:21; Eph. 4:4-6, 16; Col. 2:19; Rev. 19:7-9; 21:2, 9-10.

§ Day 4

IV. The Lords present recovery is the recovery of the Body- Christ ("the Christ") in the church life; the Body-Christ is the incorporated God; thus, to walk in Christ is to walk in Him as the Body-Christ, who is the incorporated God—1 Cor. 12:12-13; Acts 9:4-5, 15; Col. 2:19; Eph. 4:1-6, 15-16; John 14:23; 17:21:

A. First Corinthians 12:12 says, "Even as the body is one and has many members, yet all the members of the body, being many, are one body, so also is the Christ"; "the Christ" in this verse is not the individual Christ but the corporate Christ, Christ incorporated with all His members.

B. This is the corporate "Me" that the apostle Paul saw in his vanquishing conversion to Christ; he saw that the Lord Jesus and His believers are one great person—the wonderful "Me"—Acts 9:3-5.

C. We need to see that the Christ in whom we need to walk today is not only the individual Christ but also the wonderful "Me," the Body-Christ, who is the incorporated God.

D. To receive and to walk in Christ is to receive and to walk in the Body- Christ, because Christ today is a corporate Body; Christ is no longer only the individual Christ but also the corporate Christ, the Head with the Body; it makes a great difference in our Christian life for us to walk in the corporate Christ.

E. The Lords recovery is the recovery of "Christification," a recovery purely and wholly of the person of Christ to gain the reality of the Body-Christ in the church life—1 Thes. 5:23; Phil. 1:19-21a; 3:8-14; 2 Cor. 2:10; Col. 3:10-11.

F. Today the Lord is building the Body-Christ in the church life; in the Body-Christ, Christ is wrought into all His members, and all His members are wrought into Him by the growth in life and transformation in life for the expression of Christ—2:19; Rom. 12:2; 2 Cor. 3:18; 1 Cor. 12:12-13:

1. In the Body-Christ we enjoy Christ as everything—vv. 3b, 13.

2. In the Body-Christ there is the function of all the members—vv. 14-22.

3. In the Body-Christ there is the blending together of the members in the oneness of the Triune God—vv. 23-27; John 17:21; Eph. 4:1-6.

§ Day 5

V. In order to possess and walk in the all-inclusive Christ as the reality of the good land, we need to see that the presence of the Lord means everything to us in both our life in the Lord and our work in the Lord; in Exodus 33:12-17 Moses bargained with God for His presence to go with him and with Gods people; God responded by saying, "My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest"—v. 14:

A. The Lord lives in us, and He will go wherever we go, but is His presence going with us? Many times the Lord may help us, but He may not be happy with us; we need to be governed by the direct, firsthand presence of the Lord.

B. The presence, the smile of the Lord, is the governing principle for us to enter into and possess Christ as the reality of the good land; Gods presence is the way, the "map," that shows His people the way they should take.

C. According to the picture in Exodus, the presence of the Lord went before them "by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them on the way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might go by day and by night. Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night departed from before the people"—13:21-22:

1. In typology the cloud signifies the Spirit (1 Cor. 10:1-2), and the fire, for enlightening, signifies the Word of God (Psa. 119:105; Jer. 23:29); hence, the instant, living leading from the presence of God comes through either the Spirit or the Word.

2. The two pillars symbolize God Himself, for He is both the Spirit and the Word (John 4:24; 1:1); furthermore, the Word is also the Spirit (6:63; Eph. 6:17).

3. Thus, God, the Word, and the Spirit are one to lead and guide us continually, whether by day or by night; in the Christian life there is no difference between day and night, for the light from the pillar of fire causes the night to become day.

D. Exodus also shows us that Christ as the Angel of God was the One who was leading the people; when the Angel of God moved, the pillar moved also, showing that the Angel and the pillar were one; Christ and the leading Spirit cannot be separated (14:19; John 14:17-20; 16:13; 2 Cor. 3:17; Rev. 5:6); furthermore, whenever those who follow the Lord face opposition, the guiding light spontaneously becomes the protecting light; however, to the opposers the protecting light becomes darkness (Exo. 14:20).

§ Day 6

VI. In order to possess and walk in the all-inclusive Christ as the reality of the good land, we need to live and serve in the reality of the priesthood by having much and thorough prayer in our life and service—1 Pet. 2:5, 9; Col. 4:2:

A. Whether the church is living and fresh and enriched depends on this one thing—that we are being filled continuously with the Spirit; in order to be filled continuously with the Spirit, we need to be those who are willing, empty, and praying—v. 2; Phil. 2:13; Matt. 5:3, 8; Luke 1:53; Eph. 5:18.

B. The wisdom, understanding, knowledge, and skill for the noble work of building up the church must be God Himself as the Spirit to us; only the Spirit of God can build His own dwelling place through us—Exo. 31:1-3; Zech. 4:6.

C. If all the saints in all the churches persevere in prayer, the recovery will be greatly enriched and uplifted; furthermore, the saints will enjoy the Lord, His presence, and His instant and constant anointing; all day long they will enjoy the smile of the Lords face, and the living person of Christ will become their experience and enjoyment.