第四週 • 綱目

住在基督這真葡萄樹上

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讀經：約十五1、4~5、7，約壹二6、27~28，三24，四13、15，羅八4

週　一

壹　主耶穌說，『我是真葡萄樹』—約十五1上，參啟十四18：

一　這棵真葡萄樹及其枝子，就是子和子裏的眾信徒，是神經綸中三一神的生機體。

二　這生機體因神的豐富而長大，並彰顯祂神聖的生命。

貳　作為葡萄樹的枝子，我們需要住在葡萄樹上—約十五4~5：

一　在主裏面是聯結的問題；住在主裏面是交通的問題—林前一9、30。

二　我們住在基督這葡萄樹上，在於看見一個清楚的異象，就是我們是葡萄樹上的枝子；我們一旦看見我們是葡萄樹上的枝子，就需要維持我們與主之間的交通—約十五2。

三　基督徒的生活乃是住在主裏面的生活—約壹二6， 27~28，三24，四13、15。

四　我們住在基督裏，是祂住在我們裏面的條件—約十五5上。

五　離了這葡萄樹，我們就一無所是，一無所有，也一無所能—5節下。

六　惟有當枝子住在葡萄樹上，葡萄樹對枝子纔是一切。

週　二

叁　我們住在基督裏，使祂也住在我們裏面，乃是藉着顧到包羅萬有之膏油塗抹的內裏教導—約壹二27：

一　我們藉着經歷主血的洗淨，並應用膏抹的靈到我們內裏的所是裏，就住在與基督神聖的交通裏—約十五4~5，約壹一5、7，二20、27。

二　元首基督是受膏者也是施膏者，我們是祂的肢體，享受祂作內裏的膏油塗抹，以完成祂的定旨—來一9，三15，林後一21~22。

三　膏油塗抹乃是在我們裏面複合之靈的運行和工作，將神塗抹到我們裏面，使我們被神浸透，據有神，並領會神的心思；膏油塗抹藉着生命內裏的感覺、內裏的知覺，將基督這身體的頭的心思，交通給祂的肢體—詩一三三，林前二16，羅八6、27。

週三、週四

肆　住在主裏面就是與主成為一靈，這就是活在調和的靈裏—林前六17：

一　新約的素質乃是神的靈與人的靈這二靈，調和在一起成為一—17節，羅八4。

二　這二靈的聯結是聖經中極深的奧祕。

三　『一靈』這辭指明是靈的主與我們的靈調和—林前六17：

1　這靈就是我們的靈與主的靈調成一靈，是主的靈，也是我們的靈—羅八4，林後三17，林前十五45。

2　我們一切屬靈的經歷，就如我們與主的交通，向主的禱告，與主的同活，都是在這調和的靈裏。

四　神經綸的中心點乃是調和的靈，就是神的靈與人的靈調和；凡神所要作的，或祂所要完成的，都與這中心點有關—弗三5、9，一17，二22，五18，六18：

1　我們藉着與主成為一靈，就能經歷祂是包羅萬有的一位—林前一2、24、30，二7~8、10，三11，五7~8，十3~4，十一3，十二12，十五20、23、45、47。

2　我們能經歷基督並以基督為一切，因為我們已經與祂成為一靈。

3　對任何與主成為一靈的人，供應都是無窮無盡的。

五　調和的靈乃是與神成為一靈的靈；這靈乃是在神的生命和性情上，但不在祂的神格上，與神一樣—約壹五11，彼後一4：

1　在我們裏面，神的靈與人的靈調和為一，使我們能過一種是神又人，是人又神的神人生活—加二20，腓一19~21上。

2　神人的生活乃是神靈與人靈這二靈聯結、調和在一起成為一的生活。

六　與主成為一靈，含示我們在祂裏面，祂也在我們裏面，並且我們與祂在生命上是一—約三16，約壹五12。

七　要作正當的基督徒，我們必須認識今天主耶穌作為三一神的具體化身乃是那靈，內住於我們的靈，並與我們的靈調和—林後三17，林前十五45，六17。

八　聖經要求我們照着調和的靈而行—羅八4：

1　一切的關鍵乃在於那在我們重生的靈裏，並且與我們的靈成為一靈的奇妙之靈。

2　活在靈中乃是讓基督充滿並浸透我們，直到祂浸潤我們全人，而藉着我們彰顯出來—弗三17。

3　約翰十五章四至五節的彼此互住，乃是實行與主是一靈。

週　五

伍　有功效的禱告乃是我們住在主裏面，也讓祂的話住在我們裏面的結果—7節：

一　禱告乃是人與神合作同工，讓神藉着人發表祂自己並因此成功祂的定旨；一個禱告的人定規是與神合作，與神同工的，也讓神從他裏面，藉着他把神自己和神的心意發表出來—羅八26~27，雅五17：

1　禱告是人和神交流，是人和神彼此的接觸。

2　禱告真實的意義，乃是我們在靈裏和神接觸，並吸取神自己—弗六18。

3　經歷內住基督並活基督的路，乃是真正的禱告—西一27，三4，腓一20~21上。

4　我們需要那種帶我們與主接觸的禱告，就是那種促使我們在靈裏與祂是一的禱告—提後四22，林前六17。

週　六

二　當我們住在主裏面，而祂的話也住在我們裏面，我們裏面就會有從祂的話而來的心願—約十五7，約壹五14~15：

1　我們會摸着主的感覺，知道祂的意思；這樣，我們裏面自然就有祂的心願。

2　祂的心願會成為我們的心願，祂所願意的會成為我們所願意的，我們就能照着這心願禱告。

3　因着這禱告是出於我們住在主裏面，並出於主的話住在我們裏面，主必定答應這樣的禱告。

陸　當我們住在基督裏面，並且讓基督住在我們裏面，我們就能有召會生活—約十五4~5，林前一2、9、30，十二27：

一　我們只有藉着活在調和的靈裏，纔能有真實的召會生活；我們應當為着召會生活，留在這調和的靈裏—一2，十二27。

二　召會生活是一種彼此相愛的生活—約十五12、17。

三　當我們住在基督這葡萄樹上，我們就有分於同作枝子者之間美妙的交通—4~5節，約壹一7。

Week Four

Abiding in Christ as the True Vine

Hymns: E1162

Scripture Reading: John 15:1, 4-5, 7; 1 John 2:6, 27-28; 3:24; 4:13, 15; Rom. 8:4

§ Day 1

I. The Lord Jesus said, “I am the true vine”—John 15:1a; cf. Rev. 14:18:

A. This true vine (the Son) with its branches (the believers in the Son) is the organism of the Triune God in Gods economy.

B. This organism grows with His riches and expresses His divine life.

II. As branches in the vine, we need to abide in the vine—John 15:4-5:

A. To be in the Lord is a matter of union; to abide in the Lord is a matter of fellowship—1 Cor. 1:9, 30.

B. Our abiding in Christ as the vine depends on our seeing a clear vision that we are branches in the vine; once we see that we are branches in the vine, we need to maintain the fellowship between us and the Lord— John 15:2.

C. The Christian life is a life of abiding in the Lord—1 John 2:6, 27-28; 3:24; 4:13, 15.

D. Our abiding in Christ is the condition of His abiding in us—John 15:5a.

E. Apart from the vine, we are nothing, we have nothing, and we can do nothing—v. 5b.

F. Only when the branches abide in the vine can the vine be everything to them.

§ Day 2

III. We abide in Christ so that He may abide in us by caring for the inward teaching of the all-inclusive anointing—1 John 2:27:

A. We abide in the divine fellowship with Christ by experiencing the cleansing of the Lords blood and the application of the anointing Spirit to our inner being—John 15:4-5; 1 John 1:5, 7; 2:20, 27.

B. Christ as the Head is the anointed One and the anointing One, and we are His members enjoying Him as the inner anointing for the fulfillment of His purpose—Heb. 1:9; 3:14; 2 Cor. 1:21-22.

C. The anointing, as the moving and working of the compound Spirit within us, anoints God into us so that we may be saturated with God, possess God, and understand the mind of God; the anointing communicates the mind of Christ as the Head of the Body to His members by the inner sense, the inner consciousness, of life—Psa. 133; 1 Cor. 2:16; Rom. 8:6, 27.

§ Day 3 & § Day 4

IV. To abide in the Lord is to be one spirit with Him, that is, to live in the mingled spirit—1 Cor. 6:17:

A. The essence of the New Testament is the two spirits—the divine Spirit and the human spirit—mingled together as one—v. 17; Rom. 8:4.

B. The union of these two spirits is the deepest mystery in the Bible.

C. The expression one spirit indicates the mingling of the Lord as the Spirit with our spirit—1 Cor. 6:17:

1. The spirit, which is the mingling of our spirit and the Lords Spirit into one spirit, is both the Spirit of the Lord and our spirit—Rom. 8:4; 2 Cor. 3:17; 1 Cor. 15:45.

2. All our spiritual experiences, such as our fellowship with the Lord, our prayer to Him, and our living with Him, are in this mingled spirit.

D. The focus of Gods economy is the mingled spirit, the divine Spirit mingled with the human spirit; whatever God intends to do or accomplish is related to this focus—Eph. 3:5, 9; 1:17; 2:22; 5:18; 6:18:

1. By being one spirit with the Lord, we can experience Him as the all-inclusive One—1 Cor. 1:2, 24, 30; 2:7-8, 10; 3:11; 5:7-8; 10:3-4; 11:3; 12:12; 15:20, 23, 45, 47.

2. We can experience Christ and take Christ as everything because we have become one spirit with Him.

3. For anyone who is one spirit with the Lord, the supply is inexhaustible.

E. The mingled spirit is a spirit that is one spirit with God and that is the same as God in His life and nature but not in His Godhead—1 John 5:11; 2 Pet. 1:4:

1. The divine Spirit and the human spirit are mingled as one within us so that we can live the life of a God-man, a life that is God yet man and man yet God— Gal. 2:20; Phil. 1:19-21a.

2. The God-man living is the living of the two spirits joined and mingled together as one.

F. To be one spirit with the Lord implies that we are in Him and He is in us and that we and He are one in life—John 3:16; 1 John 5:12.

G. To be proper Christians, we must know that the Lord Jesus today as the embodiment of the Triune God is the Spirit indwelling our spirit and mingled with our spirit—2 Cor. 3:17; 1 Cor. 15:45; 6:17.

H. The Bible requires that we walk according to the mingled spirit—Rom. 8:4:

1. The key to everything is found in the wonderful Spirit who is in our regenerated spirit and who has become one spirit with our spirit.

2. To live in the spirit is to let Christ fill and saturate us until He permeates our whole being and is thereby expressed through us—Eph. 3:17.

3. The mutual abiding in John 15:4-5 is the practice of being one spirit with the Lord.

§ Day 5

V. Effective prayers are the issue of our abiding in the Lord and of His words abiding in us—v. 7:

A. Prayer is man cooperating and co-working with God, allowing God to express Himself through man and thus accomplish His purpose; a praying one will cooperate with God, work together with God, and allow God to express Himself and His desire from within him and through him—Rom. 8:26-27; James 5:17:

1. Prayer is the flowing between man and God and the mutual contact between man and God.

2. The real significance of prayer is to contact God in our spirit and to absorb God Himself—Eph. 6:18.

3. The way to experience the indwelling Christ and to live Christ is to pray in a genuine way—Col. 1:27; 3:4; Phil. 1:20-21a.

4. We need the kind of prayer that brings us into contact with the Lord, prayer that causes us to be one with Him in our spirit—2 Tim. 4:22; 1 Cor. 6:17.

§ Day 6

B. When we abide in the Lord, and His words abide in us, there will be a desire in us that comes out of His words—John 15:7; 1 John 5:14-15:

1. We will touch the Lords feeling and understand His intention; then spontaneously, we will have His desire in us.

2. His desire will become our desire, what He wants will be what we want, and we will pray according to this desire.

3. The Lord will answer this kind of prayer because it issues from our abiding in the Lord and from His words abiding in us.

VI. When we abide in Christ and Christ abides in us, we can have the church life—John 15:4-5; 1 Cor. 1:2, 9, 30; 12:27:

A. We can have the genuine church life only by living in the mingled spirit; we should remain in this mingled spirit for the church life—1:2; 12:27.

B. The church life is a life of loving one another—John 15:12, 17.

C. When we abide in Christ as the vine, we participate in the wonderful fellowship among the co-branches—vv. 4-5; 1 John 1:3-7.