第九週

基督作爲復活與麥粒

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讀經：約十一 25，十二 23 ～ 24，路十二 49 ～ 50，林後一 8 ～ 9，四 16，出二五 31 ～ 40，民十七 8

【週一】

壹 我們可以經歷、享受、並彰顯基督作爲復活—約十一 25：

一 我們要在復活裏生活，就必須看見關於基督復活這個揭示的真理：

1 在人性裏的基督，在復活裏由神生爲神的長子—徒十三 33，羅八 29 下。

2 基督所有的信徒，都是由父神藉着基督的復活所重生，爲着產生召會作基督的身體，就是祂的複製—彼前一 3，約十二 24，林前十 17。

3 基督這末後的亞當，成了賜生命的靈—十五 45 下。

4 沒有主復活的這些主要項目（神的長子作身體的頭、神的許多兒子作身體的眾肢體、以及那靈作基督身體的素質和實際），就沒有召會，沒有基督的身體，也沒有神的經綸—參西一 18，林前十二 12，弗四 4。

二 那靈乃是三一神的實際，復活的實際，基督身體的實際：

1 經過過程之三一神的實際，乃是終極完成之實際的靈—約十四 17，十五 26，十六 13，約壹五 6。

2 復活的實際就是基督這賜生命的靈—約十一 25，二十 22，林前十五 45 下。

3 實際的靈使經過過程之三一神的一切，在基督的身體裏成爲實際—約十六 13 ～ 15。

4 沒有那靈，就沒有基督的身體，沒有召會—弗四 4。

【週二】

三 我們要在基督身體的實際裏，就需要完全在基督復活的生命裏：

1 召會完全是出於基督的元素，完全是在復活裏，也完全是在諸天界裏—彼前一 3，弗二 6，參創二 21 ～ 24。

2 金燈臺豫表召會是基督的身體，描繪基督是復活的生命，要生長、分枝、發苞、開花而發光—出二五 31 ～ 40，民十七 8，啓一 11 ～ 12。

四 發芽的杖表徵基督這位復活者，該是我們的生命、生活、和我們裏面復活的生命，並且這生命該發芽、開花、並結出熟杏—民十七 1 ～ 11：

1 在民數記十六章所記載以色列人的背叛之後，神吩咐十二個首領按着以色列十二支派，共取十二根杖，放在見證會幕內的約櫃前；然後神說，『我揀選的那人，他的杖必發芽』—十七 5。

2 十二根杖都沒有葉子、沒有根，都是死枯的；若有那一根能發芽，那一根就是神所揀選的；在此我們看見復活乃是神揀選的根據，而事奉的根據乃是在我們天然的生命之外；因此，發芽的杖表徵我們經歷復活的基督，使我們蒙神悅納，在神所賜的職事上有權柄。

3 一切事奉的原則，乃在於發芽的杖；神把其他的十一根杖都發還各首領，只把亞倫那根杖留在約櫃裏，作永遠的記念；這意思是，復活乃是事奉神的永遠原則—9 ～ 10 節。

4 枯杖發芽是叫人謙卑的經歷；杖指人的地位，發芽指復活的生命；因此，只有愚昧人纔會驕傲，纔會說他比別人好—參可十一 9，林後三 5，彼前五 5。

5 復活的意思是，一切都是出於神，不是出於我們；復活就是只有神能，我們不能；所有認識復活的人，都是對自己絕望的人；他們知道自己不能。

6 天然的力量還存在時，復活的能力就無法彰顯；撒拉自己會生時，以撒就不能生出來—創十八 10 ～15，二一 1 ～ 3，6 ～ 7。

7 凡是我們能作的，都是在天然的範圍裏；我們不能作的，纔是在復活的範圍裏；復活是我們來不及、辦不到的—太十九 26，可十 27，路十八 27。

8 人必須到了盡頭，纔確知自己一無是處；人如果從未感覺自己不行，就永遠無法經歷神的行；復活就是說，我們不行，一切乃是神在我們裏面、藉着我們、並爲我們作的—參林後一 8 ～ 9，四 7。

9 作基督徒不僅困難，而且不可能；惟有那經過過程並終極完成，作爲包羅萬有之靈的三一神活在我們裏面，這一位纔能作基督徒；惟有那靈能作基督徒，並且惟有那靈能作得勝者。

【週三】

五 當我們不憑我們天然的生命，乃憑我們裏面神聖的生命而活時，我們就在復活裏，其結果就是基督的身體—腓三 10 ～ 11：

1 我們都需要受主的訓練作門徒，成爲神聖且奧祕的人，否認我們天然的生命，而活神聖的生命—參約三 8。

2 任何事，卽使是按照聖經卻在天然生命裏作的，都不是基督身體的實際—林前三 12。

六 我們要在復活裏生活，就必須認識、經歷、並得着復活的神—林後一 8 ～ 9：

1 神一直藉着十字架作工，以了結我們，領我們到盡頭，使我們不再信靠自己，只信靠復活的神—9 節。

2 雖然活的神能爲人作許多事，活神的生命和性情卻沒有作到人裏面；當復活的神作工時，祂的生命和性情就作到人裏面：

a 神作工不是以外面的作爲使人認識祂的權能，祂作工乃是將祂自己分賜並作到人裏面—加一 15 ～16，二 20，四 19。

b 神使用環境，好將祂的生命和性情作到我們裏面—林後四 7 ～ 12，帖前三 3。

c 我們要在復活裏生活並被復活的神所構成，就必須藉着『萬有』，被模成神長子基督的形像—羅八28 ～ 29，來十二 10，耶四八 11。

d 這宇宙中的苦難，特別是對於神的兒女，其主要的目的乃是藉着苦難，讓神的性情得以作到人的性情裏，使人能得着神，達到極完滿的地步。

【週四】

e 當我們經過患難時，在我們裏面天天需要有不斷的更新，好使神能完成祂心頭的願望，將我們作成新耶路撒冷—結三六 26，林後四 16，五 17，啓二一 2。

3 我們要在復活裏生活，就必須因復活生命新鮮的供應得着滋養，而日日得更新—林後四 16。

4 真實的基督徒生活乃是在早晨、在晚上，天天都有復活的神加到我們裏面—西二 19，羅八 10，6，11。

5 我們要得着在復活裏神聖生命更新的性能，就需要接觸神，將自己向祂敞開，讓祂進到我們裏面，成爲我們裏面逐日新鮮的加增—腓二 12 ～ 13，三 10 ～ 11，詩十八標題，林後四 10 ～ 12，16，多三 5，弗四 23，五 26。

【週五】

貳 我們可以經歷、享受、並彰顯基督作爲麥粒—約十二 24：

一 基督神性的榮耀連同祂神聖的生命，原遮藏在祂裏面，如同藏在一粒麥子內—23 ～ 24 節。

二 當祂神性的榮耀被祂人性的外殼遮藏時，祂受困迫和拘禁，渴望受死的浸，使祂神性的榮耀連同祂神聖生命的火，得以釋放出來—路十二 49 ～ 50。

三 基督神性的榮耀，乃是藉着祂的死使祂人性的外殼破裂，而得以釋放出來—約十二 24：

1 祂是那獨一的麥粒，含有神聖的生命連同神聖的榮耀。

2 當祂人性的外殼藉着祂的釘十字架而破裂時，祂神性的一切元素——祂神聖的生命和神聖的榮耀—就都釋放出來。

3 就這一面的意義說，祂的死可以看作是釋放生命的死，同時也釋放祂的榮耀。

四 基督神性之榮耀的釋放，乃是祂經過死而在復活裏，爲父用神聖的榮耀所榮耀—23 ～ 24節，路二四 26。

五 基督在祂的人性生活裏禱告，求父榮耀祂，父也答應了祂的禱告—約十七 1，徒三 13。

六 這樣的得榮耀，把基督從成肉體的時期遷入總括的時期，在其中，祂這位末後的亞當在復活裏成了賜生命的靈。

七 基督作爲麥粒藉着祂釋放生命的死與分賜生命的復活，將祂所有的信徒都帶進與經過過程之三一神的合併裏：

1 神在祂神聖的三一裏，乃是一個合併—約十四10 ～ 11。

2 終極完成的三一神與重生的信徒，在基督的復活裏成爲一個合併—16 ～ 20 節。

八 在基督的復活裏，經過過程的三一神與重生的信徒那擴大、神人二性、宇宙的合併，是由基督作爲變化形像的麥粒所產生的，有三方面：

【週六】

1 第一方面乃是父的家，使祂得着安息、滿足和顯現—2 節：

a 所有在基督裏的信徒，都是父家裏的住處—2 節上。

b 這父的家乃是藉着父和子同着那靈，不斷的眷臨蒙救贖的選民而得以建造起來—21，23 節，弗二19 ～ 22，三 16 ～ 19。

2 第二方面乃是真葡萄樹，使神得着擴大、擴展和榮耀—約十五 1 ～ 8，16：

a 真葡萄樹作包羅萬有之基督的表號，乃是經過過程並終極完成之三一神的生機體。

b 其接上的枝子已得着重生而有了神聖的生命，被帶進與釘死並復活之基督的生命聯結裏，且與經過過程並終極完成的三一神合併一起。

3 第三方面乃是那靈的孩子，新人，以完成神永遠的經綸—十六 13 ～ 16，19 ～ 22：

a 新孩子，新人，乃是由終極完成的那靈所生—弗二 15。

b 我們藉着在心思的靈裏得着更新而穿上這新人，至終就要終極完成基督的身體；這基督的身體要終極完成新耶路撒冷—四 23 ～ 24。

Week Nine

Christ as the Resurrection and the Grain of Wheat

Scripture Reading: John 11:25; 12:23-24; Luke 12:49-50; 2 Cor.
1:8-9; 4:16; Exo. 25:31-40; Num. 17:8

§ Day 1

I. We can experience, enjoy, and express Christ as the resurrection— John 11:25:

A. In order to live in resurrection, we must see the unveiled truth concerning Christs resurrection:

1. Christ in His humanity was begotten by God in His resurrection to be the firstborn Son of God—Acts 13:33; Rom. 8:29b.

2. All the believers of Christ were regenerated by God the Father through the resurrection of Christ for the producing of the church as His Body, His reproduction—1 Pet. 1:3; John 12:24; 1 Cor. 10:17.

3. Christ as the last Adam became a life-giving Spirit—15:45b.

4. Without these major items of the Lords resurrection (the firstborn Son as the Head of the Body, the many sons as the members of the Body, and the Spirit as the essence and reality of the Body), there would be no church, no Body of Christ, and no economy of God—cf. Col. 1:18; 1 Cor. 12:12; Eph. 4:4.

B. The Spirit is the reality of the Triune God, the reality of resurrection, and the reality of the Body of Christ:

1. The reality of the processed Triune God is the consummated Spirit of reality—John 14:17; 15:26; 16:13; 1 John 5:6.

2. The reality of resurrection is Christ as the life-giving Spirit—John 11:25; 20:22; 1 Cor. 15:45b.

3. The Spirit of reality makes everything of the processed Triune God a reality in the Body of Christ—John 16:13-15.

4. Without the Spirit, there is no Body of Christ, no church—Eph. 4:4.

§ Day 2

C. In order to be in the reality of the Body of Christ, we need to be absolutely in the resurrection life of Christ:

1. The church is absolutely of the element of Christ, absolutely in resurrection, and absolutely in the heavenlies—1 Pet. 1:3; Eph. 2:6; cf. Gen. 2:21-24.

2. The golden lampstand, typifying the church as the Body of Christ, portrays Christ as the resurrection life, growing, branching, budding, and blossoming to shine the light—Exo. 25:31-40; Num. 17:8; Rev. 1:11-12.

D. The budding rod signifies that Christ, the resurrected One, should be our life, our living, and the resurrection life within us and that this life should bud, blossom, and bear fruit to maturity—Num. 17:1-11:

1. After the children of Israel rebelled, as recorded in Numbers 16, God commanded the twelve leaders to take twelve rods according to the twelve tribes of Israel and put them in the Tent of the Testimony before the Ark; then He said, "The rod of the man whom I choose shall bud"—17:5.

2. All twelve rods were leafless, rootless, dry, and dead; whichever one budded was the one chosen by God; here we see that resurrection is the basis of Gods selection and that the basis of service is something apart from our natural life; thus, the budding rod signifies our experience of Christ in His resurrection as our acceptance by God for authority in the God-given ministry.

3. The principle to every service lies in the budding rod; God returned all the eleven rods to the leaders but kept Aarons rod inside the Ark as an eternal memorial; this means that resurrection is an eternal principle in our service to God—vv. 9-10.

4. The budding of the rod is a humbling experience; a rod signifies human position, whereas budding signifies the resurrection life; thus, only a foolish person would be proud and say that he is better than others—cf. Mark 11:9; 2 Cor. 3:5; 1 Pet. 5:5.

5. Resurrection means that everything is of God and not of us; it means that God
alone is able and that we are not able; all of those who know resurrection have given up hope in themselves; they know that they cannot make it.

6. As long as the natural strength remains, the power of resurrection has no ground for manifestation; as long as Sarah could conceive a child, Isaac would not come—Gen. 18:10-15; 21:1-3, 6-7.

7. What we can do belongs to the natural realm, and what is impossible for us to do
belongs to the realm of resurrection; resurrection speaks of the things that are
beyond us, which we cannot do in ourselves—Matt. 19:26; Mark 10:27; Luke 18:27.

8. A man must come to the end of himself before he will be convinced of his utter
uselessness; if a man has never realized his own inability, he can never experience
Gods ability; resurrection means that we cannot make it and that God is the One who does everything in us, through us, and for us—cf. 2 Cor. 1:8-9; 4:7.

9. To be a Christian is not merely difficult—it is impossible; only the processed and consummated Triune God living in us as the all-inclusive Spirit can be a Christian; only the Spirit can be a Christian, and only the Spirit can be an overcomer.

§ Day 3

E. When we do not live by our natural life but live by the divine life within us, we are in resurrection; the issue of this is the Body of Christ—Phil. 3:10-11:

1. We all need to be discipled by the Lord to be divine and mystical persons, living the divine life by denying our natural life—cf. John 3:8.

2. Anything that is carried out even scripturally but in the natural life is not the reality of the Body of Christ—1 Cor. 3:12.

F. In order to live in resurrection, we must know, experience, and gain the God of resurrection—2 Cor. 1:8-9:

1. God is working through the cross to terminate us, to bring us to an end, so that we will no longer trust in ourselves but in the God of resurrection—v. 9.

2. Although the living God can perform many acts on mans behalf, the life and nature of the living God are not wrought into man; when the God of resurrection works, His life and nature are wrought into man:

a. God is not working to make His might known in external acts but is working to impart and work Himself into man—Gal. 1:15-16; 2:20; 4:19.

b. God uses the environment in order to work His life and nature into us—2 Cor. 4:7-12; 1 Thes. 3:3.

c. In order to live in resurrection and be constituted with the God of resurrection, we must be conformed to the image of Christ as the firstborn Son of God through "all things"—Rom. 8:28-29; Heb. 12:10; Jer. 48:11.

d. The primary purpose of suffering in this universe, particularly as it relates to the children of God, is that through it the very nature of God may be wrought into the nature of man so that man may gain God to the fullest extent.

§ Day 4

e. As we pass through afflictions, there needs to be a continual renewing taking place in us day by day so that God can accomplish His hearts desire to make us the New Jerusalem—Ezek. 36:26; 2 Cor. 4:16; 5:17; Rev. 21:2.

3. In order to live in resurrection, we must be renewed day by day by being nourished with the fresh supply of the resurrection life—2 Cor. 4:16.

4. The real Christian life is to have the God of resurrection added into us morning and evening and day by day—Col. 2:19; Rom. 8:10, 6, 11.

5. In order to receive the renewing capacity of the divine life in resurrection, we need to contact God, open ourselves up to Him, and let Him come into us to be a new addition in us day by day—Phil. 2:12-13; 3:10-11; Psa. 18 title; 2 Cor. 4:10-12, 16; Titus 3:5; Eph. 4:23; 5:26.

§ Day 5

II. We can experience, enjoy, and express Christ as the grain of wheat—John 12:24:

A. The glory of Christs divinity with His divine life was concealed in Him as in a grain of wheat—vv. 23-24.

B. While the glory of His divinity was concealed by the shell of His humanity, He was pressed and constrained, longing to be baptized with the baptism of His death for the release of the glory of His divinity with the fire of His divine life—Luke 12:49-50.

C. The release of the glory of Christs divinity was through the breaking of the shell of His humanity by His death—John 12:24:

1. He was the unique grain that contained His divine life with His divine glory.

2. When the shell of His humanity was broken through His crucifixion, all the elements of His divinity—His divine life and His divine glory—were released.

3. In this sense, His death is considered a life-releasing death with His glory released simultaneously.

D. The release of the glory of Christs divinity was His being glorified by the Father with the divine glory in His resurrection through His death—vv. 23-24; Luke 24:26.

E. Christ in His human living prayed that His Father would glorify Him, and the Father answered His prayer—John 17:1; Acts 3:13.

F. Such a glorification transferred Christ from the stage of incarnation into the stage of inclusion, in which He, as the last Adam, became the life- giving Spirit in resurrection.

G. Through His life-releasing death and life-dispensing resurrection as the grain of wheat, Christ brought all His believers into an incorporation with the processed Triune God:

1. God in His Divine Trinity is an incorporation—John 14:10-11.

2. The consummated Triune God and the regenerated believers became an incorporation in the resurrection of Christ—vv. 16-20.

H. In the resurrection of Christ, the enlarged, divine-human, universal incorporation of the processed Triune God with the regenerated believers came forth from Christ as the transfigured grain of wheat in three aspects:

§ Day 6

1. The first aspect is the Fathers house for His rest, satisfaction, and manifestation—v. 2:

a. All the believers in Christ are the abodes in the Fathers house—v. 2a.

b. The Fathers house is built up by the constant visitation to the redeemed elect of the Father and the Son with the Spirit—vv. 21, 23; Eph. 2:19-22; 3:16-19.

2. The second aspect is the true vine for Gods enlargement, spreading, and glorification—John 15:1-8, 16:

a. The true vine, as a sign of the all-inclusive Christ, is the organism of the processed and consummated Triune God.

b. Its grafted branches have been regenerated with the divine life, brought into the life union with the crucified and resurrected Christ, and incorporated with the processed and consummated Triune God.

3. The third aspect is the child of the Spirit, the new man, to carry out Gods eternal economy—16:13-16, 19-22:

a. A new child, a new man, was born by the consummated Spirit—Eph. 2:15.

b. Our putting on the new man by being renewed in the spirit of our mind will eventually consummate the Body of Christ, which will consummate the New Jerusalem—4:23-24.