第四週■週二

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晨興餧養

加二20『我已經與基督同釘十字架；現在活着的，不再是我，乃是基督在我裏面活着；並且我如今在肉身裏所活的生命，是我在神兒子的信裏，與祂聯結所活的，祂是愛我，爲我捨了自己。』

約六57『活的父怎樣差我來，我又因父活着，照樣，那喫我的人，也要因我活着。』

現在我們來看，基督是活在信徒裏面，使他們能活祂的一位，這是一件極其重大且要緊的事。基督不僅是我們的生命；祂乃是一個人位活在我們裏面。所有的基督徒都需要領悟，我們有另一個人位—基督—活在我們裏面。我們需要看見這異象：那在十字架上受死救贖我們的一位，現今活在我們裏面。

一面，基督在三層天上；另一面，祂活在我們裏面。基督成了賜生命的靈，爲要使祂能活在我們裏面。天上的基督若不是賜生命的靈，就不可能活在我們裏面。…作爲賜生命的靈，祂活在我們裏面。現今我們不僅有基督作我們的生命，也有基督作我們的人位。因爲祂活在我們裏面，我們就該接受祂作我們的人位，並且活祂。

保羅在加拉太二章二十節說，『基督在我裏面活着。』…基督在我們裏面活，意思不是祂替我們活。保羅在二十節說，一面，『不再是我，』另一面，『基督在我裏面活着。』『在我裏面』這辭非常重要。是的，是基督活，但祂是在我們裏面活。（新約總論第三册，六○至六一頁。）

信息選讀

要領會基督怎樣能在我們裏面活，我們需要來看約翰十四章。主耶穌在死而復活以前對門徒說，『因爲我活着，你們也要活着。』（19。）基督使我們與祂同活，藉此在我們裏面活着。基督不是單獨活着；祂在我們裏面活着，也與我們一同活着。祂藉着使我們與祂同活而在我們裏面活着。…我們並沒有完全被排除，我們的生命沒有被神聖的生命所替換。我們繼續存在，但我們是與三一神一同存在。現今住在我們裏面的三一神，使我們與基督同活。因此，基督藉着我們與祂同活，而在我們裏面活着。

主耶穌在六章五十七節說，『活的父怎樣差我來，我又因父活着，照樣，那喫我的人，也要因我活着。』子不憑自己活着。然而，這意思不是子被擺在一邊，停止存在。子當然繼續存在，但祂不活自己的生命，祂乃是活父的生命。子與父是這樣的同有一個生命和一個生活。我們今天與基督的關係也是這樣。我們與基督沒有兩個生命。我們只有一個生命和一個生活。我們憑祂活着，而祂在我們裏面活着。我們若不活，祂就不活；祂若不活，我們就不能活。一面，我們被了結；另一面，我們繼續存在，但我們不是在基督之外存在。基督活在我們裏面，我們與祂同活。因此，我們與祂同有一個生命，同過一個生活。

在加拉太二章二十節保羅說到基督在我們裏面活着的話，是確定而強調的。這裏沒有模稜兩可。保羅清楚的說，基督這一個人位，在我們裏面活着。這位活在我們裏面的基督，乃是那是靈的基督（the pneumaticChrist），是那靈的基督。旣然祂這位靈住在我們裏面，我們就需要學習怎樣讓祂活在我們裏面，並學習怎樣與祂同活。正常的信徒是與基督同有一個生命、一個生活的人。我們與祂是一靈，（林前六17，）我們與祂同有一個生命，現今我們該與祂同是一個人位。那些尋求主的人，遲早要曉得有一位神聖、屬天、永遠並屬靈者，乃是一個人位活在他們裏面。我們若看見這事，我們也會看見，祂怎樣因父活着，現今我們也該接受祂作我們的人位，因祂活着。（新約總論第三册，六一至六二頁。）

參讀：新約總論，第五十五篇。

WEEK 4 — DAY 2

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Morning Nourishment

Gal. 2:20 I am crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

John 6:57 As the living Father has sent Me and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also shall live because of Me.

We come now to the very important and vital matter of Christ being the One who lives within the believers so that they may live Him. Christ is not only our life; He as a person lives in us. All Christians need to realize that we have another person—Christ—living in us. We need to see the vision that the very One who died on the cross to redeem us is now living within us.

Christ, on the one hand, is in the third heavens. But on the other hand, He lives within us. Christ became the life-giving Spirit in order that He might live in us. Without being the life-giving Spirit, it would not be possible for the heavenly Christ to live in us…As the life-giving Spirit, He lives within us. Now we have Christ not only as our life but also as our person. Because He lives in us, we should take Him as our person and live Him.

In Galatians 2:20 Paul says, “Christ…lives in me.”…For Christ to live in us does not mean that He lives instead of us. In Galatians 2:20 Paul says, on the one hand, “no longer I,” and on the other hand, “Christ…lives in me.” The phrase in me is of great importance. Yes, it is Christ who lives, but He lives in us. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 587-588)

Today’s Reading

In order to understand how Christ can live in us, we need to consider John 14. Before His death and resurrection, the Lord Jesus said to the disciples, “Because I live, you also shall live” (v. 19). Christ lives in us by causing us to live with Him. Christ does not live alone; He lives in us and with us. He lives in us by enabling us to live with Him…We have not been altogether ruled out, and our life has not been exchanged for the divine life. We continue to exist, but we exist with the Triune God. The Triune God who now dwells within us causes us to live with Christ. Hence, Christ lives in us through our living with Him.

In John 6:57 the Lord Jesus said, “As the living Father has sent Me and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also shall live because of Me.” The Son did not live by Himself. However, this does not mean that the Son was set aside and ceased to exist. The Son, of course, continued to exist, but He did not live His own life. Instead, He lived the life of the Father. In this way the Son and the Father had one life and one living. It is the same in our relationship with Christ today. We and Christ do not have two lives. We have one life and one living. We live by Him, and He lives in us. If we do not live, He does not live; and if He does not live, we cannot live. On the one hand, we are terminated; on the other hand, we continue to exist, but we do not exist without Christ. Christ lives within us, and we live with Him. Therefore, we and He have one life and one living.

Paul’s word in Galatians 2:20 about Christ living in us is definite and emphatic. There is no ambiguity here. Paul clearly says that Christ, as a person, lives in us. This Christ who lives in us is the pneumatic Christ, the Christ who is the Spirit. Now that He dwells in us as the Spirit, we need to learn how to let Him live in us and how to live together with Him. A normal believer is a person who has one life and one living with Christ. We are one spirit with Him (1 Cor. 6:17), we have one life with Him, and now we should be one person with Him. Sooner or later, those who seek the Lord realize that Someone divine, heavenly, eternal, and spiritual lives in them as a person. If we see this, we shall also see that just as He lived because of the Father, we should now live because of Him, taking Him as our person. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 588-589)

Further Reading: The Conclusion of the New Testament, msg. 55