第二十八週．週二

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晨興餧養

弗一９　『照著祂的喜悅，使我們知道祂意願的奧祕；這喜悅是祂在自己裏面豫先定下的。』

三４～５　『你們念了，就能藉此明瞭我對基督的奧祕所有的領悟，這奧祕在別的世代中，未曾給人們的子孫知道，像如今在靈裏啟示祂的聖使徒和申言者一樣。』

宇宙真實的意義，是在於神與人之間的關係和故事；而這個關係和故事，一直是奧祕的，這奧祕分為兩個段落。

神的奧祕是在基督裏顯明出來，所以基督就是神的奧祕。〔西二2。〕…神一切的故事就是基督；人在基督以外，絕對找不著神的故事。歌羅西二章九節又說，『神格一切的豐滿，都有形有體的居住在基督裏面。』神一切的講究，一切的故事，一切人不能明瞭的奧祕，都在基督裏，所以基督就是神的奧祕。

基督的奧祕就是召會。〔弗三4～6。〕因為基督自己就是一個奧祕，基督一切的講究，一切的故事，一切內容的奧祕，又都擺在召會裏，所以召會就是基督的奧祕。（李常受文集一九五六年第二冊，三一九至三二○頁。）

信息選讀

我們需要分別這兩個：神的奧祕是基督，基督的奧祕是召會。這兩者雖是一個，但其中仍有講究。歌羅西書是講頭，就是基督；以弗所書是講身體，就是召會。…把頭和身體配在一起，就是個完整的人；這是極大的奧祕。

基督這一個頭，這一個元首，乃是神的奧祕，神一切的故事都在於這一個頭，也就是在於這一位基督。而另一面，召會這一個身體乃是基督的奧祕，基督一切的故事又都在於這一個身體，召會。

說到神的奧祕，是重在神的故事，都在基督裏顯出來；說到基督的奧祕，是重在基督一切的故事，都在召會裏顯出來。基督加上召會，乃是個極大的奧祕。提前三章十六節說，『大哉！敬虔的奧祕！…祂顯現於肉體。』這說出神與人，人與神之間的故事。我們要認識神與人，人與神之間的奧祕、故事、講究，首先就必須認識基督，其次必須認識召會。基督是一個奧祕，召會也是一個奧祕。基督是一部分的奧祕，是奧祕的第一步；召會是另一部分的奧祕，是奧祕的第二步。…神的故事都在基督裏，基督的故事都在召會裏。所以要認識神，就必須認識基督；要認識基督，就必須認識召會。

今天人看見基督就懂得神，人看見召會就懂得基督。基督是神的彰顯，召會是基督的彰顯；這兩者乃是一個奧祕的兩部分。聖經裏所有好的、重要的東西，都掛在這個奧祕上。…我們若認識這奧祕，就能懂得聖經所講的。

這個奧祕是件太大的事，我們不僅自己要看見，更要帶別人看見。在生活中，我們不必勸人忍耐，有一天人看見這奧祕，他就有忍耐。我們也不必勸人要愛，有一天人看見了這奧祕，他裏面就有愛。許多為神作工的人，他們追求能力，追求豐盛的生命，豈不知只要摸著這奧祕，這奧祕就是能力，就是豐盛的生命。這奧祕乃是一切。（李常受文集一九五六年第二冊，三二○至三二一，三二九至三三○頁。）

參讀：召會的歷程，第一篇。

WEEK 28 — DAY 2

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Morning Nourishment

Eph. 1:9 Making known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Himself.

    3:4-5 By which, in reading it, you can perceive my understanding in the mystery of Christ, which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in spirit.

The true meaning of the universe is a story of God and His relationship with man, and this story, this relationship, is a mystery that has two sections.

The mystery of God is manifested in Christ, so Christ is the mystery of God [Col. 2:2]…God’s entire story is in Christ. Apart from Christ, man cannot find the story of God. Verse 9 says, “In Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.” All matters concerning God—all His stories, all the mysteries that man cannot understand—are in Christ. Christ is the mystery of God.

The mystery of Christ is the church [Eph. 3:4-6]. Christ Himself is a mystery, but all the matters concerning Christ, all the stories of Christ, and all the contents of the mystery have been placed in the church; therefore, the church is the mystery of Christ. (CWWL, 1956, vol. 2, “Three Aspects of the Church, Book 2: The Course of the Church,” pp. 243-244)

Todays Reading

We need to make a distinction between these two: the mystery of God is Christ, and the mystery of Christ is the church. Although these two are one, there are particular details concerning each. Colossians speaks of the Head, Christ, and Ephesians speaks of the Body, the church…The head and the body must be put together before we have a complete person; this is a great mystery.

Christ, the Head, is the mystery of God, and all the stories of God are in Christ as the Head and related to Christ. On the other hand, the church, the Body, is the mystery of Christ, and all the stories of Christ are in the church as His Body.

When we speak of the mystery of God, we are emphasizing the stories of God that are manifested in Christ, and when we speak of the mystery of Christ, we are emphasizing the stories of Christ that are manifested in the church. Christ plus the church is a great mystery. First Timothy 3:16 says, “Great is the mystery of godliness: / He who was manifested in the flesh.” This verse speaks forth a story of God and man, man and God. If we would know the mystery, story, and matters of God and man, man and God, then we must know Christ and the church. Christ is a mystery, and the church is a mystery. Christ is a part of the mystery, the first step of the mystery; the church is another part of the mystery, the second step of the mystery …All the stories of God are in Christ, and all the stories of Christ are in the church. Therefore, if we want to know God, we must know Christ, and if we want to know Christ, we must know the church.

When people today see Christ, they understand God; when they see the church, they understand Christ. Christ is the expression of God, and the church is the expression of Christ; these two are two parts of one mystery. All the good, important things in the Bible depend upon this mystery…If we know this mystery, we can understand the Bible.

This mystery is such a great matter that we must not only see it for ourselves, but we must also bring others into seeing it. In our living, we do not need to exhort people to have patience; when they see the mystery, they will have patience. Neither do we need to exhort people to love one another; when they see this mystery, they will have love within them. Many who work for God pursue power and abundant life without realizing that as long as they touch this mystery, there is power and abundant life. This mystery is everything. (CWWL, 1956, vol. 2, “Three Aspects of the Church, Book 2: The Course of the Church,” pp. 244, 250)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1956, vol. 2, “Three Aspects of the Church, Book 2: The Course of the Church,” ch. 1