第二十八週．週三

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晨興餧養

約一１　『太初有話，話與神同在，話就是神。』

１４　　『話成了肉體，支搭帳幕在我們中間，豐豐滿滿的有恩典，有實際。我們也見過祂的榮耀，正是從父而來獨生子的榮耀。』

以弗所書是講基督的奧祕，就是召會—身體；（三4；）〔歌羅西書〕是講神的奧祕，就是基督—頭。〔二2。〕我們要認識基督不僅是我們的救主和主，也是神的奧祕。

所有的基督徒都愛主耶穌。…我們愛主有多少，在於我們認識祂有多少，以及我們對祂的體驗有多少。…我們越認識主耶穌，越珍賞祂，我們就越愛祂。因此，我們需要往前認識主耶穌不僅是救主和主，也是神的奧祕。（歌羅西書生命讀經，一七八頁。）

信息選讀

我們若要認識基督是神的奧祕，就需要對歌羅西二章二節所說的每一件事都有充分的經歷。保羅在這一節說，『要叫他們的心得安慰，在愛裏結合一起，以致豐豐富富的在悟性上有充分的確信，能以完全認識神的奧祕，就是基督。』『以致』的意思是『結果就是』。如果歌羅西人的心受安慰，並在愛裏結合一起，結果就是他們豐豐富富的在悟性上有充分的確信；這悟性無疑是與神的奧祕—基督—有關的。

我們若不操練靈，就不能接觸主，也無法認識祂是神的奧祕。…人的每一面—靈、魂、體—都是複雜的。若是你花一點時間照照鏡子，你就會希奇你這肉身的複雜。…我們的魂裏有心思、情感和意志。不僅如此，我們靈裏有良心、直覺和交通。我們必須操練我們這個複雜之人的每一部分，好接受基督是神的奧祕的啟示。

神自己是一個奧祕，基督是這奧祕的奧祕。我們若只是讀聖經的字句，當然不能測度這樣的奧祕。因著基督住在我們靈裏，我們就需要操練我們的靈，好認識祂是神的奧祕。絕不要認為基督僅僅是一個可以用外面的方式來認識的對象。祂是被釘十字架又復活的一位，今天活在諸天之上的寶座上，也活在我們的靈裏。因此，我們操練靈來接觸祂，是極為重要的。這意思是說，我們必須從全人的最深處向祂敞開，並且呼求祂。我們的靈是全人的最深處，深過我們的心，深過魂的各部分。因此，操練我們的靈就是敞開我們全人的最深處，呼求主耶穌的名，並接觸祂這活在我們裏面的一位。

我們要認識祂，就不只要操練我們的靈，也要叫我們的心得安慰。這意思是說，我們的心要受顧惜、得溫暖。再者，我們的心思必須清明自守，我們的情感必須受規律，我們的意志也要降服。我們裏面的每一部分都必須正確且正常的盡功用。這就是保羅題到完全認識基督是神的奧祕時，說到心要得安慰的原因。…我們若要在認識基督是神的奧祕上，豐豐富富的在悟性上有充分的確信，我們全人的每一部分就都必須受操練。

我們都該能說，『主耶穌，離了你，我對甚麼都沒有興趣。主，我的心思、意志、和情感都絕對為著你。…我願意為你捨命。…主阿，我全人每一個細胞都是為著你的。』你若是這樣操練你的全人，你就會在悟性上有充分的確信。（歌羅西書生命讀經，一七八至一八○、一八二至一八三頁。）

參讀：歌羅西書生命讀經，第十八、四十八篇。

WEEK 28 — DAY 3

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Morning Nourishment

John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

        14 And the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us (and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only Begotten from the Father), full of grace and reality.

The book of Ephesians is on the mystery of Christ, which is the church, the Body (3:4). Colossians is on the mystery of God, which is Christ, the Head [2:2]. It is crucial that we know Christ not only as our Savior and Lord but also as the mystery of God.

All Christians love the Lord Jesus…How much we love the Lord depends on how much we know Him and how much we realize concerning Him…The more we know the Lord Jesus and appreciate Him, the more we will love Him. Hence, we need to go on to know the Lord Jesus not only as our Savior and Lord but also as the mystery of God. (Life-study of Colossians, p. 145)

Todays Reading

If we would know Christ as the mystery of God, we need to have the full experience of everything covered in Colossians 2:2. In this verse Paul says, “That their hearts may be comforted, they being knit together in love and unto all the riches of the full assurance of understanding, unto the full knowledge of the mystery of God, Christ.” The word unto means “resulting in.” If the hearts of the Colossians were comforted and knit together in love, the result would be all the riches of the full assurance of understanding, an understanding no doubt related to the mystery of God, Christ.

We cannot contact the Lord or know Him as God’s mystery without exercising our spirit…Every aspect of man’s being—spirit, soul, and body— is complicated. If you spend time examining your face in a mirror, you will be impressed with the complexity of your physical body…In our soul we have the mind, the emotion, and the will. Furthermore, in our spirit we have the conscience, the intuition, and the fellowship. Every part of our complex being must be exercised to receive the revelation of Christ as the mystery of God.

God Himself is a mystery, and Christ is the mystery of this mystery. Surely we cannot fathom such a mystery simply by reading the letter of the Scriptures. Since Christ dwells in our spirit, we need to exercise our spirit in order to know Him as the mystery of God. Never regard Christ as a mere object to be known in an outward way. As the crucified and resurrected One, He is living both on the throne in the heavens and in our spirit as well. Hence, it is of utmost importance that we exercise our spirit to contact Him. This means that we must open up from the depths of our being and call on Him. Our spirit is our deepest part, deeper than the heart and all the parts of the soul. Therefore, to exercise our spirit is to open the deepest part of our being to call on the name of the Lord Jesus and to contact Him as the living One within us.

To know Him, we must not only exercise our spirit but also have our heart comforted. This means that our heart must be cherished, warmed. Moreover, our mind must be sober, our emotion must be regulated, and our will must be subdued. Every part of our inner being must be proper and function in a normal way. This is the reason Paul speaks of the hearts being comforted in relation to having the full knowledge of Christ as the mystery of God. If we would have all the riches of the full assurance of understanding concerning Christ as the mystery of God, every part of our being must be exercised.

We should be able to say, “Lord Jesus, apart from You I have no heart for anything. Lord, my mind, will, and emotion are absolutely for You… I am willing to lay down my life for You…Every fiber of my being, Lord, is for You.” If you exercise your whole being in this way, you will have the full assurance of understanding. (Life-study of Colossians, pp. 145-146, 148-149)

Further Reading: Life-study of Colossians, msgs. 18, 48