第二十八週．週四

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晨興餧養

西二３　　　『一切智慧和知識的寶藏，都藏在祂裏面。』

弗一１７　　『願我們主耶穌基督的神，榮耀的父，賜給你們智慧和啟示的靈，使你們充分的認識祂。』

羅十一33　『深哉，神的豐富、智慧和知識！祂的判斷何其難測，祂的道路何其難尋！』

基督是神的奧祕，這事實指明祂不是簡單的。…基督是神的奧祕，祂乃是不可測度、無限無量、永遠的神。…儘管神是永遠的，祂仍有一段歷史。

基督是神的歷史，也就是神的奧祕。…基督如何是神的歷史，召會也照樣是基督的歷史。召會作為基督的歷史，乃是基督的奧祕。我們在召會中，乃是這歷史的延續。

我們所接受的基督，乃是有奇妙歷史的神。基督是包羅萬有的一位，包含了神性、人性、人性生活、釘十字架、復活、升天、得榮和登寶座。祂包含了一切神聖的屬性，和屬人的美德。（歌羅西書生命讀經，五一七、五二一頁。）

信息選讀

保羅寫歌羅西書時宣告，基督作為一切智慧和知識之寶藏的總和，遠比智慧派哲學更好、更高、更深奧，藉此對抗智慧派哲學。根據歷史，猶太宗教和希臘哲學混雜而成之智慧派教訓的影響，在保羅時代已侵入外邦的召會。受這一派教訓影響的人，自認為很有智慧，很有知識；他們對於神，對於基督，都講了許多不合真理的話。因此，使徒告訴歌羅西信徒，一切真智慧、真知識的寶藏，都藏在基督裏面。這是關於基督與召會之神聖經綸的屬靈智慧和知識。智慧與我們的靈有關，知識與我們的心思有關。（弗一8，17。）

這一切關乎神故事的智慧和知識，都藏在這位是神奧祕的基督裏面。因此，歌羅西二章六至七節指明，我們這些接受了主基督耶穌的人，應當在祂裏面行事為人，而在祂裏面生根並被建造，不要去聽從智慧派的人所說那些哲學、哲理等等虛空的話語。

神是智慧和知識的獨一源頭。一切智慧和知識的寶藏，都藏在那是神奧祕的基督裏。因為在歌羅西的召會受到異教哲學的侵入，保羅就幫助歌羅西人，使他們追溯智慧和知識的真源頭乃是神。

智慧和知識都具體化在基督裏面，這事實由主自己所說的話，特別是記載在馬太福音和約翰福音中的話，得著證明。在這二卷書中，主說到國度和生命。…主話語中的觀念既深又奧。任何對哲學有透徹研究的人都會承認，最高的哲學乃是在耶穌基督的教訓裏面。一切智慧和知識的寶藏，的確都在祂裏面。一切的智慧和知識既藏在基督這寶藏裏面，我們若沒有基督，就絕不能得著智慧和知識。

我們若操練用我們的全人來接觸主，基督這賜生命的靈就要浸透我們的靈和我們的心思。然後在我們的經歷裏，我們也就有那隱藏在基督裏的智慧和知識。這樣，我們就經歷祂是神的奧祕。我們不該像歌羅西人，他們為外邦哲學所騙取，失去了那藏在基督裏面的智慧和知識。（新約總論第十二冊，九一至九三頁。）

參讀：新約總論，第三百五十四篇。

WEEK 28 — DAY 4

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Morning Nourishment

Col. 2:3 In whom all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden.

Eph. 1:17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the full knowledge of Him.

Rom. 11:33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and untraceable His ways!

The fact that Christ is the mystery of God indicates that He is not simple… As the mystery of God, Christ is the immeasurable, infinite, and eternal God. Although God is eternal, He also has a history.

As the history of God, Christ is the mystery of God. As Christ is the history of God, so the church is the history of Christ. As the history of Christ, the church is the mystery of Christ. In the church we are a continuation of this history.

The Christ we have received is God with His wonderful history. As the all-inclusive One, Christ includes divinity, humanity, human living, crucifixion, resurrection, ascension, glorification, and enthronement. He includes all the divine attributes and human virtues. (Life-study of Colossians, pp. 410, 413)

Todays Reading

In writing Colossians Paul was fighting against the Gnostic philosophy by declaring that Christ, as the totality of all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge, is far better, higher, and more profound than the Gnostic philosophy. According to history, the influence of Gnostic teaching, which is a mixture of Jewish religion and Greek philosophy, invaded the Gentile churches in Paul’s time. Those who were influenced by such teaching considered themselves as having much wisdom and knowledge, but they spoke many things concerning God and Christ that were not according to the truth. Hence, Paul told the Colossian believers that all the treasures of genuine wisdom and knowledge are hidden in Christ. This is the spiritual wisdom and knowledge of the divine economy concerning Christ and the church. Wisdom is related to our spirit, and knowledge is related to our mind (Eph. 1:8, 17).

All the wisdom and knowledge pertaining to God’s stories are hidden in this Christ who is the mystery of God. Therefore, Colossians 2:6-7 indicates that we who have received Christ Jesus the Lord should walk in Him and be rooted and built up in Him and should not listen to the empty words of philosophy and philosophical doctrines of the Gnostics.

God is the unique source of wisdom and knowledge. All the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden in the Christ who is the mystery of God. Because the church in Colossae had been invaded by pagan philosophy, Paul was helping the Colossians to trace wisdom and knowledge to their true source in God.

The fact that wisdom and knowledge are embodied in Christ is proved by His spoken words, especially those recorded in the Gospels of Matthew and John. In these books, the Lord spoke about the kingdom and about life…The concept in the Lord’s words is deep and profound. Anyone who makes a thorough study of philosophy will have to admit that the highest philosophy is that found in the teachings of Jesus Christ. Truly all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are in Him. Since wisdom and knowledge are stored up in Christ as a treasure, we cannot have wisdom and knowledge unless we have Christ.

If we exercise our being to contact the Lord, Christ as the life-giving Spirit will saturate our spirit and our mind. Then we also will have in our experience the wisdom and knowledge that are hidden in Christ. In this way we will experience Him as the mystery of God. We should not be like the Colossians, who allowed pagan philosophy to defraud them of the wisdom and knowledge hidden in Christ. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 3557-3558)

Further Reading: The Conclusion of the New Testament, msg. 354