第二十八週．週六

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晨興餧養

西二１０　『你們在祂裏面也得了豐滿。祂是一切執政掌權者的元首。』

弗三８　　『這恩典賜給了我這比眾聖徒中最小者還小的，叫我將基督那追測不盡的豐富，當作福音傳給外邦人。』

歌羅西二章十節的『得了豐滿』，原文含完備，完全意。因著一切的豐滿居住在基督裏面，所以我們被擺在祂裏面之後，（林前一30，）也就得了豐滿，充滿一切神聖的豐富。因此，我們不需要別的源頭。在基督裏我們甚麼都不缺，因為我們在祂裏面已經得了完全，得以完備。我們沒有理由轉向基督以外的任何事物。

新約清楚啟示，所有相信基督的人，都已經被擺在基督裏了；因此我們與祂聯合並且與祂是一。結果，祂所是的一切、所有的一切都歸與我們，祂所經歷的一切也成了我們的歷史。…不僅如此，因著我們與祂是一，我們就有分於祂所完成、所得著、並所達到的一切。（新約總論第十二冊，一一一頁。）

信息選讀

我們信徒是包羅萬有之基督的肢體。我們已經被擺在祂裏面，與祂聯合，歸屬於祂，以祂為我們的丈夫。（西一28，羅七2～4。）…我們是在這樣一位基督裏，祂也在我們裏面。我們已經被擺在祂裏面，與祂是一，並且領受了祂所是和所有的一切。…僅僅在頭腦上領會與基督聯合是不彀的。我們需要運用信心，好有分於我們在基督裏所有的一切。

有些基督徒喜歡在禱告中宣告他們多貧窮、多可憐、多卑下。這種禱告是沒有信心、沒有把握的禱告。我們需要有充分的確信，相信我們與這位豐富、包羅萬有的基督是一，與那是三一神一切豐滿之具體化身者是一。我們若憑充分的確信來體驗這事，就絕不會認為自己是貧窮的了。

我們不該相信我們對自己的感覺，乃要望斷以及於基督。（來十二2。）我們需要運用我們的信心，實化祂的所是、祂所經過、祂所得著並所達到的、以及今天祂的所在。祂既是在第三層天上，我們又與祂是一，我們也就在第三層天上。我們已經被擺在那追測不盡之豐富的基督裏了。

在祂裏面乃是豐滿、完全和完備。事實上，祂自己就是豐滿、完全和完備。因為我們在祂裏面，所以我們是完全、完備的。我們是一班有基督之豐富的人。

在以弗所三章八節，保羅說到基督那追測不盡的豐富。…我們無法想像我們在基督裏所擁有的是何等豐富。我們常常禱告說，『主阿！我又貧窮、又可憐。』但我們需要這樣禱告：『主阿！我感謝你，我是富足、完備、充滿的。主耶穌，因著我在你裏面，我一無所缺。』我們應該告訴主、天使、甚至鬼魔，說，我們比地上任何億萬富翁還富足，因為我們乃是在基督裏面，祂的豐富是追測不盡的。

我們在作土壤的基督裏生根時，頭一件發生的事就是，我們在祂裏面得了豐滿；我們被一切神聖的豐富所充滿，成為祂的彰顯。（8，17，19。）在作土壤的基督裏，我們都被充滿、得完備、被成全、得滿足、並徹底得著供應；我們一無所缺。（參腓一19。）基督這土壤，乃是神的歷史與奧祕，包含祂身位和所經過過程的一切豐富。（西二2。）

基督既是我們已經生根於其中的美地，我們就已經在這豐滿裏生根了；我們在其中已經得了豐滿、完備並完全。我們甚麼都不缺。我們既栽種在這豐滿裏，就該從其中吸取滋養。我們這樣作，就會發現我們一無所缺。（新約總論第十二冊，一一一至一一四頁。）

參讀：新約總論，第三百五十五篇。

WEEK 28 — DAY 6

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Morning Nourishment

Col. 2:10 And you have been made full in Him, who is the Head of all rule and authority.

Eph. 3:8 To me, less than the least of all saints, was this grace given to announce to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ as the gospel.

The Greek word translated “full” in Colossians 2:10 implies completion, perfection. Because all the fullness dwells in Him, after we have been put into Christ (1 Cor. 1:30), we are made full, filled up, with all the divine riches. Hence, we need no other source. In Christ we lack nothing, for in Him we have been perfected and completed. There is no reason for us to turn to anything other than Christ.

The New Testament reveals clearly that all those who believe in Christ have been put into Christ. Therefore, we are identified with Him and one with Him. The result is that all that He is and all that He has belongs to us, and all that He has experienced is our history…Furthermore, because we are one with Him, we partake of all that He has accomplished, obtained, and attained. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 3571-3572)

Todays Reading

We the believers are members of the all-inclusive Christ. We have been put into Him, identified with Him, and joined to Him as our Husband (Col. 1:28; Rom. 7:2-4)…We are in such a Christ, and He is in us. We have been placed into Him, we are one with Him, and we receive all that He is and has. A mere mental understanding of our union with Christ is not adequate. We need to exercise faith in order to partake of all that is ours in Christ.

In their prayers, some Christians like to declare how poor, pitiful, and low they are. This kind of prayer is without faith or assurance. We need to believe with full  assurance that we are one with the rich, all-inclusive Christ, with the One who is the embodiment of all the fullness of the Triune God. If we realize this with full assurance, we will never consider ourselves poor.

We should not believe our feelings about ourselves but look away to Christ (Heb. 12:2). We need to exercise our faith to realize what He is, what He has passed through, what He has obtained and attained, and where He is today. Since He is in the third heaven and we are one with Him, we also are in the third heaven. We have been placed into the Christ who is unsearchably rich.

In Him is the fullness, the perfection, the completion. Actually, He Himself is the fullness, perfection, and completion. Because we are in Him, we also are complete and perfect. We are those who possess the riches of Christ.

In Ephesians 3:8 Paul speaks of the unsearchable riches of Christ…We simply have no idea what vast riches we possess in Christ. Often we have prayed: “Lord, I am poor and pitiful.” But we need to pray in this way: “Lord, I thank You that I am rich, complete, and full. Lord Jesus, because I am in You, I am short of nothing.” We should tell the Lord, the angels, and even the demons that we are richer than any earthly billionaire because we are in the Christ whose riches are unsearchable.

When we are rooted in Christ as the soil, the first thing to take place is that we are made full in Him; we are filled with all the divine riches to become His expression (vv. 8, 17, 19). In Christ as the soil we are filled, completed, perfected, satisfied, and thoroughly supplied; we do not lack anything (cf. Phil. 1:19). Christ as the soil is the history and mystery of God with all the riches of His person and processes (Col. 2:2).

Since Christ is the good land in which we have been rooted, we have been rooted in this fullness; in it we have been made full, complete, and perfect. We have no need whatsoever. Having been planted into this fullness, we should simply absorb nourishment from it. As we do so, we will find that we have no lack. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 3572-3573)

Further Reading: The Conclusion of the New Testament, msg. 355