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以弗所书生命读经 · 第30篇

基督的丰富产生召会

The Riches of Christ Producing the Church
1以弗所三章启示，使徒保罗的行事为人与神的呼召相配。他这样一个行事为人配得过神的人，乃是一个囚犯、管家和执事。保罗在这一章里告诉我们，关乎基督为著召会之奥秘的启示，已经给了使徒和申言者。（5。）保罗所得关于基督的启示，主要的是基督那追测不尽之丰富的启示。因著保罗的行事为人是受他所得基督启示的支配，他不得不说到基督的丰富。使徒传的不是道理，乃是基督的丰富。基督的丰富，就是基督之于我们的所是，就如光、生命、义、圣等，以及祂为我们之所有，并祂为我们所完成、所达到、并所得著的。基督的这些丰富，测不透也追不尽。既然我们也能作使徒和申言者，我们就需要看见基督那追测不尽的丰富。许多基督徒有个错误的观念，以为在宇宙召会中的使徒，以及在地方召会中的长老，是高阶层人物，远超过所谓的平信徒。正如我们在前一篇信息里所指出的，使徒保罗知道这是个错误的观念，就特意指明，使徒和申言者不是与众不同的。相反的，他们该单单被视为召会里圣徒中间的带领者。他们带头领受关乎基督为著召会的启示，并活基督，经历基督，享受基督，将基督的丰富供应给人。倘若对基督丰富的享受只限于某些特殊的高阶层人物，我们其余的人就没有分了。但是保罗在三章八节说，他虽比众圣徒中最小者还小，却能将基督那追测不尽的丰富当作福音传给人。保罗作得到，这事实指明我们也作得到。因为他比我们还小，他能得著的，我们也能得著。
1Chapter three of Ephesians reveals that the Apostle Paul had a walk worthy of God’scall ing. As one with such a worthy walk, he was a prisoner, a steward, and a minister. In this chapter Paul told us that the revelation of the mystery concerning Christ for the church has been given to the apostles and prophets (v. 5). Paul’sr evelation of Christ was mainly a revelation of Christ’sun searchable riches. Because Paul’s walk was governed by his revelation of Christ, he could not keep from speaking of the riches of Christ. The apostle’sp reaching was focused on the riches of Christ, not on the doctrines. The riches of Christ are what Christ is to us, such as light, life, righteousness, and holiness. These riches are unsearchable; it is beyond our ability to trace them out. Since we also can be apostles and prophets, there is the need for us to see the unsearchable riches of Christ. Many Christians have the mistaken concept that the apostles in the universal church and the elders in the local churches are high officials, far above the so-called laymen or common believers. As we pointed out in the foregoing message, the Apostle Paul, realizing that such was a wrong concept, purposely indicated that the apostles and prophets were not extraordinary. On the contrary, they should be regarded simply as leading ones among the saints in the churches. They take the lead to receive the revelation concerning Christ for the church, to live Christ, to experience Christ, to enjoy Christ, and to minister the riches of Christ to others. If the enjoyment of the riches of Christ were available only for certain exceptional persons of high rank, then the rest of us would have no share in it. But in 3:8 Paul said that he was less than the least of all saints; yet he could preach the unsearchable riches of Christ as the gospel. The fact that Paul could do this indicates that we can do it also. Because he was less than we are, what was available to him is available also to us
2使徒和申言者不是信徒中的特殊阶级。事实上，他们就像我们其余的人一样，是普通的信徒。他们和别的信徒不同之处，在于他们是带头的。地方召会中的长老也是一样。长老不是高高在上，比其他的信徒高的人。不，他们不过是那些在召会生活中领头的。我们都需要让这观念铭刻在我们里面。在主的恢复里，我们必须丢弃阶级的观念。我们中间没有阶级，顶多只有一些带头的，领先为著召会生活而活基督。召会中没有高阶层，没有特殊阶级；我们是没有首领的。按照主在马太二十三章八至十节的话，祂是我们惟一的首领，我们都是弟兄。我们必须把使徒和长老是特殊阶级的这个观念丢掉。我们都是羊群，使徒、申言者和长老不过是领头立个榜样、模范，让人知道如何为著召会生活而认识基督，享受祂、得著祂，并将祂分赐到别人里面。这是设立榜样的事，而不是阶级或地位的事。
2The apostles and prophets are not a special class of believers. Rather, they are ordinary believers like the rest of us. The difference between them and other believers is that they are leading ones. It is the same with the elders in the local churches. The elders are not extraordinary people of high rank, higher than other believers. No, they are simply those who take the lead in the church life. We all need to allow this concept to sink into our being. In the Lord’s recovery we must drop the thought of rank. There is no rank among us. At most, we just have some leading ones to take the lead to live Christ for the church life. There is no higher class, no special class, in the church. We have no leader. According to the Lord’sword in Matthew 23:8-10, He is our unique Leader, and we all are brothers. We must drop the concept that the apostles and elders are special. We all are sheep, and the apostles, prophets, and elders take the lead to set an example, a pattern, of how to know Christ, to enjoy Him, to gain Him for the church life, and to dispense Him into others. This is a matter of setting an example, not a matter of rank or position.
壹 基督的丰富
I. THE RICHES OF CHRIST
3我们若要成为使徒、申言者、管家、执事，甚至成为在基督里的囚犯，就必须认识基督那追测不尽的丰富。这些丰富乃是为著产生召会，成为基督的丰满。
3In order to be apostles, prophets, stewards, ministers, and even prisoners in Christ, we need to know the unsearchable riches of Christ. These riches are for the producing of the church to be the fullness of Christ
一 在豫表里
A. In Types
4基督的丰富描绘在豫表里。要从旧约找出一切关于基督的豫表并不容易。有些豫表是隐藏的。譬如，创世记一章九至十节中，露出来的地乃是基督的豫表。创世记一章里可以找到许多其他的豫表─光、太阳、星宿和树木。在圣经别的地方，我们看到葡萄树、苹果树、香柏树和松树，都是基督的豫表。菜蔬也是豫表基督。过逾越节时，以色列人不仅吃羊羔，也吃无酵饼和苦菜。小麦和大麦也豫表基督；雅歌中的凤仙花也是如此。有些人物也豫表基督；亚当、亚伯、以撒、雅各、约瑟、摩西和亚伦，都是基督的豫表。还有祭司、君王、申言者，也都豫表祂。我越读圣经，就越觉得我对圣经的认识太少了。单单创世记一章里基督的豫表就可以释放一百篇信息。圣经是深奥的，只有当我们进入其深处，我们才看见圣经所包含的丰富。在圣经的表面之下，有基督的丰富。因著这些丰富如此广大，没有人能说得尽到底旧约里有多少基督的豫表。单单豫表这件事，就启示是基督许多的丰富。
4The riches of Christ are depicted in types. It is not easy to find all the types of Christ in the Old Testament. Some types are hidden. For example, the earth that emerges in Genesis 1:9 and 10 is a type of Christ. Many other types are found in chapter one of Genesis: light, the sun, the star, and the trees. Elsewhere in the Bible we see that the vine tree, the apple tree, the cedar, and the cypress are all types of Christ. Herbs also typify Christ. At the time of the Passover, the children of Israel ate not only the lamb, but also unleavened bread and bitter herbs. Wheat and barley are also types of Christ, and the henna flower spoken of in Song of Songs as well. Certain persons also typify Christ. Adam, Abel, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, and Aaron are some of these who are types of Christ. The priests, the kings, and the prophets also typify Him. The more I study the Bible, the more I realize how little I know it. A hundred messages could be given on Genesis 1, mainly on the types of Christ in this chapter. The Bible is deep and profound. Only when we get into its depths do we see the riches it contains. Beneath the surface of the Bible are the riches of Christ. Because these riches are so vast, it is difficult for anyone to say how many types of Christ there are in the Old Testament. Just this one matter of the types reveals many of the riches of Christ
二 在影儿上
B. In Shadows
5同著豫表的，还有基督的影儿和表号。虽然豫表和影儿在某些方面相似，但这二者就如人的脸孔，不仅有相似之处，彼此也各有不同。豫表主要的是表征基督的人或事，而影儿主要的是指旧约描绘基督的礼仪和作法。根据歌罗西二章十六至十七节，饮食的规条、礼仪、以及圣日都是影儿。在此我们看见，旧约里的律法、规条和礼仪都是影儿，用以描绘基督。但亚当、亚伦和摩西不是影儿，乃是豫表。相反的，安息日和月朔乃是影儿。虽然安息日是个安息，但不是真正的安息，真正的安息乃是基督。照样，作神见证的律法，描述神到底像甚么。作神描述和说明的律法，乃是神的见证。在这点上，律法是基督的影儿，基督乃是神真正的说明、解释和见证。
5Along with the types, there are the shadows and figures of Christ. Although types and shadows are similar in certain respects, they are like human faces in that they not only share similarities, but also differ from each other. Types are mainly persons or things that signify Christ, whereas shadows mainly refer to rituals and practices in the Old Testament that portray Christ. According to Colossians 2:16 and 17, eating regulations, rituals, and holy days were shadows. By this we see that the laws, ordinances, and ceremonies in the Old Testament were shadows portraying Christ. But Adam, Aaron, and Moses were not shadows; they were types. The Sabbath day and the new moon, on the contrary, were shadows. Although the Sabbath was a rest, it was not the real rest, for the real rest is Christ. Likewise, the law as a testimony of God described what God was like. As a description and explanation of God, the law was a testimony of God. In this it was a shadow of Christ as the real explanation, definition, and testimony of God.
三 在表号上
C. In Figures
6表号主要的是指一种情形所陈明的图画。例如，以色列人在旷野飘流，是我们今日基督徒生活经历的一个表号、图画，表明我们经常也是过著飘流的生活。逾越节是另一个表号。虽然逾越节的羊羔是基督的豫表，但逾越节本身乃是表号，描绘我们的逾越节─基督，如何将我们从神的审判下救出来，并且以祂的所是𫗪养我们。因此，逾越节的图画乃是基督的表号。
6A figure mainly refers to a situation that presents a certain picture. For example, the wandering of the children of Israel in the wilderness is a figure, a picture, of our experience in the Christian life today, which is often a life of wandering. The Passover is another figure. Although the Passover lamb is a type of Christ, the Passover itself is a figure depicting how Christ, our Passover, saves us from God’s judgment and feeds us with what He is. Hence, the picture of the Passover is a figure of Christ
7基督是如此丰富，祂不仅需要豫表，也需要影儿和表号来描绘祂。旧约里一切关于基督的豫表、影儿和表号，都是对基督所是的描述、解释和说明。我们需要研读圣经里这一切的事物，好认识基督的丰富。
7Christ is so rich that He needs not only types, but also shadows and figures to portray Him. All the types, shadows, and figures of Christ in the Old Testament are descriptions, explanations, and definitions of what Christ is. We need to study all these matters in the Scriptures in order to know the riches of Christ
四 在豫言上
D. In Prophecies
8基督的丰富也可在豫言上看见。圣经头一个关于基督的豫言是在创世记三章十五节，这节豫言基督作女人的后裔，要伤蛇（就是撒但）的头。这含示基督必须成为人，由童女所生，因为祂要成为女人的后裔。基督不是男人的后裔，乃是女人的后裔。这一节启示许多基督的丰富。以赛亚九章六节是另一个关于基督的豫言。这一节给我们基督的七个名称：婴孩、子、奇妙、策士、全能的神、永远的父、和平的君。在旧约里，还有许许多多其他关于基督的豫言。连撒迦利亚这卷短短的书，也包含了许多关于祂的详细豫言。
8The riches of Christ are also seen in prophecies. In the Bible the first prophecy concerning Christ is Genesis 3:15, a verse which predicts that Christ as the seed of the woman will bruise the head of the serpent, Satan. This implies that Christ had to become a man born of a virgin, for He was to be the seed of woman. Christ is not the descendant of a man; He is the seed of a woman. This one verse reveals much of the riches of Christ. Isaiah 9:6 is another prophecy regarding Christ. This verse gives us seven titles of Christ: Child, Son, Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. In the Old Testament, there are a great many other prophecies of Christ. Even the short book of Zechariah contains many detailed prophecies concerning Him.
五 在应验上
E. In Fulfillment
9基督的丰富也见于豫言的应验上。有时一个豫言在新约应验时，有更进一步的东西加进来。例如旧约启示基督是羔羊，但在旧约里，基督从来没有被称为神的羔羊。然而，在基督作羔羊这豫言应验时，祂被称为神的羔羊。（约一29。）这是何等的增添！
9The riches of Christ are also seen in the fulfillment of the prophecies. Sometimes in the fulfillment of a prophecy in the New Testament something further is added. For example, the Old Testament reveals that Christ will be the lamb. But in the Old Testament, Christ is never called the Lamb of God. Nevertheless, in the fulfillment of the prophecy regarding Christ as the lamb, He is called the Lamb of God (John 1:29). What an addition this is
10我年轻时，因著一件事而受到困惑，就是新约的著者引用旧约关于基督的豫言时，有时增添了一些东西。我认为他们不该越过旧约所写的。后来我才明白，基督是不受论到祂的豫言限制的。当祂来到世上时，祂所应验的比所豫言的更多。不仅如此，我们对基督的经历也超过豫言的应验。事实上，这并不是有所增添，乃是经历无限量的基督。在我们的经历里，基督不仅是神的羔羊，也是永远的羔羊。因此，豫言是很短的，应验就比较长，而经历乃是永远的。当我们在关于基督豫言的应验上经历祂时，我们并不是增添甚么；反之，我们乃是对基督无穷的丰富有永远的经历。
10When I was young, I was troubled by the fact that sometimes the New Testament writers added certain things when quoting the Old Testament prophecies concerning Christ. I thought that they should not have gone beyond what was written in the Old Testament. Later I came to see that Christ could not be limited by the prophecies concerning Him. When He came, He fulfilled more than what had been prophesied. Furthermore, our experience of Christ surpasses the fulfillment of the prophecies. Actually, this is not adding something; it is experiencing the unlimited Christ. In our experience Christ is not only the Lamb of God, but the Lamb of eternity. Thus, the prophecy is short, the fulfillment is longer, and the experience is eternal. When we experience Christ in the fulfillment of the prophecies concerning Him, we do not add anything. Rather, we enter into the eternal experience of the inexhaustible riches of Christ
六 作为植物
F. As Plants
11植物也描绘基督的丰富。青草、花卉、五谷和树木，都是描绘基督的丰富。
11Plants also portray the riches of Christ. Grass, flowers, grains, and trees all depict Christ’s riches
七 作为动物
G. As Animals
12基督不仅由树木、植物所豫表，也由动物所豫表。羊羔、牛、鹰、狮子和鸽子，都是基督的豫表。
12Christ is typified not only by trees and plants, but also by animals. The lamb, the cow, the eagle, the lion, and the dove are all types of Christ
八 作为矿物
H. As Minerals
13在圣经里，有不少的矿物也表明基督的丰富。例如金、银、铜、宝石等，都豫表祂。
13In the Bible, a number of minerals also show forth the riches of Christ. Gold, silver, brass, and precious stones, for example, typify Him
九 作为人物
I. As Persons
14我们已经指出，圣经中有许多人物都是豫表基督，这些人物都描绘出基督不同方面的丰富。我们在亚当身上看到一些丰富，在亚伯身上看到另一些丰富，在约瑟身上又看到另一些丰富。在整本圣经里，许多别的人物都描绘出基督丰富的不同方面。
14We have pointed out that a number of persons in the Bible typify Christ. All these depict different aspects of Christ’s riches. We see certain riches of Christ in Adam, others in Abel, and others in Joseph. Throughout the Bible, many other persons portray different aspects of the riches of Christ
十 作为宇宙中一切正面的事物
J. As All the Positive Things in the Universe
15宇宙中一切正面的事物都指向基督。譬如，基督是真正的万有引力，没有祂，我们就都要飘走了。若不是基督托住我们，我们就不可能站立。基督是那具有真正托住能力的一位。照希伯来一章三节所说，祂维持了整个宇宙。因为宇宙中一切正面的事物都表征基督，所以基督在地上时，能用许多事物说明祂自己。譬如，祂能用门作祂自己的一幅图画，说，『我就是门。』基督是一切正面事物的实际。祂不仅是万有引力，祂也是空气、光、和一切正面的事物。
15All the positive things in the universe point to Christ. For example, Christ is the real gravity. Without Him, we would drift away. If Christ did not hold us in place, we would not be able to stand. Christ is the One with the true holding power. According to Hebrews 1:3, He upholds the entire universe. Because all the positive things in the universe signify Christ, Christ could use so many things as illustrations of Himself when He was on earth. For instance, He could use the door as a picture of Himself and say, “I am the door.” Christ is the reality of every positive thing. He is not only the gravity, but also the air, the light, and every positive thing.
十一 作为人性的美德和神圣的属性
K. As Human Virtues and Divine Attributes
16基督的丰富同时也包括人性的美德和神圣的属性。基督是真正的爱、忍耐和赦免。离了基督，我们就无法爱、忍耐或赦免；甚至对我们的妻子或丈夫也都作不到。但是我们有了基督，就有一切人性的美德和神圣的属性。
16The riches of Christ also include both human virtues and divine attributes. Christ is the real love, patience, and forgiveness. Apart from Christ, we cannot love, be patient, or forgive, not even in relation to our wife or husband. But when we have Christ, we have all the human virtues and divine attributes
贰 基督的丰富
II. THE RICHES OF CHRIST
为著产生召会
FOR PRODUCING THE CHURCH
一 藉著神圣的分赐，就是将基督分赐到信徒里面
A. Through the Divine Dispensation of Christ into the Believers
17基督一切的丰富都是为著产生召会；这是藉著神圣的分赐，就是将基督分赐到信徒里面。召会不是凭教训或组织产生的，乃是藉著基督的分赐产生的。基督越多分赐到我们里面，我们就有越多的生命、越强的生命、并越丰富的生命，召会生活也就越被拔高。我爱那将基督的丰富分赐到信徒里面的职事。藉著这样的职事，我们就有正当、刚强且拔高的召会生活。
17All the riches of Christ are for the producing of the church. This takes place through the divine dispensation of Christ into the believers. The church is produced not by teaching, nor by organizing, but by the dispensation of Christ. The more Christ is dispensed into us, the more life we have, the stronger life we have, the richer life we have, and the more uplifted the church life becomes. I love the ministry that dispenses the riches of Christ into the believers. By means of such a ministry, we have a proper, strong, uplifted church life
二 藉著信徒经历并享受基督
B. By the Believers’ Experience and Enjoyment of Christ
18基督的丰富产生召会，是藉著信徒对基督的经历和享受。在基督这一面，是分赐的事；但在我们这一面，乃是经历和享受的事。当我们经历并享受这位分赐到我们里面的基督时，我们就成为正当召会生活的一部分。
18The riches of Christ produce the church through the believers’ experience and enjoyment of Christ. On Christ’ss i de, it is a matter of dispensation, but on our side, it is a matter of experience and enjoyment. When we experience and enjoy the very Christ who is dispensed into us, we become part of the proper church life
19参彰显神万般的智慧基督的丰富也彰显神万般的智慧。（三10。）神的智慧是万般的，是多面多方的。这智慧彰显在诸天界里执政的、掌权的面前，主要的是在撒但邪恶的权势之前。神要向撒但的权势显示祂是如何的有智慧。因此，基督的丰富展示祂万般的智慧。这乃是照著神永远的定旨。（11。）
19III. TO EXPRESS GOD’S MULTIFARIOUS WISDOM The riches of Christ also express God’s multifarious wisdom (3:10). God’s wisdom is manifold; it has many aspects in many directions. This wisdom is expressed before the rulers and authorities in the heavenlies, mainly before the evil powers of Satan. God desires to demonstrate to the powers of Satan how wise He is. Thus, the riches of Christ display His wisdom in a multifarious way. This is according to God’s eternal purpose (3:11
肆 结果乃是基督的丰满
IV. RESULTING IN THE FULLNESS OF CHRIST
20经历基督的丰富，结果乃是基督的丰满─身体，作祂的彰显。（一23。）以弗所书说到基督的丰富，也说到祂的丰满。一个高大壮硕的美国人是美国的丰满，因为他享受了美国食物的丰富。在他长大发育的年日里，他消化了许许多多的肉、鸡、菜蔬和水果。所以，一个完全长成的美国人，就成了美国的丰满。他乃是吃下并消化、吸收了美国食物的丰富，才成为这丰满。藉著这样吸收丰富，这些丰富就成为他的一部分。照样，基督丰富的每一面乃是在给我们吃下、享受、消化、并吸收之后，才成为基督的丰满。藉著这样吸收这些丰富，我们就成为基督的身体，作祂的丰满彰显祂。因此，基督的身体是由我们所享受并吸收之基督的丰富构成的。所以，身体是经历并享受基督之丰富的结果。
20The experience of the riches of Christ results in the fullness of Christ, the Body as Christ’sex press i on (1:23). The book of Ephesians speaks both of the riches of Christ and of the fullness of Christ. A tall, husky man is the fullness of America because he has enjoyed the riches of American foodstuffs. Throughout the years of his growth and development, he has consumed a great deal of meat, poultry, vegetables, and fruit. Therefore, as a full-grown man, he becomes the fullness of America. The riches of American foodstuffs did not make him this fullness until he ate them, digested them, and assimilated them. By absorbing the riches in this way, the riches became part of him. Likewise all the aspects of the riches of Christ do not become the fullness of Christ until they are eaten, enjoyed, digested, and assimilated by us. By absorbing these riches in such a way, we become the Body of Christ as His fullness to express Him. Thus, the Body of Christ is constituted of the riches of Christ that have been enjoyed and assimilated by us. Therefore, the Body is the result, the issue, of the experience and enjoyment of the riches of Christ