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以弗所书生命读经 · 第32篇

得以加强到里面的人里，使基督安家在我们心里

To Be Strengthened Into The Inner Man That Christ May Make His Home In Our Hearts
1在本篇信息中，我们来看以弗所三章十四至十七节，保罗为召会第二个祷告的头一1:15-部分；这是与经历有关的祷告。使徒在一章十五至二十三节的祷告，是要圣徒得著召会的启示。他在三章十四至二十一节的祷告，是要圣徒为著召会经历基督。
1In this message we come to 3:14-17, the first part of Paul’s second prayer for the church, the prayer which is related to experience. The apostle’spray er in 23 is for the saints to receive revelation concerning the church. In 3:14-21 his prayer is for the saints to experience Christ for the church.
壹 使徒为我们
I. THE APOSTLE’SPRAY ER
求经历基督的祷告
FOR OUR EXPERIENCE OF CHRIST
一 『因这缘故』
A. “For This Cause
2使徒保罗在十四节用『因这缘故』这句话，开始他的祷告。保罗祷告的缘故，隐藏在三章的深处。我们已经看过，保罗在这一章陈明他是一个看见神经纶的榜样。保罗得了启示，看见神的经纶就是神将自己分赐到祂所拣选的人里面，使他们成为那作神具体化身之基督的扩展和扩大，使神得著完全的彰显。保罗得了这样的启示，就成为使徒，一个受差遣的人。他也是申言者，一个为神说话的人。保罗不仅为神说话，甚至说出神来。他是神的发言人，将基督那追测不尽的丰富供应人，使他们能看见同样的启示，并且也成为使徒和申言者。这就是说，保罗的盼望是要产生更多的使徒和申言者。为这缘故，他甚至受被囚之苦。但是他越被囚在监里，他所得的启示就越多，也有越多的基督供应信徒，使他们都成为使徒和申言者。这一切就是保罗在以弗所三章祷告的缘故。有些人听到所有的信徒都可以作使徒和申言者这话，会问说，为甚么林前十二章二十九节说，『岂都是使徒么？1岂都是申言者么？』并不是所有的人都是使徒或申言者，但是所有的人都能申言，如林前十四章三十一节所说的。使徒和申言者，是那些在新约中领头的。我们和他们之间的不同，在于他们是领头者，我们是跟从者。但这并不是说，我们不能作领头的使徒和申言者所作的。同样的原则，长老和召会中所有其他的肢体不同之处，在于长老领头，其他肢体跟从。然而，这并不是说，其他的肢体不能作长老所作的。相反的，所有的肢体都该作长老所作的，甚至该作得更多。这与基督教认为平信徒不能作牧师所作的观念，有何等大的差别！长老不是较高阶级的人，反而众人的地位都相同。惟一不同的点在于长老是领头的，如同走在羊群前的羊一样。照样，领头的使徒和申言者不是比其他的圣徒更高一级。他们带头，我们都跟从他们，作他们所作的。当我来到美国，我是带著关于『基督为著召会』的启示来的。我既领受了这样的启示，就受差遣到这里为神说话，甚至说出神来。我只不过是新约中那些使徒和那些申言者的跟从者而已。我的负担是要所有的圣徒都成为这样的跟从者。我盼望有一天，有成千的人受差遣出去为神说话。虽然我们不是那些领头的使徒，我们却可以作跟从者。照样，我们不是那些申言者，但我们都能申言。我们都可以受差遣，我们也都可以为基督说话。何等的权利、怜悯和恩典，我们能成为那些领头的使徒和申言者的跟从者！
2The Apostle Paul begins his prayer in verse 14 with the words “for this cause.” The cause for which Paul prayed is hidden in the depths of chapter three. We have seen that in this chapter Paul presents himself as a pattern of one who has seen God’secon o my. Paul received the revelation that God’s economy is God’s dispensing of Himself into His chosen ones to make them the expansion, the enlargement, of Christ, who is the embodiment of God, for God’s full expression. Having received such a revelation, Paul became an apostle, a sent one. He was also a prophet, one who spoke for God. Paul not only spoke for God, but he even spoke forth God. As God’s spokesman, Paul ministered the unsearchable riches of Christ to others so that they might see the same revelation and also become apostles and prophets. This means that Paul’s desire was to produce more apostles and prophets. For this purpose he even suffered imprisonment. But the more he was confined in prison, the more revelation he received and the more of Christ he was able to minister to the believers to make them all apostles and prophets. All this is the cause for which Paul prayed in Ephesians 3. When some hear that all the saints can be apostles and prophets, they may wonder about 1 Corinthians 12:29, a verse which says, “Are all apostles? are all prophets?” Not all are the apostles or the prophets, but, as Corinthians 14:31 says, all can prophesy. The apostles and the prophets were those who took the lead in the New Testament. The difference between us and them is that they were the leaders and we are the followers. But this does not mean that we cannot do what the leading apostles and prophets did. In the same principle, the difference between the elders and all the other members in a local church is that the elders take the lead and the other members follow. This does not mean, however, that the other members cannot do what the elders do. On the contrary, all the members should do what the elders do, and they should do even more. How different this is from the concept in Christianity that the laymen cannot do what the ministers do! The elders are not a higher rank; rather, all are of the same rank. The only difference is that the elders take the lead, like sheep who walk at the front of the flock. Likewise, the leading apostles and prophets are not on a higher level than the rest of the saints. They take the lead, and we all follow them to do what they do. When I came to this country, I came with a revelation concerning Christ for the church. Having received such a revelation, I was sent here to speak for God and even to speak forth God. I am simply a follower of the apostles and prophets in the New Testament. My burden is for all the saints to become such followers. I hope that one day thousands will be sent out to speak for God. Although we cannot be the leading apostles, we can be the followers. In like manner, we cannot be thep ro phets, but we all can prophesy. We all can be sent, and we all can speak for Christ. What a privilege, a mercy, and a grace to be the followers of the leading apostles and prophets!
二 向父
B. Unto the Father
3保罗在十四至十五节说，『因这缘故，我向父屈膝，在诸天里以及在地上的各家族，都是从祂得名。』请注意保罗在这里所说的不是神，乃是父。这里的『父』意义较广，不仅指信仰之家人的父，（加六10，）也指在诸天里以及在地上各家族的父。（弗三15。）父是源头，不仅是我们重生信徒的源头，也是神所造之人类、（路三38、）神所造之以色列人、（赛六三16，六四8、）以及神所造之天使（伯一6）的源头。犹太人的观念，以为神只是他们的父。所以使徒照著他的启示，向在诸天里以及在地上各家族的父祷告；不像犹太人照著他们的观念，只向以色列人的父祷告。神是在诸天里之天使家族，以及在地上之人类各家族的源头，所以各家族都从祂得名，正如制造者为产品命名，父亲为儿女命名一样。
3In verses 14 and 15 Paul says, “For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father, of whom every family in the heavens and on earth is named.” Notice that here Paul does not refer to God, but to the Father. The “Father” here is used in a broad sense, signifying not only the Father of the household of faith (Gal. 6:10), but the Father of every family in the heavens and on earth (v. 15). The Father is the source, not only of the regenerated believers, but also of the God-created mankind (Luke 3:38), of the God-created Israel (Isa. 63:16; 64:8), and of the God-created angels (Job 1:6). The Jews’ concept was that God was Father only to them. So the apostle prayed to the Father of all the families in the heavens and on earth, according to his revelation, not as the Jews, who prayed only to the Father of Israel, according to the Jewish concept. Since God is the source of the angelic family in the heavens and all the human families on earth, so it is of God that every family is named, just as producers give names to their products and fathers give names to their children
贰 得以加强
II. TO BE STRENGTHENED
4十六节是保罗祷告的主题：『愿祂照著祂荣耀的丰富，藉著祂的灵，用大能使你们得以加强到里面的人里。』这个祷告与一章的祷告乃是对比：一章的是求启示的祷告，这里的是求经历的祷告。在一章的需要，乃是要我们看见与基督身体有关的事，看见身体是如何出现并如何构成的。但是只看见启示还不彀，我们也需要经历我们所看见的。因为我们需要主观的经历基督，所以保罗祷告，要我们得以加强到里面的人里。一照著父荣耀的丰富在十六节里，『得以加强』一辞是用四句话形容的：『照著祂荣耀的丰富』，『用大能』，『藉著祂的灵』，『到里面的人里』。我们先是照著父荣耀的丰富得以加强。荣耀是神的彰显。约翰一章十八节说，『从来没有人看见神，只有在父怀里的独生子，将祂表明出来。』在这个对神的表明里有荣耀，因为神的表明就是神的显明，也就是荣耀。当主耶稣在地上彰显神时，神的荣耀就得著显明。
4In verse 16 we have the subject of Paul’spray er: “That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit into the inner man.” In contrast to the prayer in chapter one, which is a prayer for revelation, this is a prayer for experience. The need in chapter one is for us to see the things related to the Body of Christ, to see how the Body comes into existence and how it is constituted. But it is inadequate simply to see the revelation; we also need the experience of what we see. Because we need to experience Christ in a subjective way, Paul prayed that we would be strengthened with power into the inner man. A. By the Father according to the Riches of His Glory In verse 16 the word “strengthened” is modified by four phrases: “according to the riches of His glory,” “with power,” “through His Spirit,” and “into the inner man.” Firstly, we are strengthened according to the riches of the Father’s glory. Glory is the expression of God. John 1:18 says, “No one has ever seen God; the only begotten Son, Who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.” In this declaration of God there is glory, for the declaration of God is the manifestation of God, which is glory. When the Lord Jesus expressed God on earth, God’s glory was manifested.
5在诸天里以及在地上的各家族，或多或少都彰显了神；由于他们对神的彰显，就有『祂荣耀的丰富』。使徒祷告，愿外邦信徒照著神荣耀的丰富，经历神的丰满，使神藉著外邦信徒完满的经历祂，而得著彰显。这样，神荣耀的丰富又是甚么？十六节中荣耀的丰富，与十五节中的各家族有关。每一个家族都是神某种程度的彰显。因为父是在诸天里以及在地上各家族的源头、起源，所以每一家族都是祂的彰显。最彰显父的家族乃是信徒这个家族。所以，保罗祷告父，愿我们能得著加强，好彰显祂到极致。
5All the families in the heavens and on earth express God to some extent. With their expressions of God, there are the riches of His glory. The apostle prayed that the Gentile believers might experience God in a full way according to the riches of His glory, that He might be expressed through the Gentile believers by their experiencing Him in a full way. What then are the riches of God’s glory? The riches of glory in verse 16 are related to every family in verse 15. Every family is an expression of God to a certain degree. Because the Father is the source, the origin, of every family in the heavens and on earth, every family is His expression. The family that expresses the Father the most is the family of the believers. Therefore, Paul prayed to the Father that we might be strengthened for the purpose of expressing Him to the uttermost
二 用大能
B. With Power
6我们也是凭大能得著加强的。这大能是指一章十九至二十二节所说，使基督从死人中复活，叫祂在诸天界里坐在神的右边，又将万有服在祂的脚下，并使祂向著召会作万有之头的大能。这大能运行在我们里面；（三20；）神是用这样
6We are also strengthened with power. This power is the resurrection power referred to in 1:19-20; it is this power which operates in us (3:20). This power raised Christ up from among the dead, uplifted Him to the heavens, and put everything under His feet. With such a power God is strengthening us
7的大能，为著召会加强我们。
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三 藉著祂的灵
C. Through His Spirit
8父乃是藉著那灵来加强我们。祂藉著内住的灵来加强我们。这意思不是说，灵不与我们同在；也不是说，灵要从天而降来加强我们。自从父重生了我们，加强的灵就一直与我们同在，现今仍然在我们里面。父乃是藉著这内住的灵，从里面加强我们。
8It is through the Spirit that the Father strengthens us. He strengthens us by the indwelling Spirit. This does not mean that the Spirit is not with us or that the Spirit will come down from the heavens to strengthen us. The strengthening Spirit has been with us since He regenerated us. He is still within us now. Through this indwelling Spirit, the Father strengthens us from within.
四 到我们里面的人里
D. Into Our Inner Man
9十六节也说，我们得以加强到里面的人里。里面的人，是我们重生的灵，有神的生命为其生命。我们的灵是由神的灵重生，（约三6，）由神的灵内住，（罗八11，16，）并与神的灵调和的。（林前六17。）为了经历基督，使我们成为神一切的丰满，我们需要得以加强到我们这里面的人里。这含示我们需要藉著圣灵得以加强到我们的灵里。因为人是魂，不是灵，所以我们的个性或我们的人位乃是在我们的魂里。这是圣经说人是魂的原因。（出一5，徒二。）身体和灵都是魂所使用的器皿。所以，我们这些魂有外面的器皿─身体，和里面的器皿─灵。当我们悔改相信主耶稣时，主就进到我们里面，以祂自己为生命重生我们。我们重生以前，在我们的灵里没有生命；我们只有在魂里属人的生命。但是藉著重生，现今在我们的灵里有神圣的生命。所以，我们的灵不再只是器皿，乃是成了我们的人位，有神的生命在其中。但是我们魂里属人的生命和旧人位又该如何？旧人位，就是有属人生命的魂，已经被钉在十字架上，现今我们的新人位乃是有神圣生命的灵。我们那由神圣生命所重生的灵，现今就是我们里面的人。
9Verse 16 also says that we are strengthened into the inner man. The inner man is our regenerated spirit with God’s life as its life. It is our spirit regenerated by the Spirit of God (John 3:6), indwelt by the Spirit of God (Rom. 8:11, 16), and mingled with the Spirit of God (1 Cor. 6:17). In order to experience Christ unto all the fullness of God, we need to be strengthened into the inner man. This implies that we need to get into our spirit, where we can be strengthened through the Holy Spirit. Because human beings are souls, not spirits, our personality or our person is in our soul. This is the reason the Bible refers to men as souls (Exo. 1:5; Acts 2:41). Both the body and the spirit are vessels used 41 by the soul. There fore, as souls, we have an outward vessel, the body, and an inward vessel, the spirit. When we repented and believed in the Lord Jesus, the Lord came into us and regenerated us with Himself as our life. Before we were regenerated, there was no life in our spirit; we simply had our human life in our soul. But through regeneration we now have the divine life in our spirit. Therefore, our spirit is no longer merely a vessel; it has become our person with the life of God. But what about our human life and our old person in the soul? The old person, the soul with the human life, has been crucified on the cross, and now our new person is the spirit with the divine life. Our spirit regenerated with the divine life is now our inner man.
10要留在灵里很难。我们都习惯从灵里出去，而不习惯进到灵里并停留在那里。根据我的经历，我能见证我不太倾向于留在灵中。因为我太容易从灵里出去，所以我现今仍在学习停留在灵里。甚么时候我们留在灵里，我们就得著加强；但是甚么时候我们从灵里出去，我们就软弱了。你有没有注意当你祷告时，你的心思是何等容易游荡？你不祷告的时候，可能还不会想到某些事情，但是当你开始祷告时，你会突然发现你不住的在想一件事，然后又想另一件事。你的思想甚至可能跑到世界的另一部分去。这是我们必须得以加强到里面的人里的原因。我们越得著加强，我们里面的各部分就越多被带回到灵里，被带回到我们里面的人里。
10It is very difficult to remain in the spirit. We all are accustomed to going out from the spirit, not to going into the spirit and staying there. According to my experience, I can testify that I am not inclined to stay in the spirit. Because it is so easy for me to get out of the spirit, I am still learning to remain in the spirit. Whenever we stay in the spirit, we are strengthened; but whenever we go out from the spirit, we are weakened. Have you ever noticed how easy it is for your mind to wander when you are praying? When you are not praying, you may not think of certain things. But when you begin to pray, you may suddenly find your thoughts dwelling on one thing and then another. You may even make a fast trip to another part of the world. This is the reason we need to be strengthened into our inner man. The more we are strengthened, the more the parts of our inner being are brought back into the spirit, into our inner man.
11我们需要得以加强，好停留在我们的灵里，不受对许多事物的思想所打岔。我们要祷告不受打岔，就必须得以加强到里面的人里。哦！我们何等需要得著加强，使我们全人可以回到里面的人里，并停留在那里。
11We need to be strengthened in order to stay in our spirit and not to be distracted by thoughts regarding so many things. In order to pray without being distracted, we need to be strengthened into our inner man. Oh, how we need to be strengthened so that our whole being may come back to the inner man and stay there
12以弗所三章的启示，惟有我们在灵里才能看见。正如五节所说，奥秘是在灵里启示给使徒和申言者。加强到里面的人里，乃是看见奥秘之启示的秘诀。我们需要得以加强，好叫我们全人被带回到我们的灵里。在我们的灵里，我们也被基督的丰富所充满，而成为神一切的丰满。（19。）十九节的『成为』一辞，原文的意思是『结果』。我们被基督的丰富所充满，结果乃是神完满的彰显。这就是神的丰满。
12The revelation in chapter three of Ephesians can be seen only when we are in the spirit. As verse 5 says, the mystery is made known to the apostles and prophets in spirit.Being strengthened into the inner man is the secret of seeing the revelation of the mystery. We need to be strengthened so that our whole being might be brought back to our spirit. In our spirit we are also filled with the riches of Christ unto all the fullness of God (v. 19). The Greek word rendered “unto” in verse 19 means “resulting in.” Our being filled with the riches of Christ results in the full expression of God. This is the fullness of God
参 基督安家在我们心里
III. CHRIST MAKING HIS HOME IN OUR HEART
13十七节说，『使基督藉著信，安家在你们心里。』我们的心是由魂的各部分─心思、情感、意志，加上灵的主要部分─良心─组成的。这些是我们人内里的各部分。藉著重生，基督进到我们的灵里。（提后四22。）接著，我们该让祂扩展到我们心的每一部分。我们的心是我们内里各部分的总和，也是我们里面之人的中心；所以，当基督安家在我们心里，祂就掌管我们里面的全人，并用祂自己供应、加强我们内里的各部分。保罗在十七节说，基督乃是藉著信，安家在我们心里。信是未见之事的质实。（来十一1。）基督的内住是奥秘抽象的，我们领略基督这内住，不是凭肉身的知觉，乃是凭信心的知觉。
13The first part of verse 17 says, “That Christ may make His home in your hearts through faith.” Our heart is composed of all the parts of our soul—the mind, the emotion, and the will—plus our conscience, the main part of our spirit. These are the inward parts of our being. Through regeneration, Christ came into our spirit (2 Tim. 4:22). Subsequently, we should allow Him to spread Himself into every part of our heart. Our heart is the totality of all our inward parts and the center of our inward being; therefore, when Christ makes His home in our heart, He controls our entire inward being and supplies and strengthens every inward part with Himself. In verse 17 Paul says that it is through faith that Christ makes His home in our hearts. Faith is the substantiating of things unseen (Heb. 11:1). Christ’sin dwelling is mysterious and abstract. We realize it not by our physical senses, but by the sense of faith
14以弗所书前三章说到召会；后三章说到为著召会而与神呼召相配的行事为人。然而，事实上只有前两章说到召会，因为第三章标出了保罗劝勉的开始，这劝勉就是关于行事为人要与神的呼召相配。保罗在以弗所三章，把自己陈明为一个能完成神对召会永远定旨之人的榜样。我们若仅有一章和二章，而没有三章，我们就只有关乎召会的教训和异象，却没有实现这异象的路。在三章，我们看见召会是如何实际构成并实化的。这一章不是论到对召会的启示，严格说，也不是说到行事为人要为著召会与神的呼召相配，乃是论到召会得以构成的实际经历。
14The first three chapters of Ephesians are on the church, and the last three chapters are on the walk worthy of God’scall ing for the church. However, actually only the first two chapters are on the church, for chapter three marks the beginning of Paul’s exhortation concerning a walk worthy of God’scall ing. In Ephesians 3 Paul presents himself as a pattern of one who could carry out God’s eternal purpose concerning the church. If we had only chapters one and two without chapter three, we would have the teaching and even the vision regarding the church, but we would not have the way to fulfill the vision. In chapter three we see how the church is constituted and realized in a practical way. This chapter is concerned neither with the revelation of the church nor, strictly speaking, with the walk worthy of God’scall ing for the church; rather, it is concerned with the practical experience of the church being constituted
15召会生活是由那些以使徒保罗为榜样的人构成的。我们都需要跟随保罗，在我们的灵里接受启示，并得以加强到我们里面的人里。当保罗向父屈膝时，他在里面的人里是这么刚强，以至于没有一样东西能摇动或打岔他。因为他的全人是在灵里，所以没有甚么外面的事物能搅扰他。我们也需要得以加强到这个地步，以致没有一件事能把我们从里面的人里带出去。不仅如此，我们需要基督安家在我们心里，使我们完全被祂占有，被祂得著。当我们得以加强到里面的人里，并且基督安家在我们心里时，我们就能看见启示。我们需要接受领头的使徒和申言者所得著同样的启示。保罗不能替我们接受这启示；我们必须亲自且主观的，藉著得以加强到里面的人里而接受这启示。这个关乎基督与召会的启示乃是神的经纶，也是隐藏的奥秘。我们是不是今日的使徒和申言者，乃是根据于我们有没有看见启示。我们若没有这启示，就不能作使徒和申言者。我来到美国若没有这启示，我所说的一切就都是徒然的。然而我的确是带著启示来的，并且我是照著这启示说话。这使我成为神新约职事里那些使徒和申言者的跟从者。今天所有的圣徒，包括青年人在内，都能成为这样的跟从者。
15The church life is constituted of those in the pattern of the Apostle Paul. We all need to follow Paul in receiving the revelation in our spirit and in being strengthened into our inner man. When Paul bowed his knees to the Father, he was so strong in his inner man that nothing could shake him or disturb him. Because his whole being was in his spirit, nothing outward could trouble him. We also need to be strengthened to such an extent that nothing will be able to carry us away from our inner man. Furthermore, we need Christ to make His home in our hearts so that we may be wholly occupied and possessed by Him. When we are strengthened into our inner man and Christ makes His home in our hearts, we are able to see the revelation. We need to receive the same revelation given to the leading apostles and prophets. Paul could not receive this revelation for us; we must receive it ourselves personally and subjectively by being strengthened into our inner man. This revelation concerning Christ and the church is the economy of God, the hidden mystery. Whether or not we are today’s apostles and prophets depends on whether or not we have seen the revelation. If we do not have the revelation, then we cannot be apostles and prophets. If I had come to this country without this revelation, all my speaking would have been in vain. But I did come with a revelation, and I have spoken according to this revelation. This made me a follower of the apostles and prophets in God’s New Testament ministry. Today all the saints, including the young people, can be such followers
16我们得救时，基督就进到我们的灵里。现今我们必须让祂有机会，将祂自己扩展到我们内里之人的每一部分。当我们得以加强到里面的人里，就给基督开门，在我们里面扩展，从我们的灵扩展到我们的心思、情感和意志的每一部分里。基督越多在我们里面扩展，就越多定居且安家在我们里面。这意思是说，祂占有我们里面的每一部分，并以祂自己充满、浸透各部分。结果我们不仅得了启示，我们也被基督充满。然后无论我们到那里，我们都是使徒，就是受差遣的人；也是申言者，就是为基督说话的人。
16When we were saved, Christ came into our spirit. Now we must give Him the opportunity to spread Himself throughout all the parts of our inner being. As we are strengthened into the inner man, the door is opened for Christ to spread in us, to spread from our spirit to every part of our mind, emotion, and will. The more Christ spreads within us, the more He settles down in us and makes His home in us. This means that He occupies every part of our inner being, possessing all these parts and saturating them with Himself. As a result, not only do we receive the revelation, but we also are filled with Christ. Then wherever we may go, we shall be the apostles, the sent ones, and the prophets, those who speak for Christ.