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以弗所书生命读经 · 第76篇

神的经纶─基督作到我们里面

GOD’S ECONOMY—TO WORK CHRIST INTO US
1读经：以弗所书1:19-20;2:10;3:8;。
1Scripture Reading: Eph. 1:19-20; 2:10; 3:8; 4:13-15; 5:29-30, 32 4:13-15; 5:29-30, 32
2我们已经看见，神的经纶乃是基督同召会；也看见经纶这辞指明一种分赐。神的目的是要将祂自己分赐到祂所拣选的人里面。得救不仅是叫我们罪得赦免、得著称义、豫备到天上而已；得救乃是让神开始把祂自己分赐到我们里面。
2We have seen that God’secon o my is Christ with the church and that the word economy denotes a dispensation. God’sin tent i on is to dispense Himself into His chosen people. To be saved is not merely to have our sins forgiven, to be justified, and to be made ready for heaven. To be saved is for God to begin dispensing Himself into us
神今天在寻找甚么
WHAT GOD IS SEEKING TODAY
3神的分赐完全与基督有关。按照天然的观念，我们以为得救后需要改良行为，寻求能力，或为主作工满有成果。有些基督徒相信，他们需要追求恩赐，就如说方言、说豫言和医病等。另有些人觉得，得救的人最重要的事，乃是得著正确的圣经知识。然而，我们若从神经纶的眼光来看救恩，就会对基督徒生活有不同的看法。
3God’s dispensation is altogether related to Christ. According to the natural concept, we think that after salvation we need to improve our behavior, seek power, or carry on a fruitful work for the Lord. Some Christians believe that they need to pursue such gifts as speaking in tongues, prophecy, and healing. Others feel that the most important thing for a saved one is to gain the proper knowledge of the Bible. However, if we view salvation from the perspective of God’secon o my, we shall see the Christian life in a different way
4新约的确说到正当的行为、能力、恩赐和知识，然而重点乃是基督作到我们里面有多少。神一直要将基督作到我们里面。我们都需要蒙光照，看见神今天所作的是甚么。神的目的不是要改良我们。无论我们自己是甚么，对神来说都不重要。神所看重的，乃是基督作到我们里面。保罗在以弗所一章十九至二十节说到『祂的能力向著我们这信的人，…是何等超越的浩大』；当神使基督从死人中复活，并叫祂在诸天界里，坐在自己的右边时，祂就将这能力作在基督身上。今天神主要的作为，乃是将
4The New Testament does speak of proper conduct, power, gifts, and knowledge. Nevertheless, the crucial point is how much of Christ has been wrought into us. God is seeking to work Christ into us. We all need to be enlightened to see what God is doing today. God’sin tent i on is not to improve us. Whatever we are in ourselves means nothing to God. What matters to Him is that Christ is wrought into us. In 1:19 and 20 Paul speaks of the “surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe.” This power was wrought in Christ when God raised Him from among the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenlies. Today God’s main activity is to work this Christ into us
5这位基督作到我们里面。
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我们需要基督活在我们里面
OUR NEED FOR CHRIST TO LIVE IN US
6假设有一天你对另一位弟兄或姊妹感到不高兴，你必定会悔改，求主赦免你不好的态度。你甚至可能祷告，求主使你好一点；即使你没有特别这样祈求，当你为自己的失败祷告时，你深处就有这样的感觉。这是宗教的祷告。你也许读过『基督与宗教相对』一书，但在日常的实行上，你仍然在宗教里。你若看见神的经纶，就会这样祷告：『主，我里面的魔鬼使我有那样的行为。但主，就算我的行为是好的，仍然不是你活在我里面。主，你不要我变好，你要活在我里面。主，一面我实在悔改，求你赦免；但一面我也要归咎撒但，并吩咐他离开我。主，我不再努力变好，我只要你活在我里面。』
6Suppose one day you are unpleasant with another brother or sister. Surely you would repent and ask the Lord to forgive you for your poor attitude. You may even pray that the Lord will make you better. Even if you do not make this request specifically, deep within this is your feeling as you pray about your failure. This kind of prayer is religious. You may have read the book Christ versus Religion, but you are still very religious in your daily practice. If you see God’secon o my, you will pray like this, “Lord, the Devil within me caused me to behave in that way. But, Lord, even if my behavior had been good, it still would not have been You living within me. Lord, You do not want me to be good—You want to live in me. Lord, in one sense, I do repent and ask You to forgive me. But I also put the blame on Satan and command him to get away from me. Lord, I will not try to be better. I just need You to live in me.”
7加拉太二章二十节说，我们已经与基督同钉十字架；现在乃是基督在我们里面活著。我们可能对这经文有些认识，也宣告说，『不再是我，乃是基督。』但是在我们日常的生活里却『不再是基督，乃是我』。背诵加拉太二章二十节是一回事，但实际活出基督又是另一回事。假使你对弟兄姊妹们很和善，你也许不觉得需要悔改或求主赦免。但是照神的评价，无论你是否和善，只要活的是你而不是基督，就没有甚么不同。不论我们的行为是好是坏，我们仍然不是活出基督。神的经纶是以基督为中心。祂的经纶不是甚么伦理、道德、或好品行。在神的经纶里，祂渴望把基督作到我们里面。在我们与召会中弟兄姊妹的关系上，我们需要把基督活出来。
7Galatians 2:20 says that we have been crucified with Christ and that Christ now lives within us. We may have some knowledge of this verse and declare, “It is no longer I, but Christ.” However, in our daily living it is no longer Christ, but I. To recite Galatians 2:20 is one thing, but to live out Christ in a practical way is another. Suppose you are very kind to the brothers and sisters. You may not sense any need to repent or ask the Lord to forgive you. Nevertheless, according to God’se valuation, it makes little difference whether you are kind or unkind toward others as long as you are the one living and not Christ. Whether our behavior is good or bad, we still do not live out Christ. God’secon o my is focused on Christ. His economy is not a matter of ethics, morality, or good character. In His economy God desires to work Christ into us. In our relationships with the brothers and sisters in the church, we need to live out Christ
8有些书写到关于基督是生命的事，但很难找到一班基督徒真正凭基督而活。神的目的不是改良我们，乃是把活的基督作到我们里面，作到我们的心思、情感、意志里。神渴望以基督顶替我们；祂要看见在召会中基督从弟兄姊妹身上活出来。哦，愿荣耀的父赐给我们智慧和启示的灵，使我们被照明，知道神今天要成就的是甚么。我再说，神不是要改良我们，祂乃是竭力要把基督作到我们里面。神要作到我们里面的基督，乃是钉死、复活、升天的基督。撒但把基督放在十字架上，但神使祂从死人中复活，并使祂在诸天界里坐在自己的右边。现今神要把这位钉十字架、复活并升天的基督作到我们里面。一面是这样一位基督作到我们里面，另一面是伦理、品行、行为；这两面大不相同。
8Some books have been written about Christ as life. However, it is difficult to find a group of Christians who genuinely live by Christ. God’sin tent i on is not to improve us; it is to work the living Christ into us, into our mind, emotion, and will. God’s desire is to replace us with Christ. He wants to see that Christ is being lived out of the brothers and sisters in the churches. Oh, may the Father of glory give us a spirit of wisdom and revelation so that we may be enlightened to know what God is seeking to accomplish today. I repeat, God is not seeking to improve us—He is endeavoring to work Christ into us. The Christ God is seeking to work into us is the crucified, resurrected, and ascended Christ. Satan put Christ on the cross. But God raised Him from the dead and seated Him a tHis right hand in the heavenlies. Now God intends to work this crucified, resurrected, and ascended Christ into us. There is a great difference between ethics, conduct, and behavior, on the one hand, and such a Christ wrought into our being, on the other.
神所关切的
GOD’S CONCERN
9历世纪以来，基督徒一直为道理和实行争论不休。譬如，有许多人争论关于受浸、蒙头、洗脚、以及基督徒在聚会中大声或安静等类的事。保罗在加拉太六章十五节说，在基督耶稣里『受割礼不受割礼，都无关紧要，要紧的乃是作新造』。形式规条都无关紧要，因为不是基督。受割礼不受割礼，都不是在基督耶稣里的新造。保罗所指的新造，乃是基督作到我们里面。当基督作到我们里面，新造就在我们里面产生。不仅如此，这新造不是仅仅个人的事，乃是团体的事，关系到新人团体的实体，就是基督的身体。
9Throughout the centuries, Christians have argued about doctrines and practices. For example, there has been much disputation about baptism, head covering, foot- washing, and about loudness or quietness in Christian meetings. In Galatians 6:15 Paul says, “For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation” (Gk.). Forms and regulations do not avail anything, because they are not Christ. Neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is the new creation that is in Christ Jesus. The new creation that Paul refers to is Christ wrought into our being. When Christ is wrought into us, a new creation takes place within us. Furthermore, this new creation is not merely an individual matter; it is a corporate matter involving the corporate entity of the new man, the Body of Christ
10神所关切的不是洗脚、我们头发多长、或是我们受浸了几次；神关切的乃是基督作到我们里面有多少。神不在意我们是谦卑或骄傲，鲁莽或文雅；祂只在意基督作到我们里面。我盼望一再的宣告，神只在意基督。道德、伦理、形式、规条，都不能产生与基督相配的召会；惟有基督自己作到我们里面，才能产生召会与祂相配。召会是基督的身体。惟有出于基督的，才能成为基督身体的一部分。这意思是说，单是恩赐、教训、能力不能产生身体。除了基督作到圣徒里面，此外没有甚么能产生基督的身体。我们1的眼睛需要被光照，好看见这异象。在以弗所一章，保罗特别祷告，愿我们里面的眼睛被光照，使我们能看见，神的目的是要把基督作到我们里面。神不盼望调整或改良我们，祂的目的是要把基督作到我们里面。实在说，我们需要为我们的善悔改，过于为我们的恶悔改。当你天然的对妻子好时，你要悔改说，『主，赦免我。这不是基督。在自己里面我可能是好的，但我不是在活基督。主，我是天然的好，但我没有给你机会从我身上活出来。』我们作坏事时都会满了懊悔，但我们可能不晓得，我们更需要为离开基督来行善而悔改。
10God’s concern is not foot - washing, the length of our hair, or how many times we have been baptized. God cares about how much of Christ has been wrought into us. God is not concerned whether or not we are humble or proud, crude or gentle. He cares only that Christ is wrought into our being. Again and again I wish to proclaim that God cares only for Christ. Morality, ethics, forms, and regulations cannot produce a church that matches Christ. Only Christ Himself wrought into us can produce a church to match Himself. The church is the Body of Christ. Only what comes out of Christ can be part of the Body of Christ. This means that mere gifts, teachings, and power cannot produce the Body. Nothing other than Christ wrought into the saints can produce the Body of Christ. Our eyes need to be enlightened to see this vision. In Ephesians Paul prayed in a specific way, asking that our inner eyes be enlightened so that we may see that God’s in tent i on is to work Christ into us. God does not desire to adjust us or to improve us. His intention is to work Christ into us. In a very real sense, we need to repent more of our goodness than of our evil. When you are good to your wife in a natural way, you need to repent and say, “Lord, forgive me. This is not Christ. In myself I may be good, but I am not living by Christ. Lord, I am good in a natural way, but I do not give You the opportunity to live out of me.” We all are full of regret when we do things that are bad, but we may not realize that we need to be even more repentant when we do good things apart from Christ.
神的杰作
God’s workmanship
11保罗在二章十节说，『我们原是神的杰作，在基督耶稣里，为著神早先豫备好，要我们行在其中的善良事工创造的。』我们不要以为，我们能为神作工或作神的工。我们乃是神的杰作，这指明神不盼望我们为祂工作；相反的，祂在找机会作工在我们身上。我们如果看看自己的光景，就知道我们身上还有多少的工需要作。神不需要我们为祂作工，反而祂要在我们身上作工，直到我们成为祂的杰作。我们就是召会，乃是神工作的杰作，彰显神无限的智慧和神圣的设计。我们是神的杰作，原因乃是基督正在作到我们里面。我们能向神的造物夸口，我们有基督在我们里面。基督越多作到我们里面，我们就越成为神的工作品神的杰作─的一部分。
11In 2:1 0 Paul says, “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God before prepared that we should walk in them.” We should not think that we are able to work for God or to do God’s work. We are God’s workmanship. This indicates that God does not expect us to work for Him. On the contrary, He is seeking the opportunity to work upon us. If we consider our situation, we shall realize how much work remains to be done on us. God does not need us to work for Him. Rather, He will work on us until we become His masterpiece. We, the church, are the masterpiece of God’s work, expressing God’sin finite wisdom and divine design. The reason we are God’s masterpiece is that Christ is being wrought into us. We can boast to God’s creation that we have Christ in us. The more Christ is wrought into us, the more we become part of God’s workmanship, God’s masterpiece. ─
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
天然的好与基督不同
NATURAL GOODNESS AND CHRIST
12一九三四年我在上海遇见一位弟兄。见到他之前，我听到许多关于他的好事。那时，我还不会分辨基督和好行为之间的不同。后来，藉著倪弟兄的帮助，我明白这位弟兄虽然好，但没有太多基督从他身上活出。我们都必须认识，天然的好与基督不同。一个人可能某些方面是好的，但这些好可能与基督一点关系都没有。我们不该盼望成为好弟兄、好姊妹，我们应当盼望成为『基督』弟兄、或『基督』姊妹。我们若要成为神的杰作，就必须让基督作到我们里面。这应该不仅是启示，也是发生在我们里面厉害的改变。哦，愿我们都清楚看见，神不盼望我们作『好』基督徒，而是作『基督』基督徒，就是有基督作到里面，并且活出基督的基督徒。
12In 1934 I met a certain brother in Shanghai. Before I met him, I heard many good things about him. At that time, I was not able to discern between Christ and good behavior. Eventually, through the help of Brother Nee, I realized that although this particular brother was good, not much of Christ was lived out of him. We all need to learn the difference between natural goodness and Christ. A person may be good in certain aspects, but these good things may have nothing to do with Christ. Our desire should not be to become a good brother or sister; we should desire to become a “Christ” brother or a “Christ” sister. If we would be God’s masterpiece, Christ must be wrought into us. This should be not only a revelation, but also a revolution that takes place within our being. Oh, may we all see clearly that God does not desire us to be good Christians, but to be “Christ” Christians, those who have Christ wrought into them and lived out of them
基督那追测不尽的丰富
THE UNSEARCHABLE RICHES OF CHRIST
13保罗在三章八节说，他把基督那追测不尽的丰富，当作福音传给人。保罗所传的不是道理、恩赐、知识或能力，他乃是传基督的丰富；这意思是说，保罗把这些丰富供应给人。基督那追测不尽的丰富，包括基督之于我们所是的各方面。基督的丰富需要逐渐的作到我们里面。譬如，我们不是要作忍耐、恩慈、温柔或爱人的人，反而必须是基督作到我们里面，成为我们的忍耐、恩慈、温柔和爱。这意思是说，我们必须有分于基督的丰富，并且天天，甚至时时，让这些丰富确实的作到我们里面。在我们每天的经历里，我们应当能详细列举基督的丰富。基督必须成为我们的忍耐、我们的爱、我们的一切。
13In 3:8 Paul says that he preached the unsearchable riches of Christ as the gospel. What Paul preached was not doctrine, gifts, knowledge, or power. He preached the riches of Christ. This means that Paul ministered these riches to others. The unsearchable riches of Christ include all the aspects of what Christ is to us. In a gradual way, Christ’s riches need to be wrought into us. For example, we are not the ones who should be patient, kind, gentle, or loving. Rather, Christ must be wrought into us to be our patience, kindness, gentleness, and love. This means that we need to participate in the riches of Christ and to have these riches daily, even hourly, wrought into us in a specific way. In our daily experience we should be able to itemize Christ’s riches. Christ must become our patience, our love, our everything.
14基督安家在我们心里基督必须作到我们里面，到一个地步使祂能安家在我们心里。（三17。）我担心对许多人而言，基督安家在我们心里仅仅是道理。基督真安家在你心里么？现在是谁安家在你心里？是你还是基督？你若说真话，你就会说，你的心大部分是你的家，不是基督的家。是你在那里活著，不是基督活著。我们听了一篇讲到基督安家在我们里面的信息，可能就呼喊说，我们的心是基督的家，但我们可能没有实际来支持这样的宣告。为要让基督安家在我们心里，我们必须以祂作我们的人位和生命。这样，我们就能见证，活在我们心里的人位不再是自己，乃是基督。关键不在于我们谦卑或骄傲、软弱或有能、有恩赐或没有恩赐。问题在于是谁活在我们心里？是谁在你心里定居？你可能非常有恩赐，但你的心仍不是基督的家。只要你自己仍是活在你心中的人，你的心还是你自己的家。
14CHRIST MAKING HIS HOME IN OUR HEARTS Christ must be wrought into our being to such an extent that He makes His home in our hearts (3:17). I am concerned that for many of us the matter of Christ making His home in our hearts is simply a doctrine. Is Christ actually making His home in your heart? Who is presently at home in your heart—you or Christ? If you are honest, you will have to say that, for the most part, your heart is your home, not Christ’sho me. You are the one living there, not Christ. We may hear a message about Christ making His home in us and shout that our heart is Christ’sho me. But there may be no reality to support what we proclaim. In order for Christ to make His home in our heart, we need to take Him both as our person and as our life. In such a case, we shall be able to testify that the person living in our heart is no longer the self, but Christ. The crucial issue is not whether we are humble or proud, weak or powerful, gifted or not gifted. The question concerns who is living in our heart. Who is the person taking up residence in your heart? You may be unusually gifted, but your heart may not yet be Christ’sho me. Rather, it may be the home of the self, as long as you are still the person living in your heart
15今天的基督教，是行为、道理、工作、能力、恩赐和知识的宗教，却几乎完全没有基督的实际。大多数基督徒受天然和宗教观念所蒙蔽。这就是何以我们需要有属天的异象，好认识神心所要的，并看见祂在永远里所计画的。神渴望得著一班只在意基督的人。祂要得著一班人不被知识、工作、行为或能力占有，而单单非常实际的在意基督。经历基督的丰富，以及基督安家在我们心里的实际，不该仅仅是道理；这些必须成为我们日常基督徒经历的实际。
15Today’s Christianity is a religion of behavior, doctrine, work, power, gifts, and knowledge. However, it is virtually devoid of the reality of Christ. Most Christians are veiled by natural and religious concepts. This is the reason that we need a heavenly vision to know what is in God’she art and to see what He planned in eternity. God desires to have a people who care only for Christ. He wants a people who are not occupied with knowledge, work, behavior, or power, but who simply care for Christ in a very practical way. The experience of the riches of Christ and the reality of Christ making His home in our hearts should not be mere doctrines. They must be the reality of our daily Christian experience
16已过常有夫妻带著问题来找我。常常是丈夫告妻子的状，妻子告丈夫的状。然后他们会说，『你是主的仆人，有属灵的领悟，你能分辨谁对谁错。请给我们作个公平的判断。』我通常不是照著对错来断定，反而我会问他们，基督有没有安家在他们心里。然后我继续问，他们彼此告状的时候，基督是不是活在他们里面。他们通常再也无话可说。最终就有话传出去，不要拿这类的问题来问我。有时人来找我，想要争辩道理。但我不以道理回答他们，反而我问他们，基督安家在他们心里有多少。我们若没有基督活在里面，道理对了又有甚么益处？就道理来说，法利赛人显然是对的。然而主耶稣仍旧责备他们，因为他们没有实际。
16In the past, quite often husbands and wives have come to me with problems. Usually the husband would accuse the wife, and then the wife would accuse the husband. Then they would say, “Since you are a servant of the Lord and have spiritual understanding, you can discern who is right and render a fair judgment.” My practice was not to judge according to right and wrong. Instead, I would ask them whether or not Christ was making His home in their hearts. I would then go on to ask if Christ was living in them while they were accusing each other. Usually, they had nothing further to say, and eventually the word went out not to bring such problems to me. Sometimes people come to me with the intention to argue about doctrine. But instead of answering them in a doctrinal way, I ask them to what extent Christ is making His home in their heart. What good does it do to be right in doctrine if we do not have Christ living in us? The Pharisees were apparently correct as far as doctrine was concerned. However, the Lord Jesus still rebuked them because they did not have any reality
17我们的心必须非常实际的成为基督的家。祂必须能活在我们里面，并安家在我们里面。祂，不是我们的己，必须是占有我们心的那位。这是我们今天的需要。除了这事之外，丈夫是否爱妻子，妻子是否服从丈夫，并不是很重要。在以弗所书里，基督安家在我们心里，比爱妻子或服从丈夫更重要。然而，我确信一个弟兄若让基督安家在他心里，他必定会合宜的爱他的妻子。再者，妻子若让基督住在她心里，毫无疑问，她会服从她的丈夫。我们最急切需要的，乃是基督安家在我们心里。主的恢复不是道理、解释圣经、或行为的问题。不仅如此，主的恢复也不是知识、恩赐、能力、或工作的问题。主的恢复与这一切相对，完全是基督作到我们里面，并安家在我们心里的问题。
17In a very practical way, our hearts need to become Christ’sho me. He must be able to live in us and to settle down in us. He, not the self, must be the One who occupies our hearts. This is our need today. Apart from this, it does not matter very much whether husbands love their wives or wives submit to their husbands. In the book of Ephesians the matter of Christ making His home in our hearts is more strategic than love for wives or submission to husbands. However, I am fully assured that if a brother allows Christ to make His home in his heart, he will certainly love his wife in a proper way. Moreover, if a wife allows Christ to dwell in her heart, she will no doubt be submissive to her husband. What we need more than anything else is for Christ to make His home in our hearts. The Lord’s recovery is not a matter of doctrine, biblical interpretation, or conduct. Furthermore, it is not a matter of knowledge, gifts, power, or work. In contrast to all this, the Lord’s recovery is altogether a matter of Christ wrought into us and making His home in our hearts
达到长成的人
ARRIVING AT A FULL-GROWN MAN
18保罗在四章十三节说，我们都需要达到『长成的人，达到了基督丰满之身材的度量』。我们不仅需要成为完美、完全、或完整的人，更需要成为长成的人，有基督丰满身材之度量的人。基督的丰满就是基督的身体，（一23，）有一个具有度量的身材。
18In 4:13 Paul says that we all need to arrive “at a full - grown man, at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.” We need to become not only a perfect man, complete man, or whole man, but a full-grown man, one who has the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. The fullness of Christ is the Body of Christ (1:23), which has the stature with the measure.
19保罗在四章十五节接著说，我们需要在爱里持守著真实，就得以在一切事上长到基督里面。在一切事上长到基督里面，就是在一切事上得著基督加增到我们里面，直到我们达到长成的人。
19In 4:15 Paul goes on to say that we need to hold to truth in love so that we may grow up into Christ in all things. To grow up into Christ in all things is to have Christ increase in us in all things until we attain to a full-grown man
基督的一部分
PARTS OF CHRIST
20保罗在五章三十节说，我们是基督身体上的肢体。这指明我们是基督的肢体，是基督的一部分。按我们天然的构成，我们无法成为基督身体上的肢体。基督自己是使我们成为祂一部分的元素和因素。因此，我们要成为基督的一部分，作祂身体上的肢体，就必须让基督作到我们里面。
20In 5:30 Paul says that we are members of Christ’s Body. This indicates that we are members of Christ, parts of Christ. According to our natural constitution, we cannot be members of Christ’s Body. Christ Himself is the element, the factor, that makes us part of Him. Hence, in order to be parts of Christ as members of His Body, we must have Christ wrought into our very being
21保罗在五章三十二节说，极大的奥秘乃是基督与召会。在主的恢复里，我们要专注于基督作到我们里面，使我们成为正当的召会以彰显基督。这就是神的经纶。
21In 5:32 Paul says that the great mystery is Christ and the church. In the Lord’s recovery we should devote our attention to the matter of Christ being wrought into us to make us a proper church for the expression of Christ. This is God’secon o my