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以弗所书生命读经 · 第8篇

万有在基督里归一于一个元首之下（一）

TO HEAD UP ALL THINGS IN CHRIST (1)
1在本篇信息中，我们要来看万有在基督里归一于一个元首之下。对我们许多人来说，这或许是一个全新的思想。以弗所一章十节说，『为著时期满足时的经纶，要将万有，无论是在诸天之上的，或是在地上的，都在基督里归一于一个元首之下（headupall）。』钦定英文译本没有用『归一于一个元首之下』（headup）一辞，乃是用『聚集在一里』（gathertogetherinone）一语。这样的繙译并不充分。在原文里，『归一于一个元首之下』这话，乃是『元首』
1In this message we come to the heading up of all things in Christ. To many of us, this may be an altogether new thought. Ephesians 1:10 says, “Unto a dispensation of the fullness of the times, to head up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth, in Him.” Instead of “to head up all things in Christ,” the King James Version says, “He might gather together in one all things in Christ things in Christ.” This translation is inadequate. In Greek, the word translated “to head up” is a verbal form of the noun “head.” The proper translation of this verse is, “To head up all things in Christ.”
2这个名词的动词形态。本节正确的繙译是：『将万有在基督里归一于一个元首之下。』
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神洋溢的恩典作工，
GOD’SA BOUNDING GRACE
将万有归一于一个元首之下
WORKING TO HEAD UP ALL THINGS
3九至十节不该和前面的经节分开，因为三至十四节实际上是一长句。既然九至十节不是独立的句子，我们就需要参看七至八节，那里说到神恩典的丰富，以及祂用全般的智慧和明达，使其向我们洋溢的恩典。如果你将这四节一起读，你会看见其中每一件事都与洋溢的恩典有关。洋溢的恩典为我们作了许多。例如，这恩典使我们成为神的基业，也使神成为我们的基业。在家庭里，儿女就是父亲的基业。一个人也许很富有，但假如他没有孩子，实际上他是贫穷的，也许会认为自己一无所有。这指明父亲的基业就是他的儿女。根据圣经，我们的儿女越多，就越富有。没有甚么能与儿女相比。我们这些神的众子，乃是神的基业。洋溢的恩典使我们成为神的众子和祂的基业，也使神成了我们的基业。在一个家庭里，不仅儿女是父亲的基业，父亲也是儿女的基业。许多作儿女的都见证，他们宁愿失去其他任何东西，也不愿失去他们的父亲。活的父亲是最好的基业。我们是在成为神基业的过程中，祂也在成为我们基业的过程中。神洋溢的恩典使这事成为可能的。然而，互为基业的事并不是目标；因为九至十节指明，洋溢的恩典所要完成的，乃是将万有在基督里归一于一个元首之下。因著洋溢的恩典，宇宙中有些事正在发生，好将万有在基督里归一于一个元首之下。我们需要来看洋溢的恩典如何作成这事。
3Verses 9 and 1 0 should not be isolated from the preceding verses, for verses 3 through 14 are actually one long sentence. Because verses 9 and 10 are not independent sentences, we need to refer to verses 7 and 8, which speak of the riches of God’s grace and of the grace which He has caused to abound to us in all wisdom and prudence. If you read these four verses together, you will see that everything in them is related to the abounding grace. The abounding grace does so much for us. For instance, it makes us God’s inheritance, and it makes God our inheritance. In a family the children are the father’s inheritance. A man may be very wealthy, but if he has no children, he is actually poor and may think of himself as having nothing. This indicates that a father’s inheritance is his children. According to the Bible, the more children we have, the richer we are. Nothing can compare with them. As the sons of God, we are God’s inheritance. The abounding grace makes us the sons of God and His inheritance. It will also make God our inheritance. In a family, not only are the children the inheritance of the father, but also the father is the inheritance of the children. Many children would testify that they would rather lose anything else than lose their father. The living father is the best inheritance. We are in the process of becoming God’s inheritance, and He is in the process of becoming our inheritance. This is made possible by God’sa bounding grace. The matter of the mutual inheritance, however, is not the end, for as verses 9 and 10 indicate, the abounding grace will accomplish the heading up of all things in Christ. By the abounding grace certain things are taking place in the universe to bring about the heading up of all things in Christ. We need to see how the abounding grace is working this out.
4在我们看这事以先，我们需要说一点关于在主恢复里召会的人。虽然我们人数少，我们却是地上最重要的一班人，比在政府、军事、工业方面的领袖更重要。然而，大多数的基督徒没有看见这个异象，就是那为我们完成救赎，应用赦罪，并重生我们，如今正在我们里面运行，使我们成为神的基业，并使祂成为我们基业的恩典，也正在作工，要将万有在基督里归一于一个元首之下。基督教的传道人和教师不讲说这点，基督教的书籍也没有题到这点。他们不题到这个重点，就是洋溢的恩典正在召会这班人身上作工，使万有在基督里归一于一个元首之下。
4Before we consider this, we need to say a word about the church people in the Lord’s recovery. Although we are small in number, we are the most important people on earth, more important than government leaders, military leaders, or leaders in industry. Most Christians, however, have not seen the vision that the grace that has accomplished redemption, applied forgiveness, and regenerated us and that now is operating in us to make us God’s inheritance and to make Him ours is also working to head up all things in Christ. Christian preachers and teachers do not speak of this, and Christian books do not mention it. They do not cover the crucial point that the abounding grace is working on the church people so that all things might be headed up in Christ
许多项目的结果
THE ISSUE OF MANY ITEMS
5我们已经看见，十节题到将万有归一于一个元首之下。但这一节不是单独的，乃是三至九节的延续。这指明将万有归一于一个元首之下，乃是三至九节中所说一切项目的结果；这些项目乃是：拣选、豫定、神恩典的荣耀得著称赞、在爱子里蒙恩赐、得了救赎和赦免，并且得著神用全般的智慧和明达向我们洋溢的恩典。九节说9到神意愿的奥秘，是照著祂的喜悦，这喜悦是祂在自己里面豫先定下的。然后十节说到将万有在基督里归一于一个元首之下。十节中的『归一于一个元首之下』这话，与前面各节所说的事都有关系。这意思是说，神拣选我们，好使祂将万有在基督里归一于一个元首之下。祂豫定我们得儿子的名分，好使祂将万有在基督里归一于一个元首之下。祂藉著基督的血为我们完成救赎，好使祂将万有在基督里归一于一个元首之下。神已经使我们蒙恩赐，并用全般的智慧和明达使恩典向我们洋溢，好使祂将万有在基督里归一于一个元首之下。将万有在基督里归一于一个元首之下，乃是所有这些事的结果。
5We have seen that the heading up of all things is mentioned in verse 10. But this verse does not stand alone; it is the continuation of verses 3 through 9. This indicates that the heading up of all things is the issue of all the items covered in verses 3 through 9: selection, predestination, the praise of the glory of God’s grace, being graced in the Beloved, having redemption and forgiveness, and having God’s grace abound to us in all wisdom and prudence. Verse speaks of the mystery of God’s will according to the good pleasure which He purposed in Himself. Then we have verse 10, which speaks of the heading up of all things in Christ. The infinitive “to head up” in verse 10 is related to all the preceding things in the foregoing verses. This means that God chose us that He may head up all things in Christ. He predestinated us unto sonship that He may head up all things in Christ. He accomplished redemption for us through the blood of Christ in order to head up all things in Christ. God has graced us and caused grace to abound to us in all wisdom and prudence that He may head up all things in Christ. The heading up of all things in Christ is the issue of all these things.
终极的目标
THE CONSUMMATE GOAL
6许多基督徒从来不知道，神拣选我们、豫定我们、救赎我们、赦免我们、并恩赐我们，目的是为著将万有在基督里归一于一个元首之下。你知道你蒙拣选和豫定，是为使神能将万有归一于一个元首之下么？你曾想过神救赎你并赦免你的罪，是为要将万有归一于一个元首之下么？基督徒也许知道很多关乎神的拣选和豫定的事，却不知道这些事与万有在基督里归一于一个元首之下有甚么关系。连我们自己可能也不清楚。我们通常说，神的目标不是圣别，也不是属灵，神的目标乃是召会。但是甚至召会也不是终极的目标，终极的目标乃是将万有在基督里归一于一个元首之下。召会虽然是目标，但不是终极的目标，不是最后阶段的目标。召会乃是第一阶段的目标。终极的目标乃是将万有在基督里归一于一个元首之下。这观念只有在以弗所一章十节找得到，圣经中任何其他各处都没有。
6Many Christians have never realized that God has chosen us, predestinated us, redeemed us, forgiven us, and graced us for the purpose of heading up all things in Christ. Have you ever realized that you were chosen and predestinated so that God might head up all things? Have you ever considered that God redeemed you and forgave you of your sins in order to head up all things? Christians may know a great deal about God’ss election and predestination without knowing how these are related to the heading up of all things in Christ. We ourselves may not even be clear about this. We are accustomed to saying that God’s goal is neither holiness nor spirituality, but the church. But the ultimate goal is not even the church; it is the heading up of all things in Christ. Yes, the church is the goal, but not the consummate goal, the goal in the last stage. Rather, it is the goal in the first stage. The consummate goal is the heading up of all things in Christ. This concept is found only in Ephesians 1:10, not in any other verse in the Bible.
7神已使基督作万有的头。（22。）藉著神在所有世代中一切的安排，万有要在新天新地中，在基督里归一于一个元首之下。这就是神永远的行政和经纶。召会有分于基督元首的身分为要将万有在基督里归一于一个元首之下，神首先将祂所拣选的人归一于一个元首之下。因此，召会生活是归一于一个元首之下的生活。以弗所一章二十二至二十三节说，『将万有服在祂的脚下，并使祂向著召会作万有的头；召会是祂的身体，是那在万有中充满万有者的丰满。』二十二节说，神使基督作万有的头。这指明祂不仅是召会的头，更是万有的头。神使基督向著召会作万有的头。这小小的辞『向著』，含示传输的意思。这指明基督元首的身分传输给召会。这意思是说，在某种意义上，我们能有分于基督掌管万有的元首身分。我们虽然不是头，却能有分于元首的身分。换句话说，我们不是王，但我们能有分于王权。
7God has made Christ the Head over all things (v. 22). Through all the dispensations of God in all the ages, all things will be headed up in Christ in the new heaven and new earth. This will be God’s eternal administration and economy. THE CHURCH SHARING THE HEADSHIP OF CHRIST In order to head up all things in Christ, God firstly heads up His chosen ones. Therefore, the church life is a life of being headed up. Ephesians 1:22 and 23 say, “And He subjected all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is His Body, the fullness of the One Who fills all in all.” Verse 22 says that God gave Christ to be the Head over all things. This indicates that He is not merely the Head of the church, but over all things. God gave Christ to be the Head over all things to the church. The little word “to” implies transmission. It indicates that Christ’she ad ship is being transmitted to the church. This means that, in a sense, we can share the headship of Christ over all things. Although we are not the head, we can share the headship. To put it another way, we are not the king, but we can share the kingship
8召会能有分于基督元首的身分，因为召会是基督的身体。这位王不单是头，更是头带著身体。基督不仅是头，也是身体。（林前十二12。）因为召会是身体，又因为基督是头也是身体，我们可以说，在某种意义上，我们─身体─也就是基督。虽然我们不是头，我们却能有分于基督元首的身分。我们是头的身体，这头是万有的头。我们不仅是掌管昆虫、猫和狗的头，我们也是总统、君王、将军、和工商巨子的头；我们在这一切之上。到底是美国总统在我们之下，还是我们在他之下？认真说，是他在我们之下。我说这话，不是要革命；我只是叙述属灵的事实：我们─基督身体的肢体─是在万有之上的。召会只在基督自己之下，不在任何别的事物之下；我们乃是超乎其他一切之上，因为我们是那位超乎万有之上者的身体。你有信心说你是在美国总统和英国女王之上么？可能你没有这种信心。然而，我能诚实的说，倘若我到美国总统面前，我会感觉我是在他之上。我这样说不是骄傲；相反的，我只是认识属灵的事实。
8The church can share the headship of Christ because the church is the Body of Christ. The King is not just the Head, but the Head with the Body. Christ is not only the Head, but also the Body (1 Cor. 12:12). Because the church is the Body and because Christ is both the Head and the Body, we may say that, in a sense, we, the Body, are also Christ. Although we are not the Head, we can share Christ’she ad ship. We are the Body of the Head, and the Head is the head over all things. We are not only head over insects, cats, and dogs, but also over presidents, kings, generals, and industrial leaders. We are over them all. Is the President of the United States under us, or are we under him? In a very real sense, he is under us. In saying this, I am not promoting revolution; I am simply relating the spiritual fact that we, the members of the Body of Christ, are above all things. The church is under nothing but Christ Himself; we are above everything else because we are the Body of the One who is over all things. Do you have the confidence to say that you are above the President of the United States and the Queen of England? Probably you do not have this confidence. However, I can say honestly that if I were brought into the presence of the President of the United States, I would have the sense that I am above him. In saying this I am not proud; rather, I simply am conscious of the spiritual fact.
崩溃的乱堆
THE HEAP OF COLLAPSE
9也许你没有这样的信心，这是因为你自己没有归一于一个元首之下。你得救了，也进到召会生活中，但你还没有归一于一个元首之下。相反的，你仍在宇宙崩溃的乱堆之中，就是在宇宙中由背叛所引起的崩溃里。由于天使和人类的这两个背叛，整个宇宙就在崩溃的光景里。在神的眼中，地上没有秩序，反而只有崩溃所造成的混乱。假如一座高大的建筑物倒塌成一堆，在这堆里必定有一些部分比别部分高。照样，在背叛所引起的崩溃中，某些人，如总统或其他的政府领袖，是在别人之上。在崩溃中，美国总统当然比一般人高；然而，他仍旧是在崩溃之中。我能作见证，因著主的恩典，我不再在崩溃的光景中；我已从其中蒙了拯救。从崩溃中蒙拯救，就是归一于一个元首之下。阿利路亚，我已归一于一个元首之下了！因为我在基督里归一于一个元首之下，我就从宇宙性崩溃的乱堆里被带出来。因此，我高过所有留在崩溃中的人。你是否在基督里归一于一个元首之下？你从背叛的混乱中蒙了拯救么？我们都需要从崩溃中蒙拯救，并在基督里归一于一个元首之下。
9The reason you may not have the confidence concerning this is that you yourself are not headed up. You have been saved and you have come into the church, but you have not yet been headed up. On the contrary, you are still in the universal heap of collapse, the collapse in the universe caused by rebellion. Due to the two rebellions, the angelic rebellion and the human rebellion, the whole universe is in a state of collapse. In God’se yes there is no order on earth; instead, there is a heap caused by the collapse. Suppose a tall building suddenly collapses into a heap. In this heap some parts are higher than others. Likewise, in the collapse caused by rebellion certain people, such as the President or other heads of government, are above others. In the collapse the President of the United States is, of course, higher than we are. Nevertheless, all the world leaders are still in the collapse. I can testify that by the Lord’s grace I am no longer in the collapse; I have been rescued from it. To be rescued from the collapse is to be headed up. Hallelujah, I have been headed up! Because I have been headed up in Christ, I have been brought out of the heap caused by the universal collapse. Hence, I am higher than all those who remain in the collapse. Have you been headed up in Christ? Have you been rescued from the heap of rebellion? We all need to be delivered from the collapse and headed up in Christ
10整个宇宙是由背叛所造成之崩溃的乱堆。神创造的宇宙原是秩序井然的，但是天使长，就是亚当以前之世代的元首，因著背叛而成了撒但。（见赛十四。）撒但的背叛造成宇宙中第一次的崩溃。在创世记一章，神进来恢复这次背叛所破坏的创造。事实上，创世记一章主要的不是记载创造，乃是记载复造。在恢复的宇宙中，神创造了人，并使他作受造之物的头；但是亚当这人堕落了，这是第二次的背叛，带来第二次的崩溃。这两次背叛的结果，使整个宇宙成为崩溃的乱堆。我再说，在这乱堆之中，有些人高过别人，但是他们都留在崩溃之中。
10The entire universe is a heap of collapse caused by rebellion. God created the universe in an excellent order, but an archangel, the head of the age before Adam, rebelled and became Satan. (See Isaiah 14.) Satan’s rebellion caused the first collapse in the universe. In Genesis 1 God came in to restore the creation that had been ruined by this rebellion. Actually, chapter one of Genesis is not primarily a record of creation, but of restoration. In the restored universe God created man and made him the head of creation. But this man, Adam, fell. This was the second rebellion that led to the second collapse. As a result of these two rebellions, the whole universe has become a heap of collapse. Again I say, in this heap some people are higher than others, but all remain in the collapse.
神永远的目的
GOD’S ETERNAL INTENTION
11神永远的目的，是要将万有在基督里归一于一个元首之下，这基督已被设立作宇宙的头。神要完成这事所采取的第一步，乃是将祂所拣选的人，在祂里面归一于一个元首之下。神将祂的百姓，一个一个从宇宙性崩溃的乱堆中拯救出来。然而，大多数的基督徒不知道神正在作的就是这件事，也不为此祷告。他们反而有天然的观念，认为人堕落了，需要蒙拯救不下地狱。照著圣经，神的救恩主要的不是救我们脱离地狱，乃是救我们脱离崩溃的混乱。神把我们从宇宙性的崩溃中带出来，把我们放在独一的头基督之下。由于天使的背叛和人类的背叛，没有一个受造之物服在元首之下。宇宙中简直没有头。但以弗所一章十节说，万有都要在基督里归一于一个元首之下。今天大多数的政府首长不在意基督，也不服在基督元首的身分之下。既是如此，基督怎么能作万有的头？神正在尽力将万有在基督里归一于一个元首之下。祂正在作工，将宇宙性崩溃中的每一项带回，服在基督作头的身分之下。
11God’s eternal intention is to head up all things in Christ, who has been appointed to be the universal Head. The first step God takes to accomplish this is to head up His chosen ones in Him. One by one, God rescues His people from the heap caused by the universal collapse. Most Christians, however, do not realize that this is what God is doing and do not pray about it. Instead, they have the natural concept that man is fallen and needs to be rescued from hell. According to the Bible, God’ss alvation is not primarily to save us from hell; it is to save us from the heap of collapse. God has brought us out of the universal collapse and has placed us under the unique Head, Christ. Because of the angelic rebellion and the human rebellion, none of the created beings is under any head. There is simply no headship in the universe. But Ephesians 1:10 says that all things are to be headed up in Christ. Most of today’s government leaders do not care for Christ; they are not under the headship of Christ. Since this is the situation, how can Christ be the Head over all things? God is endeavoring to head up all things in Christ. He is working to bring every item in the universal collapse back to the headship of Christ
12召会领先归一于一个元首之下我们已经看见，神第一步是将祂所拣选的人，祂的众子，从崩溃中带出来，将他们摆在基督的元首身分之下。在这里，在基督元首的身分之下，我们是在宇宙性崩溃的乱堆之外，我们也是在万有之上。因此，召会生活必须是归一于一个元首之下的生活。在召会生活中，归一于一个元首之下的，乃是神所拣选的人，并非世上的首领、不信的人或是动物。神将祂所拣选的人归一于一个元首之下，成为基督的身体，以基督作头。最终，这以基督作头的身体，将在万有之上作宇宙的头。今天我们在召会中，领先在基督里归一于一个元首之下。倘若我们不愿在召会生活中归一于一个元首之下，我们就会耽误这事。事实上，如果我们蒙拣选的人不愿归一于一个元首之下，神就无法将万有在基督里归一于一个元首之下。但如果我们乐意如此，神将喜乐的说，『这些是归一于一个元首之下的先锋。他们正为我开路，将万有在基督里归一于一个元首之下。』当召会领先在基督里归一于一个元首之下时，神就有路使万有归一于一个元首之下。
12THE CHURCH TAKING THE LEAD TO BE HEADED UP As we have seen, the first step is for God to bring His chosen ones, His sons, out of the collapse and to place them under the headship of Christ. Here, under the headship of Christ, we are outside of the heap of the universal collapse, and we are over all things. Thus, the church life must be a life of being headed up. In the church life it is God’s chosen ones, not the world leaders, the unbelievers, or the animals, that are being headed up. God is heading up all His chosen ones to be the Body of Christ with Christ as the Head. Eventually, this Body with Christ as the Head will be the universal Head over all things. Today we in the church are taking the lead to be headed up in Christ. If we are not willing to be headed up in the church life, we shall delay the heading up of all things. In fact, God will not have a way to accomplish the heading up of all things in Christ if we, the chosen ones, are not willing to be headed up. But if we are willing for this, God will say with joy, These are the pioneers who are taking the lead to be headed up. They are pioneering the way for Me to head up all things in Christ.” When the church takes the lead to be headed up in Christ, God has a way to head up all other things
万物的复兴
THE RESTORATION OF ALL THINGS
13我们已经看见，因著两种的背叛，神创造中的万有都崩溃成为乱堆；没有正确的元首身分。譬如，在动物的国度中没有元首，禽兽之间就彼此相争。甚至在植物的国度里也不和谐。人类的生活也是一样：国攻打国，民攻打民，族攻打族。但是圣经清楚的启示，当千年国来临时，列国都要停止争战。今天有许多限武谈判，但在千年国中，根本就没有武器。论到千年国，以赛亚二章四节说，『他们要将刀打成犁头，把枪打成镰刀；这国不举刀攻击那国，他们也不再学习战事。』论到在千年国期间动物国度的情形，以赛亚十一章六节说，『豺狼必与绵羊羔同居，豹子与山羊羔同卧；少壮狮子，与牛犊，并肥畜同群。』这说出所有的动物都要归一于一个元首之下，和睦同居。不仅如此，以赛亚五十五章十二节说，『田野的树木也都拍掌，』在和谐中一同歌唱赞美神。诗篇九十六篇十二至十三节说，『愿田和其中所有的都欢乐；那时林中的树木，都要在耶和华面前欢呼。』这是描绘万物在基督里归一于一个元首之下的光景。当这事发生时，在人类的国度、动物的国度和植物的国度中，就有完全的和平与和谐，因为万物要完全从崩溃的混乱中得著拯救。这种从崩溃中得著拯救，称为『万物的复兴』。（徒三21。）这复兴开始于我们在召会生活中归一于一个元首之下。
13We have seen that because of the two rebellions, everything in God’s creation is in a heap of collapse. There is no proper headship. For example, there is no headship in the animal kingdom. Instead, the animals fight against one another. There is not even harmony in the plant kingdom. The same is true of the human life: nations fight against nations, people against people, and race against race. But the Bible clearly reveals that when the millennium comes, all nations will cease fighting. Today there is a great deal of negotiation about the limitation of weapons, but in the millennium there will be no weapons at all. Speaking of the millennium, Isaiah 2:4 says, “They shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.” Regarding the situation in the animal kingdom during the millennium, Isaiah 11:6 says, “The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together.” This indicates that all the animals will be headed up and live together peaceably. Furthermore, Isaiah 55:12 says, All the trees of the field shall clap their hands,” singing together in harmony in praise to God. Psalm 96:12 and 13 declare, “Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice before the Lord.” This is a description of the situation when everything is headed up in Christ. When this takes place, there will be absolute peace and harmony in the human kingdom, the animal kingdom, and the plant kingdom because everything will have been fully rescued out of the heap of collapse. This rescue out of the collapse is called “the restoration of all things” (Acts 3:21, Gk.). This restoration begins with our being headed up in the church life
所谓的『教会』乃是混乱
THE SO-CALLED CHURCH BEING A HEAP
14然而，即使在所谓的『教会』中，也没有归一于一个元首之下。不仅宇宙和人类社会是在崩溃的光景中，甚至连所谓的『教会』也是一样。因著神的恩典，我们都必须说，『主，我们在这里领先归一于一个元首之下。主，使我们在基督里归一于一个元首之下。我们不要留在崩溃的乱堆之中。我们必须因著在你里面归一于一个元首之下，而从崩溃中蒙拯救。』你从崩溃中被带出来之后，就在万有之上。等到这事发生，你就有信心说，你是在总统之上。很可能你得救了，却因著你没有归一于一个元首之下，你就仍然留在混乱里。哦，愿我们的眼睛被开启，看见以弗所书这里的启示。许多基督徒都在谈论召会，但在他们的谈论中，『召会』这辞的意义都失去了。然而，在以弗所书中，召会的意义太丰富了。但你若不认识甚么是在基督里归一于一个元首之下，你就不认识召会是甚么。召会不是一堆仍在崩溃光景中堕落的人。召会是神所拣选的人，以基督作头，归一于一个元首之下。今天的基督教乃是一团混乱，与真正的召会相反。在基督教中，无论你去到那里，你所看见的都是混乱。在公会或独立的基督教团体中间有这么多混乱，原因就像在人类社会中一样，乃是没有归一于一个元首之下。但在正确的召会生活中，我们在基督里归一于一个元首之下。
14However, even in the so - called church there is no heading up. Not only the universe and human society are in a state of collapse, but even the so - called church is in the same condition. By God’s grace, we all must say, “Lo rd, we are here to take the lead to beheaded up. Lord, head us up in Christ. We don’t want to remain in the heap of collapse. We have to be rescued from the collapse by being headed up in You.” After you have been brought out of the collapse, you will be above all things. Until this happens, you will not have the confidence to say that you are above the President. It is possible to be saved, but still remain in the heap because you are not headed up. Oh, may our eyes be opened to see the revelation here in the book of Ephesians! Many Christians are talking about the church, but in their talk the word “church” has become meaningless. In the book of Ephesians, however, the church means a great deal. But if you do not know what it is to beheaded up in Christ, you cannot know what the church is. The church is not a heap of fallen people who are still in the collapse. The church is the heading up of God’s chosen ones under the headship of Christ. In contrast to the genuine church, today’s Christianity is a heap. Wherever you go in Christianity, you see one heap after another. The reason there are so many heaps in the denominations or in the independent Christian groups is that, just as in human society, there is no heading up. But in the proper church life we are being headed up in Christ.
在生命里长大的事
A MATTER OF GROWING IN LIFE
15在召会中归一于一个元首之下，乃是在生命里的事，这个看见是重要的。我们若要归一于一个元首之下，却没有在生命里长大，就会落到组织里。在召会中将万有归一于一个元首之下，而没有在生命里长大，就只不过是一个组织。正确的归一于一个元首之下，乃是生命的长大。你越在生命里长大，就越有生命，也就越归一于一个元首之下，你也越从崩溃的混乱中得著拯救。人手或组织都无法完成这事。在召会生活中，人的努力不能帮助归一于一个元首之下。我帮不了你，你也帮不了我。只有在生命里长大才有用。哦，我们需要长大，并帮助别人长大！我们需要以生命的供应彼此服事，彼此帮助长大。在召会生活中归一于一个元首之下，完全在于生命里的长大。
15It is important to see that the heading up in the church is a matter in life. If we try to be headed up without growing in life, we shall fall into organization. To head up all things in the church without the growth in life is simply to have an organization. The proper heading up is the growing of life. The more you grow in life, the more life you will have, the more heading up there will be, and the more you will be rescued from the heap of collapse. No human hand or organization can accomplish this. No human effort can help the heading up in the church life. I cannot help you, and you cannot help me. The only thing that avails is the growth in life. Oh, we need to grow and help others to grow! We need to minister the supply of life to one another to help one another grow. The heading up in the church life is altogether dependent upon the growth in life
16我愿意再使你们对整个宇宙是在崩溃的光景中这个事实，有深刻的印象。我们得救不仅脱离堕落、罪恶的光景，也脱离崩溃的混乱。如今为要实际的从崩溃中蒙拯救，我们需要在生命里长大。我们越长大，就越从崩溃的光景中出来。
16I would impress you again with the fact that the entire universe is in a state of collapse. We have been saved not only from the fallen, sinful condition, but also from the heap of collapse. Now in order to be delivered from the collapse in a practical way, we need to grow in life. The more we grow, the more we come out of the collapse.
藉著光
BY LIGHT
17在召会生活中归一于一个元首之下，也是藉著光而有的。（启二一23～25。）当然，1:4这光不是知识的光，乃是生命的光。约翰一章四节说，『生命在祂里面，这生命就是人的光。』这里的光，是从我们在其中长大的生命照耀出来的。当我们在生命里长大，我们就有生命的光。在这光底下，万物都有秩有序。倘若我们所有的只是死亡和黑暗，而不是生命和光，我们就仍在崩溃中。那里有死亡和黑暗，那里就有崩溃。人类社会所有的，包括今天的基督教在内，不是别的，乃是死亡和黑暗，因此，就是崩溃的乱堆。但因著我们满了生命并在光底下，我们就不是一团混乱。因为我们在生命中，又因为我们一切的行动都在光中，所以没有混乱。尽管今天的基督教是在死亡和黑暗中崩溃的乱堆，我们在召会生活里却是在生命中，并在光底下。有了生命和光，我们就归一于一个元首之下。我们看见召会乃是领先在基督里归一于一个元首之下。最终，千年国要来到，接著就是新天新地和新耶路撒冷。在新天新地里，万有都要在基督里归一于一个元首之下。在新耶路撒冷里没有死亡，也没有黑夜，反而一切都被生命浸透，并在光底下。以新耶路撒冷作中心，新天新地中的万有都将归一于一个元首之下。那时候，以弗所一章十节就完全应验了。然后我们要看见，基督向著召会作万有的头，召会是祂的身体，是那在万有中充满万有者的丰满。今天我们在召会生活中，乃是领先在基督里归一于一个元首之下。为此我们需要在生命里长大，并且得著生命的光。
17The heading up in the church life also takes place by light (Rev. 21:23-25). This light, of course, is not the light of knowledge, but the light of life. John says, “In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.” The light here shines out from the life in which we grow. When we grow in life, we have the light of life. Under this light, everything is kept in order. If instead of life and light we have death and darkness, we are still in the collapse. Wherever death and darkness are, there is the collapse. All of human society, including today’s Christianity, is nothing but death and darkness and, hence, a heap of collapse. But because we are full of life and are under light, we are not a heap. Because we are in life and because all our movements are in light, there is no confusion. Although today’s Christianity is a heap of collapse in death and darkness, we in the church life are in life and under light. With life and light we are being headed up. We have seen that the church takes the lead to beheaded up in Christ. Eventually, the millennium will come and, following that, the new heaven and new earth with the New Jerusalem. In the new heaven and new earth all things will beheaded up in Christ. In the New Jerusalem there will be no death and no night; instead, everything will be saturated with life and be under light. With the New Jerusalem as the center, all things in the new heaven and the new earth will be headed up. At that time Ephesians 1:10 will be completely fulfilled. Then we shall realize that Christ is the Head over all things to the church, His Body, the fullness of the One who fills all in all. Today we in the church life are taking the lead to be headed up in Christ. For this we need to grow in life and have the light of life.