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歌罗西书生命读经 · 第23篇

神救恩的经纶

THE ECONOMY OF GOD’S SALVATION
1读经：歌罗西书2:13-15，18，20-22，以弗所书2:5，15。
1Scripture Reading: Col. 2:13-15, 18, 20-22; Eph. 2:5, 15
2在本篇信息中，我们要来看歌罗西二章十三至十五节中所揭示神救恩的经纶。我们将要看见，这经纶包括三件事：叫我们一同与基督活过来，废去礼仪律法的规条，以及脱下邪恶天使的权势。
2In this message we shall consider the economy of God’ss alvation as it is revealed in 2:13-15. As we shall see, this economy involves three things: making us alive with Christ, abolishing the ritual law, and stripping off the evil angelic powers
THE THREE ASPECTS
3十三节说，『你们从前在过犯，和未受割礼的肉体中死了，神赦免了你们一切的过犯，叫你们一同与基督活过来。』『死』在此是指因著罪，在灵里死了。我们从前在过犯，和未受割礼的肉体中死了，如今我们一同与基督活过来。这意思是说，神在基督的复活里，用祂的生命把我们都一同点活。这是在基督的复活里所成就的，（彼前一3，）也是藉著我们的信心所经历的。神救恩之经纶的第一面，就是祂叫我们一同与复活的基督活过来。
3Colossians 2:13 says, “And you, being dead in the offenses and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made alive together with Him, having forgiven us all offenses.” The word dead here refers to the deadness in spirit because of sin. We who once were dead in offenses and in the uncircumcision of the flesh have been made alive together with Christ. This means that God has enlivened us in Christ’s resurrection with the divine life. What was accomplished in Christ’s resurrection (1 Pet. 1:3) is experienced through our faith. The first aspect in the economy of God’ss alvation is that He has made us a live together with the resurrected Christ
4保罗在歌罗西二章十四节继续说，『涂抹了规条上所写，攻击我们，反对我们的字据，并且把牠撤去，钉在十字架上。』繙作『涂抹』的希腊原文，也可译为，消去，抹去，擦去，废去（律法的条例）。繙作『字据』的希腊原文，是指法律文件或契约，这里是指成文的律法。规条，或作条例，是指礼仪律法的规条及其仪式，就是生活与敬拜的形式或方式。神已将这些规条钉在十字架上，把牠撤去了。这是废去规条中诫命的律法。（弗二15。）这除灭了守犹太教仪式的异端。
4In verse 14 Paul goes on to say, “Wiping out the handwriting in ordinances which was against us, which was contrary to us; and He has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross.” The Greek word rendered “wiping out” can also be translated blotting out, obliterating, erasing, or annulling (a decree of law). The Greek word rendered “handwriting” denotes a legal document, a bond. Here it refers to the written law. The ordinances, or decrees, refer to the ceremonial law with its rituals, the forms or ways of living and worship. These ordinances God has taken out of the way by nailing them to the cross. This is to abolish the law of the commandments in ordinances (Eph. 2:15). This kills the heresy of keeping the Judaistic rituals
5保罗在歌罗西二章十五节继续说，『既将执政的和掌权的脱下，神就把他们公然示众，仗著十字架在凯旋中向他们夸胜。』繙作『脱下』的希腊原文，也可译为『脱去』，如在三章九节者。这节所说执政的和掌权的，乃是指执政和掌权的天使。因著在歌罗西敬拜天使的异端教训，这话该是指邪恶的天使说的。律法是藉天使设立的，并且甚至算作天使的典章。（加三，徒七53。）根据这点，在歌罗西的异端教导人敬拜天使，（西二18，）以天使为神和人之间的中保。因此，使徒在对付这异端时，揭示一个事实，就是那包含规条的律法，已经被钉在十字架上了，（14，）并且那些为首的邪恶天使，也已经被神脱下了。这就剩下基督这独一的中保，祂是一切执政掌权者的元首。（10。）这除灭了敬拜天使的异端。
5In verse 15 Paul continues, “Stripping off the rulers and the authorities, He made a display of them openly, triumphing over them in it.” The Greek for “stripping off” can also be rendered “putting off,” as in 3:9. The rulers and authorities spoken of in this verse are the angelic rulers and authorities. Because of the heretical teaching of angel-worship at Colosse, the passage here refers to the evil angels. The law was given through angels (Acts 7:5 3; Gal. 3:1 9). Based upon this, the here tical teachers at Colosse 19 advocated the worship of angels (Col. 2:1 8) as mediators between God and man. Hence, the apostle dealt with this heresy by unveiling the fact that the law, consisting of ordinances, was nailed to the cross (v. 14), and the leading evil angels were stripped off from God. This left Christ as the sole Mediator, who is the Head of all rule and authority (v. 10). This kills the heresy of angel worship.
6在十三至十五节中的主词，乃是十二节里的『神』。在希腊原文里，『示众』的意思是展示，陈列；含公开羞辱意。神在十字架上公开羞辱了那些执政掌权的邪恶天使，仗著十字架在凯旋中向他们夸胜。『仗著十字架』，原文也可译作在祂（基督）里面。神的目的不是要我们遵守律法，当然祂也不要我们敬拜天使。神的愿望乃是要叫我们这些在过犯中死了的人活过来。为了叫我们活过来，祂必须将祂自己的生命放在我们里面。当祂的生命进到我们里面时，我们就被点活，而活过来了。
6In verses 13, 14, and 15 the pronoun He refers to God in verse 12. The Greek word for make a display means show or exhibit in the sense of putting to an open shame. God openly shamed the evil angelic rulers and authorities on the cross and triumphed over them in it. The Greek words translated “in it” refer to the cross, but they can also be rendered in Him, referring to Christ. It is not God’sin tent i on that we keep the law, and He certainly does not want us to worship angels. God’s desire is to enliven human beings who are dead in offenses. In order to enliven us, He must put His very life into us. When His life comes into us, we are enlivened, made alive
律法和天使都没有地位
NO PLACE FOR THE LAW OR THE ANGELS
7保罗题到叫那些在过犯中死了的人活过来，同时又题到律法的规条与天使，其目的乃是要指出，歌罗西人所持有的观念完全错了。歌罗西人仍然把律法和天使看得非常高。他们对律法的规条评价太高；他们甚至敬拜天使。虽然神也使用律法和天使，但在神救恩的经纶里，律法和天使都没有地位。天使在神救恩的范围中无分。每位信徒都有天使，但这些天使无分于神的救恩。基督的救赎也与天使无分无关。在神救恩之经纶的范围里，律法和天使都被排除。在神的眼中，规条、仪式、和律法的礼仪等，都已经被钉在十字架上。然而少有基督徒认识这一点。不仅罪、天然的人、世界、和撒但被钉死在十字架上，律法也被钉在那里。为这缘故，保罗在二章十四节说，神涂抹了规条上所写的字据，把牠钉在十字架上。保罗的异象非常清楚，所以他的话很确定。当恶人把基督钉在十字架上时，神也将律法钉在十字架上。虽然律法是神藉著天使所传的，神自己却将牠钉在基督的十字架上。
7By mentioning the enlivening of those who are dead in offenses together with the ordinances of the law and the angels, Paul’sin tent i on is to point out that the concept held by the Colossians was altogether wrong. The Colossians still regarded the law and the angels very highly. They placed a high value on the ordinances of the law, and they were even worshipping certain of the angels. Although God has used both the law and the angels, in the economy of His salvation there is no place either for the law or for the angels. Angels are not admitted into the sphere of God’s salvation. Every believer has an angel, but these angels do not share in God’s salvation. Christ’s redemption has nothing to do with angels. In the realm of God’s economy in His salvation, both the law and the angels are ruled out. In the eyes of God, the ordinances, rituals, and ceremonies of the law have been crucified on the cross. However, not many Christians realize this. Not only were sin, the natural man, the world, and Satan crucified on the cross; the law was also crucified there. For this reason, in 2:14 Paul says that God wiped out the handwriting in ordinances by nailing it to the cross. Because Paul’s vision was so clear, his word was very definite. As evil men were putting Christ on the cross, God was nailing the law to the cross. Although the law had been given by God through angels, God Himself nailed it to the cross of Christ.
8十四节是对付安息日会守安息日教训的有力武器。守安息日乃是一种律法的规条或仪式，这已经被钉在十字架上了。根据二章十四节，规条已经被撤去，钉在十字架上了。因此，安息日会的人需要看见，守安息日的规条已经被涂抹了。他们所宝贝的，神已经除掉了。事实上，守安息日的规条是攻击我们、反对我们的。因著神爱我们，祂为我们的缘故把这规条除掉了。然而，安息日会的人还想要恢复神所挪去的东西。不要和安息日会的人辩论，到底该守第七日还是第八日，而要向他们指出，守安息日乃是规条上所写的字据，是已经被除掉的。我们可以放胆用二章十四节作武器，以彻底除灭守安息日的规条。在神救恩的经纶里，律法没有地位。罪如何被钉在十字架上，律法也照样被钉在十字架上；两者都已经被钉在基督的十字架上了。神不要罪和律法存留，祂所盼望的乃是我们与复活的基督一同活著。
8Verse 14 is a powerful weapon to counteract the teaching of the Seventh - Day Adventists about the observance of the Sabbath. Observing the Sabbath is one of the ordinances, or rituals, of the law that has been nailed to the cross. According to 2:14, the ordinances have been taken out of the way and nailed to the cross. Hence, the Seventh - Day Adventists need to see that the Sabbath - keeping ordinances have been wiped out. The very thing they treasure God has taken away. Actually, the ordinance of keeping the Sabbath was against us and contrary to us. Because God loves us, He has taken away this ordinance for our sake. Nevertheless, the Seventh-Day Adventists seek to restore the very thing God has removed. Do not argue with Seventh-Day Adventists about which day, the seventh or the eighth, should be observed. Rather, point out that the keeping of the Sabbath is part of the handwriting in ordinances which has been taken away. We may use 2:14 boldly as a weapon to annihilate the ordinance concerning observing the Sabbath. In God’secon o my of His salvation, there is no room for the law. Just as sin has been crucified on the cross, so the law has been crucified also. Both have been nailed to the cross of Christ. God does not want either sin or the law to remain. What He desires is for us to exist together with the risen Christ.
9将执政的和掌权的脱下我们已经指出，在基督钉十字架的时候，神将执政的和掌权的脱下、脱去了。当基督被钉十字架，留在其上时，带头的邪恶天使们想要包围神。但神用十字架脱下了这些天使。这是保罗在这几节里的观念。实在说来，基督的十字架乃是宇宙的中心。神创造天、地、和宇宙中的万物之后，一位天使长背叛了，许多天使也跟随他。这位天使长成了撒但，跟从他者则成了诸天界里邪恶的执政者、有能者和掌权者。至终，神所造的人堕落了，成了有罪的。天使的背叛以及人的堕落，使神相当为难。神对付这个难处的办法乃是十字架。首先神成了人，亲自穿上了人性。然后基督，就是成为肉体的神，上了十字架并被钉死。在地上三十三年半的生活中，基督由马槽走到了十字架。当祂被钉十字架时，许许多多的事发生了。在十字架上，神审判了罪和有罪的旧人。藉著十字架，我们有罪的天性被了结了。在神审判罪和罪人的时候，祂也把律法钉在十字架上。当神把律法钉在十字架上时，邪恶的天使也在那里，并且非常活跃。但按照十五节，神藉著十字架把他们脱下了。
9STRIPPING OFF THE RULERS AND AUTHORITIES We have pointed out that at the time of Christ’s crucifixion God stripped off, put off, the rulers and authorities. When Christ was crucified, the leading evil angels attempted to surround God when Christ was on the cross. But God used the cross to strip off these angels. This is Paul’s concept in these verses. In a very real sense, the cross of Christ is the center of the universe. After God created the heavens, the earth, and the billions of items in the universe, an archangel rebelled, and many angels followed him. This archangel became Satan, and his followers became the evil rulers, powers, and authorities in the heave nlies. Eventually, the man created by God fell and became sinful. The rebellion of the angels and the fall of man put God into a difficult situation. God’sway to deal with this difficulty is the cross. Firstly, God became a man, thereby putting humanity on Himself. Then Christ, God incarnate, went to the cross and was crucified. During the thirty-three and a half years of His earthly life, Christ walked from the manger to the cross. When He was crucified, many things took place. On the cross God judged sin and the sinful old man. Through the cross, our sinful nature was terminated. At the very time God was judging sin and sinful man, He also nailed the law to the cross. When God was nailing the law to the cross, the evil angels also were present and very active. But, according to verse 15, God stripped them off through the cross.
10我们已经指出，按照二章十五节，神将执政的和掌权的脱下。神从甚么或从那里把他们脱下？我们要回答这问题，就必须看见，当基督在十字架上时，神一直在作事。那时十字架乃是宇宙的中心。救主、罪、撒但、我们和神都在那里。神在那里审判罪，并将律法钉在十字架上。当祂这样作的时候，执政的和掌权的全都围著神和基督。我们已经指出，照文法来看，十三至十五节的主词乃是神。神叫我们一同与基督活过来，将规条钉在十字架上，将执政的和掌权的脱下，把他们公然示众，并在凯旋中向他们夸胜。毫无疑问，当基督被钉十字架时，执政的和掌权的都群聚在祂周围。神和基督都一直在作事。基督的工作是被钉死，神的工作则是审判罪和一切消极的事物，并将律法和律法的规条钉在十字架上。围著神和基督的那些执政者和掌权者也在作事。他们若不是密集的靠得那么近，神怎能脱下他们？『脱下』这辞指明，他们靠得很近，就像我们的外衣与我们的身体那样近。神藉著将执政的和掌权的脱下，就把他们公然示众。祂公开的羞辱他们，并且在凯旋中向他们夸胜。这是何等大的一件事！
10We have pointed out that, according to 2:15, God stripped off the rulers and authorities. From what or from where did He strip them off? If we would answer this question, we must see that while Christ was on the cross, God was working. At that time, the cross was the center of the universe. The Savior, sin, Satan, we, and God all were there. God was there judging sin and nailing the law to the cross. As He was doing this, the rulers and authorities gathered around God and Christ. We have pointed out that, according to grammar, the subject of verses 13 through 15 is God. Thus, the He in verse 15 denotes God. God made us alive together with Christ, nailed the ordinances to the cross, stripped off the rulers and authorities, made a display of them openly, and triumphed over them. No doubt, the rulers and authorities had swarmed around Christ as He was being crucified. Both God and Christ were working. Christ’s work was His crucifixion, whereas God’s work was to judges in and all the negative things and to nail the law with its ordinances to the cross. The rulers and authorities who had gathered around God and Christ were also working. If they had not pressed in closely, how could God have stripped them off ? The words “stripping off ” indicate that they were very close, as close as our garments are to our body. By stripping off the rulers and authorities, God made a display of them openly. He openly put them to shame and triumphed over them. What a great matter this is
在十字架上的争战
WAR AT THE CROSS
11二章十五节描绘发生在基督被钉十字架时的争战。恶人把基督钉在十字架上，但基督藉著钉十字架，劳苦的成功了救赎。父神也在那里工作，审判罪，并将律法钉在十字架上。同时，执政的和掌权的也忙著要阻挠神和基督的工作。十五节的夸胜含示争战，指明有一场争战正在进行。当基督正在成功救赎，神正在对付律法和消极的事物时，执政的和掌权的都来打岔。他们逼近神和基督。但就在这关头，神将他们脱下，胜过了他们，并把他们公然示众，公开的羞辱他们。
11Colossians 2:15 portrays the fighting that to ok place at the time of Christ’s crucifixion. Evil men had put Christ on the cross. By His crucifixion Christ labored to accomplish redemption. God the Father was also working to judges in and to nail the law to the cross. At the same time, the rulers and authorities were busy in the attempt to frustrate the work of God and Christ. The reference to triumph in verse 15 implies fighting. It indicates that a war was raging. While Christ was accomplishing redemption and God was dealing with the law and with the negative things, the rulers and authorities came to interfere. They pressed in close to God and Christ. But at that very juncture, God stripped them off, triumphed over them, and made a display of them openly, putting them to an open shame.
12二章十五节是一扇小窗，透过这扇窗子，我们看到一幅奇妙的景观。当基督钉十字架时，神与执政者和掌权者之间，有一场争战在进行。但神将他们脱下，并且在凯旋中向他们夸胜。
12Colossians 2:15 is a small window through which we behold a marvelous sight. At the time of Christ’s crucifixion, a battle was raging between God and the rulers and authorities. But God stripped them off and triumphed over them
保罗的观念
Paul’s concept
13保罗在这几节中的观念乃是：律法与天使都藉著十字架被摆在一旁了。律法已经钉在十字架上，邪恶的天使也藉著十字架被脱下了。因此，在神救恩的经纶里，律法和天使的执政者都没有地位。歌罗西人遵行规条并敬拜天使，这是何等的错谬！律法连同律法的规条，包括守安息日在内，都已经钉在十字架上了。歌罗西人容许这些事物侵入召会中，是完全错误的。不仅如此，神在十字架上，已经胜过了天使中的执政者，并公开的羞辱他们。被引诱去敬拜天使，真是何等的错误！
13Paul’s concept in these verses is that the law and the angels have been set aside through the cross. The law was nailed to the cross, and the evil angels have been stripped off by means of the cross. Therefore, in God’secon o my in His salvation there is room neither for the law nor for the angelic rulers. How wrong the Colossians were in following ordinances and in worshipping angels! The law with its ordinances, including the keeping of the Sabbath, had been nailed to the cross. The Colossians were altogether wrong in allowing these things to pervade the church. Furthermore, in the cross God overcame the angelic rulers and put them to shame. What a blunder to be led astray to worship angels
一个和平的环境，
A PEACEFUL ENVIRONMENT
14为著点活祂所拣选的人我们若看见这几节中所传输的异象，许多问题就可以迎刃而解了。譬如，没有人能说服我们再去遵守安息日的规条；没有人能劝诱我们去遵守神已经钉在十字架上的规条。遵行这些规条是既盲目、又在黑暗中；这样行的人，若不是对圣经一无所知，就是对圣经的认识很肤浅。鼓吹遵守安息日规条的人，可能会引用旧约圣经，他们也许争辩说，主耶稣和保罗都在安息日到会堂去。然而二章十四节和十六节清清楚楚的说，包括遵守安息日在内的规条，都已经废去了。那些鼓吹遵守安息日的人，从来没有摸著圣经的深处，他们不晓得，藉著十字架，规条已经废掉了。不仅如此，那些围著神和基督，对所发生在十字架上之事不悦的执政者和掌权者，已经被击败了。当这些邪恶的天使围著神和基督时，神胜过他们，并将他们脱下。因此，律法已经被钉在十字架上，执政的和掌权的已经从神那里被脱下了。现在留下来的，只有神所救赎的人，在一种地位上，得以被神点活。现今律法和天使都被摆在一边，神有一个干净的场地与和平的环境，来点活祂所拣选的人。现今祂有一个合式的气氛来完成祂所喜悦的工作，就是点活祂在已过的永远里所拣选的人。祂喜欢将祂的生命放在他们里面，叫他们都活过来。
14FOR THE ENLIVENING OF HIS CHOSEN ONES If we see the vision conveyed in these verses, many problems will be solved. For example, no one will be able to convince us to go back to the observance of the seventh day Sabbath. No one will be able to persuade us to be subject to the ordinances God has nailed to the cross. To follow such ordinances is to be blind and in darkness. It is to be ignorant of the Bible or to know it only superficially. Those who advocate Sabbath keeping may appeal to certain verses in the Old Testament. They may try to argue that both the Lord Jesus and Paul went to the synagogue on the Sabbath. However, 2:14 and 16 make it clear that the ordinances, including the observance of the Sabbath, have been abolished. Those who advocate the observance of the Sabbath have never touched the depths of the Scripture. They do not realize that through the cross the ordinances have been abolished. Furthermore, the rulers and authorities who gathered around God and Christ in displeasure at what was taking place on the cross have been defeated. When these evil angels surrounded God and Christ, God overcame them and stripped them off. Therefore, the law has been nailed to the cross, and the rulers and the authorities have been stripped off from God. What remains now is God’s redeemed people who are in a position to be enlivened by Him. Now that the law and the angels have been set aside, God has a clear ground and a peaceful environment for the enlivening of His chosen ones. He now has a proper atmosphere to carry out the pleasant task of enlivening the very ones He chose in eternity past. He delights to put His life into them and to make them alive
15歌罗西人需要看见这样的异象，我们今天也需要看见这个异象。因著歌罗西人没有这异象，他们就想要守律法并敬拜天使。这是何等的愚昧！在二章十三至十五节里，神救恩之经纶的各方面，乃是按著美好的顺序陈明的。在神救恩的经纶中，神先点活我们，将律法钉在十字架上，并将邪恶的执政者和掌权者脱下。律法是阻挠；执政的和掌权的是制造麻烦的。因著神已除去了律法和天使，我们这些神所拣选的人就得以脱开这些而同祂在一起。我们不再受名目、条件和要求的困扰。神在此要点活我们，我们在此要被祂点活。我们应当忘掉律法和天使，只让神把祂自己放到我们里面作生命。
15The Colossians needed to see such a vision, and we also need to see it today. Because they lacked this vision, the Colossians were trying to keep the law and were worshipping angels. How foolish! The aspects of the economy of God’s salvation in 2:13-15 a represented in a good sequence. In the economy of His salvation God enlivens us, nails the law to the cross, and strips off the evil rulers and authorities. The law is a frustration, and the rulers and authorities are troublesome. Because God has removed the law and the angels, we, His chosen people, are alone with Him. We are no longer bothered by terms, conditions, or requirements. God is here to enliven us, and we are here to be enlivened by Him. We should forget the law and the angels and allow God to put Himself into us as life.
16律法原是为了暴露我们的罪，但牠已经被钉在十字架上了。不仅如此，天使也已经从神和基督那里被脱下了。你有没有看见，在钉十字架时，神和基督都非常忙碌？你有没有看见，在十字架那里，邪恶的执政者和掌权者都群聚围逼著神和基督，而且有一场争战在十字架那里进行著？我信很少基督徒看见这些事。赞美主！神胜过了天使中掌权的，将他们脱下，祂已经把场地清理干净，为要点活祂所拣选的人。因著仇敌的诡诈，歌罗西的信徒回到律法的规条，甚至去敬拜天使。这是何等大的异端！今天在基督徒当中，原则也是一样。基督徒也可能去遵行各式各样的规条，还有那些在罗马天主教的人甚至去敬拜天使。那些不敬拜天使的人中，也许有些人仍然极其欣赏天使，在下意识里羡慕像天使。特别是许多姊妹们盼望有天使般属灵的样子。但就原则来说，欣赏天使就是崇拜天使、敬拜天使。我能作见证，天使在我里面毫无地位。神有立场在基督里接触我；在我与神中间，没有律法和天使。
16The law that was used to expose our sinfulness has been nailed to the cross. Furthermore, the angels have been stripped off from God and Christ. Have you ever realized that at the time of the crucifixion God and Christ were so busy? Have you ever seen that the evil rulers and authorities were swarming around God and Christ and that a warfare was raging at the cross? I believe that few Christians have seen these things. Praise the Lord that by triumphing over the angelic powers and stripping them off, God has cleared the ground to enliven His chosen people. Because of the subtlety of the enemy, the believers at Colosse were returning to the ordinances of the law and even were worshipping angels. What a great heresy! The principle is the same among Christians today. Christians may follow various ordinances, and those in Catholicism may even worship angels. Those who do not worship angels may still greatly admire them and unconsciously aspire to be like angels. Many sisters especially desire a type of angelic spirituality. But in principle to admire angels is to adore them, to worship them. I can testify that in me there is no place for angels. God has the ground to contact me in Christ. The law and the angels are not between me and Him
17这种环境和气氛非常适合神来接触我们。不仅如此，神在此不是要审判我们，因为祂已经在十字架那里审判了我们。祂甚至也不是在此对付我们，因为祂已经对付了我们。神在此是要完成一件事─藉著将生命分赐到我们里面，而点活我们。三一神是赐生命的灵，祂正在把生命赐给我们。在召会生活的聚会中，我们一直被点活。在这事上，律法和天使都没有地位。我们该题醒执政的和掌权的说，在加略山那里，神已经将他们脱下，并在凯旋中向他们夸胜。我们可以基于神的得胜，吩咐他们退去。我们今天所需要的，不是律法或天使，乃是点活人的那一位，就是赐人生命的那一位。这就是神救恩的经纶。
17The environment and the atmosphere are very suitable for God to contact us. Furthermore, God is not here to judge us, for He has already judged us on the cross. He is not even here to deal with us, because He has dealt with us already. God is here to accomplish one thing—to enliven us by imparting life into us. As the life-giving Spirit, the Triune God is giving life to us. In the meetings of the church life, we are being enlivened. Concerning this, the law and the angels have no place. We should remind the rulers and authorities that at Calvary God stripped them off and triumphed over them. Based upon God’s victory, we can order them to flee. What we need today is not the law or the angels, but the enlivening One, the life-giving One. This is the economy of God’ss alvation.