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歌罗西书生命读经 · 第37篇

基督在你们里面

CHRIST IN YOU
1读经：歌罗西书1:27，约翰福音14:17，20，23，15:4-5，罗马书6:3，8:9-11，哥林多前书1:30，6:17，哥林多后书13:5，提摩太后书4:22上。
1Scripture Reading: Col. 1:27; John 14:17, 20, 23; 15:4- 5; Rom. 6:3; 8:9-11; 1 Cor. 1:30; 6:17; 2 Cor. 13:5; 2 Tim. 4:22a
2神的经纶乃是要将一个奇妙的人位作到我们里面。这人位就是包罗万有的基督，祂是宇宙中一切正面事物的实际。基督是一切受造之物的首生者。祂是神，也是人；因为祂这位永远的神，在时间里成了肉体。因此，基督是真神，也是真人。祂具有一切神圣的属性和人性的美德。祂是爱、生命、光、恩典、谦卑、忍耐、能力、怜悯、智慧、公义和圣别的实际。
2God’secon o my is to work a wonderful Person into our being. This Person is the all-inclusive Christ, the One who is the reality of every positive thing in the universe. Christ is the firstborn of all creation. He is both God and man, for the One who was the eternal God became incarnated at a point in time. Hence, Christ is the real God and the real man. He possesses all the divine attributes and human virtues. He is the reality of love, life, light, grace, humility, patience, power, mercy, wisdom, righteousness, and holiness
3基督给我们享受并经历基督和创造有很大的关系。歌罗西一章十六节说，『因为万有，无论是在诸天之上的、在地上的、能看见的、不能看见的、或是有位的、主治的、执政的、掌权的，都是在祂里面造的；万有都是藉著祂并为著祂造的。』不仅如此，十七节说，『万有也在祂里面得以维系。』如同轮子的轮辐靠著轮轴得以维系，万有也照样在基督里面得以维系。首先，创造的工作完成了，然后基督成为人，这是祂所经过之漫长过程的头一步。作为一个人，祂在地上生活了三十三年半。何等奇妙，无限的神竟生活在一座小城的木匠家里！神这样受了局限和限制。经过了人性生活，连同受苦、试炼和试诱，基督被钉在十字架上。祂的死是奇妙、包罗万有的死。祂葬在坟墓里之后，到死亡的境地游历了一趟，然后在复活里出来。基督复活以后，升到诸天之上，在那里登宝座，得著冠冕，被立为万有的主和万有的元首。
3CHRIST FOR OUR ENJOYMENT AND EXPERIENCE Christ has much to do with creation. Colossians 1:16 says, “In Him were all things created in the heavens and on the earth, the visible and the invisible, whether thrones or lordships or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through Him and for Him.” Furthermore, 1:17 says, “ All things subsist together in Him.” Just as the spokes of a wheel subsist together in the hub, so all of creation subsists in Christ. First the work of creation was accomplished, then Christ became a man, the first step of the long process through which He passed. As a man, He lived on earth for thirty- three and a half years. How marvelous that the infinite God lived in a carpenter’sho me in a small town! God was confined and limited in this way. After passing through human living with its sufferings, trials, and temptations, Christ was crucified on the cross. His death was a wonderful, all-inclusive death. After His burial in a tomb, He took a tour of the region of death, and then came forth in resurrection. After His resurrection, Christ ascended to the heavens, where He was enthroned, crowned, and made the Lord and the Head of all
4-基督在复活里成了赐生命的灵。（林前十五45下。）基督所经过的一切，祂所是的一切，以及祂所完成、所得著、并所达到的一切，都是复合到祂这包罗万有之灵里面的成分。祂作为这包罗万有的灵，在五旬节那天降到祂的身体上。在这灵里，我们有神、人、成为肉体、人性生活、救赎、基督之死的功效、祂复活的大能、复活的生命、升天、坐宝座、元首的身分、以及为主的身分。这就是神为了完成祂的经纶，所盼望要作到我们里面的包罗万有者。包罗万有的基督这样分赐到我们里面，乃是为著神的定旨和永远的计画。这就是我们的基督，我们所爱、所享受的一位。
4In His resurrection Christ became the life giving Spirit (1 Cor. 1 5:4 5 b). All that Christ has passed through, all that He is, and all that He has accomplished, obtained, and attained are the ingredients which have been compounded into Him as the all-inclusive Spirit. As this all-inclusive Spirit, He descended upon His Body on the day of Pentecost. In this Spirit, we have God, man, incarnation, human living, redemption, the effectiveness of Christ’s death, the power of His resurrection, resurrection life, ascension, enthronement, headship, and lord ship. This is the all - inclusive One whom God desires to work into us for the fulfillment of His economy. This dispensation of the all-inclusive Christ into us is for God’s purpose and eternal plan. This is our Christ, the One we love and enjoy.
5圣经启示神是三一的：祂是父、子、灵。我们若仔细读圣经，就会看见父是在子里，（约十四10，）子甚至称为父。（赛九6。）看见子的，也就看见父。不仅如此，子还成了实际的灵，这指明子实化为那灵。当三一神临到我们时，祂乃是包罗万有的灵。我们的基督就是这样的一位灵，今天给我们经历并享受。
5The Bible reveals that God is triune: He is the Father, the Son, and the Spirit. If we read the Bible carefully, we shall see that the Father is in the Son (John 14:10) and that the Son is even called the Father (Isa. 9:6). Those who have seen the Son have also seen the Father. Furthermore, the Son has become the Spirit of reality. This indicates that the Son is realized as the Spirit. When the Triune God reaches us, He is the all-inclusive Spirit. Our Christ is such a Spirit for our experience and enjoyment today
在基督里
IN CHRIST
6林前一章三十节告诉我们，我们得在基督耶稣里，是出于神。从前我们生来就在亚当里，但是父神把我们从亚当里迁到基督里。当我们相信主耶稣、呼喊祂的名时，我们就从亚当里迁到基督里。这是我们信入基督之后，还要受浸的原因。用罗马六章三节的话说，我们已经浸入基督耶稣。
6First Corinthians 1:30 tells us that of God we are in Christ Jesus. Formerly, by birth, we were in Adam. But God, the Father, has transferred us out of Adam into Christ. When we believed in the Lord Jesus and called on His name, we were transferred from Adam into Christ. This is the reason that after we believed into Christ, we were baptized. In the words of Romans 6:3, we have been baptized into Christ Jesus
基督活在我们里面
CHRIST LIVING IN US
7我们现今是在基督里，虽然这是一个奇妙荣耀的事实，但这只是地位上的事。这个地位使我们有权利和特权，有分于基督的一切所是。但我们有了这权利和特权，还需要经历基督活在我们里面。我们如今是在基督里，基督也要活在我们里面。这不是地位的事，乃是经历与享受的事。我们在基督里，这是地位的事；基督在我们里面，则是经历与享受的事。我们享受基督有多少，在于祂活在我们里面有多少。
7Although it is a wonderful and glorious fact that we are now in Christ, this is nevertheless just a matter of position. This position does give us the right and privilege to participate in all that Christ is. But with this right and privilege, we need to experience Christ living in us. Now that we are in Christ, Christ wants to live in us. This is not a matter of position, but a matter of experience and enjoyment. For us to be in Christ is a matter of position; for Christ to be in us is a matter of experience and enjoyment. How much we enjoy Christ depends upon how much He lives in us
8我们若不在基督里，基督就不能在我们里面。从新约来看，基督在我们里面，乃是基于我们在祂里面的这个事实。在约翰十五章四节，主耶稣说，『你们要住在我里面，我也住在你们里面。』我们若住在基督里面，祂也要住在我们里面。我们再一次看见，在基督里是地位上的事，而基督在我们里面乃是经历与享受的事。我在本篇信息中的负担，不是要告诉你们说，我们是在基督里，乃是要指出，基督是在我们里面。只知道我们在基督里，并不能让我们经历基督或享受基督。然而，这个地位给我们权利和特权，得以享受基督并经历基督。
8If we were not in Christ, Christ could not be in us. According to the New Testament, Christ’s being in us is based upon the fact that we are in Him. In John 15:4, the Lord Jesus said, “Abide in Me and I in you.” If we abide in Christ, He will abide in us. Once again we see that to be in Christ is a matter of position, whereas to have Christ in us is a matter of experience and enjoyment. My burden in this message is not to tell you that we are in Christ. It is to point out that Christ is in us. Simply knowing that we are in Christ does not give us the experience of Christ or the enjoyment of Christ. However, this position does give us the right and privilege to claim the enjoyment and experience of Christ.
9我们该有把握说，我们完全、绝对、且彻底的在基督里。论到我们在基督里的地位，我们可以确信我们是完全在祂里面。譬如，任何一个美国公民，都完全、彻底、且绝对的是美国公民；他的公民权不是局部的，也不是有条件的。然而这人享受美国有多少，与美国进到他里面有多少，很有关系。他是在美国，但是美国在他里面有多少？一个从别国来的人也许归化为美国公民，因此，凭著公民权他也完全是美国人。然而在他里面也许还有许多他本国的东西。这指明他虽然在美国，但美国进到他里面没有多少，他里面仍然爱许多他本国的东西。同样的原则，我们绝对是在基督里，但是祂在我们里面却是相对的，是有条件的。事实上，从我们的经历来看，我们没有多少基督在我们里面。我们还是相当被我们的文化所占据、占有。我们也许在主的恢复里，在召会生活中多年，但是我们里面还有空间，能更多让召会在我们里面。对于基督也是一样。虽然我们在基督里也许已经有很长的时间，但在经历上，我们仍然没有多少的基督在我们里面。
9We should have the confidence to say that we are in Christ wholly, absolutely, and thoroughly. Concerning our position in Christ, we may be assured that we are in Him entirely. For example, anyone who is an American citizen is a citizen wholly, thoroughly, and absolutely. His citizenship is not partial or conditional. However, how much this person enjoys America is relative to how much of America has gotten into him. He is in America, but how much of America is in him? A person from another country may become a naturalized American citizen. Thus, he is altogether an American by citizenship. However, he may still have within him a great deal of his native country. This indicates that although he is in America, not that much of America has yet entered into him. Inwardly, he still loves many things of his native country. In the same principle, we are in Christ absolutely, but He is in us just relatively and conditionally. Actually, according to our experience, we do not have very much of Christ in us. To a very large degree, we are still occupied and possessed by our culture. Although we may have been in the church life in the Lord’s recovery for many years, there is still room for much more of the church to be in us. The same is true with Christ. Although we may have been in Christ for a long time, in experience we still do not have very much of Him in us
被文化占有
OCCUPIED BY CULTURE
10我们对于基督与文化相对这句话的意思，需要有清楚的领会。虽然基督在我们里面，但我们被文化占有，比被基督占有更多。我们充满了许多基督以外的东西。这些东西包括我们的喜好和憎恶、偏好和选择、以及我们的罪与世界。基督作为恩典越多供应到我们里面，那些占有我们的东西就越脱落。许多有罪和属世的东西相当容易除掉，然而，不论有多少恩典供应到我们里面，我们的文化却仍然存留著。我们里面任何一样基督自己以外的事物，都会阻挠我们，使我们无法对基督有真正的经历和享受。我们里面的文化更是如此。我们在召会生活中经过一些年日，当恩典加到我们里面时，许多东西就从我们身上脱落。然而，有一样东西还是诡诈的留在我们里面，那个东西就是文化。
10We need a clear understanding of what it means to say that Christ is versus culture. Although Christ is in us, we are occupied more by culture than by Christ. We are filled with many things other than Christ. These things include our likes and dislikes, our preferences and choices, and our sin and worldliness. The more Christ as grace is ministered into us, the more those things which occupy us are discharged. However, although many sinful and worldly things may be discharged rather easily, our culture still remains, no matter how much grace is ministered into our being. Anything that is in us apart from Christ Himself frustrates us from the genuine experience of Christ and enjoyment of Him. This is especially true of the culture within us. Through the years we have been in the church life, many things have been discharged from our being, as grace has been added into us. Nevertheless, one thing remains in us in a very subtle way, and that thing is culture.
11我们很难辨别出我们里面的文化，而加以定罪。由于我们不认识我们的文化是甚么，我们就不容易把牠辨别出来。虽然我们也许定罪我们里面罪和世界的元素，但我们可能不定罪我们的文化。我们的文化也许很强，但我们感觉不到，甚至我们还以为自己不在文化的影响之下。然而每一个活的人都有文化；只要你活著，而不是婴孩，你就有文化。
11It is difficult to discern the culture in us and to condemn it. Because we do not recognize our culture for what it is, we do not easily discern it. Although we may condemn the sinful and worldly elements in us, we probably do not condemn our culture. Our culture may be very strong, but we may not be conscious of it. We may even think that we are not under the influence of culture. But every living person has a culture. As long as you are alive and no longer a baby, you have a culture
自己制订的文化与承继的文化
SELF-MADE CULTURE AND INHERITED CULTURE
12我们不仅有自己国家的文化，也有我们自己制订的文化。在无意之中，并在下意识里，我们都有某种自己制订的文化。这种文化不仅由某些我们日常生活中的作法所构成，这种文化也成了我们生活的标准。每当我们有这样的标准时，我们就在我们文化的影响之下。文化不仅是指我们吃饭的方式等类的事，文化特别含示一些标准。我们心里有一幅图画，以为我们应当作怎样的一个人。这就是我们自己制订的文化，是我们日常生活所立的标准。当神呼召亚伯拉罕时，祂没有给亚伯拉罕一幅地图。反之，主的同在乃是亚伯拉罕的活地图。然而，今天的基督徒多半喜欢有某种『地图』，天天来引导他们。这幅『地图』是照著他们对自己的生活所有的标准无意中画出来的。他们天天照这地图『驾驶』。每当我们有这样一幅地图时，我们就自动把主摆在一边，因为祂被我们的标准顶替了。因为我们对基督徒生活有了自己制订的标准，就不需要寻求主、接触主、或信靠主了。反之，我们乃是照著我们的标准生活。也许有人说，他们天天向主祷告，求主帮助。不错，他们也许祷告求主帮助，但是他们要的帮助，乃是使他们能彀达到他们的标准。这和求主照著祂自己引导我们大不相同。我们反倒是先有我们的标准，然后求主帮助我们达到我们的标准。这就是照著我们自己制订的文化生活的意思。
12We have not only the culture of our particular country, but also our self - made culture. Unconsciously and subconsciously, we all have some kind of self - made culture. This culture is constituted not only of certain practices by which we carry on our daily living; it also becomes the standard for our living. Whenever we have such a standard, we are under the influence of our culture. Culture does not merely refer to things such as our way of eating. In particular, culture implies certain standards. Within us we have a mental picture of the kind of person we think we should be. This is our self- made culture, the standard we have for our daily living. When God called Abraham, He did not give Abraham a map. Rather, the Lord’s presence was Abraham’s living map. Most of today’s Christians, however, prefer to have some kind of “map” to direct them day by day. This “map” is drawn unconsciously according to the standards they have for their living. Day by day, they “dr ive” according to this “map.” Whenever we have such a “map,” we automatically set the Lord aside, for He is replaced by our standards. Because we have our self-made standards for the Christian life, there is no need to seek the Lord, to contact Him, or to trust in Him. Instead, we live according to our standards. Some may claim that they daily pray to the Lord and ask Him for help. Yes, they may pray for the Lord’s help, but the kind of help they want is that which enables them to fulfill their standard. This is far different from asking the Lord to lead us according to Himself. Instead, we have our standards and then ask for the Lord’s help to reach them. This is what it means to live according to our self-made culture.
13除了我们自己制订的文化之外，我们还有那因著环境和背景的影响，不知不觉累积起来的文化。从孩童时代起，许多人就受训练要诚实、谦卑、温和并仁慈。这样的文化乃是他们所是的一部分，他们也自自然然的凭此而活。那些有这样文化的人也许爱主，并且也在召会生活中。然而，他们没有活基督，反倒凭他们的文化而活。我们不是照著我们所承继的文化而活，就是照著自己制订的文化而活。在这两种情形里，我们这个人都不是被基督占有并拥有，乃是被文化占有并拥有。因为我们认为自己的文化是好的，我们就不定罪牠。谁会定罪自己对美好的婚姻生活所订的标准？我们非但不定罪我们的文化，反倒宝贝牠并珍赏牠。我们对所承继的好东西评价很高，自然而然的，我们就凭自己的文化而活。即使在召会生活中，因著供应到我们里面的恩典，有许多东西从我们身上脱落了，但是我们的文化仍然存留著。撒但那诡诈者，使用我们的文化来阻挠我们享受基督并经历基督。现今基督既已进到我们里面，且活在我们里面，我们就必须起来定罪那拦阻我们经历祂的承继文化，或自己制订的文化。我们应当定罪文化，就像我们定罪那些有罪和属世的事物一样。因著文化已经成了我们这个人构成的一部分，我们就需要属天的亮光照亮我们，把牠暴露出来。在这样的光照下，我们要说，『撒但，我定罪你的诡诈。在基督进到我里面以前，我需要凭文化而活。现今我需要凭基督而活。所以我恨恶我里面的文化，我定罪牠，因为牠使我不能享受基督。』
13Along with our self - made culture, we have the culture which we have accumulated unconsciously through the influence of our environment and background. From childhood, many have been trained to be honest, humble, gentle, and kind. Such a culture is part of their very being, and they live by it spontaneously. Those with such a culture may love the Lord and may be in the church life. However, instead of living Christ, they live by their culture. We may live either by the culture we have inherited or by the culture we make for ourselves. In either case, our being is occupied and possessed by culture, not by Christ. Because we regard our culture as good, we do not condemn it. Who would condemn the standard he has for a good married life? Instead of condemning our culture, we treasure it and appreciate it. We place a high value on the good things we have inherited. Spontaneously we live by our culture. Even though the grace which has been ministered to us in the church life causes many things to be discharged from us, our culture still remains. Satan, the subtle one, uses our culture to frustrate us from enjoying Christ and experiencing Him. Now that Christ has come into us and lives in us, we must rise up to condemn the inherited or self - made culture which hinders us from experiencing Him. We should condemn our culture as much as we condemn the sinful and worldly things. Because our culture is part of our very constitution, we need the heavenly light to shine upon us to expose it. Under such a shining, we shall say, “Satan, I condemn your subtlety. Before Christ came into me, I needed to live by culture. Now I need to live by Christ. Therefore, I hate the culture within me and condemn it, for it keeps me from enjoying Christ.”
凭调和的灵而活
LIVING BY THE MINGLED SPIRIT
14顶要紧的是，我们要看见，神只要基督，不要别的。我们若看见这异象，就会把自己的标准摆在一边，并渴望时时刻刻在灵里与主是一。包罗万有的基督现今就在我们的灵里。林前六章十七节告诉我们，与主联合的，便是与主成为一灵。保罗在提后四章二十二节说，『愿主与你的灵同在。』我们的标准不该是我们承继的文化，或是自己制订的文化。我们的标准应当是在我们的灵里与主是一。不要努力作好妻子、好丈夫，只要与主成为一灵。这样你就会活基督，因为基督会实际的活在你里面。
14It is crucial for us to see that God wants nothing but Christ. If we see this vision, we shall set aside our standard and aspire to be one with the Lord in our spirit moment by moment. The all-inclusive Christ is now in our spirit. First Corinthians 6:17 tells us that he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit. In 2 Timothy 4:22 Paul says, “The Lord be with thy spirit” (Gk.). Our standard should not be the culture we have inherited or the culture we ourselves have made. Our standard should be the oneness with the Lord in our spirit. Do not try to be a good wife or husband. Instead, simply be one spirit with the Lord. Then you will live Christ because Christ will actually be living in you
15神已经把我们摆在基督里。我们若看见我们的文化阻挠我们经历内住的基督，我们就会看见，主作为那包罗万有赐生命的灵，乃是住在我们灵里，并且我们与祂成了一灵。我们需要以这调和的灵为标准而生活。我们若让基督天天活在我们里面，我们就会自然而然的凭祂而活。这样，基督就会顶替我们的文化。
15God has placed us into Christ. If we see that our culture frustrates us from experiencing the indwelling Christ, we shall realize that as the all- inclusive life-giving Spirit, the Lord indwells our spirit and that we are one spirit with Him. We need to live by this mingled spirit as the standard. If we allow Christ to live in us day by day, we shall spontaneously live by Him. In this way, Christ will replace our culture
是基督，不是文化的标准
CHRIST, NOT CULTURAL STANDARDS
16歌罗西圣徒的难处在于他们多半被欺骗，被掳去，离开了基督，而转向哲学或宗教的规例。他们以哲学和规例作他们的标准，并凭此活著。这标准使他们不能享受基督、经历基督。这是保罗嘱咐他们不要让人故意骗取他们的奖赏的原因。（西二18。）今天原则也是一样。我们里面的仇敌是诡诈的。我们有一些标准，是我们所承继的，或是我们自己制订的。因著这些标准是好的，我们没有定罪牠们。然而，这些好的标准不是基督自己。神不要我们所出产的好东西；祂要的乃是基督，并且祂只要基督。在神眼中，惟有基督才算得了数。神的目的乃是将基督作到我们里面，使我们能完满的享受祂。当基督在我们里面有自由的通路，成为我们的享受和经历时，我们的文化就要受对付。
16The problem with the saints at Colosse was that most of them had been deluded and carried off from Christ to philosophy and religious observances. They set up this philosophy and these observances as their standard and lived by it. This standard kept them from the enjoyment of Christ and the experience of Christ. This was the reason Paul charged them to let no one purposely defraud them of their prize (2:18). The principle is the same today. The enemy within us is subtle. We have certain standards, either the standards we have inherited or those we have made for ourselves. Because these standards are good, we do not condemn them. Nevertheless, these good standards are not Christ Himself. God does not want something good produced by us; He wants Christ and Christ alone. In the eyes of God, only Christ counts for anything. God’sin tent i on is to work Christ into us so that we may have the full enjoyment of Him. When Christ has the free course within us to become our enjoyment and experience, our culture will be dealt with
17时候到了，我们所有在召会中的人都要听这篇信息，我们都要看见这异象，并定罪我们的文化标准。然后我们就会领悟，神所要的乃是基督，并且今天基督乃是赐生命的灵，与我们的灵调和。我们不是照某种标准生活，我们只该凭那住在我们灵里的基督而活。当我们活在灵里，我们就应当让基督在我们的全人里有自由的通路。这样，我们就要享受祂，经历祂，并且蒙拯救脱离我们的文化。
17The time has come for all of us in the churches to hear this message, to see this vision, and to condemn our cultural standards. Then we shall realize that what God wants is Christ and that Christ today is the life-giving Spirit mingled with our spirit. Instead of living according to a certain standard, we should simply live by the Christ who dwells in our spirit. As we live in the spirit, we should let Christ have a free course throughout our whole being. Then we shall enjoy Him, experience Him, and be delivered from our culture