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歌罗西书生命读经 · 第53篇

在基督里面得了丰满、受了割礼、复活、并一同与祂活过来

In Christ made full, circumcised, raised, and made alive together with Him
1读经：歌罗西书二章八至十五节。
1Scripture Reading: Col. 2:8-15
2歌罗西二章八至十五节，构成这卷书完整的一段。这一段开始于警告的话：『你们要谨慎，恐怕有人用他的哲学，和虚空的欺骗，…把你们掳去。』（8。）这一段之后接著有另一个警告：『所以不拘在饮食上、或在节期、月朔、或安息日方面，都不可让人论断你们。』（16。）八节里的警告，是根据前面的经节。按照前面的经文，一切智慧和知识的宝藏，都藏在那是神奥秘的基督里面。（2～3。）保罗在六节说，我们既然接受了基督，就要在祂里面行事为人。我们要在基督里面行事为人，就必须履行七节所题的两个条件：我们必须在祂里面生根，并且在一个过程中，就是在祂里面正被建造。此外，我们必须谨慎，恐怕有人把我们掳去，使我们离开这位是神奥秘的基督；我们本该在祂里面行事为人。我们已经接受了这位奇妙的基督，祂乃是神的奥秘，带著一切智慧和知识的宝藏。如今我们既然已在祂里面生根，并在祂里面正被建造，就要在祂里面行事为人。
2Colossians 2:8-15 forms a complete section of the book. This section begins with a word of warning: “Beware that no one carries you off as spoil through his philosophy and empty deceit” (v. 8). This section is also followed by another warning: “Let no one therefore judge you in eating and in drinking or in respect of a feast or of a new moon or of Sabbaths” (v. 16). The warning in verse 8 is based on the verses which precede it. According to these verses, Christ is the mystery of God, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge (vv. 2-3). In verse 6 Paul says that as we have received Christ, we should walk in Him. In order to walk in Christ, we must fulfill the two conditions mentioned in verse 7: we must be rooted in Him and be in the process of being built up in Him. Then we must beware that no one carries us off as spoil from the very Christ who is the mystery of God and in whom we should walk. We have received the wonderful Christ who is the mystery of God with all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Now, having been rooted in Him and being built up in Him, we should walk in Him
对土壤的描述
A DESCRIPTION OF THE SOIL
3二章八至十五节这一段相当复杂，其中有许多的要点。这许多点都是关于基督是美地，是我们已经在其中生根的丰富土壤。七节里『已经生根』这话含示土壤的意思。八至十五节详尽的描述基督乃是我们在其中生根的土壤。我们既然在土壤里生根，就藉著从土壤里所吸收的元素长大。我们知道，作为土壤的基督乃是在我们的8灵里。现在我们必须往前看见，八至十五节乃是描述我们在其中生根的土壤。这些经文对这土壤有完满的描述和说明。
3The section of Colossians which includes 2:8-15 is rather complicated. It contains a number of important points. Many of these points are related to Christ as the good land, as the rich soil in which we have been rooted. The expression “having been rooted” in verse 7 implies that there is soil. Verses 8 through 15 are a full description of Christ as the soil in which we have been rooted. Having been rooted in the soil, we grow with the elements we absorb from the soil. We know that Christ as the soil is in our spirit. Now we must go on to see, from verses through 15, a description of the very soil in which we have been rooted. These verses present a full description and definition of the soil.
4这块特殊土壤的头一方面是在九节：『因为神格一切的丰满，都有形有体的居住在基督里面。』神格一切的丰满，都有形有体的居住在祂里面，我们在这一位里面已经生根。我们不该让人把我们从这样的土壤中移开。从这块土壤中移开，就是被拔除。当保罗写歌罗西书的时候，有些人想要把信徒从基督里拔出来。信徒已经在基督这块美地上生根；神格一切的丰满都居住在这一位里面。我们不可让人把我们从这土壤中移开，我们必须一直生根在其中。
4The first aspect of this very special soil is found in verse 9: “For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.” We have been rooted in the One in whom all the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily. We should not allow anyone to carry us away from such a soil. To be carried away from this soil is to be uprooted from it. When the book of Colossians was written, some were trying to uproot the believers from Christ. The believers had been rooted in Christ as the good land, as the One in whom all the fullness of the Godhead dwells. Instead of allowing anyone to carry us away from this soil, we must stay rooted in it.
5在二章十节，保罗继续说，『你们在祂里面也得了丰满。祂是一切执政掌权者的元首。』这里我们对基督这土壤更多的实质有进一步的看见。土壤的一方面是神格的丰满；另一方面乃是基督是一切执政掌权者的元首。在基督这美地上，有许多不同的元素。头一个元素是神格一切的丰满，第二个元素是一切执政掌权者的元首。我们在十一至十五节能看见更多的元素。十一节说，『你们在祂里面，也受了非人手所行的割礼，乃是在基督的割礼里，脱去了肉体的身体。』土壤还包含基督的割礼，表明割除和杀死。因此，这土壤里也有杀死的元素。十二节说，我们在受浸中与基督一同埋葬，指明土壤也包含埋葬的元素。在基督这土壤里有一个实质，使我们被埋葬。我们埋葬以后，又复活。在十二节，保罗说到那叫基督从死人中复活的神。这说法指明在基督这土壤里，有一个叫我们复活的元素。按照十三节来看，我们也活过来了。在土壤里有一个元素赐我们生命，点活我们。在林前十五章四十五节，保罗说到赐生命的灵。在歌罗西二章十三节，他用同样的希腊字说到赐人生命叫人活过来，但是用过去式。基督作为土壤，已叫我们活过来，祂已赐给我们生命。在十四至十五节，保罗继续说，『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。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。』这里我们看见，在基督这土壤里更多的元素。涂抹了在规条上所写的字据，是在土壤里的一种元素；将一切执政的和掌权的脱下，把他们公然示众，仗著十字架在凯旋中向他们夸胜，也是如此。基督是土壤，包含了这一切奇妙的元素。赞美主，祂是这样丰富的土壤！我们在这土壤里已经生根；一天过一天，我们的根需要更加深入到基督这独一的土壤里。
5In 2:10 Paul continues, “And you in Him are made full, Who is the Head of all rule and authority.” Here we see more concerning the substance of Christ as the soil. One aspect of the soil is that of the fullness of the Godhead; another aspect is that Christ is the Head of all rule and authority. In Christ as the good land we have a number of different elements. The first element is all the fullness of the Godhead, and the second is the Head of all rule and authority. In verses 11 through 15 we find more elements. Verse 11 says, “In Whom also you were circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, in the putting off of the body of the flesh, in the circumcision of Christ.” The soil also includes the circumcision of Christ, which denotes cutting and killing. In the soil there is, therefore, a killing element. Verse 12, which says that we were buried together with Christ in baptism, indicates that the soil also contains the element of burial. In Christ as the soil there is a substance which causes us to be buried. After burial, we are raised up. In verse 12 Paul speaks of God who raised Christ from among the dead. This expression indicates that in Christ as the soil there is an element which causes us to be raised up. According to verse 13, we also are made alive. There is an element in the soil which gives us life, enlivens us. In 1 Corinthians 15:45 Paul speaks of the life-giving Spirit. In Colossians 2:13 he uses the same Greek term for life-giving, only in the past tense. As the soil, Christ has made us alive; He has given us life. In verses 14 and 15 Paul continues, “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. Stripping off the rulers and the authorities, He made a display of them openly, triumphing over them in it.” Here we have more elements that are found in Christ as the soil. The wiping out of the handwriting in ordinances is an element in the soil. The same is true of the stripping off of the rulers and the authorities, the making of a display of them openly, and the triumphing over them in the cross. As the soil, Christ includes all these marvelous elements. Praise Him that He is such a rich soil! We have been rooted in this soil. Day by day, our roots need to sink deeper into Christ as the unique soil.
6我们在作土壤的基督里生根时，头一件发生的事就是，我们在祂里面得了丰满。（二10。）『得了丰满』这话含意很广，需要扩充的繙译，来显示其真实的意义。这个希腊字含示完备、完全、满足、和完满的完成。在基督这土壤里，我们都被充满、得完备、被成全、得满足、并彻底得著供应。我们已指出，土壤的头一个元素乃是神格的丰满。当我们从土壤里将丰富的养分吸收进来，我们就享受这丰满。然后这丰满使我们得了丰满，使我们完备，使我们完全，使我们满足，为我们成就一切，并彻底供应我们每一样的需要。在这一点上，我们要进一步来看丰满的意义。二章九节所说的丰满是甚么？歌罗西一章指明，丰满就是神的彰显。这丰满与神的像有关。（15。）基督是那不能看见之神的像，祂是一切受造之物的首生者，也是从死人中复活的首生者。（15，18。）神格首先彰显在旧造里，然后彰显在新造─召会里。因为万有都是在基督里面，藉著祂并为著祂造的，并且万有都在基督里面得以维系，因此旧造里就有神格─那神圣者的彰显。新造乃是召会，新人，基督在其中是一切，又在一切之内。（三10～11。）因此，神的丰满就是神在旧造和新造里的彰显。神的彰显，那神圣者的丰满，乃是那不能看见之神的像。我们先前曾指出，一章十五节里『一切受造之物的首生者』这句话，与『那不能看见之神的像』这句话是同位语。这指明一切受造之物的首生者，等于那不能看见之神的像。基督彰显在旧造的各个项目里。新造也是这样，因为基督是从死人中复活的首生者。神所宝爱的基督，乃是那不能看见之神的像，彰显在旧造和新造里。这彰显就是神格的丰满。
6When we are rooted in Christ as the soil, the first thing to take place is that we are made full in Him (2:10). The phrase “made full” implies a great deal and requires an amplified translation in order to bring out its real significance. The Greek word implies completion, perfection, satisfaction, and full accomplishment. In Christ as the soil we are filled, completed, perfected, satisfied, and thoroughly supplied. We have pointed out that the first element of the soil is the fullness of the Godhead. As we absorb into our being the rich nourishment from the soil, we enjoy this fullness. Then this fullness makes us full, completes us, perfects us, satisfies us, accomplishes everything for us, and thoroughly supplies our every need. At this point, we need to consider further the meaning of fullness. What is the fullness spoken of in 2:9? As Colossians 1 indicates, the fullness is the expression of God. This expression is related to the image of God (1:15). As the image of the invisible God, Christ is both the Firstborn of all creation and also the Firstborn from among the dead (1:15, 18). The Godhead is expressed first in the old creation and then in the new creation, the church. Because all things were created in Christ, through Christ, and unto Christ, and because all things subsist together in Christ, there is the expression of the Godhead, the divine Being, in the old creation. The new creation is the church, the new man, in which Christ is all and in all (3:10-11). The fullness of God is thus the expression of God in the old creation and in the new creation. This expression of God, the fullness of the divine Being, is the image of the invisible God. We have pointed out previously that in 1:15 the phrase “Firstborn of all creation” stands in apposition to the expression “image of the invisible God.” This indicates that the Firstborn of all creation is equal to the image of the invisible God. Christ is expressed in the items of the old creation. The same is true of the new creation, since Christ is the Firstborn from among the dead. Christ, the Beloved of God, is the image of the invisible God expressed in the old creation and in the new creation. This expression is the fullness of the Godhead
7这丰满是取用不竭的。这样无穷无尽的丰满，乃是我们在其中已经生根之丰富土壤的头一个元素。神已将我们栽种于丰富的土地上。这土地的头一面乃是神格的丰满，就是神在旧造和新造里的彰显。因此，丰满含示神在旧造和新造里的彰显。我们既栽种在这样丰富的土壤中，就从土壤里吸收养分。土壤的丰富，头一个元素就是丰满。我们在这丰满里，便得了丰满。因此，我们一无所缺。
7This fullness is inexhaustible. Such an inexhaustible fullness is the first element of the rich soil in which we are rooted. God has planted us into a rich land. The first aspect of this land is the fullness of the Godhead, the expression of God in the old creation and in the new creation. Thus, the fullness implies the expression of God in the old creation and in the new creation. Having been planted into such rich soil, we absorb nourishment from the soil. The first element of the riches of the soil is the fullness. In this fullness we have been made full. Thus, we are short of nothing.
8保罗要歌罗西的信徒晓得，他们既在基督里得了丰满，就不需要敬拜天使。基督是一切执政掌权者的元首；天使不过是神造物中的一项罢了。在这丰满里我们已经得了丰满、完备和完全。一切必需的事都成就了，我们已经得著供应，并且已经满足了。哦，这丰满乃是包罗万有的，包括了公义、称义、圣别、成圣、以及我们所需要的一切。我们既栽种在这丰满里，就该从其中吸取滋养。我们这样作，就会发现我们一无所缺。钉十字架和复活的经历都在这丰满里。赞美主，我们可以享受宇宙的、永远的、延展无限的、包罗万有的丰满！这丰满有形有体的居住在基督里面。基督既是我们已经生根于其中的美地，我们在这丰满里就已经生根了；我们在其中已经得了丰满、完备并完全。我们甚么都不缺。我们在基督这美地里生根以前，没有甚么正面的事物。反之，我们与肉体、规条、和黑暗的权势有关联。但如今我们已在美地里生根，这丰满就成了我们的，我们也得著一切正面事物的供应。在这包罗万有且延展无限的丰满里，我们得著了一切。我们有神，有提高的人性，并且有神圣的属性和人性的美德。你需要生命么？生命就在这丰满里。你需要爱和忍耐么？爱和忍耐也包括在这丰满里。这丰满是包罗万有的，因此这丰满为我们成就了一切，完全满足并供应我们，且使我们得了丰满、完全并完备。我们在其中生根的土壤是何等丰富！这土壤供应我们一切，我们一无所缺。我们有了包罗万有、无穷无尽的丰满。在这宇宙中有这么一个东西，保罗在歌罗西书里称之为丰满。这丰满有形有体的居住在基督里面。我们在祂，就是在神格丰满的具体化身里面，也得了丰满。
8Paul wanted the Colossian believers to realize that since they had been made full in Christ, they had no need to worship angels. Christ was the Head of all rule and authority, and angels were just one item of God’s creation. In the fullness we are made full, complete, and perfect. Everything necessary is accomplished, and we are supplied and satisfied. Oh, this fullness is all-inclusive. It includes righteousness, justification, holiness, sanctification, and whatever we may need. Having been planted into this fullness, we should simply absorb nourishment from it. As we do so, we shall find that we have no lack. The experiences of crucifixion and resurrection are in the fullness. Praise the Lord that we may enjoy the universal, eternal, extensive, all-inclusive fullness! This fullness dwells in Christ bodily. Since Christ is the good land in which we have been rooted, we have been rooted in this fullness; in it we have been made full, complete, and perfect. We have no need whatever. Before we were rooted in Christ as the good land, we did not have anything positive. Instead, we were involved with the flesh, the ordinances, and power of darkness. But now that we have been rooted in the good land, the fullness has become ours, and we are supplied with every positive thing. In this all- inclusive and extensive fullness, we have everything. We have God, we have an uplifted humanity, and we have divine attributes and human virtues. Do you need life? It is found in this fullness. Do you need love or patience? They also are included in the fullness. Because this fullness is all-inclusive, it accomplishes everything for us, it fully satisfies and supplies us, and it makes us full, perfect, and complete. How rich is the soil in which we have been rooted! It supplies us with everything, and we have no lack. We have the all-inclusive, inexhaustible fullness. In this universe there is such a thing that Paul in Colossians calls the fullness. This fullness dwells in Christ bodily. In Him, the embodiment of the fullness of the Godhead, we are made full
肉体、规条、以及执政掌权者
the flesh, the ordinances, and the rulers and authorities
9然而，二章十一至十五节指明，在消极方面有肉体、规条、以及执政掌权者。我们男、女、老、幼、有文化的、没有文化的，都受这三类反面事物的搅扰。我们都有肉体，都有某种规条，也都服从空中邪恶的掌权者。罪、世界、过犯的根源都在这些反面的事物里。赞美主，在基督这土壤里有割礼的元素，将肉体治死！在基督这土壤里有杀死的能力。这杀死的元素可以比作盐，加在土壤里，就能将腐败消杀。我们在其中所生根的美地，其上的土壤乃是割礼的『盐』。这种元素不能使任何作物生长，但对于杀菌却很有果效。牠割除肉体，并杀死肉体。
9On the negative side, however, as 2:11-15 indicates, we have the flesh, the ordinances, and the rulers and authorities. Young and old, male and female, cultured and uncultured — we all are troubled by these three categories of negative things. We all have the flesh, we all have some type of ordinances, and we all are subject to the evil authorities in the atmosphere. Sin, worldliness, and offenses have their source in these negative things. Praise the Lord that in Christ as the soil we have the element of circumcision which puts the flesh to death! In Christ as the soil there is killing power. This killing element can be compared to salt, which when added to soil can kill corruption. In the soil of the good land in which we are rooted is the “salt” of circumcision. This element does not cause anything to grow, but it is effective in killing germs. It cuts the flesh and kills it.
10杀死以后，就需要埋葬。在作土壤的基督里面有一种元素，使我们被埋葬。不仅如此，还有另一种元素使我们复活。因此，在基督这土壤里的元素，首先埋葬我们，然后叫我们复活。在作土壤的基督里，我们被治死、埋葬、复活、并得著生命。杀死和埋葬将反面的事物从我们身上带走，而复活将我们带离反面的事物。然后土壤里赐人生命的元素，就使我们活著。因此，在作土壤的基督里面，有杀死我们、埋葬我们、使我们复活、并使我们活著的元素。根据二章十四节，在规条上所写，攻击我们、反对我们的字据，已经被涂抹，已经被钉在十字架上。在这土壤里，也有涂抹规条的元素。我们在日常行事为人的方式上，都有某种的规条。这些规条也许不是成文的，却是刻在我们的头脑里。也许你从来不觉得，但规条却拦阻你在生命里长大。你要长得合式，这些规条就必须涂抹掉，钉在十字架上。我能作见证，当我从基督这土壤里吸收滋养，我的规条就被涂抹了。今天我们不需要规条，我们只需要从土壤里吸收丰富，使我们长大，并且被建造。
10After the killing, we have burial. In Christ as the soil there is an element which causes us to be buried. Furthermore, there is another element which raises us up. Thus, first the elements in Christ as the soil bury us; then they raise us up. In Christ as the soil we are put to death, buried, raised up, and given life. The killing and the burial take the negative things away from us, whereas being raised takes us away from the negative things. Then the element in the soil which gives life makes us living. Therefore, in Christ as the soil there are elements which kill us, bury us, raise us up, and make us living. According to 2:14, the handwriting in ordinances, which was against us and contrary to us, has been wiped out. It has been nailed to the cross. In the soil there is also the element of the wiping out of the ordinances. We all have certain kinds of ordinances concerning the way we conduct our daily life. These ordinances may not be in writing, but they are inscribed in our mentality. Perhaps you have never realized this, but ordinances hinder your growth in life. In order for you to grow properly, they need to be wiped out, nailed to the cross. I can testify that as I absorb nourishment from Christ as the soil, my ordinances are wiped out. Today we do not need ordinances. We simply need to assimilate the riches from the soil that we may grow and be built up
11土壤里面还有一个元素，就是脱下执政的和掌权的，而在凯旋中向他们夸胜；（二15；）这元素胜过空中的邪灵。信徒和不信的人都觉察到，有邪恶的事物围绕著他们。人想要行善，却有个东西使他们作恶；他们被邪恶的空气包围著。我们若想要凭自己与空中的黑暗权势争战，就必失败。但在作土壤的基督里面，有一种击败邪灵的元素。当我们在土壤里生根，并且吸取土壤丰富的元素时，诸天界里执政的和掌权的就必被脱下。土壤里面有一个脱下黑暗权势的元素。我们已经栽种在这土壤里面，现今必须享受其中一切的丰富。
11In the soil there is also an element which strips off the rulers and authorities and triumphs over them (2:15). This element is victorious over the evil spirits in the atmosphere. Both believers and unbelievers realize that there is something evil surrounding them. People try to be good, but something causes them to do evil. They are enveloped with an evil atmosphere. If we try in ourselves to combat the power of darkness in the atmosphere, we shall be defeated. But there is an element in Christ as the soil which defeats the evil spirits. As we stay rooted in the soil and absorb its rich elements, the rulers and authorities in the heavenlies will be stripped off. There is an element in the soil which strips off the power of darkness. We have been planted into this soil, and now we must enjoy all its riches
12保罗在二章十至十五节，用了许多过去式或完成式的动词，为要指出各样完成的事实；这些事实也该成为我们的经历。根据我们的信心，十至十五节里的项目都是事实。但是当我们在灵里接触这位包罗万有之灵的主，这些事实就成了我们的经历。我们不该停在相信事实的阶段；我们必须花时间享受主作包罗万有的土地，好使这些事实成为我们的经历。
12In 2:10-15 Paul uses a number of verbs in either the past tense or the perfect tense in order to point to various accomplished facts. These facts should also become our experiences. According to our faith, the items in verses 10 through 15 are facts. But as we contact the Lord who is the all-inclusive Spirit in our spirit, these facts become our experience. We should not stop with simply believing the facts. We must take time to enjoy the Lord as the all-inclusive land so that these facts may become our experience.
花时间吸取主
TAKING TIME TO ABSORB THE LORD
13倘若我们花时间享受主，我们就该花充分的时间吸取祂。我们听过许多信息论到主是谁，祂是甚么，以及祂在那里。我们也学会了如何运用灵来接触祂。但如今我们必须花足彀的时间吸取祂。我们在这件事上不该闲懒、怠惰。我能从经历中很强的见证，我们花时间享受主时，就把丰富土壤的一切元素吸收到我们里面了。我得救以后，立刻就爱主，并开始追求祂。作为追求主的人，我非常渴慕得胜。我阅读许多书籍，有些书教导我向著罪算自己是死的。然而，我虽然这样尝试，在我的经历中却不太管用。有许多年，我摸索寻找得胜的路。最终我看见，罗马六章所说的与基督同钉十字架，惟有在罗马八章所启示的那灵里，才能经历得到。许多在主里有经历的圣徒，都可以见证这是事实。我们若要得胜，就必须花时间吸取主；我们把祂吸收进来作我们的享受，就有丰满、割礼、埋葬、复活、生命的分赐、规条的涂抹、以及黑暗权势的脱下。一天又一天，我们可以把基督吸收到我们里面，而享受丰富的基督。
13If we take time to enjoy the Lord, we shall take adequate time to absorb Him. We have heard a number of messages concerning who the Lord is, what He is, and where He is. We have also learned how to exercise our spirit to contact Him. But now we must take sufficient time to absorb Him. We should not be lazy or indolent in this matter. From my experience I can testify strongly that when we take time to enjoy the Lord, all the elements of the rich soil are absorbed into us. Immediately after I was saved, I came to love the Lord and began to seek Him. As a seeker of the Lord, I longed to be victorious. I read books which taught me to reckon myself dead to sin. However, although I tried this, it did not work very well in my experience. For many years, I was groping to find the way to be victorious. Eventually I came to see that the crucifixion with Christ spoken of in Romans 6 can be experienced by us only in the Spirit, as revealed in Romans 8. A number of experienced saints in the Lord can testify that this is true. If we wish to be victorious, we must take time to absorb the Lord. As we absorb Him into us for our enjoyment, we shall have the fullness, the circumcision, the burial, the raising up, the impartation of life, the wiping out of the ordinances, and the stripping off of the power of darkness. Day by day we may enjoy the rich Christ by absorbing Him into us
14我感谢主，祂把歌罗西二章七节向我们开启，给我们看见我们已经在基督这丰富的土壤里生根。我也感谢主，从二章八至十五节看见，我们是在怎样的土壤里生根。你若看见我们在基督这丰富的土壤里生根，就会得著安慰和鼓励。不要被你的软弱所困扰，要思想你在其中生根的丰富土壤。在这土壤里，你岂不是有丰满、割礼、埋葬、复活、生命的分赐、规条的涂抹、和黑暗权势的脱下么？忘掉你的环境、你的光景、你的失败、以及你的软弱，单单花时间享受主。要花时间吸取祂，从祂这土壤里吸收丰富的元素。倘若你花时间吸取主，你就能见证，你在基督里一无所缺。
14I am thankful that the Lord has opened 2:7 to us, showing us that we have been rooted in Christ as the rich soil. I am also thankful to see from 2:8-15 the kind of soil in which we are rooted. If you see that we have been rooted in Christ as the rich soil, you will be comforted and encouraged. Do not be troubled by your weaknesses. Consider the rich soil in which you are rooted. In this soil do you not have the fullness, the circumcision, the burial, the raising up, the giving of life, the wiping out of the ordinances, and the stripping off of the powers of darkness? Forget your situation, your condition, your failures, and your weaknesses and simply take time to enjoy the Lord. Take time to absorb Him, to assimilate the rich elements from Him as the soil. If you take time to absorb the Lord, you will be able to testify that in Christ you have no lack.
15我们每天早晨需要花足彀的时间吸取主。十分钟虽然好，但在一天的起头，最好花半小时享受主。倘若你早晨花半小时吸取主、享受主，你在一天当中，就不会受到反面事物的搅扰。『苍蝇』和『蝎子』不会来烦扰你，因为土壤里的元素会驱逐牠们。但如果你在早晨没有吸取主，就很容易受到『苍蝇』和『蝎子』的搅扰。许多圣徒能见证，早晨吸取主，就是把最好的驱虫剂供应给他们。然而，我们不但该在早晨花时间与主同在，也该整天与主同在。倘若我们早晨、下午、晚上都与主有一段美好的时光，我们就不仅有最佳的杀虫剂，同时也享受了筵席。然而，我们若不忠信的花时间吸取主，我们的光景就会渐渐堕落。我们的经历能证实这事。让我们从思想、情感、意念中回转过来，将自己向主敞开，运用我们的灵说，『主耶稣，我爱你，我敬拜你，我尊崇你。主，我把自己献给你，我把心交给你，把今天每一件事都交给你。』你这样接触主的时候，切毋匆忙。要花时间，越多越好。你花时间接触主的时候，自然而然就把土壤里的丰富吸收到你里面。丰满、割礼、埋葬、复活、生命的分赐、规条的涂抹、掌权者的脱下，都会成为你的。歌罗西书中这一切的事实，都会成为你的经历。
15Every morning we need to take an adequate amount of time to absorb the Lord. Although even ten minutes is good, it is best to spend thirty minutes to enjoy Him at the start of each new day. If you spend thirty minutes to absorb the Lord and to enjoy Him in the morning, you will not be bothered by negative things during the day. The “flies” and “scorpions” will not pester you, for the elements in the soil will repel them. However, if you fail to absorb the Lord in the morning, you are apt to be troubled by “flies” and “scorpions.” Many saints can testify that absorbing the Lord in the morning supplies them with the best insect repellent. However, we should spend time with the Lord not only in the morning but also throughout the day. If we have a good time with the Lord in the morning, afternoon, and evening, not only shall we be supplied with the most effective pest control, we shall also enjoy a feast. However, if we are not faithful to take time to absorb the Lord, our condition will gradually deteriorate. Our experience confirms this. Let us turn from our thought, emotion, and intention and open ourselves to the Lord, exercising our spirit to say, “O Lord Jesus, I love You, I worship You, and I adore You. Lord, I give myself to You. I give You my heart and everything concerning this day.” As you contact the Lord in this way, do not be hurried. Take time, the more the better. As you spend time contacting the Lord, spontaneously you will absorb into you the riches of the soil. The fullness, the circumcision, the burial, the raising up, the imparting of life, the wiping out of the ordinances, and the stripping off of the authorities will be yours. All these facts in the book of Colossians will become your experience
与主成为一灵
ONE SPIRIT WITH THE LORD
16事实是在基督里，经历却是藉著基督。我们接触主，并且实际的与主是一，就经历到这些事。最近我每天早晨都向主祷告说，『主，给我恩典，使我活出与你是一灵。主，我不怀疑你与我是一灵。但是主，求你题醒我，我与你是一灵。』我们越活出与主是一灵，就越经历歌罗西书所启示包罗万有、延展无限的基督。因此，那些在基督里的事实，藉著祂并因著祂，就都成为我们的经历。哦，让我们吸取祂、享受祂并经历祂！赞美祂，我们已经在那满了神圣属性和提高的人性美德，丰富、肥沃的土壤里生根！我们所需要的一切都在这土壤里面，在我们所已经生根于其中的美地上。为著召会生活的实行，让我们一直在这土壤里生根，并且吸取其中一切的丰富。
16Whereas the facts are in Christ, the experience is by Christ. We experience these things as we contact the Lord and are one with Him in a practical way. Recently I have been praying to the Lord every morning, “Lord, grant me the grace to live one spirit with You. Lord, I have no doubt that You are one spirit with me. But, Lord, I ask You to remind me that I am one spirit with You.” The more we live one spirit with the Lord, the more we experience the all - inclusive and extensive Christ revealed in Colossians. All those things that are facts in Christ thus become our experience by Him and with Him. Oh, let us absorb Him, enjoy Him and experience Him! Praise Him that we have been rooted in a rich, fertile soil filled with the divine attributes and uplifted human virtues! Everything we need is in this soil, in this good land in which we have been rooted. For the practice of the church life, let us stay rooted in this soil and absorb all its riches.