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歌罗西书生命读经 · 第61篇

在上面的事上与基督是一

One with Christ in the things above
1读经：歌罗西书3:1-3，希伯来书4:14;7:24-26;8:1-2。
1Scripture Reading: Col. 3:1-3; Heb. 4:14; 7:24-26; 8:1-2
2在写以弗所书和歌罗西书这样的书信时，保罗乃是先陈明一个启示，主要的是关于基督与召会，然后再说到我们基督徒的行事为人。以弗所书前三章论到召会的启示，后三章论到配得过神呼召的生活。照样，歌罗西书前二章陈明包罗万有且延展无限之基督的启示，后二章则论到正当的基督徒生活。
2In writing Epistles such as Ephesians and Colossians, Paul first presents a revelation, mainly of Christ and the church, and then speaks concerning our Christian walk. The first three chapters of Ephesians cover the revelation concerning the church. The second three chapters are concerned with the walk worthy of God’scall ing. Likewise, the first two chapters of Colossians present a profound revelation of the all-inclusive and extensive Christ, whereas the last two chapters cover the proper Christian walk
3在歌罗西一至二章，保罗说到包罗万有之基督的许多面。他给我们看见，基督是众圣徒的分、那不能看见之神的像、一切受造之物的首生者、从死人中复活的首生者、以及神的奥秘。按照一章二十七节，这样一位基督住
3In Colossians 1 and 2 Paul covers many aspects of the all-inclusive Christ. He shows us that Christ is the portion of the saints, the image of the invisible God, the Firstborn of all creation, the Firstborn from among the dead, and the mystery of God. According to 1:27, such a Christ dwells in us as our hope of glory
4在我们里面，成了我们荣耀的盼望。
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5三章一节说，『所以你们若与基督一同复活，就当寻求在上面的事，那里有基督坐在神的右边。』保罗在这一节用『所以』一辞，指明三、四章乃是一、二章的结果，也是根据这两章而有的。保罗说了许多有关基督的奇妙真理之后，就告诉我们，所以当寻求上面的事，那里有基督。保罗在三章三节说，我们的『生命与基督一同藏在神里面』。请注意保罗没有说，我们的生命与基督一同藏在天上。反之，他告诉我们，我们的生命藏在神里面，在活的、神圣的人位里面。这指明神自己该是我们生活并行事的范围和领域。
5Colossians 3:1 says, “If therefore you were raised together with Christ, seek the things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God.” Paul’su se of the word therefore in this verse indicates that chapters three and four are the outcome of chapters one and two and are based on those chapters. After presenting so many marvelous truths concerning Christ, Paul tells us to therefore seek the things which are above, where Christ is. In 3:3 Paul says that our “life has been hidden with Christ in God.” Notice that Paul does not say that our life is hidden with Christ in heaven. Rather, he tells us that our life is hidden in God, in the living, divine Person. This indicates that God Himself is the realm, the sphere, in which we should live and walk
五件重要的事
FIVE CRUCIAL MATTERS
6在本篇信息中我们要来看，我们在上面的事上与基督是一。在以下几篇信息里，我们要来看新人的更新，基督的平安作仲裁，基督的话住在我们里面，以及坚定持续的祷告。如果我们在上面的事上与基督是一，我们就有新人的更新。然后，新人藉著基督的平安作仲裁，就得以实际的实现。接著我们就有基督的话住在我们里面，我们也必坚定持续的祷告。这五点乃是歌罗西三、四章的主要方面。如果从歌罗西三、四章除去这五个点，这两章就会缺少实质。
6In this message we shall see that we are one with Christ in the things above. In the following messages we shall consider the renewing of the new man, the arbitrating peace of Christ, the word of Christ inhabiting us, and persevering in prayer. If we are one with Christ in the things above, we shall have the renewing of the new man. Then, in a practical way, the new man will be realized through the arbitrating peace of Christ. Then we shall have the word of Christ inhabiting us, and we shall persevere in prayer. These five points are crucial aspects of chapters three and four of Colossians. If these points were removed from Colossians 3 and 4, these chapters would be lacking in substance.
7这五件重要的事，与我们基督徒的行事为人息息相关。这五件事与基督徒通常所受的伦理教训大不相同。那些伦理教训嘱咐信徒，要改良行为、要作好邻舍、要服从、要爱人。不错，这些都包含在圣经里。然而，这些事很容易被人照著天然的观念来领会。人天然的心思绝不会想到在上面的事上与基督是一、经历新人的更新、以及有基督的平安在我们里面作仲裁这样的事。当然，在歌罗西书里，保罗也论到丈夫与妻子、主人与奴仆、父母与儿女的事。但他的话是与新人、基督的平安、基督的话、以及坚定持续的祷告有关。我们无法满足神的要求
7These five important matters have much to do with our Christian walk. They are very different from the ethical teachings commonly given to Christians. According to those ethical teachings, believers are charged to improve their behavior, to be good neighbors, to be submissive, and to be loving. There is no doubt that those things are in the Bible. However, they can easily be understood according to the natural concept. Man’s natural mind would never conceive of matters such as being one with Christ in the things above, experiencing the renewing of the new man, or having the peace of Christ arbitrating in us. Of course, in the book of Colossians Paul has something to say about husbands and wives, masters and slaves, parents and children. But his word is related to the new man, the peace of Christ, the word of Christ, and persevering in prayer. OUR INABILITY TO MEET GOD’S REQUIREMENTS
8已婚的弟兄知道，要丈夫真爱妻子实在太难了；已婚的姊妹也知道，要妻子真服从丈夫也不容易。丈夫或妻子要作得好，实在是极为困难。甚至作人也不容易。人被造既是要彰显神、代表神，要作一个正确的人，就是要成为神的彰显和代表。但要代表另一个人或一个组织，并不容易，何况是要代表神。作正确的人尚且不容易，作基督徒就更难，尤其是作一个活基督的基督徒。保罗能说，『在我，活著就是基督。』（腓一21。）我们中间有谁能说，我们能活基督？我们若看见神的标准，就会觉得无能为力，因为我们晓得，凭著自己无法满足神的要求。虽然我们凭自己不可能满足神的标准，但在基督这是可能的。当我们看见自己无法满足神的要求时，我们就能敞开接受恩典。恩典乃是三一神进到我们里面彰显祂自己，代表祂自己，并在我们里面，藉著我们活出祂自己。这样经历神的恩典，与改良我们的行为，或凭自己来满足神的要求，是完全不同的。
8Married brothers know how difficult it is for husbands to truly love their wives, and married sisters know that it is difficult for wives to be genuinely submissive to their husbands. It is extremely difficult to be a proper husband or wife. It is even difficult to be a human being. Since man was created to express God and represent Him, to be a proper human is to be God’sex press i on and representation. But it is difficult to represent another person or an organization; how much more difficult it is to represent God. If it is difficult to be a proper human being, it is all the more difficult to be a Christian, especially a Christian who lives Christ. Paul could say, “To me to live is Christ” (Phil. 1:21). Who among us can say that we are able to live Christ? If we see God’s standard, we shall feel like giving up, for we shall realize that in ourselves we cannot meet God’s requirements. Although it is impossible for us in ourselves to meet God’s standard, with Christ this is possible. When we have the realization that we cannot meet God’s requirements, we can open to receive grace. Grace is the Triune God coming into us to express Himself, to represent Himself, and to live Himself in us and through us. Experiencing the grace of God in this way is altogether different from trying to improve our behavior or attempting in ourselves to meet God’s requirements
9神的救恩里，神不要我们作甚么，也不要我们成为甚么。反之，祂要为我们作一切，并要成为我们的一切。神领以色列人出埃及以后，改换他们的粮食，就指明这个事实。神的百姓在埃及的时候，吃埃及的食物，吃埃及的肉、鱼、葱、黄瓜、韭菜、蒜。他们的构成便像埃及人一样，他们是由所吃的埃及粮食组成的。但在出埃及十六章，神将吗哪赐给以色列人吃。他们的食物必须由埃及的食物更换为天上的食物。吗哪表征基督作我们生命的供应。如果我们吃吗哪所豫表的基督，我们就会由基督所构成。这样，我们的构成就会更换，我们的肉体也会受到真实而彻底的对付。
9salvation God does not want us to do any thing or to be any thing. Instead, He wants to do everything for us and to be everything to us. This is indicated by the fact that after God brought the children of Israel out of Egypt, He changed their diet. When God’sp eople were in Egypt, they had an Egyptian diet and ate the Egyptian meat, fish, onions, cucumbers, leeks, and garlic. This caused them to become Egyptian in their constitution. They were a composition of the Egyptian food they had eaten. But in Exodus 16 God provided manna for the children of Israel to eat. Their diet was to be changed from Egyptian food to heavenly food. Manna is a type of Christ as our life supply. If we eat Christ as typified by manna, we shall be constituted of Christ. In this way, our constitution will be changed, and our flesh will be dealt with genuinely and thoroughly.
10我们不该以为凭我们自己就能成为好丈夫或好妻子。然而，那位活在我们里面的却能。这一位就是基督，祂是我们荣耀的盼望。
10We should not think that in ourselves we can be a proper husband or wife. However, the One who has come to live in us is able. This One is Christ, our hope of glory
与基督一同在神里面
with Christ in God
11保罗在歌罗西三章继续告诉我们，我们与基督一同在神里面。首先，基督在我们里面，但至终，我们与基督一同在神里面。不仅如此，按照三章四节，住在我们里面的基督乃是我们的生命。我们里面有基督作生命，外面有神作我们的领域和范围。有时候当我坐车旅行时，我觉得实际上是在神里面旅行；祂乃是我们生活行事的范围。住在我们里面的基督是生命，但我们与基督一同藏在其中的神，乃是我们生活的范围。我们都该能见证，我们不是活在地上，甚至也不是只在天上，我们乃是在神里面。
11In chapter three Paul goes on to tell us that we are with Christ in God. First, Christ is in us, but eventually we are with Christ in God. Furthermore, according to 3:4, the Christ who dwells in us is our life. Inwardly we have Christ as our life, and outwardly we have God as our realm and sphere. Sometimes I have the sense when traveling in a car that actually I am traveling in God. He is the realm in which we live and walk. The Christ who dwells in us is life, but the God in whom we are hidden with Christ is the realm of our living. We should be able to testify that we are living not on earth nor even just in heaven, but in God
12我们凭自己不可能在神里面。我们只能与基督一同藏在神里面。许多人得了帮助，看见藉著基督的成为肉体、钉十字架和复活，神已经作到我们里面。但很少人清楚看见，我们也被带进神里面了。既然神在我们里面，我们也在祂里面，神与我们之间就有双向的交通。一面，歌罗西书告诉我们，基督在我们里面。这指明神已经作到我们里面。因为基督在我们里面，神就已经作到我们里面了。但三章告诉我们，我们与基督一同在神里面；这指明我们已经被带进神里面了。因此，如今神在我们里面作生命，我们也在作我们生活范围的神里面。
12In ourselves it is not possible for us to be in God. We can only be hidden in God with Christ. Many have been helped to see that through Christ’sin carnation, crucifixion, and resurrection, God has been wrought into us. But not as many see clearly that we have also been brought into God. Since God is in us and we are in Him, there is two-way traffic between God and us. On the one hand, Colossians tells us that Christ is in us. This indicates that God has been wrought into us. Because Christ is in us, God has been wrought into us. But in chapter three we are told that we are with Christ in God. This indicates that we have been brought into God. Therefore, God is now in us as our life, and we are in God as the realm of our living
13我们应当赞美主，不仅为著三一神在我们里面，也为著我们是在三一神里面。基督成为肉体而来，把神带进我们里面，祂也藉著钉十字架并复活回到神那里，把我们带进神里面。论到这种双向的交通，我们不该受天然观念的限制。要紧的是，我们要看见基督来把神作到我们里面，也把我们带进神里面。
13We should praise the Lord not only that the Triune God is in us, but also that we are in the Triune God. Christ came by incarnation to bring God into us, and He went back to God by crucifixion and resurrection to bring us into God. Concerning this two-way traffic, we should not be restricted by the natural concept. It is crucial for us to see that Christ came both to work God into us and to bring us into God.
14我们既然被带进神里面，并与基督一同藏在神里面，神就该成为我们生活的范围。如果我们在神里面生活行事，我们就是属天的。然而，在歌罗西书里，保罗没有说到天，也没有用『天上的』这辞，反之，他乃是题到在上面的事。我们当寻在上面的事，并且思念这些事。
14Since we have been brought into God and are hidden with Christ in God, God should be the realm of our living. If we live and walk in God, we shall be heavenly. However, in the book of Colossians, Paul does not speak of heaven, and he does not use the word heavenly. Instead, he mentions the things above. We need to seek the things which are above and set our mind on them
不被世上的蒙学打岔而偏离
NOT DISTRACTED BY THE ELEMENTS OF THE WORLD
15三章一节的『所以』一辞指明，我们必须回顾一、二章，因为保罗在三、四章里的话，乃是根据头两章所说的。按照一、二章，歌罗西人已经被打岔而偏离，去注意世上的蒙学。（二8。）这些蒙学包括犹太教的仪式、智慧派哲学、神秘主义、以及禁欲主义。保罗要歌罗西的信徒看见，这一切主义都是世上的蒙学，圣徒不该被这些打岔。基督既已作到我们里面，成了我们的生命；并且我们既已被带进神里面，我们的生命也与基督一同藏在那里，我们就不该再被世上的蒙学霸占。反之，我们应当留在神里面，并寻求在上面的事。神就是我们的范围；祂既是我们生活行事的范围，我们就不该再顾到世上的蒙学。
15The word therefore in 3:1 indicates that we need to look back at chapters one and two, since Paul’sword in chapters three and four is based upon what he has covered in the first two chapters. According to Colossians 1 and 2, the Colossians had been distracted and were paying their attention to the elements of the world (2:8). These elements included Judaistic observances, Gnostic philosophy, mysticism, and asceticism. Paul wanted the Colossian believers to see that all these isms are elements of the world and that the saints should not be distracted by them. Since Christ has been wrought into us to be our life, and since we have been brought into God, where our life is hidden with Christ, we should no longer be occupied with the elements of the world. Instead, we should remain in God and seek the things above. God is our sphere. Since He is the realm in which we live and walk, we should no longer care for the elements of the world
独特的子民
PECULIAR PEOPLE
16从保罗的著作我们能看见，基督徒乃是独特的子民；他们不需要宗教的教训，也不需要道德的劝戒。基督徒之所以独特，乃是因为我们有基督在里面作生命，并且有神这活的人位作范围。孔夫子很有道德，但不是那样的独特。我们应当赞美主，我们不是凡俗的，乃是独特的。青年人必须对父母作见证说，他们乃是有基督在他们里面的青年人，并且他们与基督一同在神里面。
16From Paul’s writings we can see that Christians are peculiar people who do not need religious teachings or ethical admonitions. What makes Christians peculiar is that we have Christ in us as our life and we have God, the living Person, as our realm. Confucius was ethical, but he was not peculiar in this way. We should praise the Lord that we are not common, but peculiar. The young people may need to testify to their parents that they are young people with Christ in them and that they are with Christ in God
17如果我们看见基督在我们里面作生命，我们也在作我们范围的神里面这个异象和启示，我们就会有所改变。我们会看见，我们不需要宗教或道德的教训。我们为甚么需要世上的蒙学、犹太教、智慧派学说、神秘主义、或禁欲主义？我们不是凡俗的，我们有基督，并且我们在神里面。丈夫和妻子若能彼此作见证说，他们是独特的，因为他们有基督，并且活在神里面，那是何等的好。倘若丈夫和妻子有这样的体认，并且彼此告诉对方，争吵或闹意见就没有地位了。哦，愿我们都看见，按照圣经，基督在我们里面成了荣耀的盼望，并且我们与基督一同藏在神里面！现今我们必须在神里面生活行事。甚么启示能比这个更高、更宝贵？愿我们天天享受并经历基督在我们里面，以及我们与基督一同在神里面。
17If we see the vision, the revelation, that Christ is in us as our life and that we are in God as our sphere, we shall be changed. We would realize that we have no need for religious or ethical teachings. What need do we have for the elements of the world, for Judaism, Gnosticism, mysticism, or asceticism? We are not common — we have Christ, and we are in God. How good it would be for a husband and wife to testify to one another that they are peculiar because they have Christ and are living in God. If a husband and wife would have such a realization and speak about it to each other, there would be no room for quarreling or for the expression of opinion. Oh, may we all realize that according to the Bible, Christ is in us as our hope of glory and that with Christ we are hidden in God! Now we must live and walk in God. What revelation could be higher or more precious than this? Day by day may we enjoy and experience having Christ in us and being with Christ in God.
基督的两种职事
THE TWO MINISTRIES OF CHRIST
18基于以上的点，我们现在豫备好来看，甚么是在上面的事上与基督是一。在上面的事与基督的第二种职事有关。基督职事的头一面，是祂在地上的职事。这职事持续了三十三年半，开始于基督成为肉体，结束于祂被钉十字架。基督在地上的年间，祂的职事完成了许多。藉著祂在十字架上的死，祂为我们完成了救赎。所有基督徒都熟悉耶稣在地上的职事，并且甚为宝贝之，因为我们乃是藉著这职事得救的。
18With this as a foundation, we are now prepared to consider what it means to be one with Christ in the things above. The things above are related to the second of Christ’st wo ministries. The first aspect of Christ’s ministry was His ministry on earth. Lasting thirty-three and a half years, this ministry began with Christ’sin carnation and was concluded with His crucifixion. During the years He was on earth, Christ accomplished much in His ministry. Through His death on the cross, He accomplished redemption for us. All Christians are familiar with the earthly ministry of Jesus and value it very highly, for it is through this ministry that we have been saved
19基督在地上的职事很重要，但这不是祂职事的主要方面。祂职事的主要方面，乃是祂在天上的职事。祂藉著在地上的职事救赎我们、拯救我们、并重生我们；但是祂藉著在天上的职事正在建造召会。基督的身体需要基督在天上的职事，就是在上面之基督的职事，才能得著建造。今天基督在天上比祂在地上时还要忙碌。许多年前，有人教导我说，基督完成了祂救赎的工作，就升到天上现今安息之处，等候仇敌作祂的脚凳。按照这种教训，基督的工作完成了，祂没有甚么可作了。我起初接受了这种教训，后来才晓得这只陈明了一部分的真理。不错，就著基督在地上那为著救赎的职事而言，工作已经完成了，祂安息了，祂不需要进一步作甚么来救赎我们。然而，主的目标不仅是救赎我们、重生我们；祂的目标乃是要得著召会、身体、新妇。这比完成救赎的目标还要难达成。基督在地上救赎的工作，顶多花了三十三年半。但建造身体的工作，一直进行了十九个世纪多，到如今还没有完成。基督在天上的确有许多要作的。
19As important as Christ’s earthly ministry was, it is not the main aspect of His ministry. The primary part of His ministry is His ministry in heaven. By His earthly ministry He redeemed us, saved us, and regenerated us. But by His heavenly ministry, He is building the church. The Body of Christ needs the heavenly ministry of Christ, the ministry of Christ above, in order to be built up. Today Christ is more busy in heaven than He was when He was on earth. Years ago, I was taught by some that when Christ finished His redemptive work, He ascended to heaven where He is now resting, waiting until His enemy is made His footstool. According to this teaching, Christ’s work is finished, and He has nothing more to do. Although I accepted this teaching at first, I later learned that it presents only part of the truth. Yes, as far as Christ’s earthly ministry for redemption is concerned, the work is finished, and He is at rest. There is no need for Him to do anything further in order to redeem us. However, the Lord’s goal is not merely to redeem us and regenerate us; His goal is to have the church, the Body, the Bride. This goal is more difficult to attain than the goal of accomplishing redemption. Christ’s work on earth for redemption took, at most, thirty-three and a half years. But His work for the building up of His Body has been going on for more than nineteen centuries, and still it is not complete. Christ certainly has much to do in heaven
代求与供应
INTERCEDING AND SUPPLYING
20也许你不知道主耶稣在天上作甚么，以达到建造祂身体的目标。按照希伯来书，基督今天乃是大祭司和天上的执事。（二17，四14，七26，八1～。）祂是大祭司，为我们代求；祂也是天上的执事，以神的丰富供应我们。基督在代求时，把我们和我们的需要带到神面前；祂在尽职时，把神的丰富带给我们。基督在天上的职事与我们实际的日常生活息息相关。我们已经指出，在召会生活中作个好丈夫并不容易。许多弟兄知道自己的缺点，也许向主承认说，他们无法作个好丈夫。每当一位弟兄这样向主承认他的需要，主就立即作大祭司为他代求，把他的需要带到神面前。然后，祂作属天的执事，把作好丈夫所需要的一切都供应给他。对神来说，基督是我们的大祭司；对我们来说，祂乃是神属天的执事。因著基督为我们代求，并将祂的丰富供应到我们里面，一位弟兄也许发现，一旦他承认无法作个好丈夫，里面就有甜美的感觉和深处的把握说，他能作个好丈夫。这种甜美、内里的把握，乃是来自基督天上的职事，来自祂为我们的需要代求，以及祂将丰富的生命供应到我们里面。
20Perhaps you are wondering what the Lord Jesus is doing in heaven to reach the goal of building up His Body. According to the book of Hebrews, Christ today is the High Priest and the heavenly Minister (2:17; 4:14; 7:26; 8:1-2). As the High Priest, He is interceding for us, and 2 as the heavenly Minister He is supplying us with the riches of God. In His intercession Christ brings us with our need to God. In His ministry He brings the riches of God to us. Christ’s heavenly ministry has much to do with our practical daily life. We have already pointed out that it is difficult to be a good husband in the church life. Realizing their shortcomings, many brothers may confess to the Lord that they simply are not able to be a proper husband. Whenever a brother admits his need to the Lord in this way, immediately the Lord as the High Priest intercedes for him and brings his need to God. Then, as the heavenly Minister, He supplies all that is necessary to be a good husband. Toward God, Christ is the High Priest for us; toward us, He is the heavenly Minister for God. Because Christ intercedes for us and ministers His riches into us, a brother may find that as soon as he confesses that he cannot be a good husband, he has the sweet sense and deep conviction within that he can be a good husband. This sweet, in ward assurance comes from Christ’she aven ly ministry, from His prayer for our need and from His ministry of the rich life supply into us.
21我鼓励你向主说，有些事情你实在无法作；这会激起祂来为你代求。譬如，你失败了，你可以承认说，『主，我实在无法成为圣别。』祂就要立即为你代求，并将祂的丰富供应到你里面。所以，因著基督作大祭司和执事的职事，在神和你之间就有一种属灵的传输、来往与交通。因著基督天上职事的结果，你里面就会觉得，虽然你在自己里面无法圣别，但在祂里面仍然可能圣别。
21I encourage you to tell the Lord that you simply are not able to do certain things. This will stir Him to pray for you. For example, out of defeat you may confess, “Lord, I simply am not able to be holy.” Immediately, He will intercede for you and minister His riches into you. Thus, there will be a spiritual transmission, transaction, and traffic between God and you because of Christ’s ministry as High Priest and Minister. As a result of Christ’s heavenly ministry, you will have the sense within that although, in yourself, you cannot be holy, it is still possible for you to be holy in Him.
22藉著寻求在上面的事而得更新歌罗西三章所题在上面的事，乃是与基督在天上的职事有关，与基督尽职事作我们的大祭司和神的执事有关。我们不该被属地的事和世上的蒙学霸占，反倒该看见我们与基督一同藏在神里面。这样，我们就当寻求在上面的事，并思念这些事。我们应当思念基督的代求，以及祂建造身体的职事。
22RENEWED BY SEEKING THE THINGS ABOVE The things above mentioned in Colossians 3 are the things related to the heavenly ministry of Christ, to Christ’s ministry as our High Priest and God’s Minister. We should not be occupied with earthly things and with the elements of the world, but should realize that we are hidden with Christ in God. We should then seek the things above and set our mind on them. We should set our mind on Christ’s intercession and on His ministry for the building up of His Body
23当我们寻求在上面的事，新人就会完全得以更新。实际的说，新人乃是藉著我们寻求在上面的事而产生的。因此，如果新人要彰显在地上，我们就需要看见基督是我们的大祭司和属天的执事，我们也需要经历天上的基督与我们之间双向的交通。
23As we seek the things above, the new man will be renewed in a full way. In a very practical sense, the new man comes into existence through our seeking the things which are above. Therefore, if the new man is to be expressed on earth, we need to see Christ as our High Priest and heavenly Minister and also experience the two-way traffic between the heavenly Christ and us
24回应基督天上的职事我们必须成为回应基督天上职事的人。历世纪以来，基督一直想要得著一班人，来回应祂在天上的职事，却没有完全成功。靠著主的怜悯和恩典，今天在地上有一班在主恢复里的人，回应基督天上的职事。愿我们就是那班告诉主说，我们乃是在这职事里与祂是一的人。我们必须日夜回应超乎万有之上的基督。当我回应主说，『阿们，主，』我里面深处就确信，基督正在代求并尽职，要把祂的丰富传输到我里面，并以神的元素灌注到我里面。因著这种传输和注入，我就被充满并且被挑旺，好为著主的权益。有时候我喜乐忘形，几乎不知道要作甚么才好。这就是寻求在上面之事的意义。
24RESPONDING TO CHRIST’SHE AVEN LY MINISTRY We need to be those who respond to Christ’she aven ly ministry. For centuries, Christ has tried without adequate success to get a people to respond to His ministry in the heavens. By His mercy and grace, there is on earth today a group of people in the Lord’s recovery responding to Christ’she aven ly ministry. Let us be those who tell the Lord that we are one with Him in this ministry. Day and night, we need to respond to the Christ who is above all. When I respond to the Lord, saying, “ Amen, Lord,” I have the conviction deep within that Christ is interceding and ministering, that He is transmitting His riches into me and infusing me with the element of God. Because of this transmission and infusion, I am filled and stirred for the Lord’sin te rests. Sometimes I am so beside myself with joy that I hardly know what to do. This is what it means to seek the things above
25如果我们寻求在上面的事，且在上面的事上与基督成为一，我们就不在意宗教、哲学、或道德的教训这些世上的蒙学。反之，我们只在意基督为著祂身体的代求，以及基督把祂的丰富传输到祂的肢体里面。我确信在地方召会中，许多圣徒正在经历基督丰富的灌注。因著我们有这样的灌注，我们就不需要伦理、文化或宗教，我们只需要在基督天上的职事里更多与祂是一。为著祂的代求，为著祂的职事，并为著天地间的交通，赞美祂！
25If we seek the things above and are one with Christ in the things above, we shall not care for religion, philosophy, or ethical teachings, all of which are elements of the world. Rather, we shall care only for Christ’s intercession for His Body and for the transmission of His riches into His members. I have the full assurance that many of the saints in the local churches are experiencing the transfusion of the riches of Christ. Because we have such a transfusion, we do not need ethics, culture, or religion. We simply need more and more oneness with Christ in His heavenly ministry. Praise Him for His intercession, for His ministry, and for the traffic between heaven and earth!
26我们要牢记一个事实，基督在天上非常的忙碌。想想看祂照顾全世界多少个地方召会。基督在天上的职事，全是为著建造身体并形成新妇这个目标。然而，基督在天上的职事需要我们的回应，我们在地上要成为祂天上职事的反应。我们寻求在上面的事，就是回应并反应主在天上的职事。我们的经历证实这事。如果我们在祷告中愿意忘掉微不足道的事，并顾到在上面的事，我们就会感觉到我们与天上基督之间的交通，我们会感觉到祂与我们之间往返的水流。藉著这样的祷告，神圣的丰富就灌注到我们里面。这使我们能与别人是一，并且与每一个人有正确的关系；结果也使新人得以更新。藉著属天的传输与灌注，新人就实际的产生了。因此，新人不是藉著教训产生的；新人乃是藉著属天的交通、来往、灌注而产生的。
26We need to be impressed with the fact that the Christ who is in heaven is very busy. Consider how many local churches He takes care of throughout the world. Christ’s ministry in heaven is all for the goal of building up the Body and forming His Bride. However, Christ’s ministry in heaven requires our response. We need to become on earth the very reflection of that heavenly ministry. When we seek the things above, we respond to the Lord’she aven ly ministry and reflect it. Our experience testifies of this. If in our prayer we are willing to forget insignificant matters and care for the things above, we shall become conscious of the traffic between us and Christ in heaven. We shall sense a current flowing back and forth between Him and us. By means of this kind of prayer, the divine riches are transfused into us. This enables us to be one with others and to be right with everyone. This also issues in the renewing of the new man. Through the heavenly transmission and transfusion, the new man comes into existence in a practical way. Hence, the new man is not produced by teaching; the new man is produced by the heavenly traffic, transaction, and transfusion
我们必须在的地方
WHERE WE NEED TO BE
27在本篇信息中，我的负担乃是指出我们众人都必须在的地方，就是在基督天上的职事里与祂是一。我们都必须保守自己在上面的事上与基督是一。我们不该被各种道德的劝戒所打岔。这一切的劝戒都是世上的蒙学；我们只该关心基督并祂在天上的职事。坐在天上的基督一直在作工、代求并供应。愿我们在这些事上与祂是一。这就是在上面的事上与基督是一。每当我们在上面的事上与祂是一，我们就经历到一种神圣的灌注。这样，我们就被带进神里面，神也被带进我们里面。这乃是来自包罗万有之基督的代求与尽职。
27My burden in this message has been to point out where we all need to be—one with Christ in His heavenly ministry. We all need to keep ourselves one with Christ in the things above. We should not be distracted by ethical admonitions of any sort. All such admonitions are elements of the world. We should be concerned only with Christ and His ministry in heaven. The Christ who is seated in heaven is working, interceding, and ministering. Let us be one with Him in these things. This is to be one with Christ in the things above. Whenever we are one with Him in the things above, we experience a divine transfusion. Then we are brought into God, and God is brought into us. This comes from the interceding and ministering of the all- inclusive Christ