保羅的完成職事(十三 ): 基督與教會之極大的奧秘

弗三16~17『願他照着他榮耀的豐富，借着他的靈，用大能使你們得以加強到裡面的
人里，使基督借着信，安 家在你們心裡，叫你們在愛里生根立基。』
弗五32『這是極大的奧秘，但我是指着基督與教會說的。』

教會作基督之奧秘的第五大點是教會奧秘的作宇宙的新人，作神的國、神的家，被
建造成為神的居所…這實在是奧秘。教會是基督的奧秘，作宇宙的新人，是頂替神
創造里的舊人，來彰顯神，並完成神的經綸；

作神的國，是讓神掌權，也為神掌權；作神的家，是得享神的豐富，也彰顯神豐富
的榮耀；並且被建造成為神的居所，這乃是服神國中的權柄，並享受神家裡的豐富
所產生的結果。

 第六大點，教會作為基督的奧秘，得以奧秘的享受基督那追測不盡的豐富。這是借
着神所賜，恩典的管家職分，也是照着神奧秘的經綸所安排的，目的是為要借着教
會，彰顯神萬般的智慧。

第七大點，教會由神借着他的靈，用大能將她的眾肢體加強到他們裡面的人里，使
基督奧秘的安家在他們心裡，而被基督所是的闊、長、高、深所充滿，成為神一切
的豐滿。

我們不光有基督在我們裡面作豐富的供應，並且這位基督還要安家、居住在我們心
里。為這緣故，我們需要聖靈來加強我們，把我們整個人從外面加強到我們的靈里。

這樣，就給基督機會，來占有我們心的各部分─心思、情感、意志和良心。不僅是
全靈，更是全魂都一步一步的讓基督擴展並占有。結果，我們就要被充滿，成為神
一切的豐滿，得作神一切的彰顯。

第八大點，基督與他的身體，教會，有一奧秘的生命聯結。這奧秘就是經過過程的
三一神，與得着重生變化的三部分人，聯結相調成為一對宇宙的配偶。即神性活在
人性里，作人性的實際；人性的美德活出神性的榮美，作神性的彰顯。神性與人性
二者調和為一。

末了，教會是神經綸中奧秘的終極完成，就是新耶路撒冷。這是經過過程的三一神
與變化的三部分人，聯結調和的登峰造極，成為神居住，與人同生活的帳幕，也成
為人居住，事奉神的殿，二者乃是救贖人的神，和蒙救贖的人，互為居所。

在那裡，有三一神作其中的生命供應；三部分人作其外表，使神得着彰顯。三一神
在寶座上，為聖城的中心，流出生命河，長着生命樹，作全城的供應。這是新耶路
撒冷裡面的情景。

我們若是對基督的奧秘─教會，有這樣深入、超越的認識，我們的目標和遙望就要
被拔高，我們就要看見並認定我們人生一切的至高標準是新耶路撒冷，我們終極的
盼望也是這新耶路撒冷。

參讀：神新約經綸中的奧秘，第一至二篇；世界局勢與神的行動，第五至六章。

Eph. 3:16-17 "That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory,
to be strengthened with power through His Spirit into the inner man, that
Christ may make His home in your hearts through faith, that you, being rooted
and grounded in love."
5:32 "This mystery is great, but I speak with regard to Christ and the church.
"

     [The fifth point of the church as the mystery of Christ is that] the
church mysteriously becomes the universal new man as God's kingdom and God's
house, and is built up as the habitation of God (Eph. 2:15, 19-22)....This
is indeed a mystery. The church, the mystery of Christ, as the universal
new man, is replacing the old man in God's creation for the expression of
God and the accomplishing of God's economy. It is God's kingdom to be ruled
by God and to rule for God (Rom. 5:17b). It is also God's house to enjoy
God's riches and to express the glory of God's riches (1 Tim. 3:15-16). Furthermore,
 it is built up as the habitation of God. This is the result of submitting
to the authority in God's kingdom and enjoying the riches in God's house
(Eph.4:16). (The Mysteries in God's New Testament Economy, p. 46)

     Sixth,...[the church as the mystery of Christ] mysteriously enjoys
the unsearchable riches of Christ (Eph. 3:2, 7-11). This is through the
stewardship of grace given by God and is according to the dispensation of
the mysterious economy of God. The purpose of this is to make known through
the church the multifarious wisdom of God.

     Seventh, the church, being strengthened in its members into the inner
man with power by God through His Spirit, has Christ mysteriously making
home in the believers' hearts, with the result that it is filled with the
breadth, the length, the height, and the depth of what Christ is, toin us
as the rich supply; this Christ is also making home and living in our hearts.
 For this reason, we need the Holy Spirit to strengthen our whole
being into our spirit. In this way, Christ will have the chance to occupy
the different parts of our heart─our mind, emotion, will, and conscience.
In addition to our spirit, Christ will spread and occupy our whole soul
step by step....In the end, we will be filled to become all the fullness
of God as the full expression of God.

     [Eighth] is the mysterious life union of Christ and His Body, the church.
...This mystery is the processed Triune God being joined and mingled with
the regenerated and transformed tripartite man to become a universal couple..
..In other words, divinity is living in humanity to become the reality of
humanity, and the human virtues are living out the divine glory and beauty
to become the expression of divinity. Divinity and humanity are mingled
as one.

     Finally...[the church] is the mysterious ultimate consummation in God's
economy, the New Jerusalem (Rev. 21:2). This is the peak, the climax, of
the union and mingling of the processed Triune God with the transformed
tripartite man, resulting in the tabernacle where God dwells and lives with
man, and the temple where man dwells and serves God. The two become the
mutual habitation of the redeeming God and the redeemed man (Rev.21:3, 22)...
.In such a place, the Triune God is the life supply, and the tripartite
man is the outward appearance for the expression of God (Rev. 21:12, 14).
The Triune God on the throne is the center of the holy city from which flows
the river of life with the tree of life growing alongside to be the supply
of the whole city (Rev. 22:1-2). This is the inward condition of the New
Jerusalem....If we have such a profound and transcendent realization concerning
the mystery of Christ, the church, our goal and hope will be uplifted. We
will see and identify with the New Jerusalem as the highest standard of
everything in our lives, and our ultimate hope will also be the New Jerusalem.
 (The Mysteries in God's New Testament Economy, pp. 47-50)

     Further Reading: The Mysteries in God's New Testament Economy, ch.
2;The World Situation and God's Move, chs. 5-6

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保羅的完成職事(十二 ): 活基督我們就是基督