晨興聖言-經歷、享受並彰顯基督(W19-綱要)

第十九週　成形在信徒裏面的那一位

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讀經：加一15～16，二20，三29，四5，19，弗三17上，林後三18，羅八29，十二2上

【週　一】

壹　新約啟示基督與我們內裏的所是有很深的關聯，並且祂渴望與我們有主觀的關係—加一15～16，二20：

一　神將祂的兒子啟示給保羅和我們—一15～16：

1　十六節裏的『啟示』這辭是關鍵且極為重要的。

2　啟示是使人知道（向人透露）或清楚顯示（展示）先前所保密的事物。

3　新約是以與我們的靈有關之深奧的方式使用『啟示』這辭—羅一17（顯示），八18（顯），林前二10（啟示），彼前一5（顯現），五1（顯出）。

4　神將祂的兒子啟示給我們，是在我們裏面；不是外在的，乃是內在的；不是藉著外面的異象，乃是藉著裏面的看見。

5　神的心願，是要將祂的兒子啟示在我們裏面，使我們認識祂，接受祂作我們的生命，（約十七3，三16，）成為神的兒子。（一12，加四5～6。）

【週二、週三】

二　在加拉太二章二十節我們看見神經綸最基本的真理—不再是我，乃是基督在我裏面活著：

1　照著神的經綸，基督被釘十字架時，我們都包括在祂裏面；這是已經成就的事實—羅六6，加二20，六14。

2　我們藉著與基督生機的聯結已經向律法死了，並向神活著—約十五4～5，林前六17，羅十二4～5，帖前一1。

3　在加拉太二章二十節的『我』不僅指保羅，也指我們每一個人；保羅的見證也是我們的見證：

ａ　『我已經與基督同釘十字架』—20節上。

ｂ　『現在活著的，不再是我，乃是基督在我裏面活著』—20節中。

ｃ　『我如今在肉身裏所活的生命，是我在神兒子的信裏，與祂聯結所活的』—20節中。

ｄ　『祂〔神的兒子〕是愛我，為我捨了自己』—20節下。

ｅ　『甚麼能使你我分離？你愛就必愛到底！你必與我永遠合一，你愛剛強無可比！這愛使我感激不已，是我讚美的目的！你成為我，我成為你，這是你愛的至極！』—詩歌一三○首，第四節。

【週　四】

貳　基督釘十字架，（加三1，）贖出我們脫離律法的咒詛，（13，）並把我們從世界這邪惡的宗教系救出來，（一4，）並且祂從死人中復活，使祂能活在我們裏面，（二20，）並要在我們成熟時成形在我們裏面。（四19。）

參　在加拉太四章十九節，基督被陳明為成形在信徒裏面的那一位：

一　基督這活的人位，乃是保羅福音的中心—一16，羅一1，3～4。

二　保羅的傳揚是把基督，活神的兒子，生在信徒裏面—加一15～16，二20，四19。

三　基督現今正活在我們裏面，並要成形在我們裏面—19節。

四　保羅受生產之苦，使基督能成形在信徒裏面，使他們得著完滿的兒子名分—5，19節。

肆　按照保羅在新約的用法，『形狀』一辭指內裏所是的外在彰顯；（腓二6；）我們的所是彰顯於我們的形狀，這形狀就是我們內裏所是的外在彰顯。

伍　讓基督成形在我們裏面，就是讓基督在我們裏面完全長大—加四19，弗四13～16：

一　基督先是在我們悔改信入祂時，生在我們裏面；然後是在我們基督徒的生活中，活在我們裏面；（加二20；）至終還要在我們成熟時，成形在我們裏面。

【週　五】

二　讓基督成形在我們裏面，就是讓祂浸潤我們全人，並浸透我們內裏的各部分—四19，弗三17上，西三4，10～11：

1　當基督這樣佔有我們內裏的所是，祂就成形在我們裏面—詩五一6。

2　我們需要讓基督浸透我們內裏所是的每一部分；祂必須佔有我們，並且浸透我們的心思、情感與意志—腓二5，弗三17上。

3　讓基督佔有我們全人，就是讓祂成形在我們裏面—加四19。

三　基督要安家在我們心裏，就需要定居在我們裏面，而這需要我們讓祂安家在我們內裏所是的各部分；這就是讓基督成形在我們裏面—弗三17上。

四　讓基督成形在我們裏面，就是讓包羅萬有的靈佔有我們裏面之人的每一部分—加四19，三2～3，14：

1　基督不只該擴展到我們的心思、情感和意志裏，也該實際的成為我們的心思、情感和意志—腓二5，林前二16。

2　基督以外的一切事物必須減少，基督必須在我們的經歷中成為我們的一切；這就是讓基督成形在我們裏面。

五　讓基督成形在我們裏面，就是讓基督與我們全人調和—六17：

1　基督該在我們這人的每一部分與我們調和—弗四23。

2　基督必須浸潤我們並浸透我們，直到祂完全與我們調和；這樣，祂就要成形在我們裏面—三17上，加四19。

六　保羅論到基督成形在信徒裏面的話，含示我們正在被基督所構成—西一27，三4，10～11：

1　基督正活在我們裏面，成形在我們裏面，並成為我們的構成；基督現今活在我們裏面，使我們可以生機的被祂所構成—加二20，西三4，10～11。

2　至終，我們全人將由基督的元素所構成，因為祂將構成我們魂的每一部分，使我們所是的每一部分都有祂的形狀、形像—林後三18，羅八29。

七　加拉太四章十九節的『成形』，與林後三章十八節的『形像』相對應：

1　基督同其元素正在我們裏面生機的作工，使我們得有祂的形狀，彰顯祂的形像—羅八29。

2　基督成形在我們裏面，在於我們被變化成為祂的形像—林後三18。

3　我們變化成為祂的形像以及祂成形在我們裏面，就使我們被模成祂的形像；我們被模成祂的形像，乃是祂成形在我們裏面的結果—加四19，羅八29。

【週　六】

八　讓基督成形在我們裏面，就是讓我們魂的三部分—心思、情感、意志—得著更新—十二2上，弗四23：

1　我們的心思、情感、意志要得著更新，基督就必須浸透我們的心思、情感、意志，以祂自己頂替我們魂中的己和世界—羅十二2上。

2　我們若這樣得更新，我們內裏所是的各部分就會有基督的形像—林後三18，羅八29。

陸　基督需要成形在我們裏面，使我們可以成為成年的兒子，成為承受神應許之福的後嗣，並在神聖的兒子名分上成熟—加三14，26，29，四5～6：

一　加拉太三章二十六節說，『你們眾人藉著相信基督耶穌，都是神的兒子；』『神的兒子』這發表，指成年的兒子。

二　在舊約下，神的選民被看為嬰孩；現今在新約下，他們被看為成年的兒子，要承受所應許的福，就是基督那包羅萬有的靈。

三　基督必須在我們裏面成熟，使我們成為後嗣，完滿的享受三一神作我們的基業；聖靈乃是我們得基業的憑質—弗一13下～14，彼前一4。

四　我們需要禱告，願主帶我們進入對基督的經歷和享受；祂已生在我們裏面，現今正活在我們裏面，並要在我們成熟時成形在我們裏面，使我們成為成年的兒子，成為承受神應許之福的後嗣，並在神聖的兒子名分上成熟—加三29，四6，19。

Week Nineteen

The One Who Is Formed in the Believers

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Hymns: E499

Scripture Reading: Gal. 1:15-16; 2:20; 3:29; 4:5, 19; Eph. 3:17a; 2 Cor. 3:18; Rom. 8:29; 12:2a

§ Day 1

I. The New Testament reveals that Christ is deeply related to our inner being and desires to have a subjective relationship with us—Gal. 1:15-16; 2:20:

A. God revealed His Son to Paul and to us—1:15-16:

1. The word reveal in Galatians 1:16 is crucial and of utmost importance.

2. To reveal is to make known (divulge) or to show plainly (display) something that has been kept secret.

3. In the New Testament revealed is used in a profound manner related to our spirit—Rom. 1:17; 8:18; 1 Cor. 2:10; 1 Pet. 1:5; 5:1.

4. Gods revealing of His Son to us is in us; it is not outward but inward, not by an outward vision but an inward seeing.

5. Gods hearts desire is to reveal His Son in us so that we may know Him, receive Him as our life (John 17:3; 3:16), and become sons of God (1:12; Gal. 4:5-6).

§ Day 2 & Day 3

B. In Galatians 2:20 we see the most basic truth of Gods economy—no longer I but Christ living in me:

1. When Christ was crucified according to Gods economy, we were included in Him; this is an accomplished fact—Rom. 6:6; Gal. 2:20; 6:14.

2. We have died to the law and live to God through the organic union with Christ—John 15:4-5; 1 Cor. 6:17; Rom. 12:4-5; 1 Thes. 1:1.

3. The "I" in Galatians 2:20 refers not only to Paul but to each one of us, and Pauls testimony is also our testimony:

a. "I am crucified with Christ"—v. 20a.

b. "It is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me"—v. 20b.

c. "The life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith of the Son of God"—v. 20c.

d. "The Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me"—v. 20d.

e. "What from Thee can separate me? / Thou wilt love me to the end! / Oh! Thy love is so prevailing, / Een Thyself with me to blend! / We two one will be forever; / I am Thine and Thou art mine! / This will be my testimony: / In Thy love well ever twine!"—Hymns, #152, stanza 4.

§ Day 4

II. Christ was crucified (Gal. 3:1) to redeem us out of the curse of the law (v. 13) and rescue us out of the evil religious course of the world (1:4), and He was resurrected from the dead so that He might live in us (2:20) and be formed in us at our maturity (4:19).

III. In Galatians 4:19 Christ is presented as the One who is formed in the believers:

A. Christ, a living person, is the focus of Pauls gospel—1:16; Rom. 1:1, 3-4.

B. Pauls preaching was to bring forth Christ, the Son of the living God, in the believers—Gal. 1:15-16; 2:20; 4:19.

C. Christ is now living in us, and He will be formed in us—v. 19.

D. Paul was travailing so that Christ might be formed in the believers for their full sonship—vv. 5, 19.

IV. According to Pauls usage in the New Testament, the word form refers to the outward expression of the inner being (Phil. 2:6); what we are is expressed in our form, that is, the outward expression of our inner being.

V. To have Christ formed in us is to have Christ fully grown in us—Gal. 4:19; Eph. 4:13-16:

A. First, Christ was born into us at the time we repented and believed into Him, then He lives in us in our Christian life (Gal. 2:20), and finally, He will be formed in us at our maturity.

§ Day 5

B. To have Christ formed in us is to allow Him to permeate our whole being and saturate our inward parts—4:19; Eph. 3:17a; Col. 3:4, 10-11:

1. When Christ occupies our inner being in this way, He is formed in us—Psa. 51:6.

2. We need to allow Christ to saturate every part of our inner being; He must occupy us and saturate our mind, emotion, and will—Phil. 2:5; Eph. 3:17a.

3. To have Christ possess our entire being is to have Him formed in us—Gal. 4:19.

C. For Christ to make His home in our hearts, He needs to be able to settle down within us, and this requires that we allow Christ to make His home in all the parts of our inner being; this is to have Christ formed in us— Eph. 3:17a.

D. To have Christ formed in us is to allow the all-inclusive Spirit to occupy every part of our inner being—Gal. 4:19; 3:2-3, 14:

1. Christ should not only spread into our mind, emotion, and will; He should actually become our mind, emotion, and will—Phil. 2:5; 1 Cor. 2:16.

2. Everything other than Christ must diminish, and Christ must become everything to us in our experience; this is to have Christ formed in us.

E. To have Christ formed in us is to have Christ mingled with our whole being—6:17:

1. In every part of our being, Christ should be mingled with us—Eph. 4:23.

2. Christ must permeate us and saturate us until He is completely blended with us; then He will be formed in us—3:17a; Gal. 4:19.

F. Pauls word about Christ being formed in the believers implies that we are being constituted with Christ—Col. 1:27; 3:4, 10-11:

1. Christ is living in us, He is being formed in us, and He is becoming our constitution; Christ is now living in us so that we may be constituted with Him organically—Gal. 2:20; Col. 3:4, 10-11.

2. Eventually, our whole being will be constituted with the element of Christ, for He will constitute every part of our soul so that we may have His form, His image, in every part of our being—2 Cor. 3:18; Rom. 8:29.

G. The word formed in Galatians 4:19 corresponds to the word image in 2 Corinthians 3:18:

1. Christ with His element is working within us organically so that we may have His form and express His image—Rom. 8:29.

2. Christs being formed in us depends on our being transformed into His image—2 Cor. 3:18.

3. Our being transformed into His image and His being formed in us cause us to be conformed to His image; our being conformed to His image is the issue of His being formed in us—Gal. 4:19; Rom. 8:29.

§ Day 6

H. To have Christ formed in us is to have the three parts of our soul—our mind, emotion, and will—renewed—12:2a; Eph. 4:23:

1. In order for our mind, emotion, and will to be renewed, Christ must saturate our mind, emotion, and will and replace the self and the world in our soul with Himself—Rom. 12:2a.

2. If we are renewed in this way, every part of our inner being will bear the image of Christ—2 Cor. 3:18; Rom. 8:29.

VI. Christ needs to be formed in us so that we may be sons of full age and heirs to inherit Gods promised blessing and so that we may mature in the divine sonship—Gal. 3:14, 26, 29; 4:5-6:

A. Galatians 3:26 says, "You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus"; the expression sons of God refers to sons of full age.

B. Under the old testament, Gods chosen people were considered infants; now under the new testament, they are considered sons of full age, who will inherit the promised blessing—the all-inclusive Spirit of Christ.

C. Christ must mature in us in order for us to be heirs for the full enjoyment of the Triune God as our inheritance; the Holy Spirit is the pledge of our inheritance—Eph. 1:13b-14; 1 Pet. 1:4.

D. We need to pray that the Lord will bring us into the experience and enjoyment of Christ, who has been born into us, is now living in us, and will be formed in us at our maturity in order that we may be sons of full age and heirs of Gods promised blessing and that we may mature in the divine sonship—Gal. 3:29; 4:6, 19.