约十五4~5　你们要住在我里面，我也住在你们里面。枝子若不住在葡萄树上，自己就不能结果子，你们若不住在我里面，也是这样。我是葡萄树，你们是枝子；住在我里面的，我也住在他里面，这人就多结果子；因为离了我，你们就不能作什么。

　　说罗马书是基督徒生活的概要，这是完全正确的，但是大多数的圣经教师没有看见基督徒生活的中心点。基督徒生活的中心点不是称义，也不是圣别，而是身体。你如果失去了身体，就失去了基督徒生活的中心，你也就没有标竿、没有目的、没有方向。你为什么要成为圣别？成为圣别是叫你能够实际地成为身体的肢体。身体是基督徒生活的焦点、中心（李文集一九八○年第一册，三四九页）。

　　John 15:4-5 Abide in Me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me. I am the vine; you are the branches. He who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit; for apart from Me you can do nothing.

　　It is altogether right to say that Romans is a sketch of the Christian life, but most of the teachers of the Bible did not see the focus of the Christian life. The focus of the Christian life is not justification or sanctification but the Body. If you miss the Body, you do not have the center of the Christian life; you do not have the goal; you do not have the aim; you do not have any direction. For what are you sanctified? You are sanctified so that you can practically be a member of the Body. The Body is the focus, the center, of the Christian life. (CWWL, 1980, vol. 1, "Perfecting Training," p. 259)

　　你有没有想过，神在这个宇宙中所产生最拔尖的东西是什么？诸天产生了，地产生了，人产生了，甚至万物也产生了。神在创造时作工，祂历代以来一直作工，现今仍在作工；……但最终从神的工作里所出来的终极项目会是什么？我们必须看见，那就是基督的身体。……历世历代以来从神的工作所产生出来的，最终就是一个身体。这个身体的头是谁？基督乃是头。……身体是神不断作工的最终目标，因此身体就是神整个启示最拔尖的点（李文集一九八○年第一册，三三八至三三九页）。

　　我们在基督里乃是一个身体，与基督有生机的联结。“在基督里”总是含示我们与基督生机地联结在一起。这联结使我们在生命里与祂是一，也与祂身体所有的肢体是一。这身体不是一个组织或社团，乃完全是一个生机体，是我们和基督在生命里的联结所产生的（新约总论第十册，一○八至一○九页）。

　　要在基督的身体的生机上成为合式的，意思并不是说，你只要受浸进入召会，你就成为基督身体上的肢体了；意思乃是说，你必须在生机上与基督联结。你必须是在生机上合式地栽植到基督身体里的一部分，然后你就与基督的身体有合式的生机联结，成为身体的一部分（李文集一九八○年第一册，三四一页）。

　　基督的身体完全是生命的事，完全在于我们留在与基督生机的联结里。我们留在这生机的联结里，就是在身体里。我们不留在这生机的联结里，在实际上和经历上就是在身体之外。身体的实际乃是留在与基督生机的联结里。我们要实际地活在身体生活里，就必须留在与基督生机的联结里；这就是留在基督里。在约翰十五章主耶稣告诉我们，祂是葡萄树，我们是枝子，我们应当住在祂里面（4~5）。住在祂里面，意思是留在与祂生机的联结里。我们留在这种与基督生机的联结里，就是实际地活在身体里。但我们如果没有留在这种生机的联结里，就着所有实际的应用而言，我们已经离开身体了。例如，我们在基督之外凭自己说话时，就离开了身体。我们的闲谈、随便说话、任意交谈，都表明我们离开了身体。

　　身体不单单是一班基督徒来在一起；身体乃是在与基督生机的联结里结合一起而成的。……我们要实化基督的身体，就需要完满地经历与基督生机的联结，透彻地领略我们在生命里与基督生机地是一。我们若没有实化在基督里的生机联结，实际来说，我们就是在身体之外，离开了身体（新约总论第十册，一○九至一一○页）。

　　参读：罗马书生命读经，第六十三至六十五篇；成全训练信息，第二十三至二十四篇。

　　Have you ever considered what is the top item produced by God in this universe? The heavens were produced, the earth was produced, man was produced, and even thousands of items were produced. God worked in creation, and God has been working through all the generations. God is still working,...but eventually what will be the ultimate item that comes out of God's working? We have to see that it is the Body.... What will ultimately come out of God's working through all the centuries and all the generations will be a Body. Who is the Head of this Body? Christ is the Head....The Body is the ultimate item of God's continual working, so the Body is the top point of God's entire revelation. (CWWL, 1980, vol. 1, "Perfecting Training," pp. 250-251)

　　We are one Body in Christ, having an organic union with Him. The phrase in Christ always implies that we are organically united with Christ. This union makes us one in life with Him and with all the other members of His Body. The Body is not an organization or a society but is altogether an organism produced by the union in life that we have with Christ. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 3105-3106)

　　To be properly organic in the Body does not mean that you simply get baptized and that you get into a so-called church, and then you become a member of the Body of Christ; rather, it means that you must be organically united with Christ. You must be a part properly planted into Christ's Body organically. Then you will have a proper organic union with the Body of Christ. Then you will become a part of the Body. (CWWL, 1980, vol. 1, "Perfecting Training," p. 252)

　　The Body of Christ is altogether a matter of life and a matter of remaining in our organic union with Christ. When we remain in this organic union, we are in the Body. When we do not remain in this organic union, we are practically and experientially out of the Body. The actuality of the Body is to remain in this organic union with Christ. In order to actually live in the Body life, we must remain in the organic union with Christ. This is simply to remain in Christ. In John 15 the Lord Jesus tells us that He is the vine, we are the branches, and we should abide in Him (vv. 4-5). To abide in Him means to remain in an organic union with Him. When we remain in this organic union with Christ, we are actually living in the Body. But if we do not remain in this organic union, for all practical purposes we have left the Body. For instance, when we speak by ourselves and apart from Christ, we have left the Body. Our gossip, our free talk, and our loose conversation are all signs that we have left the Body.

　　The Body is not merely a group of Christians coming together. The Body is something that is held together in the organic union with Christ....In order to realize the Body of Christ, we need to fully experience the organic union with Christ with a thorough realization that we are organically one with Christ in life. If we do not realize the organic union in Christ, in practicality we are outside of the Body and apart from the Body. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, p. 3106)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Romans, msgs. 63-65; CWWL, 1980, vol. 1, "Perfecting Training," chs. 23-24