西一12~13　感谢父，叫你们够资格在光中同得所分给众圣徒的分；祂拯救了我们脱离黑暗的权势，把我们迁入祂爱子的国里。

　　神爱子的国包括三个世代：召会所在的今世；千年国所在的来世；以及在新天新地里新耶路撒冷的永世。在歌罗西一章十三节，保罗将国度的这三面看作神爱子的国。

　　“神的儿子”一辞，对父是何等悦耳。主耶稣受浸时，父宣告说，“这是我的爱子，我所喜悦的。”（太三17）主变化形像时，父作了同样的宣告（十七5）。因为父喜悦祂的儿子，父爱子的国就是喜乐的事，喜悦的事。因这缘故，父爱子的国仅仅包括三部分—召会生活的部分，在千年国时诸天之国的属天部分，以及新天新地同新耶路撒冷作召会与国度的完成。在这三部分的每一部分，神爱子的国都是喜悦的事。父借着祂的怜悯与恩典，将我们从撒但的黑暗，迁入国度这喜乐的部分（新约总论第八册，四○页）。

　　Col. 1:12-13 Giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you for a share of the allotted portion of the saints in the light; who delivered us out of the authority of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love.

　　The kingdom of the Son of God's love comprises three ages: the present age, in which the church is; the coming age, in which the millennial kingdom will be; and the eternal age with the New Jerusalem in the new heaven and the new earth. These three aspects of the kingdom are considered by Paul in Colossians 1:13 as the kingdom of the Son of God's love.

　　The words the Son of God are a delight to the Father's ears. When the Lord Jesus was baptized, the Father declared, “This is My Son, the Beloved, in whom I have found My delight” (Matt. 3:17). When the Lord was transfigured, the Father made the same declaration (Matt. 17:5). Because the Father delights in His Son, the kingdom of the Son of the Father's love is a pleasant thing, a matter of delight. This is the reason it comprises only three sections—the section of the church life, the section of the heavenly part of the kingdom of the heavens in the millennium, and the new heaven and the new earth with the New Jerusalem as the consummation of the church and the kingdom. In each of these three sections the kingdom of the Son of God's love is a matter of delight. The Father, by His mercy and grace, has transferred us out of the darkness of Satan into this pleasant part of the kingdom. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, p. 2583)

　　歌罗西一章十三节所强调的是今世神爱子的国，就是召会的实际。今天的召会生活是神爱子的国，神爱子的国与神的儿子一样对父神是可喜悦的。我们信徒都已经迁入神爱子这可喜悦的国里。父神喜爱国度这可喜悦的部分，正如祂喜爱自己可喜悦的儿子一样。所以，使徒保罗在歌罗西书这卷论到基督是神子民包罗万有之分（一12）的书中，认为召会这神圣国度可喜悦的部分，是给神赎民极大的祝福。

　　约翰三章五节指明，借着重生，所有信徒都已迁入神爱子的国里。借着重生，我们已从撒但的黑暗中被带出来，进入国度这可喜悦的一面。神爱子，所以祂将国度的这部分给子。借着神的救恩和重生，一切信子的人都已迁入国度的这部分（新约总论第八册，四○至四一页）。

　　在我们的婚姻生活中，我们可能仍旧在黑暗的权势下。当一位弟兄和妻子吵嘴时，两个人都在黑暗里。因着他们在黑暗里，就彼此控告、指责。弟兄当中或姊妹当中起争论时也是如此。我们的经历证明，每当我们在自己里面生活、为人、行动时，我们就在黑暗里。我们不需要犯什么大罪，才在黑暗里。我们只要照着自己生活，就在黑暗里，因为这使我们与基督分开。

　　我们一在天然的人里，不接受基督作我们的人位，不凭祂而活，我们就在黑暗里。我们必须记住，唯有祂才是光。祂必须浸透并充满我们日常生活的每一面。否则，我们每天的生活行动，至少有些部分会没有被基督充满。

　　我们的生命和生活向基督关闭的那些部分，自然而然就在黑暗里，因为基督这唯一的光没有得着地位。唯有基督占有我们的每一部分和日常生活的每一方面时，我们才能完全在光中，并完全蒙拯救脱离黑暗权势的控制（歌罗西书生命读经，四六至四七页）。

　　参读：新约总论，第二百四十四篇。

　　The stress in Colossians 1:13 is the kingdom of the Son of God's love in this age, which is the reality of the church. The church life today is the kingdom of the Son of God's love, which is as delightful to God the Father as the Son of God is. We, the believers, all have been transferred into this delightful kingdom of the Son of God's love. God the Father loves the delightful part of the kingdom, just as He loves His delightful Son as His own. So, the church, as the delightful part of the divine kingdom, is considered a great blessing to God's redeemed people by the apostle Paul in the book of Colossians, a book which is on Christ as the all-inclusive portion of God's people (Col. 1:12).

　　John 3:5 indicates that it is through regeneration that all the believers have been transferred into the kingdom of the Son of God's love. Through regeneration we have been brought out of the darkness of Satan into this delightful aspect of the kingdom. God loved the Son, so He gave this part of the kingdom to Him. Through God's salvation and regeneration, all the believers of His Son have been transferred into this section of the kingdom. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 2583-2584)

　　We may still be under the authority of darkness in our married life. When a brother is exchanging words with his wife, both he and his wife are in darkness. Because they are in darkness, they accuse and blame each other. The same is true when there are arguments between brothers or between sisters. Our experience testifies that whenever we live, walk, and behave in the self, we are in darkness. There is no need to commit some gross sin in order to be in darkness. Simply living according to the self puts us in darkness, for it causes us to be separated from Christ.

　　Whenever we are in the natural man, not taking Christ as our person and living by Him, we are in darkness. We must remember that He alone is light. He must saturate and prevail in every aspect of our daily living. Otherwise, at least certain parts of our daily walk will not be filled with Christ.

　　Those parts of our life and living that are closed off from Christ are spontaneously in darkness because Christ, the One who is the very light, has no place. Only when Christ occupies every part of us and every aspect of our daily walk can we be wholly in the light and altogether be delivered from the control of the authority of darkness. (Life-study of Colossians, pp. 40-41)

　　Further Reading: The Conclusion of the New Testament, msg. 244