加二20 我已经与基督同钉十字架；现在活着的，不再是我，乃是基督在我里面活着……。

　　　四19 我的孩子们，我为你们再受生产之苦，直等到基督成形在你们里面。

　　神的定旨不仅要赦免我们的罪，称义我们，然后带我们到天上。祂的目的乃是要把基督作到我们里面。神在创立世界以前，在基督里拣选了我们，并且把我们标出来。然后在时间里，祂呼召我们。当神呼召我们时，祂所渴望的不是要我们注意赦罪或称义，乃是要我们专注于把祂亲爱的儿子接受到我们里面。只要基督活在我们里面，我们在赦罪、称义、救恩或圣别的事上就没有难处。……我们唯有借着基督在我们里面，才能成为基督身体的一部分；乃是基督自己把我们构成祂的一部分（以弗所书生命读经，七九四至七九五页）。

　　Gal. 2:20 I am crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me…

　　4:19 My children, with whom I travail again in birth until Christ is formed in you.

　　God's purpose is not simply to forgive our sins, to justify us, and then to carry us away to heaven. His intention is to work Christ into us. Before the foundation of the world, He chose us in Christ and put a mark on us. Then, in time, He called us. When God called us, His desire was that we focus our attention not on forgiveness or justification, but on receiving His dear Son into us. As long as Christ is living in us, we shall have no problem with forgiveness, justification, salvation, or heaven. Only by having Christ in us can we become part of the Body of Christ. It is Christ alone who constitutes us a part of Himself. (Life-study of Ephesians, p. 657)

　　没有以弗所三章，二章对我们就是道理。基督废掉了规条，为要把犹太人和外邦人创造成一个新人，这是一个事实。但为了能实化在我们日常的经历中，我们必须让基督安家在我们心里（三17）。有一个方法能告诉你是否还有规条，就是核对看看基督是不是安家在你心里。你让基督安家在你心里么？我们若诚实的话，大多数人都得承认，我们没有给祂太多机会这么作。原因就在于我们没有先顾到基督，而只顾我们自己的作法。

　　我们来看行传十章里彼得的经历。他在房顶上祷告时，“看见天开了，有一器皿降下，好像一块大布，系着四角，缒在地上。”（11）在这块布里有“地上各样四足的走兽和爬物，并天空的飞鸟”（12）。然后有声音向彼得说，“起来，宰了吃！”（13）

　　但彼得的反应是：“主啊，绝对不可，因为一切凡俗并不洁之物，我从来没有吃过。”（14）在这事上，彼得没有接受基督作人位；彼得是他自己的人位。

　　我们不该以为自己比彼得更属灵。大多时候我们也没有接受基督作人位。主对我们说话的时候，我们常反应说，“主啊，绝对不可。”我们可能说，“主，我不相信你会要求我作这样的事。”我们的经历能见证，每次我们不愿意照着主而行，我们就失去祂的同在和祂膏油的涂抹。但是，当我们同意主，我们就享受祂的同在，并新鲜的经历里面的涂抹。我们甚至可能在主里面喜乐癫狂。

　　许多已婚的姊妹们不愿意读以弗所五章，因为那里说到妻子要服从自己的丈夫。她们读这一章时，就被暴露并且知道自己是不服从的。有些人把不服从归咎于丈夫或环境。她们甚至怪罪主，对主说，若是主给她们的不是这样的丈夫，她们必定会服从。姊妹们，不要努力去服从你们的丈夫；要让基督安家在你们心里。你若接受祂作你的人位，并让祂安家在你心里，你必定会服从你的丈夫。……我们必须忘掉一切宗教的东西，单单接受基督作我们的人位。我们若这么作，就会有四章里的长大，并且会穿上新人。这是正当的召会生活。……神不要我们以宗教的方式，努力服从丈夫或爱妻子。祂关心的是我们接受基督作人位，并放下一切规条。神所要的，乃是一班让基督安家在他们心里的人。这是我们今天在召会生活中所需要的。……主的恢复不仅是在于遵照圣经的教训，……〔乃〕是在于基督活在我们心里并安家在我们心里，好使我们能在凡事上长到元首基督里面。……今天我们唯一的需要，乃是为着召会生活接受基督作我们的人位（以弗所书生命读经，七九五至七九八页）。

　　参读：以弗所书生命读经，第三十二、七十八篇。

　　Without Ephesians 3, Ephesians 2 would only be doctrine to us. It is a fact that Christ has abolished the ordinances in order to create the Jews and the Gentiles into one new man. But for this to be practical in our daily experience, we must allow Christ to make His home in our hearts (3:17). One way to tell whether or not you still have ordinances is to check whether or not Christ is making His home in your heart. Are you allowing Him to make His home in your heart? If we are honest, most of us would have to say that we do not give Him much opportunity to do this. The reason for this is that we do not care firstly for Christ, but for our own way.

　　Consider the experience of Peter in Acts 10. As he was praying on the housetop, he “beheld heaven opened, and a certain vessel like a great sheet descending, being let down by four corners onto the earth” (v. 11). In this sheet were “all the four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth and birds of heaven” (v. 12). Then a voice said to Peter, “Rise up, Peter; slay and eat!” (v. 13). However, Peter's response was, “By no means, Lord, for I have never eaten anything common and unclean.” (v. 14). On this occasion, Peter did not take Christ as His person. Instead, Peter was his own person.

　　We should not think that we are more spiritual than Peter. Most of the time we also fail to take Christ as our person. When the Lord speaks something to us, we often respond, “Not so, Lord.” We may say, “Lord, I don't believe that You would ask me to do such a thing.” Our experience testifies that whenever we refuse to go along with the Lord, we lose His presence and His anointing. However, when we agree with the Lord, we enjoy His presence and experience the inner anointing in a fresh way. We may even be beside ourselves with joy in the Lord.

　　Many married sisters are reluctant to read Ephesians 5 because it speaks about wives submitting to their own husbands. When they read this chapter, they are exposed and realize that they are not submissive. Some may blame their husband or environment for their lack of submission. They may even blame the Lord and tell Him that if He had given them a different husband, they would surely be submissive to him. Sisters, do not try to submit to your husband but let Christ make His home in your heart. If you take Him as your person and allow Him to make His home in your heart, you will surely submit to your husband. We need to forget about everything religious and simply take Christ as our person. If we do this, we shall have the growth spoken of in chapter 4, and we shall put on the new man. This is the proper church life. God does not want us to try in a religious way to submit to our husbands or to love our wives. His concern is that we take Christ as our person and set aside all ordinances. God wants a people in whose heart Christ is making His home. This is our need in the church life today. The Lord's recovery is not simply a matter of following the teaching of the Bible… [but] a matter of Christ living and making His home in our hearts, so that in all things we may grow up into Him as the Head….Our unique need today is to take Christ as our person for the church life. (Life-study of Ephesians, pp. 657-659)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Ephesians, msgs. 32, 78