西三1~2 ……就当寻求在上面的事，那里有基督坐在神的右边。你们要思念在上面的事……。

　　来八1　 ……我们有这样的大祭司，祂已经坐在诸天之上至尊至大者宝座的右边。

　　启五6　 我又看见宝座……中间，有羔羊站立，像是刚被杀过的，有七角和七眼，就是神的七灵……。

　　歌罗西三章一至四节……是指我们的生活说的。……我们不是以属地的方式或属世的方式活着，反之，我们应当以属天的方式活着，寻求在上面的事，并思念在上面的事。

　　主耶稣有两种职事，就是复活以前在地上的职事，以及复活后在天上的职事。……按照希伯来一章三节，主完成了地上的职事，就坐在高处至尊至大者的右边。虽然祂在地上的职事已经完成了，祂在天上的职事却仍然进行着（歌罗西书生命读经，六五一至六五二页）。

　　Col. 3:1-2 …Seek the things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on the things which are above…

　　Heb. 8:1 …We have such a High Priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens.

　　Rev. 5:6 And I saw in the midst of the throne…a Lamb standing as having just been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God…

　　[Colossians 3:1-4] refers to our living…. We are not to live in an earthly way or in a worldly way. Instead, we should live in a heavenly way, seek the things which are above, and set our mind on them.

　　The Lord Jesus has two types of ministries, His ministry on earth before His resurrection and His ministry in heaven…. According to Hebrews 1:3, having finished His ministry on earth, the Lord sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. Although His earthly ministry has been completed, His ministry in heaven is still going on. (Life-study of Colossians, pp. 523-524)

　　今天基督以更高、更广阔的方式来尽职。祂是大祭司，为我们代求，并照顾所有的召会，把属天的供应传输到众召会里面。现今基督比当初在地上的时候更忙。祂在地上主要是照顾门徒，但在天上却是照顾许许多多的召会，以及亿万的圣徒。祂不仅作大祭司为我们代求，也作属天的执事为我们尽职。不仅如此，按照启示录五章，祂是属天的行政管理者，一直在执行神宇宙的行政。祂是有七眼的羔羊，执行神的行政。基督是大祭司为人代求；祂是属天的执事供应人；祂也是有神七眼的救赎主，执行神的行政，以完成神的定旨。这些都是在上面的事，是我们必须思念的。

　　基督并非无事可作，祂一直在代求、供应并执行神的行政。我们在地上该回应基督在天上的活动。虽然基督在地上的职事里，为我们的得救完全成就了救赎，但祂还没有完成祂身体的建造。为着基督身体的建造，就需要祂在天上的职事。基督的愿望，不仅是要得着一大群得救的人；祂乃是要得救的人同被建造成为祂的身体。基督巴望得着一个身体，一个建造，一个新妇。基督的身体要得着建造，祂就必须执行祂在天上职事的工作。

　　在天上的基督和地上的我们之间，有一种神圣的传输，就是属天的电流。如果我们接受这种传输，我们就会回应基督在天上的工作。但如果我们在经历中没有一直联于祂，或是容让绝缘体在我们与祂之间树立起来，这种传输就会停止。……我们应当日夜让天上的供应注入，并经历在天上的基督与我们之间的来往。我们应当对基督的代求、供应以及执行神的经纶一直有所回应。

　　寻求在上面的事，意思就是我们与基督天上的职事相呼应。按照歌罗西三章我们看见，借着寻求在上面的事而与基督天上的职事相呼应，乃是我们基督徒行事为人的头一面。

　　今天基督在诸天之上活着，为众召会代求，将属天生命的供应服事给圣徒，并执行神的行政。……我们感谢主，今天许多在地方召会里的人，已经把他们的接收器打开，而且发挥作用。当他们觉得基督在天上为某件事代祷的时候，他们就联于祂，在地上为着那件事祷告。譬如，他们感觉到主为迦纳的阿克拉召会代祷，就也一同为着那里的召会代祷。这样与基督一同祷告，就是与祂同有一个生活（歌罗西书生命读经，六五二、六八二至六八三、六六一页）。

　　参读：歌罗西书生命读经，第五十九、六十一至六十二篇。

　　Christ today is ministering in a higher and more extensive way. As the High Priest, He intercedes for us and cares for all the churches, transmitting into them the heavenly supply. Christ is more busy now than when He was on earth. On earth He cared mainly for His disciples. But in heaven He is caring for a great many churches and for millions of saints. Not only does He intercede for us as the High Priest, but He ministers on our behalf as the heavenly Minister. Furthermore, according to Revelation 5, He as the heavenly Administrator is executing God's universal government. He is the Lamb with seven eyes carrying out God's administration. As the High Priest, He intercedes; as the heavenly Minister, He ministers; as the Redeemer with the seven eyes of God, He administers the government of God for the accomplishment of God's purpose. These are the things above on which we are to set our mind.

　　Christ is not idle. He is interceding, ministering, and executing God's administration. We on earth should respond to Christ's activities in heaven. Although Christ in His earthly ministry fully accomplished redemption for our salvation, He has not yet completed the building up of His Body. For the building up of the Body, His ministry in heaven is necessary. It is not the desire of Christ simply to have a large group of saved people; He wants the saved ones to be built up together as His Body. Christ desires a Body, a building, a bride. In order to have the Body built up, Christ must carry on the work of His heavenly ministry.

　　Between Christ in heaven and us on earth there is a divine transmission, a heavenly current. If we are receiving this transmission, we shall respond to Christ's work in heaven. However, if in our experience we are not continuously connected to Him or if we allow insulation to build up between us and Him, the transmission will cease….Day and night, we should be infused with a supply from heaven and experience the transaction between the heavenly Christ and us. We should continually respond to Christ's interceding, ministering, and executing of God's administration.

　　To seek the things above means that we correspond to Christ's heavenly ministry. According to Colossians 3, corresponding to Christ's heavenly ministry by seeking the things above is the first aspect of our Christian walk.

　　Christ today is living in the heavens to intercede for the churches, to minister the heavenly life supply to the saints, and to carry out God's administration… We thank the Lord that a number of those in the local churches today have their receivers open and operating. When they sense that Christ is praying in heaven for a certain matter, they join Him to pray on earth for that very matter. For example, sensing that the Lord is praying for the church in Accra, Ghana, they join in to pray for the church there. To pray together with Christ in this way is to have one living with Him. (Life-study of Colossians, pp. 524, 549-550, 533)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Colossians, msgs. 59, 61-62