太七21 不是每一个对我说，主啊，主啊的人，都能进诸天的国，唯独实行我诸天之上父旨意的人，才能进去。

　　约三15 叫一切信入祂的都得永远的生命。

　　腓四13 我在那加我能力者的里面，凡事都能作。

　　神在祂的经纶里，计划要人作神所要求于人的一切。然而，神不要人凭自己作这一切；祂要人凭着基督、在基督里、同着基督、借着基督并与基督是一来作这事。这就是说，我们需要与基督有属灵的联结、生机的联结。为要使我们进入与基督这样的联结，神要我们不仅相信基督，更信入基督（约三15、16、18）。信入基督就是与基督有生机的联结，与祂成为一灵（林前六17下）。在这联结里，我们联于基督，与祂是一，且在祂里面。我们如今既与祂是一且在祂里面，就需要凭着基督并借着基督，作神所要求的一切事。我们不该再凭自己活着，或凭自己作事；乃要凭基督活着，并凭基督作一切（申命记生命读经，五○页）。

　　Matt. 7:21 Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, will enter into the kingdom of the heavens, but he who does the will of My Father who is in the heavens.

　　John 3:15 That everyone who believes into Him may have eternal life.

　　Phil. 4:13 I am able to do all things in Him who empowers me.

　　In His economy God has planned that man should do everything God requires of him. However, God does not want man to do all this by himself; He wants man to do this by Christ, in Christ, with Christ, through Christ, and by being one with Christ. This means that we need to have a spiritual union, an organic union, with Christ. In order that we may enter into such a union with Christ, God wants us not only to believe in Christ but to believe into Christ (John 3:15, 16, 18). To believe into Christ is to have an organic union with Christ, becoming one spirit with Him (1 Cor. 6:17b). In this union we are joined to Christ, we are one with Him, and we are in Him. Now as those who are one with Him and in Him, we need to do all that God requires by Christ and through Christ. No longer should we live by ourselves and do things by ourselves, but we should live by Christ and do everything by Christ. (Life-study of Deuteronomy, p. 41)

　　因着保罗对这事有透切的领悟，他就能宣告说，“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。”〔加二20。〕这里保罗是说，“我借着基督的死，已经在祂里面死了，现今借着祂的复活，祂在我里面活着。祂在我里面活着，完全是借着祂成了赐生命的灵。”……我们都需要有加拉太二章二十节的实际，看见神不要我们凭自己为祂活着，乃要我们凭基督、在基督里、同着基督、借着基督并与基督是一，来为祂活着。……我们需要看见一件要紧的事，就是神要我们在基督里、凭着基督、同着基督、借着基督并与基督是一，而生活、行动、行事、工作并为人。

　　每一个主的仆人都该与祂相配。但在我们自己里面、凭着我们自己，我们无法与祂相配或事奉祂。我们完全欠缺作这事的能力。我们一无所是，一无所有，一无所能。我们怎能与神相配或事奉祂？就我们说，这是不可能的；但借着具体化于子，又实化为那灵的三一神，这就有可能了。这位灵无所不在，而祂又具体化在圣经里，给我们吸入，使我们可以在基督里并凭着基督作一切事。

　　我们不该想要在自己里面为神作什么；反之，我们该恨恶并拒绝我们要事奉神并与祂相配的努力。实际上，这在神眼中是可憎的。不错，神要我们完成祂的经纶，但祂不要我们凭自己作这事。神渴望我们把自己摆在一边，忘记自己，并凭着那灵完成神的经纶；那灵是子的实化，子是父的具体化身。我们该凭这位成了赐生命之灵的基督，生活、行动、行事、工作并为人。这样，我们活着就不再是自己，乃是基督在我们里面活着。

　　保罗在罗马十章八节说到“我们所传信主的话”。这信主的话包括悔改、归向神、紧联于神并信入三一神，好与祂有生机的联结，并同祂生活如同一个。你在生活么？你在行事、工作么？我们该能回答这些问题说，“是的，我在生活、行事、工作，但我不是在自己里面、凭着自己而作，乃是在基督里、凭着基督而作。我是在与三一神生机的联结里活着。”这是基督徒的生活、召会生活、基督的身体，至终，这将是我们在永世之新耶路撒冷里的生活。在基督徒生活和召会生活中，我们活着不再是自己，乃是基督在我们里面活着（申命记生命读经，五○至五一、五四至五五页）。

　　参读：申命记生命读经，第五篇。

　　Because Paul had a thorough realization of this, he could declare, “I am crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me” [Gal. 2:20]. Here Paul was saying, “I have died in Christ through His death, but now He lives in me through His resurrection. His living in me is entirely by His being the life-giving Spirit.”…We all need to have the reality of Galatians 2:20, realizing that God does not want us to live for Him by ourselves but to live for Him by Christ, in Christ, with Christ, through Christ, and by being one with Christ. The crucial matter that we need to realize is that God wants us to live, act, behave, work, and have our being in Christ, by Christ, with Christ, through Christ, and in oneness with Christ.

　　Every servant of the Lord should match Him. But in ourselves and by ourselves we can neither match Him nor serve Him. We are utterly lacking the capacity to do this. We are nothing, we have nothing, and we can do nothing. How can we match God or serve Him? As far as we are concerned, this is impossible, but it is possible through the Triune God embodied in the Son, who is realized as the Spirit. This Spirit is everywhere, yet He is embodied in the Bible for us to inhale that we may do all things in Christ and by Christ.

　　We should not try in ourselves to do anything for God. Rather, we should hate and reject our effort to serve God and match Him, for it is actually abominable in the sight of God. Yes, God wants us to fulfill His economy, but He does not want us to do this by ourselves. God’s desire is that we cast ourselves aside, forget ourselves, and fulfill His economy by the Spirit, that is, by the realization of the Son, who is the embodiment of the Father. We should live, act, behave, work, and have our being by the very Christ who is the life-giving Spirit. Then it will be no longer we who live but Christ who lives within us.

　　In Romans 10:8 Paul refers to “the word of the faith which we proclaim.” This word of faith includes repentance, returning to God, holding fast to God, and believing into the Triune God in order to have an organic union with Him and to live together with Him as one. Are you living? Are you behaving and working? To these questions we should be able to say, “Yes, I am living, behaving, and working, but I am doing this not in myself and by myself but in Christ and by Christ. I am living in the organic union with the Triune God.” This is the Christian life, this is the church life, the Body, and, ultimately, this will be our life for eternity in the New Jerusalem. In the Christian life and in the church life, it is no longer we who live, but Christ lives in us. (Life-study of Deuteronomy, pp. 41, 43-44)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Deuteronomy, msg. 5