约八12　于是耶稣又对众人讲论说，我是世界的光，跟从我的，就绝不在黑暗里行，必要得着生命的光。

　　启二二1　天使又指给我看在城内街道当中一道生命水的河，明亮如水晶，从神和羔羊的宝座流出来。

　　当我们在生命里长大，我们就有生命的光。在这光底下，万物都有秩有序。倘若我们所有的只是死亡和黑暗，而不是生命和光，我们就仍在崩溃中。那里有死亡和黑暗，那里就有崩溃。人类社会所有的，包括今天的基督教在内，不是别的，乃是死亡和黑暗，因此，就是崩溃的乱堆。但因着我们满了生命并在光底下，我们就不是一团混乱。因为我们在生命中，又因为我们一切的行动都在光中，所以没有混乱。尽管今天的基督教是在死亡和黑暗中崩溃的乱堆，我们在召会生活里却是在生命中，并在光底下。有了生命和光，我们就归一于一个元首之下。（以弗所书生命读经，九五至九六页。）

　　John 8:12 Again therefore Jesus spoke to them, saying, I am the light of the world; he who follows Me shall by no means walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

　　Rev. 22:1 And he showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb in the middle of its street.

　　When we grow in life, we have the light of life. Under this light, everything is kept in order. If instead of life and light we have death and darkness, we are still in the collapse. Wherever death and darkness are, there is the collapse. All of human society, including today’s Christianity, is nothing but death and darkness and, hence, a heap of collapse. But because we are full of life and are under light, we are not a heap. Because we are in life and because all our movements are in light, there is no confusion. Although today’s Christianity is a heap of collapse in death and darkness, we in the church life are in life and under light. With life and light we are being headed up. (Life-study of Ephesians, pp. 79-80)

　　召会乃是领先在基督里归一于一个元首之下。最终，千年国要来到，接着就是新天新地和新耶路撒冷。在新天新地里，万有都要在基督里归一于一个元首之下。在新耶路撒冷里没有死亡，也没有黑夜，反而一切都被生命浸透，并在光底下。以新耶路撒冷作中心，新天新地中的万有都将归一于一个元首之下。那时候，以弗所一章十节就完全应验了。然后我们要看见，基督向着召会作万有的头，召会是祂的身体，是那在万有中充满万有者的丰满。今天我们在召会生活中，乃是领先在基督里归一于一个元首之下。为此我们需要在生命里长大，并且得着生命的光。

　　生命在那里，光也在那里。约翰一章四节说，‘生命在祂里面，这生命就是人的光。’这光是生命的光。（八12。）在启示录二十一章，我们有生命也有光。新耶路撒冷被光浸透，所以不需要日光。二十三节说，‘那城内不需要日月光照，因有神的荣耀光照，又有羔羊为城的灯。’在新耶路撒冷里，我们有三一神的荣耀作我们的光照。在新天新地新耶路撒冷里没有黑夜，没有死亡，也没有黑暗，反而有生命和光。这将使一切站立，而且秩序井然。

　　凡是有光的地方，事情便有秩序。假定洛杉矶市没有光，那会有何等的黑暗与混乱！生命规律人，光管制人。在召会生活中我们没有规条，但我们有规律人的生命和管制人的光。当召会满了生命，就也满了光。这样，在召会中的每个人就都被里面的生命所规律，而不是被外面的规条所规律；每个人都受生命之光管制，而且秩序井然。在生命和光里，我们就归一于一个元首之下。在启示录二十一章我们看见头，看见身体环绕着头，并且看见列国在城的光中行走。（24。）这将使新天新地成为光明的范围。因此，在那以新耶路撒冷为中心的新天新地里，万有将在基督里归一于一个元首之下。这就应验了以弗所一章十节中所说的，万有在基督里归一于一个元首之下。

　　今天的召会生活就是对这事的预尝。召会生活是新天新地和新耶路撒冷的小影。我们在这小影中的人，享受生命和光的分赐，也在基督里归一于一个元首之下。（以弗所书生命读经，九六、一一五至一一六页。）

　　参读：以弗所书生命读经，第八、十篇。

　　The church takes the lead to be headed up in Christ. Eventually, the millennium will come and, following that, the new heaven and new earth with the New Jerusalem. In the new heaven and new earth all things will be headed up in Christ. In the New Jerusalem there will be no death and no night; instead, everything will be saturated with life and be under light. With the New Jerusalem as the center, all things in the new heaven and the new earth will be headed up. At that time Ephesians 1:10 will be completely fulfilled. Then we shall realize that Christ is the Head over all things to the church, His Body, the fullness of the One who fills all in all. Today we in the church life are taking the lead to be headed up in Christ. For this we need to grow in life and have the light of life.

　　Where life is, there is light also. John 1:4 says, “In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.” This light is the light of life (John 8:12). In Revelation 21 we have both life and light. Because the New Jerusalem is saturated with light, it has no need for the light of the sun. Revelation 21:23 says, “And the city has no need of the sun or of the moon that they should shine in it, for the glory of God illumined it, and its lamp is the Lamb.” In the New Jerusalem we shall have the glory of the Triune God as our shining light. In the new heaven and new earth with the New Jerusalem there will be no night, no death, and no darkness. Instead, there will be life and light. This will cause everything to rise up and be in good order.

　　Wherever there is light, things are kept in order. Suppose there were no lights in the city of Los Angeles. What darkness and confusion there would be! Life regulates, and light controls. In the church life we do not have regulations, but we do have the regulating life and the controlling light. When the church is full of life, it is also full of light. Then everyone in the church is regulated by the inward life, not by outward regulations; and everyone is controlled and kept in order by the light of life. Here in life and in light, we are headed up. In Revelation 21 we see the Head, the Body surrounding the Head, and all the nations walking in the light of the city (Rev. 21:24). This will cause the new heaven and the new earth to be a bright sphere. Therefore, in the new heaven and the new earth with the New Jerusalem as the center, all things will be headed up in Christ. This will be the fulfillment of the heading up of all things in Christ spoken of in Ephesians 1:10.

　　Today’s church life is a foretaste of this. It is a miniature of the new heaven, the new earth, and the New Jerusalem. As those in the miniature, we are enjoying the dispensation of life with light, and we are being headed up in Christ. (Life-study of Ephesians, pp. 80, 95-96)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Ephesians, msgs. 8, 10