弗三4~5　…基督的奥秘…在别的世代中，未曾给人们的子孙知道，像如今在灵里启示祂的圣使徒和申言者一样。

　　五18　　　不要醉酒，醉酒使人放荡，乃要在灵里被充满。

　　在以弗所书的六章中，都提及人的灵。我们人的灵已经得了重生，也内住着复合、包罗万有、终极完成的灵，使这灵成为一个调和的灵。…在一章十七节使徒保罗祷告，愿父给我们这样一个调和的灵，满有智慧能以明白，也满有启示能以看见。我们需要启示和光照，来看见神经纶的奥秘。我们也需要借着神圣的智慧，来明白、领略我们所看见的。神的经纶是一个真实的奥秘，但这奥秘已向我们启示出来。我们可以看见祂的经纶，这经纶也给我们知道，使我们能够接受、明白、领略并有分。（经过过程的神圣三一之分赐与超越基督之输供的结果，九五页。）

　　Eph. 3:4-5 …The mystery of Christ, which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men,… has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in spirit.

　　5:18 And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissoluteness, but be filled in spirit.

　　In each of the six chapters of Ephesians, the human spirit is mentioned. Our human spirit has been regenerated and indwelt by the compound, all-inclusive, consummated Spirit to make this spirit a mingled spirit. In 1:17 the apostle Paul prayed that the Father would give us such a mingled spirit of wisdom to understand and of revelation to see. We need the revelation and the enlightenment to see the mystery of God’s economy. We also need to understand, to apprehend, what we see by the divine wisdom. The economy of God is a real mystery, yet it has been revealed to us. We can see His economy and it is made known to us so that we can receive it, understand it, apprehend it, and participate in it. (CWWL, 1993, vol. 2, “The Issue of the Dispensing of the Processed Trinity and the Transmitting of the Transcending Christ,” p. 540)

　　以弗所三章五节告诉我们，神的经纶是奥秘的，已在使徒和申言者的灵里向他们揭示出来。这个启示不是在心思里赐给他们，乃是在灵里。我们若要明白、领略神奥秘经纶的实际，就必须学习分辨我们的灵和我们的魂。（来四12。）我们不该被我们的魂搅扰。我们不该因着我们的心思而受扰乱、变得复杂、并感到困惑，反而我们该一直转向我们的灵，在那里我们能与神圣的灵相会。在我们调和的灵里，我们有看见神经纶之奥秘的性能，可以明白、领略、接受并持守这经纶的奥秘，作我们的分。

　　以弗所四章二十三节说，我们必须在心思的灵里得以更新。…我们的灵可以进到我们的心思里，征服它、占有它、并占据它。…我们乃是借着心思的灵，天天被更新成为我们创造主的形像。（西三10。）…这样，我们就逐渐被变化，被模成我们创造主的形像。

　　以弗所五章十八节告诉我们不要醉酒，就是说，不要让我们肉身的身体被酒充满；反而我们该在灵里被充满。我们的灵需要被经过过程的三一神、超越的基督、和终极完成的灵所充满。然后我们就会满了赞美，彼此对唱并对说。（19~20。）诗歌不仅适合唱，也适合说。当我们用诗章、颂辞、灵歌彼此对说，当我们赞美神时，我们就自然彼此服从。（21。）妻子会服从丈夫，丈夫会爱妻子。（22，25。）然后我们就有正当的召会生活，满了服从，满了对三一神的赞美，没有争论、怨言和抱怨。

　　以弗所六章告诉我们更进一步的事。一面，召会生活是赞美和服从的生活；同时，召会生活也是争战的生活。当我们彼此赞美、彼此服从时，仇敌就在这里攻击。所以我们必须用祷告抵挡他。十八节说，每当我们祷告时，我们该在我们的灵里祷告，不要在我们的心思里祷告。我们要走路，就必须用我们的脚。没有人可以用鼻子走路，甚至用手走路也是别扭的；用脚走路才是最正确的方式。同样，我们也不该单单用我们的心思祷告；我们必须用我们的灵，并在我们的灵里祷告。（经过过程的神圣三一之分赐与超越基督之输供的结果，九六至九八页。）

　　参读：经过过程的神圣三一之分赐与超越基督之输供的结果，第六章。

　　Ephesians 3:5 tells us that the economy of God, which is so mysterious, has been unveiled to the apostles and the prophets in their spirit. This revelation was given not in their mind but in their spirit. If we are going to understand, to realize, the reality of God’s mysterious economy, we must learn to discern our spirit from our soul (Heb. 4:12). We should not be bothered by our soul. We should not be troubled, complicated, and perplexed by our mind. Instead, we should always turn to our spirit where we can meet the divine Spirit. In our mingled spirit, we have the capacity to see the mystery of God’s economy, to understand it, to apprehend it, and to receive it and retain it as our portion.

　　Ephesians 4:23 says that we have to be renewed in the spirit of our mind….Our spirit can come into our mind, subdue it, take it over, and occupy it…. It is by this spirit of the mind that we are renewed every day into the image of our Creator (Col. 3:10)…. It is in this way that we are transformed and conformed to the image of our Creator.

　　Ephesians 5:18 tells us not to be drunk with wine, that is, not to be filled in our physical body with wine. Instead, we should be filled in our spirit. Our spirit needs to be filled with the processed Triune God, with the transcending Christ, with the consummated Spirit. Then we will be full of praise, singing and speaking one to another (vv. 19-20). The melodies, the songs, are not only good for singing but also good for speaking. As we speak to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, as we are praising God, we will spontaneously be submissive to one another (v. 21). The wives will be submissive to the husbands, and the husbands will love the wives (vv. 22, 25). Then we will have the proper church life, full of submission and full of praising to the Triune God, with no quarreling, no murmuring, and no complaining.

　　Ephesians 6 tells us something further. On the one hand, the church life is a praising life and a submitting life; at the same time it is also a fighting life. While we are praising and submitting to one another, the enemy is here fighting, so we have to fight against him by prayer. Verse 18 says that whenever we pray, we should pray in our spirit, not in our mind. If we are going to walk, we need to use our feet. No one can walk by his nose. Even for someone to walk on his hands is awkward. To walk by our feet is the right way. In the same way, we should not pray merely by our mind. We must pray by our spirit and in our spirit. (CWWL, 1993, vol. 2, “The Issue of the Dispensing of the Processed Trinity and the Transmitting of the Transcending Christ,” pp. 541-542)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1993, vol. 2, “The Issue of the Dispensing of the Processed Trinity and the Transmitting of the Transcending Christ,” ch. 6