罗六4　 所以我们借着浸入死，和祂一同埋葬，好叫我们在生命的新样中生活行动，像基督……从死人中复活一样。

　　　八11 ……那叫耶稣从死人中复活者的灵，若住在你们里面，那叫基督从死人中复活的，也必借着祂住在你们里面的灵，赐生命给你们必死的身体。

　　现在我们要接着来看召会在主耶稣基督里的意义。在基督里是件大事。在基督里就没有罪、肉体、己、天然生命、旧造、死和撒但。我们若在基督里，一切消极的事物就都被了结。罪、死、己、肉体、撒但、旧造都已了结。对于在基督里的人来说，神以外的一切事物都已经了结了（帖撒罗尼迦前书生命读经，七四至七五页）。

　　Rom. 6:4 We have been buried therefore with Him through baptism into His death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead…, so also we might walk in newness of life.

　　8:11 …If the Spirit of the One who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who indwells you.

　　Now let us go on to consider what it means for the church to be in the Lord Jesus Christ. It is a great matter to be in Christ. To be in Christ means that there is no sin, flesh, self, natural life, old creation, death, or Satan. If we are in Christ, everything negative has been terminated. Sin, death, the self, the flesh, Satan, and the old creation have all been terminated. For those who are in Christ everything other than God has been terminated. (Life-study of 1 Thessalonians, p. 64)

　　我们在主恢复中的人说，我们实行召会生活。但每当我们这样声明的时候，我们必须查看，我们是否仍然固守自己的文化或个性。关于这事，我们有时候盼望别人同情我们。……但是在主耶稣基督里面没有软弱的器皿。因此，我们不该盼望人同情我们天然的个性。……若要召会实际地在主耶稣基督里，我们就都必须被了结并埋葬。我们必须死，然后摆在坟墓里。这就是在主耶稣基督里。……罗马六章三节……清楚地说，浸入基督乃是浸入基督的死。这样，我们怎么能在基督里却不在祂的死里？在基督里就是被埋葬、被了结。……不管我们喜不喜欢听，在基督里就是被了结，这是个事实。

　　在特会或训练这种特殊的期间，众圣徒从不同的城市或地区来在一起。表面看来，没有人说自己地方的好处；但我们里面深处，可能因着自己从某个地方来而感到骄傲。我们心里可能会说，“……我们的地方是最好的。”这样想就是高抬自己。我们说我们是某个地方的，就把自己排除于主耶稣基督之外。召会必须单单是在父神和主耶稣基督里的。

　　召会乃是在父神和主耶稣基督里。在帖前一章一节，基督这名称是指复活里的一切丰富。主如果仅仅是耶稣而不是基督，我们就无法在祂里面。但因为祂是主耶稣基督，我们就能在祂里面，并且现今就在祂里面。我们在哪里？我们乃是在主耶稣基督里面。耶稣这名字含示，我们在旧造里和堕落里的一切所是都已经了结；而基督这名称含示，我们再也不在自己、旧造、罪、死、世界和撒但里，而是在复活、那灵、义、圣、能力、力量和权能里。因着我们在基督里，我们甚至与祂同坐在宝座上。哦，在基督里何等美好！

　　在主耶稣基督里的意思，一面是我们被了结，不再在旧造里面；另一面是说，我们在基督里就是在复活里。在基督里就是在复活里、在那灵里、在能力里、在力量里、在权柄里。

　　你知道因着你在基督里，你就在宝座上么？你不仅在能力、权能、力量和权柄里，你也在宝座上。基督复活以后，升到诸天之上登了宝座；我们既在祂里面，也就在宝座上。我们有时候需要对撒但说，“撒但，你难道没有看见我在何处？我在基督里，也在宝座上！”（帖撒罗尼迦前书生命读经，七五至七六、八九至九○页）

　　参读：哥林多前书生命读经，第一至三篇；主恢复中的五个重点，第一、四章；主恢复的简说。

　　We in the Lord’s recovery claim to be practicing the church life. Whenever we make such a claim, however, we need to check to see whether we are still holding to our culture or disposition. Regarding this matter, sometimes we expect others to sympathize with us…. In the Lord Jesus Christ there are no weak vessels. Therefore, we should not expect anyone to sympathize with our natural disposition…. For the church to be in the Lord Jesus Christ in a practical way, we all need to be terminated and buried. We need to die and then be placed in the tomb. This is to be in the Lord Jesus Christ. [Romans 6:3] clearly says that to be baptized into Christ is to be baptized into Christ’s death. How, then, can we be in Christ without also being in His death? To be in Christ is to be buried, terminated…. Whether we like to hear it or not, it is the truth that to be in Christ is to be terminated.

　　During special times of conference or training, saints come together from different cities and regions. Outwardly, no one says anything in favor of his locality. But deep within we may be proud of coming from a certain place. In our heart we may say, “…Our place is the best.” To think in this way is to exalt ourselves. When we claim to be of a certain place, we are excluding ourselves from the Lord Jesus Christ. The church must be only in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

　　The church is in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. The title Christ in 1 Thessalonians 1:1 denotes all the riches of resurrection. If the Lord were only Jesus and not Christ, we could not be in Him. But because He is the Lord Jesus Christ, we can be in Him and we are in Him right now. Where are we? We are in the Lord Jesus Christ. The name Jesus implies that everything we are in the old creation and in the fall has been terminated, and the title Christ implies that we are no longer in ourselves, in the old creation, in sin and death, in the world, and in Satan. Instead, we are in resurrection, in the Spirit, and in righteousness, holiness, power, strength, and might. Because we are in Christ, we are even on the throne with Him. Oh, how marvelous it is to be in Christ.

　　To be in the Lord Jesus Christ means on the one hand that we are terminated and are no longer in the old creation. On the other hand, it means that by being in Christ, we are in resurrection. To be in Christ is to be in resurrection, in the Spirit, in power, in strength, and in authority.

　　Do you realize that because you are in Christ, you are on the throne? Not only are you in power, might, strength, and authority, but you are also on the throne. After His resurrection Christ went to the heavens to be enthroned, and in Him we also are on the throne. Sometimes we need to say to Satan, “Satan, don’t you see where I am? I am in Christ on the throne!” (Life-study of 1 Thessalonians, pp. 65-66, 76-77)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of 1 Corinthians, msgs. 1-3; CWWL, 1991-1992, vol. 2, “Five Emphases in the Lord’s Recovery,” chs. 1, 4; CWWL, 1990, vol. 2, “A Brief Presentation of the Lord’s Recovery,” pp. 389-431