弗一6~8　　使祂恩典的荣耀得着称赞，这恩典是祂在那蒙爱者里面所恩赐我们的；我们在这蒙爱者里面，借着祂的血，照着神恩典的丰富，得蒙救赎，就是过犯得以赦免，这恩典是神……向我们洋溢的。

　　22~23　　……使祂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。

　　信徒在神经纶中经历神恩典的终极完成，乃是召会作为基督的身体（弗一6~8、22~23）。基督的身体是怎样出来的？我们原来是堕落的罪人；基督来流血，把我们赎回到基督里。基督是我们得救的范围和成分（元素）。基督的宝血把我们赎回到祂自己这范围和成分里。我们在基督里，就享受祂的成分。祂的成分就把我们制作为神宝贵的产业。以弗所一章二十二至二十三节给我们看见，神在基督身上所运行的大能，使祂从死人中复活，超过世界，升到天上，坐在神的右边，并且践踏仇敌，将一切都服在祂的脚下，而作万有的头。这个大能乃是向着召会的，也就是传输到召会里的。……头有这个大能，身体也得着这个大能的传输。基督的身体就是这样产生出来的（李文集一九九一至一九九二年第二册，四三八至四三九页）。

　　Eph. 1:6-8 To the praise of the glory of His grace, with which He graced us in the Beloved; in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of offenses, according to the riches of His grace, which He caused to abound to us…

　　22-23 And He…gave Him to be Head over all things to the church, which is His Body, the fullness of the One who fills all in all.

　　The consummation of the believers’ experience of the grace of God in His economy is the church as the Body of Christ (Eph. 1:6-8, 22-23). How is the Body of Christ produced? We were fallen sinners, but Christ came and shed His blood to redeem us back into Himself. Christ is the sphere and element of our salvation. The precious blood of Christ redeemed us back into Himself as the sphere and element. In Christ we enjoy His element, and with His element we have been made God’s precious possession. Ephesians 1:22-23 shows us that the power that God caused to operate in Christ raised Him from the dead so that He might transcend the world and ascend to the heavenlies, being seated at the right hand of God, crushing the enemy, having all things subjected under His feet, and thus being given to be the Head over all things. Such power is “to the church,” that is, transmitted to the church…Since the Head has this power, the Body also receives the transmission of this power. It is in this way that the Body of Christ is produced. (CWWL, 1991-1992, vol. 2, “The Law and Grace of God in His Economy,” pp. 335-336)

　　基督这生机身体的每一部分都是神经纶中的恩典所产生的。这恩典乃是对三一神—父、子、灵—作生命的享受，而神的生命是以父神为本质（substance），以子神为元素（element），以灵神为素质（essence）。

　　第一，基督生机的身体，是以父神在祂的性情中，为如纯金的本质（林前三12，启二一18下）。金表征作源头之父的神圣性情及其一切属性。

　　第二，基督生机的身体，是以子神在祂的救赎中，为如珍珠的元素（林前三12，启二一21上）。珍珠表征在得胜的死并分赐生命之复活里的子基督，及其一切美德和属性。

　　第三，基督生机的身体，是以灵神在祂的变化工作中，为如宝石的素质（林前三12，启二一18上、19~20）。宝石表征那灵变化的工作，及其一切的属性。金、银、宝石，表征在三一神的美德和属性上，信徒对基督的各种享受和经历。这些宝贵的材料，都是我们在灵里借着圣灵，有分于并享受基督而产生的。只有这些材料才适合神的建造。

　　在使徒保罗，万事如粪土，恩典之于他，只是神基督；他乃是借着这恩典，就是他所经历的主，为主劳苦，超过众使徒。我们今天的生活，我们今天的工作，也该像保罗一样，以这一位经过过程、终极完成的三一神作恩典。……在这样的生活里，只以生命为原则。凡是出于生命的，神就要；不是生命的，神就不要。这生命就是这丰富的恩典，是以父神作本质，以子神作元素，以灵神作素质的；这生命也就是神来作我们的恩典。我们所该活的就是这样的生活。愿主怜悯我们，祝福我们，叫我们都过这样的生活，使我们在神的经纶中，至终能经历神恩典的终极完成（李文集一九九一至一九九二年第二册，四四三至四四四、四四九至四五○页）。

　　参读：神在祂经纶中的律法与恩典，第四篇。

　　Every part of the organic Body of Christ is an issue of the grace in the economy of God. Grace is the enjoyment of the Triune God—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit—as the enjoyment of life, and the life of God is with God the Father as the substance, God the Son as the element, and God the Spirit as the essence.

　　First, the organic Body of Christ takes God the Father in His nature as its substance, as pure gold (Rev. 21:18b; 1 Cor. 3:12). Gold signifies the divine nature of God the Father as the source with all its attributes.

　　Second, the organic Body of Christ takes God the Son in His redemption as its element, as pearls (Rev. 21:21a; cf. 1 Cor. 3:12). Pearls signify Christ the Son in His overcoming death and life-imparting resurrection with all the virtues and attributes.

　　Third, the organic Body of Christ takes God the Spirit in His transforming work as its essence, as precious stones (Rev. 21:18a, 19-20; 1 Cor. 3:12). Precious stones signify the transforming work of the Spirit with all its attributes. Gold, silver, and precious stones signify the believers’ various enjoyments and experiences of Christ in the virtues and attributes of the Triune God. All these precious materials are the products of our participation in and enjoyment of Christ in our spirit through the Holy Spirit. Only these are good for God’s building.

　　To the apostle Paul, all things were like refuse, and grace was God in Christ. It was by grace, the Lord whom he experienced, that he labored for the Lord more abundantly than all the apostles. Like Paul, we should take the processed and consummated Triune God as grace in our living and work today… In such a living we take only life as the principle. Whatever is of life, that is what God wants; whatever is not of life, that is what God rejects. This life is the rich grace with God the Father as the substance, God the Son as the element, and God the Spirit as the essence; this life is God coming to be our grace. This is the living that we should have. May the Lord be merciful to us and bless us that we may live such a life so that eventually we can experience the consummation of the grace of God in His economy. (CWWL, 1991-1992, vol. 2, “The Law and Grace of God in His Economy,” pp. 338-339, 343)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1991-1992, vol. 2, “The Law and Grace of God in His Economy,” ch. 4