六 保罗的以弗所书启示得胜者的生活，他们凭着活在调和的灵里，而活在基督身体的实际里： |
F Paul’s Epistle to the Ephesians reveals the living of the overcomers, who live in the reality of the Body of Christ by living in the mingled spirit: |
１ 基督身体的实际乃是神经纶里的最高峰和圣经拔尖的启示，借着智慧和启示的灵启示出来—弗一17、22~23。 |
１ The reality of the Body of Christ is the highest peak in God’s economy and the top revelation of the Bible, revealed through a spirit of wisdom and revelation—1:17, 22-23. |
２ 基督身体的实际乃是在调和之灵里的生活；这灵是神的居所、神的家、今日的伯特利、天的门和至圣所，就是那作三一神具体化身之是灵的基督（由约柜所预表）的居所—17节，二22，三5、16，四23，五18，六18，创二八12~17，约一51，来九3~4，十19~22。 |
２ The reality of the Body of Christ is a living in the mingled spirit, which is the dwelling place of God, the house of God, today’s Bethel, the gate of heaven, and the Holy of Holies, the dwelling place of the pneumatic Christ as the embodiment of the Triune God, who is typified by the Ark—v. 17; 2:22; 3:5, 16; 4:23; 5:18; 6:18; Gen. 28:12-17; John 1:51; Heb. 9:3-4; 10:19-22. |
３ 基督身体的实际，乃是那在耶稣身上是实际者，就是耶稣一生的真实光景，如四福音书所记载的，借着与祂的肢体重生的灵调和之更新的灵而有的心思更新，重复在祂许多肢体身上，作为得了成全之神人的团体生活—弗四1~6、15~16、20~24，加二20，腓一19~21上，四11~13。 |
３ The reality of the Body of Christ is the reality in Jesus, the actual condition of the life of Jesus as recorded in the four Gospels, duplicated in His many members as the corporate living of the perfected God-men through the renewing of the mind by the renewing Spirit mingled with their regenerated spirit—Eph. 4:1-6, 15-16, 20-24; Gal. 2:20; Phil. 1:19-21a; 4:11-13. |
４ 召会被那与我们的灵调和之美化、预备新妇的那灵所充满，使我们能成为基督圣别、美丽、彰显神的新妇，就是没有瑕疵或不完全的新妇—弗五18、26~27，赛六十7、19，六二3，出二八2，参诗二七4，四八2，五十2，一一○2~3、7，赛二八5，六十21，六一3。 |
４ The church is filled with the beautifying, bride-preparing Spirit, who is mingled with our spirit, so that we may become Christ’s holy, beautiful, God-expressing bride, a bride without blemish or imperfection—Eph. 5:18, 26-27; Isa. 60:7, 19; 62:3; Exo. 28:2; cf. Psa. 27:4; 48:2; 50:2; 110:2-3, 7; Isa. 28:5; 60:21; 61:3. |
５ 基督要在我们全人里得胜，我们就必须经历击杀的灵与我们的灵调和，使我们里面与神敌对的一切都被杀死，而使我们能在那灵的神圣生命里施行神的管治权，管治撒但、罪和死，并使我们过健康的身体生活，就是健康的召会生活—弗六10~18，诗四八12~13。 |
５ For Christ to be victorious in our entire being, we must experience the slaying Spirit mingled with our spirit so that everything of God’s adversary can be killed within us, enabling us to rule in the divine life of the Spirit over Satan, sin, and death for God’s dominion and to live a healthy Body life, a healthy church life—Eph. 6:10-18; Psa. 48:12-13. |
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弗四23 而在你们心思的灵里得以更新。 五26~27 好圣化召会，借着话中之水的洗涤洁净召会，祂好献给自己，作荣耀的召会，没有斑点、皱纹、或任何这类的病，好使她成为圣别、没有瑕疵。 以弗所书首先启示召会是基督的身体（一22~23）、神的国、神的家人（二19），也是神的殿、神的居所（21~22）。……又进一步启示，召会是新人〔二15，四24〕。……召会是基督的身体，需要基督作生命；召会是新人，需要基督作人位。这新的团体人该过一种生活，如同耶稣在地上所过的，就是实际的生活，彰显神并叫人认识神是实际。 以弗所书很着重地说到调和的灵，就是人的灵调和着神的灵。一章十七节说，“愿我们主耶稣基督的神，荣耀的父，赐给你们智慧和启示的灵，使你们充分地认识祂。”……本节中的灵乃是我们重生的灵，有神的灵内住于其中；这是人的灵与圣灵调和在一起。这样一个灵乃是神赐给我们的，使我们有智慧和启示，能以认识祂和祂的经纶。……四章二十三节……中的灵乃是信徒重生的灵，与神内住的灵相调和。这样一个调和的灵，扩展到我们的心思里，因此成了我们心思的灵（以弗所书生命读经，四八六、六九一至六九三页）。 |
Eph. 4:23 And that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind. 5:26-27 That He might sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing of the water in the word, that He might present the church to Himself glorious, not having spot or wrinkle or any such things, but that she would be holy and without blemish. The book of Ephesians reveals that the church is the Body of Christ (1:22-23), the kingdom of God, the household of God (2:19), and the temple, the dwelling place of God (2:21-22). It reveals further that the church is the new man [2:15; 4:24]... As the Body of Christ, the church needs Christ as its life; whereas as the new man, the church needs Christ as its person. This new corporate person should live a life as Jesus lived on earth, that is, a life of truth, expressing God and causing God to be realized as the reality by man. In the book of Ephesians there is great emphasis on the mingled spirit, the human spirit mingled with the divine Spirit. Ephesians 1:17 says, “That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the full knowledge of Him.”... The spirit in this verse is our regenerated spirit indwelt by the Spirit of God. It is the human spirit mingled with the Holy Spirit. Such a spirit is given to us by God so that we may have wisdom and revelation to know Him and His economy. The spirit in 4:23 is the regenerated spirit of the believers mingled with the indwelling Spirit of God. Such a mingled spirit spreads into our mind and thus becomes the spirit of our mind. (Life-study of Ephesians, pp. 402-403, 574-575) |
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在已过，基督……为召会舍了自己，……现今，祂……正……圣化召会；将来，祂……要将召会献给自己作配偶，好得着满足。所以基督对召会的爱是为着圣别并圣化召会，祂的圣别并圣化是 为着将召会献给自己。……保罗在五章二十六节说，基督圣化召会，是借着话中之水的洗涤洁净召会。照着神圣的观念，这里的水是指神涌流的生命，由涌流的水所象征（出十七6，林前十4，约七38~39，启二一6，二二1、17）。……救赎的血，洗去我们的罪（约壹一7，启七14）；而生命的水，乃洗去我们旧人天然生命的瑕疵，就如“斑点、皱纹或任何这类的病”（弗五27），……使召会能“成为圣别、没有瑕疵”。……基督回来时，要把这样一个荣耀的召会献给自己。……至终，献给基督的召会乃是彰显神的召会。这样一个召会也是圣别、没有瑕疵的。成为圣别乃是被基督浸透并变化；没有瑕疵乃是没有斑点、皱纹，没有旧人天然生命的东西。 我们需要经历神话语的杀死能力。当我们祷读时，我们一面得着滋养，一面某些元素就被杀死。也许你受到疑惑、忌恨、嫉妒、骄傲以及自私的困扰。……我们越接受主的话连同其杀死的能力，我们的骄傲以及里面一切消极的元素就越被治死。借着祷读，里面的对头就……被接受到我们里面的话杀死了。……属灵争战的战场……乃是在我们里面；特别是在我们的心思里。……消灭〔心思中对头〕的路，乃是祷读主的话。当我们祷读神的话时，在我们心思里对头的元素，就会一一被杀死。这样，我们就要赢得胜利。……当我们里面消极的元素借着祷读被治死时，主就得胜。因着祂是得胜的，我们就也是得胜的（以弗所书生命读经，五四九、五五一至五五二、五五五至五五六、九八八至九九○页）。 参读：以弗所书生命读经，第四十七、五十四至五十五、五十九、六十九、九十四至九十五、九十七篇。 |
In the past, Christ gave Himself up for the church; in the present, He is sanctifying the church; and in the future, He will present the church to Himself as His counterpart for His satisfaction. Therefore, loving is for sanctifying, and sanctifying is for presenting. In Ephesians 5:26 Paul says that Christ sanctifies the church by cleansing her by the washing of the water in the word. According to the divine concept, water here refers to the flowing life of God typified by flowing water (Exo. 17:6; 1 Cor. 10:4; John 7:38-39; Rev. 21:6; 22:1, 17)... The redeeming blood of Christ... washes away our sins (1 John 1:7; Rev. 7:14), whereas the water of life washes away the blemishes of the natural life of our old man, such as “spot or wrinkle or any such things” (Eph. 5:27),... in order that the church may be holy and without blemish. It is such a glorious church that Christ will present to Himself at His coming back... Eventually, the church presented to Christ will be a God-expressing one. Such a church will also be holy and without blemish. To be holy is to be saturated and transformed with Christ, and to be without blemish is to be spotless and without wrinkle, with nothing of the natural life of our old man. We need to experience the killing power of God’s word. As we pray-read, we are nourished on the one hand, but certain elements are killed on the other hand. Perhaps you are troubled by doubts, hatred, jealousy, pride, or selfishness... The more we take in the word with its killing power, the more our pride and all the negative elements within us are put to death. By pray-reading, the inward adversary is slain... by the word we have taken into us. The battlefield for the spiritual warfare...is within us; in particular it is in our mind... The way to slay [the adversary in our mind] is to pray-read the word. As we pray-read God’s word, the elements of the adversary within our mind will be killed one by one. In this way we shall gain the victory... When the negative things in us are killed through pray-reading, the Lord is victorious. Because He is victorious, we are victorious also. (Life-study of Ephesians, pp. 454-455, 457, 460, 820-821) Further Reading: Life-study of Ephesians, msgs. 47, 54-55, 59, 69, 94-95, 97 |