第三週 • 週五
晨興餧養
弗三 16~17『願祂照着祂榮耀的豐富，藉着祂的靈，用大能使你們得以加強到裏面的人裏，使基督藉着
信，安家在你們心裏，叫你們在愛裏生根立基。』
以弗所三章十六節是保羅禱告的主題。…這個禱告與一章的禱告乃是對比：一章的是求啓示的禱告，這裏的是求經歷的禱告。在一章的需要，乃是要我們看見與基督身體有關的事，看見身體是如何出現並如何構成的。但是只看見啓示還不彀，我們也需要經歷我們所看見的。因爲我們需要主觀的經歷基督，所以保羅禱告，要我們得以加強到裏面的人裏（以弗所書生命讀經，三三五頁）。
信息選讀
我們的心是由魂的各部分—心思、情感、意志，加上靈的主要部分—良心—組成的。這些是我們人內裏的各部分。藉着重生，基督進到我們的靈裏（提後四 22）。接着，我們該讓祂擴展到我們心的每一部分。我們的心是我們內裏各部分的總和，也是我們裏面之人的中心；所以，當基督安家在我們心裏，祂就掌管我們裏面的全人，並用祂自己供應、加強我們內裏的各部分（以弗所書生命讀經，三三九頁）。
我們的心，是我們傾向、愛慕事物的機關，在對事物的傾向、愛慕、喜好、願望一方面，是代表我們這個人的。…在我們未重生的時候，我們的心傾向罪惡，愛慕世界，喜好情慾的事；對於神卻是冷硬的，不傾向，不愛慕；對於屬神屬靈的事，也不喜好，甚至連願望也沒有。所以神重生我們的時候，就更新我們的心，使我們的心成爲一個新心，有新的傾向，新的愛慕，新的喜好，新的願望。因此，我們一重生得救了，我們的心就傾向神，就喜歡神，就愛慕神；對於屬神的事，屬靈的事，屬天的事，也就有喜好，有願望；一題到這些事，我們的心就喜樂，就有嚮往，就有渴慕（生命的認識，三五頁）。
我們得救時，基督就進到我們的靈裏。現今我們必須讓祂有機會，將祂自己擴展到我們內裏之人的每一部分。當我們得以加強到裏面的人裏，就給基督開門，在我們裏面擴展，從我們的靈擴展到我們的心思、情感和意志的每一部分裏。基督越多在我們裏面擴展，就越多定居且安家在我們裏面。這意思是說，祂佔有我們裏面的每一部分，並以祂自己充滿、浸透各部分。結果我們不僅得了啓示，我們也被基督充滿。然後無論我們到那裏，我們都是使徒，就是受差遣的人；也是申言者，就是爲基督說話的人（以弗所書生命讀經，三四一頁）。
我們得加強到裏面的人裏，基督就在我們裏面擴展，將祂自己更多分賜到我們這人裏面。基督藉着每日將祂自己分賜到我們裏面，至終就充滿我們的心。
基督以祂自己充滿我們這人的每一部分，藉此祂就成爲我們的內容。祂擴展到我們的心思、情感和意志裏，充滿我們的思想、考量、感覺和決定。基督佔有我們全人，據有我們，甚至成爲我們，使我們成爲祂的彰顯。這樣，我們就能說，『在我，活着就是基督。』（腓一21）當我們思考，就是基督在思考。當我們愛，就是基督在愛。當我們作決定，就是基督在作決定。基督成爲我們，也使我們成爲祂。這就是基督安家在我們心裏（保羅書信中所啓示經歷基督極重要的方面，三六頁）。
參讀：內住的基督，第十三至十四篇；保羅書信中所啓示經歷基督極重要的方面，第五章；以弗所書生
命讀經，第三十二篇。
WEEK 3 — DAY 5
Morning Nourishment
Eph. 3:16-17 "That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened
with power through His Spirit into the inner man, that Christ may make His
home in your hearts through faith, that you, being rooted and grounded in love."
In Ephesians 3:16 we have the subject of Paul's prayer....In contrast to the prayer in chapter one, which is a prayer for revelation, this is a prayer for experience. The need in chapter one is for us to see the things related to the Body of Christ, to see how the Body comes into existence and how it is constituted. But it is inadequate simply to see the revelation; we also need the experience of what we see. Because we need to experience Christ in a subjective way, Paul prayed that we would be strengthened with power into the inner man. (Life-study of Ephesians, p. 277)
Today's Reading
Our heart is composed of all the parts of our soul—the mind, the emotion, and the will—plus our conscience, the main part of our spirit. These are the inward parts of our being. Through regeneration, Christ came into our spirit (2 Tim. 4:22). Subsequently, we should allow Him to spread Himself into every part of our heart. Our heart is the totality of all our inward parts and
the center of our inward being; therefore, when Christ makes His home in our heart, He controls our entire inward being and supplies and strengthens every inward part with Himself. (Life-study of Ephesians, pp. 280-281)
Our heart is the organ of our inclination and affection toward things; it represents us with regard to our inclination, affection, delight, and desire toward things....Before we were regenerated, our heart was inclined toward sin, loved the world, and desired the things of passion; toward God, however, it was cold and hard, without inclination and without affection; toward the things of God and spiritual things, it had no delight and was void of any desire. So when God regenerates us, He renews our heart and makes our heart a new heart, with a new inclination, new affection, new delight, and new desire. Thus, once we are regenerated and saved, our heart inclines toward God, loves God, and desires God; toward the things of God, the
spiritual things, and the heavenly things, it also has delight and desire. Whenever such things are mentioned, our heart is joyful, responsive, and desirous. (The Knowledge of Life, p. 37)
When we were saved, Christ came into our spirit. Now we must give Him the opportunity to spread Himself throughout all the parts of our inner being. As we are strengthened into the inner man, the door is opened for Christ to spread in us, to spread from our spirit to every part of our mind, emotion, and will. The more Christ spreads within us, the more He settles down in us and makes His home in us. This means that He occupies every part of our inner being, possessing all these parts and saturating them with Himself. As a result, not only do we receive the revelation, but we also are filled with Christ. Then wherever we may go, we shall be the apostles, the sent ones, and the prophets, those who speak for Christ. (Life-study of Ephesians, p. 282)
When we are strengthened into the inner man, Christ spreads in us and dispenses more of Himself into our being. By daily dispensing Himself into us, Christ eventually fills our heart.
Christ becomes our content by filling every part of our being with Himself. He spreads to our mind, emotion, and will, filling our thinking, considerations, feelings, and decisions. Christ occupies our entire being, possesses us, and even becomes us, making us His expression. Then we can say,"To me, to live is Christ" (Phil. 1:21). When we think, it is Christ thinking. When we love, it is Christ loving. When we make a decision, it is Christ deciding. Christ becomes us, and He causes us to become Him. This is Christ making His home in our heart. (Crucial Aspects of the Experience of Christ Revealed in Paul's Epistles, p. 33)
Further Reading: The Indwelling Christ in the Canon of the New Testament, chs. 13-14;
Crucial Aspects of the Experience of Christ Revealed in Paul's Epistles, ch.
5; Life-study of Ephesians, msg. 32
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