第二週 • 週一
晨興餧養
西一25~27『我照神爲你們所賜我的管家職分，作了召會的執事，要完成神的話，就是歷世歷代以來所隱藏的奧
祕，但如今向祂的聖徒顯明了；神願意叫他們知道，這奧祕的榮耀在外邦人中是何等的豐富，就是
基督在你們裏面成了榮耀的盼望。』
很少基督徒看見保羅的完成職事。完成職事這個辭，是根據歌羅西一章二十五節，那裏保羅說他受了託付，要『完成神的話』。完成神的話意思是完成神的啓示。欽定英文譯本把『完成神的話』繙成『成就神的話』；沒有疑問，這種繙法多少會使真正的意義含混。
沒有保羅的著作，神的啓示就不能完成。如果把他的十四卷書信（羅馬書到希伯來書）從聖經中挪去，聖經無疑仍是一本美妙的書。想想看創世記多奇妙！出埃及記多偉大！…創世記和出埃及記雖然令人讚賞，然而若沒有保羅的著作，就缺少完成（保羅的完成職事，一○○至一○一頁）。
信息選讀
在原文文法裏，〔歌羅西一章二十六節的〕『奧祕』與〔二十五節〕『神的話』是同位語。神完成的話乃是奧祕。這奧祕曾是隱藏的，但如今顯明出來了，這奧祕是關乎『基督在你們裏面成了榮耀的盼望』〔27〕。
的確，新約每一卷書都論到基督。然而，除了保羅的書信以外，沒有一卷書說到基督是神的奧祕。…甚至在約翰福音中也沒有找到奧祕這個辭。
奧祕這辭的確出現在約翰的啓示錄中，可是不像在保羅的書信中那麼清楚。只有保羅把奧祕這辭用在基督和祂的身體上。
基督是一個奧祕。那麼基督這奧祕的源頭又是那一位？當然是神。猶太人和回教徒都宣告他們認識神。他們的來源很類似，他們的信仰是根據舊約（回教徒的可蘭經，大多是模倣舊約，再稍作修改的）。猶太人和回教徒所相信的神是舊約的神。在新約裏，我們的神是在基督裏並經過基督的神。成爲一個基督徒，就是進入基督裏面，並經過基督進到神裏面。神具體化身在這位基督裏。神格一切的豐滿，都有形有體的居住在基督裏面（西二9）。神的一切所是都具體化身於基督裏。…如果人只有神而沒有基督，他定規像猶太人或回教徒一樣。所以，神是這奧祕的源頭。
這奧祕的結果是甚麼？這奧祕出於神，其結果乃是召會—包括所有相信基督的人。在整個宇宙中這是個奧祕！沒有這樣的話，聖經就無法完成。這個完成的話就是這極大的奧祕：基督是神的奧祕，召會是基督的奧祕。這二者組成了歷世歷代的奧祕。
保羅書信中三個重要的點〔乃是〕：神是我們的內容，基督是神的奧祕，召會是基督的奧祕。沒有這三點，保羅的著作是個空殼子。這些也就是主所要恢復的。沒有這些，甚麼都沒有意義。今天我們的神在我們裏面作我們的內容。神的奧祕就是作神具體化身和彰顯的基督，使神對於我們是如此真實、如此可享受。基督的奧祕乃是經過死並在復活裏的三一神，將祂自己與我們調和，使我們成爲祂生機身體上的活肢體。這個異象必須引導我們，並且會保守我們在中心線上，照着調和的靈而行，並活在身體生活裏。這就是主所要得着的（保羅的完成職事，一○一至一○二、一四六頁）。
參讀：保羅的完成職事，第十章；使徒行傳生命讀經，第六十八至六十九篇。
WEEK 2 — DAY 1
Morning Nourishment
Col. 1:25-27 "Of which I became a minister according to the stewardship of God, which was given to me for you, to complete the word of God, the mystery which has been hidden from the ages and from the generations but now has been manifested to His saints; to whom God willed to make known what are the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory."
Very few Christians have seen Paul's completing ministry. This term, the completing ministry, is based upon Colossians 1:25, where Paul says he was commissioned"to complete the word of God." To complete the word of God means to complete the revelation of God. No doubt the King James Version's rendering of"complete the word of God" as"fulfil the word of God" has somewhat obscured the real meaning.
Without Paul's writings the revelation of God is not complete. If his fourteen Epistles, from Romans through Hebrews, were taken from the Bible, it would no doubt still be a marvelous book. Think how wonderful Genesis is! How great a book Exodus is!...Though Genesis and Exodus are admirable, without Paul's writings they lack completion. (The Completing Ministry of Paul, p. 73)
Today's Reading
Grammatically speaking,"the mystery" [in Colossians 1:26] is in apposition with"to complete the word of God" [in verse 25]. The completion of the word of God is the mystery. This mystery, which was hidden but is now manifested, concerns"Christ in you, the hope of glory" [v. 27].
Surely every book of the New Testament is about Christ. None of these books except Paul's, however, says that Christ is God's mystery. Matthew deals with the mystery of the kingdom of God, but does not present Christ as God's mystery....Even in John's Gospel the word mystery is not to be found. It does occur in his Revelation, but it is not as clearly mentioned as in Paul's Epistles. Only Paul uses the word mystery for Christ and for His Body.
Christ is a mystery. What is the source of Christ as a mystery? It is surely God. Both the Jews and the Moslems claim to know God. They are of a similar origin, in that their faith is based on the Old Testament. (The Moslem Bible, the Koran, is largely an imitation of the Old Testament, with some changes.) The God in whom the Jews and Moslems believe is the God of the Old Testament. In the New Testament our God is the God in Christ and through Christ. To be a Christian is to come into Christ and through Him into God. God is embodied in this Christ. The fullness of the Godhead dwells in Him bodily (Col. 2:9). God's entire being is embodied in Christ....If anyone has a God who is apart from Christ, he must be like a Jew or a Moslem. God,
then, is the source of this mystery.
What is the issue of this mystery? This mystery comes out of God and issues in the church, including all the believers of Christ. In the whole universe this is the mystery! Without such a word the Bible is not complete. This completion of the word is this great mystery: Christ as the mystery of God and the church as the mystery of Christ. These two comprise the mystery of the ages.
Three crucial points in Paul's Epistles [are]: God as our contents, Christ as God's mystery, and the church as Christ's mystery. Without these three points, Paul's writings are an empty shell. These are what the Lord is going to recover. Without them, nothing is meaningful. Our God today is in us to be our contents. The mystery of God is Christ as the embodiment and manifestation of God, making God so real and so enjoyable to us. The mystery of Christ is that the Triune God through death and in resurrection is mingling Himself with us, making us the living members of His organic Body. This vision must direct us. It will keep us in the central lane, walking according to the mingled spirit and being in the Body life. This is what the Lord is after. (The Completing Ministry of Paul, pp. 74-75, 106-107)
Further Reading: The Completing Ministry of Paul, ch. 10; Life-study of Acts, msgs. 68-69
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