第八週 • 週六
晨興餧養
西三10~11 並且穿上了新人；這新人照着創造他者的形像漸漸更新，以致有充足的知識；在此並沒有希利尼人和猶太人、受割禮的和未受割禮的、化外人、西古提人、為奴的、自主的，惟有基督是一切，又在一切之內。
召會是基督的身體，身體的長大就是身體的建造。簡單的說，長大就是建造，召會的長大就是召會的建造。你在長大，你就是在建造。若是你不長大，一直停留在舊樣裏，對召會而言，就是一種拆毀。在一個召會中，只要有一部分弟兄姊妹在長大，那個地方的召會一定能得着建造。因此長大實在是建造的關鍵，你長我長他長，當我們大家都長時，這樣的長就是建造召會（基督的豐富並豐滿與主今日前進的恢復，三六頁）。
信息選讀
以弗所四章十二至十六節在新約聖經裏，佔有特別的地位，因為它給我們看見建造基督身體的奧秘。若沒有這幾節聖經，我們就不知道怎樣建造基督的身體。首先我們要說，建造基督的身體，不是建造一個會。會是一個組織，但基督的身體乃是一個生機體。生機體全是生命的故事，組織卻沒有生命。譬如一個檯子，是木頭拼制出來的，不過是一個組織，裏面沒有生命。…基督是頭，召會是祂的身體。頭既是生機體，身體自然也是生機體。所以，在召會中組織並沒有地位（神的經綸與基督身體的建造，六四至六五頁）。
我們在生命裏的長大，是長到元首基督裏面；但我們在基督身體裏的功用，是從元首出來的。首先我們長到元首裏面，然後我們就有一些本於（出於）元首為着祂的身體建造的東西。十六節指明，長大不是為着個人，乃是為着身體。凡不是為着身體的長大，都不是真的。『每一部分』這話，是指身體的每一肢體。基督身體的每一肢體，都有其藉生命的長大與恩賜的發展而有的度量，可以為着身體的長大而盡功用。基督的身體藉着供應的節，和盡功用的各部分，便叫自己漸漸長大。供應的節和每一有其度量的部分，都是使召會自己建造起來所需要的。基督身體的長大，就是基督在召會裏的加增，結果叫基督的身體把自己建造起來（以弗所書生命讀經，四六六至四六七頁）。
說到召會是生機的，這個生機不是指我們天然的生命，乃是指我們靈裏的生命，就是基督自己。復活的基督乃是賜生命的靈。這一個靈進到我們這些接受祂的人裏面。所以我們裏面同有一個生命，一個靈。我們就是在這一個生命裏，成為生機的，彼此相聯為一。現今的問題是，我們裏面有兩個生命，一個是原有天然的生命，一個是主耶穌這生命，我們是憑着哪一個生命活着？我們若照着我們天然的生命活，我們就不是召會；我們若照着基督活，活基督，我們就是召會。召會就是基督自己在我們眾人裏面。基督留在祂自己裏面，僅僅是基督；當祂進到聖徒裏面，和聖徒一同活着，眾聖徒裏面的基督就成為召會了。召會的實際就是基督活在我們裏面。建造基督身體的秘訣就是活出基督。若我們活出我們天然的生命，基督的身體就不得建造。所以我們必須否認、棄絕自己天然的生命，把天然的生命擺在一邊。如此基督在我們裏面就有地位，且能天天擴增，這就是建造基督的身體。基督的身體因着基督在我們裏面的長大而長大，也就得着了建造（神的經綸與基督身體的建造，六六至六七頁）。
參讀：以弗所書生命讀經，第四十五、七十六、八十九至九十篇。
WEEK 8 — DAY 6
Morning Nourishment
Col. 3:10-11 "And have put on the new man, which is being renewed unto full knowledge according to the image of Him who created him, where there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free man, but Christ is all and in all."
The church is the Body of Christ, and the growth of the Body is the building up of the Body. In simple terms, the growth is the building. The growth of the church is the building up of the church. While you are growing, you are being built up. If you would not grow, but would stay in the old way, this would be a tearing down for the church. In a church, as long as some of the brothers and sisters would grow, the church in that locality would be built up. Hence, growth is the key to building. When we all grow, the growth becomes the building up of the church. (The Riches and Fullness of Christ and the Advanced Recovery of the Lord Today, p. 37)
Today's Reading
Ephesians 4:12-16 occupies a special place in the New Testament because it shows us the mystery concerning the building up of the Body of Christ. Without these few verses, we would not know how to build up the Body of Christ. First, we must say that to build up the Body of Christ is not to build up a congregation. A congregation is an organization, but the Body of Christ is an organism. An organism is altogether a matter of life, whereas an organization has no life. For example, a table is framed together from pieces of wood. It is just an organization; it does not have any life within. A robot may do all kinds of things, but it is still an organization; it has no life....Christ is the Head, and the church is His Body. Since the Head is an organism, the Body must also be an organism. (The Economy of God and the Building up of the Body of Christ, p. 65)
Our growth in life is to grow into the Head, Christ, but our function in the Body is to function out from Him. Firstly, we grow up into the Head. Then we have something which is out from the Head. Verse 16 indicates that growth is not for individuals, but for the Body. Any growth that is not for the Body is not genuine. The words “each one part” refer to every member of the Body. Every member of the Body of Christ has its own measure, and this measure works for the growth of the Body. The Body causes the growth of itself through the supplying joints and working parts. Both the joints of the supply and every single part with its measure are needed for the church to build itself up. The growth of the Body is the increase of Christ in the church. This results in the Body building itself up. (Life-study of Ephesians, p. 386)
When we say that the church is organic, we do not mean that it is an organism composed of our natural life. Rather, it is an organism composed of the life in our spirit, which is Christ Himself. The resurrected Christ is the life-giving Spirit. This Spirit enters into us who have received Him. Hence, within us we have the same life and the same spirit. In this one life we become organic, being joined together as one. The problem now is that we have two lives within us. One is the original natural life; the other is the Lord Jesus as our life. Which life are we living by? If we live by our natural life, we are not the church. If we live according to Christ and live Christ, we are the church. The church is Christ Himself in all of us. When Christ is in Himself, He is just Christ. When He enters into the saints and lives with the saints, the Christ within the saints becomes the church. The reality of the church is Christ living in us. The key to the building up of the Body of Christ is to live Christ. If we live our natural life, the Body of Christ will not be built up. For this reason we must deny and reject our natural life and must put the natural life aside. In this way, Christ will have the proper place within us and will be able to increase day by day. This is the building up of the Body of Christ. The Body of Christ grows by the growth of Christ within us and is built up this way. (The Economy of God and the Building Up of the Body of Christ, pp. 66-67)
Further Reading: Life-study of Ephesians, msgs. 45, 76, 89-90
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