于宏潔(2)
II. 『基督是一切屬靈的實際』
經文:西2:2-3; 6-23
v 到底什麼是「屬靈的實際」?
1.神的奧祕就是基督
…使他們真知 神的奧祕,就是基督; 所積蓄的一切智慧知識,都在祂裏面藏著。(西 2:2b-3)
2.神本性一切的豐盛都在基督裡
神本性一切的豐盛都有形有體地居住在基督裏面, 你們「在祂裏面」也得了豐盛…。(西 2:9-10a)
3.舊約所記常是後事的影兒,其本體卻是基督
你們若是與基督同死,脫離了世上的小學,為甚麼仍像在世俗中活著、服從那「不可拿、不可嘗、不可摸」等類的規條呢? …這些規條…其實在克制肉體的情慾上是毫無功效。(西2:20-23)
律法是我們訓蒙的師傅,引我們到基督那裏…(加 3:24)
所以,不拘在飲食上,或節期、月朔、安息日都不可讓人論斷你們。 這些原是後事的影兒;那形體卻是基督。(西 2:16-17)
v 『真實的工作乃是生命的流露,算得數的事奉總是基督的活出』( Watchman Nee)
II.
Christ Is the Reality of All Spiritual Things
Scriptures:
Colossians 2:2-3; 6-23
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What exactly is spiritual reality?
1.
Christ is the mystery of God
- …
To the knowledge of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ, in
whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. (Colossians 2:2b-3)
2.
In Christ dwells all the fullness of the Godhead
- For
in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in
Him … (Col 2:9 -10a)
3.
Things of the Old Testament are shadows of things to come, but the substance
is Christ.
- Therefore,
if you died with Christ from the basic principles of the world, why, as though
living in the world, do you subject yourselves to regulations— “Do not touch,
do not taste, do not handle,” … These things … are of no value against the
indulgence of the flesh. (Colossians 2:20-23)
- Therefore
the law was our tutor to bring us to Christ … (Gal 3:24)
- So
let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon
or Sabbaths, which are a shadow of things to come, but the substance is of
Christ. (Col 2:16-17)
“The genuine work is the overflowing of life, and
the only services that are counted is when Christ is
lived out.” (W. Nee)