西一 27『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。』林後四 7『但我們有這寶貝在瓦器裏，要顯明這超越的能力，是屬於神，不是出於我們。』
神的福音乃是羅馬書的主題，論到基督在祂復活後，成了那靈活在信徒裏面。這比福音書所陳明的更高，更主觀。福音書只論到基督在成爲肉體之後，死而復活之
前，在肉身裏活在門徒中間。然而，羅馬書啓示基督已經復活，成了賜生命的靈（八9
~10），祂不再只是信徒身外的基督，也是在他們裏面的基督。因此，羅馬書中的福音，乃是現今住在信徒裏面，作他們主觀救主者的福音。
今天，基督對我們是主觀的。祂不僅與我們相近，更在我們裏面，在我們這人的深處。這的確很奧祕。不信者不懂基督徒爲何旣有美德又有歡樂。人們可能不明白，
基督徒有從何而來的力量和能力，能忍受苦難，或能愛人所不能愛。這對他們是奧祕，卻已向我們啓示出來。我們知道，我們生命和能力的源頭就是裏面的基督。內
住的基督是基督徒生活的祕訣。
基督在我們裏面，這是聖經的心臟，也是我們全人的心臟。在相信基督以前，我們是沒有生命的屍體。我們悔改、相信主、並呼求祂的名時，就有一顆心植入我們裏面。這顆心就是在我們裏面的基督。
基督在我們裏面是奧祕，是神話語的完成，也是聖經的心臟。基督在每一位信徒裏面。歌羅西一章二十七節說，基督在我們裏面成了榮耀的盼望。我們可以彰顯基督，因爲祂在我們裏面。
神照在我們心裏，帶給我們一個寶貝，就是那是神的具體化身，作了我們的生命和一切之榮耀的基督〔林後四
6~7〕。但我們盛裝這寶貝的，卻是沒有價值且脆弱的瓦器。無價之寶竟盛裝在沒有價值的瓦器裏！這使沒有價值的器皿成爲新約的眾執事，有無上寶貴的職事。
這乃是藉着在復活裏的神聖能力。這超越的能力必是屬於神，不是出於我們。這寶貝，內住的基督，在我們這些瓦器裏，乃是基督徒生活神聖供應的源頭。作新約執
事的使徒，靠這寶貝超越的能力，就能過釘十字架的生活，使他們所供應基督復活的生命得以顯明。
基督照在我們裏面的實際，就是在我們這些瓦器裏面的寶貝。外面看來，我們是瓦器，但我們裏面有無價之寶。這寶貝就是那作經過過程之三一神具體化身的基督，
在我們裏面乃是包羅萬有、賜生命的靈。這寶貝有能力，而這能力是超越的。基督作爲在我們裏面賜生命的靈，乃是照耀並工作的那一位。這就是我們裏面的寶貝
（哥林多後書生命讀經，三一六頁）。
假如我們都學習棄絕我們的舊人位，藉着觀看祂的面，享受祂的同在，而接受祂作我們的人位，我們就要有一種甜蜜的感覺，覺得內住耶穌的寶貝。這個會使我們發
光照耀，這一種照耀就是祂榮耀的返照。我能保證，如果你有這種經歷，其他人就會看出你是多麼發光照耀。你不只是快樂，並且是發光照耀。有一些東西從你裏面
放出光來，那就是主耶穌的返照（內住的基督，一○五頁）。
參讀：內住的基督，第七至十篇；保羅書信中所啓示經歷基督極重要的方面，第一至二章。
Col. 1:27 "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."
2 Cor. 4:7 "But we have this treasure in earthen vessels that the excellency of the power may be
of God and not out of us."
The gospel of God, as the subject of Romans, concerns Christ as the
Spirit living within the believers after His resurrection. This is
higher and more subjective than what was presented in the Gospels, which
concern Christ only in the flesh as He lived among His disciples after
His incarnation but before His death and resurrection. This book,
however, reveals that Christ
has resurrected and has become the
life-giving Spirit (8:9-10). He is no longer merely the Christ outside
the believers, but He is now the Christ within them. Hence, the gospel
in [Romans] is the gospel of the One who is now indwelling His believers
as their subjective Savior. (Crystallization-study of the Complete
Salvation of God in Romans, p. 9)
Christ today is subjective to us. He is not only near us but also within
us, in the depths of our being. This is indeed mysterious. Unbelievers
do not understand why Christians are virtuous and joyful. People may
wonder what the source of strength and power is that enables Christians
to endure sufferings or to love when others cannot love. This is a
mystery to them, but it has been revealed to us. We know that the source
of our life and power is Christ within us. The indwelling Christ is the
secret of the Christian life.
Christ in us is the heart
of the Bible, and it is also the heart of our being. Before we believed
in Christ, we were lifeless corpses. When we repented, believed in the
Lord, and called upon His name, a heart was transplanted into us. That
heart is Christ in us.
Christ being in us is the mystery and
the completion of the word of God, the heart of the Bible. Christ is in
every believer. Colossians 1:27 says that Christ in us is the hope of
glory. We can express Christ because He is in us. (Crucial Aspects of
the Experience of Christ Revealed in Paul's Epistles, pp. 30, 9)
God's shining in our hearts brings into us a treasure, the Christ of
glory, who is the embodiment of God to be our life and our everything [2
Cor. 4:7]. But we who contain this treasure are earthen vessels,
worthless and fragile. What a priceless treasure is contained in
worthless vessels! This has made the vessels ministers of the new
covenant with a priceless ministry. The excellence of the power is
surely of God and not of ourselves. This treasure,
the indwelling
Christ, in us, the earthen vessels, is the divine source of the supply
for the Christian life. It is by the excellent power of this treasure
that the apostles as ministers of the new covenant are able to live a
crucified life so that the resurrection life of Christ may be manifest.
The shining reality of Christ is the treasure in us, the earthen
vessels. Outwardly we are earthen vessels, but inwardly we have a
priceless treasure. This treasure is Christ as the embodiment of the
processed Triune God to be in us the all-inclusive life-giving Spirit.
This treasure has a power, and this power is excellent. Christ as the
life-giving Spirit in us is the One who shines and works. This is the
treasure we have in us. (Life-study of 2 Corinthians, pp. 268-269)
If we would all learn to forsake our old person, taking Him as our
person by looking at the index of His face while enjoying His presence,
we would have a sweet sense of the preciousness of the indwelling Jesus.
This would make us so shining, a shining which is the reflecting of His
glory. I can assure you that if you ever have this kind of experience,
others will see how shining
you are. It is not that you are merely
happy, but you are shining. Something from within shines out, and that
is the reflection of Jesus. (The Indwelling Christ in the Canon of the
New Testament, p. 94)
Further Reading: The Indwelling Christ
in the Canon of the New Testament, chs. 7-10; Crucial Aspects of the
Experience of Christ Revealed in Paul's Epistles, chs. 1-2
