保羅的完成職事(十七): 基督的平安作了我們的仲裁

西三 15~16『又要讓基督的平安在你們心裡作仲裁，你們在一個身體裡蒙召，也是
為了這平安；且要感恩。當用各樣的智慧，讓基督的話豐豐富富的住在你們裡面，
用詩章、頌辭、靈歌，彼此教導，互相勸戒，心被恩感歌頌神。』

基督的平安要在我們心裡作仲裁，就必須在我們裡面施行管治。基督的平安要為王
作管治者和決斷者。

我信你們都經歷過，有一位在你們裡面作王管治你們，並且下最後的決斷。…藉著
基督的平安作仲裁，我們的難處就解決了，聖徒之間的摩擦也消失了。然後教會生
活就能得保全，新人也實際的得以維持。

教會生活就是新人的生活，不是單靠教訓得保全的，乃是靠著我們思念在上面的事，
並讓屬天的傳輸將神聖的元素分賜到我們裡面才得以保全。然後我們就有新人的更
新，並經歷基督的平安在我們裡面施行管治。

基督的平安實際上就是基督自己顯在某一特別的方面。因此，基督的平安作仲裁，
就是基督在我們裡面作工，好在我們身上施行管治，來作結論，下最後的決斷。在
弟兄被長老得罪的事例中，基督的話是要愛那位長老，找他交通，並且和他一同享
受主。這就是作平安的基督登位管治、決斷並下斷語。

 我們要有正確基督徒的行事為人，並保全教會生活，就需要基督的平安作仲裁。…
惟有屬天的基督，那位代求者、盡職者及管理者，才能解決我們的難處，並消除摩
擦。如果一位弟兄和他的妻子思念在諸天之上的基督，他們就會經歷神聖的傳輸，
然後基督的平安就要在他們裡面作仲裁。

當基督的平安在我們心裡作王，作我們裡面獨一的裁判，我們就與神有縱的平安，
與眾聖徒有橫的平安（和平）。我們讚美主，我們享受平安，並且在這平安里，新
人─教會生活就得以保全！…主恢復的治理和維持不是我們的責任。

眾教會以及整個恢復，都在基督的平安作仲裁之下。基督在我們裡面是供應的恩典，
也是作仲裁的平安。

我們必須先讓基督作仲裁的平安在我們裡面作王。不要求主施行主權，管治你的妻
子或丈夫；反而要禱告說，『主，在我裡面作王，在我身上管治我。』

我們…也該讓基督的話豐豐富富的住在我們裡面〔西三 16〕。…基督的話就是基督
所說的話。在神新約的經綸里，神在子裡面說話，而子不僅在福音書裡親自說話，
也在使徒行傳、書信和啟示錄里，藉著他的肢體─使徒和申言者─說話。

這些都可視為基督的話。基督的話包括整本新約。我們需要被這話充滿；這意思是：
我們該讓基督的話住在我們裡面，居住在我們裡面，安家在我們裡面。

以弗所五章十八節囑咐我們，要在靈里被三一神充滿；歌羅西三章十六節囑咐我們，
要讓基督的話豐豐富富的住在我們裡面。歌羅西書的中心是基督作我們的頭和生命。
基督運用他作頭的身分，並將他的豐富供應給我們的路，乃是藉著他的話。…在以
弗所書，話是為著洗滌我們天然的生命（五 26），並與仇敵爭戰（六 17）；而在
歌羅西書，話是為著啟示基督（一 25~27）的居首位、中心和普及性。這話像那靈
一樣，豫備好要住在我們裡面，占有我們、充滿我們，然而我們必須讓話豐豐富富
的住在我們裡面（真理課程三級卷三，一四○至一四二頁）。

參讀：內住的基督，第十五至十六篇；真理課程三級卷三，第五十課。


Col. 3:15-16 "And let the peace of Christ arbitrate in your hearts, to which
also you were called in one Body; and be thankful. Let the word of Christ
dwell in you richly in all
wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and 
spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to God."

    For the peace of Christ to arbitrate in our hearts, it must rule in
us. It must be enthroned as the ruler and decider. I believe you all have
experienced that Someone has been enthroned in you to rule you and make
the final decisions....Through the arbitration of the peace of Christ, our
problems are solved, and the friction between the saints disappears. Then
the church life is preserved, and the new man is maintained in a practical
way.

    The church life as the life of the new man is preserved not by mere
teachings, but by setting our mind on the things above and allowing the
heavenly transmission to impart the divine element into us. Then we shall
have the renewing of the new man and experience the peace of Christ ruling
within us. The peace of Christ is actually Christ Himself in a particular
aspect. Hence, the arbitrating of the peace of Christ is Christ working
within us to exercise His rule over us, to speak the last word, and to make
the final decision. In the case of the brother offended by the elder, Christ'
s word is to love that elder, to seek him out for fellowship, and to enjoy
the Lord with him. This is Christ enthroned as peace ruling, deciding, and
uttering the last word. (Life-study of Colossians, pp. 564-565)

    In order to have a proper Christian walk and preserve the church life,
we need the arbitrating peace of Christ....Only the heavenly Christ, the
One who is interceding, ministering, and administrating, can solve our problems
and resolve the friction. If a brother and his wife set their mind on Christ
in the heavens, they will experience the divine transmission. Then the peace
of Christ will arbitrate in them. When the peace of Christ is enthroned
in our hearts to be the unique umpire within us, we shall have peace with
God vertically and with the saints horizontally. We praise the Lord that
we are enjoying peace, and in this peace the church life as the new man
is preserved!...The management and maintenance of the Lord's recovery are

not our responsibility. All the churches and the recovery as a whole are
under the arbitrating peace of Christ. In us Christ is the supplying grace
and the arbitrating peace.

    We need to allow the arbitrating peace of Christ to be enthroned in
us first. Do not ask the Lord to exercise His sovereign rule over your wife
or husband. Instead, pray,"Lord, be enthroned in me and exercise Your rule
over me." (Life-study of Colossians, p. 565)

    We also need to let the word of Christ dwell in us richly [Col. 3:16]....
The word of Christ is the word spoken by Christ. In His New Testament economy,
 God speaks in the Son, and the Son speaks not only in the Gospels but also
through His members, the apostles and prophets, in Acts through Revelation.
All these books may be considered as His word. The word of Christ includes
the entire New Testament. We need to be filled with this word. This means
that we should allow the word of Christ to dwell in us, to inhabit us, to
make home in us.

    Ephesians  5:18  charges  us  to  be  filled  in  spirit  by  the  Triune
 God; Colossians 3:16 tells us to let the word of Christ dwell in us richly.
Colossians is focused on Christ as our Head and life. The way for Christ
to exercise His headship and minister His riches into us is through His
word....In Ephesians the word is for washing away our natural life and fighting
against the enemy (5:26; 6:17); in Colossians the word is for revealing
Christ in His preeminence, centrality, and universality (1:25-27). This word,
like the Spirit, is prepared to dwell in us, to occupy us, and to fill us,
but we need to let the word dwell in us richly. (Truth Lessons─Level Three,
vol. 3, p. 116-117)

    Further  Reading:  The  Indwelling  Christ  in  the  Canon  of  the
 New Testament, chs. 15-16; Truth Lessons─Level Three, vol. 3, lsn. 50

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