第三篇 包罗万有、延展无限的基督在万有中居首位
The All-inclusive, Extensive Christ Having the Preeminence in All Things
读经∶西一15、18，三4、10～11、17，启二4，但七9～10
壹 神行政管理的心意，乃是要使基督在万有中居首位，使基督在凡事上居第一位─西一15、18：
I. God's intention in His administration is to give Christ the preeminence in all things, to cause Christ to have the first place in everything—Col. 1:15, 18:
一 整个世界局势都在天上之神的诸天掌权之下，以配合神在祂经纶里的心意；基督是这经纶的中心─但七9～10，四34～35，弗一10。
A. The entire world situation is under the rule of the heavens by the God of the heavens to match His intention in His economy, of which Christ is the center—Dan. 7:9-10; 4:34-35; Eph. 1:10.
二 要使基督在万有中居首位，神就需要一班子民；神若没有一班子民，就无法使基督成为居首位的─西一18，三10～11。
B. For Christ to have the preeminence in all things, God needs a people; apart from God's having a people, there is no way for Christ to be made preeminent—Col. 1:18; 3:10-11.
三 在神属天的掌权下，祂正在使用环境，使基督成为我们的中心（第一位）和普及（一切）─罗八28，西一18、27，三4、10～11。
C. Under His heavenly rule God is using the environment to make Christ the centrality (the first) and the universality (everything) to us—Rom. 8:28; Col. 1:18, 27; 3:4, 10-11.
贰 在神的经纶中，基督居第一位，居首位─一18，弗一10：
II. Christ has the first place, the preeminence, in God's economy—1:18; Eph. 1:10:
一 基督是居首位的，祂在凡事上都居第一位─西一18。
A. Christ is the preeminent One, the One who has the first place in everything—Col. 1:18.
二 基督在三一神格中居首位；第一者，父，高举子；第三者，那灵，总是为子作见证─林后十三14，腓二9，约十五26。
B. Christ is preeminent in the triune Godhead; the first, the Father, exalts the Son, and the third, the Spirit, always testifies concerning the Son—2 Cor. 13:14; Phil. 2:9; John 15:26.
三 基督在神对祂的高举上居首位─徒二33上，弗一22：
C. Christ is preeminent in God's exaltation of Him—Acts 2:33a; Eph. 1:22:
1 基督已被高举到三层天上神的右边─徒二33上。
1. Christ has been exalted to the right hand of God in the third heaven—Acts 2:33a.
2 在神对基督的高举里，神已使基督作万有的头─弗一22。
2. In God's exaltation of Christ, He has been given to be the Head over all things—Eph. 1:22.
四 在旧造和新造中，在宇宙和召会中，基督都居第一位，居首位─西一15、18。
D. Both in the old creation and in the new creation, both in the universe and in the church, Christ occupies the first place, the place of preeminence—Col. 1:15, 18.
五 基督居第一位，意思就是，祂乃是一切；基督既然在宇宙中和召会中都居第一位，祂在宇宙中和召会中就必是一切─三10～11。
E. For Christ to be the first means that He is all; since Christ is the first both in the universe and in the church, He must be all things in the universe and in the church—3:10-11.
叁 基督应该在我们个人的宇宙中居首位─17节，林前十31：
III. Christ should have the preeminence in our personal universe—v. 17; 1 Cor. 10:31:
一 我们蒙神拣选作祂的子民，为使基督居首位，我们乃是在神属天的掌权之下─但四26，太五3。
A. As those who have been chosen by God to be His people for Christ's preeminence, we are under His heavenly rule—Dan. 4:26; Matt. 5:3.
二 在我们的召会生活、家庭生活和日常生活中，基督这居首位者必须是中心与普及─西三17，林前十31。
B. Christ, the preeminent One, must be the centrality and universality in our church life, family life, and daily life—Col. 3:17; 1 Cor. 10:31.
三 在神属天的掌权下，万有都互相効力，叫我们得益处；在我们个人的宇宙中所发生的事特别是这样─罗八28：
C. Under God's heavenly rule everything is working together for our good; this is especially true of the things in our personal universe—Rom. 8:28:
1 我们个人的宇宙包括我们自己、我们的家庭以及召会。
1. Our personal universe includes ourselves, our families, and the church.
2 在我们个人的宇宙中，每一天都发生许多事，目的乃是要使基督居首位；我们需要看见这事，并顺服神属天的掌权─弗一11，启四11。
2. In our personal universe many things happen day by day for the purpose of making Christ preeminent; we need to realize this and be submissive to God's heavenly rule—Eph. 1:11; Rev. 4:11.
四 我们要让基督在凡事上居首位，就必须愿意受调整、被破碎、成为无有，使主在我们里面、借着我们并在我们中间，能有路建造祂生机的身体─弗三17，四16。
D. In order to give Christ the preeminence in all things, we must be willing to be adjusted, to be broken, and to be made nothing so that the Lord can have a way in us, through us, and among us for the building up of His organic Body—Eph. 3:17; 4:16.
五 我们若看见基督居首位的异象，我们的生活和召会生活就会有彻底的改变，因为我们会领悟，基督必须在凡事上居首位─西一18。
E. If we have a vision of the preeminence of Christ, our living and our church life will be revolutionized, for we will realize that in all things Christ must have the first place—Col. 1:18.
肆 基督应该在我们的爱上居首位─启二4：
IV. Christ should have the preeminence in our love—Rev. 2:4:
一 让主在凡事上居首位，就是用起初的爱来爱祂；我们需要维持并发展我们向主起初的爱─4节。
A. To give the Lord the first place in all things is to love Him with the first love; we need to maintain and develop our first love toward the Lord—v. 4.
二 人无论爱什么，他的全心，甚至全人，都是摆在所爱的上面，被其霸占并得着─提前六10，提后三2～4，四8、10上，多一8。
B. Whatever one loves, his whole heart, even his whole being, is set on and occupied and possessed by—1 Tim. 6:10; 2 Tim. 3:2-4; 4:8, 10a; Titus 1:8.
三 召会究竟会不会有得胜的荣耀日子，还是败落的痛苦日子，乃在于我们是哪一类的爱者─启二4，提后三2～4。
C. Whether there would be a day of glory in the church's victory or grievous days of the church's decline depends on what kind of love we have—Rev. 2:4; 2 Tim. 3:2-4.
四 我们对主的爱必须绝对；我们不该爱任何人或任何事物过于爱主─太十37～39。
D. Our love for the Lord must be absolute; we should not love anyone or anything above Him—Matt. 10:37-39.
五 我们爱主，因为祂先爱我们，将祂爱的素质注入我们里面，并且在我们里面产生出爱来，使我们能用这爱爱祂─约壹四19、8、16。
E. We love the Lord because He first loved us, infusing His loving essence into us and generating within us the love with which we love Him—1 John 4:19, 8, 16.
六 我们爱主乃是照着神圣三一作为爱的神圣分赐─罗五5，八35、39，十五30。
F. We love the Lord according to the divine dispensing of the Divine Trinity as love—Rom. 5:5; 8:35, 39; 15:30.
伍 基督应该在我们三部分的人里居首位─西一27，三4、10～11、15～16：
V. Christ should have the preeminence in our tripartite being—Col. 1:27; 3:4, 10-11, 15-16:
一 我们敬拜在诸天之上登宝座的基督，但我们经历、享受并有分于我们灵里内住的基督；我们非常主观的与祂是一─1节，林前六17，弗三17：
A. We worship the enthroned Christ in the heavens, but we experience, enjoy, and partake of the indwelling Christ in our spirit; we are one with Him in a very subjective way—v. 1; 1 Cor. 6:17; Eph. 3:17:
1 那住在我们里面的基督，不是小的、有限的基督，乃是包罗万有、延展无限、居首位的基督─西一15～16、18～19。
1. The Christ who indwells us is not a small, limited Christ but the all-inclusive, extensive, preeminent Christ—Col. 1:15-16, 18-19.
2 我们需要被包罗万有、延展无限、居首位的基督注入、浸透、充满，直到我们经历祂是我们的一切─二16～17，三4、10～11。
2. We need to be infused, saturated, and permeated with the all-inclusive, extensive, preeminent Christ until in our experience He is everything to us—2:16-17; 3:4, 10-11.
二 因为基督是我们的生命，祂所有的一切、祂所达到并所得着的一切，对我们就都成为主观的；就宇宙一面说，基督是延展无限的，但在我们的经历中，祂是我们的生命，我们的所是─4节，罗八34、10。
B. Because Christ is our life, all He has and all He has attained and obtained become subjective to us; universally, Christ is extensive, but in our experience, He is our life, our being—v. 4; Rom. 8:34, 10.
三 我们的内容和构成成分该单单是包罗万有、延展无限的基督─西三10～11。
C. The content and constituent should only be the all-inclusive, extensive Christ—Col. 3:10-11.
四 我们应当让基督充满我们的全人，并以祂自己顶替我们天然生命的每一方面─弗三17，西三10～11。
D. We should allow Christ to fill our entire being and replace every aspect of our natural life with Himself—Eph. 3:17; Col. 3:10-11.
陆 基督应该在我们属灵的经历中居首位─一18、27，二9～13、20，三1～4：
VI. Christ should have the preeminence in our spiritual experiences—1:18, 27; 2:9-13, 20; 3:1-4:
一 基督的历史乃是基督徒的经历，并且基督的经历就是基督徒的历史─林前一30，罗六3～5，加二20，弗二5～6：
A. The history of Christ is the experience of the Christian, and the experience of Christ is the history of the Christian—1 Cor. 1:30; Rom. 6:3-5; Gal. 2:20; Eph. 2:5-6:
1 基督的历史成为我们的经历和我们属灵的历史─约十四19下，加二20。
1. The history of Christ becomes our experience and our spiritual history—John 14:19b; Gal. 2:20.
2 在与基督生机的联结里，凡基督所经过的，都成了我们的历史─约十五1、4～5。
2. In the organic union with Christ, whatever Christ passed through has become our history—John 15:1, 4-5.
二 在歌罗西书中许多重要的辞句指向我们对基督的经历；这些发表给我们一幅正确经历基督的完整图画。
B. In Colossians a number of phrases point to our experience of Christ; these expressions give us a complete picture of the proper experience of Christ—1:27-28; 2:6, 8, 13, 19-20.
柒 基督应该在我们的为人生活中居首位─三18～四1：
VII. Christ should have the preeminence in our human living—3:18-4:1:
一 神渴望基督能借着人性生活得着彰显─腓一19～21上。
A. God desires that Christ be expressed through human life—Phil. 1:19-21a.
二 信徒的生活必须与基督联合；这意思是，在我们的生活中，我们必须与祂是一─林前六17，约十五4～5：
B. The living of the believers must be in union with Christ; this means that in our living we need to be one with Him—1 Cor. 6:17; John 15:4-5:
1 我们需要与主耶稣是一，正如祂与父是一一样─十30，十四10，六57。
1. We need to be one with the Lord Jesus just as He is one with the Father—10:30; 14:10; 6:57.
2 我们现今与基督该同有一个生命并同过一个生活；子的生命成为我们的生命，我们的生活成为子的生活─加二20。
2. We and Christ should now have one life and one living; the Son's life becomes our life, and our living becomes the Son's living—Gal. 2:20.
3 信徒过与基督联合的生活，结果该是在他们的为人生活中彰显基督─西三18～四1。
3. The living of the believers in union with Christ results in the expression of Christ in their human living—Col. 3:18-4:1.
三 凡我们所作的，都该在主耶稣的名里─三17：
C. We should do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus—3:17:
1 名指人位，主的人位就是那灵─林后三17上。
1. The name denotes the person, and the Lord's person is the Spirit—2 Cor. 3:17a.
2 在主的名里行事，就是在那灵里行动；这就是活基督，并让祂在我们的为人生活中居首位─西一18。
2. To do things in the name of the Lord is to act in the Spirit; this is to live Christ and to give Him the preeminence in our human living—Col. 1:18.