565 中翻英 (265) The unite of the church members does matters. 教會的合一確實重要. 10/29/2023

565 中翻英 (265) The unite of the church members does matters.   教會的合一確實重要. 10/29/2023 

十月二十九日   

「使他們都合而為一，正如你父在我里面，我在你里面，使他們也在我們里面，叫世人            可以信你差了我來。」（約   17:21 新國際版）

神百般的智慧，是要借著教會，向一切靈界的勢力顯出來（弗3:10）。我們「合而為一」，就成為神借著圣靈居住的所在。由于今日神的儿女們沒有合在一起顯出身體的功用，所以他們好像一些破裂的器皿。舉例說，我們把一個大玻璃杯打碎，它將成了什么樣子呢？每一塊碎玻璃，仍然可以盛一點水，但与那完整的杯所能容的水量相比，卻大大不同了。在屬靈的事上也是如此。我們個人所能領受的，用數學的話來說，只有長和闊兩個度量，但如果我們在教會中，那容量就擴大為長闊高三個的總和了。一万個個別的基督徒，算不得什么，但一万個基督的肢體卻是另一回事了。元首基督從祂的丰滿里，還有更多屬靈的丰富要賜給我們，但我們必須回到那偉大的容器——一個身體的地位上，方能容納祂的一切。

October

“That they may all be one, just as your Father is in me and I in you, and they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.” (John 17:21 NIV)

The manifold wisdom of God is to be revealed to all spiritual forces through the church (Ephesians 3:10). When we are "one" we become the dwelling place of God through the Holy Spirit. Because God's children today do not come together to display the function of the Body, they are like broken vessels. For example, if we break a big glass cup, what will it look like? Each piece of broken cup can still hold a little water, but compared to the amount of water that the cup can hold, it is quite different. The same is true in spiritual matters. What we individually can receive, in mathematical terms, are only two measurements: length and breadth. But if we are in the church, the capacity is expanded to the sum of length, times width and times height.  Ten thousand individual Christians are nothing, but ten thousand members of the body of Christ does  matter.   The head of the church, Christ has more spiritual riches to give us from His fullness, but we must return to the position of that great container, a body, in order to accommodate all that He has.