第三週 基督之死和復活的樣式
讀經：羅六3～5，五17，加三27
【週 一】
壹 『我們這浸入基督耶穌的人，是浸入祂的死』—羅六3：
一 受浸不是一種形式或儀文，乃是我們與基督聯合的表明—3節。
二 藉著受浸，我們浸入基督，以祂為我們的範圍，使我們在祂的死與復活裏，與祂聯合為一。
三 我們原是生在亞當，頭一個人（林前十五45，47）的範圍裏；現今藉著受浸，就被遷到基督，（一30，加三27，）第二個人（林前十五47）的範圍裏。
四 我們浸入基督，也就浸入祂的死—羅六3。
五 祂的死將我們從世界和撒但黑暗的權勢分別出來，並且將我們天然的生命、舊性、自己、肉體，甚至我們整個的歷史，一併了結。
【週 二】
貳 『所以我們藉著浸入死，和祂一同埋葬，好叫我們在生命的新樣中生活行動，像基督藉著父的榮耀，從死人中復活一樣』—4節：
一 我們的舊人已經與基督同釘十字架，（6，）藉著受浸，我們的舊人就與祂一同埋葬歸入死。
二 在天然方面，人先死後葬；但保羅指明，在屬靈方面，我們先葬後死。
三 我們不是直接死的，乃是藉著受浸歸入基督的死。
四 基督與祂的死乃是聯合為一的。
五 在基督以外，我們絕不能浸入祂的死，因為祂有效之死的成分，只存在祂這復活、包羅萬有者的裏面—參約五29，十一24～25，徒一22，二31。
六 羅馬六章四節之『父的榮耀』，指神性的顯耀。
七 我們受浸以後，就成了在復活裏的新人—腓三10。
八 復活不僅是將來的光景，也是現在的過程。
九 在生命的新樣中生活行動，乃是今天在復活的範圍裏生活，並在生命中作王—羅六4，五17。
十 這種生活對付我們裏面屬亞當的一切，直到我們完全變化，模成基督的形像—十二2，八29。
【週三、週四】
參 『我們若在祂死的樣式裏與祂聯合生長，也必要在祂復活的樣式裏與祂聯合生長』—六5：
一 『與祂聯合生長』是生機的聯結，在這聯結裏有生長發生，就是使一方有分於另一方的生命與特徵—5節上。
二 在這生機的聯結裏，凡基督所經歷的，現今都成了我們的歷史。
三 祂的死與復活，現今是我們的，因為我們在祂裏面，已經在生機上與祂聯結；這就是接枝—十一24。
四 這接枝能排除我們一切消極的元素，使我們身上神所造的功能得以復活，拔高我們的功能，充實我們的功能，浸透我們全人，以變化我們。
五 基督之死的樣式，就是羅馬六章四節所說的浸；基督之復活的樣式，就是四節所說生命的新樣。
六 『在祂復活的樣式裏』（ 5）不是指將來客觀的復活，乃是指現今生長的過程。
七 在受浸時，我們在基督死的樣式裏與祂聯合生長；現今藉著祂的死，我們長到祂的復活裏。
八 基督死的成分，如何只在祂裏面，照樣，基督復活的成分，也只在祂裏面；祂自己就是復活—約十一25。
九 當我們經歷正確的受浸以後，就在基督復活的樣式裏，繼續在祂裏面，與祂聯合生長；這就是在生命的新樣中生活行動—羅六4。
【週五、週六】
肆 『凡浸入基督的』—加三27：
一 受浸有四方面：浸入父、子、聖靈的名裏，（太二八19，）浸入基督裏，（加三27，）浸入基督的死裏，（羅六3，）並浸入基督的身體裏。（林前十二13。）
二 施浸乃是帶悔改的人脫離老舊的光景，進入新的境地；這是藉著了結他們老舊的生命，並在基督裏且以基督的新生命使他們有新生的起頭—羅八2，10。
三 這浸有兩面—看得見的一面和看不見的一面：
1 看得見的一面是藉著水，看不見的一面是藉著聖靈—徒二38，41，十44～48。
2 沒有看不見之靈浸的一面，那看得見之水浸的一面就是徒然的；沒有看得見之水浸的一面，那看不見之靈浸的一面就是抽象和無實行的；因此，兩面都不可缺。
四 浸入三一神就是浸入基督—加三27：
1 我們是神的兒子，因為我們在基督裏；而我們在基督裏，是因為我們已經浸入了基督—羅八10，14，加三26，四7。
2 浸入基督乃是得以在基督裏的路—三27。
3 因著我們已經浸入基督，我們現今享受與祂生機的聯結，這能變化我們全人—羅十二2。
4 保羅在加拉太三章末了，用浸入基督以及穿上基督的話作總結，這是很有意義的—27節。
5 保羅以論到受浸的話作為總結，指明我們惟有浸入基督，並且穿上基督，纔能經歷在這一章裏所說的—27節。
6 凡浸入基督的，都已經穿上了基督—27節。
7 我們已經浸入基督，現今我們都有基督遮蓋我們。
8 一面，我們在受浸時浸入了基督；另一面，我們在受浸時也穿上了基督。
9 我們許多人可以很強的作見證，我們已經浸入了基督，如今穿上祂作我們的衣服、我們的遮蓋—27節。
Week Three
The Likeness of the Death and Resurrection of Christ
Hymns: E937
Scripture Reading: Rom. 6:3-5; 5:17; Gal. 3:27
§ Day 1
I. “All of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death”—Rom. 6:3:
A. Baptism is not a form or a ritual; it signifies our identification with Christ—v. 3.
B. Through baptism we are immersed into Christ, taking Him as our realm, that we may be united with Him as one in His death and resurrection.
C. We were born in the sphere of Adam, the first man (1 Cor. 15:45, 47), but through baptism we have been transferred into the sphere of Christ (1:30; Gal. 3:27), the second man (1 Cor. 15:47).
D. When we are baptized into Christ, we are baptized into His death—Rom. 6:3.
E. His death has separated us from the world and the satanic power of darkness and has terminated our natural life, our old nature, our self, our flesh, and even our entire history.
§ Day 2
II. “We have been buried therefore with Him through baptism into His death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so also we might walk in newness of life”—v. 4:
A. Our old man has been crucified with Christ (v. 6), and it has been buried with Him through baptism into death.
B. In the natural realm, a person first dies and then is buried, but Pauls word indicates that in the spiritual realm, we are first buried and then die.
C. We do not die directly; we enter into Christs death through baptism.
D. Christ and His death are one.
E. Apart from Christ we could never be baptized into His death, for the element of His effective death is found only in Him, the resurrected, allinclusive One—cf. John 5:29; 11:24-25; Acts 1:22; 2:31.
F. The glory of the Father in Romans 6:4 refers to the manifestation of divinity.
G. After baptism we become a new person in resurrection—Phil. 3:10.
H. Resurrection is not only a future state; it is also a present process.
I. To walk in newness of life means to live today in the realm of resurrection and to reign in life—Rom. 6:4; 5:17.
J. This kind of living deals with all that is of Adam in us until we are fully transformed and conformed to the image of Christ—12:2; 8:29.
§ Day 3 & Day 4
III. “If we have grown together with Him in the likeness of His death, indeed we will also be in the likeness of His resurrection”—6:5:
A. Grown together with Him denotes an organic union in which growth takes place, so that one partakes of the life and characteristics of the other—v. 5a.
B. In the organic union with Christ, whatever Christ passed through has become our history.
C. His death and resurrection are now ours because we are in Him and are organically joined to Him; this is grafting—11:24.
D. Such a grafting discharges all our negative elements, resurrects our Godcreated
faculties, uplifts our faculties, enriches our faculties, and saturates our entire being to transform us.
E. The likeness of Christs death is the baptism mentioned in Romans 6:4; the likeness of Christs resurrection is the newness of life mentioned in verse 4.
F. In the likeness of His resurrection (v. 5) does not refer to a future, objective resurrection but to the present process of growth.
G. When we were baptized, we grew together with Christ in the likeness of His death; now, through His death we are growing into His resurrection.
H. Just as the element of Christs death is found only in Him, so the element of Christs resurrection is found only in Christ Himself; He Himself is resurrection—John 11:25.
I. After experiencing a proper baptism, we continue to grow in and with Christ in the likeness of His resurrection, that is, to walk in newness of life—Rom. 6:4.
§ Day 5 & Day 6
IV. “Many…were baptized into Christ”—Gal. 3:27:
A. There are four aspects of baptism: baptized into the name of the Father, Son, and Spirit (Matt. 28:19), baptized into Christ (Gal. 3:27), baptized into the death of Christ (Rom. 6:3), and baptized into the Body of Christ (1 Cor. 12:13).
B. Baptism brings the repentant people out of their old state into a new one by terminating their old life and germinating them with the new life of Christ and in Christ—Rom. 8:2, 10.
C. Baptism has two aspects—the visible aspect and the invisible aspect:
1. The visible aspect is by water, and the invisible aspect is by the Holy Spirit— Acts 2:38, 41; 10:44-48.
2. Without the invisible aspect by the Spirit, the visible aspect by water is vain, and without the visible aspect by water, the invisible aspect by the Spirit is abstract and impractical; both are needed.
D. To be baptized into the Triune God is to be baptized into Christ—Gal. 3:27:
1. We are sons of God because we are in Christ, and we are in Christ because we have been baptized into Christ—Rom. 8:10, 14; Gal. 3:26; 4:7.
2. To be baptized into Christ is the way to be in Christ—3:27.
3. Because we have been baptized into Christ, we now enjoy an organic union with Him, which is able to transform our whole being—Rom. 12:2.
4. It is significant that at the end of chapter 3 of Galatians Paul concludes with a word about being baptized into Christ and putting on Christ—v. 27.
5. The fact that Paul concludes with a word about baptism indicates that what is covered in this chapter can be experienced only if we have been baptized into Christ and have put on Christ—v. 27.
6. As many as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ—v. 27.
7. We have been baptized into Christ, and now we have Christ covering us.
8. On the one hand, in baptism we are immersed into Christ; on the other hand, in baptism we put on Christ.
9. Many of us can testify strongly that we have been baptized into Christ and that we are wearing Him as our clothing, our covering—v. 27.
