極大的奧秘 - 基督與教會

Symbolism

Christ from incarnation to before crucifixion

Christ after the process of crucifixion

Christ as the invigorating new life

The church life of local churches

Description

Uncombed, unsteamed, unfinished, unprocessed

Processed, made into a new garment

New in time, recent, newly possessed; has invigorating power

New in nature, quality, and form;

unused, unfamiliar

Example

Christ's living

 on earth

Crucified

and

resurrected Christ

Personal Christ,

the inner invigorating life

Corporate Christ,

the outer container

 for the new wine

Application

Should not

merely imitate Christ's earthly life

Accept Christ as our new garment, covering us, making us justified before God

Should not

put Christ into

any kind of religion

Contain

And

 express Christ

 in the church life

Relevant

Detailed

Scriptures

Matthew 9:16

 "No one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment,

for the patch tears away from the garment, and a worse tear is made."

Luke 15:22

 "But the father said to his servants,

 'Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.'"

Galatians 3:27

 "For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ."

Galatians 1:14-16a "And I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my own age among my people, so extremely zealous was I for the traditions of my fathers. But when he who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son to me,"

1 Corinthians 12:12 "For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ."

1 Corinthians 1:10, 13a "I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. ... Is Christ divided?"