一个完整的单位
亚当和夏娃合成一个完整的单位。同样的原则，基督与教会合成一个完整的单位。教会是基督的另一半。亚当和夏娃成为一体，但基督与教会乃是成为一灵（林前六17）。我们可以对主说，“主耶稣，若没有教会，你只不过是一半，你不完整。照样，若没有你，我们也不完整。”赞美主，基督与教会联结为一，成了一个完整的单位！
在教会中，我们天然的生命和堕落的人性没有地位。人的生命和性情不足以与基督相配。我们要成为基督的配偶，就需要在生命上和性情上与祂成为一。这意思是说，基督与教会是一个单位，有同样的生命和性情。不仅如此，基督与教会有同样的形像和身量。我们不该只把这事当作道理来认识，乃要看见这是个属天的异象。我们需要看见，为甚么我们必须接受基督作我们的生命，并有分于祂神圣的性情，不仅如此，更要变化成为祂的形像，从荣耀到荣耀。我们也需要看见，我们必须达到基督丰满之身材的度量，因为我们要成为基督的配偶。
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A Mysterious Type of Christ and the Church (3) — 1 Cor. 6:17
A Complete Union
Together Adam and Eve made a complete unit. In the same principle, Christ and the church make a complete unit. The church is Christ’s other half. Adam and Eve became one flesh, but Christ and the church are one spirit (1 Cor. 6:17). We can say to the Lord, “Lord Jesus, without the church, You are just a half. You are not complete. Likewise, without You, we are not complete either” . Praise the Lord that when Christ and the church are joined as one, they make a complete unit!
In the church there is no place for our natural life and fallen human nature. The human life and nature are not adequate to match Christ. In order to be His counterpart, we need to be one with Christ in life and in nature. This means that Christ and the church as one unit have the same life and nature. Furthermore, Christ and the church have the same image and stature. We should not merely know this as a doctrine, but see it as a heavenly vision. We need to see why we must receive Christ as our life and partake of His divine nature and, furthermore, be transformed into His image from glory to glory. We also need to see that we must attain the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ because we are to be Christ’s counterpart.