1997秋季长老
总题：主当前行动中极重要的因素
第四篇　活在身体的实际里，并劳苦建造这身体
Message Four Living in the Reality of the Body, and Laboring to Build Up the Body
壹　活在身体的实际里─加二20，腓三10，一19~21上，罗八4，约五30~31，六46，十四19~20：
I.　Living in the reality of the Body—Gal. 2:20; Phil. 3:10; 1:19-21a; Rom. 8:4; John 5:30-31; 6:46; 14:19-20:
一　活在身体的实际里，乃是一班被成全之神人所过团体的生活：
A.　Living in the reality of the Body is a corporate living by a group of perfected God-men:
1　基督身体的实际乃是神所救赎、由神作成神（就是神人）的一班人，他们不凭自己的生命而活，乃凭另一个生命而活，这生命就是经过过程并终极完成的三一神，进入他们里面，并以他们作祂的住处和居所。
1.　The reality of the Body of Christ is a group of God's redeemed who have been made God, the God-men, by God and who live a life not by themselves but by another life—the Triune God processed and consummated to enter into them and to take them as His abode, His dwelling place.
2　基督身体的实际乃是所有神人藉着人性调神性，神性调人性，而与神联结、调和并构成在一起所过的生活。
2.　The reality of the Body of Christ is a living by all the God-men, united, mingled, and constituted together with God by mingling humanity with divinity and mingling divinity with humanity.
3　基督身体的实际乃是被成全之神人所过的团体生活，他们是真正的人，但他们不凭自己的生命，乃凭经过过程之神的生命而活;经过过程之神的属性藉着他们的美德彰显出来。
3.　The reality of the Body of Christ is the corporate living by the perfected God-men, who are genuine men but are not living by their life but by the life of the processed God, whose attributes have been expressed through their virtues.
二　神圣的交通就是活在基督身体里的实际─林前一9，徒二42，约壹一3，6~7，腓二1，四14~15：
B.　The divine fellowship is the reality of living in the Body of Christ—1 Cor. 1:9; Acts 2:42; 1 John 1:3, 6-7; Phil. 2:1; 4:14-15:
1　身体完全是生命的事;我们所有的生命不是肢体的生命，乃是身体的生命。
1.　The Body is absolutely a matter of life; the life we have is not a member life but a Body life.
2　在身体里不能有独立或单独，因为我们都是肢体，而肢体不能离开身体而活。
2.　In the Body there can be no independence or individualism, for we are members and members cannot live in detachment from the Body.
3　我们必须看见，我们的供应乃是在身体里;我们不能没有身体的供应而活。
3.　We need to realize our supply is in the Body; we cannot live without the supply of the Body.
4　我们必须一直使自己有分于身体的交通，因为身体就是我们的生命。
4.　We must constantly avail ourselves of the fellowship of the Body, for it is our very life.
5　我们是身体的肢体，必须让自己受其他肢体的限制，不越过我们的度量，而学习被调和。
5.　As members of the Body, we must allow ourselves to be limited by the other members, not going beyond our measure but learning to be blended.
6　彼此互相乃是身体的特征，而身体尽功用是相互的;因此，我们在身体里的关系乃是彼此互相并相互依靠的关系─林前十二14~22，25。
6.　Mutuality is the characteristic of the Body, and the functioning of the Body is mutual; thus our relationship in the Body is one of mutuality and interdependence—1 Cor. 12:14-22, 25.
贰　劳苦建造身体─林前十六18，弗四11~16：
II.　Laboring to build up the Body—Matt. 16:18; Eph. 4:11-16:
一　在我们的考量中，身体应当是第一，地方召会应当是第二;我们该注意基督的身体，过于注意地方召会─弗二21~22：
A.　In our consideration the Body should be first and the local churches should be second; we should pay more attention to the Body of Christ than to the local churches—Eph. 2:21-22:
1　地方召会不是神经纶的目标，乃是神达成祂经纶目标的手续，而神经纶的目标乃是基督的身体，要终极完成新耶路撒冷─启一4，二二16上，三7，12。
1.　The local churches are not the goal of God's economy but a procedure God takes to reach the goal of His economy—the Body of Christ, which consummates the New Jerusalem—Rev. 1:4; 22:16aa; 3:7, 12.
2　主恢复的最高峰，能真正、实际、真实完成神经纶的，不是叫神以有形的作法产生许多地方召会，乃是让神产生生机的身体作祂的生机体─弗四4~6，16。
2.　The highest peak of the Lord's recovery that can be really, practically, and actually carry out God's economy is for God to produce not many local churches in a physical way but an organic Body to be His organism—Eph. 4:4-6, 16.
二　在同心合意里，我们应当有身体的感觉;在一里，我们应当以身体为中心─徒一14，二46，四24，十五25，罗十五6：
B.　In one accord we should be Body-conscious, and in oneness we should be Body-centered—Acts 1:14; 2:46; 4:24; 15:25; Rom. 15:6:
1　在众地方召会之间应当有“一”，在每个地方召会里也应当有同心合意。
1.　Oneness should be among the local churches, and one accord should be in every church.
2　众地方召会应当在宇宙一面、道理一面、并实行一面都是一个身体。
2.　All the local churches should be one Body universally, doctrinally, and practically.
三　在所有区域的众同工们，应当普遍的作同一个工，为着独一的身体─弗一22~23，林前十32，徒二十28：
C.　All the co-workers in all the regions should do the same one work universally for the unique Body—Eph. 1:22-23; 1 Cor. 10:32; Acts 20:28:
1　我们应当只作一个工，在主的恢复中，不该有几个工作─西四11。
1.　We should do only one work; there should not be several works in the Lord's recovery—Col. 4:11.
2　我们若被任何一种界限分开，召会就不再是一个身体，乃成了一具尸体。
2.　If we are divided by any kind of boundary, the church becomes no longer a Body; rather, it becomes a corpse.
3　无论我们在自己的地方上，或在宇宙一面，为着众召会作什么，我们都必须完全认识，我们所作的乃是在建造基督的身体。
3.　Whatever we do in our locality or universally for the churches should be done in a full realization that we are building up the Body of Christ.
4　当我们作工照顾召会时，我们必须一直保持身体的观点。
4.　When we are working to take care of the church, we must always keep a view of the Body.
5　基督的身体是神永远经纶的中心、实际和终极的目标，终极完成于新耶路撒冷。
5.　The Body of Chris tis the center, the reality, the ultimate goal of God's eternal economy, consummating in the New Jerusalem:
a　我们必须有把握，我们在自己当地所作的乃是建造神经纶的中心和实际。
a.　We need to have the assurance that what we are doing in our locality is building up the center and reality of the economy of God.
b　我们必须有把握，在我们的工作中，我们乃是建造神永远经纶的中心、实际和目标，就是要达到新耶路撒冷。
b.　We must have the assurance that in our work we are building up the center, the reality, and the goal of the eternal economy of God, which will attain the New Jerusalem.
四　“除了神的经纶以外，没有一件事算得数，样样都是虚空;神的经纶乃是以基督作中心（轮轴）并圆周（轮辋），使我们成为祂的肢体，构成祂的身体，并预备我们作祂的新妇，使我们能与祂一同回来击败敌基督和他的跟从者，带进神的国，就是那座要充满全地的大山，这是圣经神圣启示的终结，我们既然看见这个，就该自然而然的忘记已往的一切。我们要与基督一同往前，祂乃是神的中心与普及，使我们能完成祂心头的愿望。（长老训练第十一册：长老职分与神命定之路（三），一五〇页。）
D.　"Nothing counts and everything is vanity except God's economy with Christ as the center, the hub, and as the circumference, the rim, making us His members to constitute His Body and preparing us to be His bride so that we can return with Him to defeat Antichrist and his followers to bring in the kingdom of God as the great mountain which will fill the whole earth. This is the ultimate end of the divine revelation in the Bible. Since we have seen this, we should spontaneously forget everything in the past. We should go on with our Christ, who is God's centrality and universality, so that we can fulfill His heart's desire" (Further Consideration of the Eldership, the Region of Work, and the Care for the Body of Christ, p. 32).