1997冬季训练
总题：哥林多前后书结晶读经/基督的神性结晶读经
第四篇　许多肢体调和在一起，为着尽基督身体生机的功用
Message Four The Many Members Being Blended Together for the Organic Functioning of the Body of Christ
壹　身体的构成─林前十二12~13：
I.　The constitution of the Body—1 Cor. 12:12-13:
一　在一位灵里，我们众人浸成一个生机的实体，就是基督的身体─13节：
A.　In one Spirit we were all baptized into one organic entity, the Body of Christ—v. 13:
1　基督是这身体的生命和构成成分，并且那灵是基督的实际。
1.　Christ is the life and constituent of the Body, and the Spirit is the reality of Christ.
2　在一位灵里的受浸，把信徒引进与基督生机的联结里，使他们成为基督身体的活肢体，以彰显基督。
2.　Baptism in the one Spirit ushers the believers into an organic union with Christ, making them the living members of the Body of Christ to express Christ.
二　身体是团体的基督─12节：
B.　The Body is the corporate Christ—v.12:
1　基督与召会是一个奥秘、团体的基督─身体基督。
1.　Christ and the church are one mysterious, corporate Christ—the Body-Christ.
2　基督所有的信徒，都与祂有生机的联结，并都是用祂的生命和元素所构成的，因此成为祂的身体。
2.　All the believers of Christ are organically united with Him and constituted with His life and element and have thus become His Body.
3　葡萄树怎样不仅有干，也有枝子;团体的基督，身体基督，也照样不仅包括基督自己，也包括身体的肢体，他们是基督的肢体，基督的各部分，有基督作到他们里面。
3.　As a vine includes not only the stalk but also the branches, so the corporate Christ, the Body-Christ, includes not only Christ Himself but also the members of the Body, who are the members of Christ, parts of Christ, having Christ wrought into their being.
贰　肢体的不可缺─林前十二14~22：
II.　The indispensability of the members—1 Cor. 12:14-22:
一　在基督里的每一位信徒都是基督身体的一个肢体，一个部分：
A.　Every believer in Christ is a member, a part, of the Body of Christ:
1　我们是在基督里的信徒，与基督有生命的联结，并且我们现今在基督里是基督身体生机的各部分。
1.　As believers in Christ, we have a life union with Christ, and now, in Christ we are organic parts of the Body of Christ.
2　个别的说，我们是身体特别的肢体;团体的说，我们是奥秘的身体─林前十二27。
2.　Individually, we are particular members of the Body; corporately, we are the mystical Body—1 Cor. 12:27.
二　信徒不该有一个观念，认为自己不属于身体。
B.　No believer should have the concept that he is not of the Body.
三　在身体里每一个肢体都是不可缺的，因为在众肢体尽功用时，身体才存在。
C.　In the Body every member is indispensable, for the Body exists in the functioning of all the members.
叁　众肢体调和在一起─林前十二24：
III.　The blending together of the members—1 Cor. 12:24:
一　神将这身体调和在一起。
A.　God has blended the Body together.
二　“调和”这辞，原文含示区别的消失。
B.　The Greek word for blended implies the losing of distinctions.
三　调和的意思是受调整、成为和谐的、被调节、并调在一起。
C.　To be blended means to be adjusted, harmonized, tempered, and mingled.
四　为要调和，我们作每一件事都必须经过十字架，并凭着那灵，好为身体的缘故，分赐基督。
D.　In order to be blended, we need to do everything through the cross and by the Spirit to dispense Christ for the sake of the Body.
五　在保守基督身体的一上，调和是最有帮助的。
E.　Blending is the most helpful thing in keeping the oneness of the Body of Christ.
六　调和是为着建造基督宇宙的身体，好照着神的喜悦，终极完成那作神经纶最终目标的新耶路撒冷。
F.　The blending is for the building up of the universal Body of Christ to consummate the New Jerusalem as the final goal of God's economy according to His good pleasure.
肆　身体生机的功用：
IV.　The organic functioning of the Body:
一　基督的身体有三个重要的东西─头、生命和功用：
A.　The Body of Christ has three crucial matters—the Head, the life, and the function:
1　基督是身体的头;我们只有以基督作头，才能有身体。
1.　Christ is the Head of the Body; we can have the Body only by having Christ as the Head.
2　身体是活的生机体;我们只有以基督作构组到我们里面的生命，才能成为身体。
2.　The Body is a living organism; we can be the Body only by having Christ as life constituted into our inner being.
3　身体必须有其生机的功用;我们只有尽身体肢体的功用，才能有身体的实行。
3.　The Body must have its organic function; we can have the practicality of the Body only by functioning as members of the Body.
二　基督身体的功用，是要彰显基督。
B.　The function of the Body of Christ is to express Christ.
三　在身体里不能有独立或个人主义，因为肢体脱离身体就不能存活并尽功用。
C.　In the Body there can be no independence or individualism, for the members cannot live and function in detachment from the Body.
四　我们是身体的肢体，必须让自己受身体的限制，不越过我们的度量，乃要学习被调和。
D.　As members of the Body, we must allow ourselves to be limited by the Body, not going beyond our measure but learning to be blended.
五　相互乃是身体的特征，而身体的功用是相互的;因此，我们在身体里的关系是相互并彼此依靠的关系。
E.　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.