1998秋季长老
总题：为着生机建造基督的身体所需要的工作、生活异象（一）
第四篇　长老接触人的目的
Message Four The Purpose of the Elders' Contact with People
读经：太二十八19，约二十一15，帖前二7，弗四12，林前十四3~5，31，弗三8，西一28，加六1，彼前五5~6;徒二十20，31
Scripture Reading: Matt. 28:19; John 21:15; 1 Thes. 2:7; Eph. 4;12; 1 Cor. 14:3-5, 31; Eph. 3:8; Col. 1:28; Gal. 6:1; 1 Pet. 5:5-6; Acts 20:20, 31
壹　接触人是要为神命定之路得着他们：
I.　Contacting People in order to gain them for the God-ordained way:
一　为着神的国而得人─太二八19。
A.　To gain people for the kingdom of God—Matt. 28:19.
二　为着喂养并培育基督身体的新肢体─约二一15，帖前二7。
B.　To feed and raise up new members of the Body of Christ—John 21:15; 1 Thes. 2:7.
三　为着成全圣徒作职事的工作─弗四12。
C.　To perfect the saints to do the work of the ministry—Eph. 4:12.
四　借着申言，建造基督生机的身体─林前十四3~5，31。
D.　To build up the organic Body of Christ through prophesying—1 Cor. 14:3-5, 31.
贰　供应基督，以应付各种人的需要：
II.　Ministering Christ to meet the need of every kind of person:
一　不是作社会工作，乃是供应基督作生命─弗三8。
A.　Not carrying out a social work but ministering Christ as life—Eph. 3:8.
二　在凡事上并在各方面照顾圣徒，为着将基督分赐到他们里面─西一28。
B.　Taking care of the saints in everything and in every way for the dispensing of Christ into them—Col. 1:28.
三　借着跟随主在约翰四章的榜样：
C.　By following the Lord's example in John 4:
1　寻求使人向我们敞开的路。
1.　Seeking a way to get people to open to us.
2　找出合式的话摸着人的灵。
2.　Finding the proper utterance to touch people's spirit.
3　抓住适当的时间分赐基督。
3.　Catching the proper time to dispense Christ.
4　借着与人一同祷告，激起人饥渴寻求主。
4.　Stirring up people's hunger to seek the Lord by praying with them.
四　不要卷入人的情形里，乃要留在善恶知识的范围之外。
D.　Not getting involved in people's situations and remaining outside of the realm of the knowledge of good and evil.
叁　接触人不是要说服、捉住、逮捕人，乃是要恢复人，将人带回主前─加六1：
III.　Contacting people not to convince, to catch, or to arrest, but to recover, to bring people back to the Lord—Gal. 6:1:
一　不是借着责备或定罪，不要带任何消极的灵、态度或语气。
A.　Not through rebuke or condemnation with any kind of negative spirit, attitude, or tone.
二　避免优越感，避免与人辩论、触犯人、或以任何方式叫人受屈辱。
B.　Avoiding superiority complex, argument, offense, or any form of humiliation.
三　一直谨记召会不是警察局或法庭，我们不是警察或法官。
C.　Always remembering well that the church is not a police station or a law court, and that we are not the policemen or the judges.
四　以温柔谦卑的灵，满了爱、关切和同情，完全认识人所需要的乃是主，所能解决人问题的乃是遇见主。
D.　Being full of love, concern, and sympathy in a meek and humble spirit, with the full realization that what people need is the Lord and what can solve their problem is to meet with the Lord.
肆　借着再三的接触圣徒而牧养他们：
IV.　Shepherding the saints by contacting them repeatedly:
一　甘愿作圣徒的奴仆，谦卑服在他们之下─彼前五5~6。
A.　Willing to be slaves to the saints and humbling ourselves under them—1 Pet. 5:5-6.
二　在公众面前并挨家挨户的教导圣徒─徒二十20。
B.　Teaching the saints publicly from house to house—Acts 20:20.
三　昼夜流泪劝戒各人─徒二十31。
C.　Admonishing each one with tears night and day—Acts 20:31.
四　看望圣徒并邀请他们到我们家中用饭。
D.　Visiting the saints and inviting them into our homes for meals.
伍　为着接触人，需要被变化和重新构成。
V.　Needing to be transformed and reconstituted for contacting people.