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）
第五篇　长老对人的评价
Message Five The Elders' Evaluation of People
读经：提前二4，路十四21，23，林前一26~29，十二22~25，林后五16~17
Scripture Reading: 1 Tim. 2:4; Luke 14:21, 23; 1 Cor. 1:26-29; 12:22-25; 2 Cor. 5:16-17
壹　关于罪人：
I.　Concerning the sinners:
一　神愿意万人得救─提前二4。
A.　God desiring all people to be saved—1 Tim. 2:4.
二　主要得着贫穷的、残废的、瞎眼的、瘸腿的，祂甚至吩附我们去勉强他们进来─路十四21，23。
B.　The Lord wanting to get the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame, even commanding us to compel them to come in—Luke 14:21, 23.
三　神拣选了世上愚拙的、世上软弱的、世上出身卑下的、以及被人藐视的─林前一26~29。
C.　God choosing the foolish of the world, the weak of the world, the lowborn of the world, and the despised—1 Cor. 1:26-29.
四　历史教导我们，许多主有用的仆人都是从低阶层的人中兴起来的。
D.　History teaching us that many useful servants of the Lord were raised up from the lower-class people.
贰　关于信徒：
II.　Concerning the believers:
一　基督身体的每一个肢体都是不可的─林前十二22。
A.　Every member of the Body of Christ being indispensable—1 Cor. 12:22.
二　神将这身体调和在一起─林前十二23~25。
B.　God tempering the Body together—1 Cor. 12:23-25.
三　经历告诉我们，我们在召会里对信徒的评价，结果常常是相反的。
C.　Experience telling us that our evaluation of the believers in the church has turned out quite often to be the opposite.
叁　长老一面对人有清楚的眼光，极有鉴别力，另一面又在属灵上是瞎眼的。
III.　The elders, on the one hand, having the clear sight over the people with much discernment, and on the other hand, being blinded spiritually.
肆　不按着肉体认人;凡在基督里的人，都是新造─林后五16~17。
IV.　Knowing no one according to the flesh; everyone in Christ being a new creation—2 Cor. 5:16-17.