1999春季长老
总题：为着生机建造基督的身体所需要的工作、生活异象（二）
第五篇　更新的奉献以应付主当前的需要
Message Five A Fresh Consecration to Meet the Lord's Present Need
读经：太二四14，创十二7~8，十三3~4，18，来十一9~10，13~16，罗十二1~2，11，腓四15~19，路十六9
Scripture Reading: Matt. 24:14; Gen. 12:7-8; 13:3-4, 18; Heb. 11:9-10, 13-16; Rom. 12:1-2, 11; Phil. 4:15-19; Luke 16:9
壹　关于主恢复之扩展当前的情形：
I.　The present situation concerning the spread of the Lord's recovery:
一　主的恢复已经扩展到六大洲，并且继续在扩增中。
A.　The Lord's recovery has spread to and is increasing in all six continents.
二　今天整个世界向主的恢复敞开，因为人对神圣的真理是饥渴的，而基督教缺少神圣的真理。
B.　The entire world is open to the Lord's recovery today because people are hungry for the divine truth and Christianity is lacking in it.
三　我们是在主恢复的最后阶段，为着要完成祂新约的经纶，而主恢复的神圣真理传布出去，将要预备主的再来─太二四14。
C.　We are in the final stages of the Lord's recovery for the carrying out of His New Testament economy, and the spreading of the divine truths of the Lord's recovery will be a preparation for the Lord's coming back—Matt. 24:14.
四　因着众圣徒、召会、同工和长老之间，普遍加增的相调，主的恢复蒙保守在一里。
D.　The Lord's recovery is kept in oneness because of the increased blending of the saints, the churches, the co-workers, and the elders universally.
贰　主在祂恢复中当前的需要：
II.　The Lord's present need in His recovery:
一　非常需要更进一步的把福音（包括传布主恢复中的真理）和正当的召会生活，传布当全地。
A.　There is a tremendous need to further spread the gospel, including the truths in the Lord's recovery, and the proper church life to the whole earth.
二　极其需要从老旧、传统、不合乎圣经的聚会与事奉之路，完全改变到新约中所启示的神命定之路。
B.　There is a great need to have a complete change from the old, traditional, unscriptural way of meeting and serving to the God-ordained way as revealed in the New Testament.
三　急切需要借着活力排的实行，得着扎实的扩增。
C.　There is a desperate need to gain the solid increase through the practice of the vital groups.
四　终极需要众圣徒实行神圣启示高峰的异象，而有神人生活的模型;这模型将是真正的复兴，要带进主的再来。
D.　There is the ultimate need for all the saints to practice the vision of the high peak of the divine revelation to have a model of a God-man life; this model will be a genuine revival that brings the Lord back.
叁　我们要应付主恢复今日的需要，就必须有更新的奉献，过祭坛和帐棚的生活─创十二7~8，十三3~4，18：
III.　To meet the need of the Lord's recovery today, we need a fresh consecration to live a life of the altar and the tent—Gen. 12:7-8; 13:3-4, 18:
一　恢复乃是在于回到祭坛和帐棚。
A.　Recovery is a matter of returning to the altar and the tent.
二　祭坛的意思是，我们在地上全是为着神并事奉神。
B.　An altar means that we are here on earth all for God and serve God:
1　祭坛的意思是，我们不为自己保留什么，我们的生活是为着神，神是我们的生命，并且我们生活的意义就是神。
1.　An altar means that we do not keep anything for ourselves, that our life is for God, that God is our life, and that the meaning of our life is God.
2　我们在这里不是传扬自己的名;我们为祂名的缘故，把一切都放在坛上。
2.　We are not here making a name for ourselves; we are putting everything on the altar for the sake of His name.
三　帐棚是一个彰显，一个宣告，表明我们不属于这世界：
C.　A tent is an expression, a declaration, that we do not belong to this world:
1　当我们有了神同在的帐棚，我们里面就深深觉得，地上没有一样事物是持久的，每样事物都是短暂的。
1.　When we have a tent with God's presence, we have the deep sensation within that nothing here on earth is lasting, that everything is temporary.
2　借着支搭帐棚，我们宣告我们属于另一个家乡;我们不喜欢这一个家乡，就是这地，这世界;我们是客旅，在等候那座有根基的城，就是新耶路撒冷─来十一9~10，13~16。
2.　By pitching a tent we declare that we belong to another country; we do not like this country, this earth, this world; we are sojourners waiting for a city with foundations—the New Jerusalem—Heb. 11:9-10, 13-16.
四　我们必须带头把自己重新奉献给主：
D.　We must take the lead to reconsecrate ourselves to the Lord:
1　借着将我们的身体当作活祭献给神，也就是说，将我们的全人毫无保留的献给主，不为自己保留自己的任何部分─罗十二1。
1.　By offering our bodies as a living sacrifice to God, that is, presenting our entire being to the Lord without any reservation, not keeping any part of ourselves for ourselves—Rom. 12:1.
2　借着在心思里得着更新，使我们不模仿今日的世代，也就是说，不被我们眼前实际的世界所欺骗，而暗中跟从世界─罗十二2。
2.　By being renewed in our mind so that we will not be fashioned according to today's age, that is, not become deceived by the practical world in front of us to follow it secretly—Rom. 12:2.
3　借着殷勤不懒惰，灵里火热，常常服事主─罗十二11。
3.　By not being slothful in zeal but burning in spirit, serving the Lord—Rom. 12:11.
肆　我们必须实行为着福音而有的交通，使主的恢复得着扩增和开展：
IV.　 We must carry out the fellowship unto the gospel for the increase and spread of the Lord's recovery:
一　在神的救恩里，祂要我们为着祂见证的缘故，掠夺世界的财富，正如以色列人离开埃及时，掠夺了埃及的金子为着建造帐幕之用─出十一2~3，十二35~36：
A.　In God's salvation He desires that we plunder the world of its wealth for the sake of His testimony, just as when the Israelites left Egypt, they plundered it of its gold for the building of the tabernacle—Exo. 11:2-3; 12:35-36:
1　我们应当告诉圣徒，要公义的劳苦，赚取世界的财富，但不是为着他们自己或为着自己的享受，乃是要得着一些东西为主花费。
1.　We should tell the saints to make a gain of the world's riches through their labor in the righteous way, not for themselves or for their own enjoyment but to have something for the Lord's spending.
2　我们必须训练圣徒，要忠信的将他们增多的财物献给主，为着祂的定旨;祂必丰盈的赐福给他们作为回报─腓四19。
2.　We must train the saints to be faithful to give their material increase to the Lord for His purpose, and He will give them a bountiful blessing in return—Phil. 4:19.
3　借着将不义的玛门给出去，我们要结交许多朋友，当我们进入永远的帐幕时，他们要欢迎我们─路十六9。
3.　Through our giving of the unrighteous mammon we make many friends who will welcome us when we enter into the eternal tabernacles—Luke 16:9.
4　我们所给的，要使我们天上的账目有所增加，并成为馨香之气，是神所悦纳的─腓四15~18。
4.　What we give becomes something that increases to our heavenly account and a sweet savor that is well-pleasing to God—Phil. 4:15-18.
二　为着推广国度，推广神的经纶，赚钱的全时间者支持放下职业的全时间者的实行之路：
B.　The practical way for the money-making full-timers to support the job-dropping full-timers for the furtherance of the kingdom, of God's economy:
1　在任何召会中，从二十人中必须有一人放下职业，走全时间的路，传扬并施教;其他十九人该经常的尽其所能，分出他们每月收入的一部分，以供养这样的人。
1.　In any church, out of twenty there must be one who drops his job to take the full-time way to preach and teach, and the nineteen others should do their best regularly to put aside a portion of their monthly income to support such a one.
2　我们必须嘱咐亲爱的圣徒，在他们透过召会给主经常的奉献以外，他们该另外献上每月收入的百分之五，单单为着在推广福音上所有的交通。
2.　We must charge the dear saints that besides their regular giving to the Lord through the church, they should give an additional five percent of their income every month uniquely for the fellowship unto the gospel.
3　每个召会都该有这样分开‘在推广福音上所有的交通‘的账目。
3.　Every church should have a separate "Fellowship unto the Gospel" account.
4　我们不需要有募集基金的运动;以长久计，我们只需要一种经常、每周给与的实行，这样的作法是容易、独特、且普遍的，并且是蒙主祝福的。
4.　We do not need a fund-raising movement; for the long run, we simply need a regular, weekly practice of giving in this way which is easy, unique, and universal, and which will be blessed by the Lord.