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）
第一篇　召会
Message One The Church
读经：提前三15~16，弗一22~23，五25~27，二15，启一11~12，诗一三三，西二19，弗四15~16，罗八2，4，彼前二2，来五12~14，林前三6，十四4下，31
Scripture Reading: 1 Tim. 3:15-16; Eph. 1:22-23; 5:25-27; 2:15; Rev. 1:11-12; Psa. 133; Col. 2:19; Eph. 4:15-16; Rom. 8:2, 4; 1 Pet. 2:2; Heb. 5:12-14; 1 Cor. 3:6; 14:4b, 31
壹　召会是神心头的愿望─弗三9~11，五25：
I.　The church is the heart's desire of God—Eph. 3:9-11; 5:25:
一　召会是活神的家，真理的柱石和根基，作祂在肉体中的显现─提前三15~16。
A.　The church is the house of the living God, the pillar and base of the truth, for His manifestation in the flesh—1 Tim. 3:15-16.
二　召会是基督的身体，是那在万有中充满万有者的丰满，作祂的彰显─弗一22~23：
B.　The church is the Body of Christ, the fullness of the One who fills all in all, for His expression—Eph. 1:22-23:
1　基督的身体是由所有浸入一位灵里、并饮于一位灵的信徒所构成─林前十二12~13。
1.　Christ's Body is constituted of all the believers baptized in one Spirit and given to drink one Spirit—1 Cor. 12:12-13.
2　基督的身体是用祂那追测不尽的丰富所构成的─弗三8，10。
2.　Christ's Body is constituted with His unsearchable riches—Eph. 3:8, 10.
三　召会是基督的妻子，是祂的配偶─弗五25~27：
C.　The church is the wife of Christ, His counterpart—Eph. 5:25-27:
1　作为基督的妻子，召会乃是出自基督的─30节，创二22。
1.　As the wife of Christ, the church comes out of Christ—v. 30; Gen. 2:22.
2　召会与基督乃是一─弗五31。
2.　The church is one with Christ—Eph. 5:31.
四　召会是新人─弗二15：
D.　The church is the new man—Eph. 2:15:
1　在新人里，只有基督有地位，任何天然的人都没有地位─西三10。
1.　In the new man, there is only room for Christ, not for any natural person—Col. 3:10.
2　在新人里， 基督是一切的肢体，也在一切肢体之内─11节。
2.　In the new man, Christ is all the members and in all the members—v. 11.
五　召会是基督的复制品，也是那灵的翻版─出二五31~39，亚四2~6，启一11~12，20。
E.　The church is the reproduction of Christ and the reprint of the Spirit—Exo. 25:31-39; Zech. 4:2-6: Rev. 1:11-12, 20.
贰　主论到建造召会的话，是圣经中最大的预言─太十六16~19：
II.　The Lord's word concerning the building up of the church is the greatest prophecy in the Bible—Matt. 16:16-19:
一　召会的这个建造，乃是在其独一的立场上进行的，这立场是由三个重要的元素所构成：
A.　This building up of the church takes place on its unique ground, which is constituted of three crucial elements:
1　第一个元素是基督宇宙身体那独一的一，也就是那灵的一─弗四3，约十七6，11，14~21，22~24。
1.　The first element is the unique oneness of the universal Body of Christ, the oneness of the Spirit—Eph. 4:3; John 17:6, 11, 14-21, 22-24.
2　第二个元素是地方的独一立场，一个地方召会乃是在地方上建立并存在的─徒八1，十三1，罗十六1，林前一2，启一4，11。
2.　The second element is the unique ground of the locality in which a local church is established and exists—Acts 8:1; 13:1; Rom. 16:1; 1 Cor. 1:2; Rev. 1:4, 11.
3　第三个元素是那灵的实际，那灵乃是神圣三一活的实际─约壹五6，约十六13，弗四3~6。
3.　The third element is the reality of the Spirit, who is the living reality of the Divine Trinity—1 John 5:6; John 16:13; Eph. 4:3-6.
二　在一的真正立场上，我们在施膏的油并滋润的露之下，享受生命之福─诗一三三。
B.　On the genuine ground of oneness, we enjoy the blessing of life under the anointing oil and the watering dew—Psa. 133.
三　召会的建造，乃是三一神在信徒里面，借着他们在基督里的长大而有的加增─西二19，弗四11~16：
C.　The building up of the church is the increase of the Triune God in the believers through their growth in Christ—Col. 2:19; Eph. 4:11-16:
1　借着信徒被加强到他们里面的人里，并借着他们照着灵而行，而享受生命之灵的律─弗三16~19，罗八2，4。
1.　By the believers' being strengthened into their inner man and by their walking according to the spirit to enjoy the law of the Spirit of life—Eph. 3:16-19; Rom. 8:2, 4.
2　借着信徒吃神话语中纯净的奶和干粮─彼前二2，来五12~14，约六57。
2.　By the believers' feeding on the guileless milk and the solid food of the word of God—1 Pet. 2:2; Heb. 5:12-14; John 6:57.
3　借着话中之水的洗涤─弗五26~27，歌八13~14。
3.　By the washing of the water in the word—Eph. 5:26-27; S. S. 8:13-14.
4　借着基督复活的大能，而模成祂的死─腓三10，太十六24。
4.　By being conformed to Christ's death through the power of His resurrection—Phil. 3:10; Matt. 16:24.
5　借着十字架并凭着那灵作每一件事，以分赐基督─参代下一10。
5.　By doing everything through the cross and by the Spirit to dispense Christ—cf. 2 Chron. 1:10.
6　借着基督身体上有恩赐的肢体，对基督身体的浇灌─林前三6，徒六4。
6.　By the watering of the Body of Christ by its gifted members—1?Cor.?3:6; Acts 6:4.
7　借着众圣徒的申言─林前十四4下，31。
7.　By the prophesying of all the saints—1 Cor. 14:4b, 31.