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）
第二篇　基督的身体
Message Two The Body
读经：弗一22~23，四4~6，启一11~12
Scripture Reading: Eph. 1:22-23; 4:4-6; Rev. 1:11-12
壹　基督的身体是召会的内在意义─弗一22~23：
I.　The Body of Christ is the intrinsic significance of the church—Eph. 1:22-23:
一　神的召会乃是架构，而基督的身体乃是生机体：
A.　The church of God is the frame, and the Body of Christ is the organism:
1　若没有身体，召会就毫无意义。
1.　If there were no Body, the church would have no meaning.
2　没有身体，召会就没有意义，但有了身体，召会就有内在的意义。
2.　Without the Body, the church makes no sense, but with the Body, there is the intrinsic significance of the church.
二　我们若看自己是个别的召会或个别的信徒，我们就完了;我们该看自己是一个身体。
B.　If we consider ourselves as individual churches or as individual believers, we are through; we should consider ourselves as one Body.
贰　基督的身体是三一神与在基督里之信徒的神圣构成─弗四4~6：
II.　The Body of Christ is a divine constitution of the Triune God with the believers in Christ—Eph. 4:4-6:
一　父、子、灵与人调和并建造在一起，成为基督的身体。
A.　The Father, the Son, the Spirit, and man are blended and built together to become the Body of Christ.
二　基督身体的建造，乃是三一神与三部分人在神的灵里与人的灵里的构成─林前六17，罗八16：
B.　The building up of the Body of Christ is the constitution of the Triune God and the tripartite man in the Spirit of God and the spirit of man—1 Cor. 6:17; Rom. 8:16:
1　这个构成乃是神和人的联结与调和。
1.　This constitution is the union and mingling of God and man.
2　这样的构成，乃是神性构成到人性里面，作人的居所，也是人性建造到神性里面，作神的居所。
2.　Such a constitution is a matter of divinity constituted into humanity to be man's dwelling place and of humanity built into divinity to be God's dwelling place.
三　基督的身体是生机体，具有神、人二性，以彰显基督─弗一23。
C.　The Body of Christ is an organism, both divine and human, to express Christ—Eph. 1:23.
叁　基督的身体彰显于众地方召会─启一11：
III.　The Body of Christ is expressed in the local churches—Rev. 1:11:
一　基督这独一的身体，彰显于许多地方召会里，乃是在神圣的一里，如三一神所是的一样─约十七11，21，23。
A.　The unique Body of Christ is expressed in many local churches in the divine oneness, as it is with the Triune God—John 17:11, 21, 23.
二　在启示录一章十二节，表征七个地方召会的七个灯台，都是相同的。─引用经文
B.　The seven lampstands in Revelation 1:12, signifying the seven local churches, are identical.
三　虽然有许多召会，但众召会只有一个神圣性质、一个神圣素质、一个神圣元素、一个神圣彰显、和一个神圣见证。
C.　There are many churches, yet they have one divine nature, one divine essence, one divine element, one divine expression, and one divine testimony.
肆　基督身体真正的一，乃是在这终结世代里主恢复中极重要的点─弗四4，林前十二12：
IV.　The genuine oneness of the Body of Christ is a crucial point of the Lord's recovery in this consummating age—Eph. 4:4; 1 Cor. 12:12:
一　基督的身体既是生机的，就像基督一样，是不分开的，也是不能分开的─林前一13上。
A.　The Body of Christ, being organic, is undivided and indivisible, as Christ is—1?Cor. 1:13a.
二　基督身体的一，实际上就是作素质的一位灵的一，也是作元素的一位主的一，也是作源头的一位父的一─弗四3~6。
B.　The oneness of the Body in reality is the oneness of the one Spirit as the essence, of the one Lord as the element, and of the one Father as the source—Eph. 4:3-6.
三　众地方召会都需要蒙保守在基督身体的一里。
C.　All the local churches need to be kept in the oneness of the Body of Christ.
四　我们必须竭力保守基督身体的一，使主有路可以照着祂神圣的经纶，完成祂神圣的定旨。
D.　We need to be diligent to keep the oneness of the Body of Christ so that the Lord will have a way to accomplish His divine purpose according to His divine economy.
伍　基督的身体是神经纶的目标，而众地方召会是神用以达到祂经纶目标的手续─林前十二12~13，一2，罗十二4~5，十六1，4~5，16下：
V.　The Body of Christ is the goal of God's economy, and the local churches are the procedure God takes to reach the goal of His economy—1 Cor. 12:12-13; 1:2; Rom. 12:4-5; 16:1, 4-5, 16b:
一　我们不该以为我们一进入地方召会的生活，就达到了神永远经纶的目标。
A.　We should not think that when we enter into the local church life we reach the goal of God's eternal economy.
二　神经纶的目标是召会，也就是基督的身体─弗一22~23。
B.　The goal of God's economy is the church, which is Christ's Body—Eph. 1:22-23.
三　神的经纶是为着基督的身体：
C.　The economy of God is for the Body of Christ:
1　地方召会几乎百分之九十是物质的，但却该是为着属灵的一面，这属灵的一面就是基督的身体。
1.　The local churches are nearly ninety percent physical, but they should be for something spiritual, and this spiritual thing is the Body of Christ.
2　主恢复的最高峰，能实际完成神经纶的，不是叫神以有形的方式产生许多地方召会，乃是让神产生一个生机的身体作祂的彰显。
2.　The highest peak of the Lord's recovery that can actually carry out God's economy is for God to produce not many local churches in a physical way but an organic Body to be His expression.
四　最终，地方召会要过去，但基督的身体要永远存留;因此，我们必须注意基督的身体，过于注意地方召会。
D.　Eventually, the local churches will be over, but the Body will remain forever; therefore, we must pay much more attention to the Body of Christ than to the local churches.
陆　召会今天一切的问题，都是由于对基督的身体无知─弗一17~23，罗十二3~5，林前十二24下~27：
VI.　All the problems of the church today are due to the ignorance concerning the Body of Christ—Eph. 1:17-23; Rom. 12:3-5; 1 Cor. 12:24b-27:
一　在我们中间不该有这样的无知，乃该有完全的认识。
A.　Among us this ignorance should be absent, and the full knowledge should be present.
二　一个风波又一个风波发生，乃是由于我们不认识身体：
B.　Turmoil after turmoil has transpired because of our not knowing the Body:
1　最大的问题，惟一的问题，乃是不认识身体，也不顾到身体。
1.　The biggest problem, the unique problem, is not knowing the Body and not caring for the Body.
2　只有一个救治─我们必须看见并认识身体，也必须尊重身体。
2.　The remedy is only one—we need to see and know the Body, and we have to honor the Body.
三　我们需要有智慧和启示的灵，并且心眼得着光照，以看见并领略基督的身体。
C.　We need a spirit of wisdom and revelation with the enlightening of the eyes of our heart to see and apprehend the Body of Christ.