1999国殇节
总题：新的复兴
第六篇　照着神牧养（二）在活力排中基督生机的牧养，为着建造基督的身体
Message Six Shepherding according to God— The Organic Shepherding of Christ in the Vital Groups for the Building Up of the Body of Christ
读经：约二十一15~17，徒二十28，彼前五4，弗四12~16。
Scripture Reading: John 21:15-17; Acts 20:28; 1 Pet. 5:4; Eph. 4:12-16
壹　牧养就是周全、柔细的照顾群羊─约二一15~17，徒二十28：
I.　To shepherd is to take all-inclusive, tender care of the flock (John 21:15-17; Acts 20:28):
一　牧养是指顾到羊一切的需要。
A.　Shepherding refers to caring for all the needs of the sheep.
二　所有的羊都需要得着充分的供备和妥善的照料。
B.　All the sheep need to be well provided for and well tended to.
贰　基督是好牧人、大牧人、牧长、以及我们魂的牧人─约十9~17，来十三20~21，彼前五4，二25：
II.　Christ is the good Shepherd, the great Shepherd, the Chief Shepherd, and the Shepherd of our souls (John 10:9-17; Heb. 13:20-21; 1 Pet. 5:4; 2:25):
一　主耶稣作好牧人，来使我们得生命，并且得的更丰盛─约十10~11：
A.　As the good Shepherd the Lord Jesus came that we might have life and have it abundantly (John 10:10-11):
1　祂舍了祂的魂生命，就是人的生命，为祂的羊成功救赎，使他们能有分于祂的奏厄生命，就是神的生命─约十11，15，17。
1.　He laid down His soul-life, His human life, to accomplish redemption for His sheep that they may share His zoe life, His divine life (John 10:11, 15, 17).
2　祂领祂的羊出羊圈，进入祂自己这草场，就是得喂养的地方，使他们可以自由的吃祂，得着祂的喂养─约十9。
2.　He leads His sheep out of the fold into Himself as the pasture, the feeding place, where they may eat freely of Him and be nourished by Him (John 10:9).
3　主使犹太和外邦信徒在祂的牧养下合为一群（召会，基督的身体）─约十9。
3.　The Lord has formed the Jewish and Gentile believers into one flock (the church, the Body of Christ) under His shepherding (John 10:16).
二　神“凭永约之血”，使“群羊的大牧人，我们的主耶稣”从死人中复活─来十三20：
B.　God raised up from the dead "our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, in the blood of an eternal covenant" (Heb. 13:20):
1　永约是要借着牧养，终极完成新耶路撒冷。
1.　The eternal covenant is to consummate the New Jerusalem by shepherding.
2　永约就是新遗命的约，为要得着群羊，就是召会，结果带进基督的身体，并终极完成于新耶路撒冷。
2.　The eternal covenant is the covenant of the new testament to gain a flock, which is the church issuing in the Body of Christ and consummating in the New Jerusalem.
三　基督作牧长，借着众召会的长老牧养祂的羊群─彼前五4：
C.　As the Chief Shepherd, Christ shepherds His flock through the elders of the churches (1 Pet. 5:4):
1　若没有长老的牧养，召会就无法得建造。
1.　Without the elders' shepherding, the church cannot be built up.
2　长老的牧养该是基督借着他们的牧养。
2.　The elders' shepherding should be Christ's shepherding through them.
四　是灵的基督作我们魂的牧人，监督我们里面的光景，顾到我们内里所是的情形─彼前二25：
D.　As the Shepherd of our souls, the pneumatic Christ oversees our inward condition, caring for the situation of our inner being (1 Pet. 2:25):
1　祂是借着顾到我们魂的益处，并借着监督我们内里所是的光景，而牧养我们。
1.　He shepherds us by caring for the welfare of our soul and by exercising His oversight over the condition of our inner being.
2　因为我们的魂很复杂，所以我们需要那在我们灵里是赐生命之灵的基督，在我们的魂里牧养我们，照顾我们的心思、情感和意志，并顾到我们的难处、需要和创伤。
2.　Because our soul is very complicated, we need Christ, who is the life-giving Spirit in our spirit, to shepherd us in our soul, to take care of our mind, emotion, and will and of our problems, needs, and wounds.
叁　在主今日的恢复里，迫切需要牧养：
III.　In the Lord's recovery today, there is an urgent need of shepherding:
一　在神生机的救恩里，父神先用灵神重生我们，再在子神里作我们的牧人牧养我们，使我们在祂的生命中存活并长大，直到永远─彼前一3，约十11，启七17：
A.　In His organic salvation God the Father first regenerates us by God the Spirit and then shepherds us in God the Son as our Shepherd that we may exist and grow in His life for eternity (1 Pet. 1:3; John 10:11; Rev. 7:17):
1　重生是生出神的儿女。
1.　Regeneration is to bring forth the children of God.
2　牧养是借着喂养照顾神的儿女。
2.　Shepherding is to take care of the children of God by feeding them.
二　牧养信徒，对于他们在神圣生命里的长大以至于成熟，为着建造基督的身体，是极其重要的─弗四12~16。
B.　To shepherd the believers is crucial to their growth in the divine life unto maturity for the building up of the Body of Christ (Eph. 4:12-16).
肆　彼得嘱咐长老们要按着神牧养神的群羊─彼前五2：
IV.　Peter charged the elders to shepherd the flock of God according to God (1 Pet. 5:2):
一　按着神，意思是我们必须活神。
A.　According to God means that we must live God.
二　按着神牧养，就是按着神的性情、心意、作法和荣耀，并按着神在祂属性上的所是，而不是按着我们的偏好、兴趣、目的和个性牧养。
B.　To shepherd according to God is to shepherd according to God's nature, desire, way, and glory and according to what God is in His attributes, not according to our preference, interest, purpose, and disposition.
三　为要按着神牧养，我们需要在生命、性情、彰显和功用上成为神。
C.　In order to shepherd according to God,we need to become God in life, nature, expression, and function.
伍　那建造基督身体的牧养，乃是相互的牧养─林前十二23~26：
V.　The shepherding that builds up the Body of Christ is amutual shepherding (1 Cor. 12:23- 26):
一　我们都需要在基督生机的牧养之下，并与祂是一，而牧养别人─约二一15~17。
A.　All of us need to be under the organic shepherding of Christ and be one with Him to shepherd others (John 21:15-17).
二　所有的信徒，无论生命长大有多少，都需要牧养。
B.　All believers, regardless of their growth in life, need shepherding.
三　我们都有缺点和短处，需要别人牧养我们。
C.　We all have defects and shortcomings and need others to shepherd us.
四　我们是羊也是牧人，彼此互相的牧养并接受牧养。
D.　We are both sheep and shepherds, shepherding and being shepherded in mutuality.
五　借着这相互的牧养，基督的身体就在爱里把自己建造起来─弗四16。
E.　Through this mutual shepherding the Body builds itself up in love (Eph. 4:16).
陆　为着活力排的实行，牧养是极重要的：
VI.　Shepherding is crucial for the practice of the vital groups:
一　“今日活力排主体的功用…是喂养和牧养。”（神人的生活，二四页。）
A.　"The greater part of the function of today's vital groups is…feeding and shepherding" (The God-man Living, p. 18).
二　“我盼望在以后几年里，我们要重新实行以喂养和牧养为元素的活力排。我们若不知道如何喂养并牧养别人，我们就无法有活力排。”（神人的生活，二○页。）
B.　"I hope that in these next few years we will practice anew the vital groups with the elements of feeding and shepherding. If we do not know how to feed and shepherd others, we cannot have the vital groups" (p. 15).
三　“在这小活力排中，每一个人都必须是牧人。…没有别的路比这牧养的路更有效能。”（约翰福音结晶读经，第十三篇。）
C.　"Every one in this small vital group must be a shepherd….No other way is more prevailing than this shepherding way" (Crystallizationstudy of the Gospel of John, p. 136).
四　“盼望我们都祷告说，‘主，我要得着复兴。从今天起，我要作一个牧人。我要去喂养人，牧养人，把人聚成一群。’”（约翰福音结晶读经，第十三篇。）
D.　"I hope that we would pray, 'Lord, I want to be revived. From today I want to be a shepherd. I want to go to feed people, to shepherd people, and to flock people together'" (p. 137).
五　“如果我们实行这些事，在主的恢复中必定会有一个真实的复兴。我们必须是牧人;有父神在祂神性里的爱和赦免的心，并有我们救主基督在祂人性里牧养和寻找的灵。我们也必须对基督一切神圣奥秘的教训，有属天的异象。牧养和教导是活力排的义务，也是神所命定的路，为要建造基督的身体，终极完成新耶路撒冷。”（活力排，七一页。）
E.　"If we practice these things, there will be a real revival in the Lord's recovery. We must be shepherds with the loving and forgiving heart of our Father God in His divinity and the shepherding and finding spirit of our Savior Christ in His humanity.We also must have the heavenly vision of all the divine and mystical teachings of Christ. Shepherding and teaching are the obligation of the vital groups and the basic way ordained by God to build up the Body of Christ consummating in the New Jerusalem" (The Vital Groups, pp. 55-56).