2002秋季长老
总题：认识身体（二）
第一篇　在主恢复中的一个工作
Message One The One Work in the Lord's Recovery
读经：林前三9，林后六1上，林前十五10，罗十二4~5，弗四12，16
Scripture Reading: 1 Cor. 3:9; 2 Cor. 6:1a; 1 Cor. 15:10; Rom. 12:4-5; Eph. 4:12, 16
壹　主耶稣作父所交给祂作的工时，与父是一;祂不从自己作什么，不寻求自己的意思，也不寻求自己的荣耀─约十30，五19，30下，七18。
I.　In doing the work which the Father gave Him to do, the Lord Jesus was one with the Father; He did not do anything from Himself, He did not seek His own will, and He did not seek His own glory—John 10:30; 5:19, 30b; 7:18.
贰　我们作神的同工，与祂一同作工，（约五17，林前三9，林后六1，）需要领悟：─引用经文
II.　As God's fellow workers, working together with Him (5:17; 1 Cor. 3:9; 2 Cor. 6:1), we need to realize that:
一　神工作的起头必须是出于神，不是出于我们─罗十一36。
A.　The initiation of God's work must be out of God and not out of us—Rom. 11:36.
二　神工作的进行必须是凭神的能力，不是凭我们的能力─徒一8。
B.　The advance of God's work must be by God's power and not by our power— Acts 1:8.
三　神工作的结果必须是叫神得荣耀，不是叫我们得荣耀─弗三21。
C.　The result of God's work must be for God's glory and not for our glory—Eph. 3:21.
叁　我们需要看见，在我们的工作中，我们的己、我们的企图、和我们的野心乃是三条“蛀虫”─太十六24，约五19，30下，七18：
III.　We need to see that our self, our purpose, and our ambition are three destroying "worms" in our work—Matt. 16:24; John 5:19, 30b; 7:18:
一　在主的恢复中，我们若要一直被主使用，就必须否认我们的己，弃绝我们的企图，并放弃我们的野心。
A.　If we would be used always by the Lord in His recovery, our self must be denied, our purpose must be rejected, and our ambition must be given up.
二　我们只该知道为主劳苦，否认我们的己，弃绝我们的企图，并放弃我们的野心─林前十五10。
B.　We should know only to labor for the Lord by denying our self, rejecting our purpose, and giving up our ambition—1 Cor. 15:10.
肆　在主的恢复里只有一个工作，就是一个身体的工作;我们不该以为，我们可以照着我们的方式，作特殊的工作─弗四12：
IV.　In the Lord's recovery there is only one work—the work of the one Body; we should not have the thought that we can do a particular work according to our way—Eph. 4:12:
一　主恢复的工作就是祂经纶的工作，也就是基督身体的工作─林前十五58，十六10：
A.　The work of the Lord's recovery is the work of His economy, the work of the Body of Christ—1 Cor. 15:58; 16:10:
1　我们都必须看见身体，并作身体的工作─弗一22~23，二16，四4，15~16。
1.　We all must see the Body and do the work of the Body—Eph. 1:22-23; 2:16; 4:4, 15-16.
2　身体的异象必须成为管制我们的异象，我们必须在这个异象之下，作主恢复的工作─箴二九18上。
2.　The vision of the Body must become our governing vision, and we must do the work of the Lord's recovery under this vision—Prov. 29:18a.
3　“神的儿女什么时候看见身体的合一，什么时候就看见工作的合一;…什么时候就脱离个人的工作，就看见身体的工作。”（倪柝声文集第二辑第十七册，三○八页。）
3.　"Whenever God's children see the oneness of the Body, they will also see the oneness of the work, and they will be delivered out of individualistic work into the work of the Body" (The Collected Works of Watchman Nee, vol. 37, p. 244).
二　所有的同工们都该为着基督的身体，在宇宙一面作同一个工作─罗十二4~5，林前十二12~13，24~27，弗四12：
B.　All the co-workers should do the same one work universally for the Body of Christ—Rom. 12:4-5; 1 Cor. 12:12-13, 24-27; Eph. 4:12:
1　我们今天所作的，不是我们个人的工作，乃是神历代经纶的工作，就是建造基督的身体─提前一4，弗三9，四12。
1.　What we are doing today is not our personal work but the economy of God throughout the generations, that is, the building up of the Body of Christ— 1 Tim. 1:4; Eph. 3:9; 4:12.
2　我们所作的，不管是在我们的所在地，或是在宇宙一面为着别的国家作的，我们都要有一个领会，我们乃是在建造基督的身体─16节。
2.　Whatever we do in our locality or universally for other countries should be done with the realization that we are building up the Body of Christ—v. 16.