2003春季长老
总题：认识身体（三）
第一篇　神的召会─在三一神里的召会
Message One The Church of God—the Church in the Triune God
读经：林前一2，十32，十一16，帖前一1，帖后一1
Scripture Reading: 1 Cor. 1:2; 10:32; 11:16; 1 Thes. 1:1; 2 Thes. 1:1
壹　召会是神的召会─“在哥林多神的召会”─林前一2，十32，十一16：
I.　The church is the church of God—"the church of God which is in Corinth"—1 Cor. 1:2; 10:32; 11:16:
一　“神的召会”这个说法，不仅指明召会是神所拥有的，也指明召会有神的性情，是以神的元素构成的：
A.　The expression the church of God indicates not only that the church is possessed by God but also that the church has the nature of God, that it is constituted with the element of God:
1　召会是“神的”，因为召会是由神作源头而产生，并且有神作其性情和素质，那是神圣的、宇宙的并永远的。
1.　The church is of God because it is produced of God as the source and has God as it nature and essence, which are divine, universal, and eternal.
2　神是召会的性情和素质，所以召会是神圣的。
2.　God is the nature and essence of the church; therefore, the church is divine.
3　召会的内容基本上就是神自己。
3.　The content of the church essentially is God Himself.
二　林前一章二节上半说到“在哥林多神的召会”：
B.　First Corinthians 1:2a speaks of "the church of God which is in Corinth":
1　在哥林多的召会能被称为神的召会，因为那使一同聚集的信徒，成为神之召会的神圣素质，确实是在那里。
1.　The church in Corinth could be called the church of God because the divine essence which makes the assembled believers the church of God was actually there.
2　哥林多这地方是为着召会的存在、出现和实行;这样一个地方成了地方召会在其上建造的地方立场─徒八1，十三1，启一11。
2.　The locality of Corinth was for the existence, expression, and practice of the church; such a locality becomes the local ground of the local churches on which they are built respectively—Acts 8:1; 13:1; Rev. 1:11.
3　召会是由宇宙的神所构成的，却存在于地上的许多地方：
3.　The church is constituted of the universal God, but it exists on earth in many localities:
a　就性质说，召会在神里面是宇宙性的;但就实行说，召会在一个确定的地方是地方性的。
a.　In nature the church is universal in God, but in practice the church is local in a definite place.
b　召会有两面─宇宙的和地方的─太十六18，十八17，林前三16~17，弗二21~22：（一）　缺了宇宙的一面，召会就没有内容。─引用经文（二）　缺了地方的一面，召会就不可能有出现和实行。─引用经文
b.　The church has two aspects—the universal and the local—Matt. 16:18; 18:17; 1 Cor. 3:16-17; Eph. 2:21-22: (1) Without the universal aspect, the church is void of content. (2) Without the local aspect, it is impossible for the church to have any expression and practice.
三　真正的召会是属神的，是在其地方立场上，并以众圣徒为其构成分子─林前一2：
C.　A genuine church is of God, on its local ground, and with the saints as the constituents—1 Cor. 1:2:
1　在基督耶稣里被圣别，蒙召的圣徒，是召会架构的构成分子。
1.　Those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, the called saints, are the constituents of the framework of the church.
2　“给…神的召会”等于“给在基督耶稣里被圣别，蒙召的圣徒”;这指明召会是众圣徒的组合，众圣徒是召会的构成分子。
2.　To the church of God equals to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus; this indicates that the church is a composition of the saints and that the saints are the constituents of the church.
四　真正的召会与全球各处呼求主耶稣基督之名的众圣徒有关─2节：
D.　A genuine church is related with all the saints who call upon the name of the Lord Jesus Christ in every place around the globe—v. 2:
1　我们借着神联于各种基督徒;无论我们在那里，我们都不能与他们分开。
1.　We are related by God to every kind of Christian, and no matter where we are, we cannot be isolated from them.
2　联于众圣徒使我们不结党、孤立或分裂。
2.　Being related with all the saints keeps us from being sectarian, isolated, or divided.
五　真正的召会已经为父神所呼召，进入祂儿子耶稣基督的交通里─9节：
E.　The genuine church has been called by God the Father into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ—v. 9:
1　在这交通里我们有分于并享受神的儿子作三一神的具体化身─西二9。
1.　In this fellowship we partake of and enjoy the Son of God as the embodiment of the Triune God—Col. 2:9.
2　为要呼召我们进入祂儿子的交通，三一神经过了过程─父的拣选，子的救赎，以及灵的印涂─弗一3~14。
2.　In order to call us into the fellowship of the Son, the Triune God passed through a process—the Father's selecting, the Son's redeeming, and the Spirit's sealing—Eph. 1:3-14.
贰　召会是在三一神里─“在父神和主耶稣基督里，帖撒罗尼迦人的召会”─帖前一1：
II.　The church is in the Triune God—"the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ"—1 Thes. 1:1:
一　帖前一章一节向我们启示出一个重大的事实：召会是在独一的神里，这位神是我们的父和主耶稣基督：
A.　In 1 Thessalonians 1:1 we have the revelation of the tremendous fact that the church is in the unique God and that this God is our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
1　召会不仅属于神并属于基督，也是在神里并在基督里的。
1.　The church is not only of God and of Christ; the church is in God and in Christ.
2　我们要看见，我们所在地的召会是神的，也是在神里的;是基督的，也是在基督里的;这样的看见是极其重要的。
2.　It is important for us to see that the church in our locality is of God and in God, of Christ and in Christ.
二　召会是在父神和主耶稣基督里，意思就是召会是在三一神里─太二八19。
B.　For the church to be in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ means that the church is in the Triune God—Matt. 28:19.
三　召会是由人所组成，但这些人─信徒─乃是在三一神里的─帖前一1，帖后一1。
C.　The church is composed of human beings, but they, the believers, are in the Triune God—1 Thes. 1:1; 2 Thes. 1:1.
四　召会乃是一班由父神而生，有祂生命和性情，并被带进与基督生机联结的人：
D.　The church is a group of human beings who have been born of God the Father with His life and nature and who have been brought into the organic union with Christ:
1　召会要在神里，神必须成为我们的父，我们也必须与祂有生命的关系─约壹三1上：
1.　For the church to be in God, God must become our Father, and we must have a life-relationship with Him—1 John 3:1a:
a　帖前一章一节里的“父”字指明生命的关系;在父神里，我们已经重生，如今我们是祂的儿女，与祂有生命的关系─约一12~13。
a.　In 1 Thessalonians 1:1 the word Father indicates a relationship in life; in God the Father, we have been born again, regenerated, and now, as His children, we have a life-relationship with Him—John 1:12-13.
b　召会是在父神里，含示召会是在神的定旨、计划、拣选和预定里─弗一4~5。
b.　The church being in God the Father implies that the church is in God's purpose, plan, selection, and predestination—Eph. 1:4-5.
c　在父神里的召会，就是在那是独一发起者和起始者里的召会─罗十一36，林前八6，太十五13。
c.　The church in God the Father is the church in the One who is the unique initiator and originator—Rom. 11:36; 1 Cor. 8:6; Matt. 15:13.
2　在主耶稣基督里，就是在基督一切所是和所作里与祂有生机的联结─帖前一1，林前一30：
2.　To be in the Lord Jesus Christ is to be united with Christ organically in all that He is and has done—1 Thes. 1:1; 1 Cor. 1:30:
a　在主耶稣基督里，我们一切属旧造的都已了结，因为在基督里就是在祂的死里，这死了结一切消极的事物─罗六4。
a.　In the Lord Jesus Christ we have the termination of everything of the old creation, for to be in Christ is to be in His death, the death which terminates all negative things—Rom. 6:4.
b　帖前一章一节里“基督”这名称指明复活一切的丰富;因此，在基督里就是在复活里─罗八10~11。
b.　The title Christ in 1 Thessalonians 1:1 denotes all the riches of resurrection; thus, to be in Christ is to be in resurrection—Rom. 8:10-11.
五　召会是在经过过程的三一神─父、子和圣灵─里，这一位成了赐生命的灵，同着父和子─林前十五45下，约十四17，23。
E.　The church is in the processed Triune God—the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit—the One who has become the life-giving Spirit with the Father and the Son—1 Cor. 15:45b; John 14:17, 23.
六　我们若看见召会是在三一神里，我们在观念和活动上就会不一样─赛五五8~9，弗一17~18上，西一9，29。
F.　If we see that the church is in the Triune God, we will be different both in our concept and in our activity—Isa. 55:8-9; Eph. 1:17-18a; Col. 1:9, 29.