2003春季长老
总题：认识身体（三）
第二篇　基督独一的身体彰显为众地方召会
Message Two The Unique Body of Christ Expressed as the Local Churches
读经：弗一22~23，二22，罗十二4~5，十六1，4，16，林前一2，十16，十二13，27
Scripture Reading: Eph. 1:22-23; 2:22; Rom. 12:4-5; 16:1, 4, 16; 1 Cor. 1:2; 10:16; 12:13, 27
壹　神的经纶，就是神的计划，神的行政，乃是要为祂的儿子产生一个身体─弗三9，一22~23：
I.　God's economy as God's plan, His administration, is to produce a Body for His Son—Eph. 3:9; 1:22-23:
一　基督的身体成就神的心愿，为着彰显神，并毁坏撒但─创一26。
A.　The Body of Christ fulfills God's desire for His expression and for the destruction of Satan—Gen. 1:26.
二　主在地上有一个急切的需要：祂需要基督身体的实际显于众地方召会中─罗十二4~5，十六16，林前一2，十二27：
B.　The Lord has an urgent need on earth: He needs the reality of the Body to be expressed in the local churches—Rom. 12:4-5; 16:16; 1 Cor. 1:2; 12:27:
1　主今天所要的，不仅是在一地一会之地方立场上的众召会，更是要得着身体作祂的丰满。
1.　What the Lord wants today is not only the churches on the ground of locality—one locality, one church—but also the Body as His fullness.
2　除非基督的身体有具体的显出，主耶稣就不会回来─弗一23，四16，五27，30，启十九7。
2.　Unless there is a substantial expression of the Body, the Lord Jesus will not return—Eph. 1:23; 4:16; 5:27, 30; Rev. 19:7.
贰　主的恢复是基于基督只有一个身体这真理─弗一23，四4：
II.　The Lord's recovery is based upon the truth that Christ has only one Body—Eph. 1:23; 4:4:
一　一个身体就是神的一个召会，在许多地方显为许多地方召会─林前十32下，启一11，4。
A.　The one Body is the one church of God manifested in many localities as many local churches—1 Cor. 10:32b; Rev. 1:11, 4.
二　主的恢复是为着基督的身体，不是为着任何个人或仅仅为着任何个别的地方召会─弗四16，西二19。
B.　The recovery is for the Body, not for any individual or merely for any individual local church—Eph. 4:16; Col. 2:19.
三　认识身体乃是主正确的恢复;主渴望恢复基督的身体，以及基督身体的一─弗四4。
C.　To know the Body is the proper recovery of the Lord; the Lord desires to recover the Body of Christ and the oneness of the Body of Christ—Eph. 4:4.
四　今天召会中所有的难处，都是由于对基督身体的无知;最大的难处是不认识身体，不顾到身体。
D.　All the problems of the church today are due to ignorance concerning the Body; the biggest problem is not knowing the Body and not caring for the Body.
叁　基督的身体是召会的内在意义─罗十二4~5，十六1：
III.　The Body is the intrinsic significance of the church—Rom. 12:4-5; 16:1:
一　没有身体，召会就没有意义。
A.　Without the Body, the church makes no sense and has no meaning.
二　我们需要魂游象外，被迁移到另一个领域里，来看基督身体内在的一面是什么─徒十9~10，二二17，弗一17~18，22~23。
B.　We need to have a trance and be transferred into another sphere to see what the Body of Christ is intrinsically—Acts 10:9-10; 22:17; Eph. 1:17-18, 22-23.
肆　地方召会乃是基督的身体在某一地方的显出─林前一2，十32，17，十二12~13，20，27：
IV.　A local church is an expression of the Body of Christ in a certain locality—1 Cor. 1:2; 10:32b, 17; 12:12-13, 20, 27:
一　马太十六章十八节所启示的召会是宇宙召会，基督独一的身体;马太十八章十七节所启示的召会是地方召会，是基督的身体在某一地方的显出。─引用经文
A.　The church revealed in Matthew 16:18 is the universal church, the unique Body of Christ, whereas the church revealed in 18:17 is the local church, the expression of the unique Body of Christ in a certain locality.
二　一个宇宙召会─基督的身体─成了许多地方召会─基督身体在地方上的显出─罗十二4~5，十六16。
B.　The one universal church—the Body of Christ—becomes the many local churches—local expressions of the Body of Christ—Rom. 12:4-5; 16:16.
三　基督独一的身体在许多地方显为众地方召会─弗四4，启一4，11：
C.　The unique Body of Christ is expressed in many localities as the local churches—Eph. 4:4; Rev. 1:4, 11:
1　基督的身体是众地方召会的源头─弗一22~23，二21~22。
1.　The Body is the source of the local churches—Eph. 1:22-23; 2:21-22.
2　宇宙身体之于众召会就像父亲，众召会就像父亲的儿女─罗十二4~5，十六4。
2.　The universal Body is like the father to all the churches, and all the churches are like the children to the father—Rom. 12:4-5; 16:4.
伍　基督独一的身体，彰显于许多地方召会里，（启一11，）乃是在神圣的一里，如三一神所是的;（约十七11，21，23;）也是在神圣的性质、元素、素质、彰显、功用和见证上;虽然有许多召会，但众召会有一个神圣性质、一个神圣元素、一个神圣素质、一个神圣彰显、一个神圣功用、和一个神圣见证，因为众召会乃是一个身体。─引用经文
V.　The unique Body of Christ is expressed in many local churches (Rev. 1:11) in the divine oneness as it is with the Triune God (John 17:11, 21, 23) and in the divine nature, element, essence, expression, function, and testimony; there are many churches, yet they have one divine nature, one divine element, one divine essence, one divine expression, one divine function, and one divine testimony because they are one Body.
陆　众地方召会乃是基督在宇宙中独一的身体─弗四4：
VI.　All the local churches are the unique Body of Christ in the universe— Eph. 4:4:
一　每一个地方召会都是基督独一宇宙身体的一部分，是这身体一个地方上的彰显─林前一2，十二27。
A.　Every local church is part of the unique, universal Body of Christ, a local expression of this Body—1 Cor. 1:2; 12:27.
二　就宇宙一面说，众地方召会乃是一个身体;就地方一面说，每一个地方召会都是这宇宙身体在地方上的显出。因此，地方召会不是身体，只是身体的一部分，身体的一个显出。
B.　Universally, all the local churches are one Body, and locally, every local church is a local expression of the universal Body; therefore, a local church is not the Body but only a part of the Body, an expression of the Body.
三　宇宙的基督在每个地方召会里都有祂自己的一部分;每个地方召会都是基督的一部分，所有的部分就构成基督的身体─弗一23，二22。
C.　The universal Christ has a part of Himself in every local church; every local church is a part of Christ, and all these parts constitute the Body—Eph. 1:23; 2:22.
柒　召会要成为真实并实际的，就需要众地方召会─太十六18，十八17：
VII.　For the church to be real and practical, there is the need of the local churches—Matt. 16:18; 18:17:
一　没有地方召会就无法有宇宙召会，因为宇宙召会由众地方召会组成。
A.　Without the local churches we cannot have the universal church, for the universal church is composed of all the local churches.
二　我们无法直接活在宇宙召会中;我们若不活在地方召会中，就不可能活在宇宙召会中─启一11，二1。
B.　We cannot live directly in the universal church; it is impossible for us to live in the universal church without living in a local church—Rev. 1:11; 2:1.
捌　召会地方的立场，基本上就是基督身体那独一的一，实行于众地方召会中─弗四4，帖前一1：
VIII.　The local ground of the church is basically the unique oneness of the Body of Christ practiced in the local churches—Eph. 4:4; 1 Thes. 1:1:
一　基督宇宙的身体和地方召会都是独一无二的。
A.　Both the universal Body of Christ and the local churches are uniquely one.
二　全宇宙中有一个独一的身体，而每个地方各自有一个独一的地方召会。
B.　There is one unique Body in the whole universe, and there is one unique local church in each locality respectively.
三　这独一的一是召会生活中基本的元素─徒一14，二46，林前一10，腓一27，二1~2。
C.　This unique oneness is the basic element in the church life—Acts 1:14; 2:46; 1 Cor. 1:10; Phil. 1:27; 2:1-2.
玖　在不同地方的众召会，乃是为着基督宇宙的彰显─弗一23，启一4，11，二二16上：
IX.　The churches in different localities are for the universal expression of Christ—Eph. 1:23; Rev. 1:4, 11; 22:16a.
一　众召会是地方的，但不是彰显“地方”的基督。
A.　The churches are local, but they do not express a "local" Christ.
二　一个地方召会若将一切变成地方的，只彰显自己的地方，就成了一个地方的宗派，地方的分裂。
B.　A local church that makes everything local and that expresses only its locality has become a local sect, a local division.
三　基督的身体所有基本的事─那灵、基督、神、圣经、使徒的教训、使徒的交通─都不是地方的。
C.　All the basic things for the Body are not local—the Spirit, Christ, God, the Bible, the apostles' teaching, and the apostles' fellowship.
拾　在我们的考量里，基督的身体应当是第一，地方召会应当是第二─太十六18，十八17，弗四4，16，二21~22，林前十二12，一2：
X.　In our consideration the Body should be first and the local churches should be second—Matt. 16:18; 18:17; Eph. 4:4, 16; 2:21-22; 1 Cor. 12:12; 1:2:
一　地方召会是神达到祂经纶目标─基督的身体─所采取的手续─罗十六1，4， 16，十二4~5。
A.　Local churches are the procedure God takes to reach the goal of His economy— the Body of Christ—Rom. 16:1, 4, 16; 12:4-5.
二　我们必须注意基督的身体，过于注意地方召会。
B.　We must pay more attention to the Body of Christ than to the local churches.
三　我们的思想需要翻转过来：我们应当把我们的地方召会，看作基督身体的一部分─林前一2，十16~17，十二12~13，20，27。
C.　Our thought needs to be revolutionized: We should consider our local church as a part of the Body of Christ—1 Cor. 1:2; 10:16-17; 12:12-13, 20, 27.