2003秋季长老
总题：主恢复的独特（一）
第一篇　主的恢复与基督教之间的不同
Message One The Difference between the Lord's Recovery and Christianity
读经：拉一，来十三13，林前十二12
Scripture Reading: Ezra 1; Heb. 13:13; 1 Cor. 12:12
壹　恢复乃是在堕落、破坏或失落后，回复或归回正常的光景─但一1~2，代下三六22~23，拉一。
I.　A recovery is the restoration or return to a normal condition after degradation, damage, or loss—Dan. 1:1-2; 2 Chron. 36:22-23; Ezra 1.
贰　我们是在主的恢复里，并且祂的恢复是独一的;没有另一个恢复，正如没有另一个基督的身体或另一个新约。
II.　We are in the Lord's recovery, and His recovery is unique; there is not another recovery, just as there is not another Body of Christ or another New Testament.
叁　我们需要看见主的恢复与基督教之间的不同：
III.　We need to see the difference between the Lord's recovery and Christianity:
一　今天基督教的教训就像雅各的教训─在某种程度上是正确的，但是缺了神圣启示的最高峰─弗一17~23。
A.　The teaching of today's Christianity is like that of James—right to a certain degree but devoid of the highest peaks of God's revelation—Eph. 1:17-23.
二　主的恢复是完全不同的，因为这恢复构上神圣启示的标准，而基督教在这一面却有所短缺。
B.　The Lord's recovery is absolutely different because it is up to the standard of the divine revelation, whereas Christianity is devoid of it.
三　主恢复的三方面乃是神的启示、神人的生活、以及召会的实行─林后十三14，腓一19~21，启一11。
C.　The three aspects of the Lord's recovery are the revelation of God, the God-man life, and the practice of the church—2 Cor. 13:14; Phil. 1:19-21; Rev. 1:11.
肆　主的恢复不是普通、一般基督教的工作，乃是召聚主的遗民，在召会里恢复神的国─太十六18~19，罗十四17，启一4~6：
IV.　The Lord's recovery is not a common, or ordinary, Christian work; it is the gathering of the Lord's remnant to recover God's kingdom in the church—Matt. 16:18-19; Rom. 14:17; Rev. 1:4-6:
一　主的恢复不是一个工作、教训、神学或运动;主的恢复乃是基督自己，作为生命的种子撒到我们这人里面─太十三3，37，可四3，14，26~29。
A.　The Lord's recovery is not a work, a teaching, a theology, or a movement; the recovery is Christ Himself as the seed of life sown into our being—Matt. 13:3, 37; Mark 4:3, 14, 26-29.
二　仇敌知道主的恢复在哪里，也知道这恢复会将他击败，并建立诸天的国─启十一15。
B.　The enemy knows where the Lord's recovery is and that the recovery will defeat him and establish the kingdom of the heavens—Rev. 11:15.
伍　主的恢复与今天的宗教不同;主的恢复是不可能与基督教调谐一致的─太十三31~33，44~46，启十八4，十九1~3，7~9：
V.　The Lord's recovery is different from today's religion; it is impossible for there to be reconciliation between the recovery and Christianity— Matt. 13:31-33, 44-46; Rev. 18:4; 19:1-3, 7-9:
一　主的恢复是要带我们脱离圣品阶级和平信徒这不合圣经的制度，而回到起初，照着神圣的启示，纯净的实行召会生活─二6，15，太十六18，弗二20~22。
A.　The recovery is for bringing us out of the unscriptural system of clergy-laity back to the beginning for the pure practice of the church life according to the divine revelation—Rev. 2:6, 15; Matt. 16:18; Eph. 2:20-22.
二　主活的见证与传统的教会，不能调谐一致─提前三15~16，提后二19~22。
B.　There can be no reconciliation between the Lord's living testimony and the traditional church—1 Tim. 3:15-16; 2 Tim. 2:19-22.
陆　主恢复的背景是基督教，其特征是混乱和分裂─创十一1~9，林前一10~13：
VI.　The background of the Lord's recovery is Christianity, whose characteristics are confusion and division—Gen. 11:1-9; 1 Cor. 1:10-13:
一　林前十二章十二节告诉我们，主所要的是什么;祂不要分裂和混乱，祂要得着“一个”与分裂相对，“基督”与混乱相对。─引用经文
A.　First Corinthians 12:12 tells us what the Lord wants instead of division and confusion—"one" stands in contrast to division, and "Christ" stands in contrast to confusion.
二　主要恢复祂的召会脱离混乱和分裂，而归回到祂自己。
B.　The Lord intends to recover His church from confusion and division, back to Himself.
三　这是主恢复的所是：对混乱和分裂的回应。
C.　This is what the Lord's recovery is—an answer to confusion and division.
柒　把主的恢复从基督教区别出来的，乃是我们的性质和立场─弗三8，四3~6：
VII.　What differentiates the Lord's recovery from Christianity is our nature and standing—Eph. 3:8; 4:3-6:
一　召会是由基督作内容和性质所组成的实体;基督教是由分裂所组成的，且有各种纷杂的事为其性质─三8。
A.　The church is an entity composed of Christ as its content and nature; Christianity is composed of divisions and has sundry things as its nature— 3:8.
二　关于我们的立场，召会的立场乃是真正的一─四3~6。
B.　As for our standing, the ground of the church is the genuine oneness—4:3-6.
三　我们要留在主的恢复里，就必须持守基督作生命，持定一作我们的立场─西三4，弗四3。
C.　To remain in the Lord's recovery, we must keep Christ as life and the oneness as our standing—Col. 3:4; Eph. 4:3.
捌　主的恢复与传统的基督教之间有一道鸿沟，因为这恢复完全根据神纯净的话，而基督教却满了传统─箴三十5~6，太十五3，6下，十三33：
VIII.　There is a gap between the Lord's recovery and traditional Christianity because the recovery is based wholly on the pure Word, whereas Christianity is filled with traditions—Prov. 30:5-6; Matt. 15:3, 6b; 13:33:
一　主的恢复与基督教之间有很大的差异，包括三类不合乎圣经的事─分裂、组织和传统。
A.　The great discrepancy between the recovery and Christianity includes three categories of things that are not scriptural—division, organization, and traditions.
二　我们中间的历史乃是没有妥协、完全从基督教出来的历史─拉一，启十八4。
B.　The history among us has been one of coming completely out of Christianity without compromise—Ezra 1; Rev. 18:4.
三　主恢复的历史乃是从现今邪恶的世代出来，并在这世代之外的历史─加一4，六14：
C.　The history of the Lord's recovery is a history of coming out of and being outside of the present evil age—Gal. 1:4; 6:14:
1　保罗需要从犹太教，他当时宗教的世代中得拯救。
1.　Paul needed to be delivered from Judaism, the religious age of his time.
2　今天我们需要从基督教，我们现今这宗教的世代中得拯救。
2.　Today we need to be delivered from Christianity, the religious age in our time.
四　众地方召会与基督教之间不该有任何桥梁─启一11：
D.　There should be no bridge between the local churches and Christianity— Rev. 1:11:
1　凡物都该各从其类;（创一12;）公会是从他们的类，众地方召会也该从自己的类。─引用经文
1.　Everything should be after its kind (Gen. 1:12); the denominations are after their kind, and the local churches should be after their kind.
2　我们应该是我们所是的，没有妥协或伪装。
2.　We should be what we are without compromise or pretense.
五　我们需要维持我们与基督教之间的鸿沟;这鸿沟越宽大越好，因为这是我们与现今邪恶世代之间的鸿沟─加一4。
E.　We need to maintain the gap between us and Christianity; the wider this gap is the better because it is a gap between us and the present evil age— Gal. 1:4.
玖　召会乃是神的帐幕或殿;（弗二21~22;）然而，召会在性质上改变了，从帐棚变成了营─来十三13：
IX.　The church is the tabernacle, or temple, of God (Eph. 2:21-22); however, the church changed in nature from being a tent to a camp— Heb. 13:13:
一　营表征对主不忠信的一班人，尤其是一班宗教人士。
A.　The camp signifies a group of people, in particular, a religious people, who are not faithful to the Lord.
二　在现今的时代，基督教不是帐棚而是营：
B.　At this present time, Christianity is not a tent but a camp:
1　这意思是说，召会堕落成了基督教。
1.　This means that the church degraded to become Christianity.
2　原则上，基督教是个宗教系统，包含一群宗教人士;他们名义上属于主，用口尊敬主，心却定准在主以外的事上─太十五8~9，提后三5。
2.　In principle, Christianity as a religious system comprises a group of religious people, belonging to the Lord in name and honoring the Lord with their mouth but having their hearts set on something other than the Lord—Matt. 15:8-9; 2 Tim. 3:5.
三　按着召会的历史来看，真正寻求主的人必须离开组织的基督教，也就是离开营，出到营外，就了主去─来十三13，提后二19。
C.　According to the history of the church, those who really sought the Lord had to leave organized Christianity, that is, leave the camp and go forth to the Lord outside the camp—Heb. 13:13; 2 Tim. 2:19.
拾　我们在主的恢复中，完全是出于父主宰的怜悯─罗九15~29。
X.　It is absolutely of the Father's sovereign mercy that we are in the Lord's recovery—Rom. 9:15-29.