2003秋季长老
总题：主恢复的独特（一）
第二篇　真理的恢复
Message Two The Recovery of the Truth
读经：约壹一5~6，五20，约十七17，十八37，提前二4，三15，提后二2，15
Scripture Reading: 1 John 1:5-6; 5:20; John 17:17; 18:37; 1 Tim. 2:4; 3:15; 2 Tim. 2:2, 15
壹　基督教有两大缺欠：就生命而言有所忽略，在真理上有所短缺─多一1~2。
I.　Christianity has two big defects—a negligence with regard to life and a shortage of truth—Titus 1:1-2.
贰　主的恢复乃是恢复真理的亮光─约壹一6：
II.　The Lord's recovery is the recovery of the light of the truth—1 John 1:5-6:
一　真理就是光的照耀，神圣之光的彰显─5节。
A.　Truth is the shining of light, the expression of the divine light—v. 5.
二　圣经所启示的真理，历经各世代，已经被遗失、忽略、误会、误解、并错误应用;因此需要有主的恢复─约十七17：
B.　The truths as revealed in the Scriptures have been lost, missed, misunderstood, misinterpreted, and wrongly applied throughout the ages; hence, there is the need of the Lord's recovery—John 17:17:
1　主的恢复是恢复圣经，就是神的圣言里所启示的神圣真理─提后三16。
1.　The Lord's recovery is the recovery of the divine truths as revealed in the holy Scriptures, the holy Word of God—2 Tim. 3:16.
2　主恢复的目标是要恢复圣经里所启示之事的实际、生命、活力、力量、能力和冲击力。
2.　The goal of the Lord's recovery is to recover the reality, life, livingness, strength, power, and impact of the matters revealed in the Scriptures.
三　在祂的恢复里，主正借着祂的话，借着真理而往前─弗一13，西一5，提前二4：
C.　In His recovery the Lord is moving on by His word, by the truth—Eph. 1:13; Col. 1:5; 1 Tim. 2:4:
1　在主的恢复里，从马太福音到启示录的真理已经被主恢复了─约壹五20。
1.　In the recovery the truths from Matthew to Revelation have been recovered by the Lord—1 John 5:20.
2　主恢复里的真理乃是已过十九世纪以来所有真理的终极完成─提后二2：
2.　The truth in the recovery is the consummation of the truth of the past nineteen centuries—2 Tim. 2:2:
a　我们是站在前人的肩头上。
a.　We are standing on the shoulders of those who have gone before us.
b　因此，真理已经为我们选粹、浓缩并结晶了。
b.　Thus, the truth has been extracted, condensed, and crystallized for us.
四　今天多数基督徒中间使用圣经的方式，与我们在主恢复中使用圣经的方式大不相同─林后三6，约五39~40：
D.　There is a great difference between the way the Bible is used among most Christians today and the way it is used among us in the Lord's recovery— 2 Cor. 3:6; John 5:39-40:
1　大多数信徒以字句的方式使用主的话。
1.　The majority of believers use the Word in the way of letters.
2　在主的恢复里，我们以生命、亮光和灵的方式使用主的话。
2.　In the recovery we use the Word in the way of life, light, and spirit.
3　我们在圣经中所看见的，与变形的基督教迥然不同。
3.　What we have seen in the Bible is absolutely different from deformed Christianity.
叁　提摩太后书强调真理，乃是一卷恢复的书─二15~26：
III.　Second Timothy, with its emphasis on the truth, is a book of recovery—2:15-26:
一　当保罗写这卷书信时，他是以恢复的意义写的。
A.　When Paul wrote this Epistle, he wrote it in the sense of recovery.
二　因着召会已经从原初的光景坠落到一种堕落、变形、变质的光景，所以保罗写了提摩太后书，用真理来恢复败坏的召会生活;这就是一种恢复─15，18，25节。
B.　Because the church had fallen from its original state to a degraded, deformed, and transmuted state, Paul wrote 2 Timothy to recover the corrupted church life with the truth; this was a recovery—vv. 15, 18, 25.
肆　我们需要得着真理作到我们里面，并构成到我们全人里面─约壹一8，二4，约贰1~2，约参3~4：
IV.　We need to have the truth wrought into us and constituted into our being—1 John 1:8; 2:4; 2 John 1-2; 3 John 3-4:
一　由真理构成，就是得着神圣启示内在的元素作到我们里面，成为我们的构成成分，我们内在的所是，我们生机的构成。
A.　To be constituted with the truth is to have the intrinsic element of the divine revelation wrought into us to become our constituent, our intrinsic being, our organic constitution.
二　我们建造什么样的召会，乃在于我们教导什么样的真理;因此迫切需要活的真理，以产生召会，帮助召会存在，并建造召会─提前三15。
B.　The kind of church we build up depends on the kind of truth we teach; thus, there is a desperate need of the living truth to produce the church, to help the church to exist, and to build up the church—1 Tim. 3:15.
三　构成到我们里面扎实的真理，在我们里面成为一种常时并长期的滋养─四6。
C.　The solid truth that is constituted into us becomes in us a constant and long term nourishment—4:6.
四　如果真理作到我们里面并构成到我们里面，我们就能保护神神性丰富的权益，以及祂终极的成就─启二一12上，17。
D.　If the truth is wrought into us and constituted into our being, we will be able to protect the interests of the riches of God's divinity and the attainments of His consummation—Rev. 21:12a, 17.
五　主的话，祂的真理，就在圣经里，但圣经需要正确的解释─提后二15。
E.　The Lord's word, His truth, is in the Bible, but the Bible needs the proper interpretation—2 Tim. 2:15.
六　我们必须付代价学习真理─箴二三23：
F.　We have to pay the price to learn the truths—Prov. 23:23:
1　我们必须进入圣经内在的意义，好找出主所说的，以及祂所要的。
1.　We must enter into the intrinsic significance of the holy Scriptures to find out what the Lord says and what He wants.
2　我们没有权发明什么;反之，我们乃是发现在圣经里所有的。
2.　We have no right to invent anything; rather, we discover what is in the Bible.
3　我们学习真理以后，还必须经历基督，好使祂能成为我们的实际;这样，我们向人讲说时，就不会给他们知识或道理，乃会将基督供应他们。
3.　After we have learned the truth, we still have to experience Christ so that He may become our reality; in this way, when we speak to people, we will not give them knowledge or doctrine, but we will minister Christ to them.
伍　我们需要许多以斯拉来教导人，教育他们，并用属天的真理将他们构成─拉七10~12，21，尼八：
V.　We need Ezras to teach the people, to educate them, and to constitute them with the heavenly truths—Ezra 7:10-12, 21; Neh. 8:
一　我们必须应付的最大需要，乃是把主恢复里的圣徒带到真理里，好将主的恢复带往前去─提后二2，15。
A.　The greatest need we must meet is to bring the saints in the Lord's recovery into the truth to carry the recovery on—2 Tim. 2:2, 15:
二　长老们主要的责任乃是用真理教导圣徒─提前三2，五17，多一9：
B.　The main responsibility of the elders is to teach the saints with the truths—1 Tim. 3:2; 5:17; Titus 1:9:
1　长老判定事情，并期望圣徒跟随他们，却不带着真理去探访圣徒，乃是不合宜的。
1.　It would be unseemly for an elder to make decisions and expect the saints to follow them but not visit the saints with the truths.
2　真正的长老职分不是运用权柄;真正的长老职分乃是探访圣徒，借着向他们讲说真理而牧养他们、喂养他们、并照顾他们─提前三2，五17。
2.　The real eldership is not to exercise authority; the real eldership is to visit the saints and to shepherd them, feed them, and take care of them by speaking to them concerning the truths—1 Tim. 3:2; 5:17.
陆　主恢复的标准乃在于我们所发表之真理的标准;真理将是量度和标准─约十八37：
VI.　The standard of the Lord's recovery depends upon the standard of the truth we put out; the truths will be the measure and the standard— John 18:37:
一　“假使今天，我们大家在主的恢复里，都不管倪柝声弟兄和我所传讲使徒的教训，那就是今日召会的堕落，今日主恢复的堕落。留在新约使徒的教训里，乃是一个大恩典。”（如何作同工与长老，并如何履行同工与长老的义务，四四页。）
A.　"If all of us today in the Lord's recovery did not care for the apostles' teaching preached by Brother Nee and me, the church and the Lord's recovery would become degraded. To remain in the apostles' teaching is a tremendous grace" (How to Be a Co-worker and an Elder and How to Fulfill Their Obligations, p. 44).
二　“我们不要圣经肤浅的道理，我们要神话语神圣真理深奥的事。我们愿意跟随主耶稣，把三一神的丰富服事给人，并把圣经里神圣真理深奥的事陈明给他们。”（马可福音生命读经，一九○页。）
B.　"Instead of the mere superficial doctrines in the Bible, we want the depths of the divine truths in the Word of God. We would like to follow the Lord Jesus in ministering the riches of the Triune God to people and in presenting to them the depths of the divine truth in the holy Scriptures" (Life-study of Mark, p. 165).
三　“我相信主恢复的真理至终会征服基督教的神学，主恢复的启示会抓住一切寻求的人来作得胜者。这要结束这个世代，并带进国度以及在其中作王掌权的人。”（为着基督身体之建造十大紧要的“一”，七二页。）
C.　"I believe that eventually the truths of the Lord's recovery will conquer the theology of Christianity, and the revelation of the recovery will captivate all the seeking ones to be the overcomers. This will close this age and bring in the kingdom with its kings" (The Ten Great Critical "Ones" for the Building Up of the Body of Christ, p. 65).