2004夏季训练
总题：歌罗西书结晶读经
第八篇　基督的身体
Message Eight The Body of Christ
读经：西一18上，24，二19，三15，四15~16
Scripture Reading: Col. 1:18a, 24; 2:19; 3:15a; 4:15-16
壹　基督是召会身体的头─一18上：
I.　Christ is the Head of the Body, the church—Col. 1:18a:
一　我们必须看见，召会是基督的身体，就是由三一神和祂所拣选并救赎之人所构成的实体─弗一22~23，四4~6。
A.　We must see that the church is the Body of Christ, which is an entity constituted with the Triune God and His chosen and redeemed ones—Eph. 1:22-23; 4:4-6.
二　基督的身体是召会的内在意义;如果没有身体，召会就没有意义─林前十二12，27，一2。
B.　The Body is the intrinsic significance of the church; if there were no Body, the church would make so sense and have no meaning—1 Cor. 12:12, 27; 1:2.
三　要紧的是，我们要领悟基督是头，我们是祂身体的肢体─西一18上，二19，弗四15~16：
C.　It is crucial for us to realize that Christ is the Head and that we are the members of His Body—Col. 1:18; 2:19; Eph. 4:15-16:
1　活在身体里，就是团体的在头之下与众肢体一同生活。
1.　To live in the Body is to live corporately with the members under the Head.
2　我们要过身体的生活，就必须在头之下，并以头为我们的生命，为我们全人的主体和中心─西一18上，二19。
2.　To live the Body life, we must we under the Head and take the Head as our life, the principle object, and the center of our whole being—Col. 1:18; 2:19.
3　每当我们享受基督，我们自然就持定祂作头─9~10，16~17，19节。
3.　Whenever we enjoy Christ, we automatically hold Him as the Head—vv. 9-10, 16-17, 19.
4　活在基督身体里的第一个原则，就是要服在头的权柄之下─弗四15：
4.　The first principle of living in the Body of Christ is to obey the authority of the Head—Eph. 4:15:
a　基督是身体的头，惟有当祂完全管制的时候，生命才能自由的流通─16节。
a.　Christ is the Head of the Body, and life can flow freely only when He is in full control—v. 16.
b　身体向着头的惟一责任乃是顺从和服从，而没有任何意见、想法或建议─约二一20~22，徒十三1~4上。
b.　The Body's only duty toward the Head is obedience and submission without any opinion, idea, or proposal—John 21:20-22; Acts 13:1-4a.
c　我们与头的关系，决定我们与身体其它肢体的关系─九10~19：㈠　我们若持定元首（头），我们对任何个人或一群人，就不会有特别的感觉，也不会有特别的关系和交通。㈡　在身体里我们的偏爱没有地位─林前一10~12。
c.　Our relationship to the Head determines our relationship to the other members of the Body—9:10-19: (1)　If we hold the Head, we cannot have a special feeling for or a special relationship and fellowship with any individual or group of individuals. (2)　There is no room for our preferences in the Body—1 Cor. 1:10-12.
贰　使徒为基督的身体，补满基督患难的缺欠─西一24：
II.　The apostle filled up that which was lacking of the afflictions of Christ for His Body—Col. 1:24:
一　我们若向主忠信，就会有分于祂建造祂身体的苦难─徒九15~16，林后一5~6，四10~12，弗三13，帖前三3。
A.　If we are faithful to the Lord, we will share in His suffering for the building up of His Body—Acts 9:15-16; 2 Cor. 1:5-6; 4:10-12; Eph. 3:13; 1 Thes. 3:3.
二　我们传福音的目标，乃是要得着材料，为着建造基督的身体;为此，我们必须预备好受苦，甚至遭受反对和逼迫─约十五18~21，十六1~3。
B.　Our goal in preaching the gospel is to obtain material for the building up of the Body of Christ; for this, we must be prepared to suffer, even to be opposed and persecuted—John 15:18-21; 16:1-3.
叁　身体以神的增长而长大─西二19：
III.　The Body grows with the growth of God—Col. 2:19:
一　基督身体的长大在于我们里面神的增长，神的加添，神的增多─弗四16。
A.　The growth of the Body depends on the growth of God, the addition of God, the increase of God, within us—Eph. 4:16.
二　神是以非常主观的方式，把祂自己赐给我们，使我们生长─三16~17上：
B.　God gives the growth by giving Himself to us in a subjective way—3:16-17a.
1　神使我们生长，事实上乃是把祂自己赐给我们─林前三6~7。
1.　For God to give us growth actually means that He gives us Himself—1 Cor. 3:6-7.
2　在我们里面若没有神的增多，就不会有长大。
2.　Without the increase of God within us, there cannot be any growth.
3　神越加给我们，就越使我们生长─弗四15~16。
3.　The more God is added to us, the more growth He gives—Eph. 4:15-16.
肆　我们乃是在基督的一个身体里，为了基督的平安蒙召的;这平安就是基督自己─西三15：
IV.　In the one Body of Christ we were called to the peace of Christ, which is Christ Himself—Col. 3:15:
一　借着基督在祂的肉体里，废掉了使人隔离的规条，就是借着祂除灭了仇恨，并借着把犹太和外邦信徒创造成一个新人，就在所有的信徒中间成就了和平─弗二15~16。
A.　By Christ's abolishing in His flesh the separating ordinances, that is, His slaying the enmity, and by His creating the Jewish and Gentile believers into one new man, peace was made between all the believers—Eph. 2:15.
二　基督的平安（和平）乃是新人（身体）的一─四3。
B.　The peace of Christ is the oneness of the new man, the Body—4:3.
三　为着基督身体的生活，我们应当让基督的平安在我们的心里，在我们与祂身体众肢体的关系上，断定一切的事─西三15。
C.　For the Body life we should let the peace of Christ decide all things in our heart in our relationship with the members of His Body—Col. 3:15.
伍　我们是基督身体的肢体，需要有身体的感觉，并对身体有感觉─林前十二25~26，罗十二15：
V.　As members of the Body, we need to have the consciousness of the Body and have a feeling for the Body—1 Cor. 12:25-26; Rom. 12:15:
一　我们所享受的基督既是身体的头，我们越享受祂，就越有身体的感觉─西二9~10，16~17，19。
A.　Since the Christ we enjoy is the Head of the Body, the more we enjoy Him, the more we become conscious of the Body—Col. 2:9-10, 16-17, 19.
二　我们都该像保罗一样，以头的感觉作我们自己的感觉;这对我们过身体的生活，是极其需要的─腓一8。
B.　Like Paul, we should take the feeling of the Head as our own feeling; this is most necessary for our living the Body life—Phil. 1:8.
三　对基督身体的感觉，与一个人的心理，就是一个人对事情的理解很有关系─西二18，三2，罗十二2~3，弗四23。
C.　The feeling for the Body of Christ is closely related to one's frame of mind, that is, to one's perception of things—Col. 2:18; 3:2; Rom. 12:2-3; Eph. 4:23.
四　无论我们作什么，都与身体有关;因此，我们在一切所作的事上，该顾到身体，在我们的心思、意念、言语、行动上，都以身体为是─林前十二12~27，林后八21。
D.　Whatever we do involves the Body; thus, in all that we do, we should care for the Body, taking the Body as the rule in our mind, thoughts, words, and actions—1 Cor. 12:12-27; 2 Cor. 8:21.
陆　基督独一的身体在许多地方，显为众地方召会─西四15~16，弗四4，启一4，11：
VI.　The unique Body of Christ is expressed in many localities as the local churches—Col. 4:15-16; Eph. 4:4; Rev. 1:4, 11:
一　基督的身体是地方召会的源头;宇宙的身体之于众召会就像父亲，众地方召会就像父亲的儿女─罗十二4~5，十六1，4~5，16。
A.　The Body of Christ is the source of the local churches; the universal Body is like the father to all the churches, and the local churches are like the children to the Father—Rom. 12:4-5; 16:1, 4-5, 16.
二　一个身体乃是神的一个召会，在许多地方上显为许多地方召会─太十六18，十八17，弗一22~23，二21~22，林前一2，十二27。
B.　The one Body is the one church of God, manifested in many localities as many local churches—Matt. 16:18; 18:17; Eph. 1:22-23; 2:21-22; 1 Cor. 1:2; 12:27.
三　地方召会是基督身体在一地的彰显─一2，十32下，17，十二12~13，20，27。
C.　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.
四　一地的召会，常常是在某人家中的召会;在圣徒家中的聚会，能够给每一位参加的信徒有机会尽功用，这样的聚会也加强在圣徒中间相互的交通─西四15~16，罗十六5，林前十六19，门2。
D.　The church in a certain locality was often the church in a certain person's house; the meetings in the saints homes afford every attending believer the opportunity to function, and they also strengthen the mutual fellowship among the saints—Col. 4:15-16; Rom. 16:5; 1 Cor. 16:19; Philem 2.
柒　基督的身体与己相对;基督身体的仇敌就是己─西二18~19，23：
VII.　The Body is versus the self; the enemy of the Body is the self—2:18-19, 23:
一　拦阻人看见身体的异象并实行身体生活的，乃是己─18，23节：
A.　The hindrance to seeing the vision of the Body and to practicing the Body is the self—vv. 18, 23:
1　基督身体建造最大的难处乃是己;己是真正的分裂，真正的宗派。
1.　The greatest frustration to the building up of the Body is the self; the self is the real division, the real sect.
2　我们只要有了己，就没有身体;我们有了身体，就没有己─太十六18，24。
2.　When we have the self, we do not have the Body; when we have the Body, we do not have the self—Matt. 16:18, 24.
3　我们若要在身体里被建造起来，己就必须被定罪、否认、弃绝并撇弃─路九23~24。
3.　If we would be built up in the Body, the self must be condemned, denied, rejected, and renounced—Luke 9:23-24.
二　我们该否认我们自己，认同身体;我们若这样作，我们所过的生活就完全是身体的生活，主也就能得着祂身体的彰显─太十六24，林前十二27，西一18上，三15。
B.　We should deny ourselves and identify ourselves with the Body; if we do this, the life we live will fully be the Body life, and the Lord will gain the expression of His Body—Matt. 16:24; 1 Cor. 12:27; Col 1:18; 3:15.