2004冬季训练
总题：提摩太前后书、提多书结晶读经
第二篇　召会的功用（一）─活神的家
Message Two The Function of the Church (1) The House of the Living God
读经：提前三15，约十四2，弗二19，21~22，彼前二5，提后二20
Scripture Reading: 1 Tim. 3:15; John 14:2; Eph. 2:19, 21-22; 1 Pet. 2:5; 2 Tim. 2:20
壹　作为得救的人和召会的肢体，我们需要认识召会─太十六18，十八17，弗一22~23，二15，19~22，三4，10~11，四16，五32，六11。
I.　As saved ones and members of the church, we need to know the church—Matt. 16:18; 18:17; Eph. 1:22-23; 2:15, 19-22; 3:4, 10-11; 4:16; 5:32; 6:11.
贰　主心里的渴望乃是要得着召会;因此，我们应当宝贝召会并且宝爱召会，甚至像主和保罗一样宝贝召会并且宝爱召会─太十六18，十三44~46，弗一5，9，五25~27，林后十二14~15：
II.　The desire of the Lord's heart is to gain the church; thus, we should treasure the church and love the church, even as the Lord does and as Paul did—Matt. 16:18; 13:44-45; Eph. 1:5, 9; 5:25-27; 2 Cor. 12:24-25:
一　神是“用自己的血”买了召会，并且召会是在圣灵的照顾之下;这指明神宝爱召会，以及召会在神眼中是宝贵的─徒二十28。
A.　God obtained the church "through His own blood," and the church is under the care of the Holy Spirit; this indicates the precious love of God for the church and the preciousness of the church in the eyes of God—Acts 20:28.
二　因为保罗的心完全是为着召会并在于召会，所以他乐意，为召会花费，并为召会完全花上自己，而且藉着死，供应生命给召会─林后十二14~15，十一28，四10~12。
B.　Because Paul's heart was fully for the church and on the church, he was willing to spend and be spent for the church and to minister life to the church by dying—2 Cor. 12:14-15; 11:28; 4:10-12.
叁　召会乃是神的召会─林前一2，十32，十一16：
III.　The church is the church of God—1 Cor. 1:2; 10:32; 11:16:
一　“神的召会”这辞指明，召会是神所拥有的，也指明召会有神的性情，并以神的元素所构成─徒二十28，加一13。
A.　The expression the church of God indicates that the church is possessed by God and that the church has the nature of God and is constituted with the element of God—Acts 20:28; Gal. 1:13.
二　召会是“神的”，因为召会是神作源头所产生的，并有神为其神圣、宇宙并永远的性质和素质─林前十32：
B.　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—1 Cor. 10:32:
1　神是召会的性质和素质;因此，召会是神圣的─启一12，20。
1.　God is the nature and essence of the church; therefore, the church is divine—Rev. 1:12, 20.
2　召会的内容在素质一面乃是神自己─林前三16~17。
2.　The content of the church essentially is God Himself—1 Cor. 3:16-17.
肆　神的召会乃是活神的家─提前三15：
IV.　The church of God is the house of the living God—1 Tim. 3:15:
一　对基督，召会是身体;对神，召会是家─弗一22~23，约十四2。
A.　To Christ, the church is the Body; to God, the church is the house—Eph. 1:22-23; John 14:2.
二　神的家就是神的家人─弗二19：
B.　The house of God is the household of God—Eph. 2:19:
1　居所（家）和家庭（家人）都是一个实体，也就是一班蒙召、重生、并由神自己内住的人─彼前一3，二5，林前三16。
1.　The dwelling place—the house—and the family—the household—are one entity—a group of called, regenerated ones indwelt by God Himself—1 Pet. 1:3; 2:5; 1 Cor. 3:16.
2　神的家人是由神许多儿子，就是神长子基督的许多弟兄所组成─罗八29，来二10~12：
2.　The household of God is composed of the many sons of God as the many brothers of Christ, the firstborn Son of God—Rom. 8:29; Heb. 2:10-12:
a　召会是由那些从神而生，有神生命和性情的人所组成─约三15，彼后一4。
a.　The church is composed of those who have been born of God and have the life and nature of God—John 3:15; 2 Pet. 1:4.
b　神将祂自己在基督里分赐到我们里面，生我们作神的儿女;这样，我们就成为神家里的人─彼前一3，约一12~13。
b.　God dispensed Himself in Christ into us, begetting us as His children; in this way we have become His household—1 Pet. 1:3; John 1:12-13.
c　父是神，众子在生命和性情上，但不在神格上，也是神─来二10。
c.　The Father is God, and the many sons are God in life and nature but not in the Godhead—Heb. 2:10.
3　基督与祂身体上的肢体不是分开的，乃是住在他们里面;照样，父不是在祂家人中分开的一员，乃是在祂所有的儿女里面─罗八10，十二4~5，林后六16。
3.　Just as Christ is not separate from the members of His Body but dwells in them, the Father is not a separate member of His household but is in all the children—Rom. 8:10; 12:4-5; 2 Cor. 6:16.
4　神的家在神圣的生命上是生机的，在神圣的性情上是生机的，在三一神里是生机的;因为召会是生机的，所以召会能生长─弗二21。
4.　The house of God is organic in the divine life, organic in the divine nature, and organic in the Triune God; because the church is organic, the church grows—Eph. 2:21.
三　在说到召会是神的家时，保罗特别说到神是活神─提前三15：
C.　In speaking of the church as the house of God, Paul refers to God as the living God—1 Tim. 3:15:
1　活在召会里的活神，对召会必是主观的，不是仅仅客观的─林前三16。
1.　The living God, who lives in the church, must be subjective to the church and not merely objective—1 Cor. 3:16.
2　因为神是活的，召会作神的家也就在祂里面、凭祂并同祂活着;活的神与活的召会，同活着、同行动、同工作。
2.　Because God is living, the church as the house of God is also living in Him, by Him, and with Him; a living God and a living church live, move, and work together.
3　活神的家乃是活在父的名里和父的生命里，意即活在父的实际里─约十四6，十七2~3，11~12。
3.　The house of the living God is living in the Father's name and in the Father's life, that is, living in the Father's reality—John 14:6; 17:2-3, 11-12.
四　召会作神的家，乃是神的居所─是神能得着安息并寄托的所在─弗二22：
D.　As the house of God, the church is the dwelling place of God—the place where God can have His rest and put His trust—Eph. 2:22:
1　神在这居所里生活行动，以成就祂的意愿并满足祂心里的渴望─一5，9，11，腓二13。
1.　In this dwelling place God lives and moves to accomplish His will and to satisfy the desire of His heart—1:5, 9, 11; Phil. 2:13.
2　在召会这神的居所里，神彰显祂自己;凡祂所是、所作的，都在召会里彰显出来─林前三16，十四24~25。
2.　In the church as His dwelling place, God expresses Himself; all that He is and all that He is doing are expressed in the church—1 Cor. 3:16; 14:24-25.
3　神的居所乃是在我们的灵里;因此，我们的灵是祂居住的所在─弗二22，赛五七15，六六1~2。
3.　The dwelling place of God is in our spirit; thus, our spirit is the place of His habitation—Eph. 2:22; Isa. 57:15; 66:1-2.
4　我们需要在神圣的生命里长大，为着建造神的家─林前三6，16~17，弗二21，四15，彼前二2，5。
4.　We need to grow in the divine life for the building up of God's house— 1 Cor. 3:6; 16-17; Eph. 2:21; 4:15; 1 Pet. 2:2, 5.
五　召会是神的家，父的家，乃是扩大、宇宙、神人二性的合并，作为基督为父用神圣的荣耀所荣耀的结果─约十二23，十三31~32，十四2：
E.　The church as the house of God—the Father's house—is the enlarged, universal, divine-human incorporation as the issue of Christ's being glorified by the Father with the divine glory—John 12:23; 13:31-32; 14:2:
1　父的家使经过过程并终极完成的三一神与在基督里的信徒，有一个相互的住处─2~3，23节。
1.　The Father's house is for the processed and consummated Triune God to have a mutual abode with the believers in Christ—vv. 2-3, 23.
2　父的家使基督，就是经过过程之三一神的具体化身，能安家在我们心里─弗三16~17上。
2.　The Father's house is for Christ, the embodiment of the processed Triune God, to make His home in our hearts—Eph. 3:16-17a.
3　父的家使看不见且奥秘的三一神得着一个看得见且具体的家庭，由神的儿女，就是神的种类所构成，有祂神圣的生命，使他们在生命上长大，并使祂得着安息、满足和显现─二19，提前三15。
3.　The Father's house is for the invisible and mysterious Triune God to have a visible and solid household constituted by the children of God, the species of God, with His divine life for their growth in life and for His rest, satisfaction, and manifestation—2:19; 1 Tim. 3:15.
六　活神的家，就其神圣的性质和素质的特性而言，乃是真实的召会;而大户人家，（提后二20，）就其搀杂的特性而言，乃指堕落的召会，如马太十三章三十一至三十二节反常的大树所例证的：─引用经文
F.　The house of the living God is the genuine church in its divine nature and essential character, whereas the great house (2 Tim. 2:20) refers to the deteriorated church in its mixed character, as illustrated by the abnormally big tree in Matthew 13:21-32:
1　在大户人家，不但有贵重的器皿，也有卑贱的器皿;因此，这大户人家不可能是活神的家─提后二20。
1.　In the great house there are not only precious vessels but also base ones; hence, the great house cannot be the house of the living God—2 Tim. 2:20.
2　大户人家是背道的基督教国，而活神的家乃是神真正的召会─神的家人，真理的柱石和根基，神显现于肉体─提前三15~16。
2.　The great house is apostate Christendom, but the house of the living God is the genuine church of God—the household of God, the pillar and base of the truth, and the manifestation of God in the flesh—1 Tim. 3:15.