2006春季长老
总题：以牧养的路传扬福音并复兴召会
第三篇　牧养神的群羊（二）使徒保罗关于牧养的嘱咐
Message Three Shepherding the Flock of God (2) The Charge of the Apostle Paul concerning Shepherding
读经：徒二十28~31，36
Scripture Reading: Acts 20:28-31, 36 I "From Miletus he [Paul] sent word to Ephesus and called for the elders of the church"—Acts 20:17:
壹　“保罗从米利都打发人往以弗所去，请召会的长老来”─徒二十17：
I.　Missing
一　“长老”这辞指明生机的事，出于生命的事;长老是在生命里成熟的人。
A.　The term elders indicates something organic, something of life; an elder is a person who is mature in life.
二　长老们的功用必须是生机的出于那灵─林前十二4~7，28，罗十二8：
B.　The function of the elders must be something of the Spirit organically— 1Cor. 12:4-7, 28; Rom. 12:8:
1　若是长老们以组织的方式带领，这指明召会已经堕落了。
1.　If the elders take the lead in an organizational way, this indicates that the church has degraded.
2　若是长老们凭着生命活在灵里，保养、顾惜、并牧养召会，他们就不是组织的，而是生机的。
2.　If the elders live in the spirit by life to nouriah, cherish, and shepherd the church, they are not organizational but organic.
贰　“圣灵立你们作全群的监督，你们就当为自己谨慎，也为全群谨慎，牧养神的召会，就是祂用自己的血所买来的”─徒二十28：
II.　"Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among whom the Holy Spirit has placed you as overseers to shepherd the church of God, which He obtained through His own blood"— Acts 20:28:
一　保罗嘱咐长老们应当儆醒，当为自己谨慎，也为全群谨慎─31，28节：
A.　Paul charged the elders to watch and take heed to themselves and to all the flock— vv.31, 28:
1　长老们需要留意他们自己和他们的教训，坚守那按照使徒教训可信靠的话，使他们能制止说搅扰话的人，平息纷乱的局面，并尽教导的职责─提前四16，三2，五17，多一9~14。
1.　The elders need to pay close attention to themselves and to their teaching, holding to the faithful word, which is according to the apostles; teaching, that they may be able to stop troublesome talkers, calm a tumultuous situation, and fulfill their duty in teaching—1 Tim.　4:16; 3:2; 5:17; Titus 1:9;14.
2　“要成为一群，归一个牧人了”─约十16：
2.　There shall be one flock, one Shepherd"— John .10:16:
a　“一群”表征一个召会，基督的一个身体，就是主借着祂的死，把祂永远、神圣的生命分赐到祂的众肢体里面所产生的─10~18节，弗二14~16，三6。
a.　The one flock signifies the one church, the one Body of Christ, brought forth by the Lord's eternal, divine life, which He imparted into His members through His death—vv.　10-18; Eph.　2:14-16; 3:6
b　主的羊已经得着神圣的生命，借此得以生活在一起成为一群。
b.　The Lord's sheep have received the divine life, and by the divine life the sheep live together as one flock.
c　“一群”不是一个组织─乃是在生命里聚集成群，成为基督生机的身体。
c.　The one flock is not an organization— it is a flocking together in life to be the organic Body of Christ.
d　这一群是一个宇宙召会，基督的身体;这一群不再属于犹太羊圈或外邦世界，乃是独自存在，从犹太人和外邦人中分别出来，作神的召会─林前十32。
d.　This one flock is the one universal church, the Body of Christ; it no longer belongs to the Jewish fold or the Gentile world but stands by itself as the church of God set spart from the Jews and the Gentiles─1Cor.　10:32.
e　众地方召会是神的群羊，是神分配给长老照管的产业─彼前五2~3。
e.　The local churches are the flock of God, His possession, allotted to the elders for their care— 1 Pet. 5:2-3.
二　保罗告诉长老们，是圣灵立他们作全群的监督─徒二十28：　
B.　Paul told the elders that it was the Holy Spirit who had placed them among the flock as overseers — v.28:
1　使徒在各召会选立长老，（十四23，）但在二十章二十八节，保罗却说是圣灵立长老作监督，牧养召会;这指明在使徒选立长老时，圣灵与他们是一，也指明使徒选立长老是照着圣灵的引导。─引用经文
1.　The apostles appointed the elders in every church (14:23), but in 20:28 Paul says that the Holy Spirit had placed the elders as overseers to shepherd the church; this indicates that the Holy Spirit was one with the apostles in their appointing of the elders and that the apostles did it according to the leading of the Holy Spirit.
2　从保罗的话中，我们看见召会的存在完全是由于圣灵，不是由于使徒;因为圣灵设立长老，所以设立召会的乃是圣灵。
2.　From Paul's word we see that the existence of the churches is altogether due to the Holy Spirit, not due to the apostles; because the Holy Spirit establishes the elders, it is the Holy Spirit who establishes the churches.
三　保罗嘱咐长老们，要牧养神的召会─28节：
C.　Paul charged the elders to shepherd the church of God— v.28:
1　虽然一个地方召会的事务需要行政和管理，但长老主要的职责乃是牧养─彼前五2：
1.　Although a local church needs administration and management in its business affairs, the main responsibility of the elders is to shepherd—1 Pet.5:2
a　地方召会就象一群羊，长老乃是牧养群羊的牧人，照管群羊的情形并应付需要。
a.　The local church is like a flock, and the elders are the shepherds to shepherd this flock, taking care of the situation of the flock and meeting the needs.
b　长老作监督的职责，不是辖管别人，而是牧养他们，就是周全柔细的照顾群羊。
b.　The responsibility of the elders as overseers is not to rule over others but to shepherd them, to take all-inclusive tender care of the flock.　
2　长老应当照着使徒的教训牧养并照顾召会─徒二42，多一9：
2.　The elders should shepherd the church and take care of the church according to the apostles' teaching — Acts 2:42; Titus 1:9 :
a　长老绝不该把自己与使徒的教训隔开。
a.　The elders should never separate themselves from the apostles' teaching.　
b　长老领头将使徒的教训付诸实行。
b.　The elders take the lead to put the apostles' teaching into practice.
3　牧养需要教导，所以长老应当教导;长老要教导别人，必须先有学习。
3.　Shepherding requires teaching, so the elders should teach: for the elders to teach others, they must learn first.
四　保罗提醒长老们，召会对神是宝贵的，因为召会是神用祂自己的血所买来的─徒二十28：
D.　Paul reminded the elders that the church was precious to God, for He had obtained it through His own blood— v.28:
1　保罗在这里的话指明神宝爱召会，以及召会在神眼中宝贵、超绝的价值。
1.　Paul's word here indicates the precious love of God for the church and the preciousness, the execcding worth, of the church in the eyes of God.
2　保罗盼望作监督的长老，和神一样宝爱召会。
2.　Paul expected that the elders as overseers would treasure the church, as God does.
3　长老既是由神选立来照管神的群羊，就必须爱召会。
3.　As those appointed by God to care for the flock of God, the elders need to love the church.　
4　在照管召会时，我们绝不可拘守规条，而必须有爱;爱是惟一能建造召会的路─林前十二31下~十三13，八1。
4.　In taking care of a church, we should never take the way of legality but the way of love, the only way which bulilds up the church —1 Cor.　12:31b～13:13; 8:1
叁　“我知道我离开以后，必有凶暴的豺狼进入你们中间，不爱惜羊群。就是你们中间，也必有人起来，说悖谬的话，要勾引门徒跟从他们”─徒二十29~30：
III.　 "I know that after my departure fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock, And from among you yourselves men will rise up, speaking perverted things to draw away the disciples after them" ─ Acts 20:29-30:
一　爱惜羊群就是爱羊群，借着顾惜和喂养，柔细的照顾他们;寻索猎物的豺狼不会这样照顾羊群，反而会为自己的利益和满足牺牲召会。
A.　To spare the flock is to love the flock with tender care by cherishing and nourishing; the wolves, who are hunting for prey, do not care for the flock in this way but sacrifice the church for their own interests and satisfaction.
二　在召会里信徒中间悖谬的人，总是为恨恶召会的魔鬼所利用，把羊勾引出去跟从他们，形成另外一群。
B.　The perverted ones among the believers in the church are always used by the devil, who hates the church, do draw the sheep away after them to form another flock.