2006夏季训练
总题:基督的身体结晶读经
总题:基督的身体结晶读经
第九篇 实行合乎圣经的聚会与事奉之路,以生机的建造基督的身体
Message Nine The Organic Building Up of the Body of Christ through the Practice of the Scriptural Way to Meet and to Serve
读经:弗三9,四11~16,林前十四24~26,31
Scripture Reading: Eph. 3:9; 4:11-16; 1 Cor. 14:24-26, 31
壹 “神在作祂恢复的工作,祂的恢复乃是建造基督的身体。…祂正借着祂职事的说话,恢复基督身体生机的建造。”(长老训练第九册,长老职分与神命定之路(一),九二页。)
I. "God is doing the work of His recovery, and His recovery is to build up the Body of Christ…He is recovering the organic building up of the Body of Christ by the speaking of His ministry" (Elders' Training, Book 9, The Eldership and the God-ordained Way (1), p. 84).
贰 在主的恢复里,我们实行真正的召会生活,顾到包罗万有的基督、终极完成的灵、永远的生命、以及神圣的真理,并竭力避免组织、教条式的规律、仪文、神职制度和传统,使召会生活中基督的众肢体普遍的尽功用,为着神永远经纶中基督身体的建造─弗三9,四16。
II. In the Lord's recovery we practice the genuine church life, caring for the all-inclusive Christ, the consummated Spirit, the eternal life, and the divine truths and endeavoring to escape from organization, dogmatic regulations, rituals, the clerical system, and traditions so that there will be the function of all the members of Christ in the church life for the building up of the Body of Christ in God's eternal economy—Eph. 3:9; 4:16.
叁 我们实行合乎圣经的聚会与事奉之路,需要看见,基督的身体乃是召会、职事、与工作的基本原则─一22~23,四1,4,16,林前十二4~6,12~13,27:
III. In our practice of the scriptural way to meet and to serve, we need to see that the Body is the basic principle of the church, the ministry, and the work—1:22-23; 4:1, 4, 16; 1 Cor. 12:4-6, 12-13, 27:
一 召会、职事与工作,三者都在身体的立场上,都源于身体而存在,都在身体里有其地位,并且都为着身体的益处效力─罗十二4~5,西二19,三15。
A. The church, the ministry, and the work are all on the ground of the Body and derive their existence from, find their place in, and work for the good of the Body—Rom. 12:4-5; Col. 2:19; 3:15.
二 众召会是身体在地方上得彰显;职事是身体在尽功用;工作是身体在寻求扩增─徒十三1~2,二一19。
B. The churches are the Body expressed locally, the ministry is the Body in function, and the work is the Body seeking increase—Acts 13:1-2; 21:19.
三 召会是身体在雏形上的生活;职事是身体在事奉上的功用;工作是身体在成长中的扩展─林前一2,十二27,十六10,林后三6。
C. The church is the life of the Body in miniature, the ministry is the functioning of the Body in service, and the work is the reaching out of the Body in growth—1 Cor. 1:2; 12:27; 16:10; 2 Cor. 3:6.
肆 我们为着基督身体的建造,要实行合乎圣经的聚会与事奉之路,就需要对神新约的经纶有清楚的异象─提前一4,弗三9:
IV. In order to practice the scriptural way to meet and to serve for the building up of the Body of Christ, we need a clear vision of God's New Testament economy—1 Tim. 1:4; Eph. 3:9:
一 神新约的经纶是要将基督的丰富分赐到神所拣选并救赎的人里面─8节。
A. God's New Testament economy is to dispense the riches of Christ into God's chosen and redeemed people—v. 8.
二 神新约的经纶是要得着一班人作基督的身体,成为三一神团体的彰显─一23,三19。
B. God's New Testament economy is to have a people to be the Body of Christ for a corporate expression of the Triune God—1:23; 3:19.
三 神新约的经纶是要借着召会作基督的身体,将万有在基督里归一于一个元首之下─一10。
C. God's New Testament economy is for the heading up of all things in Christ through the church as the Body of Christ—1:10.
伍 信徒的聚会应当总是联于神新约的经纶─提前一4,林前十四26:
V. The meetings of the believers should always be linked to God's New Testament economy—1 Tim. 1:4; 1 Cor. 14:26:
一 我们该带着神圣经纶的异象来到聚会中,并且我们在聚会中所说的,该以神的经纶为中心─弗三9。
A. We should come to the meetings with a vision of the divine economy, and what we speak in the meetings should focus on the economy of God—Eph. 3:9.
二 基督徒的聚会是要使信徒知道神在祂为父身分里的经纶,好叫父得著称赞;我们的聚会是为着显大并荣耀那生我们的父这神圣三一的源头─来二12,罗十一36,林前八6上,弗四6。
B. The Christian meetings are to make God's economy in His fatherhood known to the believers for the praise of the Father; our meeting is for the magnification and glorification of the begetting Father as the source of the Divine Trinity—Heb. 2:12; Rom. 11:36; 1 Cor. 8:6a; Eph. 4:6.
三 我们的聚会乃是管家的职分,是一种事奉,以施行神的经纶─三2。
C. Our meeting is a stewardship, a service, to carry out God's economy—3:2.
陆 实行合乎圣经的聚会与事奉之路,拯救信徒脱离宗教阶级制度、教皇制度、以及圣品阶级与平信徒制度,使基督的身体得着建造─启二6,15,罗十二4~6:
VI. The practice of the scriptural way to meet and to serve delivers the believers from hierarchy, the papal system, and the clergy-laity system for the building up of the Body of Christ—Rev. 2:6, 15; Rom. 12:4-6:
一 神在祂经纶中的目的,是要为基督建造一个生机的身体─弗三9,四16。
A. God's intention in His economy is to have an organic Body built up for Christ—Eph. 3:9, 4:16.
二 主的恢复是要废除圣品阶级和平信徒,并开发基督生机身体一切肢体的恩赐、功用和性能─启二6,15,弗四11~16。
B. The Lord's recovery is for the annulling of the clergy and laity and the developing of the gifts, functions, and capacity of all the members of the organic Body of Christ—Rev. 2:6, 15; Eph. 4:11-16.
三 合乎圣经的聚会与事奉之路,乃是召会生活正确的实行,与教皇制度、圣品阶级、平信徒的制度是相反的─太二十25~28:
C. The scriptural way to meet and to serve is the proper practice of the church life against the papal and clergy-laity systems—Matt. 20:25-28:
1 教皇制度、圣品阶级与平信徒制度的目标,是要废掉基督的身体,而以宗教来顶替。
1. The goal of the papal and clergy-laity systems is to annul the Body of Christ and to replace it with religion.
2 照着主心意的恢复,乃是要把主的信徒从教皇制度、圣品阶级与平信徒的制度里带出来,以合乎圣经的聚会与事奉之路顶替这些制度,好使基督的身体得着建造─林前十四26,弗四16。
2. The recovery according to the Lord's mind is to bring His believers out of the papal system and the clergy-laity system and to replace these systems with the scriptural way to meet and to serve for the building up of the Body of Christ— 1 Cor. 14:26; Eph. 4:16.
柒 借着实行合乎圣经的聚会与事奉之路,主正在恢复四个主要的项目:
VII. Through the practice of the scriptural way to meet and to serve, the Lord is recovering four major items:
一 主渴望恢复新约里福音祭司的职分─彼前二5,9。
A. The Lord desires to recover the priesthood of the gospel in the New Testament— 1 Pet. 2:5, 9.
二 主渴望恢复基督身体生机的建造─太十六18,弗四12,16,西二19。
B. The Lord desires to recover the organic building up of the Body of Christ—Matt. 16:18; Eph. 4:12, 16; Col. 2:19.
三 主渴望恢复对基督身体一般肢体的成全,使他们成为基督身体上活的、主动的、尽功用的肢体─弗四11~16,来十24~25。
C. The Lord desires to recover the perfecting of the common members of the Body of Christ to make them living, active, functioning members of the Body—Eph. 4:11-16; Heb. 10:24-25.
四 主渴望恢复众人都说话的彼此相互的召会聚会,好使基督的身体得着建造─林前十四4下,23上,26,31。
D. The Lord desires to recover the church meetings in mutuality with all speaking for the building up of the Body of Christ—1 Cor. 14:4b, 23a, 26, 31.
捌 我们实行合乎圣经的聚会与事奉之路,必须强调申言─建造召会的超越恩赐─1节,4节下,24~25,31节:
VIII. In the practice of the scriptural way to meet and to serve, we emphasize prophesying—the excelling gift for the building up of the church—vv. 1, 4b, 24-25, 31:
一 在林前十四章里,申言的意义乃是为主说话,说出主来,甚至将主说到、供应到、分赐到人里面;就神圣的分赐而言,整本圣经总结于众人都申言─3,24~25,31节。
A. The significance of prophesying in 1 Corinthians 14 is to speak for the Lord, to speak forth the Lord, and even to speak the Lord, to minister, to dispense the Lord, into others; in the sense of the divine dispensing, the entire Bible consummates in all prophesying—vv. 3, 24-25, 31.
二 申言,就是以神为内容而为神说话并说出神,将神供应到听者里面,并将他们带给神─25节。
B. Prophesying, speaking for God and speaking forth God with God as the content, ministers God to the hearers and brings them to God—v. 25.
三 神渴望每位信徒都申言,就是为祂说话并说出祂来─1节下,31节,参民十一29。
C. God desires that each of the believers prophesy, that is speak for Him and speak Him forth—vv. 1b, 31; cf. Num. 11:39.
四 申言的特点是供应基督,为着生机的建造召会作基督的身体;申言是为着召会建造的特别恩赐─林前十四3~5,12,24,26。
D. The characteristic of prophesying is to minister Christ for the organic building up of the church as the Body of Christ; prophesying is the particular gift for the building up of the church—1 Cor. 14:3-5, 12, 24, 26.