2010春季长老
总题：活在基督独一的元首权柄下并活在独一的神圣交通中
第二篇　在基督独一的元首权柄下实行召会生活
Message Two Practicing the Church Life under the Unique Headship of Christ
读经：西一18，二19，三4，腓一1，弗一10，22~23，四15~16
Scripture Reading: Col. 1:18; 2:19; 3:4; Phil. 1:1; Eph. 1:10, 22-23; 4:15-16
壹　基督独一的元首权柄与召会的构成─召会形成及安排之方式─密切相关─西一18，腓一1：
I.　The unique headship of Christ is closely related to the constitution of the church—the way in which the church is formed and arranged—Col. 1:18; Phil. 1:1:
一　召会的构成是根据基督为独一元首这个真理;召会完全是以基督作生命，并以基督作独一的元首所构成─西一18，三4，11。
A.　The constitution of the church is according to the truth that Christ is the unique Head; the church is constituted absolutely with Christ as life and with Christ as the unique Head— Col. 1:18; 3:4, 11.
二　在新约中找不到关于召会组织的观念;组织导致阶级制度，而任何一种阶级制度，对基督独一的元首权柄而言，都是侮辱─西一18，二19。
B.　The concept of organization related to the church cannot be found in the New Testament; organization leads to a hierarchy, and any kind of hierarchy is an insult to the unique headship of Christ—1:18; 2:19.
三　在新约里，神的子民中间没有惟一的、固定的、职位性或永久性的领导;这样的领导会亵慢基督独一的元首权柄─太二三8~11，徒五31，来十三7，17，21。
C.　In the New Testament, among God's people there is no unique, definite, official, or permanent leadership; such a leadership would be an insult to the unique headship of Christ—Matt. 23:8-11; Acts 5:31; Heb. 13:7, 17, 21.
四　关于长老职分，合乎圣经的原则总是有多位长老;这样的多数，使任何长老不能成为职位性或永久性的领导者─徒十四23：
D.　The scriptural principle with regard to eldership is plurality; this plurality keeps any elder from being an off icial or permanent leader—Acts 14:23:
1　藉着长老职分中的复数，我们没有固定的领头人，藉此顾到、保守、并尊重基督独一的元首权柄─多一5。
1.　With the plurality of the eldership, there is no definite leader, and the unique headship of Christ is regarded, preserved, and respected—Titus 1:5.
2　安排谁作众长老之首的作法，违反了在基督独一元首权柄下复数长老职分的真理─彼前五1。
2.　The practice of making an arrangement as to who is first among the elders is contrary to the truth regarding the plurality of the eldership under the unique headship of Christ—1 Pet. 5:1.
3　“神已经命定，要几位长老一起分担召会的工作，以免一个人照着自己的喜好行事，叫召会被一人所私有，叫召会的生活和工作带了一人的色彩。…当他们彼此尊重，将彼此信托给那灵的带领时，就没有人敢取作头的地位，反而各人视彼此同为肢体;这样，召会那显著的特征，即彼此互相的成分，就得着保守。”（倪柝声着，“工作的再思”，译自英文版第三章。）
3.　"God has ordained that several elders together share the work of the church, so that no one individual should be able to run things according to his own pleasure, treating the church as his own special property and leaving the impress of his personality upon all its life and work…As they honor one another and trust one another to the leading of the Spirit, none taking the place of the Head, but each regarding the others as fellow members, the element of mutuality, which is the distinctive feature of the church, will be preserved" (Watchman Nee, The Normal Christian Church Life, pp. 49-50).
五　我们不该以为某些人是我们与主之间的居间者;我们绝不该成为神百姓和主自己之间的居间者，也绝不该以某人为我们与主之间的居间者─太二三8~11。
E.　We should not regard certain persons as intermediaries between us and the Lord; we must never be an intermediary between God's people and the Lord Himself, and we must never take someone else as an intermediary between us and the Lord—Matt. 23:8-11.
贰　召会的秩序来自召会中的权柄─尊重基督独一的元首权柄─西一18，腓一1：
II.　The order of the church comes out of the authority in the church—the honoring of the unique headship of Christ—Col. 1:18; Phil. 1:1:
一　召会里没有人的组织，却有属灵的秩序─1节，林前十四40，十一34下：
A.　In the church there is no human organization, but there is a spiritual order—v. 1; 1 Cor. 14:40; 11:34b:
1　召会真正的实行在于圣灵之下的正确秩序;若没有这个秩序，我们就不可能有召会生活真实的实行─徒二十28，林前十二4~11。
1.　The genuine church practice depends on the proper order under the Holy Spirit; without this order we cannot have the real practice of the church life—Acts 20:28; 1 Cor. 12:4-11.
2　召会的头是主基督，召会中的权柄是基督的作头─太二八18，西一18：
2.　The Head of the church is Christ the Lord, and the authority in the church is the headship of Christ—Matt. 28:18; Col. 1:18:
a　召会中应当有秩序，但这秩序来自基督的作头─弗一22~23。
a.　In the church there must be order, but this order comes from the headship of Christ—Eph. 1:22-23.
b　我们若要在召会中和在圣徒中间，持守正确的秩序，就必须学习服从基督独一的元首权柄─林前十一3。
b.　If we would keep a right order in the church and among the saints, we must learn to submit to the unique headship of Christ—1 Cor. 11:3.
二　我们惟有服从基督独一的元首权柄，才能真实的实行召会生活─西一18，二19：
B.　We can have the real practice of the church life only by submitting to the unique headship of Christ—Col. 1:18; 2:19:
1　我们若要实行召会生活，就必须学习总是服在基督的作头之下─10节。
1.　If we intend to practice the church life, we must learn to always submit to the headship of Christ—v. 10.
2　我们与头对了，我们与所有的肢体，与身体就都是对的─一18，二19，三15。
2.　When we are right with the Head, we are right with all the members and with the Body—1:18; 2:19; 3:15.
3　若我们众人都尊重基督独一的元首权柄，在召会生活里，我们中间自然就会有美好的属灵秩序─林前十四40。
3.　If we all honor the unique headship of Christ, there will spontaneously be a wonderful spiritual order among us in the church life—1 Cor. 14:40.
三　召会中的秩序来自于基督的作头被我们实际的实现出来─十一3，16，弗一22：
C.　The order in the church comes from the headship of Christ being realized by us in a practical way—11:3, 16; Eph. 1:22:
1　我们若要实行召会生活，却没有实现基督独一的作头，我们是可以聚在一起，却没有召会生活的实际─林前十一17。
1.　If we try to practice the church life without realizing the unique headship of Christ, we may meet together, but we will not have the reality of the church—1 Cor. 11:17.
2　在召会中，我们若不是将基督的作头实际的实现出来，而有属灵的秩序，我们就不可能实行真实的召会生活─3节，十四40。
2.　If we do not have the spiritual order in the church that comes from realizing the headship of Christ in a practical way, there is no possibility for us to practice the real church life—v. 3; 14:40.
四　我们需要凭着敬畏基督这独一的头而彼此服从─弗五21，23：
D.　We need to be subject to one another in the fear of Christ, who is the unique Head—Eph. 5:21, 23:
1　我们若没有彼此服从，就是得罪作头的基督，没有敬畏基督独一的元首权柄─23节，一22。
1.　If we are not subject to one another, we offend Christ as the Head and have no fear of Christ in His unique headship—v. 23; 1:22.
2　惟有头是独一的，与身体不同;没有任何的肢体是在特别或较优的地位上─五30，罗十二4~5。
2.　Only the Head is unique and different from the Body; none of the members is in a special or superior class—5:30; Rom. 12:4-5.
叁　我们若尊重基督独一的元首权柄，这样，在主的恢复里，召会作为基督的扩大，就不仅是殿，也是城─拉一2~3，尼一9，二5，17，提前三15，启二一14：
III.　If we honor the unique headship of Christ, then in the Lord's recovery the church as the enlargement of Christ will be not only the house but also the city—Ezra 1:2-3; Neh. 1:9; 2:5, 17; 1 Tim. 3:15; Rev. 21:14:
一　召会作为殿，主要是与基督作生命有关;召会作为城，主要是与基督作头有关─提前三15，太五14，西三4，一18：
A.　The church as the house is mainly with Christ as life, and the church as the city is mainly with Christ as the Head—1 Tim. 3:15; Matt. 5:14; Col. 3:4; 1:18:
1　当我们经历并享受基督作生命，我们就有作为殿的召会;当我们实现基督独一的作头，召会就要扩大成为表征神国的城─太十六18~19。
1.　When we experience and enjoy Christ as life, we have the church as the house; when we realize the unique headship of Christ, the church will be enlarged as the city, which signifies the kingdom of God—Matt. 16:18-19.
2　召会作为城，不仅是以基督作生命来建造，也是以基督的作头来建造的;因此，基督不仅必须作我们的生命，也必须作我们的头;祂不仅是我们的享受，也是我们的权柄─西三4，一18，二19。
2.　The church as the city is built not only with Christ as life but also with the headship of Christ; thus, Christ must be not only our life but also our Head, not only our enjoyment but also our authority—Col. 3:4; 1:18; 2:19.
二　为著作为城的召会，我们的意志必须受操练、得更新、被变化，使其能降服在基督独一的元首权柄之下─歌四1下，4，六4。
B.　For the church as the city, our will must be exercised, renewed, and transformed so that it will be subdued under the unique headship of Christ—S. S. 4:1b, 4; 6:4.
三　我们需要看见地方召会是基督身体的彰显，而身体是在基督的元首权柄下，并且我们都必须在基督的权柄下;我们若看见这事，并尊重基督独一的元首权柄，召会就会由殿扩大为城，为着王和祂的国度─林前一2，十二12~13，27，弗一22~23，四15~16，启十一15。
C.　We need to see that a local church is an expression of the Body of Christ, that the Body is under the headship of Christ, and that we all must be under the authority of Christ; if we see this and honor the unique headship of Christ, the church will be enlarged from the house to the city for the King and His kingdom—1 Cor. 1:2; 12:12-13, 27; Eph. 1:22-23; 4:15-16; Rev. 11:15.
肆　召会生活乃是归一于基督独一元首权柄之下的生活─弗一10，22~ 23，四15~16：
IV.　The church life is a life of being headed up under the unique headship of Christ—Eph. 1:10, 22-23; 4:15-16:
一　神将祂所拣选的人归一于一个元首之下，成为基督的身体，以基督作头─一4，22~23：
A.　God is heading up His chosen ones to be the Body of Christ with Christ as the Head—1:4, 22-23:
1　神将万有在基督里归一于一个元首之下的第一步，乃是将祂的众子摆在基督独一的元首权柄之下─5，10节。
1.　The first step in the heading up of all things in Christ is for God to place His sons under the unique headship of Christ—vv. 5, 10.
2　当召会领先归一于基督独一的元首权柄之下，神就有路使万有归一于一个元首之下─22~23，10节。
2.　When the church takes the lead to be headed up under the headship of Christ, God has a way to head up all other things—vv. 22-23, 10.
二　在正确的召会生活中，我们在基督里归一于一个元首之下─林前十一3：
B.　In the proper church life we are being headed up in Christ—1 Cor. 11:3:
1　我们若不认识什么是在基督里归一于一个元首之下，我们就无法认识召会是什么─弗一10，22~23。
1.　If we do not know what it is to be headed up in Christ, we cannot know the church—Eph. 1:10, 22-23.
2　在召会生活中，我们领先在基督里归一于一个元首之下;为此，我们需要在一切事上长到元首基督里面─四15~16。
2.　In the church life we are taking the lead to be headed up in Christ; for this we need to grow up into the Head, Christ, in all things—4:15-16.