2011秋季长老
总题：主恢复中的四大支柱
第六篇　第三大支柱─召会（一）召会作为神的国
Message Six The Third Great Pillar—the Church (1) The Church as the Kingdom of God
读经：弗二19，帖前二12，西一13，约三3、5，罗十四17，太六10
Scripture Reading: Eph. 2:19; 1 Thes. 2:12; Col. 1:13; John 3:3, 5; Rom. 14:17; Matt. 6:10
壹　以弗所二章十九节启示召会乃是神的国：─引用经文
I.　Ephesians 2:19 reveals that the church is the kingdom of God:
一　“同国之民”这辞指明神的国─19节。
A.　The term fellow citizens indicates the kingdom of God—v. 19.
二　在十九节保罗主要的观念乃是神国里的公民权。─引用经文
B.　In Ephesians 2:19 Paul's main concept is that of citizenship in God's kingdom.
三　所有的信徒，无论是犹太人或外邦人，都是神国里的国民;神的国是神施行祂权柄的范围─约三5，启一6、9：
C.　All the believers, both Jewish and Gentile, are citizens of God's kingdom, which is a sphere wherein God exercises His authority—John 3:5; Rev. 1:6, 9:
1　神国的公民权包括了权利和义务，这两件事总是并行的。
1.　Citizenship in God's kingdom involves rights and responsibilities, two things that always go together.
2　我们享受神国的权利，也要担负神国的义务─二二14，路十四15~24，十九11~27，太二四14，二八18~19。
2.　We enjoy the rights of the kingdom, and we bear the responsibilities of the kingdom—22:14; Luke 14:15-24; 19:11-27; Matt. 24:14; 28:18-19.
贰　神已召我们进入祂的国;神的国乃是我们在神圣的管治下，敬拜并享受神的范围─帖前二12：
II.　God has called us to enter into His kingdom; the kingdom of God is the realm for us to worship God and enjoy God under the divine rule—1 Thes. 2:12:
一　神的国是神圣的范围，使神能成就祂的计划;也是神执行祂权柄，达到祂心意的领域─太六10。
A.　The kingdom of God is a divine sphere for God to work out His plan; it is a realm where God can exercise His authority to accomplish what He intends—Matt. 6:10.
二　新约传扬福音是说到国度;福音是为着国度，宣扬福音是叫背叛的罪人得救、合格且被装备，好进入国度─可一14~15，太四17，徒八12。
B.　The New Testament preaches the gospel in the way of the kingdom; the gospel is for the kingdom, and the gospel is proclaimed so that rebellious sinners might be saved, qualified, and equipped to enter into the kingdom—Mark 1:14-15;Matt. 4:17; Acts 8:12.
叁　圣经首先陈明国度，然后陈明召会;国度的出现产生召会─太四23，十六18~19：
III.　The Bible first presents the kingdom and thereafter presents the church; the presence of the kingdom produces the church—Matt. 4:23; 16:18-19:
一　神的生命就是神的国度;神圣的生命就是国度，这生命产生召会─约三3、5，太七14、21，十九17、29，二五46：
A.　The life of God is the kingdom of God; the divine life is the kingdom, and this life produces the church—John 3:3, 5; Matt. 7:14, 21; 19:17, 29; 25:46:
1　国度乃是生命的范围，让生命行动、治理、管治，使生命能达成其目的，而这生命的范围就是国度。
1.　The kingdom is the realm of life for life to move, rule, and govern so that life may accomplish its purpose, and this realm of life is the kingdom.
2　福音带进神圣的生命，这生命有其范围，这范围就是国度;神圣生命同其范围产生召会─提后一10。
2.　The gospel brings in the divine life, and this life has its realm, which is the kingdom; the divine life with its realm produces the church—2 Tim. 1:10. 2 Tim 1:10 But now has been 1amanifested through the bappearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who 2nullified cdeath and brought 3dlife and 4eincorruption to light through the gospel,
3　国度的福音产生召会，因为国度就是生命本身，而召会是生命的结果─太四23，徒八12。
3.　The gospel of the kingdom brings forth the church because the kingdom is the life itself, and the church is the issue of life—Matt. 4:23; Acts 8:12.
二　国度是召会的实际;因此，我们离了国度的生命，就不能过召会生活─太五3，十六18~19，启一4~6、9：
B.　The kingdom is the reality of the church; therefore, apart from the kingdom life, we cannot live the church life—Matt. 5:3; 16:18-19; Rev. 1:4-6, 9:
1　诸天之国的实际（太五~七）乃是召会生活的内容;没有国度的实际，召会就是空洞的。
1.　The reality of the kingdom of the heavens (Matt. 5—7) is the content of the church life; without the reality of the kingdom, the church is empty.
2　因着国度的生命产生召会生活，所以当我们团体地在国度生命里生活，我们自然就过召会生活─罗十四17。
2.　Since the kingdom life issues in the church life, as we live corporately in the kingdom life, we spontaneously live the church life—Rom. 14:17.
三　没有国度作召会的实际，召会就不能被建造─太十六18~19：
C.　Without the kingdom as the reality of the church, the church cannot be built up—Matt. 16:18-19:
1　召会是借着国度的权柄产生的。
1.　The church is brought into being through the authority of the kingdom.
2　国度钥匙的赐给，是为使召会能够被建造─19节，十八18，参约二十23。
2.　The keys of the kingdom are given to make the building of the church possible—v. 19; 18:18; cf. John 20:23.
3　当诸天的国能在一班信徒身上施行权柄，那一班信徒就能被建造成为召会─西二19，弗四15~16。
3.　When the kingdom of the heavens is able to assert its authority over a company of believers, those believers can be built up into the church—Col. 2:19; Eph. 4:15-16.
肆　父拯救了我们脱离黑暗的权势，把我们迁入祂爱子的国里─西一13：
IV.　The Father delivered us out of the authority of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love—Col. 1:13:
一　借着重生我们被迁入神爱子可喜悦的国里─我们在爱和生命里受管治的范围─13节。
A.　Through regeneration we have been transferred into the delightful kingdom of the Son of God's love—a realm where we are ruled in love with life—v. 13.
二　当我们在复活里，凭着子作我们的生命而活，我们就活在祂的国里，在父的爱里享受祂;在此我们有召会生活─三4，约六57。
B.　When we live by the Son as our life in resurrection, we are living in His kingdom, enjoying Him in the Father's love; here we have the church life—3:4; John 6:57.
三　虽然父爱子的国包括今世、来世和永世，但歌罗西一章十三节所强调的是在今世，就是在召会时代里，父爱子的国：─引用经文
C.　Although the kingdom of the Son of the Father's love comprises the present age, the coming age, and the eternal age, the emphasis in Colossians 1:13 is on the kingdom of the Son of the Father's love in this age, the age of the church:
1　因为父喜悦祂的儿子，父爱子的国就是喜乐的范围，喜悦的事─太三17，十七5。
1.　Because the Father delights in His Son, the kingdom of the Son of the Father's love is a pleasant realm, a matter of delight—Matt. 3:17; 17:5.
2　召会生活今天乃是父爱子的国，与神的儿子一样，对父神是可喜悦的。
2.　The church life today is the kingdom of the Son of the Father's love, which is as delightful to God the Father as the Son of God is.
伍　今天神的国就是神圣种类的范围，在其中有一切神圣的事物─约三3、5：
V.　The kingdom of God today is a realm of the divine species, in which are all the divine things—John 3:3, 5:
一　我们要进入这神圣的范围，就是神圣种类的范围，就需要从神而生，得着神的生命和性情，因而成为在神国里的神人─一12~13。
A.　To enter into the divine realm, the realm of the divine species, we need to be born of God to have the life and nature of God, thereby becoming God-men in the kingdom of God—1:12-13.
二　我们由神重生，成为神的种类并进入神的国;如今我们乃是神人，在神的国这神圣种类的范围里─三3、5。
B.　We were regenerated of God to become the species of God and enter into the kingdom of God; now we are God-men in the kingdom of God as a realm of the divine species—3:3, 5.
陆　真正的召会就是今世的神的国;今天信徒乃是在召会中过国度生活─太十六18~19，十八17~18，十三44~46，罗十四17，林前四20，弗二19，西四11，启一4~6：
VI.　The genuine church is the kingdom of God in this age; today, the believers live the kingdom life in the church—Matt. 16:18-19; 18:17-18; 13:44-46; Rom. 14:17; 1 Cor. 4:20; Eph. 2:19; Col. 4:11; Rev. 1:4-6:
一　主耶稣每次说到召会时，都将召会联于国度;这指明国度与召会有何等密切的关联─太十六18~19，十八17~18：
A.　Each time the Lord Jesus spoke of the church, He mentioned it in relation to the kingdom; this indicates how intimately the kingdom and the church are related—Matt. 16:18-19; 18:17-18:
1　罗马十四章十七节证明，今世的召会乃是神的国。─引用经文
1.　Romans 14:17 proves that the church in this age is the kingdom of God.
2　林前四章二十节的“神的国”是指召会生活（17），这含示就着权柄的一面说，今世的召会就是神的国。─引用经文
2.　The kingdom of God in 1 Corinthians 4:20 refers to the church life (v. 17), implying that in the sense of authority, the church in this age is the kingdom of God.
3　保罗和他的同工为着建立众召会，在福音工作上所作的，乃是为着神的国─西四11。
3.　What Paul and his fellow workers were doing in the gospel work for the establishing of the churches was for the kingdom of God—Col. 4:11.
4　启示录一章六节的“国度”一辞启示，召会在哪里，神的国就在哪里;召会代表国度。─引用经文
4.　The word kingdom in Revelation 1:6 reveals that where the church is, there the kingdom of God is; the church represents the kingdom.
二　虽然今天召会是神的国，但唯有当我们在灵里，而不在天然人里生活、行动、为人时，我们才在国度的实际里─罗八4，加五16、25。
B.　Although the church today is God's kingdom, we are in the kingdom in reality only when we live, walk, and have our being in the spirit, not in our natural man—Rom. 8:4; Gal. 5:16, 25.
三　当神国的权柄得以在我们身上运行，公义、和平并喜乐将是我们日常生活的特征─罗十四17。
C.　When the authority of God's kingdom is allowed to operate in us, righteousness, peace, and joy will characterize our daily life—Rom. 14:17.
四　我们这些在神圣三一分赐之下的人，需要在召会中过国度的生活，在神圣的生命里长大并发展，直到我们达到成熟─林后十三14，可四26~29：
D.　As those who are under the dispensing of the Divine Trinity, we need to live a kingdom life in the church, growing and developing in the divine life until we reach maturity—2 Cor. 13:14; Mark 4:26-29: 2 Cor 13:14 The 1agrace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the blove of God and the cfellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
1　我们借着重生进入神的国之后，需要往前，借着经历神圣生命完全的发展，丰富地进入我们主和救主耶稣基督永远的国，如彼后一章五至十一节所启示的。─引用经文
1.　After we have entered into the kingdom of God through regeneration, we need to go on to have a rich entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ by experiencing the full development of the divine life as revealed in 2 Peter 1:5-11.
2　神圣生命长大并发展以至成熟，以及在今天的召会生活中活在国度的实际里，结果乃是我们承受神的国─参林前十五50，加五21。
2.　As a result of the growth and development of the divine life to maturity and of living in the reality of the kingdom in the church life today, we will inherit the kingdom of God—1 Cor. 15:50; Gal. 5:21.
柒　召会带进国度;神的召会的工作就是把神的国带进来─太六10，十二22~29，启十一15，十二10：
VII.　The church brings in the kingdom; the work of the church of God is to bring in the kingdom of God—Matt. 6:10; 12:22-29; Rev. 11:15; 12:10:
一　召会一切的工作，都是受神国原则的管治。
A.　All the work of the church is governed by the principle of the kingdom of God.
二　召会要负责将天上的旨意带到地上，并将天上的旨意实行在地上─太六10，七21，十二50。
B.　The church is responsible for bringing heaven's will down to earth and for carrying it out on earth—Matt. 6:10; 7:21; 12:50.