2012春季长老
总题：长老及负责弟兄的带领
第六篇　领头认识身体并持守身体的原则
Message Six Taking the Lead to Know the Body and to Keep the Principles of the Body
读经：罗十二4~5，林前十二12、23~27，弗一22~23，四4、16
Scripture Reading: Rom. 12:4-5; 1 Cor. 12:12, 23-27; Eph. 1:22-23; 4:4, 16
壹　作长老和负责弟兄的，应当领头认识身体──罗十二4~5，弗一22~23，四4~6、16：
I.　The elders and responsible ones should take the lead to know the Body—Rom. 12:4-5; Eph. 1:22-23; 4:4-6, 16:
一　今天召会一切的问题，都是由于不认识基督的身体──一17~23：
A.　All the problems of the church today are due to ignorance concerning the Body of Christ—1:17-23:
1　最大的难处就是不认识身体，不顾到身体──四4、16。
1.　The biggest problem is not knowing the Body and not caring for the Body—4:4, 16.
2　我们在召会中如何行事，乃在于我们看见身体到什么程度──徒二二10，二六18~19。
2.　The way we behave ourselves in the church depends upon the degree of our seeing the Body—Acts 22:10; 26:18-19.
二　我们需要在生命上认识身体──约壹五11~12，西三4，二19，罗八2、6、10~11，十二4~5：
B.　We need to know the Body in life—1 John 5:11-12; Col. 3:4; 2:19; Rom. 8:2, 6,10-11; 12:4-5:
1　基督的身体是借着基督在我们里面作生命形成的;这生命与我们调和，而成为基督的身体──约壹五11~12，西三4，一18，二19：
1.　The Body of Christ is formed by Christ as life in us; this life mingles with us to become the Body of Christ—1 John 5:11-12; Col. 3:4; 1:18; 2:19:
a　我们里面的生命，不是“肢体”的生命，乃是“身体”的生命。
a.　The life in us is not a member life—it is a Body life.
b　我们众人在这个生命里乃是一;这在生命里的一，就是基督那奥秘的身体──弗五30。
b.　We are all one in this life; this oneness in life is the mystical Body of Christ—Eph. 5:30.
2　在生命上认识身体，是我们生命经历和属灵长大的结果──约壹二12~14：
2.　Knowing the Body in life is the result of our experience of life and spiritual growth—1 John 2:12-14:
a　我们要认识身体，要摸着身体的实际，就必须在生命的经历和生命的长大上有进展──林前三1~2，十四20。
a.　In order to know the Body and touch the reality of the Body, we must progress in the experience of life and the growth of life—1 Cor. 3:1-2;14:20.
b　我们惟有达到属灵生命的第四层，才能认识基督身体的奥秘──弗四12~13、15~16。
b.　Only after we have reached the fourth stage in the spiritual life can we know the mystery of the Body of Christ—Eph. 4:12-13, 15-16.
c　我们要认识身体，活在身体里，就需要对付肉体、自己和天然──加二20，五24，太十六24：
c.　In order to know the Body and live in the Body, we need to deal with the flesh, the self, and the natural constitution—Gal. 2:20; 5:24; Matt. 16:24:
（一）　我们若是还凭肉体活着，还活在自己里面，还凭天然的能力事奉神，基督在我们里面那身体的生命，就没法彰显出来，我们也就没法认识身体。
(1).　If we still live according to the flesh and in ourselves and serve inour natural ability, the life of the Body, which is Christ Himself in us, cannot be manifested, and we cannot know the Body.
（二）　惟有当肉体受了对付，自己受了破碎，天然生命受了击打，我们才能摸着身体的实际──林前十二12，弗四4~6。
(2).　Only when the flesh has been dealt with, the self has been abandoned, and the natural constitution has been broken can we touch the reality of the Body—1 Cor. 12:12; Eph. 4:4-6.
3　认识身体对于单独乃是一种对付;所有不认识身体的人，都是单独的人──林前十二14~22。
3.　Knowing the Body is a dealing with individualism; all those who do not know the Body are individualists—1 Cor. 12:14-22.
4　认识身体的验证乃是不能单独，能知道别人不在身体里，并认识元首基督的权柄显在身体上的次序里──18节。
4.　The proofs that we know the Body are that we are unable to be individualistic, we can discern those who are not in the Body, and we recognize the authority of Christ the Head revealed in the order of the Body—v. 18.
5　“要带弟兄姊妹认识，召会这个身体里头的生命就是基督。这需要有专门职事的人，来作这一分的工作。……怎样带弟兄姊妹认识身体里面的生命，这也是一种专门的工作。”（长老治会，二四四页）
5.　"We have to help the brothers and sisters to know that the life within theBody, the church, is Christ. This requires some who have a special ministryto do this work…It is a special work to help the brothers and sisters to know the life in the Body" (The Elders' Management of the Church, pp. 223-224).
三　我们需要在实行上认识身体──20、27节，十五58：
C.　We need to know the Body in practice—vv. 20, 27; 15:58:
1　地方召会乃是基督的身体在某一地方的显出──一2，十32下，十二12~13、20、27：
1.　A local church is an expression of the Body of Christ in a particular locality—1:2; 10:32b; 12:12-13, 20, 27:
a　一个宇宙召会──基督的身体──成了许多地方召会──基督身体在地方上的显出──罗十二4~5，十六1。
a.　The one universal church—the Body of Christ—becomes the many local churches—the local expressions of the Body of Christ—Rom. 12:4-5;16:1.
b　基督独一的身体，彰显为众地方召会──弗四4，启一4、11。
b.　The unique Body of Christ is expressed as the local churches—Eph. 4:4; Rev. 1:4, 11.
c　每一个地方召会都是基督独一宇宙身体的一部分，是这身体在一个地方上的彰显──林前一2，十二27。
c.　Every local church is part of the unique, universal Body of Christ, a local expression of the Body—1 Cor. 1:2; 12:27.
2　我们若在生命和实行上认识身体，在我们的考量里，基督的身体应当是第一，地方召会应当是第二──罗十二4~5，十六1、4、16。
2.　If we know theBody in life andin practice, then in our consideration the Body will be first and the local churches will be second—Rom. 12:4-5;16:1, 4, 16.
贰　作长老与带领人的，应当领头持守身体的原则──十二4~5，林前十二12~13，弗四4~6：
II.　The elders and the leading ones should take the lead to keep the principles of the Body—12:4-5; 1 Cor. 12:12-13; Eph. 4:4-6:
一　身体是一个──罗十二4~5：
A.　The Body is one—Rom. 12:4-5:
1　身体只能存在并存活在一里──弗四3~4。
1.　The Body can exist and survive only in oneness—Eph. 4:3-4.
2　基督身体的一乃是神圣三一的一──约十七21、23。
2.　The oneness of the Body is the oneness of the Divine Trinity—John 17:21, 23.
3　保守一是我们基督徒行事为人的基本美德──弗四1~3。
3.　The keeping of the oneness is the primary virtue of our Christian walk—Eph. 4:1-3.
二　基督的身体就是基督;因此，我们若要在身体里，就必须成为基督──林前十二12，西三10~11：
B.　The Body of Christ is Christ; thus, if we would be in the Body, we must be made Christ—1 Cor. 12:12; Col. 3:10-11:
1　召会作为基督的身体乃是出于基督，且与基督是一──创二22~23，弗五23~32。
1.　The church as the Body of Christ comes out of Christ and is one withChrist—Gen. 2:22-23; Eph. 5:23-32.
2　信徒里面只有一样能形成基督身体的一部分，那就是基督──西一18，二19，三4、10~11、15。
2.　There is only one thing in a believer that forms a part of the Body of Christ—Christ—Col. 1:18; 2:19; 3:4, 10-11, 15.
3　身体乃是团体的基督;基督与召会是一个团体的基督，就是身体基督──林前十二12。
3.　The Body is the corporate Christ; Christ and the church are one corporateChrist, the Body-Christ—1 Cor. 12:12.
三　基督身体的功用乃是彰显基督──弗一22~23：
C.　The function of the Body is to express Christ—Eph. 1:22-23:
1　这位宇宙般伟大的基督，需要一个身体作祂的丰满，就是祂的彰显──22~23节。
1.　The universally great Christ needs a Body to be His fullness, His expression—vv. 22-23.
2　我们信徒在基督的身体里互相作肢体，乃是为着共同活基督而彰显基督──罗十二5。
2.　The purpose of the believers being members one of another in the Body of Christ is that we would live Christ and express Him together—Rom. 12:5.
四　十字架的工作终结于基督的身体，且把我们引进身体里──弗二16：
D.　The work of the cross consummates with the Body andushers us into theBody—Eph. 2:16:
1　十字架把我们引到身体，十字架也是在身体的范围里作工。
1.　The cross leads us to the Body and operates in the sphere of the Body.
2　己是身体的仇敌;只有当己借着十字架完全被对付，我们才能摸着身体的生命，而认识身体──太十六24~25，罗八13，十二4~5。
2.　The self is the enemy of the Body; only when our self has been utterly dealt with by the cross are we able to touch the life of the Body and come to know the Body—Matt. 16:24-25; Rom. 8:13; 12:4-5.
五　在身体里，只有基督是头──西一18，二19，弗一22，四15：
E.　In the Body only Christ is the Head—Col. 1:18; 2:19; Eph. 1:22; 4:15:
1　基督作头，意思就是惟有祂在身体上是有权柄的──西一18，二19。
1.　For Christ to be the Head means that only He has the authority in theBody—Col. 1:18; 2:19.
2　我们所想、所感觉、所作的，必须在头的权柄之下。
2.　Whatever we think, feel, and do must be under the authority of the Head.
六　神圣的交通就是活在基督身体里的实际──林前一9，十二13、27：
F.　The divine fellowship is the reality of living in the Body of Christ—1 Cor. 1:9;12:13, 27:
1　神圣的交通乃是在基督身体的众肢体之间，并经过他们的神圣生命之流;身体实际上是在交通里──约壹一3，启二二1。
1.　The divine fellowship is the flow of the divine life among and through all the members of the Body; the Body in a practical way is in the fellowship—1 John 1:3; Rev. 22:1.
2　交通调节我们，交通调整我们，交通使我们和谐，交通把我们调在一起──林前十二24。
2.　Fellowship tempers us, adjusts us, harmonizes us, and mingles us—1 Cor.12:24.
七　我们应当一直考虑到身体，顾到身体，尊重身体，并且作任何事都要对身体最有益处──23~27节：
G.　We should always consider the Body, care for the Body, honor the Body, and do what is best for the Body—vv. 23-27:
1　每当我们作一件事时，我们必须正确地考虑到身体;我们必须考虑身体对我们所作的会有怎样的感觉。
1.　Whenever we do something, we must have a proper consideration for theBody and care for how the Body would feel about what we are doing.
2　我们不该关心自己的益处，乃要关心身体和身体的建造──弗四16，林前十二23~27。
2.　We should be concerned not for our individual profit but for the Body and the building up of the Body—Eph. 4:16; 1 Cor. 12:23-27.