18所以我们必须注意基督的身体,过于注意地方召会。这不是说,我废掉了关于地方召会的教训。我们仍然需要这个教训。我们是人,就有物质的骨架,那是我们的身体。但身体本身只是个骨架,物质的身体里面需要有一个生命。今天召会也是这样。一面,召会的确有一个骨架—身体,但这骨架不是召会的性质、素质或元素。以弗所四章告诉我们,召会是基督的身体,在这召会里面有那灵、主和父(4~6)。父是身体的源头,主是身体的元素,那灵是身体的素质。这四个实体都建造在一起(李文集一九九四至一九九七年第一册,一三六至一三七、一四三至一四五页)。
18Therefore, we must pay much more attention to the Body of Christ than to the local churches. This does not mean that I annul the teaching of the local churches. We still need it. As a person, we have a physical frame. That is our body. But a body by itself is a carcass. A physical body needs an inner life. Today the church is the same. On the one hand, it does have a frame, a body, but this frame is not the nature, the essence, or the element of the church. Ephesians 4 tells us the church is the Body, and within this church is the Spirit, the Lord, and the Father (vv. 4-6). The Father is the source, the Lord is the element, and the Spirit is the essence of the Body. These four entities are built together. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 1, “The Practical Points concerning Blending,” pp. 110, 116-118)