17这不是说,我们该关闭众地方召会的门,那会使情况更糟。这好像说,既然我们不可能有大学,就让我们忘掉高中、初中、小学吧。那会使我们成为原始、落后的。……主恢复的最高峰,能真正、实际、真实完成神经纶的,不是叫神以有形的作法产生许多地方召会,乃是让神产生生机的身体作祂的生机体。我们都有物质的身体,但事实上我们的身体不是我们这人的实际。我的身体是我,但不是我这人的实际。照样,全球所建立的众召会是有形的骨架,但在众召会中间也许没有基督身体的实际。我们若对自己诚实,就必须承认这是我们今天的光景(李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第一册,一三七至一三九页)。
17This does not mean that we should close the doors of all the local churches. That would make the situation worse. This would be like saying that, since there is no possibility for us to have universities, let us forget about high school, junior high, and elementary school. That would make us primitive and backward. The highest peak of the Lord’s recovery that can really, practically, and actually carry out God’s economy is for God to produce not many local churches in a physical way but an organic Body to be His organism. We all have a physical body, but our body actually is not the reality of our being. My body is me, but it is not the reality of my being. Likewise, the churches set up around the globe are a physical frame, but among the churches there may be no reality of the Body of Christ. If we are honest with ourselves, we must admit that this is our situation today. (CWWL, 19941997, vol. 1, “The Practical Points concerning Blending,” pp. 111-112)