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在神的家中当怎样行—操练自己以至于敬虔

第五篇 在神的家中当怎样行—操练自己以至于敬虔

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第五周　周一
1读经：提前三15上、16上，四7下~8，六3，提后一7，四22，多一1
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纲目
2壹 “我将这些事写给你，······你也可以知道在神的家中当怎样行”——提前三14~15上：
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3一 保罗所服事给提摩太的，完全是关于在召会中当怎样行——3~5、18~19。
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4二 我们在召会中行事为人的路，乃是借着成为爱慕神话语的人——三15上，参约六63、68。
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5三 我们要知道在召会生活中当怎样行，就必须遵循这两个管治原则：尊重基督的元首权柄，以及担负真理——西二19，弗四15。
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6四 我们要在神的家——召会——中有正确的行事为人，就需要顾到健康的教训——提后四3~4。
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7五 我们必须在我们的灵里生活行动，使神能在召会中显明为活的神——约四23~24，林前六17，提前三15~16。
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晨兴喂养
Morning Nourishment
8提前三15 倘若我耽延，你也可以知道在神的家中当怎样行；这家就是活神的召会，真理的柱石和根基。
81 Tim. 3:15 But if I delay, I write that you may know how one ought to conduct himself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and base of the truth.
9西二19 ……持定元首；本于祂，全身借着节和筋，得了丰富的供应，并结合一起，就以神的增长而长大。
9Col. 2:19 And not holding the Head, out from whom all the Body, being richly supplied and knit together by means of the joints and sinews, grows with the growth of God.
10保罗所服事给提摩太的，完全是关于在堕落的时期，在召会中当怎样行。关于在神的家中当怎样行，……〔以下是其中〕两个点。首先，……我们必须尊重基督的元首权柄。无论我们是什么、作什么、说什么，都该在一种灵里，就是尊重基督的元首权柄。尊重基督的元首权柄会保护我们，在召会生活中免于许多错误。……今天基督教的主要问题，就是不顾基督的元首权柄。……第二件事乃是，全召会都是真理的柱石和根基（提前三15）。不只领头的人，乃是召会中每一个肢体都应该实行真理，认识真理，使我们能成为柱石，在这个黑暗的世代中担负神的真理。我们要知道在召会生活中当怎样行，就必须遵循这两个管治原则：尊重基督的元首权柄，以及担负真理（李常受文集一九七八年第二册，八五四至八五五页）。
10What Paul ministered to Timothy was entirely concerning how to conduct himself in the church in a time of degradation...Two points concerning how to conduct ourselves in the house of God [are], first,...we must respect the headship of Christ. Whatever we are, do, and say should be in a spirit that respects the headship of Christ. Respecting the headship of Christ safeguards us from many kinds of mistakes in the church life...The main problem with Christianity today is that it disregards the headship of Christ...The second matter...is that the entire church is the pillar and base of the truth (1 Tim. 3:15). Not the leading ones only but every member in the church should practice to know the truth so that we can be a pillar to bear God’s truth in this dark age. Respecting the headship of Christ and bearing the truth are two governing principles we must follow in order to know how to conduct ourselves in the church life. (CWWL, 1978, vol. 2, “Crucial Principles for the Christian Life and the Church Life,” p. 625)
信息选读
Today’s Reading
11我们要在神的家—召会—中有正确的行事为人，也需要顾到健康的教训。提后四章三至四节说，“因为时候要到，那时人必容不下健康的教训，反而耳朵发痒，随着自己的情欲，给自己堆积起教师来；并且转耳离弃真理，偏向虚构无稽之事。”用“容”（tolerate）这个字是指忍受某种苦难。对某些人而言，健康的教训成了他们必须忍受的事物。……〔他们〕可能比较喜欢听那些能搔他们发痒耳朵的教训。我们在召会中的行事为人，不该照着我们发痒的耳朵，反而需要照着健康的教训。
11In order to properly conduct ourselves in the house of God, the church, we also need to take care of the healthy teaching. Second Timothy 4:3-4 says, “The time will come when they will not tolerate the healthy teaching; but according to their own lusts they will heap up to themselves teachers, having itching ears, and they will turn away their ear from the truth and will be turned aside to myths.” The word tolerate is used to indicate enduring some kind of suffering. To some the healthy teaching becomes something that must be tolerated...Such ones may prefer to hear teachings that will tickle their itching ears. We need to conduct ourselves in the church not according to our itching ears but according to the healthy teaching.
12一种教训是令人厌烦或是帮人搔痒并不重要；我们需要思考的乃是，到底这是不是健康的教训？……召会中的教训必须是健康的。为着我们在召会生活中的行事为人，只听健康的教训是另一个管治原则。保罗在三卷提字书里，七次用到“健康的教训”、“健康的话”、“健康话语”和“健康言语”这些辞（提前一10，六3，提后一13，四3，多一9，二1、8）。他知道当召会生活堕落时，人会厌烦健康的教训，偏好那些能搔他们发痒耳朵的教训。……我们的行事为人不该照着意见、好恶，而需要按着健康的教训。我们应该接受并应用任何在属灵上健康的教训，拒绝任何不健康的教训。正确的教训不在于合乎我们的口味，而在于是否健康。
12Whether a teaching is boring or tickling does not mean anything; we need to consider only whether or not it is a healthy teaching...The teaching in the churches must be healthy. Heeding only healthy teaching is another governing principle for our conduct in the church life. Paul used the terms healthy teaching, healthy words, and healthy speech seven times in the Epistles to Timothy and Titus (1 Tim. 1:10; 6:3; 2 Tim. 1:13; 4:3; Titus 1:9; 2:1, 8). He knew that when the church life is in degradation, people will be bored of the healthy teaching and will prefer to have their ears tickled...We need to conduct ourselves not according to our opinion or our likes or dislikes but according to the healthy teaching. We should receive and apply any teaching that is spiritually healthy, and we need to reject any teaching that is not healthy. The proper teaching is not a matter of our taste but a matter of what is healthy.
13保罗在提前一章三至四节写道：“我往马其顿去的时候，曾劝你仍住在以弗所，好嘱咐那几个人，不可教导与神的经纶不同的事，也不可注意虚构无稽之事，和无穷的家谱；这等事只引起辩论，对于神在信仰里的经纶并无助益。”我们不该教导任何与神的经纶不同的事。“经纶”（economy）这个辞是一个英语化的希腊辞，表示一种安排，管家职分，或是为着分赐的一种行政。按照新约的启示，神有一个经纶，要将祂自己在基督里分赐到祂所拣选的人里面，而产生召会，就是基督的身体（李常受文集一九七八年第二册，八六○至八六一、八五五页）。
13In 1 Timothy 1:3-4 Paul wrote, “Even as I exhorted you, when I was going into Macedonia, to remain in Ephesus in order that you might charge certain ones not to teach different things nor to give heed to myths and unending genealogies, which produce questionings rather than God’s economy, which is in faith.” We should not teach anything that is different from God’s economy. The word economy is an anglicized Greek word, denoting a dispensation, a stewardship, or an administration to dispense something. According to the revelation of the New Testament, God has an economy to dispense Himself in Christ into His chosen people to produce the church, the Body of Christ. (CWWL, 1978, vol. 2, “Crucial Principles for the Christian Life and the Church Life,” pp. 629-630, 625-626)
14参读：基督徒生活与召会生活极重要的原则，第八章；完成神永远定旨的生活，第二章。
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今日要点
15主题：在神的家中当怎样行
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16引经：提前三15，西二19
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171.保罗要提摩太知道在神的家中当怎样行：
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18A.在那个堕落的时期，保罗在提前开头提到神的经纶，乃是因着神有一个经纶，要将祂自己在基督里分赐到祂所拣选的人里面，以产生召会，他嘱咐提摩太注意这个，而到了三章15~16，保罗渴望去以弗所亲自处理难处，但他说，倘若我耽延，你也可以知道在神的家中当怎样行，这家就是活神的召会，真理的柱石和根基。
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19B.保罗所服事给提摩太的，完全是关于在召会中当怎样行，而根据这段经文，先说到神的家，活神的召会，这指明召会乃是神的，这含示基督的元首权柄，我们必须尊重基督的元首权柄，后面接着说到真理的柱石和根基，这指明召会所有肢体都该认识真理、实行真理，使我们成为柱石，而担负神圣的真理。
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202.神的家要健康，就需要有健康的教训：
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21A.召会不是组织，召会乃是活神的家，基督的身体，是一个生机体，因此，要这个生机体健康，就需要健康的教训，要在神的家中有正确的行事为人，需要顾到健康的教训，在提后保罗说到那些教导与神经纶不同的人，他们容不下健康的教训，指出他们听不下、无法容忍健康的教训，这样的地步。
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22B.保罗在三提书中有七次提到『健康的』，他知道召会堕落时，人会厌烦健康的教训，但惟有健康的教训供应生命，使人经历西二19，持定元首，本于元首，而得着从神来的分赐供应，而使肢体结合一起，以神的增长而长大，带进基督身体的建造。
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23应用：就像要辨识假钞，就需要多摸真钞一样，若要拒绝不健康的教训，最快的路就是追求健康的教训，每一次一年七次特会训练、弟兄姊妹集调，祷研背讲等追求，不仅把握参加，更在每天的追求上，能够花时间和代价进入。
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