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召会的功用（一）活神的家以及真理的柱石和根基

第八篇 召会的功用（一）活神的家以及真理的柱石和根基

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第八周　周一
1读经：提前三15，林前一2，三16~17，十32，十一16，弗二19、21~22
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纲目
2壹 “神的家〞是形容召会，“真理的柱石和根基”也是形容召会；“神的家”以及“真理的柱石和根基〞都是描述召会是什么——提前三15。
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3贰 召会乃是神的家——林前一2，十32，十一16:
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4一 〝神的召会”这辞指明召会是神所拥有的，也指明召会有神的性情，并以神的元素所构成——徒二十28，加一13。
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5二 召会是“神的”，因为召会是神作源头所产生的，并有神为其神圣、宇宙并永远的性质和素质——林前三16~17。
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6三 召会的内容在素质一面乃是神自己——十32。
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7叁 神的召会乃是活神的家——提前三15：
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8一 神的家就是神的家人——弗二19：
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91 居所(家）和家庭（家人）都是一个实体，乃是一班蒙召、重生并由神自己内住的人——彼前一3，二5，林前三16。
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102 基督与祂身体上的肢体不是分开的，乃是住在他们里面；照样，父不是在祂家人中分开的一员，乃是在祂所有的儿女里面——罗八16，十二4~5，林前三16。
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113 神的家在神圣的生命上是生机的，在神圣的性情上是生机的，并且在三一神里是生机的——弗四18，彼后一4，太二八19。
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124 因为召会是生机的，所以召会能生长——弗二21。
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晨兴喂养
Morning Nourishment
13徒二十28 圣灵立你们作全群的监督，你们就当为自己谨慎，也为全群谨慎，牧养神的召会，就是祂用自己的血所买来的。
13Acts 20:28 Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among whom the Holy Spirit has placed you as overseers to shepherd the church of God, which He obtained through His own blood.
14弗二21 在祂里面，全房联结一起，长成在主里的圣殿。
14Eph. 2:21 In whom all the building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord.
15保罗在林前一章二节说到“在哥林多神的召会”。召会是由宇宙的神所构成的，却存在于地上的许多地方，哥林多就是其中之一。就性质说，召会在神里面是宇宙性的；但就实行说，召会在一个确定的地方是地方性的。……保罗对召会的描写是美妙的。然而，基督徒却没有充分地注意。……“神的召会”一辞指明召会有神的性情，她是由神的元素构成的。因此，召会是神的；这是召会宇宙的一面（哥林多前书生命读经，一○至一一页）。
15In 1 Corinthians 1:2 Paul speaks of “the church of God which is in Corinth.” The church is constituted of the universal God, but it exists on earth in many localities, one of which was Corinth. In nature the church is universal in God, but in practice the church is local in a definite place. Paul’s description of the church is marvelous. However, Christians have not paid adequate attention to it...The expression the church of God indicates that the church has the nature of God, that it is constituted of the element of God. Therefore, the church is of God. This is the universal aspect of the church. (Life-study of 1 Corinthians, second edition, p. 8)
信息选读
Today’s Reading
16召会……是神的家（彼前二5—殿，直译，家）。……在原文，“家”的意思不仅指房子、住处，也指家人。家是指房子，也是指家庭、亲人。因此，原文同一个字也可译为“家里的亲人”（弗二19）。
16The church is...the house of God (1 Pet. 2:5)...[In] Greek [the] word oikos means not only the house, the dwelling, but also the household. Oikos means both the house and also the folks, the family, that make up the household; thus, it may also be translated as “household” (Eph. 2:19).
17今天神在地上的居所乃是召会，并且神这位伟大的父有一个家庭，就是召会。……对我们而言，房子是一回事，家庭是另一回事；房子是建筑物，家庭是住在那里的人。不过，神的房屋和神的家庭是一样的。房屋就是家庭，家庭也就是房屋。
17God’s dwelling place today on earth is the church, and God, as such a great Father, has a family, which is the church...To us the house is one thing, and the family another; the house is the building, and the family is the people who live there. God’s house and God’s family, however, are the same. The house is the family, and the family is the house.
18神的房屋和神的家庭是一个实体，就是一班重生、蒙召的人，由神自己所内住。这些蒙召的人，由神用祂的生命所重生，并由这位活神带着祂的一切所是来内住，他们既是神的居所，也是神的家庭。这……与人群组织不同。这是个生机体—在神圣的生命里是生机的，在神圣的性情里是生机的，在三一神里面也是生机的。
18Both the house of God and the family of God are one entity, that is, a group of regenerated, called ones, indwelt by God Himself. These called ones, who have been regenerated by God with His life and who are being indwelt by this living God with all that He is, are both God’s dwelling place and His family...This is different from a group or organization of people. This is something organic—organic in the divine life, organic in the divine nature, and organic in the Triune God.
19有些人非常强调艾克利西亚，却不怎么留意召会生机的一面。他们不常说到召会是神的家庭。虽然如此，我们必须晓得召会是生机的，是神活的家。保罗说，召会是活神的家（提前三15），这家会长大（弗二21）。……会长大的东西必定是活的。……凡是会长大的，都是有生命的生机体。阿利路亚，我们是在渐渐长大！
19Some stressed the ekklesia very much, but they did not pay much attention to the organic aspect of the church. They did not say much about the church as God’s family. We must realize, though, that the church is organic; it is the living house of God. Paul says that the church is the house of the living God (1 Tim. 3:15) and that this house grows (Eph. 2:21)...For something to grow, it must be living...Anything that grows is organic, with life. Hallelujah, we are growing!
20一九六四年，我到德州平景镇（Plainview）去探望一小群圣徒。一九六五年，我到德州维口（Waco）去探望另一个小团体。若没有信心，我会完全失望。消息传到纽约，有一位和我同工多年的亲爱弟兄对另一位弟兄说，他不相信德州这些小团体会持续下去。一九六八年，我到拉巴克（Lubbock）去，我没有看见一个大召会；我所看见的，相当需要信心。因着祂的怜悯，我的确有信心。一九六九年，德州的圣徒迁到休斯顿，我去探望他们。那里的情况有些令人鼓舞，但不完全是如此。然而，一九八二、一九八三年，我访问欧文，令我非常兴奋。德州众召会长大了许多，因为召会是活的。召会是活神的活家，不是组织的东西，乃是生命的东西；因此，召会是凭着生命而长大（李常受文集一九八三年第三册，五五六至五五八页）。
20In 1964 I went to Plainview, Texas, to visit a small group of saints. Then in 1965 I went to Waco, Texas, to visit another small group. Without faith I would have been fully disappointed. When the news went to New York, a dear brother with whom I had been co-working for a number of years said to another brother that he did not believe that these small groups in Texas would last. In 1968 I went to Lubbock, Texas. I did not see a big church; rather, I saw something that needed much faith. By His mercy I did have that faith. Then the saints in Texas moved to Houston in 1969, and I went to visit them. The situation there was somewhat encouraging but not entirely so. My visits to Irving, however, in 1982 and 1983 made me excited. There has been much growth among the churches in Texas because the church is something living. It is the living house of the living God. It is not something of organization but something of life; thus, its growth is by life. (CWWL, 1983, vol. 3, “The Basic Revelation in the Holy Scriptures,” pp. 426-427)
21神的居所就是祂的家人，祂的家庭；祂的家庭是借着神的生育而产生的。……至终，神的儿女要长成祂成熟的儿子，还要成为后嗣（新约总论第七册，二一六页）。
21God’s dwelling place is His household, His family, and His family comes into being by God’s begetting...Eventually, God’s children will grow up to be His mature sons, and then they will become heirs. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, p. 2232)
22参读：恢复基督在召会中作一切，第八章；李常受文集一九六八年第二册，七五八至七六一页。
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今日要点
23主题：基督借着否认己，活神圣生命，而将神显现于肉体
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24引经：提前三16，约一14
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251.完整的神显现于肉体：
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26a.保罗在提前三16节说，「大哉！敬虔的奥秘！...就是：祂显现于肉体，」敬虔这词我们几周前说过，意思是『像神』，因此，本节指明人可以有神的样子、彰显和显现，敬虔的奥秘意思就是，神在祂的奥秘（基督）里，得以显现并彰显于肉体—人，因此，神的显现，首先是在基督里，在肉体里个别的显现。
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27b.新约不是说只有神的儿子，只有1/3的神成为肉体，乃是父、子、灵，完整的神显现于肉体，这是借着基督在成肉体的时期的职事里所成就的，祂把无限的神带到有限的人里面，借著成为肉体，神圣的合并—神在祂的三一里互相内在成为一而一同作工—被带到人性里，所以基督乃是三一神与三部分人的合并。
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282.主借着活神圣生命而将神显现于肉体：
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29a.约翰的著作也启示这点，在约一1，14，话，就是神，成了肉体，这意即在人的样式和样子里，话是神的解释、说明和彰显，因此，那成为肉体的话—神显现于肉体—乃是神在肉体里的解释、说明和彰显，当祂这神人活在地上的时候，祂不是凭着祂从马利亚所得之属人的生命，而是凭着祂从圣灵得之神圣的生命。
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30B.主一直拒绝己，就是拒绝属人的生命，把祂属人的生命一直摆在十字架底下而活着，祂的为人生活不是彰显人性的生命，而是彰显神圣的生命，使神圣的属性成为人性的美德，这就是保罗在提前三15说到，基督是神显现于肉体的意思，这是第一个神人作为原型的生活，为着产生我们作为祂的大量复制。
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