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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　周二
纲目
1二 在说到召会是神的家时，保罗特别说到神是活神——提前三15：
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21 活在召会里的活神，对召会必是主观的，不是仅仅客观的——林前三16。
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32 因为神是活的，召会作神的家也就在祂里面、凭祂并同祂活着。
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43 活的神与活的召会，同活着、同行动、同工作。
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5三 召会作神的家，乃是神的居所——是神能得着安息并奇托的所在——弗二22。
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6四 召会是神的家，父的家，乃是扩大、宇宙、神人二性的合并，作为基督为父用神圣的荣耀所荣耀的结果——约十二23，十三31~32，十四20。
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晨兴喂养
Morning Nourishment
7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。
71 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.
8林前三16 岂不知你们是神的殿，神的灵住在你们里面么？
81 Cor. 3:16 Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
9召会作为神的居所，乃是神的家，和祂的家人，祂的家庭。在旧约中，殿和神的百姓是两件分开的事，但是在新约的应验里，居所和家庭乃是一。按照神新约的经纶，神的家就是祂的家庭。……希伯来三章六节……说到“基督为儿子，治理神的家；我们……便是祂的家了。”在旧约时代，神的家就是以色列家（利二二18，民十二7），由他们中间的帐幕或殿所象征（出二五8，结三七26~27）。今天神的家乃是召会。作神百姓的以色列人，乃是我们新约信徒的预表（林前九24~十11）。他们的历史就是召会的预表（新约总论第七册，二一○页）。
9As God’s dwelling place, the church is both God’s house and His household, His family. In the Old Testament the temple and God’s people were two separate things, but in the fulfillment in the New Testament the dwelling place and the family are one. According to God’s New Testament economy, God’s house is His family. Hebrews 3:6...refers to “Christ...as a Son over His house, whose house we are.” In Old Testament times, the house of God was the house of Israel (Lev. 22:18; Num. 12:7), symbolized by the tabernacle or the temple among them (Exo. 25:8; Ezek. 37:26-27). Today the house of God is the church. The children of Israel, as people of God, are a type of us, the New Testament believers (1 Cor. 9:24—10:11). Their history is a prefigure of the church. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, p. 2227)
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Today’s Reading
10召会有双重的功用：对基督，召会是身体；对神，召会是家。基督是头，召会是这头的身体，这是召会的一个功用。神是父，召会是祂的家，这是召会的另一个功用。……召会是基督的身体，乃是一个生机体；同样，召会是神的家，乃是一个活的实体，活的家。
10The church has a twofold function. To Christ, the church is the Body; to God, the church is the house. Christ is the Head, and the church is the Body of the Head. This is one function of the church. God is the Father, and the church is His house. This is another function of the church...The church as the Body of Christ is an organism. In like manner, the church as the house of God is a living entity, a living house.
11彼前四章十七节是说到召会是神的家的另一处经节：“因为时候到了，审判要从神的家起首。”这里我们看见，管教的审判要从神自己的家起首。神的家，或家人，就是由信徒组成的召会。神从这家，就是祂自己的家起首，借着对自己儿女管教的审判，施行祂行政的管理，使祂有坚定的立场，在祂宇宙的国度里，审判那些不信从祂福音，以及背叛祂行政的人。
11First Peter 4:17, another verse that refers to the church as the house of God, says, “It is time for the judgment to begin from the house of God.”...God’s house, or household, is the church composed of the believers. From this house, as His own house, God begins His governmental administration by His disciplinary judgment over His own children, that He may have strong ground to judge, in His universal kingdom, those who are disobedient to His gospel and rebellious to His government.
12在说到召会是神的家时，保罗特别说到神是活神。活在召会里的活神，对召会必是主观的，不是仅仅客观的。……因为神是活的，召会也就在祂里面、凭祂并同祂活着。活的神与活的召会，同活着、同行动、同工作。活的召会是活神的家。因此，在我们的聚会、事奉和服事中，我们要给人一种印象：活的神在我们中间活着、行动、说话并活动。
12In speaking of the church as the house of God, Paul specifically refers to God as the living God. The living God who lives in the church must be subjective to the church and not merely objective...Because God is living, the church is also living in Him, by Him, and with Him. A living God and a living church live, move, and work together. The living church is the house of the living God. Therefore, in our meetings, service, and ministry we should give people the impression that the living God is living, moving, speaking, and acting among us.
13召会，活神的家，乃是活在父的名里和父的生命里，意即召会是活在父的实际里。神的家是一个活的组成，由许多在父的生命和实际里的儿女所组成。这就是说哪里有神的家，哪里就有父神同祂的生命和实际。这与召会是基督的身体相同。基督与祂身体的肢体不是分开的，因为基督作身体的头，乃是住在众肢体里面。因此，基督不该算作身体上分开的肢体，因为祂在身体的所有肢体里面。召会是神的家原则也是一样。父不是家人中分开的一员，乃是在所有的儿女里面。
13The church, the house of the living God, is living in the Father’s name and in the Father’s life. This means that the church is living in the Father’s reality. God’s house is a living composition of His many children in the Father’s life and reality. This means that where the house of God is, there is God the Father with His life and reality. This is similar to the church being the Body of Christ. Christ is not separate from the members of the Body, for, as the Head of the Body, Christ dwells in all the members. For this reason, Christ should not be counted as a separate member of the Body, because He is in all the members of the Body. The principle is the same with the church as God’s house. The Father is not a separate member of the household, the house, but is in all the children.
14召会的身分的第一个特点，就是召会是从世界中召出来的会众。第二个特点是召会是神的家，由那些神所生的人组成。……为要成为会集，我们需要被圣别，就是从世界被分别出来。然而要成为神家的一分子，我们需要从神而生。任何不是神所生的人，都不能成为祂家（家庭）的一部分（新约总论第七册，二一一至二一二页）。
14The first characteristic of the status of the church is that it is an assembly called out of the world. The second characteristic is that the church is God’s house composed of those who have been born of God...In order to be the assembly, we need to be sanctified, that is, separated from the world. But to be a component of the house of God, we need to be born of God. Anyone who has not been born of God cannot be part of His house, part of His family. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 2227-2229)
15参读：新约总论，第一百六十一、三百六十三篇。
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今日要点
16主题：借着神人合并，使神显现于肉体
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17引经：西二9，约十四10
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181.享受丰富，成为丰满：
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19A.神的喜悦和心愿，乃是要得着许多儿子，作祂儿子的彰显，使祂在子里借着那灵彰显出来，这样的彰显，保罗在西二9用了「丰满」一词，他说，神格一切的丰满，都有形有体的居住在基督里面，神格一切的丰满，也是指整个的神格，完整的神，因此，住在基督里面的，不是1/3的神，而是完整的三一神。
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20B.而西二9的「丰满」，这字原文跟翻译作「丰富」的原文有关，但并非同一个字，因此，丰满，不是指神的丰富，乃是指神的丰富彰显出来，神丰富的彰显，那居住在基督里面的，是完整的三一神所是之丰富的彰显，父子灵的丰满，都具体化身在基督里面。
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212.借着神人合并，神显现于肉体：
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22A.神格一切的丰满，有形有体的居住在基督里面，意思就是，三一神具体化身在祂里面，约十四10指出，三一神是一神，却有三方面的讲究，三者同时共存，并且互相内在，借著成为肉体，神圣的合并，就是神在祂的神圣三一里互相内在成为一而一同作工，就被带到人性里，所以基督乃是三一神与三部分人的合并。
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23B.神显现于肉体，乃是神过人性的生活，主使永远、无限、看不见、荣耀、无所不能、无所不知、无所不在的神，借着必死的、有限的、看得见的、没有荣耀的、在能力、知识、同在上都受到限制的人身上，得着彰显，这就是主在地上时，祂作为神在肉体的显现，外面看是拿撒勒人耶稣，但人却能借着祂摸着神。
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