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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　周三
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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彼前二5 〔你们〕也就像活石，被建造成为属灵的殿……。
71 Pet. 2:5 You yourselves also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house...
8弗二21 在祂里面，全房联结一起，长成在主里的圣殿。
8Eph. 2:21 In whom all the building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord.
9照着保罗在提前三章十五节里的话，召会是神的家。家，原文也可译作家人。……神的家人，神的家庭就是神的家。家与家人是指同一样东西—由信徒组成的会集（弗二19，来三6）。这家是活神的居所，其实际是在我们的灵里（弗二22）。我们必须在我们的灵里生活行动，使神能在这家中显明为活的神（提摩太前书生命读经，六七页）。
9According to Paul’s word in 1 Timothy 3:15, the church is the house of God. The Greek word rendered “house” may also be translated “household.”...The household, the family, of God is the house of God. The house and the household are one thing—the assembly that is composed of the believers (Eph. 2:19; Heb. 3:6). The reality of this house as the dwelling place of the living God is in our spirit (Eph. 2:22). We must live and act in our spirit so that in this house God can be manifested as the living God. (Life-study of 1 Timothy, second edition, p. 55)
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10召会作神的家，乃是神的居所。以弗所二章二十二节说，“你们也在祂里面同被建造，成为神在灵里的居所。”……保罗是说在以弗所这地方的圣徒在基督里同被建造，成为神的居所。
10As the house of God, the church is the dwelling place of God. Ephesians 2:22 says, “In whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in spirit.”...Paul is saying that the local saints, the saints in Ephesus, were being built together in Christ into a dwelling place of God.
11召会，神在地上的居所，是神能得着安息并寄托的所在。神在这居所里生活行动，以成就祂的意愿并满足祂心里的渴望。
11The church, the dwelling place of God on earth, is the place in which God can have His rest and put His trust. In this dwelling place God lives and moves to accomplish His will and satisfy the desire of His heart.
12因着召会是神的居所，神就在其中得着彰显。……你是怎样的人，就借你的家得着显明。……在神的家，祂的居所里，神自己在地上得着彰显。这就是为什么提前三章十六节启示，召会是神显现于肉体。……神要在召会中实行祂新约的经纶，说出祂的渴望，并彰显祂的荣耀。凡祂所是、所作并祂所要达到的，都要在作祂居所的召会里显明并彰显出来。
12Because the church is God’s dwelling place, the church is where God expresses Himself...The kind of person you are is expressed by your house...In His house, His dwelling place, God expresses Himself on earth. This is the reason 1 Timothy 3:16 reveals that the church is God’s manifestation in the flesh...He wants to practice His New Testament economy, speak forth His desire, and manifest His glory in the church. All that He is, all that He is doing, and all that He wants to obtain are to be manifested, expressed, in the church as His dwelling place.
13以弗所二章二十二节告诉我们，神的居所是在信徒的灵里。在此保罗说我们“同被建造，成为神在灵里的居所”。这里的灵是指信徒有神的圣灵内住重生之人的灵。神的灵是居住者，不是居所；居所是信徒的灵。神的灵住在我们重生的灵里。因此，神的居所是在我们的灵里，我们的灵是神居住的所在。
13Ephesians 2:22 tells us that God’s dwelling place is in the believers’ spirit. Here Paul says that we are “being built together into a dwelling place of God in spirit.” This refers to the believers’ regenerated human spirit indwelt by God’s Holy Spirit. God’s Spirit is the Dweller, not the dwelling place. The dwelling place is in the believers’ spirit. God’s Spirit dwells in our regenerated spirit. Therefore, the dwelling place of God is in our spirit. Our spirit is the place of God’s habitation.
14我们都要清楚看见神的居所乃是在我们的灵里，不是在我们的心或心思里。看见我们有灵，并且神住在我们重生的灵里，这是很要紧的。如果我们不知道如何运用灵，就不可能明白任何有关神家的事，因为这家（神的居所）乃是在信徒的灵里。
14We all need to see clearly that God’s dwelling place is in our spirit, not in our heart or in our mind. Realizing that we have a spirit and that God dwells in our regenerated spirit is crucial. If we do not know how to exercise our spirit, it will be impossible for us to understand anything concerning God’s house, because this house, the dwelling place of God, is in the believers’ spirit.
15彼前二章五节……里“属灵的”，指明神的生命生活并长大（2）的性能。神的殿主要的是借神的生命得以维系，因此是属灵的殿。
15The word spiritual [in 1 Peter 2:5] denotes the qualification of the divine life that lives and grows (v. 2). The house of God subsists mainly by the divine life; hence, it is a spiritual house.
16我们是基督里的信徒，需要长大并变化，为着建造神属灵的殿。神在信徒身上的目标，是要得着属灵的石头所建造的殿；不是分开、离散的石头，甚至也不是仅仅聚在一起的一堆石头，乃是彼此建造起来的石头。因此，靠着神话语中滋养的奶（2~3），而从基督得喂养，不仅是为着生命长大，更是为着建造。长大是为着建造。虽然话奶是经由心思滋养魂的，最终却滋养我们的灵，使我们属灵而不属魂，适合于为神建造属灵的殿。
16As believers in Christ, we need to grow and be transformed for the building up of God’s spiritual house. God’s goal in the believers is to have a house built up with spiritual stones, not separated and scattered stones, not even a pile of stones merely gathered together, but stones built up with one another. Hence, feeding on Christ by the nourishing milk in the word of God (vv. 2-3) is not only for growing in life but also for building up. Growing is for building up. Although the nourishing milk of the word is for the soul through the mind, it eventually nourishes our spirit, making us not soulish but spiritual, suitable for building up a spiritual house for God.
17以弗所二章二十一节……里的“殿”原文指圣所，全殿的内部。因为神的建筑是活的，所以是在长大，长成圣殿。召会作神的家，其真实的建造，乃是借着信徒在生命里的长大。不仅如此，神的家作神的殿，即神的圣所，全部的建筑都是在主基督里（新约总论第七册，二一二至二一五页）。
17The Greek word translated “temple” [in Ephesians 2:21] denotes the sanctuary, the inner part of the temple. Because God’s building is a living one, it is growing...into a holy temple. The actual building of the church as the house of God is by the growth in life of the believers. Furthermore, the entire building of God’s house as His temple, His sanctuary, is in Christ the Lord. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 2229-2231)
18参读：提摩太前书生命读经，第六篇。
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今日要点
19主题：借着召会生活，使神继续显现于肉体
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20引经：林前十四24~25
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211.头和身体都是敬虔的奥秘，神显现于肉体：
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22a.事实上，保罗说到16节「祂显现于肉体」以先，是说到召会是活神的家，然后16节开头说到「并且，大哉，敬虔的奥秘，...祂显现于肉体」，16节的「并且」指明，保罗论到召会的话还没结束，召会不仅是活神的家，不仅是真理的柱石和根基，并且，召会也是大哉！敬虔的奥秘！
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23B.所以根据上下文以及连接词，保罗似乎有意向我们指明，不仅作头的基督自己是神显现于肉体，连作基督身体和神家的召会，也是神显现于肉体，敬虔的奥秘，基督是敬虔的奥秘，将那是生命的神在祂人性的肉体中活出来，照样，召会是敬虔的奥秘，也就是祂在召会中活出来，得着了彰显。
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242.召会生活该是神在肉体显现：
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25A.在提前三16，保罗用代名词『祂』，含示敬虔的奥秘不仅是一件事，而是一个人，也就是在大马色的路上，保罗所看见的第一个异象，一个团体的大我，这人就是作头的基督同祂的身体，作头的基督乃是敬虔的奥秘，神显现于肉体，照样，作身体的召会，也是敬虔的奥秘，神显现于肉体。
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26B.因此，召会生活不是人表现、彰显自我的地方，而是神的彰显，敬虔的奥秘就是正当的照会生活，在林前十四24~25，当神借着我们的申言，被说出来，说到人里面时，不信的人就会被劝服和审明，心里的隐藏情形也被显露，而会敬拜神，说，神真是在你们中间，这也就是神在肉体显现的召会生活。
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