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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　周四
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1肆 主要祂的召会认识祂是真理，接受并享受祂作生命——约壹一1~2、5~6，约十一25，十四6，十八37下：
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2一 “真理〞意即实际，指神的话里所启示一切真实的事物，主要的是指作神具体化身的基督，以及作基督身体的召会——提前二4，西二9、19。
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3二 召会乃是在基督里用神圣的生命建造的，这生命是不能毁坏、不能征服的，并且能抵挡来自任何源头的致死败落——提前一16，六12、19，提后一1、10，多一2，三7。
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4三 真理和生命，二者都是基督自己——约十四6：
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51 生命是里面、内在的成分；真理是外在的解释、说明——一4，十八37下，八12、32、36，十七17。
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62 经历主作生命，乃是包藏在主作为真理里；我们要经历主作生命，就必须认识真理——十四6，十一25，八32、36。
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7四 召会的内容，必须是基督作真理、作生命，而从我们里面长出来的——西二19，三4:
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晨兴喂养
Morning Nourishment
8约十四6 耶稣说，我就是道路、实际、生命……。
8John 14:6 Jesus said to him, I am the way and the reality and the life...
9十七17 求你用真理圣别他们，你的话就是真理。
917:17 Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.
10在提后二章十九节保罗宣告：“……神坚固的根基立住了，上面有这印记说，主认识属于祂的人。又说，凡称呼主名的人，总要离开不义。”……这里的根基并非指基督是召会的根基，乃指召会是真理的根基〔参15、18、25〕。这与“真理的根基”相符，这根基托住真理（提前三15），特别是基督复活的真理（徒四33）。
10In 2 Timothy 2:19 Paul declares, “...The firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, The Lord knows those who are His, and, Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from unrighteousness.”...The foundation here does not refer to Christ as the foundation of the church but to the church as the foundation of the truth [cf. vv. 15, 18, 25]. This corresponds with the base of the truth, which holds the truth (1 Tim. 3:15), especially the truth of the resurrection of Christ (Acts 4:33).
11召会乃是在基督里用神圣的生命建造的。这生命是不能毁坏、不能征服的（来七16，徒二24），并能抵挡来自任何源头的致死败落。因此，召会是神坚固的根基，永远立住，抵挡一切的异端。无论怎样的异端进来，或毒疮如何扩大蔓衍，这坚固的根基已经立住了（提摩太后书生命读经，三八至三九页）。
11The church is built with the divine life in Christ, a life that is indestructible, unconquerable (Heb. 7:16; Acts 2:24), and able to withstand decline into death from any source. Hence, the church is the firm foundation of God that stands forever against any heresy. No matter what kind of heresies may come in or how extensively the gangrene may spread, this firm foundation stands. (Lifestudy of 2 Timothy, second edition, pp. 31-32)
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Today’s Reading
12主的恢复主要是基于四个支柱：第一是真理，第二是生命，第三是召会，第四是福音。基督教所以落下去，就是因为失去了真理，缺少了生命。圣经告诉我们，主自己就是真理，主自己也是生命。主耶稣在约翰十四章六节说，“我就是道路、实际、生命。”这里的实际就是真理。换句话说，主说祂自己是生命和真理。
12The Lord’s recovery is mainly founded upon four pillars: the truth, life, the church, and the gospel. The reason Christianity is degraded is that it has lost the truth and is short of life. The Bible tells us that the Lord Himself is the truth and the life. In John 14:6 the Lord Jesus said, “I am the way and the reality and the life.” In this verse the reality is the truth. Thus, the Lord said that He Himself is the life and the truth.
13真理和生命，二者都是主自己，但各有不同的讲究。其中的分别在于，真理是外在的解释、说明；生命是我们里面、内在的内容。主在我们里面作我们的生命，这个经历需要一个说明，这说明就是真理。如果我们照着这个说明接受主，我们就得着生命。因此，我们若要经历并享受主作生命，就必须认识真理。从另一面来说，主作生命，乃是包藏在主作为真理里。所以我们若对主的真理不清楚、不明白、不认识，就无法享受主作我们的生命。因这缘故，我们必须花够多的工夫学习真理。
13Both the truth and the life are the Lord Himself, but they are two different aspects of what He is. The difference is that the truth is an outward definition and explanation, and life is the inward and intrinsic content. The Lord is in us as our life, but the experience of life needs an explanation. This explanation is the truth. If we receive the Lord according to this explanation, we have life. Hence, in order to experience and enjoy the Lord as life, we must know the truth. The experience of the Lord as life is contained in the Lord as the truth. If we are not clear about the truth and do not understand or know the truth, we will have no way to enjoy the Lord as our life. For this reason we must spend an adequate amount of time to learn the truth.
14主没有把我们留在黑暗中，今天祂的真理，都在……圣经里面。我们必须领悟，这一本圣经乃是一本生命的书；圣经所以是生命的书，在于其内容全是真理。凡经历过的基督徒都承认，没有一个人不认识圣经，不懂得圣经中的真理，而能享受主作生命。……我们若要得着并享受主作生命，就必须来到圣经跟前，得着其中的真理。圣经里所有的真理，都是我们属灵生命的粮食。……圣经所有的知识，都是真理，而这些真理都包藏着生命。我们读圣经，如果只研读字面，而不深究其内在的真理，就得不着生命。所以每一个读圣经的人，都必须透过圣经的字面，才能看见字面里所带给人的真理。……生命读经的出版，就是为着帮助我们进到圣经字句的深处。……凡好好研读过生命读经的人，都有相当的经历；因为生命读经把他们带到圣经的真理中，使他们从其中得着真实生命的供应。
14The Lord has not left us in darkness. Today all His truths are contained in the Bible...We must realize that the Bible is a book of life. The reason the Bible is a book of life is that its entire content is truth. All experienced Christians confess that no one can enjoy Christ as life if he does not know the Bible or understand the truth in the Bible...We must come to the Bible to receive the truth that is in it if we want to receive and enjoy the Lord as life. All the truths in the Bible are food for our spiritual life. All the knowledge contained in the Bible is in fact truth, and in this truth, life is concealed. When we read the Bible, if we study only the letter but not the intrinsic truth within, we will not receive life. Hence, every Bible reader has to see the truth that is conveyed through the letter of the Word. Once we see the truth, we will spontaneously touch life. The Life-studies have been published to help us enter into the depths of the letter of the Word...The Life-studies bring us into the biblical truths, from which we may receive the genuine life supply.
15今天主的恢复，就是恢复真理和生命。我们都知道，基督教所以落下去，就是因为失去了真理和生命，结果许多人的办法和世界的组织就都产生了。这些都不是主所要的。主不要组织，也不要人的办法；主乃是要祂的召会认识祂是真理，接受并享受祂作生命。召会里一切的内容，都必须是基督作真理、作生命，而从我们里面长出来的（李常受文集一九八四年第五册，五四三至五四五页）。
15Today the Lord’s recovery is a recovery of the truth and of life. We all know that the decline of Christianity is due to the fact that it has lost both the truth and life. This loss of the truth and life eventually produced many human methods and worldly organizations, which are not what the Lord wants. The Lord does not want any organization or human method. Instead, He wants His church to know Him as the truth and to receive and enjoy Him as life. The entire content of the church must be the growth of Christ in us as truth and life. (CWWL, 1984, vol. 5, “Truth, Life, the Church, and the Gospel—the Four Great Pillars in the Lord’s Recovery,” pp. 415-416)
16参读：读出圣经的本色与中心，第二至三篇。
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今日要点
17主题：召会的功用乃是神显现于肉体
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18引经：弗二19，弗一22~23
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191.召会也是敬虔的奥秘：
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20A.按照提前三16的次序，也含示着召会作为敬虔的奥秘，也是神显现于肉体，因为保罗不仅说到被称义于灵里、被天使看见、被传于万邦、被信仰于世人中，保罗最后说到「被接去于荣耀里」，当然，基督复活被接去荣耀里，这是无庸置疑的，但按照历史事实的次序，基督的升天是在被传于万邦之前。
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21B.然而在这里，升天列为基督是神显现于肉体的最后一项，这必定也是指召会最终要被接去于荣耀里，虽然基督在行传二章开始被传扬之前，就已经被接去于荣耀里，但保罗最后才提到这点，不但在被传于万邦之后，甚至也在被信仰于世人中之后，就指明，被接去于荣耀里，也许不但包括基督的升天，也包括了召会的被提。
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222.召会的功用乃是神显现于肉体：
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23A.不仅作头的基督自己是神显现于肉体，连作身体的召会，也是神显现于肉体，弗一22~23和二19分别提到，召会是祂的身体，是神的丰满，并且召会就是神的家人，要把神彰显出来，因此，当召会按照提前一、二章的指导，受到妥善的照料，且照着三章所启示，将长老的监督职分和执事的服事建立，召会就要显出功用。
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24b.召会的功用不仅是活神的家和家人，为着神在地上的行动，也不仅是真理的柱石和根基，成为支持真理的柱石和托住真理的根基，有基督和祂身体的神圣实际，对世人作见证，因着这两项，召会更是成为基督是神显现于肉体的延续，这就是敬虔的极大奥秘，基督从召会活出。
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