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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　周五
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11 真理是神圣之光的照耀，显出——约八12、32、36，约壹一5~6。
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22 在主的恢复里，众召会中间真理的标准应当不断地提高——提前二4，三15。
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33 我们需要在生命里长大，在生命里得救，被生命充满，并在生命中作王——弗四13~16，罗五10、17。
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4伍 召会是支持真理的柱石，也是托住真理的根基——提前三15:
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5一 真理就是三一神，以基督为具体化身、中心和彰显，以产生召会作基督的身体、神的家和神的国——西二9，弗一22~23，四16，提前三15，约三3、5。
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6二 提前三章十五节的“真理”，是指照着神新约的经纶，在新约里所启示，关乎基督与召会的真实事物——太十六16、18，弗五32：
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71 召会是支持这一切实际的柱石，也是托住这一切实际的根基。
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82 地方召会该是这样的建筑，托住、担负并见证基督与召会的真理——实际——二22。
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9三 召会担负着基督作实际；召会向全宇宙见证，基督是实际，并且唯有基督才是实际——约一14、17，十四6。
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10四 召会既是支持真理的柱石，和托住柱石的根基，就为“基督是神的奥秘”与“召会是基督的奥秘”之实际、真理作见证——西二2，弗三4。
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晨兴喂养
Morning Nourishment
11约十八37 ……耶稣回答说，你说我是王，我为此而生，也为此来到世间，为要给真理作见证……。
11John 18:37 ...Jesus answered, You say that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, that I would testify to the truth...
12提前三15 ……神的家……就是活神的召会，真理的柱石和根基。
121 Tim. 3:15 ...The house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and base of the truth.
13盼望在主恢复中的召会，真理的水准一直拔高。我们不能留在福利平安、基督降世拯救罪人、钉十字架完成救赎、神爱世人等肤浅的福音真理上；这些虽然都对，但仍是初阶、基要、开端的。我们必须往高处去。……有许多人年轻时根本不懂素质的灵、经纶的灵、三一神的分赐等真理，但现在的青年人讲起这些，却头头是道。
13I hope that the standard of truth will be constantly raised higher among the churches in the Lord’s recovery. We cannot remain in the shallow gospel truths such as peace and prosperity, Christ’s incarnation to save sinners, His crucifixion to accomplish redemption, and God’s love for the world. Although these things are right, they are still elementary, basic, and beginning truths. We must go up to the high peak...When many people were young, they did not understand such truths as the essential Spirit, the economical Spirit, or the dispensing of the Triune God, but now the young people all speak about these things, and their speaking is true and logical.
14但愿我们都能在真理上好好成全青年人，鼓励他们进入主话语的深处。因这缘故，我们有负担推荐、推广生命读经（李常受文集一九八四年第五册，四八六页）。
14May we all be able to perfect the young people in the truth and encourage them to enter into the depths of the Word. This is why we have a burden to recommend and promote the Life-study messages. (CWWL, 1984, vol. 5, “Truth, Life, the Church, and the Gospel—the Four Great Pillars in the Lord’s Recovery,” pp. 368-369)
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15保罗用隐喻的说法，……说到召会是“真理的柱石和根基”〔提前三15〕。柱石支持建筑物，根基托住柱石。召会就是这样支持真理的柱石，也是这样托住真理的根基。……真理是神新约经纶的实际和内容。这经纶由两大奥秘组成：基督是神的奥秘（西二2），以及召会是基督的奥秘（弗三4）。基督与召会，头与身体，是神新约经纶之实际的内容。召会是支持这一切实际的柱石，也是托住这一切实际的根基。地方召会该是这样的建筑，托住、担负并见证基督与召会的真理—实际。
15Paul speaks [metaphorically] of the church as “the pillar and base of the truth” [1 Tim. 3:15]. The pillar supports the building, and the base holds the pillar. The church is such a supporting pillar and holding base of the truth...The truth is the reality and the contents of God’s New Testament economy. This economy is composed of two mysteries: Christ as the mystery of God (Col. 2:2) and the church as the mystery of Christ (Eph. 3:4). Christ and the church, the Head and the Body, are the contents of the reality of God’s New Testament economy. The church is the supporting pillar and holding base of all these realities. A local church should be such a building that holds, bears, and testifies the truth, the reality, of Christ and the church.
16召会对于神有一个功能，就是把神的一切，就是宇宙中的那个实际，也就是那真理托住。……召会不是托住道理，召会乃是托住神所是的一切实际。宇宙间，只有神是实际；祂所是的一切就是实际，这个乃是托在召会身上。我们在这里作神的家，就是召会，并作神的家人，乃是把神之所是一切的实际托在上面。
16To God, the church has the function to bear all that God is as the reality, the truth, of the universe...The church is not for holding doctrines but for holding the reality of all that God is. In the universe, only God is reality; all that He is, is reality, which is borne by the church. We are here as the church, the house and household of God, holding the reality of all that God is.
17召会所担负的真理就是三一神，以基督为具体化身、中心和彰显，以产生召会作基督的身体、神的家和神的国（西二9，弗一22~23，四16，……提前三15，约三3、5）。真理，实际，乃是基督，而基督是神的具体化身。召会担负着基督作实际；召会向全宇宙见证，基督是实际，并且唯有基督才是实际（一14、17，十四6）。召会作为柱石和根基，担负着三一神的实际。
17The truth borne by the church is the Triune God, having Christ as the embodiment, center, and expression, to produce the church as the Body of Christ, the house of God, and the kingdom of God (Col. 2:9; Eph. 1:22-23; 4:16; 1 Tim. 3:15; John 3:3, 5). The truth, the reality, is Christ, and Christ is the embodiment of God. The church bears Christ as the reality. The church testifies to the whole universe that Christ, and Christ alone, is the reality (1:14,17; 14:6). As the pillar and base of the truth, the church bears the reality of the Triune God.
18在希腊文里，提前三章十五节的“真理”这辞是指真实、具体的东西。……然而，真理不仅仅是具体的实际，更是这实际的彰显。真理不是空洞的道理，乃是实际的彰显，乃是由实际所构成，且传达这实际的道理。召会是柱石，托住真理，就是托住实际的彰显。
18In Greek the word truth in 1 Timothy 3:15 denotes something real and solid...However, truth is not simply a solid reality but also the expression of this reality. Truth is not vain doctrine; it is the expression of reality, doctrine constituted with reality and conveying that reality. The church is the pillar bearing the truth, that is, bearing the expression of the reality.
19十六节启示出召会所托住的实际是什么：“大哉！敬虔的奥秘！这是众所公认的，就是：祂显现于肉体，被称义于灵里，被天使看见，被传于万邦，被信仰于世人中，被接去于荣耀里。”十五节的真理，实际的彰显，就是十六节敬虔的奥秘。……敬虔的奥秘就是神显现于肉体。当基督在地上，祂是神显现于肉体。……神是实际，耶稣这位成为肉体的人，就是神的显现（新约总论第十二册，二三○至二三一页）。
19The reality borne by the church is revealed in 1 Timothy 3:16: “Confessedly, great is the mystery of godliness: He who was manifested in the flesh, / Justified in the Spirit, / Seen by angels, / Preached among the nations, / Believed on in the world, / Taken up in glory.” The truth in verse 15, the expression of the reality, is the mystery of godliness in verse 16...The mystery of godliness is God manifested in the flesh. When Christ was on earth, He was God manifested in the flesh...God was reality, and Jesus as a man in the flesh was the manifestation of God. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 3671-3672)
20参读：真理课程三级卷四，第五十七课。
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今日要点
21主题：基督与召会乃是敬虔的极大奥秘
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22引经：弗五32，林前六17
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231.敬虔的极大奥秘，基督与召会：
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24A.保罗除了在提前三16说到大哉！敬虔的奥秘，是指基督与召会，还在弗五32说到，这是极大的奥秘，我是指基督与召会说的，所以不仅作头的基督自己是神显现于肉体，连作基督身体和神的家的召会，也是神显现于肉体，敬虔的奥秘，就是神在肉体里扩大的团体彰显。
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25B.召会要成为基督是神显现于肉体的延续，基督从召会活出，成为神的显现，敬虔的极大奥秘，神显现于肉体，开始于基督在地上的时候，并延续于召会，这乃是神照着新约成为肉体的原则—神自己进到人里面，将祂自己与人调和，使人与神成为一—以更广泛的方式显现于肉体。
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262.神成为人，为使人成为神，使神显现于肉体：
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27A.虽我们是罪人，但我们已经从罪恶的地位和情形里被救赎出来，神已经将祂自己分赐到我们里面，使我们与祂成为一，并使祂与我们成为一，林前六17说，但与主联合的，便是与主成为一灵，这乃是敬虔的极大奥秘，神显现于肉体，我们在生命、性情、彰显、甚至功用上，与神一样，只是无分于神格。
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28B.因此，成为肉体的原则，意思是神性被带到人性里，并同着人性作工，神圣的生命和性情，在基督里并借着基督，与属人的生命和性情调和，使我们与神同有一个生命，同过一种生活，我们要过这样的生活，使神显现于我们身上的关键，乃是我们的灵，操练自己以至于敬虔，就是操练我们的灵，使我们能够彰显敬虔的奥秘，就是神显现于肉体，提后四22指出，主与我们的灵同在，主这敬虔的奥秘就在我们灵里，所以，我们要彰显并实行这奥秘。
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