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召会的功用（二）神在肉体里团体的显现

第九篇　召会的功用（二）神在肉体里团体的显现

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第九周　周四
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1贰 提前三章十五至十六节指明，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：
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2一 十六节的“敬虔”，不仅是指虔诚，乃是指神活在召会中，就是那是生命的神在召会中活了出来，得着了彰显：
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31 基督和召会，二者都是敬虔的奥秘，在肉体里彰显神。
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42 召会生活乃是神的彰显；因此，敬虔的奥秘就是正当召会的生活——林前十六，十四24~25。
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晨兴喂养
Morning Nourishment
5弗二19 这样，你们不再是外人和寄居的，乃是圣徒同国之民，是神家里的亲人。
5Eph. 2:19 So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God.
6一22~23 将万有服在祂的脚下，并使祂向着召会作万有的头；召会是祂的身体，是那在万有中充满万有者的丰满。
61:22-23 And He subjected all things under His feet and gave Him to be Head over all things to the church, which is His Body, the fullness of the One who fills all in all.
7〔在提前三章十六节〕保罗也说“被天使看见”。天使曾看见基督的成为肉体、为人生活以及升天（路二9~14，太四11，徒一10~11，启五6、11~12）。
7[In 1 Timothy 3:16] Paul also says “seen by angels.” Angels saw the incarnation, human living, and ascension of Christ (Luke 2:9-14; Matt. 4:11; Acts 1:10-11; Rev. 5:6, 11-12).
8基督也“被传于万邦”。基督是神显现于肉体，从五旬节开始就被人当作福音传于万邦，包括以色列国（罗十六26，弗三8）。
8Christ was also preached among the nations. Christ as God’s manifestation in the flesh has been preached as the gospel among the nations, including the nation of Israel, from the day of Pentecost (Rom. 16:26; Eph. 3:8).
9不仅如此，基督“被信仰于世人中”。基督是神在肉体的具体化身，已经在世人中为人所信仰，接受为救主和生命（徒十三48）（提摩太前书生命读经，七二页）。
9Furthermore, Christ has been “believed on in the world.” Christ as the embodiment of God in the flesh has been believed on, received as Savior and life, by people in the world (Acts 13:48). (Life-study of 1 Timothy, second edition, pp. 58-59)
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Today’s Reading
10保罗以“被接去于荣耀里”这话总结提前三章十六节。这是指基督升天进入荣耀（可十六19，徒一9~11，二33，腓二9）。按着历史事实的次序，基督的升天是在被传于万邦之前。然而，在这里，升天列为基督是神显现于肉体的最后一项。这必是也指召会被接去于荣耀里。因此，这含示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。当召会按着提前头二章的指导，受到妥善的照料，且照三章所启示的，将长老的监督和执事的服事完全建立起来，那时召会就要显出功用，成为活神的家和家人，为着神在地上的行动；并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。这样，召会就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，成为神在肉体的显现！
10Paul concludes 1 Timothy 3:16 with the phrase taken up in glory. This refers to Christ’s ascension into glory (Mark 16:19; Acts 1:9-11; 2:33; Phil. 2:9). According to the sequence of historical events, Christ’s ascension preceded His being preached among the nations. However, it is listed here as the last step in Christ’s being the manifestation of God in the flesh. This must indicate that the church too is taken up in glory. Hence, it implies that not only Christ Himself as the Head but also the church as the Body are the manifestation of God in the flesh. When a church is well taken care of according to the instructions given in the first two chapters of 1 Timothy, with the oversight of the episcopate and the service of the deacons fully established, as revealed in chapter 3, the church will function as the house and household of the living God for His move on the earth, and as the supporting pillar and holding base of the truth, bearing the divine reality of Christ and His Body as a testimony to the world. Then the church becomes the continuation of Christ as the manifestation of God in the flesh. This is the great mystery of godliness—Christ lived out of the church as the manifestation of God in the flesh!
11虽然基督于行传二章开始被传扬之前，就被接去于荣耀里（徒一），但保罗最后才提这点，不但在被传扬之后，甚至也在被信仰于世人中之后。这指明“被接去于荣耀里”也许不但包括基督的升天，也包括召会的被提。头—基督—在祂开始被传扬之前就被接去；然而，身体—召会—在基督被传扬且被信仰于世人中之后，才会被接去。所以，提前三章十六节明确地指明，本节不仅指头是神显现于肉体，也指身体是这显现的延续。这的确是合乎逻辑的，因为人的头怎能离开身体尽功用？头—基督—已被接去于荣耀里，身体—召会—也会被接去于荣耀里。头与身体都是敬虔的奥秘。这就是神显现于肉体（提摩太前书生命读经，七二至七三页）。
11Although Christ was taken up in glory (Acts 1) before the preaching of Him began in Acts 2, Paul mentions this last, not only after the preaching but even after being believed on in the world. This indicates that “taken up in glory” may include not only the ascension of Christ but also the rapture of the church. The Head, Christ, was taken up before the preaching of Him began; however, the Body, the church, will be taken up only after Christ has been preached and believed on in the world. Therefore, in 1 Timothy 3:16 there is a definite indication that this verse refers not only to the Head as the manifestation of God in the flesh but also to the Body as the continuation of this manifestation. This is indeed logical, for how can a person’s head function in isolation from his body? The Head, Christ, has been taken up in glory, and the Body, the church, will also be taken up in glory. Both the Head and the Body are the mystery of godliness. This is the manifestation of God in the flesh. (Life-study of 1 Timothy, second edition, pp. 59-60)
12要召会是神显现于肉体，就必须你我不凭自己活着，而凭神活着。我们若是凭神活着，以神作我们的生活、我们的人位，那么当我们来在一起的时候，就是神显现于肉体。
12In order for the church to be the manifestation of God in the flesh, we must live not by our self but by God. If we live by God and take God as our living and our person, then when we come together, it will be the manifestation of God in the flesh.
13召会乃是一班蒙了救赎、得了重生的人，凭神而活着。神是他们的生命，是他们的性格，是他们的人格，是他们的人位，神就是他们的生活；当他们来在一起，众天使就要说，“大哉！敬虔的奥秘！这是众所公认的，就是：祂显现于肉体。”这是召会（李常受文集一九七七年第三册，二三三至二三五页）。
13The church is a group of people who have been redeemed and regenerated and who live by God. God is their life, their nature, their person, and their living; when they come together, all the angels will say, “Confessedly, great is the mystery of godliness: He who was manifested in the flesh.” This is the church. (CWWL, 1977, vol. 3, “The Subjective Truths in the Holy Scriptures,” pp. 180-181)
14参读：李常受文集一九六三年第一册，二八六至二九八页。
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