13〔林前十四章二十六节〕指明我们来到召会的聚会中,该有一些出于主的东西与别人分享:或有诗歌赞美主;或有(教师的)教训,将基督的丰富供应人,好造就并滋养人;或有申言者的启示(30),给人看见神永远定旨的异象,就是关于基督是神的奥秘,以及召会是基督的奥秘;或有方言,给不信的人作表记(22),使他们认识并接受基督;或有翻出来的话,使论到基督和祂身体的方言,成为人明白的话。我们来聚会之前,应当对主有经历,对主的话有享受,并且在祷告中与主有交通,使我们有前文所说那些从主而来,并出于主的东西;借着这些,我们就能为聚会预备自己。到了会中,我们就不需要,也不该等候灵感,乃该运用灵,使用受过训练的心思尽功用,摆上我们所预备的,使主得着荣耀和满足,并使与会者得着益处,就是得着光照、滋养和建造。
13[First Corinthians 14:26] indicates that when we come to the church meeting, we should have something of the Lord to share with others, whether a psalm to praise the Lord, a teaching (of the teacher) to minister the riches of Christ to edify and nourish others, a revelation (of the prophet, v. 30) to give visions of God’s eternal purpose concerning Christ as God’s mystery and the church as Christ’s mystery, a tongue as a sign to the unbelievers (v. 22) that they may know and accept Christ, or an interpretation to make a tongue concerning Christ and His Body understandable. Before coming to the meeting, we should prepare ourselves for the meeting with such things from the Lord and of the Lord, either through our experience of Him or through our enjoyment of His word and fellowship with Him in prayer. After coming into the meeting, we should not wait for an inspiration; there is no need to wait. We should exercise our spirit and use our trained mind to function in presenting what we have prepared to the Lord for His glory and satisfaction and to the attendants for their benefit—their enlightenment, nourishment, and building up.