2024 春季长老第三周　周三

第三篇　在基督耶稣里的恩典上得着加力，成为教师、精兵、竞赛者、农夫和工人

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第三周　周三

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1二使徒服事主如同精兵，指明使徒认为他们的职事乃是着基督的争战，正如祭司的事奉被看作是服役，争战——提后二3～4，民四23、30、35，提后四7：

21 主的职事乃是为着军兵前去争战吹号；打那美好的仗就是与异议者不同的教训打仗，并照着使徒的职事，完成神的经纶——林前十四8，提前一18，民十9，士七18。

32 我们要为着主在地上的权益打那美好的仗，就必须清除一切属地的缠累，并持定永远的生命，而不信靠我们人的生命——提后四7，提前六12，参林后五4。

43 我们必须儆醒，借着充满生命，在生命中作王，而与死亡，就是神最后的仇敌争战——民六6～7、9，林后五4，罗五17，八6、11。

54 我们的意志必须被基督治服并复活，好像大卫的高楼，就是为着属灵争战收藏军器的地方——歌四4，参代上十一22。

晨兴喂养

Morning Nourishment

6提后二3~4 你要和我同受苦难，好像基督耶稣的精兵。凡当兵的，不让今生的事务缠身，好叫那招他入伍的人喜悦。

62 Tim. 2:3-4 Suffer evil with me as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No one serving as a soldier entangles himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please the one who enlisted him.

7林前十四8 若吹无定的号声，谁能预备打仗？

71 Cor. 14:8 For also if the trumpet gives an uncertain sound, who will prepare himself for battle?

8使徒认为他们的职事乃是为着基督的争战，正如民数记四章二十三、三十、三十五节，把祭司的事奉看作服役，争战。每当我们将基督供应别人，就发觉自己是在争战。因此，我们不但该是将美好的托付交托别人的教师，也该是为着神的权益争战的精兵。

8The apostle considered their ministry a warfare for Christ, just as the priestly service was considered a military service, a warfare, in Numbers 4:23, 30, 35 (lit.). Whenever we minister Christ to others, we find ourselves in a battle. Hence, we should not only be teachers committing the deposit to others, but we should also be soldiers fighting for God’s interests.

9〔提后二章四节〕里的今生，原文指今世肉身的生命。我们要为着主在地上的权益打那美好的仗（四7），就必须清除一切属地的缠累。我们竭力将基督供应别人时，我们物质、肉身的生命不该缠累我们。……一面，祭司的事奉是对神的服事；另一面，是对神仇敌的争战。祭司抬见证的柜时，他们必须预备好与可能攻击这见证的人争战（提摩太后书生命读经，二八页）。

9The word for life [2 Tim. 2:4] in Greek is bios, denoting the physical life in this age. To fight a good fight (4:7) for the Lord’s interests on this earth, we must clear away all earthly entanglements. The matters of our material, physical life should not entangle us as we are endeavoring to minister Christ to others…On the one hand, the priestly service is a ministry to God; on the other hand, it is a warfare against God’s enemies. As the priests were bearing the Ark of the Testimony, they had to be prepared to fight against those who might attack this testimony. (Life-study of 2 Timothy, 2nd ed., p. 23)

信息选读

Today's Reading

10关于〔林前十四章六至九节里〕说方言的事，……使徒保罗……〔在八节〕插进“打仗”一辞。……打仗的军队需要士气，就是争战的同心协力。为了维持这种士气，甚至对最小问题的一些异议也必须消杀。那一点点的异议谈话若不消杀，士气就会消灭，……军队必然会打败仗。……主的职事就像吹号叫军队前去打仗一样（民十9，士七18）。主的职事是争战的事（圣经恢复本，提后二3与注1）。

10Concerning the matter of speaking in tongues [in 1 Corinthians 14:6-9],…the apostle Paul inserts verse 8 with the word battle in it…An army that is fighting a battle needs the morale, a fighting unity. In order to maintain this morale, even a little dissension concerning the smallest matter has to be killed. If that little dissenting talk is not killed, the morale will be annulled,…and surely the army will lose the fight, the battle…The Lord’s ministry is like the sounding of the trumpet for the army to go on to war (Num. 10:9; Judg. 7:18). The Lord’s ministry is a matter of a battle (2 Tim. 2:3, footnote 1).

11我们所作的事，比地上的任何战争都更严肃。我们是在与神的仇敌撒但争战。召会是神的军队。……以弗所书论到基督的身体—召会。这卷书告诉我们，基督的身体—召会—是那在万有中充满万有者的丰满（一22~23）。这卷书也告诉我们，召会乃是在十字架上，在基督里面所创造的新人（二15~16）。不仅如此，召会也是神的国、神的亲人（19）和基督的妻子，祂的配偶（五24~25）。至终保罗在以弗所书告诉我们，具有这样非凡地位的召会—基督的身体—乃是与神的仇敌争战的战士。基督的所是和基督的所作，该作为神军装的各方面来使用并应用。我们必须佩戴基督作我们的胸甲（六14），作我们的盾牌（16）。我们必须用基督束我们的腰（14），也必须将基督当作一双鞋穿上，好站住争战（15）。召会不仅仅是一班被聚集在一起的人。召会乃是宇宙、神圣的军队，在宇宙中为着神，与祂的仇敌争战（李常受文集一九八六年第一册，一六○至一六一页）。

11We are doing something more serious than any battle on this earth. We are fighting against God’s enemy, Satan. The church is God’s army…Ephesians is a book on the Body of Christ, the church. It tells us that the Body of Christ, the church, is the fullness of the One who fills all in all (1:22-23). It also tells us that this church is the new man created in Christ on the cross (2:1516). Furthermore, this church is the kingdom of God, the household of the very God (v. 19), and the wife of Christ, His counterpart (5:24-25). Paul eventually tells us in Ephesians that the church, the Body of Christ, with such a tremendous status, is a warrior to fight against God’s enemy. Whatever Christ is and whatever Christ has done should be used and applied as aspects of the armor of God. We have to wear Christ as our breastplate (6:14) and as our shield (v. 16). We have to have our loins girded with Christ (v. 14), and we have to wear Christ as a pair of shoes for our standing to fight the battle (v. 15). The church is not a mere group of people collected together. The church is a universal and divine army fighting for God in the universe against His enemy. (CWWL, 1986, vol. 1, “Elders’ Training, Book 7: One Accord for the Lord’s Move,” pp. 130-131)

12我们是拿细耳人，必须禁绝属地的享乐，一直在主的主权之下，并且学习与死亡争战。死亡无所不在，社会上充满了死亡的病菌。这些病菌甚至也在召会生活中，因此我们需要天天、时时祷告，与死亡，就是神最后的仇敌争战（林前十五26）。……我们不该以为拿细耳人不是为着争战。拿细耳人被数点是为着神军队的编组。他们非常警觉，对于和死亡的争战充满了感觉。在每个召会里，都需要对死亡有感觉，有知觉，这样我们就能与死亡争战（民数记生命读经，七一页）。

12As Nazarites we must abstain from earthly pleasure, remain under the headship of the Lord, and learn to fight against death. Death is everywhere. Society is filled with the germs of death. Because these germs are even in the church life, we need to pray daily, hourly, fighting against death, the last enemy of God (1 Cor. 15:26). We should not think that the Nazarites are not for fighting. The Nazarites are numbered for the formation of God’s army. They are very vigilant, full of feeling for the war against death. In every church there is the need of the sense, the consciousness, of death so that we may fight against it. (Life-study of Numbers, pp. 64-65)

13参读：长老训练第七册，第六章；民数记生命读经，第九至十篇。

今日要点

14主题：在基督耶稣的恩典上得着加力，好成为精兵

15引经：提后二3~4，林前十四8

161.成为精兵，脱去缠累，以争战得胜：

17A.在提后二3，保罗鼓励提摩太，你要和我同受苦难，好像基督耶稣的精兵，使徒认为，面对召会败落下坡的流，以及异议者的反对，他们的职事乃是为着基督的争战，正如民数记当中祭司的事奉被视为服役，每当我们将基督供应别人，或者供应健康话语的规范，我们立刻感觉，有一个反对的势力在那里，不断地搅扰、破坏，我们就会发觉自己乃是在争战中，我们不仅该成为教师，也要成为为神权益争战的精兵。

18B.在提后二4，保罗解释作为精兵的条件，乃是不让今生的事务缠生，好叫那招他入伍的人喜悦，这里的今生，原文是Bios，指今世肉身的生命，我们若要为主的权益打那美好的仗，就必须清除一切属地的缠累，就像军人一样，上了前线，就不能考虑妻儿家庭，甚至自己的性命，而将自己预备好，能够与可能攻击的人争战，以取得胜利。

192.成为精兵，吹确定的号声，以争战得胜：

20A.保罗在林前十四章，也说到争战的事，在8节他说，若吹无定的号声，谁能预备打仗，作为精兵，作为神的军队，有分争战时，就需要有高昂的士气，就是争战的同心协力，为了维持这种士气，就需要吹「确定」的号声，因为无定的号声，最容易消磨士气，哪怕是一点小问题的异议，也需要被消杀，好叫我们得以争战得胜。

21B.我们必须儆醒，借着充满生命，在生命中作王，而与死亡，就是神最后的仇敌争战，并经历意志被基督治服并复活，好像大卫的高楼，就是为着属灵争战收藏军器的地方，在以弗所书起头，说到召会是基督的身体，末了也说到，召会必须成为战士，借着穿上军装，而为着神，与仇敌争战，抵挡仇敌一切的火箭，而能争战得胜。

22应用：我们生来不是祭司，却可以借着自愿奉献成为拿细耳人，借着操练过国度生活，禁绝属地的享乐，而活在主的主权之下，建立对于死亡之味道的嗅觉，而有资格为着召会，为着神的权益争战，不让死偷着进到召会生活中。