2024 春季长老第八周　周三

第八篇　尽你的职事

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第八周　周三

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1三林后三章六节告诉我们，神“使我们够资格作新约的执事”：

21 那灵，就是经过过程之三一神终极的表现，将神的生命，就是神自己，分赐到信徒和使徒里面，使他们成为新约的执事。

32 因此，他们的职事乃是凭着赐生命的灵，用那是生命的三一神构成的——林前十五45下。

4四 “我感谢那加我能力的，我们的主基督耶稣，因祂以我为忠信，派我尽职事”——提前一12：

51 在这节里保罗不是说，“祂派我尽我的职事。”

62 保罗乃是说，主派他尽那唯一、团体的新约职事。

73 我们都需要赞美主，因着祂的怜悯和恩典，祂派我们尽这建造基督身体的团体职事——弗四12、16。

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8林后三6 祂使我们够资格作新约的执事，这些执事不是属于字句，乃是属于灵，因为那字句杀死人，那灵却叫人活。

82 Cor. 3:6 Who has also made us sufficient as ministers of a new covenant, ministers not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

9提前一12 我感谢那加我能力的，我们的主基督耶稣，因祂以我为忠信，派我尽职事。

91 Tim. 1:12 I give thanks to Him who empowers me, Christ Jesus our Lord, that He has counted me faithful, appointing me to the ministry.

10新约经纶中的职事乃是一个团体的职事，其中包含成千有恩赐的人。……在林后四章一节保罗……不是说，“我受了这职事。”也不是说，“我们受了这些职事。”他乃是说，“我们……受了这职事。”保罗、他的同工以及其他的使徒，都受了这职事，就是新约中独一的职事。

10The ministry in the New Testament economy is a corporate ministry, a ministry that includes thousands of gifted people…In 2 Corinthians 4:1 Paul… does not say, “I have this ministry” or “We have these ministries”; he says, “Having this ministry.” Paul, his co-workers, and the other apostles all had this ministry, the one ministry in the New Testament.

11职事就是事奉；所有的执事都是执行这项事奉的人〔林后三6〕。这许多执事没有许多事奉，只有一项事奉，一个职事。……保罗在提前一章十二节……不是说，“祂派我尽我的职事”；他乃是说，主派他尽那独一、团体的新约职事。我们都需要赞美主，因着祂的怜悯和恩典，祂派我们尽这建造基督身体的团体职事（李常受文集一九七八年第三册，四三六至四三七页）

11The ministry is the service; all the ministers are the serving ones carrying out this service [2 Cor. 3:6]. The many ministers do not have many services but one service, one ministry. In 1 Timothy 1:12…Paul does not say, “He appointed me to my ministry”; he says that the Lord appointed him to the one unique, corporate New Testament ministry. We all need to praise the Lord that by His mercy and grace He has appointed us to the corporate ministry that builds up the Body of Christ. (CWWL, 1978, vol. 3, “Truth Messages,” p. 318)

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12职事指新约唯一的职事，为着建造基督的身体这一个建造，而这职事是许许多多新约执事唯一的事奉。基督身体的每个肢体，都有这职事的一部分。虽然每个信徒都有职事的一部分，他们的部分却不是分开的职事，而只是那一个职事的各部分。完成神的新约，只需要一个职事。若有一个以上的职事，就会产生难处（李常受文集一九九三年第一册，一○页）。

12The ministry denotes the unique new covenant ministry for the building up of one building, the Body of Christ, and this ministry is the unique service of thousands of New Testament ministers. Every member of the Body of Christ has a part of this ministry. Although every believer has a part of the ministry, their parts are not separate ministries but are only parts of the one ministry. The carrying out of God’s new covenant requires only one ministry. If there is more than one ministry, trouble will result. (CWWL, 1993, vol. 1, “The Ministry of the New Testament and the Teaching and Fellowship of the Apostles,” p. 8)

13〔在林后三章六节保罗提到〕的“字句”，……是指律法的成文条例。那灵即活神的灵，使徒用这灵将基督供应到信徒里面。使徒那为着新约的职事，不是属于死的字句，如摩西那为着旧约的职事，乃是属于赐人生命的活灵。

13By letter [in 2 Corinthians 3:6] Paul means the written code of the law. The Spirit is the Spirit of the living God, with whom the apostle ministers Christ into the believers. The apostolic ministry for the New Testament is not of dead letters like the Mosaic ministry for the Old Testament but of the living Spirit, who gives life.

14杀死人的字句，乃是律法的字句〔罗七9~11〕，只向人要求，却不能供应人生命（加三21）。……那灵，就是经过过程……的三一神终极的表现，将神的生命，就是神自己，分赐到信徒和使徒里面，使他们成为新约（生命之约）的执事。因此，他们的职事乃是凭着赐生命的灵，用那是生命的三一神构成的。

14The letter that kills is the letter of the law [Rom. 7:9-11], which only requires of man but is unable to supply man with life (Gal. 3:21)…The Spirit, who is the ultimate expression of the processed Triune God, imparts the divine life, even God Himself, into the apostles and all other believers, making them ministers of a new covenant, the covenant of life. Hence, their ministry is one constituted of the Triune God of life by His life-giving Spirit.

15在信徒里面作工的灵，乃是赐人生命之新约职事的灵。在生命里有许多元素。那灵不仅变化我们，也构成新约的职事。因此，新约的职事与变化人的灵是一，这职事是变化人的职事。保罗的职事是由变化人的灵构成的。保罗尽职的时候，变化人的灵就在圣徒里面作工。今天，若是人的说话是新约的职事，当我们听他的时候，神圣的元素就凭着那灵分赐到我们这人里面，那灵也就在我们里面作工变化我们。这就是那灵作元素，叫人够资格作新约执事的元素。

15The Spirit who works in the believers is the Spirit of the new covenant ministry that gives life. Within life there are many elements. The Spirit not only transforms us but also constitutes the New Testament ministry. Hence, the New Testament ministry is one with the transforming Spirit, and this ministry is a transforming ministry. Paul’s ministry was constituted of and with the transforming Spirit. When Paul was ministering, the transforming Spirit was working in the saints. Today, when we listen to a person whose speaking is the New Testament ministry, the Spirit works in us to transform us as the divine element is being dispensed into our being by the Spirit. This is the Spirit as the element that makes us sufficient ministers of the new covenant.

16我们不该以为只有使徒够资格作新约的执事。我们都是服事的人，神已使我们有资格服事。神已叫我们够资格作执事，这些执事不是属于字句，乃是属于灵。所以，凡我们所传讲或教导的，都该是由那灵构成的话（新约总论第四册，二一七至二一八页）。

16We should not think that only the apostles are sufficient as ministers of the new covenant. We all are ministering ones, and God has made us competent to minister. God has made us competent ministers not of a covenant of letters but of a covenant of the Spirit. Therefore, whatever we preach or teach should be a word constituted of the Spirit. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 1037-1038)

17参读：一个在灵里之人的自传，第一章；倪柝声—今时代神圣启示的先见，第二十二章。

今日要点

18主题：借着新约的执事，为着完成新约的职事，建造基督的身体

19引经：林后三6，提前一12

201.认识职事与执事：

21A.职事与执事，在希腊文是两个字，职事（ministry）是指事奉，在新约，职事乃是为着建造基督的身体这一个建造而事奉，而许多有分这事奉的人，称为众执事（ministers），基督身体的每个肢体，都有这职事（ministry）的一部分，他们的部分却不是分开的执事，而只是那一个职事的各部分。

22B.林后三6说，神『使我们够资格作新约的执事（minister），这些执事不是属于字句，乃是属于灵，因为那字句杀死人，那灵却叫人活』，保罗指出，新约的执事们，不是属于字句，不是属于死的律法，而是属于赐人生命的活灵，因此我们的职事，该是凭着赐生命的灵所构成的，好用这灵将基督供应到人里面。

232.为着新约职事的工作，成为新约的执事：

24A.新约经纶中的职事乃是一个团体的职事，而这一个职事却包含了成千有恩赐的执事，保罗、他的同工、以及其他的使徒，都受了这职事，所以，要完成新约的经纶，建造基督的身体，只需要一个职事，若有一个以上的职事，就会产生难处，召会因着离弃保罗的职事，而转向不同的教训，就拆毁了身体的建造。

25B.所以执事们就需要经历提前一12所说，『我感谢那加我能力的，我们的主基督耶稣，因祂以我为忠信，派我尽职事』，这里保罗不是说，派我尽「我的」职事，而是说，主派他尽那惟一、团体的新约职事，我们也该像保罗，尽这建造基督身体的团体职事。

26应用：一面，我们需要被兴起来，有分于神的工作，另一面，我们对神的服事，必须是凭着赐生命的灵，用那是生命的三一神所构成的，来服事，好叫神圣的元素，能够凭着那灵分赐到人里面，使人经历变化的工作，使人也起来尽肢体生机的功用。