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第八周　周四
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1贰 虽然前述的经节启示新约中的职事是团体的，但另外一些经节指明职事也是个人的：
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2一 行传二十章二十四节是指保罗个人的职事，因为保罗说到他从主领受的职事；这节里的职事是个人的职事：
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31 保罗的职事就是他这个人；他已经与基督成为一——弗三17上，林前六17，林后三8～9，四1。
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42 他所传讲的就是他所是的；他尽职将他的所是供应给人。
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53 保罗与基督是一，并被基督构成；因此，他的职事乃是那构成到他所是里之基督的职事。
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6二 行传二十一章十九节明确是指保罗个人的职事，这节说，“保罗······将神借着他的职事，在外邦人中所行的事，都一一述说出来。”
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7三 歌罗西四章十七节说，“务要留心你在主里所领受的职事，好尽这职事”；亚基布有他的一分职事，同样的原则，我们都有一分职事。
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8四 保罗在提后四章五节嘱咐提摩太要尽他的职事：
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91 提摩太尽他的职事，即充盈他职事的完满度量。
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102 这职事指话语的职事，将基督一切的丰富（弗三8）供应给罪和信徒，以建造基督的身体（四11～12）。
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113 要抵挡提后四章三至四节所预言败落的趋势，这样的职事是极其需要的。
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晨兴喂养
Morning Nourishment
12徒二十24 我却不以性命为念，也不看为宝贵，只要行完我的路程，成就我从主耶稣所领受的职事，郑重见证神恩典的福音。
12Acts 20:24 But I consider my life of no account as if precious to myself, in order that I may finish my course and the ministry which I have received from the Lord Jesus to solemnly testify of the gospel of the grace of God.
13二一19 保罗问候了他们，便将神借着他的职事，在外邦人中所行的事，都一一述说出来。
1321:19 And having greeted them, he related one by one the things which God did among the Gentiles through his ministry.
14虽然这些经节〔徒一17、25，林后四1，提前一12〕启示新约的职事是团体的，但另外一些经节却好像指明职事是个人的。……行传二十章二十四节是指保罗个人的职事，因为保罗说到他从主领受的职事。因此，这节里的职事是个人的职事。……二十一章十九节〔也〕明确是指保罗个人的职事。……其他似乎是指个人职事的经节为：提后四章五节，以及歌罗西四章十七节。在提后四章五节保罗嘱咐提摩太“尽你的职事”，这显然是鼓励他尽他个人的职事。歌罗西四章十七节说，“要告诉亚基布：务要留心你在主里所领受的职事，好尽这职事。”显然这是指亚基布个人的职事（李常受文集一九七八年第三册，四三七页）。
14Although these verses [Acts 1:17, 25; 2 Cor. 4:1; 1 Tim. 1:12] reveal that the ministry in the New Testament is corporate, certain other verses seem to indicate that the ministry is personal…Acts 20:24 refers to Paul’s personal ministry because Paul speaks of the ministry which he had received from the Lord. Hence, the ministry in this verse is the personal ministry. Acts 21:19 definitely and clearly [also] refers to Paul’s personal ministry… Other verses that seem to refer to personal ministry are 2 Timothy 4:5 and Colossians 4:17. In 2 Timothy 4:5 Paul charged Timothy, “Fully accomplish your ministry,” apparently encouraging him to fulfill his personal ministry. Colossians 4:17 says, “Say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you fulfill it.” This evidently points to Archippus’s personal ministry. (CWWL, 1978, vol. 3, “Truth Messages,” pp. 318-319)
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15在思想这些说到个人职事的经节时，我们需要知道所有的信徒都是这一个身体上的肢体。就整体而言，身体只有一个团体的职事，没有许多的职事。虽然身体有许多功用，但身体的职事是一个。比方说，……说话是我身体的职事，这个职事是团体的。虽然如此，我身体的每一部分也有各自的职事。嘴说话，手作手势，脚来支撑。但是把所有肢体的职事都加在一起时，就合成了身体那独一的职事。这个例子表明身体各肢体的众职事不是分开的职事，而是独一团体职事的各部分。
15In considering the verses that speak of personal ministry, we need to realize that all the believers are members of the one Body. As a whole, the Body has one corporate ministry, not many ministries. Although there are many functions in the Body, the ministry in the Body is one. For example,…my speaking is my body’s ministry. This ministry is corporate. However, each part of my body also has its own ministry. The mouth speaks, the hands make gestures, and the feet render support. But when the ministries of all the members are added together, they total the unique ministry of the body. This example indicates that the many ministries of the members of the Body are not separate ministries but part of one corporate ministry.
16关于职事的事，我们需要清楚圣经中的真理，以及今天基督教里的光景。起初在使徒时代，只有一个身体和一个职事；但因着召会的堕落，产生了分裂和公会。现在每一个分裂都有自己所谓的职事。……在各公会里，执事、牧师、传道人的工作是建立公会，而不是建造身体。因着每一个人都是建立他自己的公会，他就无法和别人同工。
16Regarding this matter of the ministry, we need to be clear both about the truth in the Bible and about the situation of today’s Christianity. Originally, during the time of the apostles, there was one Body with one ministry. But due to the degradation of the church, the divisions and denominations came into existence. Now every division has its own so-called ministry…The ministers, pastors, and preachers in the various denominations are working to build up the denominations, not the Body. Because each is building up his own denomination, he cannot work together with others.
17我们和公会毫不相干。在主的恢复里，我们乃是为着恢复基督作我们的生命和一切，使召会得着建造。为着完成神在祂恢复里的目的，我们需要回到起初，回到纯正的话里。在新约里只有一个独一的职事。从使徒时代直到如今，这个职事并没有结束，我相信我们是这职事的延续。我很高兴地说，我是在这职事里，我是这职事的一部分。我们是按着新约的经纶在这独一的职事里。
17We can have nothing to do with the denominations. In the Lord’s recovery we are for the recovery of Christ as life and everything to us for the building up of the church. For the fulfillment of God’s purpose in His recovery, we need to go back to the beginning, back to the pure Word. In the New Testament there is one unique ministry. From the time of the apostles until now, this ministry has not been terminated. I believe that we are the continuation of this ministry. I am happy to say that I am in this ministry, that I am part of this ministry. We are in the unique ministry according to the New Testament economy.
18使徒时代没有公会。因着召会的堕落以及许多分裂的存在，现在表面上看来有许多的职事。我们在主恢复里的人既有分于这独一的职事，就是使徒职事的延续，我们怎能接受公会和分裂的职事？不，我们不能。假如我们接受了，恢复就要受到破坏。正确的职事就是按照神新约经纶的职事，乃是为着建造基督的身体，但别的职事则是为着建立公会。为这缘故，我们不能接受建立公会的职事（李常受文集一九七八年第三册，四三七至四三九页）。
18At the time of the apostles there were no denominations. Because of the degradation of the church and the existence of many divisions, there apparently are now many ministries. Can we in the Lord’s recovery, who share in the unique ministry, the continuation of the ministry of the apostles, accept the ministries of the denominations and divisions? No, we cannot. If we accept them, the recovery will be damaged. The proper ministry, the ministry according to God’s New Testament economy, is for the building up of the Body of Christ, but the other ministries are for the building up of the denominations. Because this is the case, we cannot receive the ministries that build up the denominations. (CWWL, 1978, vol. 3, “Truth Messages,” pp. 319-320)
19参读：真理信息，第四章。
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今日要点
20主题：个人的职事是为着团体、新约独一的职事
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21引经：徒二十24，徒二一19
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221.职事是团体的，也是个人的：
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23A.虽然前面三天所列的这些经节启示新约中的职事是团体的，但也有另外一些经节指明职事也是个人的，徒二十24节保罗说，『只要行完我的路程，成就我从主耶稣所领受的职事』，这里说「我...的职事」，这是个人的职事，保罗的职事，徒二一19保罗也说，『保罗...将神借着「他的职事」，在外邦人中所行的事，都一一述说出来』。
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24B.我们需要知道所有的信徒都是这一个身体上的肢体，就整体而言，身体只有一个团体的职事，没有许多的职事，虽然身体有许多功用，但身体的职事是一个，然而，就如肉身每一个部分，却有各自的职事，嘴巴说话，手作手势，脚来支撑，把所有肢体的职事加在一起时，就合成了身体那独一的职事，。
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252.在新约独一职事中，尽你的职事：
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26A.西四17保罗也对亚基布说，『务要留心「你...的职事」，好「尽这职事」』，同样的原则，我们都有一分职事，这样我们就能来领会提后四5保罗嘱咐提摩太要『尽你的职事』是什么意思，提摩太尽他的职事，就是充盈他职事的完满度量，这职事乃是话语的职事，要将基督一切的丰富供应给罪人和信徒，以建造基督的身体，这职事对于以弗所召会要抵挡提后四3~4所预言败落的趋势，是极其重要的。
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27B.因着召会堕落，召会历史呈现分而又分的情形，每一个分裂都有一个所谓自己的职事，在各基督教团体中，都在建立自己的公会，因着每一个人建立自己的公会，所以无法和别人同工，这样的职事，不是新约的职事，不是为着基督独一身体建造的职事，不包含在那职事里，这样的职事我们要避开。
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28应用：新约独一的职事，在召会初期已有身体生活的模型，但经堕落又恢复，为此我们需要宝贝并珍赏主的恢复，并因着看见异象而留在主恢复的召会中，而使我们留在新约的职事里，尽传福音、牧养新人、成全圣徒、申言、相调，而有分基督身体建造的工作。
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