21神的国度就是神的生命,但召会不是生命,生命也不是召会。召会是生命的产物。神圣的生命就是国度,这生命产生了召会。新约的观念是福音带进国度。……福音带进神的国度,福音也产生神的召会。这就是为何福音在新约里称为国度的福音(太四23,九35,二四14)。……国度的福音生出并产生召会,因为国度就是生命本身,而召会是生命的结果、产物。……新约说到传和平为福音(弗二17)。这和平产生召会。……圣经也告诉我们要传赦罪(路二四47),传国度的福音,但从未说要传召会,因为召会是所传之事的产物(李常受文集一九八四年第二册,一五九页)。 21The kingdom of God is the life of God, but the church is not the life, nor is the life the church. The church is the product of life. The divine life is the kingdom, and this life produces the church. The New Testament concept is that the gospel brings in the kingdom …The gospel brings in the kingdom of God, and the gospel also brings forth the church of God. This is why the gospel is called the gospel of the kingdom …(Matt. 4:23; 9:35; 24:14)…The gospel of the kingdom brings forth, produces, the church because the kingdom is the life itself, and the church is the issue, the produce, of life …The New Testament refers to the preaching of the gospel of peace (Eph. 2:17). This peace produces the church …The Bible also tells us to preach forgiveness of sins (Luke 24:47) and to preach the gospel of the kingdom, but it never tells us to preach the church, because the church is the product of what is preached. (CWWL, 1984, vol. 2, “Elders’ Training, Book 2: The Vision of the Lord’s Recovery,” pp. 121-122)