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国度与召会

第三篇　国度与召会

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第三周　周二
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1壹 今天召会是基督在生命上的扩增，而神永远的国乃是基督在行政上的扩增——但二34～35，可四26～29：
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2一 在生命上，基督扩增成为召会；在行政上，基督扩增成为国度——约三15、29上、30上，但二34～35、44。
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3二 基督不仅是召会，基督也是神的国；召会和国度都是祂的扩增——林前十二12，路十七21，可四26～29。
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4贰 圣经首先陈明国度，然后陈明召会；国度的出现产生召会——太四23，十六18～19：
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5一 神的生命就是神的国度；神圣的生命就是国度，这生命产生召会——约三3、5，太七14、21，十九17、29，二五46：
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61 国度乃是生命的范围，让生命行动、治理、管治，使生命能达成其目的，而这范围就是国度。
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72 福音带进神圣的生命，这生命有其范围，这范围就是国度；神圣生命同其范围产生召会——提后一10。
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83 国度的福音产生召会，因为国度就是生命本身，而召会乃是生命的结果——太四23，徒八12。
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9二 国度是召会的实际；因此，我们离了国度的生命，就不能过召会生活——太五3，十六18～19，启一4～6、9：
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101 诸天之国的实际（太五～七）乃是召会生活的内容；没有国度的实际，召会就是空洞的。
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112 因着国度的生命产生召会生活，所以当我们团体地在国度生命里生活，我们自然就过召会生活——罗十四17。
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123 信徒不活在国度的实际里，就不能被建造到召会的结构里——弗二22。
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晨兴喂养
Morning Nourishment
13太四23 耶稣走遍加利利，……传扬国度的福音……。
13Matt. 4:23 And Jesus went about in all of Galilee,…proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom…
14十六18~19 我还告诉你，你是彼得，我要把我的召会建造在这磐石上，阴间的门不能胜过她。我要把诸天之国的钥匙给你……。
1416:18-19 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of the heavens…
15主告诉彼得，祂要把祂的召会建造在彼得从父所领受基督的启示上。此后主立刻对彼得说，“我要把诸天之国的钥匙给你。”（太十六19）……要产生召会并建造召会，我们就需要国度。实际上，国度乃是召会的实际。
15The Lord told Peter…that He would build His church upon the revelation of Christ, which Peter had received from the Father. Immediately after this the Lord said to Peter, “I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of the heavens” (Matt. 16:19)…To produce the church and to build up the church, we need the kingdom. The kingdom actually is the reality of the church.
16施浸者约翰、耶稣和十二使徒，告诉人国度已经临近，借此开始新约的福音。这就是说，时候到了，神要来将自己当作生命分赐给人。福音带来神作生命，生命就是国度。国度乃是生命的范围，让生命行动、工作、治理、管治，使生命能达成其目的。……福音带进神圣的生命，神圣的生命有它行动、工作、治理、管治的范围，使这生命能达成其目的。这就是国度，这神圣的生命同其范围产生了召会（李常受文集一九八四年第二册，一五九至一六○页）。
16John the Baptist, Jesus, and the twelve apostles initiated the New Testament gospel by telling people that the kingdom had drawn near. This meant that the time had come for God to come to dispense Himself as life to people. The gospel brings God as life, and life is a kingdom. The kingdom is the realm of life for life to move, to work, to rule, and to govern so that life may accomplish its purpose …The gospel brings in the divine life, and the divine life has its realm for it to move, to work, to rule, and to govern so that this life may accomplish its purpose. This is the kingdom, and this divine life with its realm produces the church. (CWWL, 1984, vol. 2, “Elders’ Training, Book 2: The Vision of the Lord’s Recovery,” pp. 122-123)
信息选读
Today’s Reading
17照着新约，召会与国度有密切的关系。在马太十六章……十九节里“诸天之国”与十八节的“召会”交互使用，有力地证明，真正的召会就是今世的诸天之国。罗马十四章十七节证实这点，那里所说神的国，乃指正常的召会生活。所以，今天的召会就是国度。
17According to the New Testament, the church is intimately related to the kingdom. In Matthew 16…the words the kingdom of the heavens in verse 19 are interchangeably used for the word church in verse 18. This is a strong proof that the genuine church is the kingdom of the heavens in this age. This is confirmed by Romans 14:17, which refers to the proper church life. Therefore, the church today is the kingdom.
18虽然召会与国度有密切的关系，然而二者有所不同。任何一种生命就是一个国度，所以国度就是生命本身。例如，动物的生命是动物的国度，人的生命是人的国度。同样的原则，神的生命就是神的国度。然而，召会不是生命，生命也不是召会。召会乃是生命的产物。神圣的生命是国度，这生命产生召会。
18Although the church and the kingdom are interrelated, there is nonetheless a difference between them. Because any kind of life is a kingdom, the kingdom is the life itself. For example, the animal life is the animal kingdom, and the human life is the human kingdom. In the same principle, the life of God is the kingdom of God. The church, however, is not the life, nor is the life the church. Rather, the church is the product of life. The divine life is the kingdom, and this life produces the church.
19哪里缺少国度的实际，哪里就缺少召会的建造。不活在国度实际里的信徒，至多只能是得救的人；他无法被建造到召会的结构里。
19Where the reality of the kingdom is lacking, there the building of the church will be lacking. A believer who does not live in the reality of the kingdom can at best be a saved person; he cannot be built into the structure of the church.
20国度既是召会的实际，照着新约的启示，我们若没有正当的国度生活，就无法过召会生活。……新约开始所传的福音与救恩无关，乃与国度有关。……重生的结果乃是国度，因重生带进神国的入口。神重生我们时，祂乃是将我们重生到祂的国里。
20Because the kingdom is the reality of the church, according to the New Testament revelation, we cannot live the church life apart from the proper kingdom life…The gospel preached at the beginning of the New Testament concerns not salvation but the kingdom …Regeneration results in the kingdom, for regeneration issues in an entrance into the kingdom. When God regenerated us, He regenerated us into His kingdom.
21诸天之国的实际乃是召会生活的内容。这就是说，没有国度的实际，召会就是空洞的。国度的实际，实际上就是基督自己作我们的生命。基督作生命乃是素质、本质，让我们过正当的生活，好叫我们在这生活中，能与其他的信徒同被建造，带进真实的召会生活，就是基督这三一神具体化身的荣耀彰显。……基督得着彰显，整个三一神就得着彰显。这彰显在于信徒有否过国度实际的生活，这实际完全启示并描述在马太五至七章。这几章是关于诸天之国宪法的完整信息，这宪法就是国度生活的实际（新约总论第六册，一九五至一九八页）。
21The reality of the kingdom of the heavens is the content of the church life. This means that without the reality of the kingdom, the church is empty. The reality of the kingdom is actually Christ Himself as our life. Christ as life is the essence, the substance, for us to live a proper life so that in this life we may be built up with other believers to bring in the real church life, which is a glorious expression of Christ as the embodiment of the Triune God …When Christ is expressed, the entire Triune God is expressed. This expression depends on whether or not the believers live a life that is the reality of the kingdom, a reality that is fully revealed and described in chapters 5 through 7 of the Gospel of Matthew. These chapters are a complete message on the constitution of the kingdom of the heavens, and this constitution is the reality of the kingdom life. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 1739-1742)
22参读：李常受文集一九五七年第三册，国度与召会，第五至六章。
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今日要点
23主题：活在国度的实际里，而有真正的召会生活
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24引经：太四23，太十六18~19
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251.国度福音的扩展，带进生命的掌权结果，就是召会：
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26a.马太福音是国度的福音，证明耶稣基督是君王救主，在太四23说，『耶稣走遍加利利，…传扬国度的福音…』，施浸者约翰、主耶稣和十二使徒，告诉人国度已经临近，借此开始新约的福音，神要来将自己当作生命分赐给人，所以，福音带来神作生命，生命就是国度。
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27b. 国度就是生命的范围，让生命行动、工作、治理、管治，使生命能达到其目的，当生命在人里面扩展，神的掌权就扩展，国度也就扩展，这生命管治的范围就是国度，并产生召会，召会乃是生命的结果。
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282.缺少国度的实际，就缺少召会的建造：
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29a.在太十六18~19说，『我还告诉你，你是彼得，我要把我的召会建造在这磐石上，阴间的门不能胜过他。我要把诸天之国的钥匙给你…』，这里召会与诸天之国交互使用，证明真正的召会就是今世诸天的国，虽然二者有密切的关系，二者却有所不同，神的生命就是神的国度，所以国度就是生命，召会是生命的产物。
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30b.因此，哪里缺少国度的实际，哪里就缺少召会的建造，不活在国度实际里的信徒，至多只能是得救的人，无法被建造到召会的结构里，因此，我们若没有正当的国度生活，就无法过召会生活，没有国度的实际，没有经历基督作生命，召会就是空洞的。
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31应用：我们与圣徒同过召会生活，需要儆醒，不让天然生命进来，借着经历十字架，治死我们魂生命，并凭着神圣生命，受神圣生命管治而生活，使我们能够与其他的信徒同被建造，带进真实的召会生活，而有国度的实际，并带进国度的实现。
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