2025 春季长老第五周　周二

第五篇　保守自己在主工作的一道流中，为着召会的扩展，并且受主怜悯蒙拯救脱离撒但的诡计

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第五周　周二

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1贰召会基本的原则是永远的、宇宙的，所以，召会必须在地上不断地扩展；召会的长大和召会的建造乃是基于这个扩展 ——徒一8，八1，九31：

2一召会的扩展，乃是借着主生命的长大和主生命的流出，就是生命的涌流而有的 ——弗四16，约七37～39，徒二42、46～47，五20，六4、7，十二24，十九20。

3二当召会一扩展时，错误的观念 ——无论是地域的、种族的或彼此歧视的观念 ——就都冲破了；借着扩展，所有的封闭就被除去 ——参林前十二24，西三10～11。

4三行传八章给我们看见，召会扩展的第一步乃是到撒玛利亚（1～25），第二步是到埃提阿伯，到非洲（26～39）；这表明我们必须将福音传给各支派、各方言、各民族、各邦国，因为召会是宇宙的，召会需要扩展（启五9～10，七9）。

晨兴喂养

Morning Nourishment

5徒一8 但圣灵降临在你们身上，你们就必得着能力，并要在耶路撒冷、犹太全地、撒玛利亚，直到地极，作我的见证人。

5Acts 1:8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

6八1 就在那日，在耶路撒冷的召会大遭逼迫，除了使徒以外，门徒都分散在犹太和撒玛利亚各地。

68:1 …And there occurred in that day a great persecution against the church which was in Jerusalem; and all were scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.

7召会自五旬节产生以后，两千年来一直在扩展，并且普及到了各地。……召会虽然产生在耶路撒冷，但其性质却不是在耶路撒冷的一个召会。……召会是宇宙的，她必须扩展出去。

7After the church was produced at Pentecost, it has been constantly spreading for the past two thousand years and has spread everywhere…The church was produced in Jerusalem, but it could not be kept in Jerusalem… The church is universal, so it must spread.

8扩展不是用人的办法鼓励出来，或用人的手作出来的。召会的扩展，乃是借着主生命的长大而有的。从我们人这一面说，召会是不能速成，不能贪快；但从神那一面看，召会必须扩展。当耶路撒冷的召会兴起不久，神就使祂的儿女因受逼迫而分散各处（李常受文集一九五六年第二册，三三一至三三二页）。

8This spreading is not promoted by human methods, nor is it worked out by human hands. The spreading of the church is brought about by the growth in the Lord’s life. On man’s side, the church cannot grow quickly, and we should not be greedy for speed. However, on God’s side, the church must spread. Not long after the church in Jerusalem was raised up, God caused His children to be scattered to various places by persecution. (CWWL, 1956, vol. 2, “Three Aspects of the Church, Book 2: The Course of the Church,” pp. 253-254)

信息选读

Today’s Reading

9召会的扩展能冲破许多障碍，消除许多弊病。然而，有许多召会兴起的地方，却是心肠狭窄的。……在〔耶路撒冷〕，有许多旧约的遗传、教训，使他们故步自封，闭关自守。……他们故步自封，藐视任何人，并且不和任何人来往。

9The spreading of the church can break through many barriers and eliminate many undesirable practices. In many places where the church is raised up, however, the saints may be narrow-minded…In Jerusalem…they had many Old Testament traditions and teachings that caused them to close themselves off from others…They sealed themselves up and despised other people; moreover, they did not communicate with others.

10彼得……是头号使徒，不仅看见神奥秘的异象，也听见基督奥秘的预言。虽然他先得着了启示，但他几乎把召会带进犹太教的限制里。在彼得的头脑里，召会是耶路撒冷的，是犹太人的，召会不会到外邦地，不会到外邦人中；然而召会必须扩展。当召会一扩展时，这些错误的观念，就都被冲破了；无论是地域的、种族的或彼此歧视的观念，……就都没有了。……因着人里面地域的观念不容易冲破，所以召会更需要扩展；借着扩展，所有的封闭就被除去。

10Peter was the top apostle who saw the vision of the mystery of God and heard the prophecies of the mystery of Christ. Despite the fact that he received the revelation, he almost brought the church into the limitations of Judaism. In Peter’s mind the church belonged to Jerusalem and to the Jews and should not go to the Gentile lands or to the Gentile people; however, the church had to spread. When the church begins to spread, erroneous concepts are shattered, regardless of whether the concepts are regional, racial, or mutually discriminatory. Because it is not easy to break through the regional concepts within people, the church needs to spread even more. It is through spreading that all our close-mindedness is eliminated.

11行传八章告诉我们，门徒分散的第一步，也就是分散的头一个地方，……乃是撒玛利亚（1～25）。……使徒们一去，为〔撒玛利亚人〕祷告后，圣灵立即降下来，神自己也出来印证这事（16～17）。……神自己印证召会需要扩展；所以，召会扩展的第一步，就是扩展到半犹太、半外邦人当中，扩展到撒玛利亚。

11Acts 8 shows that the first step in the disciples’ scattering—that is, the first place to which they were scattered—was…to Samaria (vv. 1-25)…When the apostles came and prayed for the Samaritans, the Holy Spirit immediately descended upon them; thus, God Himself confirmed this spread (vv. 14-17)… God confirmed that the church needed to spread; therefore, the first step in the church’s spread was to Samaria, to a people who were partly Jew and partly Gentile.

12从行传八章我们可以看见，召会第二步的扩展，乃是借着腓利传福音给埃提阿伯的一个太监；福音就此传到了非洲（26～39）。犹太人从来没有想到，神会叫外邦人听福音得救，并且成为召会。……然而那一天，圣灵来了，吩咐腓利说，“起来，向南走，往那从耶路撒冷下迦萨的路上去。”〔26〕……腓利听从圣灵的话就去了。到了那里，看见一个埃提阿伯太监的车，圣灵又对腓利说，“你上前去，贴近那车走。”〔29〕腓利就往前行，到了那位外邦太监那里。这些都不是腓利自己作的，乃是圣灵自己带领的。腓利不仅传福音给这位太监，带他信主得救，并且还替他施浸。等到腓利和太监从水里上来，圣灵就把腓利提去了（李常受文集一九五六年第二册，三三二至三三六页）。

12From Acts 8 the second step of the church’s spread was through Philip’s preaching of the gospel to an Ethiopian eunuch; thus, the gospel spread to Africa (vv. 26-39). The Jews never thought that God would call the Gentiles to hear the gospel, receive salvation, and become the church…But one day an angel of the Lord came and spoke to Philip, saying, “Rise up and go south on the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza” (v. 26)…Philip obeyed and went. On the way he saw the chariot of an Ethiopian eunuch, and the Holy Spirit said to Philip, “Approach and join this chariot” (v. 29). Philip went forward and came up to the Ethiopian eunuch. Philip did these things not by himself but under the leading of the Holy Spirit. He not only preached the gospel to the eunuch and led him to believe in the Lord and be saved, but he also baptized him. When Philip and the eunuch came up from the water, the Holy Spirit caught Philip away. (CWWL, 1956, vol. 2, “Three Aspects of the Church, Book 2: The Course of the Church,” pp. 254-256)

13参读：召会的历程，第二篇。

今日要点

14主题：借着主生命的长大和流出，使召会得着扩展

15引经：徒一8，徒八1

161.召会是永远、宇宙的，必须在地上扩展：

17A.徒一8说，『但圣灵降临在你们身上，你们就必得着能力，必要在耶路撒冷、犹太全地、撒玛利亚，直到地极，作我的见证人』，召会首先在耶路撒冷建立，但召会基本的原则却是永远的、宇宙的，所以，召会必须在地上不断地扩展，当召会受到人的限制，没有继续扩展时，主就主宰的使用环境，迫使召会得已在这一道水流中，继续扩展。

18B.召会的长大和建造乃是基于这个扩展，召会的扩展不是用人的办法鼓励出来，或是人的手作出来，乃是借着主生命的长大和主生命的流出，就是生命的涌流而有的，从人一面说，召会不能速成，不能贪快，但从神一面看，召会必须扩展，召会是宇宙的，必须扩展出去。

192.除去错误的观念，使召会得着扩展：

20a.在行传的记载中，人可能限制召会的扩展，在耶路撒冷的召会，有许多旧约的遗传和教训，使他们故步自封，关闭自守，彼得这头号使徒，看见神奥秘的异象，听见奥秘的预言，但却把召会带进犹太教的限制里，认为召会是耶路撒冷的，不会到外邦地去。

21b.徒八1说，『就在那日，在耶路撒冷的召会大遭逼迫，除了使徒以外，门徒都分散在犹太和撒玛利亚各地』，但当召会一扩展，错误的观念，无论是地域的、种族的、彼此歧视的观念，就都冲破，借着扩展，所有的封闭就被除去，行传八章给我们看见，召会扩展的第一步乃是到撒玛利亚，第二步是到埃提阿伯，到非洲，这表明我们必须将福音传给各支派、各方言、各民族、各邦国。

22应用：我们不仅要看见神不惜一切，要召会得着扩展的渴望，更要祷告，把自己更新奉献，使我们身在一地，心在全地，不叫我们成为扩展的绊脚石，而要成为主召会扩展的踏脚石。