17基督借着包罗万有的死了结了整个旧造以后,召会就在祂的复活里产生出来(彼前一3,弗二6)。……召会是一个新造,是在基督的复活里并凭着复活的基督造成的。我们必须看见这异象。除了看见召会是在基督的复活里产生的以外,我们也必须看见召会在哪里;今天召会乃是在升天的基督里。以弗所二章六节告诉我们,召会已经与基督一同复活,现今与基督一同坐在诸天界里。因此,召会完全且纯粹属于基督的元素,完全在复活里,完全与基督一同留在诸天界里。基督与复活这两个辞都是名词,在中文里没有用作形容词。因此,我们必须发明一些新语汇,来表达这样一个召会的异象。我们可以说,今天召会是基督的(Christly)、复活的(resurrectionly)、属天的。这三个形容词可以描述圣经所表达的事实。召会是属基督的,召会是属复活的,召会是属诸天的。召会是基督的、复活的、属天的。召会没有基督以外的元素。这样的异象要管治你到极点,并排除一切不是基督的、复活的、属天的事物。信徒还有罪的肉体,但召会没有罪的肉体,因为召会是在复活里产生的(彼前一3)。召会乃是在基督里、在复活里并在诸天界基督的升天里(李常受文集一九八四年第二册,一五一至一五三页)。 17After Christ terminated the entire old creation through His all-inclusive death, the church was produced in His resurrection (1 Pet. 1:3; Eph. 2:6)… The church is a new creation created in Christ’s resurrection and by the resurrected Christ. We must see this vision. In addition to seeing that the church was produced in Christ’s resurrection, we must also see where the church is. The church today is in Christ in ascension. Ephesians 2:6 tells us that the church has been resurrected with Christ, and now the church is seated in the heavenlies with Christ. Therefore, the church is absolutely and purely of the element of Christ, absolutely in resurrection, and absolutely remaining in the heavenlies with Christ. The English language does not give us adequate adjective forms for the nouns Christ and resurrection. We must, therefore, invent some new vocabulary words to communicate such a vision of the church. We may say that today the church is “Christly,” “resurrectionly,” and heavenly. These three adjectives describe the fact conveyed in the Bible. The church is of Christ; the church is of resurrection; the church is of the heavens. The church is Christly, resurrectionly, and heavenly. With the church there is no element other than Christ. Such a vision will govern you to the uttermost and will rule out everything that is not Christly (of Christ), resurrectionly (of resurrection), or heavenly (of the heavens). With the believers there is still the flesh of sin, but with the church there is no flesh of sin because the church was born in resurrection (1 Pet. 1:3). The church is a matter in Christ, in resurrection, and in Christ’s ascension in the heavenlies. (CWWL, 1984, vol. 2, “Elders’ Training, Book 2: The Vision of the Lord’s Recovery,” pp. 115-116)