叁 神命定之路的四个步骤—生、养、教、建: |
Ⅲ The four steps in the God-ordained Way—Begetting, Nourishing, Teaching and Building: |
一 生—前去接触人—太二八19。 |
A Begetting—Going to Contact People—Matt. 28:19. |
二 养—家聚会照顾—帖前二7。 |
B Nourishing—Caring in the Home Meetings—1 Thes. 2:7. |
祷读经节
太二八19 所以你们要去,使万民作我的门徒,将他们浸入父、子、圣灵的名里。 帖前二7 只在你们中间为人温和,如同乳母顾惜自己的孩子。 |
Matt. 28:19 Go therefore and disciple all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. 1 Thes. 2:7 But we were gentle in your midst, as a nursing mother would cherish her own children. |
生—前去接触人
神新约的经纶定规我们的事奉,第一件事就是“你们要去,使万民作我的门徒”(太二八19)。这个“去”字的意义非常深广;你去了,当然就要访问人。经过长时间的研究,我们发现,访人叩门是“去”最有效的方法。 我们怎样结果子,怎样救人?这四年多来,我们乃是实行叩门访人,传福音救人。实在说来,还不是叩门的问题,乃是去接触人的问题。要救人就得接触人。…主在行传一章八节说,“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。”传福音是先由中心扩大到外围,再到地极。所以,你们应当先向骨肉至亲传福音,再向表亲们传。此外,邻舍、同学、同事,都是很好的对象。甚至,周末公园里也有很多人,你也可以拦下一个,向他传福音。所以机会太多了,问题就在于我们作不作(新路生机的实行,七至八、一八至一九页)。 我们必须仰望主,叫我们的姻亲、亲戚、朋友、邻居、同学、和同事得救。这么多与我们有关、在我们周围的人,需要主的救恩,所以我们未必需要叩“新门”。要点乃是我们需要借着传福音拯救罪人,好生出人来,结出果子,为着基督身体生机的建造(弗三8~11)。(召会实际并生机的建造,三○页。) |
The service that God ordains for us in His New Testament economy is first to “Go therefore and disciple all the nations” (Matt. 28:19). The meaning of the word “go” is very extensive. When you go, surely you have to visit people. After our prolonged study, we have discovered that to visit people by knocking on their doors is the most effective way to carry out the going. How do we bear fruit by bringing people to salvation? During the past four years or more, we have practiced the visiting of people by knocking on their doors to save men through the preaching of the gospel. Strictly speaking, it is not a matter of knocking on doors. Rather, it is a matter of contacting people. To save people, we have to contact them. ……The Lord says in Acts 1:8 that “You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and unto the remotest part of the earth.” In preaching the gospel, we work from the center to the circumference, and then to the remotest part of the earth. Hence, you must first preach the gospel to your close relatives. Next you should go to your cousins and in-laws. In addition, your neighbors, classmates, and colleagues are all good potential targets. There are also lots of people in the public parks on the weekends. You can stop by one of the parks and preach the gospel to someone there. The opportunity abounds everywhere. The question is whether or not we are willing to do it. |
养—家聚会照顾
当人一受浸从水里上来以后,…立刻要和他有一段长时间的交通,这就是在他家中第一次的家聚会。我建议你们要和他谈谈主成了赐生命的灵,与我们的灵成为一的事,告诉他:“你所信的这位耶稣,祂今天已经成了赐生命的灵。…这灵就如同空气一样无所不在,虽然摸不着、看不见,却比什么都实在,谁也少不了祂。…今天你呼求祂,祂就进到你里面。此外,神创造我们这个人的时候,祂给我们造了一个灵。我们不仅有外面的身体,也有里面的魂;在魂里面还有一个灵,就是我们最深处的人。今天,是灵的主进到我们的灵里,重生我们的灵,并且二灵成为一灵。现在你的呼求、祷告,就是从这灵里向主呼求、祷告。”接着你就带他祷告。在这时候,他可能会觉得自己不好,你可以再带他向主认罪。一个人只要肯认罪就好了,…人把罪都吐出来之后,结果就带来圣灵的充满。这样,第一次家聚会的内容就够多了,此后再和他约下一次,最好在一、二天之内,因为初生的婴儿非常需要照顾(新路生机的实行,二一至二二页)。 |
As soon as a person rises up from baptism, …have a long time of fellowship with him. This is his first home meeting. I suggest that you talk to him about the Lord being the life-giving Spirit and being one spirit with us. You should tell him, “The Jesus whom you have believed in has become the life-giving Spirit today… This Spirit is just like the air; He is everywhere. Although He cannot be touched or seen, He is more real than everything else. Everyone needs Him… If you call on Him today, He will enter into you. In addition, when God created us, He created us with a spirit. Not only do we have an outward body; we have a soul within also. Inside the soul, there is a spirit, which is our innermost person. Today, this pneumatic Lord has entered into our spirit and has regenerated our spirit, so that the two spirits are now one spirit. Now your calling and praying must be from this spirit.” Following this, you can lead him to pray. By then, he may feel ashamed of himself. You can then lead him to confess his sins to the Lord. As long as a person is willing to confess his sins, everything will work out… When a person has “vomited out” all his sins, the result is the filling up of the Holy Spirit. With all these words, you have enough to talk about for the first home meeting. After this, you should set up an appointment for the next meeting. Preferably, it should be within the next one or two days. The reason for this is that newborn babies need special care. (Organic Practice of the New Way, The, Witness Lee) |

