太十二28　我若靠着神的灵赶鬼，这就是神的国临到你们了。

　　诗一一〇3　当你争战的日子，你的民要以奉献为彩饰，甘心献上自己。你的少年人对你必如清晨的甘露。
　　召会的职守是属灵的争战，是神的权柄与鬼的权柄争执的问题。
　　关于神的国，有的人以为神的国不过是赏赐而已。这是对于神的国太低的看法。主耶稣曾有一次替我们解释什么叫作神的国，祂说，“我若靠着神的灵赶鬼，这就是神的国临到你们了。”（太十二28）什么是神的国？就是以神的能力去推翻鬼魔的能力。鬼魔在一个地方站不住，就是神的国临到那一个地方。什么地方鬼被赶走，什么地方就是神的国临到了（圣洁没有瑕疵，七四页）。

　　Matt. 12:28 But if I, by the Spirit of God, cast out the demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

　　Psa. 110:3 Your people will offer themselves willingly in the day of Your warfare, in the splendor of their consecration. Your young men will be to You like the dew from the womb of the dawn.

　　The church's work and responsibility is spiritual warfare. It is a matter of the conflict between God's authority and Satan's power.

　　Some people think that the kingdom of God simply concerns the matter of rewards. This is too low of an estimate of the kingdom of God. The Lord Jesus once explained what the kingdom of God is. He said, "But if I, by the Spirit of God, cast out the demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you" (Matt. 12:28). What is the kingdom of God? It is the overthrowing of the power of Satan by the power of God. When the devil is unable to stand in a certain place, the kingdom has come to that place. Wherever the devil has been cast out, wherever the work of the enemy has been displaced by God's power, His kingdom is there. (CWWN, vol. 34, "The Glorious Church," p. 61)

　　启示录十二章九至十节：“大龙就被摔下去，它是那古蛇，名叫魔鬼，又叫撒但，是迷惑普天下的，它被摔在地上，它的使者也一同被摔下去。我听见天上有大声音说，我们神的救恩、能力、国度、并祂基督的权柄，现在都来到了，因为那在我们神面前昼夜控告我们弟兄们的控告者，已经被摔下去了。”我们要注意十节的“因为”，神的国所以能来到，就是“因为”撒但从天上被摔下去，他失去了他的地方，他不能再在那里了。所以此后在天上就有大声音说，神的救恩、能力、国度、基督的权柄，现在都来到了。什么时候撒但离开那个地方，那个地方就有神的国。神的国所在的地方，撒但就不能在。所以在圣经里，神的国第一个主要的意思就是对付撒但。
　　主要我们祷告说，“我们在诸天之上的父，愿你的名被尊为圣，愿你的国来临，愿你的旨意行在地上，如同行在天上。”（太六9~10）如果神的国自己会来，主就不会教我们这样祷告。主既然要我们这样祷告，就给我们看见，这是召会的工作。召会应当传福音，召会更应当祷告，把神的国带进来。也许有人以为祷告也好，不祷告也好，反正神的国自己会来。但是我们如果是认识神的，就不会这样说。神工作的原则，总是等祂的子民先动，然后祂才动（圣洁没有瑕疵，七三至七五页）。
　　诗篇一百一十篇三节：“当你争战的日子，你的民……甘心献上自己。”祂争战的日子将要来到。就一面说，这日子尚未来到，但就属灵的意义说，我们现今正在基督争战的日子。只要我们在地方召会中，我们就在祂争战的日子里。这就是祂的民都甘心献上自己的日子。我们都需要甘心献上自己。年轻的生命这样献上是极其宝贵的。你甘心献上自己么？你是真心的么？
　　三节另有一句非常有意义的话：“以奉献为彩饰。”当我们甘心将自己奉献给主时，那是一种美丽，一种彩饰。最近在洛杉矶的特会中，那灵在我们中间强有力的运行，有很多人站起来，将自己奉献给基督和召会；那时我们感觉到奉献的彩饰（诗篇中所启示并预表的基督与召会，二一三页）。
　　参读：圣洁没有瑕疵，七二至七九页；初信造就下册，二一三至二二八页。

　　Revelation 12:9-10 says, "And the great dragon was cast down, the ancient serpent, he who is called the Devil and Satan, he who deceives the whole inhabited earth; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast down with him. And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, Now has come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ, for the accuser of our brothers has been cast down, who accuses them before our God day and night." We must pay attention to this word for in verse 10. The kingdom of God could come, "for" Satan had been cast down. Satan lost his place and could no longer stand there. At that time there was a loud voice in heaven saying, "Now has come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ."

　　Whenever Satan leaves a place, it is because the kingdom of God is there. Wherever the kingdom of God is, Satan cannot be there. This shows us clearly that in the Scriptures, the first, essential meaning of the kingdom of God is in regard to dealing with Satan.

　　The Lord wants us to pray, "Our Father who is in the heavens, Your name be sanctified; Your kingdom come; Your will be done, as in heaven, so also on earth" (Matt. 6:9-10). If the coming of the kingdom of God was automatic, the Lord would never have taught us to pray in this way. But since the Lord asked us to pray in this way, He simply showed us that this is the work of the church. Yes, the church should preach the gospel, but much more, the church should pray to bring in the kingdom of God. Some people think that whether or not we pray, the kingdom of God will come automatically. But if we know God, we will never say this. The principle of God's work is to wait for His people to move. Then He will move. (CWWN, vol. 34, "The Glorious Church," pp. 61-63)

　　Psalm 110:3 says, "Your people will offer themselves willingly / In the day of Your warfare." The day of His warfare is to come. In a sense it has not yet come, but in a spiritual sense we are now in the day of Christ's warfare. As long as we are in the local churches, we are in the day of His warfare. This is the day when all His people are voluntary offerings. We all need to offer ourselves as voluntary offerings. Young lives offered in this way are exceedingly precious. Are you a voluntary offering? Do you mean it?

　　We have another very significant phrase in verse 3: in the splendor of their consecration. When we consecrate ourselves voluntarily to the Lord, it is a kind of beauty, a splendor. In a recent conference in Los Angeles, the Spirit moved mightily among us, and so many stood to offer themselves in consecration to Christ and the church. We had the sense then of the splendor of consecration. (CWWL, 1969, vol. 3, "Christ and the Church Revealed and Typified in the Psalms," p. 159)

　　Further Reading: CWWN, vol. 34, pp. 60-66; vol. 50, "Messages for Building Up New Believers (3)," pp. 728-742