弗二19　这样，你们不再是外人和寄居的，乃是圣徒同国之民，是神家里的亲人。

　　提前三16　并且，大哉！敬虔的奥秘！这是众所公认的，就是：祂显现于肉体，被称义于灵里，被天使看见，被传于万邦，被信仰于世人中，被接去于荣耀里。
　　召会……是神的家（彼前二5）。这意思不是说，召会仅仅是神的居所。在原文，“家”的意思不仅指房子、住处，也指家人。……我们作为召会乃是神的房屋，是神的居所。同时，我们也是神的家庭。神的房屋和神的家庭是一个实体，就是一班重生、蒙召并由神自己内住的人。这些蒙召的人，由神用祂的生命所重生，并由这位活神带着祂的一切所是来内住；他们既是神的居所，也是神的家庭。这不仅是会众，与人群组织也不同。这是个生机体—在神圣的生命里是生机的，在神圣的性情里是生机的，在三一神里面也是生机的。
　　保罗说，召会是活神的家（提前三15），这家会长大（弗二21）（圣经中的基本启示，六六至六七页）。

　　Eph. 2:19 So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God.

　　1 Tim. 3:16 And confessedly, great is the mystery of godliness: He who was manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.

　　The church is also the house of God (1 Pet. 2:5). By this we do not mean merely that the church is the dwelling of God. This Greek word oikos means not only the house, the dwelling, but also the household.

　　We as the church are God's house, God's dwelling place. At the same time, we are God's family. Both the house of God and the family of God are one entity, that is, a group of regenerated, called ones, indwelt by God Himself. These called ones, who have been regenerated by God with His life and who are being indwelt by this living God with all that He is, are both God's dwelling place and His family. This is more than an assembly. This is different from a group or organization of people. This is something organic—organic in the divine life, organic in the divine nature, and organic in the Triune God.

　　Paul says that the church is the house of the living God (1 Tim. 3:15) and that this house grows (Eph. 2:21). (CWWL, 1983, vol. 3, "The Basic Revelation in the Holy Scriptures," p. 426)

　　召会有双重的功用：对基督，召会是身体；对神，召会是家。基督是头，召会是这头的身体，这是召会的一个功用。神是父，召会是祂的家，这是召会的另一个功用。正如基督是头，召会是祂的身体，照样，神是父，召会就是祂的家。召会是基督的身体，乃是一个生机体；同样，召会是神的家，乃是一个活的实体，活的家。在说到召会是神的家时，保罗特别说到神是活神。活在召会里的活神，对召会必是主观的，不是仅仅客观的。神是活的，不仅在祂的家（召会）中活着，并且在其中活动、行动并工作。因为神是活的，召会也就在祂里面、凭祂并同祂活着。活的神与活的召会，同活着、同行动、同工作。……因此，在我们的聚会、事奉和服事中，我们要给人一种印象：活的神在我们中间活着、行动、说话并活动（新约总论第七册，二一一页）。
　　到最近我才清楚看见，神经纶的目标乃是终极完成的神与重生信徒扩大的、宇宙的、神人二性的合并（基督为父用神圣的荣耀所荣耀的结果，四六页）。

提前三章十五至十六节指明，召会作神的家乃是神显现于肉体—敬虔的奥秘。神显现于召会，召会乃是基督的身体，也是活神的家，作神在肉体扩大的团体彰显。
　　十六节的“祂”就是基督，是神显现于肉体，作为敬虔的奥秘。从“敬虔的奥秘”转到“祂”，含示神在肉体的显现，基督，就是敬虔的奥秘（西一27，加二20）。这敬虔的奥秘就是正当召会的生活，这样的生活也就是神显现于肉体（新约总论第七册，二一八页）。
　　看见了经过过程的三一神同祂的工作，以及祂工作之结果的异象，会将我们构成顺从者（利未记生命读经，六三二页）。
　　参读：利未记生命读经，第六十篇；新约总论，第二百零八篇；圣经中的基本启示，第三篇；神圣的经纶，第五篇。

　　The church has a twofold function. To Christ, the church is the Body; to God, the church is the house. Christ is the Head, and the church is the Body of the Head. This is one function of the church. God is the Father, and the church is His house. This is another function of the church. Just as Christ is the Head and the church is His Body, so God is the Father and the church is His house. The church as the Body of Christ is an organism. In like manner, the church as the house of God is a living entity, a living house.

　　In speaking of the church as the house of God, Paul specifi- cally refers to God as the living God. The living God who lives in the church must be subjective to the church and not merely objective. The God who not only lives but also acts, moves, and works in His house, the church, is living. Because God is living, the church is also living in Him, by Him, and with Him. A living God and a living church live, move, and work together....Therefore, in our meetings, service, and ministry we should give people the impression that the living God is living, moving, speaking, and acting among us. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 2227-2228)

　　It was not until recently that I saw so clearly that the goal of God's economy is the enlarged, universal, divine-human incorporation of the consummated God with the regenerated believers. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 5, "The Issue of Christ Being Glorified by the Father with the Divine Glory," p. 351)

　　First Timothy 3:15 and 16 indicate that the church as the house of God is also the manifestation of God in the flesh—the mystery of godliness. God is manifested in the church, the Body of Christ and the house of the living God, as the enlarged, corporate expression in the flesh.

　　In Greek, the antecedent of "who" [in verse 16] is omitted but easily recognized. The antecedent is Christ, who was God manifested in the flesh as the mystery of godliness. The transition from "the mystery..." to "who" implies that Christ as the manifestation of God in the flesh is the mystery of godliness (Col. 1:27; Gal. 2:20). This mystery of godliness is the living of a proper church. Such a living is also the manifestation of God in the flesh. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, p. 2233)

　　Seeing the vision of the processed Triune God with His work and the result of His work will constitute us into obedient ones. (Life-study of Leviticus, p. 539)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Leviticus, msg. 60; The Conclusion of the New Testament, msg. 208; CWWL, 1983, vol. 3, "The Basic Revelation in the Holy Scriptures," ch. 3; CWWL, 1964, vol. 3, "The Economy of God," ch. 23