徒二八30~31　保罗在自己所租的房子里，住了足足两年，欢迎一切前来见他的人，全然放胆宣扬神的国，并教导主耶稣基督的事，毫无阻碍。

　　在圣经里有一卷书，你不能说完了。其余六十五卷你都能说完了，但是有一卷你不能说完了，那一卷就是使徒行传。你读到行传二十八章，就要觉得奇怪，怎么就是这样的停了？你读到二十八章，觉得这一卷书还没有完，这一卷书还没有结束。使徒行传这一卷书是没有结束的，因为使徒的行传是要继续的。第一世纪的使徒，他们的行传也许结束了；但是，全部使徒的行传并没有结束。一直到今天，你都看见还是使徒行传，使徒行传没有结束（倪柝声文集第二辑第十七册，一五六至一五七页）。

　　Acts 28:30-31 And he [Paul] remained two whole years in his own rented dwelling and welcomed all those who came to him, proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, unhindered.

　　There is one book in the Bible which does not have an end. All the other sixty-five books have an end. But one book does not have an end. This book is the Acts of the Apostles. Why does Acts 28 end the way it does? When you read Acts 28, you feel as if the book has not yet concluded. This book does not have an ending. The Acts of the Apostles is a book without an ending because this book is still being continued. Perhaps the acts of the first-century apostles have ended, but the book of Acts as a whole has not yet ended. Until now we still have the Acts of the Apostles with us. This book has not yet ended. (CWWN, vol. 37, p. 121)

　　主说，“我父作工直到如今，我也作工。”（约五17）这表明自从撒但背叛和人堕落以来，神作工直到如今，并且主也作工。使徒行传是什么呢？使徒行传不是记载保罗的工作，也不是记载彼得或约翰的工作，使徒行传是记载神的工作。谁能说神在行传二十八章之后就不作工了，谁能说神的工作到了行传二十八章的时候就停止了呢？

　　使徒行传是没有结束的，在二十八章以后，还有许多神的器皿在作神的工作。神的工作正在继续下去，没有停在那里。不是保罗在罗马作了两年工，以后就没有事了。就以保罗一生来说，他住在罗马，后来被杀殉道，这些事都没有记在使徒行传里面。彼得、保罗、约翰是三个要紧的人，他们的结局都没有写进去，这样，我们哪里能说使徒行传已经完了呢？可是神的见证是写不完的。……二十八章以后虽然没有再写，但是神的工作还是在那里继续。第一世纪的工作并不是到了绝顶。神四千年之久，有一个工作，……第一世纪不是神工作的结局，第十六世纪不是神工作的结局，直到前一个世纪都不是神工作的结局，神的工作还要一直往前去。一直到国度，一直到新天新地，神都是往前进，绝不停止。我们如果知道并相信这事，我们就要赞美神。

　　人常常有一个错误，就是以为自己所处的时候，是召会最不行的时候。路德马丁的时候，有人这样想；卫斯理约翰的时候，也有人这样想。但是，我们说，路德马丁的时候好得很，卫斯理约翰的时候也好得很。我们在这里说他们所处的时候是好的，再过五十年，人又要说我们所处的时候是好的。我们是怕人要停止，但是，神是不会停止的，……神是一直往前进的。阿利路亚！神是一直往前进的！

　　神往前进的时候，都有祂的器皿。在使徒行传里，神有祂的器皿；在路德马丁的时候，神有祂的器皿；在卫斯理约翰的时候，神有祂的器皿；每一次有一个属灵的复兴的时候，神都有祂的器皿。那么，今天神的器皿在哪里？不错，我父作工直到如今，但是什么人继续下去与神同工？什么人说“我也作工”？这是要紧的问题。

　　弟兄姊妹，如果神给我们一点亮光，能看见一点神的事实，我们就必须承认，神今天所要求的器皿，就是祂在当初所定规的器皿，就是祂的召会。换句话说，今天神所要求的器皿，不是个人的器皿，而是团体的器皿。……所以我们要学习活出身体的生命。要活出身体的生命，就必须拒绝天然的生命，必须在神面前深深受对付，受审判，学习顺服，学习交通，叫我们有机会作神的器皿（倪柝声文集第二辑第十七册，一五七至一六○页）。

　　参读：倪柝声文集第二辑第十七册，第二十篇。

　　The Lord said, "My Father is working until now, and I also am working" (John 5:17). This shows that since the rebellion of Satan and the fall of man, God has been working until now, and the Lord is also working. What is the book of Acts? The book of Acts is not a record of the work of Paul or a record of the work of Peter or John. The book of Acts is a record of the work of God. Who can say that God has done no work after Acts 28? Who can say that God's work stopped after Acts 28?

　　The book of Acts does not have an ending. After chapter 28 many of God's vessels are still carrying on with His work. His work is continuing and has not stopped. Everything was not over after Paul worked in Rome for two years. Paul lived in Rome and was later martyred. None of these things are recorded in the book of Acts. Peter, Paul, and John are three important persons, yet none of their endings were recorded. How can we say that the book of Acts has ended? God's testimony can never be finished....Although the written record no longer continued after chapter 28, God's work has been going on. The work in the first century was not the peak. For four thousand years, God had been working....The first century was not the end of God's work, nor was the sixteenth century the end of His work. Even last century was not the end of God's work. His work will go on until the kingdom and even until the new heaven and the new earth. God is always advancing; He never stops. If we know this and believe in this, we will praise our Lord.

　　Man always has a misconception that his age is the worst age of the church. At the time of Martin Luther some thought this way. At the time of John Wesley some thought this way. We consider Martin Luther's time a marvelous age and John Wesley's time a marvelous age also. While we consider their ages marvelous, some who come fifty years after us will say that we were at a marvelous age. We are afraid that man will stop. But God never stops....He is always advancing. Hallelujah! God is a God who keeps on advancing!

　　Every time God advances, He finds some vessels. In the book of Acts, God found some vessels. At the time of Martin Luther, God found a vessel, and at the time of John Wesley, He also found a vessel. Every time there is a spiritual revival, God finds some vessels. Where is God's vessel today? It is true that the Father is working until now. But who is continuing to work together with Him? Who can say, "I also am working"? This is the crucial question.

　　If God grants us light and if we see God's truth, we will admit that God is after the same vessel today that He ordained at the beginning. This vessel is the church. In other words, God is not after an individual vessel today, but a corporate one.

　　We have to learn to live the Body life....[For this] we have to deny the natural life and be judged and dealt with by God in a deep way. We must learn obedience, and we must also learn fellowship. In this way, we will have the chance of becoming God's vessel. (CWWN, vol. 37, pp. 121-124)

　　Further Reading: CWWN, vol. 37, ch. 20