壹 马太十六章启示召会建造的路，也启示这建造的仇敌： |
Ⅰ Matthew 16 reveals the way to build up the church and also reveals the enemy of the building: |
一 基督，活神的儿子，要在祂自己这磐石上，并以彼得这样经过变化的人为石头，建造召会—16~18节。 |
Ａ Christ, the Son of the living God, builds the church on Himself as the rock, with stones such as Peter, a transformed person (vv. 16-18). |
二 阴间的门，就是撒但黑暗的权势或能力，攻击召会，要拦阻主建造召会—18节。 |
Ｂ The gates of Hades, Satan's authority or power of darkness, attack the church to frustrate the Lord from building up the church (v. 18). |
三 主要建造召会，就必须经过死并进入复活—21节： |
Ｃ In order to build the church, the Lord had to pass through death and enter into resurrection (v. 21): |
１ 召会是借着基督的死与复活产生的—约十二24。 |
１ The church was produced through Christ's death and resurrection (John 12:24). |
２ 建造召会的路，乃是借着钉死和复活—参林后四10~12，加二20。 |
２ The way to build up the church is to be crucified and resurrected (cf. 2 Cor. 4:10-12; Gal. 2:20). |
３ 唯有借着钉死而在复活的范围里，召会才存在并得着建造—创二21~22，参弗四15~16。 |
３ The church exists and is built up only in the realm of resurrection through crucifixion (Gen. 2:21-22; cf. Eph. 4:15-16). |
四 彼得凭好心责劝主，想要阻止主去耶路撒冷钉十字架—太十六22： |
Ｄ Peter, with a good heart, rebuked the Lord and tried to prevent the Lord from going to Jerusalem to be crucified (Matt. 16:22): |
１ 拦阻主建造召会的不是彼得，乃是从阴间的一个门（就是从彼得的己这个门）出来的撒但—23节。 |
１ It was not Peter but Satan who came out through one of the gates of Hades, the gate of Peter's self, to try to frustrate the Lord from building up the church (v. 23). |
２ 撒但乃是从己、心思和魂生命这几个主要的门出来，攻击并破坏召会—23~26节。 |
２ The self, the mind, and the soul-life are the main gates through which Satan comes forth to attack and damage the church (vv. 23-26). |
晨兴喂养
太十六21 从那时候，耶稣才指示祂的门徒，祂必须往耶路撒冷去，受长老、祭司长和经学家许多的苦，并且被杀，第三日复活。 24 于是耶稣对门徒说，若有人要跟从我，就当否认己，背起他的十字架，并跟从我。 〔马太十六章二十四节〕的“我”意义重大，这个“我”乃是榜样、道路。再者，这个“我”乃是钉死和复活的“我”。如果我们没有钉死和复活，就不可能有召会。由于基督的钉死和复活才有召会的产生。不仅我们被玷污的己必须被否认，连主纯洁、无罪的己，也必须被否认。假如主没有否认己而上十字架，祂就不能复活，也就没有召会了。我们必须跟从祂，这意思就是我们必须像祂一样否认己，并且像祂一样让己被钉死。没有这个，召会就不能被建造。当我们觉得是在喂养别人己的生命时，我们必须说，“主，我要跟从你。我要停止和这位弟兄有这么多的接触。”假如你这么作，召会的建造就会往前（CWWL一九七八年第一册，九一页）。 |
Matt. 16:21 From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes and be killed and on the third day be raised. 24 Then Jesus said to His disciples, If anyone wants to come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me. The “Me” in [Matthew 16:24] means a great deal. This “Me” is the pattern, the pathway. Furthermore, this “Me” is the crucified and resurrected “Me.” If we are not crucified and resurrected, there can be no church. The church comes into existence through the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. Not only our self, which is defiled, but even the Lord's pure, sinless self had to be denied. If the Lord had not denied Himself and gone to the cross, He could not have been resurrected, and there would have been no church. We must follow after Him. This means that we must deny ourselves as He did and must allow ourselves to be crucified as He did. Without this, it is impossible for the church to be built up. Whenever we sense that we are feeding the self-life of another, we must say, “Lord, I will follow You. I will stop having so much contact with this brother.” If you do this, the building of the church will proceed. (CWWL, 1978, vol. 1, “The Exercise of the Kingdom for the Building of the Church,” pp. 74-75) |
信息选读
召会如何能实际地被建造呢？在马太十六章二十一至二十六节可以找到答案。按照圣经的说法，建造召会的路乃是借着钉十字架和复活。若不是基督已经钉十字架并复活，祂就不能建造召会。由于祂的死和复活，召会得以产生。二十一节……指出建造召会的路，乃是借着死和复活。主耶稣在山上变了形像，但是这种变化形像是暂时的。借着死和复活，基督永远地变了形像。复活是一种变化形像。借着死和复活，基督进入了变化形像的范围。召会……不能存在于天然生命里或属肉体的人身上，只能存在于变化形像的范围内。只要我们在天然的范围内，或属肉体的光景里，我们就和召会无分无关。 二十二节说，“彼得就拉祂到一边，责劝祂说，主啊，神眷怜你，这事绝不会临到你。”彼得好心地告诉主，神应该眷怜祂。……〔这一节〕强调的乃是己。 二十三节说，“祂却转过来，对彼得说，撒但，退我后面去吧！”然后在二十四至二十五节，主对祂的门徒说，“若有人要跟从我，就当否认己，背起他的十字架，并跟从我。因为凡要救自己魂生命的，必丧失魂生命；凡为我丧失自己魂生命的，必得着魂生命。”按照这些经节，主乃是榜样和道路。若有人要跟从主，就是要以主为榜样和道路，那人就必须否认己，背起他的十字架，并跟从主。 十八节说到门，十九节说到钥匙。要知道什么是门和钥匙，我们需要看二十一至二十六节。撒但从好些门出来。第一道门是己。这意思是说，我们的己是阴间的一道门，撒但从这门出来。甚至我们的好心，也可能让撒但从己的门出来。不论我们的心是好是坏，己是撒但出来的第一道门。除了己之外，二十一至二十六节也说到心思和魂，这两者也是撒但出来的门。因此，己、魂和心思是撒但借以出来主要的门。许多时候，撒但从你的心思出来，因为你的心思向着他一直是敞开的门（CWWL一九七八年第一册，九五至九六、八四至八五页）。 参读：马太福音生命读经，第四十八篇。 |
How can the church be built up in a practical way? The answer is found in Matthew 16:21 through 26. According to biblical terms, the way to build up the church is to be crucified and resurrected. Unless Christ had been crucified and resurrected, He could not build up the church. The church came into existence through His death and resurrection. Verse 21...indicates that the way to build up the church is through death and resurrection. On the mount the Lord Jesus was transfigured. This transfiguration, however, was temporary. Through death and resurrection Christ was permanently transfigured. Resurrection is a form of trans- figuration. Through death and resurrection Christ has entered into a realm of transfiguration. The church...cannot exist in the natural life or with fleshly people. It can exist only in a realm of transfiguration. As long as we are in a natural realm or in a fleshly condition, we are through with the church. Verse 22 says, “Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, God be merciful to You, Lord! This shall by no means happen to You!” With a good heart Peter was telling the Lord that God should be merciful to Him....[In this verse] the self is emphasized. Verse 23 says, “But He turned and said to Peter, Get behind Me, Satan!” Then in verses 24 and 25 the Lord said to His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me. For whoever wants to save his soul-life shall lose it; but whoever loses his soul-life for My sake shall find it.” According to these verses, the Lord is the pattern and the pathway. If anyone desires to come after Him, that is, take Him as the pattern and the pathway, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Him. Matthew 16:18 speaks of the gates and verse 19 of the keys. In order to know what the gates and the keys are, we [again] need to consider verses 21 through 26. Satan comes out through the gates. The first gate is the self. This means that we ourselves are one of the gates of Hades through which Satan comes out. Satan may come out through the gate of self even when we have a good heart. Whether our heart is good or evil, self is the first gate through which Satan comes out. In addition to the self, verses 21 through 26 also speak of the mind and the soul, both of which are also gates through which Satan comes out. Thus, the self, the soul, and the mind are the main gates through which Satan comes forth. Many times Satan has come out through your mind because your mind has been an open gate for him. (CWWL, 1978, vol. 1, “The Exercise of the Kingdom for the Building of the Church,” pp. 79, 70-71) Further Reading: Life-study of Matthew, msg. 48 |