启二1　　　……那右手中握着七星……的，这样说。

　　彼后一19　我们并有申言者更确定的话，你们留意这话，如同留意照在暗处的灯，直等到天发亮，晨星在你们心里出现，你们就作得好了。

　　不只基督自己是星，祂的跟从者也是，他们是在众召会中发光的人。在使徒行传与书信里，带头的人被称作长老，但在圣经末一卷里他们乃是星。现在不是头衔或地位的问题，乃是发不发光的问题。所有在地方召会中领头的人必须是发光的星。……在新约开头，只提到有一颗星在天上；但在新约末了，有七星在七个地方召会中。在每个地方召会中都有一颗星；在每个地方召会里都有发光物，把人带到正路上去（李文集一九七○年第一册，三八四至三八五页）。

　　Rev. 2:1 …These things says He who holds the seven stars in His right hand…

　　2 Pet. 1:19 And we have the prophetic word made more firm, to which you do well to give heed as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

　　Not only is Christ Himself the star, but also His followers, the shining ones in the churches, are stars. In Acts and the Epistles the leading ones were called elders, but in the last book of the Bible they are the stars. Now it is not a matter of title or position but a matter of shining. All the leading ones of the local churches should be shining stars. In the beginning of the New Testament there was mention of only one star in the heavens, but at the end of the New Testament there are seven stars in seven local churches. In every local church there is a star; in every local church there is something shining, leading people to the right way. (CWWL, 1970, vol. 1,”New Testament Service,” pp. 286-287)

　　圣经不只给我们看见，我们如何才能跟随那星；它也给我们看见，我们如何能成为一颗星。有两条路：第一是借着圣经，第二是凭着那灵。

　　彼后一章十九节给我们第一个秘诀，……我们有申言者的话，就是圣经。但申言者的话并不是星；圣经不是星。……因为我们有申言者的话，我们必须留意，我们必须全心关注，直等到天发亮，晨星在我们心里出现。……这里的“星”，原文可以翻作英文的“磷”。这星是像磷一样，能在黑暗中发光的。……圣经不该仅仅是白纸黑字；不该是死的字句。我们必须留意圣经的话，直到有些像磷一样的东西在我们里头出现—那就是基督作为晨星。

　　有时我们拿起圣经来读，却感觉一无所获。另有时当我们敞开我们的心，留意申言者的话，就有东西在里面照耀了，出现了，天亮了，破晓了。当我们祷读圣经经节的时候，在深处感觉发光、照亮，这种照亮产生向主耶稣的爱。我们觉得祂是何等可爱。……许多时候由于这个照亮，我们甚至爱主耶稣到癫狂的地步。那就是耶稣临到我们，如同天发亮，作为晨星在我们心里出现。……许多时候当我读主话语的时候，有东西在我里面出现，好像天发亮一样。哦，实在美妙！局面也许黯淡，四围都是黑暗，但是在里面有些东西在照亮，在发光，充满荣耀。

　　在星象家的日子，看见那星是奇迹似的事件，但在今天看见晨星只是寻常的事，并且该是我们例常的经历。每天都该有晨星在我们心里出现。……所以，今日这星是来自这活话。……首先我们有话；其次由于留意申言者的话，我们有晨星在我们心里出现。我们若一直随从这在我们里面出现的星，就会一直在那灵里。

　　在彼后〔一章十九节〕我们有申言者的话，而在启示录〔三章一节〕我们有七灵。……耶稣的手不只握着七星，也握着七灵。这意思是，七灵与七星是一，七星与七灵是一。如果我们有活的话像晨星那样在里面出现，并且我们与七灵是一，到末了我们便成了众星。我们不单有星在我们里面照亮，并且借着察看这星，并且在那灵里跟随，我们也成了众星（李文集一九七○年第一册，三八五至三八九页）。

　　参读：马太福音生命读经，第七篇；启示录生命读经，第九、十四篇；长老训练第十一册，第一章。

　　In the Bible we see how we may not only follow the star but even become one of the stars. There are two ways: first, by the Bible, and second, by the Spirit.

　　Second Peter 1:19 gives us the first secret….We have the prophetic word, the Bible. However, the prophetic word is not the star; the Bible is not the star….Since we have the prophetic word, we need to give heed to it, we need to pay full attention to it, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in our hearts. The word used for star here can be translated into English as”phosphorous.” This star is something as phosphorous, bringing light in the darkness….The Bible should not simply be words in black and white; it should not be dead letters. We should give heed to the words of the Bible until something as phosphorous rises within us—that is, Christ as the morning star.

　　Sometimes we may take the Bible, read it, and feel that we receive nothing. Other times, however, when we open our heart and give heed to this prophetic word, something within is shining, rising, dawning, breaking through. While we are pray-reading the verses of the Bible, there is a sense deep within of enlightening, of shining, and this shining creates a love toward the Lord Jesus. We feel that He is so lovable….Many times by this shining we are beside ourselves with love to the Lord Jesus. That is Jesus coming to us as the dawning day, as the morning star rising in our hearts…. Many times when I was with this holy Word, something has risen within me like the daybreak. Oh, it is wonderful! The situation may not be bright, the surroundings may be full of darkness, but something within is enlightening, shining, filling with glory.

　　In the days of the magi, the seeing of the star was a miraculous occurrence, but today to see the morning star is only normal and should be our regular experience. Day by day we need to have the morning star rising in our heart. Today, therefore, the star comes from the living word…. First, we have the word; second, by giving heed to the prophetic word, we have the morning star rising in our heart. If we will simply go along continually with this inner, rising star, we will consistently be in the Spirit.

　　In 2 Peter we have the prophetic word, but in Revelation 3:1 we have the seven Spirits….The hand of Jesus holds not only the seven stars but also the seven Spirits. This means that the seven Spirits are one with the seven stars, and the seven stars are one with the seven Spirits. If we have the living word as the morning star rising within us and we are one with the seven Spirits, eventually we will become the stars. We not only have the star shining within us, but by looking to the star and following in the Spirit, we become the stars. (CWWL, 1970, vol. 1,”New Testament Service,” pp. 287-289)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Matthew, msg. 7; Life-study of Revelation, msgs. 9,14; CWWL, 1991-1992, vol. 1,”Elders' Training, Book 11: The Eldership and the God-ordained Way (3),” ch. 1