启一20　论到你所看见在我右手中的七星，和七个金灯台的奥秘，那七星就是七个召会的使者，七灯台就是七个召会。

　　犹13　　……流荡的星，有黑暗的幽冥为他们永远存留。

　　〔犹大书十三节〕说到异端者“是海里的狂浪，涌出自己可耻的泡沫；是流荡的星，有黑暗的幽冥为他们永远存留”。……这些背道者是假牧人、虚空的云彩、枯树、流荡的星，又是暗礁、海里的狂浪，毫无节制地涌出自己可耻的泡沫。流荡之星的隐喻，指明这些反复无常的教师、背道者，未稳固地定在属天启示不变的真理上，反倒在神像星一样的子民（但十二3，腓二15）中流荡。他们的定命乃是那为他们永远存留的黑暗幽冥（犹大书生命读经，一六至一七页）。

　　Rev. 1:20 The mystery of the seven stars which you saw upon My right hand and the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the messengers of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

　　Jude 13 …Wandering stars, for whom the gloom of darkness is kept for eternity.

　　[Jude 13 speaks] of the heretics as”wild waves of the sea, foaming out their own shames; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of darkness is kept for eternity”…These apostates are false shepherds, empty clouds, dead trees, and wandering stars. They are hidden reefs and wild, raging waves of the sea, foaming out, without restraint, their own shame. The metaphor of wandering stars indicates that the erratic teachers, the apostates, are not solidly fixed in the unchanging truths of the heavenly revelation, but are wandering about among God's star-like people (Dan. 12:3; Phil. 2:15). Their destiny will be the gloom of darkness, which has been kept for them for eternity (Life-study of Jude, p. 14)

　　星，也有消极一面的—流荡的星。……我们该作星，但不该是流荡的星；这是那些假的领袖。今天许多基督徒不是星；有些虽然是星，却是流荡的星。今日有些在宗教里的领袖和教师，就是这一类。……一颗正当的星有一定的位置和固定的轨道，它是一直坚定在它的轨道上。但有些星没有固定的位置和轨道，它们是流荡的星。有些基督徒好像是星，好像也发光，但他们的光是骗人的。……你若是跟随他们，你就被带迷路了；到头来你都不知道要往哪里去。……他们没有立场，没有立足点，没有确定的路与主一同往前去。他们今天这样说，明天又那样说；他们是流荡的。要当心！我们永远无法借着跟随一颗流荡的星来寻得耶稣。

　　我们怎能认出流荡的星呢？有一些特征。他们是秋天没有果子的树，是没有雨水的云彩。我们必须看果子。主耶稣说，从果子可以认出树来（太七16~20）。我们如果跟随流荡的星，到末了我们的分与他们一样—为他们永远存留的黑暗幽冥。

　　我们必须跟随发光的星，就是那些有确定立场、确定道路的人。他们是稳定的星，他们是坚定的人。如果有人来到我们面前，没有确定的立场和道路，我们要远避他。正当的立场是地方召会，正确的道路是在地方召会里，在那灵里向前。……要站在正当的立场上，要保守自己走在正确的路上。……如果你要到某地去，要拿出地图来，走上对的路，进入对的车道；你这样驾车，就能到达目的地。

　　我们深深感觉今日的混乱。哦，那些死的事物！哦，流荡之人的拦阻与打岔！无论谁使我们离开真正的地方召会，使我们不能与主的子民在合一立场上聚会的，都是流荡的星。真正的星乃是使多人归义的，他们并不领人走迷，而是使人转向正路。今天你我或任何人寻得基督的路，乃是要看那活星。阿利路亚！今日这星离我们不远—就在地方召会中。所有的地方召会中都有一些活星。你只要与他们接触，一直与他们为伴，他们就要引你到耶稣所在的地方。

　　愿主怜悯我们，叫我们蒙保守在正路上，事奉主，敬拜祂，并向祂献上我们的爱。愿主使我们像那些星象家，跟随那星去寻得基督。今日那活星和众多的活星都在地方召会中。让我们跟随他们，个个都成为他们中间的一颗星（李文集一九七○年第一册，三九二至三九四页）。

　　参读：犹大书生命读经，第二篇。

　　There is…a negative aspect to the stars—the wandering stars….We should be the stars but not the wandering stars. These are the false leading ones. So many Christians today are not stars; some, however, are stars, but they are wandering stars. There are religious leaders and teachers today who are in this category. A proper star has a certain position and fixed orbit. It continues in its course steadfastly. However, there are some stars with no fixed position or orbit; they are wandering stars. It seems that some Christians are stars; it seems that they are shining, but their shining is a deception…. If you follow them, you will be misled; eventually, you will not know where to go….They have no ground; they have no standing; they have no certain way to go on with the Lord. Today they say one thing, and tomorrow they will say something different; they are wandering. We need to be careful. We cannot find Jesus by following a wandering star.

　　How can we recognize the wandering stars? There are some signs. They are autumn trees without fruit; they are waterless clouds. We need to look for the fruit. The Lord Jesus said that we may know a tree by its fruit (Matt. 7:16-20). If we follow the wandering stars, eventually our portion will be the same as theirs— the gloom of darkness that has been kept for them for eternity.

　　We need to follow the shining stars, those with a definite standing and a certain course. These are the stable stars, the steadfast ones. If anyone comes to us without a definite standing and a certain course, we should avoid him. The proper standing is the local church, and the right course is to go on in the Spirit in the local church….We need to take the proper standing and keep ourselves in the right course….If you intend to go to a certain place, you need to get out your map, get on the right road and in the right lane, and as you drive you will reach your destination.

　　We are aware of today's confusion. Oh, the dead things! Oh, the frustrations, the distractions of the wandering ones! Anyone who keeps us from the genuine local church and from meeting on the ground of oneness with the Lord's people is a wandering star. The true stars are those who turn many to righteousness, those who do not lead people astray, but turn them to the right way. Today the way for you and me and for everyone else to find Christ is to see the living star. Hallelujah! Today the star is not far from us—it is with the local churches. Among all the local churches there are some living stars. You simply need to contact them; you need to keep company with them. They will lead you to the place where Jesus is.

　　May the Lord be merciful to us so that we may always be kept in the right way to serve the Lord, to worship Him, and to offer our love to Him. May the Lord make us all like those magi, following the star to find Christ. Today the living star and the living stars are in the local churches. Let us follow them, and let us each be one of them. (CWWL, 1970, vol. 1,”New Testament Service,” pp. 291-293)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Jude, msg. 2