启四2 我立刻就在灵里；看哪，有一个宝座安置在天上，又有一位坐在宝座上。

　　　五6 我又看见宝座与四活物中间，并众长老中间，有羔羊站立，像是刚被杀过的，有七角和七眼，就是神的七灵，奉差遣往全地去的。

　　因着召会有了堕落的光景，一提到行政和管理，人马上会想到，那岂不就是罗马教么？所以弄到今天，在一般更正教的信徒中间，比较属灵的人都有一种普遍的观念，认为最好没有行政，最好没有管理，只要认识召会是基督的身体，是神的家就可以了；……只要带领人有神的生命，活在神面前就可以了；不需要行政、管理这样的事。但是弟兄们，你我不会比神更有智慧。在宇宙中的确有神的行政、神的管理这样的问题，这是神所定规的，你我不可忽略（长老治会，九至一○页）。

　　Rev. 4:2 Immediately I was in spirit; and behold, there was a throne set in heaven, and upon the throne there was One sitting.

　　5:6 And I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures and in the midst of the elders a Lamb standing as having just been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.

　　Because the church has been degraded, whenever the word government or administration is mentioned, some begin to wonder immediately if this is Roman Catholicism. For this reason, among most Protestant Christians, and particularly among the more spiritual ones, there is a common concept that it is better to have no government and no administration than to have one. To them, as long as you understand that the church is the Body of Christ and the house of God, it is good enough….As long as others are helped to have the life of God and to walk before the Lord, everything is all right. To them, there is no need to have anything like government. But, brothers and sisters, we are not more wise than God. In the universe there is such a thing as the government of God and the administration of God. This is something ordained by God, and we cannot neglect it. (CWWL, 1960, vol. 2, “The Elders’ Management of the Church,” pp. 134-135)

　　在圣经中，国度问题就是行政问题；神的国度就是神的行政、神的管理。今天宇宙中间出了事，就是因为神的行政出了事。作长老的人不光要看见，宇宙中间有神的救恩，有神的召会，有神的家；更要看见，宇宙中间有神的行政，有神的管理。神不是紊乱的神，神不是没有规律，没有法则的神，神乃是有规律、有法则，丝毫不乱，满有秩序的神，所以神在宇宙中一定有管理，一定有行政。

　　在圣经的每一卷书里头，都有神的行政和管理。请你想想看，以色列人出埃及，经过旷野进迦南的故事，无论是在出埃及记里，还是在民数记中，都有很严密的配搭建造。而这个配搭建造完全是在神行政管理的里面。在以色列人中间，满有神的行政和管理，没有一件事神是放松的，……大大小小的事，都在神的行政和管理中，连该怎样洗身，怎样洗衣服，怎样剃胡须〔利十四7~9〕，连这类小事神都不给以色列人随意来作。旧约如此，难道在召会中，神就没有行政管理了么？没有这件事。在新约里头，神对召会都是行政，都是管理。新约圣经说到召会的时候，虽然也满了生命的话，属灵的话，但也满了行政一面的话，管理一面的话。

　　一个作长老的人要把召会治理得好，就必须要认识，神是要把祂在宇宙中的行政通到召会里来。召会绝不是一个没有行政，没有管理的地方。……从罗马书你能读出召会的行政来，从哥林多书你也能读出召会的行政来。从以弗所书、提摩太书、提多书，你都能很清楚地读出召会的行政来。在新约的书信里头，难得有一卷书不提到召会的行政（长老治会，一○至一一页）。

　　参读：长老治会，第一篇。

　　In the Bible the kingdom is a matter of government. The kingdom of God is the government of God. It is also the administration of God. Today the universe is in disorder because God’s government has not been honored. The elders should not only see that in the universe there is God’s salvation, God’s church, and God’s house; they must further see that in the universe there is God’s government and God’s administration. God is not a God of confusion. He is not a God without principle and rule. God is a God with principles, rules, order, and discipline. For this reason God must establish His administration and government in the universe.

　　Every book of the Bible shows God’s government and administration. Consider the story of the Israelites leaving Egypt to pass through the wilderness to enter Canaan. Whether in the book of Exodus or in Numbers, we can see a very tightly knit coordination and building. This coordination and building is fully under God’s government and administration. Among the Israelites, there was a situation full of God’s government and administration. God did not let one thing get by loosely….Everything great or small was under God’s government and administration. Even minute details concerning the manner in which to wash themselves, the way to wash their clothes, and the way to shave their beards were not left to the choice of the Israelites. This was the Old Testament. Does this mean then that in the church God has no more government and administration? This cannot be true. In the New Testament every aspect of God’s dealing with the church is under His government and administration. When the New Testament mentions the church, on the one hand, there are words full of life and the Spirit. On the other hand, there are also words full of government and administration.

　　In order to manage a church properly, an elder has to know that God desires to execute His government in the universe through the church. The church is definitely not a place without government and administration….You can read about the government of the church in the book of Romans. You can also read about the government of the church in the Epistles to the Corinthians. You can even read about the government of the church in Ephesians, 1 and 2 Timothy, and Titus. There is hardly a book among the New Testament Epistles that does not touch the government of the church. (CWWL, 1960, vol. 2, “The Elders’ Management of the Church,” pp. 135-136)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1960, vol. 2, “The Elders’ Management of the Church,” ch. 1