三 借着我们灵里基督的复活生命，我们就能胜过死亡对召会的攻击—太十六18，徒二24，提后一10： |
Ｃ By the resurrection life of Christ in our spirit, we can be victorious over the attack of death upon the church—Matt. 16:18; Acts 2:24; 2 Tim. 1:10: |
１ 死亡乃是撒但工作的特点，他一切所作的至终就是要人充满死亡—来二14~15。 |
１ Death is the characteristic of Satan’s work; the ultimate goal of his work is to saturate man with death—Heb. 2:14-15. |
２ 马太十六章十八节给我们看见，对召会的攻击将从什么源头而来—“阴间的门”，就是死亡： |
２ Matthew 16:18 shows us from what source the attack upon the church will come—“the gates of Hades,” that is, death: |
ａ 撒但特别的目标乃是要在召会里散布死亡；对于召会他所最惧怕的，乃是召会抗拒他死亡的权势—启二8、10~11。 |
ａ Satan’s special object is to spread death within the church, and his greatest fear with regard to the church is her resistance to his power of death—Rev. 2:8, 10-11. |
ｂ 建造在“这磐石”上的召会，能辨识死亡与生命，并且阴间的门不能胜过召会—太十六18。 |
ｂ The church that is built upon “this rock” can discern between death and life, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against the church—Matt. 16:18. |
３ 我们若要胜过死亡的攻击，就需要认识基督是首先的，是末后的，又是那活着的—是那曾死过，又活了的一位，并且是拿着死亡和阴间的钥匙的一位—启一17~18，二8。 |
３ If we would overcome the attack of death, we need to know Christ as the First and the Last and the living One—the One who became dead and lived again and the One who has the keys of death and of Hades—Rev. 1:17-18; 2:8. |
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太十六18 我还告诉你，你是彼得，我要把我的召会建造在这磐石上，阴间的门不能胜过她。 启一18 又是那活着的；我曾死过，看哪，现在又活了，直活到永永远远，并且拿着死亡和阴间的钥匙。 神的丰富是在基督里，基督的丰富又借着召会彰显出来。……召会既是神的丰富的见证，她的特点就必须是基督的特点。……基督的特点，就是当祂要叫拉撒路复活的时候，所说的那句话：“我是复活，我是生命。”（约十一25）……召会今天在地上，既作基督的器皿，就是要彰显出这个生命与这个复活。神乃是要召会彰显出基督的生命来，所以今天在召会里必须满了生命。 主到地上来主要的目的，乃是要叫人得生命（十10），就是叫人得着神的生命。……神的基督就是生命，就是复活，而召会就是祂这生命和复活的器皿（倪柝声文集第二辑第二十四册，一七九页）。 |
Matt. 16:18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. Rev. 1:18 And the living One; and I became dead, and behold, I am living forever and ever; and I have the keys of death and of Hades. The riches of God are in Christ, and the riches of Christ are manifested through the church….Since the church is the testimony of the riches of God, its characteristics must be the characteristics of Christ….The characteristics of Christ are encapsulated in the words He said when He raised Lazarus from the dead, “I am the resurrection and the life” (John 11:25)….Since the church is the vessel of Christ on earth, it should express this life and resurrection. God intends for the church to manifest the life of Christ. Hence, the church must be full of life. The main goal of the Lord coming to earth is for man to have life (John 10:10), that is, for man to receive God’s life….God’s Christ is life, and God’s Christ is resurrection, and the church is the vessel of this life and resurrection. (CWWN, vol. 44, pp. 881-882) |
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今天神的目的乃是在召会身上，所以撒但专门攻击召会。撒但攻击基督徒和召会，不一定是用罪和世界来引诱人失脚，因为人很容易分辨这些。……撒但真正的利器乃是用死亡来攻击召会，死亡是不易被发现的，死亡可能很隐藏地偷进召会里。这并非说，世界、罪恶，就不被撒但用以攻击召会；乃是说，撒但能用那些文雅的、道德的，而不只是污秽的、残暴的罪，来攻击基督徒。许多文雅的、道德的事情，却充满死亡，撒但能够轻易地使用这些死亡的事情攻击召会。 马太十六章十八节说，主的召会的根基乃是基督这磐石，是阴间的门所不能胜过的。阴间就是死亡。……召会只有建造在基督这磐石上，死亡才不能胜过她。……召会若建造在基督这磐石上，能够分辨什么是死亡，什么是生命，阴间的门就不能胜过她。 罗马八章十节是说到身体和灵；约翰十二章二十五节是说到魂，保守魂与丧失魂。……一切从身体、从魂出来的，结果乃是死亡，就是阴间；一切从灵出来的，结果就是生命。一个人好说话，多说话，空说话，不该说的话也说；或者一个人，天然的思路好，口才好；这些都是从肉体，从魂，从天然生命里出来的东西。这些都不是出于灵，不是出于基督，所以也没有生命，不过是死亡。基督徒不是问事情作好或作坏，乃是问事情的来源为何，是从天然生命出来的，或是从肉体、从魂里出来的，还是从灵出来的。一切在基督徒身上的，只有出于灵的，才是生命，才能叫人得生命；凡是出于别的，即使人看为好的、有益的、良善的，都是死亡，都不能叫人得生命。 召会所需要的不是好的道理，好的神学，美妙的解经；召会所需要的乃是生命，就是基督复活的生命。一切的道理、思想、神学、解经，都不能取代基督的生命。只有基督的生命，只有出于基督生命的，是阴间的门所不能胜过的。其他的一切都不过是死亡的各种形式，都经不起撒但的攻击。求神怜悯我们，叫我们自己不摸死亡，也不把死亡带给召会。求神用生命充满召会，叫撒但无处可攻击召会（倪柝声文集第二辑第二十四册，一八○至一八一、一八三页）。 参读：倪柝声文集第二辑第二十四册，第一百一十三至一百一十四篇。 |
Since God’s goal today is the church, Satan’s attacks are directed specifically against the church. Satan does not necessarily stumble Christians or the church with the enticement of sin or the world, because these things are too obvious….The ultimate weapon Satan uses to attack the church is death. Death is not easily identifiable; it can creep secretly into the church. This does not mean that Satan will not use the world and sin to attack the church. It means that Satan can use refined and moral things, not just filthy and treacherous sins to attack Christians. Many refined and moral things are filled with death, and Satan can easily utilize these deadly things to attack the church. Matthew 16:18 says that the foundation of the Lord’s church is Christ the Rock, and the gates of Hades cannot prevail against this church. Hades is death….The only reason that death cannot prevail over the church is that the church is built upon Christ the Rock….If the church is built on Christ the Rock, it will distinguish between death and life, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it. Romans 8:10 is on the body and the spirit, while John 12 is on the soul, both the preserving and the losing of the soul….Everything that issues from the body or from the soul results in death, which is Hades, whereas everything that issues from the spirit results in life. A man may be very talkative; he may be very wordy and may love to speak vain and improper words. A man also may be clear in logic and excellent in eloquence. All these things are but the products of the flesh, the soul, and the natural life. None of them is of the spirit or of Christ. Hence, there is no life; there is only death. A Christian should not ask whether a thing is good or evil but should ask from where a thing originates. Does it originate from the natural life, the flesh, the soul, or does it originate from the spirit? Of all the things that a Christian possesses, only those that originate from the spirit are of life, and only they can give others life. Nothing else—no matter how good, profitable, or nice—gives life. The church does not need good doctrines, good theology, or wonderful expositions. The church needs life, the resurrection life of Christ. No doctrine, idea, theology, or exposition can replace the life of Christ. Only the life of Christ and that which issues from it will prevail against the gates of Hades. Everything else is just disguised forms of death and cannot withstand the attacks of Satan. May the Lord be merciful to us, and may He keep us from touching death or bringing death into the church. May God fill the church with life, and may Satan find no opening to attack the church. (CWWN vol. 44, pp. 882-885) Further Reading: CWWN, vol. 44, chs. 113-114 |