可十一17 ……我的殿必称为万国祷告的殿……。

　　徒二36 所以，以色列全家当确实地知道，你们钉在十字架上的这位耶稣，神已经立祂为主为基督了。

　　弗五30 因为我们是祂身体上的肢体。

　　我们要……来看召会得胜的祷告。这种祷告乃是时代的祷告。……我们基督徒也许懂得一些祷告的事，但在圣经里，特别在新约里，有一种祷告远超过我们人的观念。进入这种祷告，需要属天的异象（李文集一九六三年第一册，一九八页）。

　　Mark 11:17 ...“My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations”...

　　Acts 2:36 Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God has made Him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you have crucified.

　　Eph. 5:30 Because we are members of His Body.

　　We will... consider the prevailing prayer of the church. This prayer is the prayer of the age…. As Christians, we may know something concerning prayer, but in the Scriptures, especially in the New Testament, there is one kind of prayer that is far beyond our human concept. To enter into this kind of prayer, we need a heavenly vision. (CWWL, 1963, vol. 1, “The Prayer of the Age,” p. 159)

　　首先，基督的升天指明，主的救赎工作已经完全完成。主升到天上以后，就坐在神的右边（来一3，十12）。……当人坐下时，意思是他必须作的每一件事都完成、成就了。……关于救赎的工作，主已经完全成就了每一件事。没有一件未成就的；每一件事都成就了。因此，主现今坐在天上安息了。基督的升天指明救赎工作已完全成就。

　　第二，基督的升天指明基督为主的身分已得着建立。基督为主的身分乃是借着基督的升天得着建立的。……我们需要看见，今天主基督不仅仅是创造宇宙的主。今天主基督也是神成了肉体来作人。今天有一个人已经被高举到天上，被立为宇宙的主。

　　再者，以弗所一章二十二节告诉我们，基督“向着召会”作万有的头。主所得着并所达到的一切，不仅是为着祂自己，也是向着召会。这意思是说，祂所得着并所达到的一切，正向着召会传输。我们需要看见这属天事实的属天异象。

　　第三个要点是关于基督身体的权柄。……身体的权柄乃是身体所运用之头的权柄。因此，身体的权柄就是头的权柄。身体有这权柄，这权柄不仅是客观的，乃是非常主观的。这意思是说，这权柄必须由身体取用并施行。取用一样东西，意思是把一样东西用于自己。我们作为召会，基督的身体，需要取用基督的权柄。主复活以后，告诉门徒，天上地上所有的权柄都已经赐给祂了。然后祂嘱咐他们传扬喜信给万民。主说，“天上地上所有的权柄，都赐给我了。所以你们要去，使万民作我的门徒。”（太二八18下~19上）主得着所有的权柄，就嘱咐我们带着这权柄去传福音。……主也清楚告诉我们，祂已赐给我们权柄，胜过仇敌的能力（路十19）。仇敌有能力，但身体有权柄。权柄比能力更强而有力。基督是头，有权柄；我们是祂的身体，也自动有这权柄。

　　第四个要点是作基督身体之召会的祷告。这种祷告不是个别信徒的祷告，乃是召会作为基督身体的祷告。……这祷告是基于我们已经得着基督的地位和权柄这个事实。在这种祷告里，我们不是乞求主为我们作一些事；我们乃是支取主已经得着并达到的。然而，我们要这样祷告，就必须看见主已经得着并达到了什么。基督已经得着为主的身分和元首的身分；祂乃是主，是万有的头。为主的身分和元首的身分是主所得着的最重要方面（李文集一九六三年第一册，一九九至二○三页）。

　　参读：李文集一九六三年第一册，在基督升天的立场上祷告，第一章。

　　First, the ascension of Christ indicates that the Lord’s redemptive work is fully complete. After the Lord ascended to the heavens, He sat down at the right hand of God (Heb. 1:3; 10:12)….When someone sits down, it means that everything that he had to do has been finished and accomplished…. The Lord has accomplished everything related to the work of redemption in a full way. Second, the ascension of Christ indicates that the lordship of Christ has been established. The lordship of Christ was established by the ascension of Christ….We need to realize that today the Lord Christ is not merely the Lord who created the universe. The Lord Christ today is also God who was incarnated to be a man. Today there is a man in the heavens who has been exalted and established to be the Lord of the universe.

　　Moreover, Ephesians 1:22 tells us that Christ was given to be Head over all things “to the church.” Everything that the Lord has obtained and attained is not only for Himself but is also to the church. This means that everything that He has obtained and attained is being transmitted to the church. We need to see a heavenly vision of this heavenly fact.

　　The third main point... concerns the authority of the Body…. The authority of the Body is the authority of the Head exercised by the Body. Thus, the authority of the Body is the authority of the Head. Although the Body has this authority, this authority is not merely objective but is very subjective. This means that this authority must be assumed and exercised by the Body. To assume something means to take something upon oneself. As the church, the Body of Christ, we need to assume the authority of Christ. After His resurrection the Lord told the disciples that all authority in heaven and on earth had been given to Him. Then He commanded them to preach the glad tidings to all the nations. The Lord said, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and disciple all the nations” (Matt. 28:18b-19a). Having received all authority, the Lord commanded us to go with this authority and preach the gospel….The Lord also told us clearly that He has given us the authority to overcome the power of the enemy (Luke 10:19). The enemy has power, but the Body has authority. Authority is much stronger than power. Christ as the Head has the authority, and as His Body, we automatically have this authority also.

　　The fourth main point... is the prayer of the church as the Body of Christ. This kind of prayer is not the prayer of individual believers but the prayer of the church as the Body of Christ….This is prayer that is based on the fact that we have the position and authority of Christ. In this kind of prayer we do not beg the Lord to do something for us. Instead, we claim what the Lord has obtained and attained. However, to pray in this way, we must have some realization of what the Lord has obtained and attained. Christ has obtained the lordship and the headship; He is the Lord, the Head over all things. The lordship and the headship are the most important aspects of what the Lord has obtained. (CWWL, 1963, vol. 1, “The Prayer of the Age,” pp. 159-162)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1963, vol. 1, pp. 153-157