提前一3~4 我……曾劝你……嘱咐那几个人，不可教导与神的经纶不同的事，……这等事……对于神在信仰里的经纶并无助益。

　　　　　18　 ……我照从前指着你所说的预言，将这嘱咐交托你，叫你凭这些预言，可以打那美好的仗。

　　弗五32　　这是极大的奥秘，但我是指着基督与召会说的。

　　打那美好的仗就是与异议者不同的教训打仗，并照着使徒关乎恩典和永远生命之福音的职事，完成神的经纶（提前一4），叫可称颂的神得着荣耀（11~16）。

　　在保罗第一次坐监期间，众召会受试验。这试验显示败落和堕落开始了。这败落全然是由于不同的教训，就是与职事不同的教训。这是保罗嘱咐提摩太要打美好的仗〔18〕的原因（提摩太前书生命读经，二二、二四页）。

　　1 Tim. 1:3-4 ...I exhorted you...that you might charge certain ones not to teach different things...rather than God’s economy, which is in faith.

　　18 This charge I commit to you...according to the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you might war the good warfare.

　　Eph. 5:32 This mystery is great, but I speak with regard to Christ and the church.

　　To war the good warfare is to war against the differing teachings of the dissenters and to carry out God’s economy (1 Tim. 1:4) according to the apostle’s ministry concerning the gospel of grace and eternal life for the glory of the blessed God (vv. 11-16).

　　During Paul’s first imprisonment, the churches were tested. This test showed that decline and degradation had set in. This decline was altogether due to differing teachings, teachings that were different from the ministry. This was the reason Paul charged Timothy to “war the good warfare” [v. 18]. (Life-study of 1 Timothy, pp. 18-19)

　　历世纪以来，召会的堕落和败落有一个根源：与使徒的职事不同的教训。在行传二章四十二节我们看见，在召会生活一开始，信徒乃是持续在使徒的教训里。这些教训就是那职事。使徒所教导、所传讲的，不外乎基督与召会。他们传讲那成为肉体、钉十字架、复活并升天的基督，好叫祂这复活的生命，得以分赐到祂的信徒里面，以产生召会。这是使徒教训的中心点，我们看见这事是很要紧的。毫无疑问，在圣经中有关于许多事的教训。然而，使徒职事的中心乃是成为肉体、钉十字架、复活、升天并得荣的基督，作我们的救主、我们的生命和一切，使我们成为祂的身体，就是召会。这是新约启示极重要的中心，这也是神的经纶。

　　我们需要接触主的话，并借着主的话，凭着那灵接受神。然后我们会有信心。借着来到话面前，我们就被神注入，并且信心自然而然在我们里面运行，将我们带进与神生机的联结里。我们越享受神的注入，就越与祂成为一。然而，这重要的事已经失去了许多世纪。保罗知道这事的重要，就嘱咐提摩太打那美好的仗。

　　一面，提摩太要与异议者不同的教训争战；另一面，他要照着使徒的职事完成神的经纶。我们若愿完成神的经纶，就不可照着传统的基督教，也不可照着系统的神学，而必须照着使徒的职事。

　　今天我们也必须对不同的教训有警惕。历世纪以来，召会被这样的教训毒害并败坏了。我们若不儆醒，不同的教训也可能对主的恢复造成破坏。已往我们见过以狡猾、隐藏的方式传播不同的教训所造成的破坏。这帮助了许多召会中的领头人学习谨防不同教训的重要功课。我们绝不允许任何不同的教训进入主的恢复。这恢复完全是为着执行这职事；这不是指我的职事，乃是由彼得开始的使徒职事，今天仍在执行。所有的真使徒都教导并传讲同样的事，就是这一件事—神新约的经纶。我们传讲并教训的中心是基督与召会。教导并传讲神关于基督与召会的经纶，就是打那美好的仗（提摩太前书生命读经，二四至二六页）。

　　参读：诸天之国的要义，第五章；马太福音生命读经，第二十四篇；国度，第四十九章。

　　Throughout the centuries, the degradation and decline of the church has had one source: teachings which differ from the ministry of the apostles. In Acts 2:42 we see that at the beginning of the church life, the believers continued in the teachings of the apostles. These teachings were the ministry. What the apostles taught and preached was nothing other than Christ and the church. They preached a Christ who had been incarnated, crucified, resurrected, and ascended in order that, as resurrection life, He might be imparted into His believers to produce the church. This is the focal point of the teaching of the apostles, and it is crucial for us to see it. No doubt, in the Bible there are teachings concerning many things. However, the focus of the ministry of the apostles was the incarnated, crucified, resurrected, ascended, and glorified Christ to be our Savior, our life, and everything to us so that we may become His Body, the church. This is the vital focus of the New Testament revelation, and this is God’s economy.

　　We need to contact the word and receive God by the Spirit through the word. Then we shall have faith. By coming to the word, we are infused with God, and spontaneously faith operates within us to bring us into an organic union with God. The more we enjoy God’s infusion, the more we become one with Him. However, this vital matter has been lost for centuries. Knowing the importance of this, Paul charged Timothy to fight a good fight, to war a good warfare.

　　On the one hand, Timothy was to war against the differing teachings of the dissenters. On the other hand, he was to carry out God’s economy according to the apostle’s ministry.

　　Today we also must be on the alert for differing teachings. Throughout the centuries, the church has been poisoned and corrupted by such teachings. If we are not on guard, differing teachings may also cause damage to the Lord’s recovery. In the past we have seen the damage caused by differing teachings propagated in a subtle, hidden way. This has helped the leading ones in many churches to learn the important lesson of being watchful for differing teachings. We must not allow any differing teachings to come into the Lord’s recovery. The recovery is strictly for the carrying on of the ministry. By this I do not mean my ministry, but the ministry of the apostles, which began with Peter and is still being carried on today. All true apostles teach and preach the same thing, even the one thing—God’s New Testament economy. The focus of our preaching and teaching is Christ and the church. To teach and preach God’s economy concerning Christ and the church is to war a good warfare. (Life-study of 1 Timothy, pp. 19-21)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1963, vol. 3, “A Brief Definition of the Kingdom of the Heavens,” ch. 5; Life-study of Matthew, msg. 24; CWWL, 1972, vol. 2, “The Kingdom,” ch. 49