约十10~11 ……我来了，是要叫羊得生命，并且得的更丰盛。我是好牧人，好牧人为羊舍命。

　　神整个新约经纶的内容，乃是基督作人子顾惜我们，并作神子喂养我们。

　　在四卷福音书中所描绘的耶稣，是非常顾惜人的。……众人都需要祂来顾惜他们，使他们快乐、受安慰、得安息。祂若以神圣的身份来到我们这里，就会使我们受惊吓。但甚至罪大恶极的税吏，也能像朋友一样与祂同坐，与祂一同吃喝交谈（路十五1，太九10）。

　　神差祂的儿子，在祂的人性里为我们的罪作了平息的祭物（约壹四10）—顾惜。……神差祂的儿子到我们这里来，使我们在祂的神性里借着祂得生并活着（9）—喂养。……神将祂的独生子赐给我们（约三16），使我们……借着祂在祂人性里的救赎，不至灭亡—顾惜，反而在祂的神性里得着永远的生命—喂养。……基督是人子，来救赎我们脱离罪（提前一15）—顾惜。这是新约的第一部分。……基督是神子，来将神圣的生命丰盛地分赐到我们里面（约十10）—喂养。这是新约的第二部分（活力排，九九、一○一、一○八至一○九页）。

　　John 10:10-11 …I have come that they may have life and may have it abundantly. I am the good Shepherd; the good Shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.

　　The content of God’s entire New Testament economy is Christ as the Son of Man cherishing us and as the Son of God nourishing us.

　　The Jesus who is portrayed in the four Gospels is very cherishing…. All people need Him to cherish them, to make them happy, comfort them, and give them rest. If He came to us in His divine status, this would intimidate us. But even the most sinful tax collectors could sit with Him as friends, eating and talking with Him (Luke 15:1; Matt. 9:10).

　　God sent His Son as a propitiation for our sins in His humanity (1 John 4:10)—cherishing….God sent His Son to us that we may have life and live through Him in His divinity (v. 9)—nourishing….God gave us His only begotten Son that we… may not perish through His redemption in His humanity (cherishing) but may have eternal life in His divinity (nourishing). Christ as the Son of Man came to redeem us from sin (1 Tim. 1:15)—cherishing. This is the first part of the New Testament….Christ as the Son of God came to impart the divine life into us abundantly (John 10:10)—nourishing. This is the second part of the New Testament. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 5, “The Vital Groups,” pp. 131-132, 136-137)

　　我相信，我们没有父神爱和赦免的心，没有救主牧养和寻找的灵，乃是我们不结果子的原因。我知道你们都劳苦作工，但几乎没有果子。主说，“树总是凭果子认出来的”（太十二33），但我们却是不结果子的树。……一位良善温和的牧师可能没有特别的恩赐，如讲道的恩赐；他可能只是探望人，并且当人来聚会时欢迎他们；但是照着统计数字，这样的牧师一年也会得着百分之十的扩增。反观我们，甚至还没有百分之十的扩增。你能看见我们是何等的荒凉么？你们有许多人是优秀的讲员，认识较高的真理。我们所持有的真理，比基督教的真理高得多；但因着我们缺少父那爱和赦免的心，以及子那牧养和寻找的灵，我们就没有果子。我们定罪人、规范人，却不牧养人、寻找人。我们缺少爱和牧养。这些是我们结果子，得着人的重要因素。……我们训练青年人去得着人，还是去规范人？我们必须重新省察自己的行为，如哈该所言（该一5）。我们的行为是不正确的；有些地方出了问题（对同工长老们以及爱主寻求主者爱心的话，四二至四三页）。

　　传福音是对罪人最高的牧养。……基督……乃是借着牧养尽祂的职事。祂到耶利哥，只是为着要探访一个人，就是税吏长（路十九1~10）。祂不是去举行……福音大会。祂的目的是要去传福音得一个人，而祂的传扬乃是一种牧养。……约翰四章说，当主在去加利利的路上，祂“必须经过撒玛利亚”（4）。祂……绕道……为要接触一个犯罪的撒玛利亚妇人，她先前有过五个丈夫。主预先知道她会来到雅各井。雅各井乃是预表基督，祂是泉源，直涌入永远的生命（14下）。我们必须学习主的榜样，特意绕道至叙加，以得着一个人。

　　我们在一个人身上花三年的工夫来得着他，这是值得的。你如果连续探访一个人三年，你就能得着他。这样过了十二年，你就有四个新人随着你参加召会的聚会（活力排，七五页）。

　　参读：约翰福音结晶读经，第七、十三篇；以弗所书生命读经，第四十六、四十九篇。

　　I believe that not having the Father’s loving and forgiving heart and not having the Savior’s shepherding and seeking spirit is the reason for our barrenness. I realize that you all work hard, but there is almost no fruit. The Lord said, “By the fruit the tree is known” (Matt. 12:33), but we are a tree without any fruit…. A good, gentle pastor may not have a particular gift, such as the gift of speaking; he may simply visit people and welcome them when they come to his meeting, but according to statistics, he will have a ten percent yearly increase. We, however, do not have even a ten percent increase. Can you see how barren we are? Many of you are good speakers, knowing the higher truths. The truths we hold are much higher than those in Christianity. However, we do not have fruit, because we are lacking in the Father’s loving and forgiving heart and the Son’s shepherding and seeking spirit. We condemn and regulate others rather than shepherding and seeking them. We are short of love and shepherding. These are the vital factors for us to bear fruit, that is, to gain people…. Do we train the young ones to gain people or to regulate people? We have to consider our ways…(Hag. 1:5). Our way is not right; something is wrong. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 5, “A Word of Love to the Coworkers, Elders, Lovers, and Seekers of the Lord,” p. 31)

　　The preaching of the gospel is the top shepherding of sinners….Christ carried out His ministry by shepherding. He went to Jericho just to visit one person, a chief tax collector (Luke 19:1-10). He did not go there to hold a big gospel campaign…. His desire was to preach the gospel to gain one person, and His preaching was a shepherding. John 4 says that while the Lord was on His way to Galilee, “He had to pass through Samaria” (v. 4). He detoured… in order to contact a sinful Samaritan woman, who previously had five husbands. The Lord foreknew that she would come to the well of Jacob. The well of Jacob is a type of Christ, who is the fountain of water springing up into eternal life (v. 14b). We have to learn of the Lord’s pattern in purposely detouring to Sychar to gain only one person.

　　To spend three years to gain one person is worthwhile. If you spend three years to visit one person continually, you will gain him. After twelve years you will have four new ones following you to the church meetings. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 5, “The Vital Groups,” pp. 113-114)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 4, “Crystallization-study of the Gospel of John,” chs. 7,13; Life-study of Ephesians, msgs. 46, 49