徒二十28 圣灵立你们作全群的监督，你们就当为自己谨慎，也为全群谨慎，牧养神的召会……。

　　林后十二15 我极其喜欢为你们花费，并完全花上自己……。

　　腓二17　　　 然而，即使我成为奠祭，浇奠在你们信心的祭物和供奉上，也是喜乐，并且与你们众人一同喜乐。

　　我们可能感觉我们是刚强的。保罗在林前九章二十二节说，“向软弱的人，我就成为软弱的，为要得软弱的人。”这意指我们要下到软弱之人的水平。向生病的人，我们就下到生病之人的水平。这是借着探访牧养人的路。保罗也说，“有谁绊跌，我不焦急？”这是对跌倒之人绊跌的原因，忧急且气愤。这显示保罗作好牧者，照顾神群羊的榜样（活力排，七七至七八页）。

　　Acts 20:28 Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among whom the Holy Spirit has placed you as overseers to shepherd the church of God…

　　2 Cor. 12:15 But I, I will most gladly spend and be utterly spent on behalf of your souls…

　　Phil. 2:17 But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and I rejoice together with you all.

　　We may have the feeling that we are strong ones. In 1 Corinthians 9:22 Paul says, “To the weak I became weak that I might gain the weak.” This means that we should come down to the weak one’s level. To a sick person we come down to the level of a sick person. This is the way to shepherd people by visiting them. Paul also says, “Who is stumbled, and I myself do not burn?” This is to burn in sorrow and indignation over the cause of the stumbling of all the fallen ones. This shows the pattern of Paul as a good shepherd, taking care of God’s flock. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 5, “The Vital Groups,” p. 115)

　　在行传二十章保罗与以弗所长老的谈话中，保罗说他“或在公众面前，或挨家挨户”教导他们（20）。……他这样作乃是要成全圣徒。凡与他们有益的，他没有一样避讳不告诉他们的（20）；他也把神一切的旨意都告诉他们（27）。使徒保罗所作的，是何等美妙的成全的工作！

　　保罗一再回到每一位圣徒的家，流泪劝戒、劝勉他们。使徒的说话该满了同情，常有眼泪。你想作使徒么？那你就要学习如何流泪。在十九节，保罗说他服事主，凡事谦卑，常常流泪。然后在三十一节，他说他不住地流泪劝戒每一位圣徒。使徒流泪告诉他所牧养亲爱的圣徒，一切关于神和祂旨意的事；他不仅公开地说，他也看望圣徒的家（李文集一九八八年第四册，四四一至四四三页）。

　　林前十二章的末了启示，爱是极超越的路（31下）。一个人如何作长老？……一个人如何作同工？……我们如何牧养人？爱是极超越的路。爱是我们申言并教导人极超越的路。为着我们的所是和所作，爱乃是极超越的路。

　　召会既不是逮捕人的警察局，也不是审判人的法庭，乃是养育信徒的家。作父母的都知道，他们的孩子越坏，就越需要父母的养育。如果我们的孩子是天使，就不需要我们作父母养育他们。召会是爱的家，为着养育儿女。召会也是医院，为着医治并恢复有病的人。最后，召会也是学校，为着教导并造就尚未学习的人，就是那些没有多少认识的人。召会既是家、医院和学校，同工和长老就应当与主是一，在爱里养育、医治、恢复并教导人。

　　爱遮盖人并建造人，所以为着建造基督的身体，在我们的所是所作上，爱乃是极超越的路。

　　我盼望因着我们接受有关牧养的这个负担，在我们中间会有真正的复兴。众召会若都接受这教训，有分于基督奇妙的牧养，在主的恢复里就会有一次大的复兴。我们在已过讲说并教导了很多，但很少牧养。牧养和教导应当像双脚，为着我们与主一同行动。我们的牧养该一直带着教导，而我们的教导也应当一直带着牧养（活力排，九三至九五、四九页）。

　　参读：包罗万有的基督，第五至六章；哥林多后书生命读经，第四十四篇；腓立比书生命读经，第七篇。

　　In Paul’s talk with the elders in Ephesus in Acts 20, Paul said that he taught them “publicly and from house to house” (v. 20)….He did this to perfect the saints. He did not shrink from declaring to them anything that was profitable (v. 20), declaring to them all the counsel of God (v. 27). What a marvelous perfecting work the apostle Paul did!

　　Paul went back again and again to every home of the saints, exhorting them and admonishing them with tears. An apostle should speak full of sympathy, with tears. Do you want to be an apostle? Then learn how to weep. In Acts 20:19 Paul said that he served the Lord as a slave with all humility and tears. Then in verse 31 he said that he did not cease admonishing each one of the saints with tears. An apostle tells the dear ones under his shepherding everything concerning God and His counsel with tears. He does not only speak publicly, but he also visits the homes of the saints. (CWWL, 1988, vol. 4, “Further Light concerning the Building Up of the Body of Christ,” pp. 358-359)

　　 The end of 1 Corinthians 12 reveals that love is the most excellent way (v. 31b). How can one be an elder?…How can one be a co-worker?… How do we shepherd people? Love is the most excellent way. Love is the most excellent way for us to prophesy and to teach others. Love is the most excellent way for us to be anything or do anything.

　　The church is not a police station to arrest people or a law court to judge people but a home to raise up the believers. Parents know that the worse their children are, the more they need their raising up. If our children were angels, they would not need our parenting to raise them up. The church is a loving home to raise up the children. The church is also a hospital to heal and to recover the sick ones. Finally, the church is a school to teach and edify the unlearned ones who do not have much understanding. Because the church is a home, a hospital, and a school, the co-workers and elders should be one with the Lord to raise up, to heal, to recover, and to teach others in love.

　　Love covers and builds up, so love is the most excellent way for us to be anything and to do anything for the building up of the Body of Christ.

　　I hope that there will be a genuine revival among us by our receiving this burden of shepherding. If all the churches receive this teaching to participate in Christ’s wonderful shepherding, there will be a big revival in the recovery. In the past we did much speaking and teaching with very little shepherding. Shepherding and teaching should be like two feet for our move with the Lord. Our shepherding should always be with teaching, and our teaching should always be with shepherding. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 5, “The Vital Groups,” pp. 126-127,92)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1961-1962, vol. 4, “The All-inclusive Christ,” chs. 5-6; Life-study of 2 Corinthians, msg. 44; Life-study of Philippians, msg. 7