肆 主的恢复把我们带回到新约独一的职事；这职事（林后三18，四1）有以下的特征： |
Ⅳ The Lord’s recovery brings us back to the unique ministry of the New Testament; this ministry (2 Cor. 3:18; 4:1) has the following characteristics: |
一 供应神经纶的健康教训，并打那美好的仗，抵挡异议者那些不同且怪异的教训，连同人天然热心、天然感情、天然力量、天然才干的凡火—提前一3~4、18，来十三9，提后二1~15，利十1~11。 |
A It ministers the healthy teaching of God’s economy and wars the good warfare against the different and strange teachings of the dissenters with the strange fire of man’s natural enthusiasm, natural affection, natural strength, and natural ability—1 Tim. 1:3-4, 18; Heb. 13:9; 2 Tim. 2:1-15; Lev. 10:1-11. |
二 产生众地方召会作金灯台，成为耶稣的见证，有同样的素质、样子和彰显，并且凭一位灵建造基督独一的身体，把我们众人成全到三一神的一里—启一10~13、20，约十七23，弗四1~4、11~13，亚四6。 |
B It produces the local churches as the golden lampstands to be the testimony of Jesus with the same essence, appearance, and expression, and it builds up the one Body of Christ by the one Spirit, perfecting all of us into the oneness of the Triune God—Rev. 1:10-13, 20; John 17:23; Eph. 4:1-4, 11-13; Zech. 4:6. |
三 预备得胜者，使他们在基督这“君尊的住处”里，并在众地方召会这些“象牙宫”里，成为基督的新妇，祂的 “王后”，好终极完成新耶路撒冷，就是“王宫”；把我们许配基督，激起我们在那向着基督的单纯和纯洁里爱祂，使我们成为祂的王后—诗四五1~15，启二一2、9~10，林后十一2~3。 |
C It prepares the overcomers to be Christ’s bride, His “queen,” in Himself as the “royal abode” and in the local churches as the “palaces of ivory” to consummate in the New Jerusalem as the “King’s palace”; it betroths us to Christ, stirring up our love for Him in the simplicity and the purity toward Christ, to make us His queen—Psa. 45:1-15; Rev. 21:2, 9-10; 2 Cor. 11:2-3. |
四 加强我们，使我们得以在达到荣耀的途径上，就是在十字架的路上，在基督受苦的交通里跟随祂，使生命得着显明和繁增—约十二24~26，西一24，林后四10~ 11、16~18，十一23~33。 |
D It strengthens us to follow Christ in the fellowship of His sufferings on the pathway to glory, the way of the cross, for the manifestation and multiplication of life—John 12:24-26; Col. 1:24; 2 Cor. 4:10-11, 16-18; 11:23-33. |
五 将基督作为恩典、真理、生命和那灵分赐到我们里面，使我们得着对基督的启示，对基督有享受，并在生命中长大，好使我们在生命中得救，而在生命中作王— 一12、24，腓一25，罗五10、17。 |
E It dispenses Christ as grace, truth, life, and the Spirit into us for our revelation of Christ, our enjoyment of Christ, and our growth in life that we may be saved in life to reign in life—1:12, 24; Phil. 1:25; Rom. 5:10, 17. |
六 借着真理的话，并借着话中之水的洗涤，圣别我们；凭那是灵之基督顾惜并保养的同在，牧养我们—约十七17，弗五26、29~30，启一12~13。 |
F It sanctifies us through the word of the truth and the washing of the water in the word; it also shepherds us with the cherishing and nourishing presence of the pneumatic Christ—John 17:17; Eph. 5:26, 29-30; Rev. 1:12-13. |
七 拆毁宗教阶级制度，将我们调和为一，使我们都成为基督的弟兄、基督的奴仆和基督的肢体，实际地成为基督的一个身体；拆毁丘坛，唯独高举基督，使基督在召会中作一切—太二三8~12，林前十二24，申十二1~3，林后四5，十3~5，西三10~11。 |
G It tears down hierarchy and blends us into one, making us all brothers of Christ, slaves of Christ, and members of Christ to be the one Body of Christ in reality; it also tears down the high places and exalts Christ alone to make Christ everything in the church—Matt. 23:8-12; 1 Cor. 12:24; Deut. 12:1-3; 2 Cor. 4:5; 10:3-5; Col. 3:10-11. |
八 使我们众人尽功用，实行神命定之路，并引领我们，使我们无论羔羊往哪里去，都跟随祂，好将国度的福音传遍整个居人之地—罗十二4~5，弗四11~12，启十四4，太二四14。 |
H It brings all of us into function to practice the God-ordained way and leads us to follow the Lamb wherever He may go for the preaching of the gospel of the kingdom to the whole inhabited earth—Rom. 12:4-5; Eph. 4:11-12; Rev. 14:4; Matt. 24:14. |
九 将我们带进新的复兴，活出新耶路撒冷并作出新耶路撒冷，好得着那作为神经纶最高峰之基督身体的实际—林后三6、8~9，五18~20，罗十二4~5，弗四4~6、16。 |
I It brings us into a new revival of living out the New Jerusalem and working out the New Jerusalem to gain the reality of the Body of Christ as the highest peak in God’s economy—2 Cor. 3:6, 8-9; 5:18-20; Rom. 12:4-5; Eph. 4:4-6, 16. |
晨兴喂养
林后四1 因此，我们既照所蒙的怜悯，受了这职事，就不丧胆。 十一2~3 我以神的妒忌，妒忌你们，因为我曾把你们许配一个丈夫，要将一个贞洁的童女献给基督。我只怕你们的心思或被败坏，失去那向着基督的单纯和纯洁，就像蛇用诡诈诱骗了夏娃一样。 保罗在林后十一章二节的话……深深摸着我们的心，挑旺我们对主耶稣的爱。生命读经的信息，……只要读几页，……你里面就重新觉得，主耶稣像新郎一样那么可爱、宝贵。你自然而然的会说，“哦，主耶稣，亲爱的新郎，我爱你。主，为着你的话，为着你的职事，为着你的恢复，我感谢你。”……真正的职事……会挑旺我们对我们的新郎主耶稣的爱。 我们必须从二节看见，我们已经许配给一个丈夫，好叫我们如同贞洁的童女献给基督。因此，我们该说，“我们亲爱的主耶稣是我们独一的丈夫，我是祂的童女的一部分。我不管什么道理或神学，我只在意那供应基督给我的职事。主是我所爱，令人愉悦、宝贝的一位。” 保罗在十一章……提醒哥林多信徒，他曾把他们许配一个丈夫，他不是将他们当作神学生献上，乃是将他们如同贞洁的童女献给基督（哥林多后书生命读经，五四四至五四五页）。 |
2 Cor. 4:1 Therefore having this ministry as we have been shown mercy, we do not lose heart. 11:2-3 For I am jealous over you with a jealousy of God; for I betrothed you to one husband to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. But I fear lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your thoughts would be corrupted from the simplicity and the purity toward Christ. Paul’s word in [2 Corinthians 11:2]…touches our heart in a deep way and stirs up our love for the Lord Jesus…. After reading a portion of a life-study message, you once again begin to feel that as the Bridegroom the Lord Jesus is lovely and precious. Spontaneously you say, “O Lord Jesus, dear Bridegroom, I love You. Lord, thank You for Your word, for Your ministry, and for Your recovery.”…The genuine ministry stirs up our love for the Lord Jesus as our Bridegroom. We need to see from 11:2 that we have been betrothed to one husband in order to be presented as a pure virgin to Christ. Therefore, we should say, “Our dear Lord Jesus is our unique Husband, and I am part of His virgin. I don’t care for doctrine or theology. I care only for the ministry that ministers Christ to me. He is the pleasant and dear One whom I love.” In chapter 11 Paul… reminds the believers at Corinth that he has engaged them to one Husband, not to present them as students of theology, but to present them as a pure virgin to Christ. (Life-study of 2 Corinthians, pp. 462-463) |
信息选读
每当有人用纯诚的灵传讲真正的福音和真实的耶稣，就会将主耶稣供应给人，使人珍赏祂、宝爱祂、跟随祂、以祂为一切。 历世纪以来，许多人按着圣经传讲并教导人，但他们的传讲与教导却打岔信徒，使信徒偏离了主耶稣基督这宝贵的人位。原则上，这等人打岔信徒，正与蛇在创世记三章所作的一样（哥林多后书生命读经，五五一页）。 诗篇四十五篇八节下半说，“象牙宫中有丝弦乐器的声音，使你快乐。”在这节里，宫表征众地方召会；象牙表征基督复活的生命（约十九36）；丝弦乐器表征赞美。在主眼中看为美丽，且作祂彰显的众地方召会，是用基督复活的生命建造的；并且有来自众地方召会的赞美，使祂快乐。我们赞美主时，需要珍赏祂在美德上的所是，以及祂的所作，以产生召会作祂的彰显。实在说来，基督的衣服，就是祂的美德，产生了召会作祂的彰显；祂的衣服和召会都满了甜美。 （在诗篇四十五篇），王预表基督，王后预表召会，那些围绕王后的人预表信徒。在预表上，这王后不是单独、个别的人—她是团体的。……信徒是王后和尊贵、美丽妇女的构成成分。 启示录十九章七节和九节上半所说的情况就是这样。七节说，“我们要喜乐欢腾，将荣耀归与祂；因为羔羊婚娶的时候到了，新妇也自己预备好了。”这节说到羔羊的妻。然而，九节上半说，“凡被请赴羔羊婚筵的有福了。”这节说到那些被请赴羔羊婚筵的人。……这里的妻子，基督的新妇，不是召会，乃是得胜者。……宾客也是得胜者。这就是说，一面，得胜者是新妇；另一面，他们是宾客。……所以，基督的新妇实际上是一班得胜者（诗篇生命读经，三一一、三一五至三一六页）。 参读：真理信息，第四章；长老训练第一册，第一章。 |
Whenever there is the preaching of the genuine gospel and the real Jesus with a sincere spirit, the Lord Jesus will be ministered to others so that they may appreciate Him, love Him, follow Him, and take Him as everything. Throughout the centuries, many have preached from the Bible and taught the Bible, but their preaching and teaching nevertheless distracted the believers from the precious Person of the Lord Jesus Christ. In principle, such ones distract the believers in the same way as that taken by the serpent in Genesis 3. (Life-study of 2 Corinthians, pp. 467-468) Psalm 45:8b says, “From palaces of ivory, harpstrings have made You glad.” In this verse palaces signify local churches; ivory signifies the resurrection life of Christ (John 19:36); and harpstrings signify praises. The local churches, which are beautiful in the eyes of the Lord and which are His expression, are built with the resurrection life of Christ, and from the local churches are the praises that make Him glad. As we praise the Lord, we need to appreciate what He is in His virtues and what He has done to produce the church to be His expression. In a very real sense, Christ’s garments, His virtues, have produced the church as His expression, and both His garments and the church are full of sweetness. [In Psalm 45] the king typifies Christ, …the queen typifies the church, and…those around the queen typify the believers. In type, this queen is not a single, individual person—she is corporate…. The believers are both the constituents of the queen and the honorable and beautiful women. The situation is the same in Revelation 19:7 and 9a. Verse 7 says, “Let us rejoice and exult, and let us give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready.” This verse speaks of the wife of the Lamb. However, verse 9a says, “Blessed are they who are called to the marriage dinner of the Lamb.” This verse speaks of those who are invited to the Lamb’s marriage dinner…. The wife, the bride of Christ, here is not the church but the overcomers…. The guests also are the overcomers. This means that, on the one hand, the overcomers are the bride and that, on the other hand, they are the guests…. The bride of Christ, therefore, is actually the group of overcomers. (Life-study of the Psalms, pp. 256, 260) Further Reading: CWWL, 1978, vol. 3, “Truth Messages,” ch. 4; CWWL, 1984, vol. 2, “Elders’ Training, Book 1: The Ministry of the New Testament,” ch. 1 |