林前十一3　 我且愿意你们知道，基督是各人的头，男人是女人的头，神是基督的头。

　　　　十四40　 凡事都要端正得体地按着次序行。

　　召会的秩序来自召会中的权柄。……圣经清楚告诉我们，召会是基督的身体和神的家。毫无疑问，我们的身体中有权柄，一个家或家庭中也有权柄。……只要一个身体是活的、站立的，其中就有权柄，……只要有身体就必定有权柄；只要我们有家或家庭，也就必定有权柄。这说明召会中的确有权柄（李文集一九六三年第三册，三九八至三九九页）。

　　1 Cor. 11:3 But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of the woman, and God is the head of Christ.

　　14:40 But all things must be done becomingly and in order.

　　The order of the church comes out of the authority in the church…. We are told clearly that the church is the Body of Christ and the house of God. To be sure, there is authority in our body, and there is also authority in a house, that is, in a family…. As long as a body is living and standing, there is authority in it…. As long as there is a body, there must be authority, and as long as we have a family, a home, there also must be authority. This illustrates that in the church there truly is an authority. (CWWL, 1963, vol. 3, “Basic Principles for the Practice of the Church Life,” pp. 299-300)

　　身体的权柄乃是头。一个人站着，是身体托着头，还是头维持身体？我们如果把一个人的头砍掉，他的身体就会倒下。没有头，身体就无法站立。似乎是身体托着头，但事实上是头维持身体。所以，头乃是权柄。召会的头是主基督，召会的权柄是基督的作头。很清楚，召会中应当有秩序，但这秩序来自基督的作头。我们必须领悟、尊崇并尊重主的作头。我们若不在主的作头之下，我们在召会的秩序上就绝不能是对的。已过年间多次有弟兄姊妹来见我说，“李弟兄，我就是无法赞同某些长老。”每一次有人把这样的问题带到我这里，我就问他们：“此刻关于这件事，你是在主的作头之下么？”每次，发问的人必定承认他（或她）不在主的作头之下。我就回答说，“首先你必须与主是对的。将自己服在主的作头之下，然后你就会清楚。”作长老只有一条路，那就是服从主的作头。你越服从主的作头，就越有资格并受装备来作长老。

　　主的作头就是召会中的权柄。我们若要实行召会生活，就必须学功课，常常服从主作头的权柄。主是头，我们都是在祂作头之下的肢体。如果我们与头的关系不对，我们就与身体不对；并且毫无疑问，也会与其他肢体不对。我们与头对了，我们与所有肢体，与身体就都是对的。我们若不在主作头的权柄之下，就没有立场对弟兄姊妹说什么，好有所调整。我们若想要向他们说什么，我们必须服在主的作头之下。不服从主的作头，却向弟兄姊妹说一些话，这就是背叛。我们向主是背叛的，向身体（召会）也是背叛的。

　　荣耀基督并尊崇基督最好的路，就是以祂作头，祷告说，“主，你是头。我接受你作头，我真诚地说话行事，我在你的作头之下。”

　　召会的秩序来自于基督的作头实际地被我们实现出来。……如果我们每一个人都服从基督的作头，并祷告说，“主，你是头，我在生活中实际地实现你的作头”，那么每一个难处都会解决。难处不是借着道理或教训得解决，乃是借着实现基督的作头才得解决（李文集一九六三年第三册，三九九至四○○、四○二至四○三、四○六页）。

　　参读：召会的组织，第二、四、六篇。

　　The authority of a body is the head. When a person is standing, does his body bear his head, or does his head hold up his body? If we were to cut off a man’s head, his body would fall down. Without the head, the body cannot stand. It seems that the body bears the head, but in actuality, it is the head that holds up the body. Therefore, the head is the authority. The Head of the church is Christ the Lord, and the authority in the church is the headship of Christ. It is clear that in the church there should be an order, but this order comes from the headship of Christ. We must realize, honor, and respect the headship of the Lord. If we are not under the headship of the Lord, we can never be right in the order of the church. Many times in the past years, brothers or sisters have come to me and said, “Brother Lee, I simply cannot go along with some of the elders.” Every time someone has brought a problem like this to me, I ask them, “At this moment and concerning this very issue, are you under the headship of the Lord?” Invariably, the one asking admits that he or she is not under His headship. I reply, “First, you must be right with the Lord. Submit yourself to the headship of the Lord, and then you will be clear.”

　　There is only one way to be an elder, and that is to submit to the headship of the Lord. The more you submit yourself to the headship of the Lord, the more you are qualified and equipped to be an elder. The headship of the Lord is the authority in the church. If we want to practice the church life, we have to learn the lesson of always submitting ourselves to the headship of the Lord. The Lord is the Head, and we are all members under His headship. If our relationship is wrong with the Head, we will be wrong with the Body, and to be sure, we will be wrong with the other members. It is when we are right with the Head that we are right with all the members and with the Body. If we are not under the headship, we have no ground to say anything to the brothers and sisters in an adjusting way. If we want to say something to them, we must submit ourselves under the headship of the Lord. To not submit to the headship of the Lord and yet say something to the brothers and sisters simply means that we are rebellious. We are rebellious to the Lord and rebellious to the Body, the church.

　　The best way to glorify Christ and honor the Lord is to take Him as the Head, praying, “Lord, You are the Head. I take You as the Head, and I speak and act in a genuine way. I am under Your headship.”

　　The order in the church comes from the headship of Christ being realized by us in a practical way…. If each one of us would submit to the headship of Christ and pray, “Lord, You are the Head, and I realize Your headship in my life in a practical way,” every problem will be solved. Problems are solved not by doctrine or by teaching but by realizing the headship of Christ. (CWWL, 1963, vol. 3, “Basic Principles for the Practice of the Church Life,” pp. 300-303, 305)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1956, vol. 2, “Three Aspects of the Church, Book 3: The Organization of the Church,” chs. 2, 4, 6