应付神的需要和主恢复中当前的需要
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神的喜悦
God's Good Pleasure
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壹 神的喜悦,祂心头的愿望,是要应付这个时代的要求,就是神在这个时代的需要:
Ⅰ God's good pleasure, His heart's desire, is to meet the demand of this age, which is God's need in this age:
一 神在这个时代不再需要“属灵大汉”;祂乃是要身体的见证,就是基督身体的实际,终极完成于新耶路撒冷;这就是照着主关于建造祂身体的话,成就祂的心愿—太十六18,弗四1~16。
A God does not need "spiritual giants" any longer in this age; what He needs is the Body testimony, which is the reality of the Body of Christ consummating in the New Jerusalem; this is to fulfill the Lord's heart's desire according to His word concerning the building up of His Body—Matt. 16:18; Eph. 4:1-16.
二 以弗所四章十五至十六节说到身体的众肢体都长到元首里面,本于元首而尽功用;如此,“全身”(借着供应的节与每一部分的功用)便“叫身体渐渐长大,以致在爱里把自己建造起来”。
B Verses 15 and 16 say that all the members of the Body grow up into the Head and function out from the Head; thus, "all the Body" (with the supplying joints and the functioning of each one part) "causes the growth of the Body unto the building up of itself in love."
三 倪弟兄和李弟兄作为今时代的执事,乃是我们的榜样,使我们被成全,“目的是为着职事的工作,为着建造基督的身体;”我们在今世正在得成全,成为基督身体上尽功用的肢体—11~12节,提前一16,四12,林前四16~17。
C As ministers of the present age, Brother Nee and Brother Lee are patterns to us so that we may be perfected "unto the work of the ministry, unto the building up of the Body of Christ"; we are being perfected in this present age to become functioning members of the Body of Christ—vv. 11-12; 1 Tim. 1:16; 4:12; 1 Cor. 4:16-17.
四 “属灵大汉”拦阻了召会职事的产生;我们需要看见召会内在的所是;所有领一他连得银子的人都尽功用,召会作基督的身体就产生出来;银子象征属灵的恩赐,基督身体上的每一个肢体最少都有一他连得—太二五14~30,罗十二6,林前十二4、12~27,彼前四10:
D "Spiritual giants" are a hindrance to the producing of the church ministry; we need to see what the church is intrinsically; the church as the Body of Christ is brought forth when all the one-talented ones are functioning; talents signify spiritual gifts, and each member of the Body of Christ has at least one talent—Matt. 25:14-30; Rom. 12:6; 1 Cor. 12:4, 12-27; 1 Pet. 4:10:
1 为着主的工作,我们需要银子,属灵的恩赐,使我们得着装备成为良善的奴仆,完成神永远的经纶;我们固然必须使所有五他连得的来服事,也必须使二他连得的来服事,但我们更必须使所有一他连得的来服事。
1 For the work of the Lord, we need the talent, the spiritual gift, that we may be equipped as good slaves to accomplish God's eternal economy; surely, we must make all the five-talented ones serve and the two-talented ones serve, but even more, we must make all the one-talented ones serve.
2 五个一他连得的加起来就等于一个五他连得的;今天如果在召会里,所有一他连得的人都拿出来,在我们中间就用不着有这么多大的恩赐;只要这些一他连得的都出去,整个世界就要被征服了!(参徒十七6下。)
2 When five one-talented ones are put together, they equal one who has five talents; if all the one-talented ones in the church today would bring forth their talents, there would be no need for so many great gifts among us; just by the coming forth of the one-talented ones, the whole world will be conquered (cf. Acts 17:6b)!
3 假若我们的工作不能产生一他连得的出来,我们的工作就是失败的;提后二章二节和以弗所四章十一至十二节是我们今天工作的路;只有教别人作,工作才能成功;今天召会的建造,乃在于一他连得的人有没有被成全、建造并兴起来;今天所需要的,乃是能“带”人在召会中尽功用服事主的人,不是能“代”人服事的人。
3 If our work does not bring out the one-talented ones, our work is a failure; 2 Timothy 2:2 and Ephesians 4:11-12 are the way of our work today; only those who teach others to work will succeed in the work; today the building up of the church hinges on the perfecting, building up, and raising up of the one-talented ones; what is needed today is men who can lead others into their function in serving the Lord for the church, not men who will replace others in their service.
 


晨兴喂养  
  弗四15~16  唯在爱里持守着真实,我们就得以在一切事上长到祂,就是元首基督里面;本于祂,全身借着每一丰富供应的节,并借着每一部分依其度量而有的功用,得以联络在一起,并结合在一起,便叫身体渐渐长大,以致在爱里把自己建造起来。

  今天…神不要属灵大汉,祂乃是要身体的见证。今天弟兄姊妹只能作肢体;小肢体也是肢体,大肢体也不过是肢体,没有一个肢体能够作全体。当全召会起来传福音的时候,人就只能说是召会带他得救,不能说是某博士带他得救。…今天不是同工单独事奉主的时候,乃是召会起来事奉主的时候。(倪柝声恢复职事过程中信息记录,一四四至一四五页。)

  神今天正在作恢复身体见证的工作,祂所赐的恩赐,乃是要成全众圣徒都能尽职。现在不再只是有特别恩赐的工人能作工,一般弟兄姊妹也能传福音,也能医病,也能栽培人,也能救人。召会能生产、有根基、可靠、复兴、事奉等,建造起来就像新耶路撒冷那样坚固。(倪柝声文集第三辑第十六册,二五至二六页。)
  Eph. 4:15-16 But holding to truth in love, we may grow up into Him in all things, who is the Head, Christ, out from whom all the Body, being joined together and being knit together through every joint of the rich supply and through the operation in the measure of each one part, causes the growth of the Body unto the building up of itself in love.

  Today…God no longer needs spiritual giants. He needs the testimony of the Body. Today we only need to be members. A small member is a member, and a big member is also a member. No member can be the whole Body. When the whole church rises up to preach the gospel, others will say that the church saved them; they will not say that Dr. So-and-so saved them…. This is not the time for the co-workers to serve the Lord by themselves but the time for the whole church to rise up to serve Him together. (CWWL, 1932-1949, vol. 2, p. 242)

  Today God is doing the work of recovering the Body testimony. The gifts that He has given are for the perfecting of the saints for the ministry. One or two specially gifted workers no longer can fulfill the task; all the brothers and sisters can preach the gospel, heal the sick, edify the saints, and save the lost. The church can beget, be established, be revived, be firm, and rise up to serve. It will be built up like the New Jerusalem and be strong. (CWWN, vol. 62, p. 271)
信息选读  
  在传福音的事上,我们需要恢复召会传福音。不是登大幅广告请人来,乃是要弟兄姊妹个个去请人。…这样,整个召会就能起来服事。这样的服事乃是全体的服事;若只有少数人的服事,我们还未达到神的水平。

  今天,…(神要)引进召会的职事,召会的事奉。在中国,甚至在全世界,今天好像再没有大布道家兴起;不但没有兴起的,反而有的去世了。有些按着年岁是不该去世的,按着他们的职事也不应去世的,但是却去世了。原因恐怕是因为属灵大汉拦阻了召会职事的产生。…即使在同工中间,也常有单独的感觉;虽然没有用配搭这个名词,但总觉得需要有那个东西,需要有那个实际。(倪柝声文集第三辑第十一册,一一二、一一六页。)

  今天召会所有的难处,都是在有一他连得的人身上。主给我们看见,没有一个人的恩赐多过五他连得。召会,二十年之久,也许得着一个五他连得的人,但是召会天天能够得着五个一他连得的人。任何神的儿女,就是顶不行的,还是有一他连得;把五个一他连得摆在一起的时候,就等于一个五他连得。今天如果在召会里,所有一他连得的人都拿出来,在我们中间,就用不着有这么多大的恩赐。就是这些一他连得的出去,我告诉你们,整个世界要被打倒了。

  所以,你们自己要在这里看清楚:不是说你们自己能作多少工,也不是说你们自己能背负多少重担。乃是说,你们能叫所有的弟兄姊妹,所有一他连得的人都出来作事情,都出来事奉。…如果只是你一个人一天忙到晚,就算不得召会。如果你一天忙到晚,也叫全体一他连得的都在那里作,都在那里忙,是召会在那里事奉,是召会在那里传福音。是召会在那里作,是身体在那里活动,而不是几个肢体代替身体在那里活动。(教会的路,一六三至一六四页。)

  参读:倪柝声恢复职事过程中信息记录,第二十六、四十五至四十六、四十九至五十篇;教会的路,第五篇。
  We have to recover the kind of preaching [of the gospel] that is done by the whole church. We do not need to invite people with big advertisements. Rather, we should ask all the brothers and sisters to invite people individually…. In this way the whole church will be able to rise up to serve. This kind of service will be the whole Body serving together. If we have only a few serving today, we have not reached God’s standard. [Today] God wants to bring in the ministry of the church and the service of the church. In China and even in the whole world, there seem to be no great evangelists being raised up. Not only are there no new ones being raised up, but the old ones are passing away. Some should not have passed away according to their age or their ministry, but they did pass away. This is probably because spiritual giants are a hindrance to producing the church ministry….Even among the co-workers now, there is always the sense of loneliness. Although the term coordination is not there, there is a cry for the reality of coordination. (Messages Given during the Resumption of Watchman Nee’s Ministry, 1st ed., vol. 2, pp. 324, 327-328)

  All the problems in the church today issue from the one-talented ones. The Lord has shown us that there is not one whose gift exceeds five talents. For a span of twenty years the church may have only one with five talents, but every day the church can have five persons, each with one talent. Any one of the children of God, even the one in the poorest condition, still has one talent; and when you put five of the one-talented ones together, it equals one who has five talents. If all the one-talented ones in the church today would bring forth their talents, there would be no need of so many great gifts among us. Just by the coming forth of the one-talented ones, let me tell you, the whole world will be conquered.

  You must be clear, therefore, that it is not how much work you yourselves can do or how much burden you yourselves can bear, but it is how much you are able to cause all the brothers and sisters, all the one-talented ones, to come forth to work and serve…. If it is you alone who are busy from dawn to dusk, this is not the church. If you are busy from morning to evening and you cause all the one-talented ones to work and be busy, this is the church serving, this is the church preaching the gospel. It is the church that is working; it is the Body that is acting and not several members replacing the activity of the Body. (Watchman Nee, Further Talks on the Church Life, The Stream Publishers, 1974, pp. 143-144)

  Further Reading: Messages Given during the Resumption of Watchman Nee’s Ministry, 2nd ed., vol. 1, chs. 26, 45-46, 49-50
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