五 今天神所要恢复的，乃是最难的点，就是以弗所四章十一至十六节的应验；神末了的工作就是恢复身体的见证。 |
E God is recovering the most difficult thing today, which is the fulfillment of Ephesians 4:11-16; God's ultimate work is the recovery of the Body testimony. |
六 我们需要看见身体会受错用“属灵追求”所破坏（见李弟兄为这事所作的见证，“历史与启示”下册，七七至八六页）： |
F We need to see that the Body can be damaged by the misuse of "spiritual pursuit" (see Brother Lee's testimony about this in The History and Revelation of the Lord's Recovery, vol. 2, pp. 346-354): |
１ 宾路易师母（Mrs. Penn-Lewis）和史百克（T. Austin-Sparks）是二十世纪属灵造诣很深的人，他们开始时同工，后来却分开了，不能属灵在一起；这就给我们看见，“属灵”是会叫人分开的。 |
１ In the twentieth century Mrs. Penn-Lewis and T. Austin-Sparks were people with high spiritual attainment who began to work together, but they were divided and could not be spiritual together; this shows that being "spiritual" can result in division. |
２ 宾路易师母认识主的死主观的经历，史百克看见基督的复活和复活的生命；但因为他有他自己属灵的认识，觉得他属灵的认识比宾路易师母高，所以他离开，另外开始自己的工作；他们之间确实有一点竞争的意味。 |
２ Mrs. Penn-Lewis knew the subjective experience of the Lord's death, and T. Austin-Sparks saw the resurrection of Christ and the resurrection life; but because he had his own spiritual knowledge and felt that his spiritual knowledge was higher than that of Mrs. Penn-Lewis, he left and started his own work; there was even a sense of rivalry between them. |
３ 史百克虽然“属灵”，对召会的认识却很肤浅；因着他不够认识召会（召会的合一与召会的立场），他第二次也是末次访问台湾时发表了异议的看法，这个异议所带给我们的亏损，远比他给我们的帮助多上十倍，甚至五十倍。 |
３ Although T. Austin-Sparks was "spiritual, " he was shallow in his understanding of the church; because he did not have a sufficient understanding of the church (the oneness of the church and the ground of the church), during his second and final visit to Taiwan, he expressed dissenting views, and the loss brought about by this was ten times, even fifty times, greater than the help he rendered. |
４ 在那时以前，我们中间同心合意，非常和谐，但那些说自己得到史百克弟兄“帮助”的人，成了分裂的因素。 |
４ Before that time we had the one accord and were in harmony, but those who said that they were "helped" by Brother Austin-Sparks became factors of division. |
５ 我们的确需要成为真正属灵的人，就是由调和的灵所管理、支配、引导、推动、管治、约束并带领的人；一个真正属灵的人照着灵生活，不但在他的灵里，也在身体里、借着身体、为着身体作每一件事并说每一句话；我们若真属灵，就会竭力“以和平的联索，竭力保守那灵的一”—弗四3，林前二14~15，三1、3。 |
５ We surely need to be genuine spiritual men, those who are dominated, governed, directed, moved, ruled, controlled, and led by our mingled spirit; a true spiritual man, who lives according to the spirit, will do everything and speak everything not only in his spirit but also in the Body, through the Body, and for the Body; if we are truly spiritual, we will be diligent to "keep the oneness of the Spirit in the uniting bond of peace"—Eph. 4:3; 1 Cor. 2:14-15; 3:1, 3. |
晨兴喂养
弗四12~13 为要成全圣徒，目的是为着职事的工作，为着建造基督的身体，直到我们众人都达到了信仰上…的一…。 3 以和平的联索，竭力保守那灵的一。 我们相信今天神所要恢复的，乃是最难的点。…以弗所四章说，那职事的工作，目的是叫我们达到信仰上的一。（12~13。）召会乃是基督的身体，召会是在爱里把自己建造起来。对于新天新地、火湖等这些东西，我们不担心，但是我睡在床上时，常常惧怕以弗所书不能应验。…今天神的儿女当中混乱不堪，分门别类，什么时候才能合一？今天各种样的职事，复杂得很，如何能够恢复这一章呢？ 然而…我们相信总有一天神的恢复要到一个地步，以弗所四章一定会实现。神今天在各处作恢复的工作，神在祂恢复的工作中，末了的恢复也许就是身体的见证。神今天的带领乃是叫我们看见当初，回到当初的光景。（倪柝声文集第三辑第十一册，二五一至二五二页。） |
Eph. 4:12-13 For the perfecting of the saints unto the work of the ministry, unto the building up of the Body of Christ, until we all arrive at the oneness of the faith… 3 Being diligent to keep the oneness of the Spirit in the uniting bond of peace. God is recovering the most difficult thing today…. Ephesians 4 says that the work of the ministry is to arrive at the oneness of the faith. The church is the Body of Christ, and it builds itself up in love. We are not concerned about things like the new heaven, the new earth, and the lake of fire. But when I lie on my bed, I am always apprehensive about the fulfillment of Ephesians 4…. Among God’s children today, there is much confusion, and there are all kinds of divisions. When will we be one? Today there are all kinds of ministries; the situation is very complicated. How can this chapter be recovered? Yet…we believe that there will be a day when God’s recovery will reach the fulfillment of Ephesians 4. God is doing a recovery work everywhere. The ultimate work among all these works may very well be the recovery of the Body testimony. God’s leading today is to bring us back to the beginning and to recover us to the condition at the beginning. (Messages Given during the Resumption of Watchman Nee’s Ministry, 1st ed., vol. 2, pp. 486-487) |
信息选读
二千年来，召会受了所谓属灵追求的毒害，不知有多深。或许你们听见这句话，会觉得非常扎耳。属灵追求有什么错呢？属灵追求有什么不好呢？不错，属灵追求很好，但是也很毒害人，很陷害人。二千年来，主的召会在地上，得属灵追求帮助的不是没有，但是不多；反而受属灵追求之害的，是多而又多。这不是说属灵追求本身是错的，也不是说我们不该有属灵追求；而是说，人错用了属灵追求。 宾路易师母（一位属灵造诣很深的人）在五十岁左右，得着了一个青年同工，就是史百克弟兄。…他们同工的时间并不长久，以后史百克弟兄离开了宾路易师母，自己开始聚会。…因为宾路易师母把主的桌子和受浸完全灵然化。宾路易师母觉得，受浸不需要有实在的水，只需要经历圣灵，就是真正的受浸。主的桌子也是这样。…宾路易师母那么属灵，史百克弟兄也那么属灵。这样属灵的两个人分开了，不能属灵在一起，…这就给我们看见，“属灵”是会叫人分开的。…宾路易师母认识主的死主观的经历，实在可贵可宝；史百克弟兄对基督的复活、复活的生命、以及身体的原则，那个看见也是极其宝贵。…为什么他们同工一段时间后，史百克弟兄会离开？因为史百克弟兄有他自己属灵的认识，他觉得他属灵的认识比宾路易师母高，所以他离开，自己另外开始一个工作。 史弟兄来了（台湾）两次，讲了一些属灵的信息，在某方面是给了我们一些帮助，但因着他不够认识召会，不够认识召会的合一，不够认识召会的立场，不够认识在召会立场上保守一，并且有异议。这个异议所带给我们的亏损，远比他给我们的帮助多上十倍，甚至五十倍。有十年之久，我们在这里吃这个苦，把我们从一九四九年以来，所有的劳苦统统打住，不知有多少好的青年被破坏了。幸亏这不是一般基督教的工作，否则早就垮了。因着这是主的恢复，老根老本在这里，生命的暗流在这里，所以又长出今天的结果。（李文集一九八一年第二册，四三三、四三六至四三七、四四二页。） 参读：倪柝声恢复职事过程中信息记录，第四十六至四十七、五十三、五十五、六十一篇。 |
For two thousand years the church has been severely damaged by so-called “spiritual pursuit.” It may be hard to accept this word, because nothing seems to be wrong with spiritual pursuit. Yes, spiritual pursuit is very good, but it also can damage and ensnare people. In the past two thousand years a few have been helped by spiritual pursuit. However, a great number have been hurt due to spiritual pursuit. This does not mean that spiritual pursuit in itself is wrong, nor does it mean that we should not have spiritual pursuit. Rather, it means that people have misused spiritual pursuit. Around the age of fifty Mrs. Penn-Lewis, [a person with high spiritual attainment], gained a young co-worker named T. Austin-Sparks….They worked together for a short time, and then he left and started his own meeting…because she completely spiritualized the Lord’s table and baptism. Mrs. Penn-Lewis felt that there was no need of actual water in a baptism because as long as a person experienced the Holy Spirit, he was truly baptized. It was the same with the Lord’s table. Mrs. Penn-Lewis and T. Austin-Sparks, who were quite spiritual, were divided and could not be spiritual together. This shows that being “spiritual” can result in division. Mrs. Penn-Lewis knew the subjective experience of the Lord’s death. This was truly precious. T. Austin-Sparks saw the resurrection of Christ, the resurrection life, and the principle of the Body. This seeing was also extremely precious…. Why did T. Austin-Sparks leave after both of them had worked together for a period of time? It was because he had his own spiritual knowledge and felt that his spiritual knowledge was higher than that of Mrs. Penn-Lewis. Thus, he left and started his own work. T. Austin-Sparks came twice and gave some spiritual messages that rendered us help in some respects. However, because he did not have a sufficient understanding of the church, the oneness of the church, the ground of the church, and the keeping of the oneness on the ground of the church, but instead expressed dissent, the loss brought about by this was ten times, even fifty times, greater than the help he rendered. For a period of ten years we were suffering because he wiped out all our labor from 1949 and damaged many excellent young people. Thankfully, this is not an ordinary Christian work. Otherwise, it would have collapsed a long time ago. Since this is the Lord’s recovery, the roots and the hidden flow of life are still here; hence, we are again seeing fruit being produced. (CWWL, 1981, vol. 2, “The History and Revelation of the Lord’s Recovery,” pp. 328, 331, 335) Further Reading: Messages Given during the Resumption of Watchman Nee’s Ministry, 1st ed., vol. 2, chs. 46-47, 53, 55, 61 |