伍 长老们彼此交通时，需要在说话上受限制—约六63，徒六10： |
Ⅴ In their fellowship with one another, the elders need to be restricted in their speaking—John 6:63; Acts 6:10: |
一 遮盖别人的罪、缺点、短处者，会享受、得着并接受祝福；揭露却带进咒诅—箴十12，雅五19~20，创九21~27。 |
A Those who cover others' sins, defects, and shortcomings enjoy, gain, and receive blessing, but uncovering brings in a curse—Prov. 10:12; James 5:19-20; Gen. 9:21-27. |
二 作长老的必须知道，他们在牧养时，必须遮盖别人的罪，不可计算别人的恶—林前十三5~7。 |
B The elders need to realize that in their shepherding, they have to cover others' sins, not to take account of others' evils—1 Cor. 13:5-7. |
三 爱遮盖一切，不仅遮盖好事，也遮盖坏事；凡揭露召会中肢体的缺点、短处和罪恶的，就没有资格作长老—参太二四49。 |
C Love covers all things, not only the good things but also the bad things; whoever uncovers the defects, shortcomings, and sins of the members of the church is disqualified from the eldership—cf. Matt. 24:49. |
四 长老不该说毁谤的话（毁谤就是粗暴或恶意的责备或批评，用辱骂的言语攻击人）；听毁谤的话，与说毁谤的话一样要负责任；如果召会要维持合一，弟兄姊妹就需要抵挡毁谤的话语—林前六10，参民六6，利五3。 |
D The elders should not speak reviling words (to revile is to rebuke or criticize harshly or abusively; to assail with abusive language); those who take in reviling words bear the same responsibility as those who speak reviling words; in order for the church to maintain the oneness, the brothers and sisters must withstand reviling words—1 Cor. 6:10; cf. Num. 6:6; Lev. 5:3. |
五 罪的感觉是由认识神而来的；照样，对于毁谤的话的感觉，乃是由认识身体而来的；毁谤的话乃是与身体之见证相反的—林前一10。 |
E The consciousness of sin comes from knowing God; in the same way, the consciousness of reviling words comes from the knowledge of the Body; reviling words are opposed to the testimony of the Body—1 Cor. 1:10. |
六 神绝不会将权柄交托那些天性喜欢批评别人的人；一面说，长老对人应当有清楚的眼光，极有鉴别力；另一面说，长老应当在属灵上是瞎眼的—弗四29~32。 |
F God will never entrust authority to those who by nature like to criticize others; the elders, on the one hand, should have a clear sight over the people with much discernment, and on the other hand, they should be blind spiritually—Eph. 4:29-32. |
陆 金灯台生机的维持乃是基督天上的职事，在祂的人性里顾惜众召会，并在祂的神性里喂养众召会，好借着祂生机的牧养产生得胜者—启一13，二7，约十11、14，彼前二25，五4，来十三20。 |
Ⅵ The organic maintenance of the golden lampstand is Christ's heavenly ministry to cherish the churches in His humanity and nourish the churches in His divinity to produce the overcomers through His organic shepherding—Rev. 1:13; 2:7; John 10:11, 14; 1 Pet. 2:25; 5:4; Heb. 13:20. |
柒 基督天上职事里美妙牧养的目标，是要建造新耶路撒冷，以完成神永远的经纶；在永世里，我们要享受宝座中的羔羊牧养我们，一直领我们到生命水的泉—启七13~17。 |
Ⅶ The goal of Christ's wonderful shepherding in His heavenly ministry is to build up the New Jerusalem for the accomplishment of the eternal economy of God; for eternity we will enjoy the Lamb, who is in the midst of the throne, shepherding us and continually guiding us to springs of waters of life—Rev. 7:13-17. |
晨兴喂养
诗三二1 得赦免其过，遮盖其罪的，这人是有福的。 林前十三4~5 爱是恒久忍耐，又有恩慈；爱是不嫉妒；爱是不自夸，不张狂，不作不合宜的事，不求自己的益处，不轻易发怒，不计算人的恶。 几乎人人都爱好人，…若是有一位弟兄受迷惑离开真理，到公会聚会，或是去看电影，我们的小排可能觉得我们不需要他，并且不接纳他，因为他不合格。这不是爱，乃是恨。爱能遮盖众多的罪。…揭露不是爱。恨能挑启争端；爱能遮盖众多的罪。（箴十12。）我们宁可像挪亚的两个儿子，遮盖父亲因醉酒而有的赤身。…遮盖带进祝福，揭露带进咒诅。这不是一件小事。揭露的人遭咒诅，而遮盖别人的罪、缺点和短处的人，享受、得着并接受祝福。雅各书五章二十节的“遮盖众多的罪”，是雅各用旧约的说法，来指明使一个犯错的弟兄回转，就是遮盖他的罪，使他不被定罪。雅各书五章二十节的“遮盖…罪”，等于十五节的“罪…蒙赦免”，正如诗篇三十二篇一节，…八十五篇二节亦同。（李文集一九九四至一九九七年第五册，二一页。） |
Psa. 32:1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven; whose sin is covered. 1 Cor. 13:4-5 Love suffers long. Love is kind; it is not jealous. Love does not brag and is not puffed up; it does not behave unbecomingly and does not seek its own things; it is not provoked and does not take account of evil. Nearly everyone loves a good person, but… if a brother is led astray from the truth to attend the denominations or go to the movies, our small group may feel that we do not need him, and we do not accept him because he is not qualified. This is not love; this is hate. Love covers many sins….To uncover is not love. Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all sins [Prov. 10:12]. We would rather be like the sons of Noah who covered their father’s nakedness, which was due to his drunkenness…. Covering brings in blessing, but uncovering brings in a curse. This is not a small matter. Those who uncover suffer the curse, but those who cover others’ sins, defects, and shortcomings enjoy, gain, and receive blessing. Cover a multitude of sins in James 5:20 is an Old Testament expression used by James to indicate that turning an erring brother back is to cover his sins so that he is not condemned. Cover…sins here equals sins… forgiven in verse 15, as in Psalm[s] 32:1…[and] 85:2. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 5, “A Word of Love to the Co-workers, Elders, Lovers, and Seekers of the Lord,” pp. 15-16) |
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爱是不嫉妒，不轻易发怒，不计算人的恶，凡事包容，凡事忍耐，永不败落，也是最大的。（林前十三4~8、13。）嫉妒是在我们的天性里就有的。…此外，爱也是不轻易发怒。因着缺少爱，人很容易发怒。我们若充满了神圣的爱，无论我们多么受到斥责，我们也不会发怒。爱是不计算人的恶。我们必须承认，我们常计算别人的恶。有些妻子有一本记录，一本账簿，记下她们丈夫的失败和缺点。这个记录不一定是写下来的，却是在她们的头脑里。 作长老的必须知道，他们在牧养时，必须遮盖别人的罪，不可计算别人的恶。爱是凡事包容，意即遮盖一切，不仅遮盖好事，也遮盖坏事。凡揭露召会中肢体的缺点、短处和罪恶的，就没有资格作长老。（李文集一九九四至一九九七年第五册，一六七至一六八页。） 彼得后书和犹大书都是论到毁谤的事，毁谤乃是借着话语。…听毁谤的话，与说毁谤的话一样要负责任。…如果召会要维持合一，弟兄姊妹就需要抵挡毁谤的话语。 罪的感觉是由认识神而来的。照样，对于毁谤的话的感觉，乃是由认识身体而来的。毁谤的话乃是与身体之见证相反的。 我们自己需要作一个受教、被约束的人。只有不随便说话，不随便出主张的人，才能够开始为神、为元首作代表。也只有这样的人，才能够开始带弟兄姊妹走前面的道路。天性喜欢批评别人的人，神不会把权柄托在他身上。…如果你是一个头被割掉的人，别人的头一出来，你就立刻知道。…你能够知道，因为你自己先受过审判。…一个弟兄如果在以上两件事上受过对付，在话语上受对付，并且学习不作头，这样在实行权柄的事上就不会有困难。在这两件事上出事的人根本不知道什么是身体。（倪柝声文集第三辑第十一册，二七三至二七五、二七八页。） 参读：活力排，第八篇；倪柝声文集第三辑第十一册，第二十二篇。 |
Love is not jealous, is not provoked, does not take account of evil, covers all things, endures all things, never falls away, and is the greatest (1 Cor. 13:4-8, 13). Jealousy is in our nature. Also, love is not provoked. People are easily provoked because of the shortage of love. Regardless of how much we are rebuked, we will not be provoked if we are filled with the divine love. Love does not take account of evil. We have to confess that we have taken account of other people’s evil. Some wives have a record, an account, of their husband’s failures and defects. This record may not be written, but it is in their mind. The elders need to realize that in their shepherding, they have to cover others’ sins, to not take account of others’ evils. Love covers all things, not only the good things but also the bad things. Whoever uncovers the defects, shortcomings, and sins of the members of the church is disqualified from the eldership. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 5, “The Vital Groups,” pp. 123-124) Both 2 Peter and Jude speak of the matter of reviling. Reviling is done through our speaking….Those who take in reviling words bear the same responsibility as those who speak reviling words…. In order for the church to maintain the oneness, the brothers and sisters have to withstand reviling words. The consciousness of sin comes from knowing God. In the same way, the consciousness of reviling words comes from the knowledge of the Body. Reviling words are opposed to the testimony of the Body. We need to be a person who has been taught by God and who is under control. Only those who do not speak carelessly or express their opinions carelessly can hope to be used by God. Only these ones can represent the Head. Only such people can lead the brothers and sisters on in the way ahead of them. God will never entrust authority to those who by nature like to criticize…. If you are a person with your head removed, you immediately sense when others’ heads have asserted themselves…. You know it because you have been judged in this matter already…. If a brother has been dealt with in these two things, that is, in the matter of speaking and in learning not to assume headship, there is no difficulty in the exercise of authority. Those who cause problems in these two matters do not know what the Body is. (Messages Given during the Resumption of Watchman Nee’s Ministry, 1st ed., vol. 2, pp. 505-507, 509-510) Further Reading: CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 5, “The Vital Groups,” ch. 8; Messages Given during the Resumption of Watchman Nee’s Ministry, 1st ed., vol. 2, ch. 66 |