创一26　　神说，我们要按着我们的形像，照着我们的样式造人，使他们管理海里的鱼、空中的鸟、地上的牲畜、和全地、并地上所爬的一切爬物。

　　徒四31　　…他们就都被圣灵充溢，放胆讲说神的话。

　　神的话临到，也带来能力。话带来光，带来生命，也带来能力。我们传讲活的话，自然就有能力。这能力不是一时的，乃是常时的。它不是草菇式的能力，乃是不断生长的能力。…我们劳苦所作的，如同种下一粒小小的康乃馨种子，…逐渐的，嫩芽冒出来了，最终开花，结出种子，产生第二代。这就是生命的能力。

　　我们愿意看见神的话像种子一样，种在召会这块田地里，并且生长。一年过一年，神的话不断地长大繁殖。…没有什么东西像在召会中的一样，存留得那么长久。召会所有的之所以能存留那么长久，并且要存到永远，因为这里的能力不是别的，乃是生命。这生命是从话来的。话带来生命，而生命又是永远长存和不断繁殖的。…我…确实知道，主的恢复仍然要一直往前，因为这不是人为的运动，乃是神圣生命生长的行动。种子已经撒在这里，神的话已经有了，生命也在这里了。…神的话在哪里，生命的能力就在哪里（希伯来书生命读经，三一至三二页）。

　　Gen. 1:26 And God said, Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of heaven and over the cattle and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.

　　Acts 4:31 …They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with boldness.

　　When the Word comes, it also brings power. The Word brings light, life, and power. When we preach the living Word, the power is there. This power is not the instant power; it is the constant power. It is not the mushrooming power; it is the growing power… What we are doing in our labor is like sowing a little carnation seed… Gradually a green sprout appears. Eventually, it blossoms, produces seed, and a second reproduction occurs. This is the power of life.

　　We like to see the Word being sown and grown in the church field. Year after year it will grow and reproduce… Nothing will last so prevailingly as what is in the churches. It will be prevailing, and it will endure forever because the power here is nothing other than life. This life comes from the Word. The Word brings in life, and life remains and reproduces… I… have the complete assurance that the Lord’s recovery in this country [will] still go on because it is not a movement of man’s doing. It is a move of the divine life growing. The seed has been sown here, the Word has come, and life is here… Where the Word is, there is power in life. (Life-study of Hebrews, pp. 25-26)

　　神是说话的神，祂按着自己的形像造人，把人造得和祂一样会说话。…不仅在爱、光、圣、义上，我们有〔神〕的形像；在说话上，我们也代表神，有神的形像。根据创世记一章二十六节，神不仅造我们有祂的形像，祂更造我们为祂掌权。

　　神造了我们是要来代表祂。一个作代表的人，最主要的就是要会说话。若是有人差了一个代表到我们这里，这个代表却不会说话，是个哑巴，结果我们根本谈不出什么。…今天我们可以代表神，因为我们能说话；…我们能说话，因为我们像神。

　　神造人最特别的两点：一是给人造了一个灵；一是为人造了一个说话的器官。…我们必须知道，神造人会说话，是要人说什么话。难道仅仅是说人的话么？神造人是要人代表祂。作谁的代表，就该说谁的话；我们作神的代表，代表神，当然应当说神的话。我们要为神说话，并说出神来；这位神就是话。

　　我们得救的人，在灵里重生后，是神的儿女，开口应当就是神说话；神说什么话，我们也说什么话。…我们都是从神生的，我们里面都该有个“神”的腔调；无论说什么，都说到神。在美国有很多人种，…其中黄、棕色的人种，从外面很难分辨。…怎么分别？就在于听他们的讲话。人一讲话，就知道这位是中国人，那位是韩国人…。从谁生的，就说谁的话；我们是神生的，自然就说神的话。神的话就是神自己；我们说神的话，就是说神（李文集一九八五年第五册，二四二至二四四、二四六至二四七页）。

　　参读：为神说话，第三至四篇。

　　Since God is a speaking God, when He created man in His image, He created man with the ability to speak just like Himself. Not only do we have [God’s] image in love, light, holiness, and righteousness, but we also represent Him and have His image in our ability to speak. According to Genesis 1:26, God created us not only that we might have His image but even more that we might rule for Him.

　　He created us that we might represent Him. The most important requirement of a representative is that he must be able to speak. If today someone sends a representative to us, yet this representative, being dumb, is not able to talk, then in the end no agreement can be reached since there is no possibility of having any discussion… Today we can represent God because we can speak… We can speak because we are like God.

　　God created man with two outstanding features: one is that He created a spirit within man, and the other is that He created a speaking organ for man. We need to know what kinds of words God wanted man to speak when He created man with the ability to speak. Did He want man merely to speak the words of man? God created man to represent Him. A representative should speak the words of the one he represents. As God’s representatives, we represent God; therefore, we must speak God’s words. We have to speak for God and speak forth God; this God is the word.

　　After being regenerated in our spirit, we the saved ones are the children of God. As such, when we open our mouth, it ought to be God speaking; we speak whatever God speaks. Since we all have been begotten of God, within us we ought to have the “God” tone; whatever we speak, we speak about God. In America there are people of different colors… Among these races, the Asian people are difficult to distinguish outwardly… How then does one tell the difference? It is by listening to their speech. Once they begin to talk, we know then that this one is Chinese and that one is Korean… We speak the words of the one of whom we were born. Since we were born of God, naturally we speak God’s words. Since God’s word is God Himself, when we speak God’s word, we speak God. (CWWL, 1985, vol. 5, “Speaking for God,” pp. 203-207)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1985, vol. 5, “Speaking for God,” chs. 3-4