太四19　 耶稣对他们说，来跟从我，我要使你们作得人的渔夫。

　　　二四14 这国度的福音要传遍天下，对万民作见证，然后末期才来到。

　　主耶稣对彼得和安得烈说，“来跟从我，我要使你们作得人的渔夫。”（太四19）他们就立刻撇下网，跟从诸天之国的王，好作得人的渔夫。至终，彼得在五旬节那天，成了头一个建立诸天之国的伟大渔夫（徒二37~42，四4）。

　　作得人的渔夫，就是将人从世界（由海同其死水所表征）带出来，带到诸天的国里。这就是说，捕捉人，“得人”（路五10），叫人得生命（徒十一18），就是将他们带到国度里。在五旬节那天，彼得开始了将人带到诸天之国里的职事。他带进各种的人，就是犹太人和外邦人。他是真正得人的渔夫（新约总论第五册，一一○页）。

　　Matt. 4:19 And He said to them, Come after Me, and I will make you fishers of men.

　　24:14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole inhabited earth for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

　　The Lord Jesus said to Peter and Andrew, “Come after Me, and I will make you fishers of men” (Matt. 4:19). Immediately they left their nets and followed the King of the kingdom of the heavens to be fishers of men. Eventually, on the day of Pentecost, Peter became the first great fisher for the establishment of the kingdom of the heavens (Acts 2:37-42; 4:4).

　　To be a fisher of men is to bring men out of the world, signified by the sea with its death waters, into the kingdom of the heavens. This means that to fish for men, “catching men alive” (Luke 5:10), that is, unto life (Acts 11:18), is to bring them into the kingdom. On the day of Pentecost Peter began his ministry of bringing people into the kingdom of the heavens. He brought in all kinds of people, Gentiles as well as Jews. He was a real fisher of men. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, p. 1155)

　　得人需要忍耐。彼得这急性的人，也许在马太十七章二十四至二十七节学会了这事。彼得急躁地答复关于基督纳殿税的事以后，主耶稣问他：“西门，你怎么看？地上的君王向谁征收关税或丁税？向自己的儿子，还是向外人？”彼得一说，向外人，耶稣就对他说，“既然如此，儿子就可以免了。”（25~26）然后主继续说，“但为免绊跌他们，你要到海边去钓鱼，拿起先钓上来的鱼，开它的口，就必找到一块钱，可以拿去给他们，作你我的殿税。”（27）彼得必须去钓鱼，并且等候一条口含一块钱的鱼出现；毫无疑问，这必使他难为。结果，彼得也许学知得人的渔夫必须有忍耐。我们若要作得人的渔夫，为着基督的扩增去得人，我们也需要忍耐。我们无法迅速得着扩增，繁增。

　　将人从世界带出来，而进入诸天之国的路，不是借着今天肤浅的福音，乃是借着诸天之国的福音〔参二四14〕。……国度的福音，不仅包括赦罪（路二四47）及分赐生命（约二十31），也包括诸天的国，具有来世的能力（来六5）赶鬼并医病（赛三五5~6，太十1）。

　　国度的福音，也包括恩典的福音（徒二十24），不仅把人带进神的救恩，也把人带进诸天的国（启一9）。恩典的福音重在罪的赦免、神的救赎和永远的生命；国度的福音重在神属天的管治和主的权柄。

　　新约说到生命的福音、恩典的福音和救恩的福音。然而，这些都是国度不同的方面。国度乃是中心、轮轴，一切其他的项目可视为以轮轴为中心的轮辐。生命的福音是为着国度，救恩的福音是为着国度，赦罪的福音也是为着国度。……国度乃是真正的福音。……我们若要完全认识福音，就必须领悟，国度是包罗万有的福音。在今世的末期来到以前，这国度的福音要传遍天下，对万民作见证。天下的意思是人所居住的每个地方。我信主恢复里的众召会都有负担，将这福音带到整个居人之地。恩典的福音已在各大洲传扬，国度的福音却没有。……这更高〔之国度〕的福音，必须借着主恢复里的众召会，带到全球各大洲（新约总论第五册，一一○至一一二页）。

　　参读：基督是道路真理和生命，第二篇。

　　To fish for men requires patience. Peter, a quick person, may have learned this in Matthew 17:24-27. After Peter gave a hasty answer concerning Christ’s paying the half-shekel, the Lord Jesus asked him, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth receive custom or poll tax, from their sons or from strangers? And when he said, From strangers, Jesus said to him, So then the sons are free” (vv. 25-26). Then the Lord went on to say, “But that we do not stumble them, go to the sea and cast a hook, and take the first fish that comes up. And when you open its mouth, you will find a stater; take that and give it to them for Me and you” (v. 27).

　　Peter, no doubt, was troubled that he had to go fishing and wait for a fish to appear with a stater. As a result, Peter may have learned that a fisher of men must have patience. If we would be fishers of men, gaining others for Christ’s increase, we also need patience. We cannot have the increase, the multiplication, in a quick way.

　　The way to bring others out of the world and into the kingdom of the heavens is not by today’s superficial gospel but by the gospel of the kingdom of the heavens [cf. Matt. 24:14]…The gospel of the kingdom includes not only forgiveness of sins (Luke 24:47) and the impartation of life (John 20:31) but also the kingdom of the heavens with the power of the coming age (Heb. 6:5) to cast out demons and heal diseases (Isa. 35:5-6; Matt. 10:1).

　　The gospel of the kingdom, which also includes the gospel of grace (Acts 20:24), not only brings people into God’s salvation but also into the kingdom of the heavens (Rev. 1:9). The emphasis of the gospel of grace is on forgiveness of sin, God’s redemption, and eternal life, whereas the emphasis of the gospel of the kingdom is on the heavenly ruling of God and the authority of the Lord.

　　The New Testament speaks of the gospel of life, the gospel of grace, and the gospel of salvation. However, all these are different aspects of the kingdom. The kingdom is the center, the hub, and all the other items may be considered the spokes, which are centered on the hub. The gospel of life is for the kingdom, the gospel of salvation is for the kingdom, and the gospel of forgiveness is for the kingdom…The kingdom is the real gospel…If we want to know the gospel in a full way, we must realize that the kingdom is the all-inclusive gospel. This gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole inhabited earth for a testimony to all the nations before the end of this age comes. The inhabited earth means every place inhabited by man. I believe that the churches in the Lord’s recovery will bear the burden to bring this gospel to all the inhabited earth. The gospel of grace has been preached in every continent but not the gospel of the kingdom…This higher gospel [of the kingdom] must be brought to every continent through the churches in the Lord’s recovery. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 1155-1157)

　　Further Reading: CWWN, vol. 36, pp. 73-83