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以西结书生命读经 · 第10篇

天空清明如可畏的水晶

A Sky as Clear as the Terrible Crystal
1读经：以西结书1:22-25。以西结一章二十二至二十五节相当的深奥。这几节告诉我们，在四活物的头以上有穹苍，也就是我们所称的天空。天空的形像，看著像可畏的水晶。天空清明到看起来可怕。这天空伸展在所有受造之物的头以上。在这天空以下，活物的两个翅膀直张。我们在前面一篇信息里看见，每一个活物的两个翅膀都直张，与别的活物的翅膀相接；而另一对翅膀就用来遮体。每当他们有行动，有活动时，就从翅膀发出声音，或响声。这声音像大水的声音，也像『全能者的声音』，（24，）全能者就是全能的神。这声音也像军队哄嚷的声音。不仅如此，活物站住的时候，便将翅膀垂下。（24～25。）我们需要来看这一切事的属灵意义和应用。我们若不明白这属灵的意义和应用，这些点对我们就是荒谬而无意义的。基于前面所有的一切经历这几节经文乃是基于前面的经文。这意思是说，首先我们需要有风吹的经历，这带来主同在的云覆罩我们。当我们享受主同在的时候，云就带进烧著的火，我们就经历了焚烧。我们从这焚烧的火中得著金，然后就成为活物。我们这些活物，与别人配搭著行动而彰显神。我们有四个脸面，团体的彰显包罗万有的基督。我们要有这四个脸面，就必须受十字架的对付。在此之后，我们还需要经历并享受大鹰的翅膀，就是凭神圣的能力和力量，并凭基督的恩典行动。我们也将自己遮盖于、隐藏于祂覆罩的翅膀下，将我们自己隐藏在基督的恩典和能力下。不仅如此，我们必须学习像人一样用人手工作，也学习用牛犊直的脚行走，使我们所行所为是正直、坦诚、诚实、真诚和忠信的。这使我们有资格进入配搭。在配搭里，我们有火上去下来，有烧著的炭，也有光照的火把。当我们达到了这地步，圣别的神这销毁的火就会团体的在我们中间。这样，我们旁边就有高而可畏的轮子，指明在地上我们有神的行动在旁边，与我们同在。在这轮里套有轮子，表征在我们的行动里有主的行动。祂乃是在我们里面行动。有了这样的轮子，这样的行动，我们就满有眼睛，具有眼光和远见。现在我们要来看，当我们在经历中有了这一切之后，我们就有一个清明的天，并有非常特别的声音，就是大水的声音，全能者所发的声音。
1Scripture Reading: Ezek. 1:22-25 Ezekiel 1:22-25 is very profound and deep. These verses tell us that upon the heads of the four living creatures there is the firmament, or the expanse, which we call the sky. The appearance of the sky is like terrible crystal. It is so clear that it looks terrible. This sky stretches forth over the heads of all the creatures. Under this sky the living creatures stretch their two wings straight. In a previous message we saw that two of the wings of each of the living creatures are stretched forth and joined to the wings of others. The living creatures use their other two wings to cover their body. Whenever they move and whenever they act, a voice, or a sound, comes from their wings. This voice is like the noise of great waters and also like “the voice of the Almighty” (v. 24), that is, the Almighty God. It is also like the voice of tumult, the voice of a host or army. (The word host in verse 24 means “an army.”) Furthermore, when the living creatures stop and stand still, they lower their wings (v. 25). We need to consider the spiritual significance and application of all these matters. If we do not understand this spiritual significance and application, then to us these points may appear either nonsensical or meaningless. BASED ON ALL THE PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES These verses are based on the preceding verses. This means that we first need to experience the blowing wind, which brings in the cloud of the Lord’s presence to overshadow us. As we enjoy the Lord’s presence, the cloud brings in the burning fire, and we experience the burning. Out of the burning fire, we gain the electrum, and then we become living creatures. As living creatures, we move in coordination with others to express Christ. We have four faces to express the all - inclusive Christ in a corporate way. In order to have these four faces, we need to be dealt with by the cross. Following this, we need to experience and enjoy the eagle’swings; that is, we move by the divine power and strength and by the grace of Christ. We also cover ourselves, hiding ourselves under His overshadowing wings, hiding ourselves under the grace and power of Christ. Furthermore, we need to learn to work as a man by using the man’s hands and also learn to walk on the calf’s straight feet, having a walk that is straight, frank, honest, sincere, and faithful. This will qualify us to be in coordination. Within the coordination we will have the fire up and down, the burning coals, and the enlightening torches. When we reach this point, the holy God as a consuming fire will be among us in a corporate way. Then there will be a high and dreadful wheel beside us, indicating that we have God’s move on earth by us and with us. Within this wheel is a wheel, signifying that within our move is the Lord’s move. He is moving within us. By having such a wheel, such a move, we will be full of eyes and have insight and foresight. Now we need to see that when we have all these matters in our experience, we will have a clear sky and a very particular sound—the sound of great waters, a sound that is the voice of the Almighty.
清明的天，延展而稳定
A CLEAR SKY, EXPANDING AND STABLE
2一章二十二节说，『活物的头以上，有穹苍的形像，看著像可畏的水晶，铺张在活物的头以上。』这启示出，我们有了一至二十一节所说的一切经历之后，我们头以上的天就如水晶一样清明；天像一大片的水晶。在我们之上，我们有宽阔、清明的穹苍。这意思是说，在我们以上有敞开、清明的天。
2Ezekiel 1:22 says, “The likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the color of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.” This reveals that after we have experienced all the things in the first twenty-one verses, the sky over our heads will be crystal clear. It will be like a great expanse of crystal. We will have a wide, clear expanse above us. This means that above us is an open, clear heaven
3这天不仅是清明的，也是延展的。不仅在垂直一面说，我们有清明的天，从天上临到地上；也在水平一面说，我们有清明的天。这意思是说，清明的天是延展的。因此，我们的天应当是清明的，也是延展的。在得救以前，我们的天昏暗多云，甚至雾气笼罩；也很狭窄，毫无开阔延展。对我们而言，几乎是没有天，暗无天日的。但有一天我们悔改认罪，并接受主耶稣作我们的救主。我们越认罪，我们的天就越清明。当我们彻底认罪之后，我们第一次感觉到，在我们以上的天是清明的。我们感觉天发亮了，云退去了，雾消散了。我们得救的时候，不仅得著清明的天，也得著延展的天。我们感觉我们的天是延展无限的。但过了不久，在我们个人身上，在与亲戚、召会、弟兄姊妹的关系上，也许出了问题，我们的天立即又有了云雾；牠不像得救以前那样云厚黯淡，但却不再清明，又有了云雾。我们都有这种的经历。最后我们承认我们的失败，定罪我们的态度、动机、意向和目标等这类的事，并且得著神的赦免和耶稣之血的洁净。（约壹一9，7。）于是在我们以上的天又清明起来，我们又在清明的天之下。这时，在我们以上的天又是开启的，是延展无限的。在我们的经历中，我们该一直有这样清明、开启并延展的天。
3The sky is not only clear; it is also expanding. It is not just a matter of having a clear sky vertically, from heaven to earth, but also a matter of having a clear sky horizontally. This means that the clear sky is expanding. Our sky, therefore, should be clear and expanding. Before we were saved, our sky was dark and cloudy, even foggy. It was also narrow, without any expanse. With us there was hardly any heaven, hardly any sky. But one day we repented, confessed our sins, and received the Lord Jesus as our Savior. The more we confessed our sins, the more clear our sky became. After we made a thorough confession, we had the sense, for the first time, that the sky above us was clear. We sensed that the day was dawning, that the clouds were leaving, and that the fog was lifting. When we were saved, we received not only a clear sky but also an expanding sky. We had the sense that our sky was expanding. Later, however, some problems might have arisen with ourselves personally, with our relatives, with the church, or with some of the brothers and sisters. Immediately our sky became somewhat cloudy again. It was not as cloudy and dark as before we were saved, but still it was no longer clear. Clouds and fog reappeared. We all have had this kind of experience. Eventually, we confessed our failures, condemned such things as our attitudes, motives, intentions, and goals, and received God’s forgiveness and the cleansing of the blood of Jesus (1 John 1:9, 7). The sky above us became clear again, and once again we were under a clear sky. Then the sky began to open and expand above us. In our experience we should always have a clear, open, and expanding heaven.
4一个基督徒有那一种的天，乃在于他的良心。你的良心是与你的天相联的。你的良心若没有瑕疵，你的天就是清明的。你的天若不清明，意思就是说，你的良心有了过犯。我们要有清明的天，就必须对付我们良心里的任何过犯和定罪。我们天的故事，就是我们良心的故事。当我们这些活物有了清明、开启和延展的天，到这时我们与神之间就不再有阻隔，我们与别人之间也不再有间隔。不再有云雾笼罩我们，或使我们彼此分开。一切的云雾、笼罩、分开和黯淡都消除了，我们就有一个彻底清明、不断延展的天。我们的穹苍将会像水晶一样的清明。当别人看见我们清明的天，他们会感到惊讶。我们的天是可畏的，因为我们的天像水晶一样的清明，也是延展的。这清明而延展的天也是稳定的。在地以上的天空，通常都不会静止不动；或有云在飘，或有风在吹。但在活物以上的天却是没有波动的，乃是稳定如同水晶；没有一点的变动。
4The kind of sky a Christian has depends upon his conscience. Your conscience is connected to your sky. If there is no blemish on your conscience, your sky will be clear. If your sky is not clear, this means that there is some offense on your conscience. In order to have a clear sky, we need to deal with any offense and condemnation in our conscience. The story of our sky is the story of our conscience. When we as living creatures reach the point of having a clear, open, and expanding heaven, there will be nothing between us and God and nothing between us and one another. There will be nothing cloudy or foggy covering us or separating us from one another. All the clouds, coverings, separations, and fog will be gone, and we will have a sky that is thoroughly clear and continually expanding. Our expanse will be as clear as crystal. When others look upon our clear sky, they will be astonished. Our sky is terrible because it is crystal clear and expanding. This clear and expanding sky is also stable. As a rule, the sky above the earth usually has some kind of movement. Either the clouds are moving or the wind is blowing. But the sky above the living creatures is not moving; rather, it is as stable as crystal. There is no change
5我们必须在经历的光中来看这事。我们得救时有了一个清明的天，但我们享受这样的天只有很短的时间。就像有些地方的天气，我们的天变化也很大。有时我们的天是多云的，但我们认罪之后，天就清明了。后来我们又有了失败，就如发脾气等等，我们的天又黯淡了。在我们头以上的天，常是变化不定的。但对活物来说，光景完全不同。在活物的头以上，天是完全稳定的，像水晶一样，毫无波动。在活物以上的天是清明的、延展的、稳定的。这些活物就垂直一面说，与主有彻底的交通，就水平一面说，在他们之间也有清明的交通。他们交通的范围是广阔且稳定的。
5We need to consider this in light of our experience. At the time we were saved, we had a clear sky. However, we enjoyed such a sky only for a short time. Like the weather in certain places, our sky fluctuated very much. Sometimes our sky became cloudy, but after we confessed our sins, it became clear again. Later we would have another failure, such as losing our temper, and our sky would become cloudy once again. There were many fluctuations in the sky above our head. With the living creatures, however, the situation is altogether different. The sky above the heads of the living creatures is perfectly stable, like crystal. There is no fluctuation. The heaven above them is clear, expanding, and stable. They have a thorough fellowship with the Lord vertically and also a clear fellowship among themselves horizontally. They have a wide and stable span of fellowship.
6正确的地方召会应当像这样。然而不幸的是，在一些地方召会中，天似乎是多云而狭窄的。在那些召会以上的天，是小而狭窄的。那里没有开阔的天，光景是幽暗而碰不得的，使人很难说甚么。在这种碰不得的光景中，你说甚么都会得罪一些圣徒。无论你说甚么，总有一些人对你不高兴。但一个地方召会若是正常的，在其上的天就是清明而宽广的。无论你说甚么，都不会有人被冒犯。这意思不是说，我们要凭自己的努力作心胸开阔的人。如果我们像井底之蛙一样，心胸是否开阔并无多大分别。我们必须跳出井，来到清明的天之下，那里的天地是开阔的。我们一旦在这样的天之下，即使我们是心胸狭窄的，也会自然而然变得开阔。活物是不可能心胸狭窄的，因为在他们头上有广大无垠的穹苍。在他们以上的天是清明的、延展的，看起来可畏的。在这样的天之下，我们与主并彼此之间，都有正常的交通。
6A proper local church should be like this. Unfortunately, however, the sky in some local churches seems to be cloudy and narrow. The sky over that church is very small and narrow. There is no expanse, and the situation is dark and touchy, making it difficult for anyone to say anything. If you say anything in this touchy situation, some of the saints will be offended. No matter what you say, certain ones will be unhappy with you. However, if a local church is proper, the sky over it will be clear and broad. No matter what you say, no one will be offended. This does not mean that we should try in ourselves to be broad-minded. If we are like a frog in a well, it matters little whether we are broad-minded or narrow- minded. We need to jump out of the well and come under a clear sky where the horizon is broad. Once we are under such a sky, even if we are narrow-minded, we will spontaneously become broad. It is impossible for the living creatures to be narrow-minded, because there is a wide expanse above their heads. The sky above them is clear, expanding, and terrible to behold. Under such a sky we have the proper fellowship with the Lord and with one another
在配搭中是正直的
BEING STRAIGHT IN OUR COORDINATION
7我们若在清明、延展的天之下，就能有充分而正确的配搭，一种完全正直的配搭。在以西结一章，『直』这个字用了好几次。在七节，这字用于牛犊的蹄。在二十三节，这字用于鹰的翅膀：『穹苍以下，活物的翅膀直张，彼此相对。』这指明在配搭中，我们必须是正直的。在一些地方召会中的配搭，有时候不是直的，多少有点弯曲。譬如，甲弟兄与乙弟兄交通一件事，然后叫他不要告诉丙弟兄这件事。但乙弟兄到丙弟兄那里，把这个消息传给他，然后也叫他不要对丁弟兄谈到这事。这种的配搭是玩弄政治。在召会生活中，我们绝不可玩弄政治。我们若对一位弟兄说甚么，同样的话也该能对别人说。这就是说，我们的翅膀是直的。我们的配搭必须是坦诚、纯诚、热切、并正直的。
7If we are under a clear and expanding sky, we can have the adequate and proper coordination, a coordination that is altogether straight. In the first chapter of Ezekiel, the word straight is used a few times. In verse 7 it is used for the calf’s hoofs. In verse 23 it is used for the eagle’s wings: “Under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other.” This indicates that in our coordination we must be straight. Sometimes the coordination in the local churches is not straight but is somewhat crooked. For example, brother A might fellowship a matter with brother Band then ask him not to tell brot he rC about this matter. But brot herB goes to brot he rC, passes on the information to him, and then asks him not to say anything about this to brot herD. This kind of coordination is political. We should never play politics in the church life. If we say something to one brother, we should be able to say it to others as well. This means that our wings must be straight. Our coordination must be frank, sincere, earnest, and straight.
活物的翅膀发声
A VOICE COMING OUT OF THE WINGS of the living creatures
8二十四节上半说，『活物行走的时候，我听见翅膀的响声，像大水的声音，像全能者的声音，也像军队哄嚷的声音。』这里告诉我们，活物行走的时候，以西结听见活物翅膀的响声。这意思是说，当活物在正直的配搭中行动时，有声音发出。这声音乃是他们的见证。从这里我们看见，任何一个地方召会见证的声音，必须是出自正确的配搭。这不该是个别信徒的声音，而该是配搭的声音。声音乃是从彼此相接的翅膀发出的。
8Verse 24a says, “When they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of a host.” Here we are told that as the living creatures moved, Ezekiel heard the voice of their wings. This means that as they moved in a straight coordination, a voice came out. This voice was their testimony. From this we see that the voice of the testimony of any local church must come out of the proper coordination. It should not be the voice of an individual believer; it should be the voice of the coordination. The voice comes out of the wings that have been joined to one another
9我们来看新约中彼得的情形。在五旬节以前，彼得常凭自己发声，但他所说的，常被主耶稣否定。这是因为他是凭自己发声。（太十六22～23，十七4～5，24～27。）但是主升天以后，彼得在五旬节与十一位使徒一同站起来。（徒二。）我信他们十二人站在那里，就像以西结一章里的活物。在五旬节那日所发的声音，不是彼得个人的声音，乃是一个团体身体的声音。
9Consider the situation with Peter in the New Testament. Before the day of Pentecost, Peter often voiced something by himself, and what he spoke was usually rejected by the Lord Jesus. This was because he voiced it by himself (Matt. 16:22-23; 17:4-5, 24-27). But after the Lord’s ascension, on the day of Pentecost, Peter stood up with the eleven (Acts 2:14). I believe that when the twelve stood there, they were like the 14 four living creatures in Ezekiel 1. The voice which came out on the day of Pentecost was not the voice of an individual Peter but the voice of a corporate body.
the living creatures
活物用两翅膀遮体
USING TWO WINGS TO COVER THEMSELVES
10一面，活物的翅膀直张，为著配搭，为著行动，并为著发声。另一面，活物用另外两个翅膀遮体。这指明在召会生活中，在配搭中，我们都需要学习隐藏在主的恩典之下。不要显露自己，乃要隐藏自己；隐藏在鹰的翅膀下。不该有己或任何个人的彰显。无论我们这一分有多大，我们都必须隐藏在主的恩典下。我们绝不该自夸，而该一直以主为夸耀。我们若有清明的天，有正直的配搭，并且在主的恩典下藏在祂里面；这样，在召会生活中，我们中间就有美好的光景。
10On the one hand, the four living creatures stretched two of their wings for coordination, for moving, and for giving the voice. On the other hand, they used the other two wings to cover themselves. This indicates that in the church life, in the coordination, we all need to learn to hide ourselves under the Lord’s grace. Do not display yourself but instead hide yourself. Hide under the eagle’swings. There should be no manifestation of the self or of any individual. No matter how great our portion may be, we need to hide ourselves under the Lord’s grace. We should never boast in ourselves but always boast in Him. If our sky is clear, if we have a straight coordination, and if we hide ourselves in the Lord and under His grace, there will be a beautiful situation among us in the church life
像大水的声音
AS THE SOUND OF GREAT WATERS
11一个地方召会中的光景，若像以上所描述四活物的情形，那个召会就有充分的资格发声，并作刚强的见证。这声音不是个人的声音，乃是像大水的声音。一个信徒可能很属灵，也很爱主，但他若不与别人配搭，他见证的声音还是微弱的，不像大水的声音。我们需要仰望主，使众地方召会的见证都像大水的声音。不该是一位弟兄一直为那个地方召会说话，乃该是一个配搭的身体发声作见证。别人会惊奇这种声音；他们会说，这个地方召会的声音，就像大水的声音。
11If the situation of a local church is like that of the four living creatures described above, that church will be qualified and adequate to sound out the voice and to give a strong testimony. The voice will not be that of an individual person but will be like the sound of great waters. A particular believer may be spiritual and love the Lord very much, but if he is not coordinated with others, the voice of his testimony will be weak; it will not be like the voice of great waters. We need to look to the Lord that the testimonies of all the local churches would be like the great waters. One individual brother should not always speak something for the local church, but a coordinated body should sound the voice and give the testimony. Others will be astonished at this kind of voice, and they will say that the voice of this local church is like the sound of great waters
像全能者的声音
as the voice of the Almighty
12以西结一章二十四节也说，这声音像全能者的声音。这声音成了神自己的声音。这虽然是团体身体的声音，但至终这声音成了神的声音。
12Verse 24 says also that this voice is the voice of the Almighty. It becomes the voice of God Himself. It is the voice of a corporate body, but eventually this voice becomes the voice of God. How marvelous
这是何等奇妙！
13一个地方召会就该像这样。在你当地召会中的声音，不该是任何个人的声音，而该是全能者的声音。
13The testimony of a local church should be like this. The voice in your local church should be the voice not of any individual but the voice of the Almighty
像军队的声音
AS THE VOICE OF AN ARMY
14最后，二十四节说，这声音也像争战军队的声音。众地方召会中的情形，常常不是如此，因为召会没有清明、延展并稳定的天。如果弟兄姊妹没有正确的交通和配搭，他们就可能想要表白自己，自称有甚么。但他们若有真东西，他们不必宣称甚么。他们自称是丰富的，这指明他们其实是贫穷的。百万富翁不必宣称他是富有的。我们的召会若像四活物一样，我们就不必为我们的召会宣告甚么。我们再来看以西结一章中奇妙的光景。请看看延展、行动、配搭和交通。那里有大水的声音、全能者的声音和军队的声音。
14Eventually, as verse 24 says, the voice is the voice of a fighting army. Often the situation in the local churches is not like this, because the church does not have a clear, expanding, and stable heaven. If the brothers and sisters do not have the proper fellowship and coordination, they may try to vindicate themselves and claim to have something. But if they have something real, they do not need to claim anything. If they claim to be rich, this indicates that actually they are poor. A millionaire does not need to claim that he is rich. If our church is like the four living creatures, there is no need for us to claim anything for our church. Consider again the wonderful situation in Ezekiel 1. Look at the expanse, the move, the coordination, and the fellowship. Here is the voice of great waters, the voice of the Almighty, and the voice of an army
15这不是一夜就成功的。我们必须开始于北风的吹动，然后经过一连串的经历，好使我们有明如水晶的天。
15This cannot be accomplished in us overnight. We must begin with the blowing wind from the north and then pass through all the subsequent experiences in order to have a sky that is crystal clear
16众地方召会都必须达到这一点，而彼此跟从，直到我们都到达那里。新耶路撒冷只有一条街道，（启二一21下，二二1，）指明今天在召会生活中也只该有一条街道，我们都该行在其上。在这一条街道上，我们必须彼此跟从，直到我们都达到以西结一章二十二至二十五节所描述的情形。这意思是说，我们需要有清明而开阔延展的天，在别人眼中是可怕、可畏的。当我们到了这个阶段，我们就有正确的见证。我们会发声像大水的声音，像全能者的声音，并像为著神经纶争战之军队的声音。
16All the local churches need to arrive at this point, following one another until we get there. In the New Jerusalem there is only one street (Rev. 21:21b; 22:1), indicating that there should be only one street in the church life today and that we all need to walk on it. We need to follow one another on this one street until we arrive at the point described in Ezekiel 1:22-25. This means that we need to have a clear sky with a wide expanse which is awesome and terrible in the eyes of others. When we reach this stage, we will have a proper testimony. We will have a voice like the sound of great waters and like that of the Almighty God and of an army fighting the battle for God’secon o my.
翅膀垂下，
LETTING DOWN THEIR WINGS
听神的声音
TO LISTEN TO GOD’S VOICE
17我们还要来看另一件事；这是在二十四节下半题起的：『活物站住的时候，便将翅膀垂下。』我们在这里看见，活物并不是一直在动。有时候他们停下并站住。他们站住的时候，便将翅膀垂下。当他们听见的声音不是从他们的翅膀发出，乃是从他们头以上清明的天发出，他们就停住，将翅膀垂下。这指明他们知道如何听神的声音。他们不仅知道如何说话、发声，也知道如何听神的声音。每当他们听见神的声音，他们就停止不动，就站住，将翅膀垂下。我们的天若是明如水晶，且是延展稳定的，就有两面的后果。一面，清明的天叫我们能发声；另一面，叫我们能听声。我们对人是说话，对神乃是听话。这意思是说，我们基督徒应当为神说话，也要听神说话。我们的情形若像以西结一章里四活物的情形，我们的天就必是清明的，这样，我们就能为神说话，也能听神说话。我们能说并且能听，乃在于我们有清明的天。
17There is another matter that we need to consider, and this is mentioned in verse 24b: “When they stood, they let down their wings.” Here we see that the living creatures do not move all the time. Sometimes they stop and stand still. When they stand still, they let down their wings, lowering them. When they hear a voice not out of their wings but out of the clear sky above their heads, they stop and let down their wings. This indicates that they know how to listen to God’s voice. They know not only how to speak and sound forth their voice but also how to listen to God’s voice. Whenever they listen to God’s voice, they stop moving, stand still, and lower their wings. If we have a sky that is crystal clear, expanding, and stable, there will be a twofold result. On the one hand, having a clear sky enables us to speak; on the other hand, it enables us to listen. We speak to others, and we listen to God. This means that we should be a Christian who both speaks for God and listens to God’s speaking. If our condition is like that of the living creatures in Ezekiel 1, our sky will be clear, and then we will be able to speak for God and also to hear God’s speaking. The ability to speak and to hear depends upon having a clear sky
18清明的天，为主说话，以及听主说话，全是交通的事。真实的交通与真实的配搭有关。当我们与神有交通，并彼此有交通时，我们中间就有真实的配搭。这样，当我们行动时，我们就能为神说话，并且当神对我们说话时，我们也能安静的听祂说话。这该是众地方召会的光景。一个正常的地方召会，知道如何行动，也知道如何停住；知道如何发声，也知道如何听神的声音。你所在的地方召会是这样么？我担心你所在的召会不知道如何停住，如何将翅膀垂下，并听从天上来的声音。我也担心你所在的地方召会，没有正确的配搭；反而是一个人当家，由一个人凡事包办，并坚持要每一件事、每一个人都在他的控制之下。一个地方召会若像这样，就必定是贫穷而软弱的。这样一个召会，无论自称有甚么，都不会有从翅膀来的声音。相反的，四活物的配搭并不是一个人当家。一个人不能断定每一件事。他们的配搭乃是所有活物的配搭。
18A clear sky, speaking for the Lord, and listening to the Lord are all matters of fellowship. Genuine fellowship is related to genuine coordination. When we have fellowship with God and with one another, there will be a genuine coordination among us. Then as we move we can speak for God, and when God comes to speak to us, we can listen quietly to His speaking. This should be the situation in all the local churches. A proper local church knows both how to move and how to stop, how to sound forth its voice and how to listen to God’s voice. Is your local church like this? I am concerned that your church may not know how to stop, lower its wings, and listen to the voice from the sky. I am also concerned that in your local church there may not be the proper coordination. Instead, there may be a one-man show, with one person doing everything and insisting that everything and everyone be under his control. Any local church that is like this will be poor and weak. No matter what such a church may claim to have, there is no voice coming from the wings. The coordination of the four living creatures, on the contrary, is not a one-man show. One person does not decide everything. Their coordination is a coordination of all the living creatures.
19以西结一章是圣经中最清楚的一幅图画，将正常的召会生活陈明出来；我们都需要看见这一章中所描绘的。一切的经历都有奇妙安排的次序，把活物带到一个地步，使他们在明如水晶、延展并稳定的天之下。因此，活物在地上有正确的行动，并发出正确的声音，向全宇宙作见证。他们在此学习停住，并听神的声音。他们知道如何凭行动发声，也知道如何藉著停住而听神的声音。在地方召会中，我们众人，特别是带头的人，都需要看见这幅图画，并经历其中所揭示的一切。愿主怜悯我们，使众地方召会被带进这一章所描写的经历。
19Ezekiel 1 presents the clearest picture in the Bible concerning the proper church life, and we all need to see the church life as it is portrayed in this chapter. The coordination shown here is marvelous. All the experiences in a wonderful sequence bring the living creatures to a point where they are under a crystal- clear, expanding, and stable heaven. Therefore, the living creatures have a proper move on earth and give a proper voice and testimony to the whole universe. Here they learn how to stop and listen to God’s voice. They know how to give the voice by moving and know how to listen to God’s voice by stopping. We all, especially the leading ones in the local churches, need to see this picture and experience what is unveiled in it. May the Lord be merciful to us and cause all the local churches to be brought into the experiences depicted in this chapter