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利未记生命读经 · 第58篇

安息年与禧年(三)

The Sabbath Year and the Jubilee (3)
1读经:利未记25:35-55。在本篇信息中,我们要说到有关禧年进一步的事。十一如何供应变穷了的弟兄利未记二十五章三十五至三十八节,说到如何供应变穷了的弟兄。1以色列人中有弟兄变穷了,
1Scripture Reading: Lev. 25:35-55 In this message we shall cover some further matters related to the jubilee. K. The Way to Sustain a Brother Who Had Become Poor Leviticus 25:35-38 speaks of the way to sustain a brother who had become poor. 1. A Brother of the Israelites Becoming Poor
无力自养
and Unable to Support Himself
2以色列人中有弟兄变穷了,无力自养,(利二五35上,)表征有信主的弟兄变穷了,不能照顾自己。我们从这豫表得知,该如何照顾这样的弟兄。2供应穷乏的弟兄,使他与你同住,不可在钱财上向他收利息,也
2A brother of the Israelites becoming poor and unable to support himself (v. 35a) signifies a believing brother becoming poor and unable to take care of himself. From the type here we are told how to take care of such a brother. 2. Sustaining the Poor Brother That He May Live with You, Not Taking Interest from
不可在粮食上从他获利
Him in Money nor Gain in Food
3『你的弟兄在你那里若变穷了,无力自养,你就要供养他,使他与你同住,像你供应外人和寄居的一样。不可向他收利息,或向他多要,只要敬畏你的神,使你的弟兄与你同住。你给他钱,不可取利息;给35-他粮食,也不可为著获利。』(利二五35~37。)这表征我们该帮助那在灵里变得软弱的弟兄,不可占他的便宜。在召会生活中,我们很可能在帮助弟兄的同时,占他的便宜。我们也许不只在一方面占弟兄的便宜。我们不该这样,因为我们绝不该占一位软弱弟兄的便宜。反之,我们该在爱里照顾他,使他可以和我们一样,活在主面前。我们自己该凭著基督、在基督里、与基督同活,我们的弟兄也该这样与我们同活。十二关于卖身的弟兄
3“If your brother beside you becomes poor and is unable to support himself, then you shall sustain him as you would an alien or a sojourner, so that he may live with you. Do not take interest from him or increase, but fear your God, that your brother may live with you. You shall not give him your money at interest, nor give him your food for gain” (vv. 37). This signifies that we should help the brother who becomes weak in spirit without taking any advantage of him. In the church life it is possible to take advantage of a brother while we are helping him. We may take advantage of a brother not only in one way and in one aspect but in a number of ways and in a number of aspects. We should not do this, for we should never take advantage of a brother who is weak. Instead, we should take care of him in love so that he may live before the Lord as we do. We should live by Christ, in Christ, and with Christ, and our brother should live this way with us. L. Concerning a Brother Who Had Sold Himself to
Another Brother
4二十五章三十九至五十五节是说到卖身的弟兄。1一个以色列弟兄变穷了,把自己卖给另一个弟兄,不可当作奴仆,只可当作雇工人,直到禧年『你的弟兄在你那里若变穷了,将自己卖给你,你不可叫他作奴仆服事你。他在你那里要像雇工人和寄居的。他要在你那里服事,直到禧年。』(利二五39~40。)这表征一个弟兄若在属灵上变得贫穷,亏欠你,你不可把他当作奴仆,只可把他当作帮助你的人,直到他得复兴。就著这一点,我们可将禧年解释为一种属灵的复兴。
4Leviticus 25:39-55 concerns a brother who had sold himself to another brother. 1. An Israelite Brother Who Became Poor and Sold Himself to Another Brother Was Not to Be Made a Slave but a Hired Servant until the Year of Jubilee “If your brother beside you becomes poor and sells himself to you, you shall not make him serve as a slave. He shall be with you as a hired servant and as a sojourner. He shall serve with you until the year of jubilee” (vv. 39-40). This signifies that if a brother becomes poor spiritually and is in debt to you, you should not consider him as your slave but as a helper to you until a revival comes to him. In this point we interpret jubilee as a kind of spiritual revival.
5在召会生活中,一位圣徒可能在属灵上亏欠了你。因著一位圣徒亏欠了你,你很容易把这位弟兄当作奴仆。我们心里可能有这种感觉,并在态度和灵里显出来,看这位亏欠我们的弟兄是我们的奴仆。这是不对的。无论一位圣徒在属灵上欠我们多少,我们都不该把他当作奴仆或仆人,只该把他当作帮助我们的人,直到他靠神的恩典得著复兴。这样,受我们照顾的这位弟兄,就会完全得著恢复。在许多事例中,有些弟兄给软弱者一些属灵的帮助,这种帮助最终却得罪了受帮助的人。他越帮助人,越把人得罪了。我们要看见,我们在属灵上照顾人的时候,有可能得罪人。我们的灵和态度若是不对,我们若是看自己比受帮助的人优越而轻视他们,我们若是把他们当作下等的奴仆或仆人,我们的帮助和照顾至终会得罪对方。这对我们该是个警告。每当我们帮助或照顾一位软弱的弟兄,我们需要尊敬他。即使在传福音的时候,我们也不该看自己比那些听福音的人优越。同样的,在家聚会和排聚会里,我们绝不该看自己是带领的人,以为自己高过或优于所帮助的人。这样的态度会得罪人。我们帮助人时该有一个态度:我们是他们的仆人。在林后四章五节,保罗说,『因为我们不是传自己,乃是传基督耶稣为主,也传自己为耶稣的缘故,作你们的奴仆。』保罗是使徒,且是神的出口,但他没有看自己比所服事的人优越。优越的态度完全是错误的。关于这点,我们需要从主学习。主来作我们的救主,乃是作奴仆服事我们。祂乃是神的奴仆,服事神的赎民。这是我们的榜样,我们若存记在心,就能长久给弟兄姊妹合式的帮助。到了禧年,他和他的儿女要归回本家,到他祖宗的产业那里去
5In the church life a certain saint may be in debt to you spiritually speaking. Because a saint may owe you something, it is easy for you to consider this one to be your slave. We may have such a feeling in our heart, and our attitude and spirit may express the feeling that the one indebted to us is our slave. This is wrong. No matter how much a saint may owe us spiritually, we should consider that one not as a slave nor even as a servant but as a helper until he is revived by the grace of God. Then this one who has been under our care will be fully recovered. In a number of cases, certain brothers rendered spiritual help to a weaker one, but this kind of help eventually became an offense to the one who was helped. The more a saint was helped, the more he was offended. From this we see that it is possible for our spiritual care of others to cause offense. If our spirit and attitude are wrong, if we consider ourselves superior to the ones we are helping and look down on them, if we regard them as lowly slaves or servants, our help and care will, in the long run, result in offense. This should be a warning to us. Whenever we are helping or caring for a weaker brother, we need to respect him. Even in gospel preaching we should not consider ourselves superior to those to whom we preach. Likewise, in home meetings and in small group meetings, we should never regard ourselves as leaders and think that we are higher than or superior to the ones we are helping. Such an attitude offends others. In helping others we should have the attitude that we are their servants. In 2 Corinthians 4:5 Paul says, “We do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’ sake.” Paul was an apostle and he had God’s oracle, yet he did not be have as one superior to those whom he served. It is altogether wrong to have a superior attitude. Concerning this, we need to learn of the Lord. When He came as our Savior, He came to serve us as a slave. He was God’s Slave serving God’s redeemed ones. This is our example. If we keep this in mind, we shall be able to help the brothers properly for the long run. 2. At the Jubilee He and His Sons Going2 Back to His Own Family and Returning to
the Possession of His Fathers
6『那时他和他的儿女要离开你归回本家,到他祖宗的产业那里去。』(利二五41。)这表征在属灵上亏欠你的弟兄,在复兴的时候,你就放他过去了。事实上,我们对年幼或软弱的弟兄帮助不大,我们所能作的,就是帮助他留在召会里,直到禧年,就是他复兴的时候。这复兴带进神足彀并充分的恩典,供应他的需要。我们该常常记住,我们所能为人作的,实在算不得甚么。我们顶多只能帮助人维持一种光景。保罗说,『我栽种了,亚波罗浇灌了,惟有神叫他生长。可见栽种的算不得甚么,浇灌的也算不得甚么,只在那叫他生长的神。』(林前三6~7。)这里我们看见,栽种的或浇灌的都不能赐生命给所服事的人。只有神是那赐生命者。所以,我们必须学习谦卑的功课。不错,我们可以作许多,但这许多并不能成就甚么。我们可以栽种并浇灌,但若非神叫牠生长,植物就不会长大。神叫人长大的时候,那就是复兴,这复兴带来属灵生命所需要的一切恩典。
6Then he shall go out from you, he and his sons with him, and go back to his own family, and return to the possession of his fathers” (v. 41). This signifies that at the time of revival the brother who is in debt to you spiritually will be released from you. Actually, we may not be able to help a younger brother or a weaker brother very much, but we may help him to remain in the church until the jubilee, a time of revival, comes to him. This revival brings in God’s sufficient and adequate grace to meet the brother’s need. We should always remember that what we can do for others really does not mean very much. At most, we can help to maintain a situation. Paul says, “I planted, Apollos watered, but God made to grow; so that neither is the one who plants anything nor the one who waters, but the One who makes to grow, God” (1 Cor. 3:6-7). Here we see that neither the one who planted nor the one who watered could do anything to give life to those whom they served. God is the One who gives life. We, therefore, must learn the lesson of humility. Yes, we may do a lot, but not a lot can be accomplished. We may plant and water, but the plant will not grow unless God gives the growth. When God gives growth, there is a revival, a revival that brings in all the grace needed for the spiritual life
7我们会不会成为召会生活的益处,乃在于我们的动机、灵和态度。当你帮助软弱的人时,你的态度可能不知不觉流露出轻视,把对方当作你的仆人,在你以下。他在你的照顾之下,实际上却在你的辖制之下。因此,受助者是在帮助者的辖制之下。然而,当复兴临到,在你辖制之下的弟兄要得著释放,脱离你的辖制。今天你若不认识这件事,至终你会晓得你所帮助的人是在你的辖制下,他需要禧年,就是属灵的复兴,以得著释放脱离这辖制。3不可严厉管辖卖身的弟兄『不可严厉的管辖,只要敬畏你的神。』(利二五43。)不可严厉的管辖卖身的弟兄,表征我们不该严厉的对待在属灵上亏欠的弟兄。4只可从四围的国家和寄居者中买人来作奴仆和婢女,将他们当作产业,但不可拿以色列人作奴仆
7Whether we shall be a profit to the church life or a loss depends on our motive, our spirit, and our attitude. In helping a weaker one, your attitude unconsciously may be that such a one is your servant or that he is beneath you. While he is under your care, he is actually under your bondage. Thus, the helped one is in bondage to the helping one. However, when a revival comes, the brother who has been in bondage to you will be released from your bondage. If you do not realize this today, eventually you will realize that the one whom you help may be in bondage to you and needs a jubilee, a spiritual revival, in order to be released from this bondage. 3. Not Ruling Over a Sold Brother with Harshness “You shall not rule over him with harshness, but you shall fear your God” (v. 43). Not ruling over a sold brother with harshness signifies that we should not harshly treat a brother who is in debt to us spiritually. 4. Purchasing Male and Female Slaves from the Nations and from the Sojourners and Considering Them as Possessions, but Not
Taking Slaves from the Israelites
8从二十五章四十四至四十六节,我们看见神的子民可以从四围的国家和寄居者中买人来作奴仆和婢女,将他们当作产业,但不可拿以色列人作奴仆。这表征我们不该对待弟兄和外人一样。只要是圣徒,我们就必须待他如同弟兄或姊妹。『弟兄姊妹』不是宗教的称呼。我们用这称呼的时候,应当的确带有那个意思。我们在主里的弟兄姊妹,就是我们神圣生命里属灵的亲属。然而,我们不能把不信的人看作弟兄姊妹,因为他们不像我们有神圣的生命。但因我们和弟兄姊妹有同样神圣的生命,我们就在同一个神圣家庭的实际里。所以,我们不该对待他们像外人一样。一个以色列弟兄将自己卖给外人或寄居的,他的弟兄、伯叔或本家的血亲可以赎他,或是他富足起来,
8In 25:44-46 we see that God’sp eople could purchase male and female slaves from the nations and from the sojourners and consider them as their possessions, but they were not to take slaves from among the Israelites. This signifies that we should not treat the brothers like the outsiders. As long as a certain one is a saint, we must treat that one as a brother or as a sister. The words brother and sister are not religious titles. When we use these words, we should really mean what we say. Our brothers and sisters in the Lord are our spiritual relatives in the divine life. The unbelievers, however, cannot be considered our brothers and sisters, because they do not have the divine life, as we do. But because we and our brothers and sisters have the same life, the divine life, we are in reality of the same one divine family. Therefore, we should not treat them like the outsiders. 5. An Israelite Brother Who Sold Himself to an5 Alien or to a Sojourner Was to Be Redeemed by His Brother, His Uncle, or Any of His Blood Relatives,
就可以赎回自己
or by Himself If He Acquired Sufficient Means
9从四十七到四十九节,我们看见一个以色列弟兄将自己卖给外人或寄居的,他的弟兄、伯叔或本家的血亲可以赎他,或是他富足起来,就可以赎回自己。这表征我们应当帮助在属灵上亏欠外人的弟兄,使他可以得释放脱离他的亏欠,或使他能出赎价,叫自己得释放。
9In verses 47 through 49 we see that an Israelite brother who sold himself to an alien or a sojourner was to be redeemed by his brother, by his uncle, or by any of his blood relatives, or by himself if he had acquired the sufficient means. This signifies that we should help a brother who is spiritually in debt to outsiders so that he may be released from his indebtedness, or so that he may become able to release himself by his own means
10你也许想,一位弟兄怎么会在属灵上亏欠外人。要解释这件事,最好的方法就是举一些例子。
10Perhaps you are wondering how a brother could be spiritually in debt to an outsider. The best way to explain this may be to give a number of illustrations.
11假设一位弟兄与邻居接触不彀谦卑,他太骄傲,得罪了邻居;这就是在属灵上亏欠了邻居。你在看望弟兄时,若是知道了这情形,就该帮助弟兄调整他与邻居的关系。这会拯救他脱离这亏欠,并帮助他属灵的生命和见证。这无疑的也会帮助他在邻居中间传福音。另一位弟兄也许在服装或发型上很奇特,使他周围的人感觉不舒畅。他既是亲爱的弟兄,我们就需要与他交通,同他祷告,并一起消化一些经文;不要纠正他,只要帮助他藉著生命的长大,慢慢的调整自己。这弟兄若接受生命的长大,就必调整自己。换句话说,生命里的长大要变化他,叫他晓得最好不再有奇装异服。
11Suppose a certain brother is not humble in his contact with his neighbors. This brother may offend one of his neighbors by being too proud. As a result, the brother becomes spiritually indebted to his neighbor. If you become aware of the situation as you are visiting with the brother, you should help him to be adjusted in his relationship with his neighbor. This will save him from that indebtedness and help his spiritual life and his testimony. No doubt, this will also help his preaching of the gospel in his neighborhood. Another brother may be very peculiar in his dress or in the way he keeps his hair. This causes those around him to feel uncomfortable. Since he is a dear brother, we need to fellowship with him, pray with him, digest some verses with him, and, without correcting him, help him to gradually adjust himself through the growth in life. If this brother receives the growth in life, this will adjust him. In other words, the growth in life will transform him, and he will realize that it is better for him not to be peculiar or strange in his dress or appearance.
12一位姊妹也许在属灵上亏欠她未信主的婆婆。你若知道这情形,也晓得她需要帮助,却避免去摸那情况,这是不对的。你需要为姊妹、也为她的情况祷告。然后你可以对她说,『姊妹,你得救了,但你婆婆还没有得救。她还是个不信的人,不知道甚么是罪,也不认识肉体。但你和我都是信徒。我们知道甚么是肉体,也知道神嘱咐我们不要凭肉体行事。姊妹,我看到你对婆婆的态度不好。我在爱里坦白的对你说这话,好叫你晓得你可能在家里失去了主的见证。你需要祷告。』我信这样的话会帮助姊妹得释放,不再亏欠她未信主的婆婆。许多信徒在日常实际的情形里,对外人有亏欠。我们的态度,我们表现自己的方式,接触人的方式,以及对待邻居、亲戚、同学和同事的方式,都可能对外人有亏欠。这可能是我们不能广传福音最主要的原因。有时候我们无法传福音给人,是因为我们在属灵上亏欠了他们。
12A sister may become spiritually indebted to her mother-in-law, who is an unbeliever. If you become aware of this indebtedness and you realize that the sister needs help, it would not be right to avoid touching the situation. You need to pray for the sister and also pray about her situation. Then you may say to her, “Sister, you are saved, but your mother-in-law is not yet saved. She is still an unbeliever. She doesn’t know what sin is, and she doesn’t know the flesh. But you and I are believers. We know what the flesh is, and we know that we are charged not to walk by the flesh. Sister, I see that your attitude toward your mother- in-law is not good. I speak this to you frankly in love so that you may know that you may lose the Lord’s testimony in your family. You need to pray.” I believe that such a word will help the sister to be released from her indebtedness to her unbelieving mother-in-law. In their actual daily situation, many believers have become indebted to outsiders. In our attitude, in the way we express ourselves, in the way we contact people, and in the way we deal with our neighbors, relatives, classmates, and colleagues, we may be indebted to outsiders. This may be an important reason why we do not spread the gospel. Sometimes we cannot preach the gospel to others because we are spiritually indebted to them
13事实上在召会生活中,属灵上丰富的弟兄并不多。许多人在属灵上都变穷了。那些贫穷的需要帮助。也许我们在属灵上也变得贫穷了,这就需要其他弟兄的帮助。6卖价和赎价要按到禧年的年数计算
13Actually, not many brothers in the church life are spiritually rich. Rather, many have become spiritually poor. Those who are poor need help. Perhaps we also have become spiritually poor and thus need to receive help from other brothers. 6. The Selling Price and the Amount of the Refund for Redemption to Be Calculated according to the
Number of Years Relative to the Jubilee
14卖价和赎价要按到禧年的年数计算。(利二五50~53。)这表征我们从奴役之中得释放,与神的恩典有关,且是基于神的恩典。禧年包括买卖的事。我们可能把产业甚至把自己卖了,却想要赎回所卖的产业或自己。这完全与神的恩典有关,因为至终我们晓得对自己的情形无能为力。我们既无法赎回产业或自己,就必须把得赎这件事留到禧年。因此,我们都需要学习靠恩典活著。我们无法赎回产业或自己。得赎完全是在于神的恩典。7卖身的弟兄若不是用这些法子赎回,就要在禧年得释放『他若不是用这些法子赎回,就要在禧年和他的儿女一同得释放。』(利二五54。)这表征我们能彀完全因著神的恩典,从奴役之中得著释放;我们不需要别的方法。
14The selling price and the amount of the refund for redemption was to be calculated according to the number of years relative to the jubilee (vv. 50-53). This signifies that our release from slavery is related to and based on God’s grace. The jubilee involves the matters of selling and buying. We may sell our property and even ourselves, yet have the intention of redeeming what we have sold, either our property or ourselves. This is altogether related to God’s grace because eventually we realize that we are unable to do anything about our situation. Since we cannot redeem our possession or ourselves, we must leave the matter of redemption to the jubilee. Hence, we all need to learn that we live by grace. We cannot redeem either our possession or ourselves. Redemption depends absolutely on God’s grace. 7. The Sold One Who Was Not Redeemed by These Means Was to Be Released in the Year of Jubilee “And if he is not redeemed by these means, then he shall be released in the year of jubilee, he and his sons with him” (v. 54). This signifies that we can be released from our slavery wholly by the grace of God. We do not need any other means.
15人无法赎回自己,就是在无助的情形里,但到了禧年,那时他要得著释放。这指明我们除了神的恩典外,不需要别的方法赎回自己。人人都想寻找得释放的方法与途径,但神所安排的环境,总是不容许我们为自己作甚么。因此,我们必须留在无助的情形里,直到禧年,就是恩典,临到我们。这样我们就要完全从奴役中得著释放。在利未记二十五章,地豫表基督。基督告诉我们,祂要把召会建造在祂自己上面。(太十六18。)建造在地上并城内的房屋,豫表建造在基督上面的召会。
15The one who did not have any means to redeem himself was in a helpless situation until the year of jubilee, the time when he was released. This indicates that for our redemption we do not need any means other than the grace of God. However, every human being likes to try to find a means, a way, to be released, but often the circumstances arranged by God do not allow us to do anything for ourselves. Thus, we have to remain in our helpless situation until the jubilee, the grace, comes to us. Then we shall be fully released from our slavery. In Leviticus 25 the land typifies Christ, and Christ told us that He would build the church upon Himself (Matt. 16:18). The houses built on the land and within the walled cities typify the church built upon Christ.
16现在我们需要看见,对基督的享受是基于恩典的原则,而对召会的享受是基于公义的原则。在希伯来五章十三节,有『公义的话』一辞。希伯来书论到对召会生活的享受,书中所写的大多是公义的话。这指明对召会生活的享受,是按著公义的原则。因为这享受是出于公义,所以有限制的律例。我们若遵守这律例,就要在今世和来世享受召会生活。我们需要对此谨慎。按照利未记二十五章,有些房屋是在地上而不在城内。我们将这些房屋解释为自由团体的表征。就一面说,在自由团体里并不好。另一面说,在自由团体里也有益处,就是不容易失去享受召会生活的权利。
16Now we need to see that the enjoyment of Christ is based on the principle of grace, whereas the enjoyment of the church life is based on the principle of righteousness. In Hebrews 5:13 we have the expression “the word of righteousness.” The book of Hebrews deals with the enjoyment of the church life, and most of what is written in this book is the word of righteousness. This indicates that the enjoyment of the church life is according to the principle of righteousness. Be cause this enjoyment is of righteousness, there is a statute of limitations. If we keep this statute, we shall have the enjoyment of the church life in this age and also in the coming age. We need to be careful about this matter. According to Leviticus 25, there were houses in the land that were not in walled cities. We interpret these houses as signifying free groups. In one sense it is not good to be in a free group. In another sense there is an advantage to being in a free group, and the advantage is that in a free group it is not easy to lose our right to enjoy the church life.
17在豫表中,利未记二十五章给我们看见三种基督徒:留在召会生活中的、失去召会生活的、以及在自由团体中的。我们应当是那些留在召会生活中的。在利未记说到禧年的这一段中,我们看见对基督的享受,对召会生活的享受,以及与圣徒正确的关系。按我的经历,这三者中最容易得著的,是对基督旳享受。享受召会生活,不像享受基督那样容易。最难的,是与同作圣徒的有正确的关系。这是我们需要极度关切的一件事,因这事摸著我们的动机、我们的灵、我们的态度、和我们的话语。
17In type, Leviticus 25 shows us three kinds of Christians: those who remain in the church life, those who lose the church life, and those who are in the free groups. We should be those who stay in the church life. In this portion of Leviticus concerning the jubilee we have seen the enjoyment of Christ, the enjoyment of the church life, and the matter of the proper relationship with the saints. According to my experiences, the easiest of these three to have is the enjoyment of Christ. It is not as easy to enjoy the church life as it is to enjoy Christ. The hardest of these is to have the proper relationship with our fellow saints. This is a matter of utmost concern, for it touches our motive, our spirit, our attitude, and our words
18我们活在召会生活中,就需要别人。这由三十五节的话所指明:『使他与你同住。』我们需要圣徒与我们同住。若没有圣徒与我们同住,我们就没有召会生活。召会生活不仅在于我们对主和召会生活的爱,更特别在于我们对圣徒的照顾。我们需要好好的照顾圣徒,这照顾关系到我们的动机、我们的灵、我们的态度、和我们的话语。我们接触圣徒时,可能在动机、态度、和灵上是错的,我们的话语也可能不完全照著主的引导。我能见证,我每日向主所认的罪,大多是关于我对圣徒的动机、灵、态度、和话语。
18When we are living in the church life, we need others. This is indicated in verse 35 by the words “that he may live with you.” We need the saints to live with us. If we do not have any saints living with us, we do not have the church life. The church life does not depend only on our loving the Lord or on our loving the church life; the church life depends especially on our care for the other saints. We need to take care of the saints in a good way, and this care involves our motive, our spirit, our attitude, and our words. In contacting the saints, we may be wrong in our motive, attitude, and spirit, and our words may not be altogether according to the leading of the Lord. I can testify that much of my daily confession to the Lord concerns my motive, spirit, attitude, and words in relation to the saints.
19基督的身体若要被建造起来,我们就需要与圣徒同住,圣徒也需要与我们同住。我们若不能与圣徒同住,就不会有召会生活;若没有召会生活,基督的身体也就无法建造起来。禧年不是仅仅喊叫、释放、恢复和复兴,因为在利未记二十五章末了一段还有三个试验。这三个试验就是爱主、爱召会生活、并照顾圣徒。你怎样与圣徒,与『召会同伴』同住?你怎样帮助他们与你同住?我们怎样能维持一种光景,使我们这些召会同伴能同住?这在于我们如何保持与他们的交通和关系,也在于我们的动机、灵、态度、和话语。我们需要纯洁的动机、纯全的灵、对的态度同对的发表。这不仅帮助、造就、并建造圣徒;也自然而然的建造基督的身体。当基督的身体实际的出现时,禧年就在我们中间。
19If the Body of Christ is to be built up, we need to live with other saints and they need to live with us. If we cannot live together with the saints, there will be no church life, and if there is no church life, there cannot be the building up of the Body of Christ. Jubilee is not just a matter of shouting, release, recovery, and restoration, for in the last section of Leviticus 25 there are three tests. These three tests are loving the Lord, loving the church life, and caring for our fellow saints. How do you live with the saints, with your “church mates”? How do you help them to live with you? How can we maintain a situation in which we live together as church mates? This depends on our way of keeping our fellowship and our relationship with them, and it depends on our motive, our spirit, our attitude, and our words. We need a pure motive, a pure and perfect spirit, and a right attitude with the right utterance. This will not only help, edify, and build up the saints; it will also spontaneously build up the Body of Christ. When the Body of Christ comes into existence in a practical way, then the jubilee will be among us