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哥林多前书生命读经 · 第58篇

对付恩赐（二）

Dealing with the Gifts (2)
1读经：哥林多前书12:12-22。在林前十二章一至十一节，保罗强调两件事：说话与那灵。基督徒必须是说话的人。如果我们敬拜的时候静默无声，我们就成了哑吧的敬拜者。我们所敬拜的不是静默的神；我们所敬拜的乃是活的、说话的神。因此，我们的说话是一个表记，指明我们是正确敬拜神的人。不仅如此，每当我们说话的时候，基督应当是中心。我们甚至该把主耶稣说出来。根据十二章三节，当我们说，『主，耶稣！』我们就在那灵里。因此，在十二章一至十一节，保罗首先强调说话，其次强调那灵。
1Scripture Reading: 1 Cor. 12:12-22 In 12:1-11 Paul stresses two matters: speaking and the Spirit. A Christian must be a speaking person. If we are silent in our worship, then we become dumb worshippers. We do not worship a silent God; we worship a living, speaking God. Thus, our speaking is a sign that we are proper worshippers of God. Furthermore, whenever we speak, Christ should be the center. We should even speak forth the Lord Jesus. According to 12:3, when we say, “Lord Jesus,” we are in the Spirit. Therefore, speaking is Paul’s first emphasis in 12:1-11, and the Spirit is the second
2我们既是基督徒，就都该说话。当我们把主说出来，我们就在那灵里。例如，我说话的时候，就将空气吸进来。我不仅被空气包围，空气也在我里面。我越开口说话，空气就越进到我里面来浸透我。我若不说话，也不呼吸，空气就无法进到我这人里面。这样，我里面的人就得不著所需氧气的供应。为了让氧气在我里面运行，我需要呼吸，也需要说话。藉著说话，我就享受了空气。同样的原则，当我们以基督为我们说话的中心来说话时，我们就在那灵里。
2As Christians, we all should speak. When we speak forth the Lord, we are in the Spirit. For example, as I speak, I breathe in air. I am not only surrounded by the air, but air is also in me. The more I open my mouth to speak, the more the air enters into me and saturates me. If I would neither speak nor breathe, there would be no way for air to come into my being. Then my inner being could not receive the necessary supply of oxygen. In order for oxygen to work in my inward parts, it is necessary for me to breathe and speak. By speaking I enjoy the air. In the same principle, when we speak with Christ as the center of our speaking, we are in the Spirit
参 一个身体，许多肢体
III. ONE BODY WITH MANY MEMBERS
3保罗对付恩赐这事，所强调的第三点是身体。在十二章十二至二十二节，他一再的说到身体。今天在许多灵恩派的人当中，身体被忽略了；他们可能寻求那灵与那灵的恩赐，却不领悟那灵的恩赐完全是为著身体的。恩赐属于肢体，却不是为著肢体。反之，恩赐属于肢体，却是为著身体的。我们可以用我们物质身体的肢体为例，说明恩赐如何是为著身体的。我的手有特别的恩赐，能彀作一些事情。但手的恩赐与功用不是为著手自己，乃是为著身体。照样，脚有走路的能力。我们可以说，脚有走路的恩赐。但这个能力，这个恩赐，乃是为著身体，而不是仅仅为著脚。同样的原则，我们的口是为著身体而吃，我们的眼睛是为著身体而看。如果口吃东西只为著自己，而不是为著身体，岂不是一件可怕的事么？若是如此，食物就会留在口里，不会供应到身体。如果眼睛尽功用只为著眼睛，却不是为著身体来看，这也是一件可怕的事。眼睛有个功用，就是有看的能力。然而，这个看的恩赐虽然属于眼睛，却不是为著眼睛，而是为著身体。鼻子也是为著身体尽功用。如果鼻子自私，保留所有的空气为著自己，身体就无法得著空气了。鼻子呼吸空气乃是为著身体。这些例证都说明，属于各个肢体的恩赐，乃是为著全身体。
3In dealing with the gifts, Paul’s third emphasis is the Body. In 12:12-22 he speaks of the Body again and again. Today there is a neglect of the Body among many Pentecostal people. They may seek the Spirit and the gifts of the Spirit without realizing that the gifts of the Spirit are altogether for the Body. The gifts are of the members, but they are not for the members. Rather, the gifts are of the members and for the Body. We may use the members of our physical body as an illustration of how the gifts are for the Body. My hand has a particular gift and is able to do certain things. But the gift and the functions of the hand are not for the hand itself, but for the body. Likewise, the feet have the ability to walk. We may say that they have the gift of walking. But this ability, this gift, is for the body; it is not only for the feet. In the same principle, our mouth eats for the body, and our eyes see for the body. Would it not be a terrible thing if the mouth ate only for itself and not for the body? If such were the case, the food would remain in the mouth and not be supplied to the body. It would also be dreadful if the eyes functioned only for themselves and did not see for the body. The eyes have a function, the ability to see. This seeing gift, however, though it belongs to the eyes, is not for the eyes; it is for the body. The nose also functions for the body. If the nose could be selfish and keep all the air for itself, the body would not receive air. The nose breathes air for the body. All these illustrations show that the gift that belongs to each member is for the whole body.
4我们需要对这个事实有深刻的印象：保罗强调那灵以后，就立刻转到身体，并且极力强调身体。在十二章一至三11节，保罗强调说话；在四至十一节，他强调那灵。在这几节经文中，共有七次题到那灵；但是从十二至二十二节，关键的辞乃是身体。
4We need to be impressed with the fact that immediately after emphasizing the Spirit, Paul turns to the Body and places a great emphasis on it. In 12:1-3 Paul stresses speaking, and in verses 4 through his emphasis is on the Spirit. In these verses the word Spirit is used seven times. But in verses 12 through 22 the crucial word is the Body.
一 身体的构成
A. The Constitution of the Body
5十二节说，『就如身体是一个，却有许多肢体，而且身体上一切的肢体虽多，仍是一个身体，基督也是这样。』11『就如』指明本节是十一节的说明。十一节说，那灵表显的各面，都是这一位灵所运行，个别分给许多信徒的。这就如我们物质的身体是一个，却有许多肢体。十二节的基督，直译，那基督。这是指团体的基督，由基督自己作头，召会作祂的身体，连同所有信徒作肢体所组成的。所有基督的信徒，都与祂有生机的联结，并都是用祂的生命和元素所构成的，成为祂的身体这个生机体，以彰显祂。因此，祂不仅是头，也是身体。就如我们物质的身体虽有许多肢体，仍是一个身体，基督也是这样。在十三节保罗接著说，『因为我们不拘是犹太人或希利尼人，是为奴的或自主的，都已经在一位灵里受浸，成了一个身体，且都得以喝一位灵。』那灵是我们灵浸的范围和元素，在这样一位灵里，我们众人浸成一个生机的实体，就是基督的身体；所以不论我们的种族、国籍、社会地位如何，我们众人都该是这一个身体。基督是这身体的生命和构成成分，并且那灵是基督的实际。我们众人乃是在这一位灵里受浸，成了这一个活的身体，以彰显基督。
5Verse 12 says, “For even as the body is one and has many members, but all the members of the body being many are one body, so also is Christ.” “For” indicates that verse 12 is an explanation of verse 11. Verse says that one Spirit operates all the various aspects of His manifestation, distributing them to many believers individually. This is just like our physical body being one and having many members. In Greek Christ in verse 12 is “the Christ,” referring to the corporate Christ, composed of Christ Himself as the Head and the church as His Body with all the believers as its members. All the believers of Christ are organically united with Him and constituted of His life and element to become His Body, an organism, to express Him. Hence, He is not only the Head, but also the Body. As our physical body has many members yet is one, so is this Christ. In verse 13 Paul continues, “For also in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and were all given to drink one Spirit.” As the Spirit is the sphere and element of our spiritual baptism and in such a Spirit we were all baptized into one organic entity, the Body of Christ, so we should all, regardless of our races, nationalities, and social ranks, be this one Body. Christ is the life and constituent of this Body, and the Spirit is the reality of Christ. It is in this one Spirit that we were all baptized into this one living Body to express Christ.
6基督的信徒藉著水，并在那灵里浸入了：（一）基督；（二）基督的死；（罗六3；）（三）三一神的名─人位；（太二八19；）（四）基督的身体。受浸把信徒引进与基督并三一神生机的联结里，使他们成为基督身体的活肢体。所有的恩赐，就是那灵所分给各个信徒的表显，都是为著叫这身体得益处，被建造。使徒对这事非常有感觉。他非常有身体的感觉，以身体为中心，不像哥林多人，也不像历代许多在属灵恩赐上，非常以自我为中心的信徒。因此，他在这一节之后，向他们发表了关于身体的长篇谈话。他的用意是要拯救他们脱离这种为著自己的追求，而回到对身体的关心，使他们不再是为著自己的益处，乃是为著基督身体的建造。在林前十二章十三节保罗说到犹太人和希利尼人，为奴的和自主的。犹太人和希利尼人是指种族和国籍，为奴的和自主的是指社会地位。在那灵里受浸，乃是进入那灵，消失在祂里面；喝那灵，乃是把那灵接受进来，使我们全人被祂浸透。藉这两种手续，我们就与那灵调和。在那灵里受浸，是调和的起始，是一次永远的。喝那灵，是调和的延续和成就，是持续不断直到永远的。这需要我们不断的呼求主，从祂这活水的泉源欢然取水。（赛十二3～4，约四10，14。）
6The believers of Christ are baptized through water and in the Spirit into Christ, the death of Christ (Rom. 6:3), the name—the Person—of the Triune God (Matt. 28:19), and the Body of Christ. Baptism ushers the believers into an organic union with Christ and the Triune God, making them living members of the Body of Christ. All the gifts, as the manifestation of the Spirit distributed to the individual believers by the Spirit, are for the profit, the building up, of this Body. The apostle is very conscious of this. He is very Body- conscious, Body-centered, unlike the Corinthians and so many other believers through the centuries who have been very much self-centered concerning spiritual gifts. Hence, following this verse, Paul gives us a long discourse concerning the Body. His intention is to rescue the Corinthian believers from self-seeking back to a concern for the Body so that they may be no longer for their individual profit, but for the building up of the Body. In verse 13 Paul speaks of Jews and Greeks and of slaves and free. Jews and Greeks refer to races and nationalities, and slaves and free refer to social ranks. To be baptized in the Spirit is to get into the Spirit and be lost in Him. To drink the Spirit is to take the Spirit in and have our being saturated with Him. By these two procedures we are mingled with the Spirit. To be baptized in the Spirit is the initiation of the mingling and is once for all. To drink the Spirit is the continuation and accomplishment of the mingling and is perpetual, forever
7今天，灵恩派的人对于在那灵里受浸谈论了许多，却不怎么谈论浸入身体。在那灵里受浸不是为著个人，乃是为著13身体。在林前十二章十三节保罗清楚的说，我们『都已经在一位灵里受浸，成了一个身体』。这身体乃是一个生机的实体。我们从马太二十八章十九节和加拉太三章二十七节得知，我们已经浸入三一神里，并浸入基督里。三一神和基督是生机的、活的。从罗马六章三节我们得知，我们受浸不仅是浸入基督，也是浸入基督的死里。在积极一面，我们已经浸入三一神和基督里；在消极一面，我们已经浸入基督的死里。受浸消极的这一面清除了罪、肉体、己和旧造这些消极的事物。受浸终极的结果，乃是我们被摆进身体里。阿利路亚，我们在这身体里！
7Today Pentecostal people talk a great deal about the baptism in the Spirit, but not nearly as much about being baptized into the Body. The baptism of the Spirit is not for individuals; it is for the Body. In verse Paul clearly says, “In one Spirit we were all baptized into one body.” This Body is an organic entity. We know from Matthew 28:19 and Galatians 3:27 that we have been baptized into the Triune God and into Christ. The Triune God and Christ are organic and living. From Romans 6:3 we know that we have been baptized not only into Christ but also into His death. Positively, we have been baptized into the Triune God and into Christ; negatively, we have been baptized into the death of Christ. This negative aspect of baptism clears away such negative things as sin, the flesh, the self, and the old creation. The ultimate issue of baptism is that we are put into the Body. Hallelujah, we are in the Body!
8我们若要对属灵的恩赐有正确的珍赏，就需要看见说话、那灵、身体这三件重要的事。属灵的恩赐与说话有关，并且是藉著那灵，又是为著身体的。每当你为著自己，而不为著身体运用属灵的恩赐时，你就废掉了你的恩赐。我再说，恩赐不是为著肢体本身，乃是为著身体。如果脚运用走路的恩赐是为著自己，而不是为著身体，脚就废掉了牠们的恩赐。许多人寻求属灵的恩赐，有些人似乎也得著了恩赐；但是许多时候，他们徒然接受这些恩赐，因为他们运用这些恩赐不是为著身体，乃是为著自己。今天许多基督徒没有想到身体。实际上，我们不需要这么寻求恩赐，我们只当学习为著身体。我们若是为著身体，就会有充足的恩赐。不仅如此，为著身体使我们的恩赐丰富、拔高、加强、甚至繁增。-保罗对付恩赐时，非常有身体的感觉，非常有召会的感觉。他所关心的，乃是召会的建造。恩赐不是为著造就自己；恩赐乃是为著身体的建造。靠著主的怜悯，我愿意作见证，这些年来我一直关心身体。我说话的恩赐强，原因乃在于我从未想过为自己来运用这恩赐。我的负担，我的关切，以及我的存心，一直是为著众召会，现今仍是如此。我没有作名演说家的欲望。我的负担就是为著身体，并为著众召会。我越为著众召会，越向著众召会说话，就越有可以服事给人的。
8If we would have a proper appreciation of the spiritual gifts, we need to see the three important matters of speaking, the Spirit, and the Body. Spiritual gifts are a matter of speaking, by the Spirit, and for the Body. Whenever you use a spiritual gift for yourself and not for the Body, you annul your gift. To repeat, the gift is not for the member itself; it is for the body. If the feet used their gift of walking for themselves and not for the body, they would nullify their gift. Many are seeking the spiritual gifts and some seemingly have received the gifts. But in many cases they have received these gifts in vain because they use them for themselves and not for the Body. Many of today’s Christians have no thought of the Body. Actually, we do not need to seek the gifts so much. Instead, we should simply learn to be for the Body. If we are for the Body, we shall have an abundance of gifts. Furthermore, being for the Body will enrich, uplift, strengthen, and even multiply our gifts. In dealing with the gifts, Paul was very Body- conscious, very church conscious. His concern was the building up of the church. The gifts are not for self- edification; they are for the building up of the Body. I wish to testify by the Lord’s mercy that throughout the years I have always been concerned for the Body. The reason I have a strong gift of speaking is that I have never had the thought to use this gift for myself. My burden, concern, and intention have been and still are for the churches. I have no desire to be a popular speaker. My burden is for the Body and for all the churches. The more I speak for the churches and to the churches, the more I have to minister
9我珍赏保罗在林前十二章十三节的话：『我们…都已经在一位灵里受浸，成了一个身体，且都得以喝一位灵。』我们在那里能喝一位灵？我们乃是在身体里喝那灵。我们若不在身体里，就不会有水流，也就没有甚么可喝的。水流乃是在身体里。按照启示录，在永世里，在新耶路撒冷有一道水流。（启二二1～2。）今天这水流、水河是在身体里。我们都已经在一位灵里受浸，成了一个身体，为要喝一位灵。
9I appreciate Paul’sword in 12:13: “In one Spirit we were all baptized into one body…and were all given to drink one Spirit.” Where can we drink one Spirit? We drink the Spirit in the Body. If we were not in the Body, there would not be any flow. There would be nothing to drink. The flow is in the Body. According to the book of Revelation, in eternity the flow will be in the New Jerusalem (Rev. 22:1-2). Today, the flow, the river, is in the Body. In one Spirit we have all been baptized into one Body to drink one Spirit
10我们中间许多人能作见证，在我们进入主恢复的召会生活之前，我们不是在干旱的焦土，就是在沼泽地。沼泽地虽然有水，却不能喝。可是在主恢复的召会生活中，我们天天，甚至时时喝那灵。我们不仅在泉源这里─我们乃是在流中。我何等珍赏这节圣经，牠说，我们已经受浸，成了一个身体，为要来喝！我们已经在一位灵里受浸，成了一个身体，为要喝一位灵。当我们满了那灵的水，我们就别无选择，只有让这水从我们里面往外涌出来。我在美国尽职的这些年间，那灵一直涌出来。我一直涌出智慧的言语，就是关于基督是神的深奥的话语。我也涌出知识的言语。不仅如此，我能作见证，我不是为著自己的利益。我惟一所关心的，乃是基督的身体。
10Many of us can testify that before we came into the church life in the Lord’s recovery, we were either in a dry, parched land or in a marshy land. There may have been some water in this marshy land, but it was not good for drinking. But in the church life in the Lord’s recovery, we are drinking the Spirit every day, even all the time. We are not only at a fountain—we are in the flow. How I appreciate this verse telling us that we have been baptized into one Body to drink! In one Spirit we have been baptized into one Body to drink the one Spirit. When we are full of the water of the Spirit, we have no choice but to let this water bubble out from within us. During the years I have been ministering in this country, I have been bubbling over with the Spirit. I am bubbling over with the word of wisdom, with the word concerning Christ as the depths of God. I am also bubbling over with the word of knowledge. Furthermore, I can testify that I am not for my own interests. My only concern is the Body of Christ.
11我们都需要忘掉自己，忘掉我们所在的地方、我们的工作、以及我们个人的属灵，而从主接受祂身体的负担。这会使我们在属灵恩赐上得以丰富、拔高并加强。所有接受这话的人若都能为著身体，并愿意忘掉自己，忘掉他们个人的属灵，以及他们属灵的前途，想想看会有甚么事情发生？这种光景会是多么美妙！在接下来的一段时日里，主能成就许多事，来执行神在地上的行政。全地的众召会就真成了属天的电视，发表基督在祂天上职事里所正在作的。这事若要实现，我们就必须看见身体，并且为著身体。
11We all need to forget ourselves, our localities, our work, and our personal spirituality and be burdened by the Lord concerning His Body. This will cause us to be enriched, uplifted, and strengthened in our spiritual gifts. Imagine what would happen if all those receiving this word would be for the Body and would be willing to forget themselves, their individual spirituality, and their spiritual future. What a marvelous situation this would be! In the next period of time the Lord would be able to accomplish a great deal for the carrying out of God’sad ministration on earth. The churches throughout the earth would truly be heavenly televisions expressing what Christ is doing in His heavenly ministry. For this to come about, we must see the Body and be for the Body
二 肢体的不可缺
B. The Indispensability of Each Member
12在林前十二章十四至二十二节，我们看见身体上每个肢体的不可缺。身体原不是一个肢体，乃是许多肢体。脚不该说，『我不是手，所以不属于身体。』耳不该说，『我不是眼，所以不属于身体。』若全身是眼，听觉在那里？若全身是听觉，嗅觉在那里？但如今神照著自己的意思，把肢体俱各安置在身体上了。眼不能对手说，『我不需要你；』头也不能对脚说，『我不需要你。』不但如此，身上肢体似乎较为软弱的，更是不可少的。
12In verses 14 through 22 we see the indispensability of each member of the Body. The body is not one member but many. The foot should not say, “Because I am not a hand, I am not of the body.” The ear should not say, “Because I am not an eye, I am not of the body.” If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the smelling be? But God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body, even as He willed. The eye cannot say to the hand, “I have no need of you”; nor the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.” Much rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary
13在十二章十四至二十二节，按原文看，保罗题到身体共有十次。然而，在这几节里，他一次也没有题到那灵。在此保罗强调的乃是身体。为这缘故，我无法赞同灵恩派的人，他们谈论林前十二章的那灵和那灵的恩赐，却没有正确的强调身体。注意那灵而忽视身体的人，乃是制造分裂的。再没有基督徒像灵恩派的人那样分而又分的。
13In 12:14-22 Paul mentions the Body ten times. However, in these verses he does not mention the Spirit even once. Here Paul stresses the Body. This is the reason I cannot agree with the Pentecostalists who talk about the Spirit and the gifts of the Spirit in 1 Corinthians 12, but do not place the proper emphasis on the Body. Those who pay attention to the Spirit and neglect the Body are divisive. No other Christians are as divisive as those in Pentecostalism
14我们一再指出，保罗在十二章先是强调说话，然后强调那灵，进而强调身体。正确的说话会带进那灵。当我们说，『主，耶稣！』我们就在那灵里。然后，照著十三节，那灵把我们引进身体里。现在我们需要以身体为中心，1并且有身体的感觉。这是保罗在林前十二章所强调的。为著说话、那灵、身体，阿利路亚！藉著说话，我们就在那灵里。当我们顾到身体时，我们就蒙保守在那灵里。我们怎么能使自己进入那灵里？乃是藉著说，『主，耶稣！』我们怎么能留在那灵里，并且蒙保守在那灵里？乃是藉著在身体里，并且顾到身体。我们需要作两件事：说话，并且留在身体里。我们说话的时候，就被带进那灵里；我们留在身体里，就蒙保守在那灵里。我能彀作见证，我每天都非常享受那灵。我享受那灵的原因，乃是我说，『主，耶稣！』并且留在身体里。我不可能摆脱身体。无论我去那里，身体就在那里。为著保守我们在那灵里的身体，赞美主！
14We have pointed out again and again that in chapter twelve Paul first emphasizes speaking, then the Spirit, and then the Body. The proper speaking brings in the Spirit. When we say, “Lord Jesus,” we are in the Spirit. Then, according to verse 13, the Spirit ushers us into the Body. Now we need to become Body - centered and Body - conscious. This is Paul’s emphasis in Corinthians 12. Hallelujah for the speaking, for the Spirit, and for the Body! By speaking we are in the Spirit. When we take care of the Body, we are preserved in the Spirit. How can we get ourselves into the Spirit? By speaking, “Lord Jesus.” How can we remain in the Spirit and be preserved in the Spirit? By being in the Body and caring for the Body. We need to do two things: speak and stay in the Body. When we speak, we are ushered into the Spirit, and when we stay in the Body, we are kept in the Spirit. I can testify that daily I enjoy the Spirit very much. The reason I enjoy the Spirit is that I speak, “Lord Jesus,” and I stay in the Body. It is not possible for me to get away from the Body. Wherever I go, the Body is there. Praise the Lord for the Body that preserves us in the Spirit!
15我们在那灵里，就有那灵的恩赐。那灵的运行绝不是徒然的；祂既与我们同在，就把一些恩赐分配给我们。如果我们都藉著说话进入那灵，又藉著顾到身体而留在那灵里，主就有路来执行神的行政。祂就得著奥秘的身体作凭藉，在地上发表祂在天上所作的。我们都能成为在那灵里，并在身体里的人。
15When we are in the Spirit, we have the gifts of the Spirit. The Spirit never works in vain. As He is with us, He distributes certain gifts to us. If we all get into the Spirit by speaking and stay in the Spirit by caring for the Body, the Lord will have a way to carry out God’sad ministration. He will have the mystical Body as an instrument to express on earth what He is doing in the heavens. We all can be those who are in the Spirit and in the Body
16从一九四九年我离开中国大陆的时候起，藉著这分职事，大约有三百八十处召会已经在全球五大洲兴起。这一切得以成就，不是凭著差会、基金的筹募、或神学院训练出来的人。相反的，这乃是我们反映基督天上的职事，为要执行神的行政。主自一九四九年以来所作的，强有力的证明，今天神在地上所需要的，乃是基督奥秘身体实际的显出。例如，因著身体是宇宙性的，所以我们虽然从未差遣人到南非的普勒多利亚（Pretoria）去建立召会生活，但是现在那里有了召会。这使我对将来有很高的期望。主恢复的将来是荣耀的，我确信主在新约所说的话都要应验。毫无疑问，主一直在作工，以恢复、得著祂那奥秘的身体。我们需要分辨祂的身体，并且留在身体里，好叫我们享受那灵，来为著神的行政。
16Since I left mainland China in 1949, about three hundred eighty churches have been raised up on five continents through this ministry. All this has been accomplished without mission boards, fund raising, or people trained in seminaries. On the contrary, it is our reflection of Christ’she aven ly ministry for the carrying out of God’sad ministration. What the Lord has done since 1949 is a strong evidence that what God needs on earth today is the practical expression of the mystical Body of Christ. For example, because the Body is universal, there is now a church in Pretoria, South Africa, although we never sent anyone to that locality for the church life. This causes me to have high expectations for the future. The future of the Lord’s recovery is glorious. I surely believe that whatever the Lord has spoken in the New Testament will be fulfilled. There is no doubt that the Lord is working to recover, to gain, His mystical Body. We need to discern His Body and remain in the Body so that we may enjoy the Spirit for God’sad ministration.