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哥林多前书生命读经 · 第64篇

正确的基督徒聚会

A Proper Christian Meeting
1读经：哥林多前书1:2;6:17;14:32，以弗所书5:18-19，哥林多后书2:10，加
1Scripture Reading: 1 Cor. 1:2; 6:17; 14:32; Eph. 5:18-19; 2 Cor. 2:10; Gal. 5:16, 25; Rom. 8:4
2拉太书5:16,25，罗马书8:4。在召会时代的起头，圣徒们非常简单。那时，他们还没有新约，有旧
2At the beginning of the church age, the saints were very simple. They did not yet have the New Testament
3约抄本的也很少。不仅如此，他们也没有诗歌本。可是，有一件事是确定的：他们都有包罗万有赐生命的灵。在召会生活的早期，没有这么多的道理、作法，或为主作工的方法，圣徒们只简单的享受在他们灵里生活并居住的那灵。这使他们成为一班不一样的人。他们得救以前的光景，是保罗在以弗所二章一至三节所描述的。但他们悔改、得救、重生之后，却成为另一种人，就是有包罗万有之灵内住的人。
3and very few had copies of the Old Testament. Furthermore, they did not have hymn books. However, one thing is certain: they all had the all-inclusive life- giving Spirit. In the early days of the church life, there were not so many doctrines, practices, or ways to work for the Lord. Instead, the saints simply enjoyed the Spirit who lived and dwelt in their spirit. This made them a different kind of people. Before they were saved, they were in the condition described by Paul in Ephesians 2:1-3. But after they were saved, converted, and regenerated, they became another kind of people, a people indwelt by the all-inclusive Spirit
呼求主名
CALLING ON THE NAME OF THE LORD
4早期召会的人，因著呼求主耶稣9:14的名而为人所知。行传九章十四节说，扫罗有从祭司长得来的权柄，要捆绑一切呼求主名的人。实行呼求主耶稣的名，乃是在基督里信徒的记号。不信的人因著基督徒呼求主的名，就很容易认出基督徒来。我一点不怀疑，早期的基督徒乃是天天呼求主的名。林前一章二节保罗说到这事：『写信给在哥林多神的召会，就是给在基督耶稣里被圣别，蒙召的圣徒，同著所有在各处呼求我们主耶稣基督之名的人；祂是他们的，也是我们的。』这节指明信徒一面是蒙召的人，因为他们已经蒙了神的呼召；另一面是呼求的人，因为他们呼求主耶稣基督的名。我们已经蒙神呼召来呼求主的名。照这一节看，信徒乃是『在各处』呼求主的名。
4Those in the early church were known by the fact that they called on the name of the Lord Jesus. Acts says that Saul had authority from the chief priests to bind all who called on the name of the Lord. This practice of calling on the name of the Lord Jesus was the sign of a believer in Christ. The unbelievers could easily recognize a Christian by the fact that he called on the Lord’s name. I have no doubt that the early Christians daily called upon the name of the Lord. In 1:2 Paul refers to this matter: “To the church of God which is in Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all those who call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, theirs and ours.” This verse indicates that, on the one hand, the believers are a called people, for they have been called by God. On the other hand, they are a calling people, for they call on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. We have been called by God to call on the Lord’s name. According to this verse, the believers called on the Lord’s name “in every place.”
讲说
SPEAKING
5早期召会的人除了呼求主名之外，也常常讲说主耶稣。他们彼此对说，也向不信的人讲说这位主。他们的说话乃是新约所强调的那种申言。相信基督的人不必像旧约的申言者那样，等候耶和华的灵降临在他们身上来申言。从我们头一次呼求主名的时候起，基督这位活的灵就在我们的灵里了。因这缘故，保罗能彀说，『与主联合的，便是与主成为一灵。』（六17。）何等奇妙，那灵竟与我们的灵调和！不仅如此，这灵也是服从我们的。（十四32。）因著我们的灵服从我们，我们就不再需要等候那灵降临在我们身上。反之，我们只需要操练我们的灵。在召会生活的起头，基督徒的确操练他们的灵彼此对说，也为著主对不信的人讲说。
5In addition to calling on the name of the Lord, those in the early church did a great deal of speaking about the Lord Jesus. They spoke about Him to one another and to the unbelievers. Their speaking was a way of prophesying, the kind of prophesying emphasized in the New Testament. Unlike the prophets in the Old Testament, those who believe in Christ do not need to wait for the Spirit of the Lord to come upon them in order to prophesy. From the time we first called on the name of the Lord, Christ as the living Spirit has been in our spirit. For this reason, Paul could say, “He who is joined to the Lord is one spirit” (6:17). How marvelous that the Spirit is mingled with our spirit! Furthermore, this spirit is subject to us (14:32). Because our spirit is subject to us, there is no longer the need to wait for the Spirit to come upon us. Instead, we simply need to exercise our spirit. Surely the Christians in the beginning of the church life exercised their spirit to speak to one another and to unbelievers on behalf of the Lord.
6早期召会生活中的圣徒是多么简单！在他们的聚会中，必定有许多呼求、讲说、歌唱、赞美。根据以弗所五章十九节，他们用诗章、颂辞、灵歌，彼此对说，从心中向主歌唱、颂咏。每当我们在召会的聚会中聚在一起，就该展览我们每日所享受的主。在展览会中，人们展示并陈列他们所拥有或生产的东西。我们只能展览我们所有的，不能展览我们所没有的。正确的基督徒聚会该是我们基督徒生活的展览，该是我们在日常生活行事中所经历之基督丰富的展示。倘若我们天天都操练灵来接触主，那么在召会的聚会中，我们就会有一些出于基督的东西，与众圣徒分享。
6How simple were the saints in the early days of the church life! In their meetings there must have been a great deal of calling, speaking, singing, and praising. According to Ephesians 5:19, they spoke to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and psalming with their heart to the Lord. Whenever we gather together in the meetings of the church, we should exhibit what we daily enjoy of the Lord. In an exhibition people manifest or display something they have or have produced. It is possible to exhibit only what we have, not what we do not have. The proper Christian meeting should be an exhibition of our Christian life. It should be a display of the riches of Christ we experience in our daily walk. If we exercise our spirit to contact the Lord daily, then in the church meetings we shall have something of Christ to share with the saints
活在基督眼目的标示里
LIVING IN THE INDEX OF THE EYES OF CHRIST
7主耶稣不是一个宗教，也不是一套仪文、规条或教训。祂乃是一个我们可以天天接触的活的人位。祂成了包罗万有的灵住在我们的灵里，祂乃是实际、便利的。我们该时时刻刻操练灵，亲密的接触祂。我们需要养成随时随地呼求主名的习惯。我们若建立这实行，就能彀说，『哦，主耶稣，你的名是地上最甘甜的名。』我们接触主并呼求祂名的时候，必须与祂一同生活行动，凭祂而活，并照著祂眼目的标示作每一件事。眼目的标示指眼睛周围的部分，其神色乃是内在思想和感觉的标示，将全人表明2并陈明出来。照林后二章十节来看，保罗乃是活在基督的人位和标示里。他照著主藉著祂眼目的标示所传达的表情来作每一件事。我们也当照著基督的这标示而活。然而，惟有我们在祂的同在里，这事才有可能。倘若我们远离祂，或是与祂之间有了间隔，我们就无法照著祂眼目的标示而活。例如，一位好妻子会仔细观察丈夫眼目的标示，照著这标示而活。这就是我们应当在主面前生活的方式。凡我们所说、所作的，都该照著主耶稣眼目的标示。我对一位弟兄说话的时候，应当照著主标示的指引来说话。
7The Lord Jesus is not a religion or a set of forms, regulations, or teachings. He is a living Person whom we may contact day by day. As the all-inclusive Spirit indwelling our spirit, He is real and available. Hour by hour and even moment by moment, we should exercise our spirit to contact Him in an intimate way. We need to develop the habit of calling on the Lord’s name at all times and in all places. If we build up this practice, we shall be able to say, “O Lord Jesus, Your name is the sweetest name on earth.” As we contact the Lord and call on His name, we must walk with Him, live by Him, and do everything according to the index of His eyes. The index denotes the area of the face around the eyes, the look as being the index of the inward thoughts and feelings to signify the presentation of the whole person. According to Corinthians 2:10, Paul lived in the person, the index, of Christ. He did everything according to the expression conveyed through the index of the Lord’se yes. We also should live according to this index of Christ. However, this is possible only when we are in His presence. If we are away from Him or if there is something between us and Him, we cannot live according to the index of His eyes. For example, a good wife will carefully watch the index of her husband’s e yes and live according to it. This is the way we should live in relation to the Lord. Everything we say or do should be in the index of the eyes of the Lord Jesus. As I am speaking to a brother, I should speak according to the indicators of the Lord’s index.
8我们都有可能经历这事。我们能彀活在与主耶稣这样亲密的接触里，使我们在日常生活的每一个细节上，都能照著主眼目的标示来行动。我要打领带的时候，自然而然就知道主喜不喜欢那条领带。如果主称许，我就打上那条领带。如果祂不喜悦，我也欢然丢下。哦，活在基督眼睛的标示里，是多么甜美！我们强调过，我们必须与主有亲密的接触，甚至照著祂眼目的标示而活。我们这样生活，就会发现主真是实际，祂是活的，是现今与我们同在的。然而，可悲的是，我们虽然在聚会中宣告：『不再是我，乃是基督在我里面活著，』在日常生活中，却不让主在我们里面活。例如，我们深处觉得主不赞同我们去百货公司，但我们还是坚持要去。我们也许会和主讨价还价，求祂让我们只去这一次，还答应祂以后不会再去了。我们这样对主说，既不诚实，也不真实。每当我们说，『主，让我只作这一次，』总是会有第二次。我们若没有天天接触主，没有天天凭祂而活，我们会有甚么出于基督的东西，可以在召会的聚会中展览？我们当然不能发表我们的不顺从主，或见证我们如何不顾主在里面的抗议而去购物。许多圣徒因著没有出于基督的东西可展览，所以在聚会中就静默不言。但我们若在日常生活中享受主，并在聚会中见证这种享受，我们对主就会有更多的享受。我们越说基督，就越享受祂，也越被祂充满，而成为神一切的丰满。
8It is possible for us all to experience this. We can live in such intimate contact with the Lord Jesus that in every detail of our daily life we can behave according to the index of the Lord’se yes. As I am about to put on a particular tie, I spontaneously know whether or not the Lord likes that tie. If He approves of it, I shall put it on. But if it displeases Him, I will gladly get rid of it. Oh, how sweet it is to live in the index of the eyes of Christ! We have been emphasizing the need to have intimate contact with the Lord, even to live according to the index of His eyes. When we live in this way, we find out how real, living, and present the Lord is. However, the tragedy is that in the meetings we proclaim, “It is no longer I—Christ lives in me,” but in our daily living we may not allow the Lord to live in us. For example, we may insist on going to the department store, even though we sense deep within that the Lord does not approve. We may bargain with the Lord, asking Him to let us go just this one time and promising Him that we shall not go again. When we speak this way to the Lord, we are not honest or truthful with Him. Whenever we say, “Lord, let me do it just this once,” there will always be a second time. If we do not contact the Lord daily and live by Him, what shall we have of Christ to exhibit in the church meetings? Surely we cannot show forth our disobedience to the Lord, or testify concerning how we went shopping in spite of the Lord’sin ward protest. Because they have nothing of Christ to exhibit, many saints are silent in the meetings. But if we enjoy the Lord in our daily life and testify in the meetings of this enjoyment, we shall have even more enjoyment of the Lord. The more we speak of Christ, the more we enjoy Him and the more we are filled unto all the fullness of God.
9回到简单我在本篇信息中的负担，是要使你们对于早期基督徒的简单有深刻印象。愿主今天在祂的恢复里，在我们中间恢复这样的简单！我
9BACK TO SIMPLICITY My burden in this message is to impress you with the simplicity of the early Christians. May the Lord restore such a simplicity among us in His recovery today! If we are brought back to this simplicity in our meetings,
10们若在聚会中回到这样的简单，我们就不会用诗歌，甚至用圣经来顶替包罗万有的灵。有时候我们聚会可以不用诗歌，不用圣经，只藉著操练灵来发表基督。我的诗歌和圣经可以被夺去，但我灵里包罗万有的基督却不能被夺去。然而，有些基督徒如果没有诗歌或圣经，就一无所有。他们知道如何唱诗歌，如何用圣经，却不知道如何操练灵来经历基督是赐生命的灵。哦，愿主使我们不信靠别的，只信靠活的基督自己！
10we shall not use the hymnal or even the Bible to replace the all-inclusive Spirit. Sometime we may have a meeting in which we use neither the hymnal nor the Bible. Instead, we may simply show forth Christ through the exercise of our spirit. I can be deprived of my hymnal and of my Bible, but I cannot be deprived of the all-inclusive Christ in my spirit. However, if some Christians did not have a hymnal or Bible, they would have nothing. They know how to sing from the hymnal and how to use the Bible, but they do not know how to exercise the spirit to experience Christ as the life-giving Spirit. Oh, may the Lord cause us to put our trust in nothing other than the living Christ Himself
11我们已经看见，虽然早期召会的基督徒没有圣经或诗歌，但他们的确有活的基督。他们呼求祂的名，大大讲论基督。他们也歌唱赞美主。因此，每当他们聚在一起时，就能展览在日常生活中所经历并享受的基督。由此我们看见，正确的基督徒聚会该是基督徒生活的彰显。我们不该使聚会与每天的生活行动不同或分开。我们若这样作，聚会就成为一种表演，会所就成了戏院，圣徒也成了演员。我们的聚会不该是表演，乃该是我们在家庭、学校、工作中生活的展览。我们的聚会应当是我们天天所凭以活著，并在其中活著之基督的彰显。我们要有正确的聚会，首先要有正确的日常生活。
11We have seen that although the Christians in the early church did not have the Bible or a hymnal, they did have the living Christ. They called on His name and spoke a great deal of Him and regarding Him. They also sang and praised the Lord. Therefore, whenever they gathered together, they could exhibit what they had experienced and enjoyed of Christ in their daily living. By this we see that a proper Christian meeting should be an expression of the Christian life. We should not make the meetings something different from or apart from our daily walk. If we do this, our meetings will become a performance, the meeting hall will become a theater, and the saints will become performers. Our meetings should not be performances—they should be exhibitions of the way we live at home, at school, and at work. They should be an expression of the Christ by whom and in whom we live day by day. In order to have proper meetings, we must first have a proper daily life
12照著灵而行我们若要有正确的基督徒日常生活，就必须照著灵而行。新约没有吩咐我们要照著圣经而行，乃是吩咐我们要照著灵而行，（罗八4，）这是很有意义的。在加拉太五章十六节保罗说，『你们当凭著灵而行。』在
12WALKING ACCORDING TO THE SPIRIT If we would have a proper Christian daily life, we need to walk according to the spirit. It is significant that the New Testament does not charge us to walk according to the Scriptures, but to walk according to the spirit (Rom. 8:4). In Galatians 5:16 Paul says, “Walk by the Spirit.” In verse 25 he goes on to say, “If
13二十五节他继续说，『我们若凭著灵活著，也就当凭著灵而行。』我们行事为人不可照著教训或道理，乃要照著灵。今天那灵就是那进到我们灵里，现今与我们的灵调和的基督。我们的需要乃是照著这调和的灵活著。我们越照著调和的灵而行，就越在灵里被充满，而成为神一切的丰满。然后我们便知道如何呼求主的名，如何对别人说话，如何歌唱并作见证。我们若养成这些习惯，我们的聚会自然而然就成为日常生活行动的展览。这样的聚会与今天基督教里形式的宗教礼拜，是何等不同！
13we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.” We are to conduct ourselves not according to teaching or doctrine, but according to the Spirit. Today the Spirit is the very Christ who has come into our spirit and who is now mingled with our spirit. Our need is to live according to this mingled spirit. The more we live by walking according to the mingled spirit, the more we shall be filled in spirit unto all the fullness of God. Then we shall know how to call on the name of the Lord, how to speak to others, and how to sing and testify. If we develop these habits, our meetings will spontaneously be an exhibition of our daily walk. How different are such meetings from the formal religious services of today’s Christianity!
14我们日常生活的成果我们必须承认，我们仍然在传统基督教的影响之下。我们生在这个环境里，长在这个影响之下。但在主的恢复里，我们必须丢弃传统的基督教，尤其是在形式上聚会的传统。我们聚会的开始不该有某种形式，乃该藉著操练灵，自然而然的开始。然而，我再说，这种聚会乃是我们在日常生活中，操练灵来经历基督的成果。倘若我们在日常生活中不操练灵，那么凡我们在聚会中所作的，都是表演，而不是我们日常基督徒生活自然的展览。倘若我们天天在
14THE PRODUCT OF OUR DAILY LIVING We must admit that we are still under the influence of traditional Christianity. We were born into this environment and raised under this influence. But in the Lord’s recovery we must cast off traditional Christianity, especially the traditions related to formal meetings. Our meetings should not have a formal beginning. Instead, they should begin spontaneously through our exercise of the spirit. However, I say again that this kind of meeting is the product of the exercise of our spirit to experience Christ in our daily life. If we do not exercise our spirit in our daily living, whatever we do in the meetings will be a performance, not the spontaneous exhibition of our daily Christian life. If we walk in spirit day by day, no one will be
15灵里生活行动，就没有人能彀豫测聚会将怎样开始。我们聚在一起，自然而然就展览出基督的丰富，使召会得著建造。因著传统和天然观念的影响，我们的聚会很容易就系统化了。聚会是形式的，完全没有出于那灵的自然。哦，我们需要释放！我们需要自由！但这种释放和自由不能彀以聚会中的表演为开始，而必须由日常生活行动中操练灵来开始。在日常生活中，我们应当是接触主、呼求主名、对别人讲说主并歌唱赞美主的人。然后我们来到召会的聚会中，就该一直是这样的人。这样，我们在聚会中的活动，便展览出我们日常生活行动里的操练。
15able to predict how the meetings will begin. We shall simply gather together to have a spontaneous exhibition of the riches of Christ for the building up of the church. Because of the influence of tradition and the natural concept, it is very easy for us to meet in a systematized way. The meetings may be formal and altogether devoid of the spontaneity of the Spirit. Oh, we need release! We need liberation! But this release and liberation cannot begin with a performance in the meetings; it must begin with the exercise of the spirit in our daily walk. In our daily living we should be a certain kind of person, one who contacts the Lord, calls on His name, speaks to others about Him, and who sings praises to the Lord. Then when we come to the church meetings, we should continue to be this kind of person. In this way our activity in the meetings will exhibit our exercise in our daily walk
16我们不领悟我们仍多么在宗教传统那杀死人的影响之下。要确信，我们仍然太受基督教传统的影响。你也许会问我，我们该怎么办？我们惟一要作的，乃是操练灵，天天与主这活的人位有亲密的接触。我们不该试著去调整自己或改良自己的行为。此外，我们也不该努力要成为属灵或圣洁。忘掉这些事罢，只要单单注意主眼目的标示。我们不该想要属灵，只该活在主的面前。我们必须对撒但和全宇宙宣告：『我不知道圣洁或属灵的意义。我只知道基督是我的生命和人位。今天祂活在我里面，我是照著祂眼目的标示而活。我惟一的愿望就是与祂成为一。我不在意爱人或恨人，生气或平和；我只在意接受基督作我的人位，并在凡事上与祂成为一。』
16We do not realize how much we are still under the killing influence of religious tradition. Be assured, we are still too much under the tradition of Christianity. You may ask what we can do about it. The only thing for us to do is to exercise our spirit to have intimate contact with the Lord as a living Person day by day. We should not try to adjust ourselves or improve our behavior. Furthermore, we should not endeavor to be spiritual or holy. Forget about all these things and simply pay attention to the index of the Lord’se yes. Instead of trying to be spiritual, we should simply live in the Lord’s presence. We need to make a declaration to Satan and to the whole universe: “I don’t know the meaning of holiness or spirituality. I only know that Christ is my life and my person. Today He is living within me, and I am living according to the index of His eyes. My only desire is to be one with Him. I do not care whether I love or hate, whether I am angry or calm. I care only to take Christ as my person and to be one with Him in everything
17展览基督以拔高聚会在我们基督徒的辞典里，只该有一个辞─基督。基督是我们的谦卑、我们的忍耐、我们的一切。当我们以基督作一切，我们的日常生活将是何等的甜美！照著主眼目的标示而活，真是何等美妙！这样的生活满了呼求、讲说、歌唱和赞美。倘若这是我们每日的经历，那么聚会中就没有表演了。反之，我们自然而然会释放灵来展览基督。如果众圣徒都有这样的日常生活，聚会就是真实、丰富、拔高的，与我们以前所经历的全然不同。
17EXHIBITING CHRIST FOR UPLIFTED MEETINGS In our Christian dictionary there should be just one word—Christ. Christ is our humility, our patience, our everything. What sweetness there is in our daily life when we take Christ as everything! How marvelous to live according to the index of His eyes! Such a living is filled with calling, speaking, singing, and praising. If this is our daily experience, then in the meetings there will be no performing. On the contrary, we shall release our spirit spontaneously to exhibit Christ. If all the saints have such a daily living, the meetings will be genuine, rich, and uplifted, altogether different from anything we have experienced before
18让我们把该如何聚会的天然观念撇在一边。主已经清楚的给我们看见，正确的聚会乃是我们基督徒日常生活的展览。在聚会中，我们不该把注意力集中在歌唱、传讲或教导上。我们的中心点必须是日常生活行动的展览。我们若清楚这一点，我们就领悟，没有一个人能彀教导我们该如何聚会。教导只会引向表演，绝不会引向展览。让我们都仰望主的怜悯，说，『主，我们一直被宗教蒙蔽，从你自己岔出去。主，把我们从许多美好、属灵、甚至合乎圣经的事物中，带回到你的面前。使我们认识基督，并且只知道基督。』我有充分的确信，主要恢复我们每天与祂自己有亲密的接触，并且凭祂而活。在这一点上，我尤其盼望主得著青年人，因为他们受传统的影响较少。让我们都起来弃绝传统的基督教。我们若弃绝宗教的传统，只在意活的基督，我们就会有正确的灵，就是能力、爱、并清明自守的灵。然后我们在聚会中，就会涌出那灵来。我们越说主，就越有可说的。
18Let us set aside our natural concept of what a meeting should be. The Lord has shown us clearly that a proper meeting is the exhibition of our daily living as Christians. In the meetings we should not focus our attention on singing, preaching, or teaching. Our focus must be the exhibition of our daily walk. If we are clear about this, we shall realize that no one can teach us how to have a meeting. Teaching will lead only to a performance, never to an exhibition. Let us all look to the Lord for mercy and say, “Lord, we have been veiled by religion and distracted from Yourself. Lord, bring us back to Yourself, back from so many good, spiritual, and even scriptural things. Cause us to know Christ and Christ alone.” I have the full assurance that the Lord intends to recover our intimate daily contact with Himself and our living by Him. In particular, I expect the Lord to gain the young people in this regard because they are less under the influence of tradition. Let us all rise up to repudiate traditional Christianity. If we repudiate the religious traditions and care only for the living Christ, we shall have a proper spirit, a spirit of power, love, and a sober mind. Then in the meetings we shall bubble over with the Spirit. The more we speak of the Lord, the more we shall have to say.
19哦，愿我们都是简单的，并转向基督自己！让我们忘记宗教的传统和一切形式的作法。主正在呼召我们回到那灵。我们最迫切的需要，乃是在灵里生活行动，然后团体的展览我们每日在基督里的生活。
19Oh, may we all be simple and return to Christ Himself! Let us forget the religious traditions and all formal practices. The Lord is calling us back to the Spirit. Our urgent need is to live and walk in the spirit and then to exhibit corporately our daily living in Christ