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哥林多后书生命读经 · 第15篇

为著召会活基督的榜样（一）

A Pattern of Living Christ for the Church (1)
1读经：哥林多后书1:8-9,12,17-22。我们的神是一直往前的。为此，我们不该留在昨日，也不该想要活在明日；我们应当活在今日。正当的基督徒没有昨日，也还没有明日。我们只有今日。因此圣经说，『总要趁著还有称为『今日』的时候。』（来三13。）神不是昨日的神，也不是明日的神；祂乃是今日的神。神每日都在往前，一直的往前。所以，我们必须今日就向神的说话敞开。神的说话就是祂的往前。
1Scripture Reading: 2 Cor. 1:8-9, 12, 17-22 Our God is always going on. For this reason, we should not remain in yesterday or try to live in tomorrow. We should live in today. Proper Christians do not have a yesterday, and they do not yet have tomorrow. We only have today. Therefore, the Bible says, “As long as it is called today” (Heb. 3:13). God is not the God of yesterday or the God of tomorrow; He is the God of today. Every day God is advancing, moving on. Therefore, we need to be open to God’s speaking today. God’s speaking is His going on
2本篇信息的题目是『为著召会活基督的榜样』。为著召会活基督是多么的美妙！我不信在一九八○年以前，我们中间有任何人知道这个说法。『为著召会活基督』这个说法，是最近才有的。然而，我们所关心的，不仅仅是为著召会活基督，更是要看见为著召会活基督的榜样。保罗就是一个为著召会活基督的榜样。
2The title of this message is “A Pattern of Living Christ for the Church.” How marvelous it is to live Christ for the church! I do not believe that before 1980 any of us knew this expression “live Christ for the church.” This saying has come forth only recently. However, we are concerned not simply with living Christ for the church, but with seeing a pattern of living Christ for the church. Paul is a pattern of living Christ for the church
一卷论到为著召会活基督的书
A BOOK ON LIVING CHRIST FOR THE CHURCH
3在哥林多前书里，我们看见有关为著召会活基督的事，但是到了哥林多后书，我们才有为著召会活基督的榜样。我请你们想一想，哥林多前书的十六章中，到底启示了些甚么。在这些章节里，启示出如何享受基督，如何接受基督作我们的生命，如何活基督使我们有召会，并且使祂得著身体，好完成神永远的定旨。没有多少读圣经的人看见，哥林多前书是一卷论到为著召会活基督的书。哥林多前书对付了许多难处，而这些难处可分为两大类：为人生活范围中的难处，和神圣行政范围中的难处。有正当的为人生活是非常要紧的。当然，神圣的行政关系更为重大。我们的确需要有正当的为人生活，好完成神的行政。但是，我们怎样才能有这样的为人生活？怎样才能完成神的行政？甚么样的生活才能叫我们有正当的人生？甚么样的方法，甚么样的凭藉，才能使我们完成神圣的行政？基督就是解决为人生活范围中各种难处的因素，而召会就是解决关于神圣行政之难处的因素。
3In 1 Corinthians we see the matter of living Christ for the church, but it is only in 2 Corinthians that we have the pattern of living Christ for the church. I would ask you to consider what is revealed in the sixteen chapters of 1 Corinthians. These chapters reveal how to enjoy Christ, how to take Christ as our life, how to live Christ so that we may have the church and that He may have the Body to fulfill God’s eternal purpose. Not many readers of the Bible have seen that 1 Corinthians is a book on living Christ for the church. 1 Corinthians deals with many problems. These problems are of two categories: the problems in the realm of human life and the problems in the realm of the divine administration. It is very important to have a proper human life. Of course, the divine administration is very crucial. We certainly need to have a proper human life to carry out God’s ad ministration. But how can we have such a human life, and how can we carry out God’sad ministration? By what kind of life can we have a proper human life, and by what means, by what instrument, can we carry out the divine administration? Christ is the factor for solving the problems in the realm of human life, and the church is the factor for solving the problems related to the divine administration.
4惟一的解答基督是属天神圣的抗生素，能杀死我们里面消极的细菌。因著堕落，这些细菌进到我们的家庭生活里，也进到召会生活中。哥林多前书揭示，在哥林多的召会已经被这些消极的细菌所侵入，结果就是败落和朽坏。基督是惟一的『抗生素』，能有效的对付这些细菌。所以在哥林多前书头十章里，我们看见基督是因素、元素、『药剂』，能医治为人生活的一切难处，以及召会生活中的一切疾病。
4THE UNIQUE SOLUTION Christ is a heavenly, divine antibiotic which kills the negative germs within us. Because of the fall, these germs have come into our family life and also into the church life. First Corinthians reveals that the church at Corinth had been invaded by these negative germs. The result was ruin and corruption. Christ is the only “antibiotic” that can effectively deal with these germs. Thus, in the first ten chapters of 1 Corinthians we see Christ as the factor, the element, the “medicine,” to heal all the problems in human life and to cure the diseases in the church life
5在哥林多的召会实在是病了。圣徒生了属灵的疾病，就如分裂、争取权益、淫乱、在吃喝及婚姻上滥用神所赐的权利等等。甚么能医治信徒的这些疾病？惟一的医治乃是基督这神圣的药剂。
5The church at Corinth was indeed sick. The saints suffered spiritually from such illnesses as divisiveness, the claiming of rights, fornication, and the abuse of God-given rights in eating and in marriage. What could cure the believers of these diseases? The only cure was Christ, the divine medicine
6我们的分让我们复习林前一至十章，论到基督是医治召会中一切疾病的抗生素的事。首先，基督是我们惟一的分，就是我们蒙神所召，进入祂交通的那一位。（一2，9。）一章二节说，基督是『他们的，也是我们的』。九节说，『神是信实的，你们乃是为祂所召，进入了祂儿子我们主耶稣基督的交通。』神既召我们进入了祂儿子的交通，祂儿子现今就是我们的分。
6OUR PORTION Let us review what is covered in chapters one through ten of 1 Corinthians concerning Christ as the antibiotic to cure all the diseases in the church. First, Christ is our unique portion, the One into whose fellowship we have been called by God (1 Cor. 1:2, 9). First Corinthians 1:2 says that Christ is “theirs and ours.” Verse 9 says, “God is faithful, through Whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.” Because God has called us into the fellowship of His Son, the Son is now our portion
我们每日的公义、圣别和救赎
OUR DAILY RIGHTEOUSNESS, SANCTIFICATION, AND REDEMPTION
7林前一章三十节给我们看见基督作我们的分的一些方面：『但你们得在基督耶稣里是出于神，这基督成了从神给我们的智慧：公义、圣别和救赎。』基督是神的能力，神的智慧。（24。）基督既是从神给我们的智慧，祂就成了我们每日的公义、圣别和救赎。我们天天都能享受基督作我们的公义。我们若这样享受祂，就能宣告：『天使阿，鬼魔阿，所有的人类阿，我与神、与人都是对的。我与我的家人，以及召会中所有的弟兄姊妹都是对的。这是我的见证，因为基督天天是我的公义。』
7In 1 Corinthians 1:30 we see certain aspects of this portion: “But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, Who became wisdom to us from God: both righteousness and sanctification and redemption.” Christ is God’s power and God’s wisdom (1 Cor. 1:24). As wisdom to us from God, Christ becomes our daily righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. Daily we may enjoy Christ as our righteousness. If we enjoy Him in this way, we can declare, “Angels and demons, and all human beings, I am right with God and man. I am right with my family and with all the brothers and sisters in the church. This is my testimony because daily Christ is my righteousness.”
8我们也能见证，基督是我们每日的圣别，使我们得以圣别。日过一日，我们享受祂作我们这样的分。因此，我们能盼望天使和鬼魔印证我们是圣别的这个事实。我们能说，『天使和鬼魔阿，你们必须知道我是圣别的。我要你们来印证我在基督里乃是圣别的这个事实。神的儿子，就是那是神的智慧和神的能力的一位，成了我每日的圣别，使我得以圣别。』圣别是实质，得以圣别乃是成为圣别的活动。日过一日，我们不仅有圣别的元素，还有得以圣别的过程。我们的分，就是给我们享受的基督，天天在圣别我们。已婚的夫妇能在婚姻生活中经历基督是他们的公义和圣别。假使作丈夫的不高兴他的妻子，还为难她；如果这位姊妹呼求主耶稣的名，她就能得著那是公义，也是圣别的基督。她会经历主从里面使她圣别。主在她里面的运行，会阻止她向丈夫发脾气。否则，她可能被激怒，跟丈夫吵起架来。
8We can also testify that Christ is our daily sanctification and holiness. Day by day we enjoy Him as such a portion to us. Therefore, we can expect the angels and demons to confirm the fact that we are sanctified. We can say, “Angels and demons, you must realize that I am holy. I ask you to confirm the fact of my holiness in Christ. The Son of God, who is both the wisdom of God and the power of God, is becoming my daily holiness and sanctification.” Holiness is the substance, whereas sanctification is the activity of being made holy. Day by day we have not only holiness, the element, but we also have sanctification, the process. The Christ who is our portion for our enjoyment is sanctifying us daily. A married couple can experience Christ as their righteousness and sanctification in their married life. Suppose a husband is unhappy with his wife and gives her a difficult time. If the sister calls on the name of the Lord Jesus, she will gain Him as righteousness and also as sanctification. She will experience the Lord sanctifying her from within. The Lord’s moving inwardly will keep her from losing her temper with her husband. Otherwise, she may be offended and begin to argue with her husband
9我们简单的呼求主耶稣的名，就能经历里面一些奥秘而奇妙的事，使我们得以圣别，不发脾气。至终，这圣别就成为我们的圣别。不仅如此，这圣别也是一个人位─神的儿子，就是神召我们进入的惟一之分。神召我们进入了基督的交通里。现今，我们需要天天、时时享受祂，首先享受祂作公义，然后享受祂作圣别和救赎。
9Simply by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus, we experience something mysterious and wonderful within us sanctifying us and keeping us from losing our temper. Eventually, this sanctification becomes our holiness. Furthermore, this holiness is a Person, the Son of God, the unique portion into which God has called us. God has called us into the fellowship of Christ. Now, daily and hourly, we need to enjoy Him, first as righteousness, then as sanctification, and then as redemption
神深奥的事
THE DEEP THINGS OF GOD
10我们在林前二章看见，那奥秘者基督，乃是神深奥的事。我们要辨识祂、领悟祂，就必须是属灵的人，就是操练灵并活在灵里的人。如果我们是属魂的，是活在魂里的人，我们就无法认识祂。惟有活在灵里，操练我们的灵，我们才能认识基督而经历祂。
10In 1 Corinthians chapter two we see that Christ, the mysterious One, is the deep things of God. In order to discern Him and realize Him, we must be a spiritual person, a person who exercises the spirit and lives in the spirit. If we are soulish, those who live in the soul, we shall not be able to know Him. Only by living in the spirit and exercising our spirit can we know Christ in order to experience Him
活的根基
A LIVING FOUNDATION
11照著保罗在林前三章的话，基督是活的根基，是生长的根基。在这一章里，保罗说他栽种了，亚波罗浇灌了，惟有神叫他生长。叫他生长就是长基督。在我们里面长大的基督乃是惟一的根基。因此，这根基是活的、生长的根基。
11According to Paul’s word in 1 Corinthians 3, Christ is a living foundation, a foundation that grows. In this chapter Paul says that he planted, that Apollos watered, and that God gives the growth. To give the growth is a matter of growing Christ. The Christ who grows within us is the unique foundation. Hence, it is a living, growing foundation.
12根基在我们里面生长时，这生长就产生金、银、宝石这些建造召会所需要的材料。这就是经历基督，享受基督，有分于基督，使我们被变化，而为著建造。这样，我们就有宝贵的材料，为著身体的建造。这就是为著召会活基督。
12As the foundation grows in us, this growth produces gold, silver, and precious stones, the materials needed for the building up of the church. This is to experience Christ, to enjoy Christ, and to partake of Christ so that we may be transformed for the building. In this way we have the precious materials for the building up of the Body. This is to live Christ for the church
我们的节期
OUR FEAST
13在五章八节，我们有基督作我们的节期。基督不仅是我们的逾越，也是我们的逾越节。如今我们正在以祂为节期，并享受祂作我们的无酵饼。就著基督作我们的分来说，祂是我们无酵的享受。当我们享受这分时，我们就得著洁净，脱离各种的酵。享受基督作无酵饼，使我们成为无酵的。这样从各种酵得洁净，并不是一种受苦。这不是摆在手术台上的结果，乃是从坐在筵席上享受基督作无酵饼而来的。
13In 1 Corinthians 5:8 we have Christ as our feast. Christ is not merely our Passover; He is our Passover feast. Now we are feasting on Him and enjoying Him as the unleavened bread. As our portion, Christ is our unleavened enjoyment. When we enjoy this portion, we are cleansed from every kind of leaven. Enjoying Christ as the unleavened bread causes us to become unleavened. This purification from every kind of leaven is not a suffering. It is not the result of being placed on a surgical table; it comes from sitting at a table of feasting where we enjoy Christ as unleavened bread
基督的肢体
MEMBERS OF CHRIST
14我们在六章看见基督是那灵，以及我们与祂成为一灵。（17。）至终，那灵会浸透我们，甚至使我们物质的身体成为基督的肢体。这意思是说，不仅我们的灵与祂有生机的联结，甚至我们的身体也要成为基督的肢体。甚至我们的身体，也要接枝到基督里面。我们常常以为我们物质的身体是肉体，满了私欲。站在堕落的观点上来看身体，这是对的。但若是照著基督完满的救恩来看，（这救恩包含了新陈代谢的变化，）我们的身体乃是接枝到基督里，而成为基督的肢体。当我看见了这个，我真是喜乐。我说，『哦，主耶稣，阿利路亚！不仅我在灵里是你的肢体，甚至我的身体也是你的肢体。我的身体是你的一部分，是基督的一个肢体！』你信不信你的身体是基督的一个肢体？我们都必须相信这个。你越相信，内住的灵就越浸透你的身体，使牠与基督有生机的联结。
14In chapter six we see that Christ is the Spirit and that we are one spirit with Him (1 Cor. 6:17). Eventually the Spirit will saturate us and cause even our physical bodies to become the members of Christ. This means that not only is our spirit organically united with Him, but even our bodies become Christ’s members. Even our body is grafted into Christ. We often think of our physical body as being the flesh, full of lusts. This is true when the body is viewed from the standpoint of the fall. But according to Christ’s full salvation, which includes metabolic transformation, our body is grafted into Christ and becomes a member of Christ. When I saw this, I was very happy and said, “O Lord Jesus, hallelujah! Not only am I a member of You in my spirit, but even my body is Your member. My body is part of You, a member of Christ!” Do you believe that your body is a member of Christ? We all must believe this. The more you believe it, the more the indwelling Spirit will saturate your body and cause it to be organically united with Christ
圣灵的殿
A TEMPLE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
15不仅如此，我们的身体乃是圣灵的殿。我们常说我们的灵是神的居所。我们通常说，神的殿是在我们灵里。但林前六章十九节却明确的指出，我们的身体乃是圣灵的殿。我们的身体怎么能一面是基督的肢体，另一面又是圣灵的殿？答案是在林前六章十七节：『但与主联合的，便是与主成为一灵。』因为我们与主是一灵，我们的身体就成了基督的肢体。不仅如此，因为我们与祂是一灵，我们的身体甚至成了圣灵的殿。这就比救赎或圣别多得多了。这意思是说，我们的全人与神联合，成为祂的殿。我们整个人与基督联合，我们的身体成了基督的肢体。
15Furthermore, our body is a temple of the Holy Spirit. We often say that it is our spirit which is the habitation of God. Ordinarily we say that God’stem ple is in our spirit. But 1 Corinthians 6:19 definitely indicates that our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. How can our body be a member of Christ on the one hand and the temple of the Holy Spirit on the other hand? The answer is found in 1 Corinthians 6:17: “But he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.” Because we are one spirit with the Lord, our body becomes a member of Christ. Furthermore, because we are one spirit with Him, our body even becomes the temple of the Holy Spirit. This is more than redemption or holiness. This means that our entire being is joined to God and made His temple. Our whole being is joined to Christ, and our body becomes a member of Christ.
16林前六章十五至二十节关系到三一神和三部分人。在我们的全人─灵、魂、体里面，我们与三一神联结；现在三一神与我们的三部分有了关联。这就是基督成了医治我们一切属灵疾病的因素。当我们经历三一神与我们全人的三部分有了关联时，我们就成为真正的圣徒。我们甚至比天使更圣别。我们若要明白保罗的著作，就必须认识保罗的灵，摸著他灵里的负担，摸著他深处的观念。保罗的书信总是与他的观念、他的负担并他的灵有关。在哥林多前书，他有一些对于哥林多召会的观念。此外，他灵里有负担，要写信给在那里的召会。保罗在六章的观念，就是哥林多的信徒必须认识他们与主是一灵，他们的身体应该被那灵充满并浸透，以致成为基督的肢体和圣灵的殿。保罗的负担是要哥林多人完全被三一神取代并占有；这是保罗在林前六章的负担。
16First Corinthians 6:15-20 involves the Triune God and the tripartite man. In our whole being—spirit, soul, and body—we are united with the Triune God. Now the Triune God is involved with our tripartite being. This is Christ as the factor to heal us of all spiritual diseases. When we experience the Triune God becoming involved with the three parts of our being, we become genuine saints. We become even more holy than the angels. If we would understand Paul’s writing, we must know Paul’s spirit and touch the burden in his spirit. We must also touch Paul’s deep concept. Paul’s Epistles are always related to his concept, his burden, and his spirit. In 1 Corinthians he had some concepts regarding the church in Corinth. Moreover, in his spirit there was a burden to write to the church there. In chapter six Paul’s concept was that the Corinthian believers must know that they are one spirit with the Lord and that their body should be permeated and saturated by the Spirit and thereby become the members of Christ and the temple of the Holy Spirit. Paul was burdened that the entire being of the Corinthians would be taken over and possessed by the Triune God. This was Paul’s burden in 1 Corinthians 6
基督供我们吃喝
CHRIST FOR OUR EATING AND DRINKING
17基督是我们的分，是我们日常的公义、圣别和救赎；祂与我们是一，到一个地步使我们的身体成为祂的肢体和圣灵的殿；林前十章启示出，这位基督已将祂自己给了我们，供我们吃喝。基督将祂自己给了我们，供我们吃喝，乃是叫我们享受祂。
17Chapter ten reveals that the very Christ who is our portion, who is our daily righteousness, sanctification, and redemption, who is so one with us that He is making our bodies His members and the temple of the Holy Spirit, has given Himself to us for our eating and drinking. Christ’s giving of Himself to us for our eating and drinking is for our enjoyment of Him
18基督将祂自己给我们的路，乃是经过死。血与身体分开的事实，指明死的路。只要血与身体分开，就指明死。基督死在十字架上，流血牺牲身体，目的不仅是为救赎我们，更是为将祂自己给我们。现在，每当我们来到主的桌子前，我们就吃祂、喝祂。吃与喝表示接受。每当我们吃甚么或喝甚么的时候，我们就接受了那样东西到里面。基督已将祂自己给了我们，现在我们一直在接受祂。阿利路亚，我们可以这样享受基督！哥林多前书所启示丰富的基督，乃是解决为人生活一切难处的惟一因素。我们若享受这位基督到完满的地步，就甚么难处都没有了。每一个难处都能得著解决，因为我们有一切难处的惟一解答。哥林多后书指明，哥林多人中间的疾病，被保罗在前书所供应的『药』治好了。一章又一章，保罗将基督『注射』给他们。结果，哥林多人开始过正当的人生。这样的人生是一种活基督的生活。如果我们不活基督，就不能有正当的人生。只有接受基督并活祂，我们才能有这样的生活。这样的生活是为著召会。我们必须为著召会活基督。
18The way Christ gave Himself to us was through death. The fact that the blood is separated from the body shows the way of death. Whenever the blood is separated from the body, that indicates death. Christ died on the cross, shedding His blood and sacrificing His body, not only for the purpose of redeeming us, but also for the purpose of giving Himself to us. Now when we come to the Lord’stable, we eat Him and drink Him. Eating and drinking denote receiving. Whenever we drink something or eat something, we receive that thing, we take it into us. Christ has given Himself, and now we are receiving Him. Hallelujah for this enjoyment of Christ! The rich Christ revealed in 1 Corinthians is the unique factor to solve all the problems in human life. If we enjoy this Christ to a full extent, we shall not have any problems. Every problem will be solved, for we shall have the unique solution to all problems. The second Epistle to the Corinthians indicates that the diseases among the Corinthians were healed by the “medicine” ministered by Paul in his first Epistle. In chapter after chapter, Paul “injected” them with Christ. As a result, the Corinthians began to live a proper human life. Such a human life is a life that lives Christ. If we do not live Christ, we cannot have a proper human life. We can have such a life only by receiving Christ and living Him. This kind of living is for the church. We need to live Christ for the church
身体在元首权柄之下尽功用
THE BODY FUNCTIONING UNDER THE HEADSHIP
19神圣的行政乃是在基督与神的元首权柄之下，藉著召会执行的。在这元首权柄之下，身体的肢体照著所得的恩赐尽功用。这乃是执行神行政的一种运行。这种运行只能在复活的生命里完成。在神圣行政的范围里，首先我们有元首权柄，接著有身体，有众肢体藉著恩赐尽功用，然后有复活的生命。复活就是基督成了赐生命的灵。这灵─复活基督的实际，就是复活。主耶稣在祂钉死并复活以前告诉马大：『我是复活，我是生命。』（约十一25。）因此，复活是一个活的人位，就是奇妙的基督。在这复活里，身体在元首权柄之下尽功用，以执行神的行政。
19The divine administration is carried out by means of the church under the headship of Christ and of God. Under this headship, the members of the body function with their gifts. This is the operation which carries out God’s ad ministration. This can be done only in resurrection life. In the realm of the divine administration first we have the headship, then the body, then the functions of the members by the gifts, and then resurrection life. Resurrection is Christ becoming the life-giving Spirit. This Spirit, the reality of the resurrected Christ, is resurrection. Before His crucifixion and resurrection, the Lord Jesus said to Martha, “I am the resurrection and the life” (John 11:25). Resurrection, therefore, is a living Person, the wonderful Christ. In this resurrection the Body functions under the headship to carry out God’sad ministration.
七日的第一日
The first day of the week
20哥林多前书最后所对付的，乃是为著有需要的圣徒收集餽送的事。如保罗所说，奉献是在七日的第一日。七日的第一日─主日，是复活基督的标记、象征。安息日七日的第七日，是神这位创造者的标记。七日的第一日，表征三一神在复活里经过过程，成了包罗万有赐生命的灵。今天我们的神不是第七日的神，那是犹太人的神；我们的神乃是七日之第一日的神。这意思是说，祂不仅是在创造里的神，更是在复活里的神。现今我们的神不仅是在创造里，更是在复活里。在创造里的神是为让我们敬拜，但是在复活里的神，不仅是为著敬拜，更是为著我们的享受。犹太人只知道如何敬拜神作创造者；然而，我们却享受我们的三一神是赐生命的灵。在复活里的神乃是为著我们享受的。原则上，我们在召会生活中所作的每一件事，都必须是在七日的第一日。这意思是说，我们必须在复活里作每一件事。如果我们活基督，享受基督，经历基督，祂就天天成为我们的复活。这样，每一天都是七日的第一日。
20The last matter dealt with in 1 Corinthians is the collection for the needy saints. As Paul says, the offerings were given on the first day of every week. The first day of the week, the Lord’s day, was a sign, a symbol, of the resurrected Christ. The Sabbath, the seventh day of the week, was a sign of God as the ─ Creator. Now the first day is a sign that the Triune God has been processed in resurrection to become the all- inclusive life-giving Spirit. Today our God is not the God of the seventh day. That is the Jewish God. Our God is the God of the first day of the week. This means that He is God not only in creation, but, much more, He is God in resurrection. Now we have God not only in creation, but also in resurrection. God in creation is for our worship, but God in resurrection is not only for worship, but also for our enjoyment. The Jews know only how to worship God as the Creator. However, we enjoy our Triune God as the life-giving Spirit. The God in resurrection is for enjoyment. Everything we do in the church life in principle must be on the first day of the week. This means that everything must be done in resurrection. If we live Christ and enjoy Him, experiencing Him, every day He will be resurrection to us. Then every day will be the first day of the week.
21第一日并非象征一个日子，乃是象征三一神经过了过程，成为可享受的、包罗万有、赐生命的灵。如今我们能享受这灵。藉著享受那灵，我们就在七日的第一日。这乃是为著神的行政。我能见证，在我的经历里，我是在七日的第一日。我在复活里享受包罗万有的灵，就是那经过过程的神，成为我的分。阿利路亚，何等的分！在我们的聚会中，我们可以在七日的第一日，在复活中，执行神圣的行政，有分于经过过程的三一神，就是赐生命的灵。每当我们交通到这点时，我里面真是欣喜若狂。为著哥林多前书奇妙的启示，赞美主！
21The first day does not symbolize a day; it symbolizes the Triune God who, having been processed, has become an enjoyable, all-inclusive, life-giving Spirit. Now we may enjoy this Spirit. By enjoying the Spirit we are on the first day of the week. This is for God’sad ministration. I can testify that in my experience I am in the first day of the week. I am in resurrection enjoying the all-inclusive Spirit, the One who is the processed God to be my portion. Hallelujah for such a portion! In our meetings we may now carry out the divine administration in resurrection on the first day of the week, participating in the processed Triune God as the life-giving Spirit. Whenever I come to this point, inwardly I am beside myself with joy. Praise the Lord for the marvelous revelation in 1 Corinthians
需要榜样
THE NEED OF A PATTERN
22哥林多前书是一卷说到为著召会活基督的书，这卷书告诉我们如何为著召会活基督。历世纪以来，主的子民没有看见，哥林多前书乃是告诉我们如何为著召会活基督。信徒没有这样的语言，因为他们没有这样的属灵经历。有了经历，就需要相关语言的语汇和辞句。譬如，许多年前没有电脑这个辞，但是发明了电脑之后，就需要一个辞来描述牠。阿利路亚，我们有新的属灵经历！根据这个经历，我们要为著召会活基督。我能见证，我的全人被这事占有，我里面没有空间为著别的事。我每一篇信息都是由这个经历发出来的。外表上我可能作了许多，但我里面总是被为著召会活基督所占有。
22First Corinthians is a book that speaks of living Christ for the church, a book that tells us how to live Christ for the church. Throughout the centuries, the Lord’sp eople have not realized that 1 Corinthians tells us to live Christ for the church. Believers have not had this language because they have not had the spiritual experience that gives rise to it. Language with its words and terms meets the needs of experience. For example, many years ago there was not such a word as computer. But after the invention of a computer, there was the need for a term to describe it. Hallelujah for our new spiritual experience! According to this experience we need to live Christ for the church. I can testify that my entire being is occupied with this. I do not have room for anything else. Every one of my messages issues from this experience. Outwardly I may do many different things, but inwardly I am always occupied with living Christ for the church.
23我能作见证，在释放本篇信息以前，我里面并不清楚该说甚么。我这样祷告：『主，我们向你敞开，我们没有为这篇信息作甚么定规。主，我们不知道你要我们说甚么。主阿，带领我们、引导我们，将你的思想和感觉灌注到我们里面。』然后，我里面的深处就有感觉，该说到『为著召会活基督的榜样』这题目。我们已经强调，哥林多前书启示我们必须为著召会活基督。但乃是在哥林多后书，我们才有为著召会活基督的榜样。哥林多前书奇妙的启示，需要哥林多后书所摆出来的榜样。所以保罗写了前书之后，又写了后书，目的是要给哥林多信徒一个为著召会活基督的榜样。在下一篇信息，我们要来看这个榜样的细节。
23I can testify that before giving this message, I was not clear what I should speak. I prayed like this: “Lord, we are open to You. We have made no decision concerning this message. Lord, we don’t know what You want us to say. Lead us and guide us, Lord. Infuse us with Your thought and feeling.” Then deep within I began to sense that I should speak on the subject of a pattern of living Christ for the church life. We have emphasized that 1 Corinthians reveals that we should live Christ for the church. But it is in 2 Corinthians that we have the pattern of living Christ for the church. The wonderful and marvelous revelation in 1 Corinthians needs the pattern presented in 2 Corinthians. Therefore, after the first Epistle, Paul wrote the second Epistle for the purpose of showing the believers at Corinth a pattern of one who lives Christ for the church. In the following message we shall consider the details of this pattern