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以弗所书生命读经 · 第74篇

召会的七方面

SEVEN ASPECTS OF THE CHURCH
1读经：以弗所书1:23;2:15-16,19,21-22;。在整个历史中，撒但始终藉著宗教、知识、组织来破坏召会。撒但的目标是要藉著知识和道理来分裂基督的身体，并藉著组织，特别是藉著带进圣品阶级与平信徒制度的组织，来破坏身体上肢体的功用。这个制度取代了身体上肢体的功用。如果撒但不能使人离开主，他就设法损害、破坏基督的身体。神的目的不只是拯救千万人，然后把他们送到天上。神永远定旨里的目的，乃是要得著身体来彰显基督。祂渴望得著一班真信徒，在基督的生命里一同被建造起来。
1Scripture Reading: Eph. 1:23; 2:15-16, 19, 21-22; 4:4, 12-13, 16, 24; 5:5, 25, 31-32; 6:11, 13 4:4, 12-13, 16, 24; 5:5, 25, 31-32; 6:11, 13 Throughout history, Satan has damaged the church by religion, knowledge, and organization. Satan’s goal is to divide the Body of Christ through knowledge and doctrine and to destroy the functions of the members of the Body through organization, especially organization that issues in the clergy-laity system. This system has replaced the functions of the members of the Body. If Satan cannot keep people from the Lord, then he will seek to damage and corrupt the Body of Christ. God’sin tent i on is not simply to save millions of people and then transport them into heaven. God’sin tent i on in His eternal purpose is to have the Body to express Christ. He desires to have a number of genuine believers built up together in the life of Christ.
召会今天的建造
THE BUILDING OF THE CHURCH TODAY
2由于撒但的诡计，许多人以为这样的建造只能发生在将来。根据这观念，我们今天所能作的只是传福音，领人归主，帮助他们认识圣经、爱主并追求属灵。有些基督教教师说，根据旧约里的豫表，我们是活在大卫的时代，就是活在争战和豫备建造圣殿的时代。以后在所罗门的时代，圣殿才会建造起来。然而这个教训把以弗所书完全抹煞了。保罗在二章二十二节说，『你们也在祂里面同被建造，成为神在灵里的居所。』这节不是说，在将来的某一天我们会被建造起来；这里明明的说，甚至在今天，我们就一直被建造。因此，召会的建造是在今天发生的。
2Due to the subtlety of Satan, many think that such a building can take place only in the future. According to this concept, all we can do today is preach the gospel, bring people to the Lord, and help them to know the Bible, to love the Lord, and to seek spirituality. Some Christian teachers say that, according to the type in the Old Testament, we are living in the age of David, in the time of fighting the battle and of making preparations for the building of the temple. Later, in the age of Solomon, the temple will be built up. However, this teaching annuls the book of Ephesians. In 2:22 Paul says, “In Whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in spirit.” This verse does not say that we shall be built up some day in the future; it says plainly that we are being built even today. Hence, the building of the church is for today
3在四章十一至十二节，我们看见主赐下使徒、申言者、传福音者、以及牧人和教师，为要成全圣徒，为著建造基督的身体。这也指明召会的建造是在今天发生的。
3In 4:11 and 12 we see that the Lord has given apostles, prophets, evangelists, and shepherds and teachers for the perfecting of the saints unto the building up of the Body of Christ. This also indicates that the building of the church is taking place today
4四章十六节进一步证明这事。在这一节我们看见，长大是为著身体的建造。每一部分依其度量而有的功用，是叫身体长大，以致在爱里把自己建造起来。保罗的话清楚指明，为著建造的长大是在今天发生的。
4Ephesians 4:16 offers further proof of this. Here we see the growth that is unto the building up of the Body. The operation in the measure of each part causes the growth of the Body unto the building up of itself in love. Paul’sword clearly indicates that the growth which is unto building is taking place today.
5有些基督教教师把现今基督身体的建造这件事避开不谈，因为他们知道，他们所在的光景里不可能有召会生活。他们是在分裂里。他们只能隔著宗派的墙握手，对彼此说他们在基督里是一。这不过是假的一、装出来的一。因此，他们就以召会今天不可能被建造的说法，为他们的光景找藉口遮掩。他们附和召会只能在将来被建造的教训。这是撒但的诡计。
5Certain Christian teachers evade the issue of the present building up of the Body because they know that they are in a situation in which it is impossible to have the church life. They are in division. They can merely shake hands over the denominational fences and say to one another that they are one in Christ. This, however, is a false oneness, a oneness in pretense. There fore, they excuse their situation by saying that it is impossible for the church to be built up today. They follow the teaching that the building of the church will be only in the future. This is the subtlety of Satan.
主建造召会的应许
THE LORD’S PROMISE TO BUILD HIS CHURCH
6不论我们带了多少人到主面前，不论我们造就了多少圣徒，不论我们如何帮助别人研读圣经，也不论我们如何帮助别人属灵，神的定旨仍然没有成就。我信耽延主回来的主要原因，乃是祂的召会还没有建造好。在马太十六章十八节，主耶稣应许并豫言，祂要建造祂的召会。这句话在主回来以前必须应验，否则在召会建造的事上，祂就会蒙羞。撒但就能夸口他打败了主。然后撒但就能对主耶稣说，『将近二千年来，你一直要建造召会，但是你始终没有成功。你在十字架上、在复活里、在升天里、并成为赐生命之灵所作的工，还不足以打败我，你的目标仍然没有达到。』主耶稣必定不会许可撒但这样夸口。甚至就在这黑暗的世代中，祂要藉著召会的建造来羞辱撒但。然后主就能向撒但夸口，说，『撒但，即使在这么黑暗邪恶的世代中，我还是建造了我的召会。』
6No matter how many souls we may bring to the Lord, how many saints we may edify, and how much we help others to study the Bible and to be spiritual, God’s purpose is not fulfilled. I believe that the main reason for the delay of the Lord’s coming back is that His church has not yet been built up. In Matthew 16:18 the Lord Jesus promised and prophesied, “I will build My church.” This word must be fulfilled before the Lord comes back. Otherwise, concerning the building of the church, He would be put to shame. Satan would be able to boast of defeating the Lord. Then Satan would be able to say to the Lord Jesus, “For nearly two thousand years You have been trying to build the church, but You have not been successful. Your work on the cross, in resurrection, in ascension, and as the life-giving Spirit has not been sufficient to defeat me. You have not reached Your goal.” The Lord Jesus will not allow Satan to boast in this way. He will put him to shame through the building up of the church, even in the midst of this dark age. Then the Lord will be able to boast to Satan, “Satan, even in such a dark and evil age, I have built My church
7主正在作奇妙的恢复工作。祂要让祂的仇敌看见，祂足能建造祂的召会。不管地上的光景如何，我们有把握，主正在实行祂恢复的工作。
7The Lord is doing a marvelous work of recovery. He will show His enemy that He is well able to build His church. No matter what the situation may be on earth, we have the assurance that the Lord is carrying on the work of His recovery
站住抵挡堕落
STANDING AGAINST DEGRADATION
8今天的基督教满了宗教、道理、组织、形式、仪文和规条。人得到帮助而得救，变得敬虔，追求属灵，渴望更亲密的与主同行。但是基督的身体在那里？这么多的基督徒似乎都没有看见，以弗所书所强调的乃是召会。仇敌撒但非常诡诈，用种种的好东西，诸如基要的道理，来破坏召会。我们必须站住，抵挡今天基督教的堕落。我们这样作，不是与人争战，乃是与那诡诈者魔鬼争战。
8Today’s Christianity is filled with religion, doctrine, organization, forms, rituals, and regulations. People are helped to be saved, to become religious, to pursue spirituality, and to desire a closer walk with the Lord. But where is the Body? It seems that so many Christians do not see that in the book of Ephesians the church is emphasized. In his subtlety the enemy, Satan, has used various good things such as fundamental doctrine to damage the church. We must stand against the degradation of today’s Christianity. In doing this, we do not fight against people, but against the Devil, the subtle one.
9主有主宰的权柄，祂不会失败。甚至在今天，祂仍在成就祂的定旨。在主的恢复里，我们不是为著宗教、知识、组织、仪文、形式或规条；我们只为著包罗万有的基督作赐生命的灵在我们的灵里。当我们团体的来享受调和的灵，我们就有召会生活。以弗所书启示召会各个不同的面。在本篇信息中，我们要来看这七方面：身体、新人、新妇、家、国度、神的居所和战士。
9Because the Lord is sovereign, He cannot be defeated. Even today He is fulfilling His purpose. In the Lord’s recovery we are not for religion, knowledge, organization, rituals, forms, or regulations; we are only for the all-inclusive Christ as the life-giving Spirit in our spirit. As we enjoy the mingled spirit in a corporate way, we have the church life. The book of Ephesians reveals various aspects of the church. In this message we shall consider seven of these aspects: the Body, the new man, the Bride, the family, the kingdom, the dwelling place of God, and the warrior
身体
THE BODY
10按照一章二十二至二十三节，召会是基督的身体，是那在万有中充满万有者的丰满。在这一个身体里，犹太人和外邦人藉十字架与神和好了。（二16。）我们信徒，无论是犹太人或外邦人，不仅是为著基督的身体，也是在基督的身体里，得以和好。我们都已在一个身体里和好了。正如我们所看见的，有恩赐的人是为著身体的建造，而身体是渐渐长大，以致在爱里把自己建造起来。
10According to 1:22 and 23, the church is Christ’s Body, the fullness of the One who fills all in all. It was in this one Body that both the Jews and the Gentiles were reconciled to God through the cross (2:16). We, the believers, were reconciled not only for the Body of Christ, but also in the Body of Christ. We all have been reconciled in the one Body. As we have seen, the gifted persons are for the building up of the Body, and the Body is growing unto the building up of itself in love
新人
THE NEW MAN
11我们在二章十五节看见，基督把犹太人和外邦人在祂自己里面创造成一个新人。这个新人是团体的、宇宙的。信徒虽多，但在宇宙中只有一个新人。所有的信徒都是这个团体、宇宙新人的组成分子。照四章十三节看，我们必须长大，直到我们达到了长成的人；并且在四章二十四节我们看见，在实行上，我们需要穿上新人。
11In 2:15 we see that Christ created the Jews and the Gentiles in Himself into one new man. This new man is corporate and universal. There are many believers, but there is only one new man in the universe. All the believers are components of this corporate and universal new man. According to 4:13, we are to grow up until we arrive at a full-grown man, and in 4:24 we see that, in a practical way, we need to put on the new man
新妇
THE BRIDE
12我们在五章看见，召会是基督的新妇。这一面启示给我们看见，召会出自基督，如同夏娃出自亚当；（创二21～22；）召会与基督有同一的生命和性情，并作祂的配偶，与祂成为一，如同夏娃与亚当成为一体。（24。）最终，就如夏娃回到亚当那里，并且献给他；照样，召会也要回到基督那里，献给祂作祂的新妇。
12In Ephesians 5 we see the church as the Bride of Christ. This aspect reveals that the church comes out of Christ, as Eve came out of Adam (Gen. 2:21-22). The church has the same life and nature as Christ and becomes one with Him to be His counterpart, as Eve became one flesh with Adam (Gen. 2:24). Eventually, as Eve went back to Adam and was presented to him, so the church will go back to Christ and be presented to Him as His Bride
家
THE FAMILY
13保罗在以弗所二章十九节说，『这样，你们不再是外人和寄居的，乃是圣徒同国之民，是神家里的亲人。』作为神家里的亲人，我们是神的家庭，也是神的家。犹太和外邦信徒都是神家里的亲人。神的家是生命和享受的问题；所有的信徒都由神生到祂的家里，享受祂的丰富。
13In 2:19 Paul says, “So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow-citizens of the saints and members of the household of God.” As members of the household of God, we are God’s family, even God’sho use. Both the Jewish and Gentile believers are members of God’sho use, which is a matter of life and enjoyment. All believers were born of God into His house to enjoy His riches.
国度
THE KINGDOM
14神的家引到神的国，这由『圣徒同国之民』一辞所指明。所有的信徒，无论是犹太人或外邦人，都是神国里的国民。神的国乃是神施行祂权柄的范围。保罗在五章五节说，『因为你们晓得这事，知道凡是淫乱的，或是污秽的，或是贪婪的，（就是拜偶像的，）在基督和神的国里，都得不到基业。』这不仅是指千年国，也是指今天的召会生活说的。信徒已经重生进入神的国，（约三5，）今天乃是在召会生活中，活在神的国里。（罗十四17。）
14The house of God leads to the kingdom of God, indicated by the term “fellow-citizens of the saints.” All the believers are citizens in God’skin gdom. His kingdom is a sphere for Him to exercise His authority. In 5:5 Paul says that “every fornicator or unclean person or person of unbridled greedy lust, who is an idolater, has no inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.” This refers not only to the millennium, but also to the church life today. The believers have been regenerated into the kingdom of God (John 3:5) and are in the church life, living in the kingdom of God today (Rom. 14:17
居所
the dwelling place
15我们在以弗所二章二十二节看见，召会是神的居所。神的灵住在我们的灵里，所以，神的居所是在我们的灵里。
15In 2:22 we see that the church is God’s dwelling place. God’s Spirit dwells in our spirit. Therefore, the dwelling place of God is in our spirit
战士
THE WARRIOR
16末了，我们在六章看见，召会是战士，击败神的仇敌─魔鬼。我们打属灵的仗，不仅需要主的大能，也需要神全副的军装。召会是一个团体的战士，信徒是这惟一战士的各部分。我们必须在基督的身体里打属灵的仗，绝不能单独作战。撒但非常诡诈，他容许基督徒作一些合乎圣经和属灵的事，只要他们没有身体，没有新人。大多数基督徒还不晓得召会是新人，是团体的人。他们也许会说一点关乎召会是基督的新妇或神的家，但他们对召会乃是神现今的国或神的居所，没有任何观念。
16Finally, in chapter six we see that the church is a warrior to defeat God’se ne my, the Devil. In order to fight the spiritual warfare, we need both the power of the Lord and also the whole armor of God. The church is a corporate warrior, and the believers are parts of this unique warrior. We must fight the spiritual warfare in the Body, not individually. In his subtlety, Satan will allow Christians to do things that are scriptural and spiritual, as long as they do not have the Body or the new man. Most Christians do not even realize that the church is the new man, a corporate man. They may speak a little regarding the church as the Bride of Christ or as God’s family, but they have no concept that the church is God’sp resent kingdom or God’s dwelling place
我们为甚么在这里
WHY WE ARE HERE
17你能在基督教中找到召会的这七方面么？关乎召会，基督教已经偏离了目标。我们在主恢复里的人在这里，不是为著得灵魂，不是为著查经，也不是为著属灵。我们在这里是为著基督的身体在地上的彰显；我们在这里也是为著新人和新妇。
17Can you find these seven aspects of the church in Christianity? Concerning the church, Christianity has missed the mark. We in the Lord’s recovery are not here for soul-winning, for Bible study, or for spirituality. We are here for the expression of the Body on earth. We are also here to be the new man and the Bride.
18现今，基督正在豫备我们作祂的新妇。有一天婚娶即将来临。那将是启示录十九章的应验。当我们为著那日豫备时，我们就是召会，是家、国、居所、和战士这些方面。赞美主，我们是祂的家！我们进入召会生活时，就有回家的感觉。此外，召会是神的国，因为在召会中我们是在神的权柄之下。不仅如此，我们是神的战士，与祂的仇敌争战。我们在这里乃是为著身体、新人、新妇、家、国和战士。
18At present, Christ is preparing us to be His Bride. One day the wedding will come. That will be the fulfillment of Revelation 19. As we are preparing for that day, we are the church in the aspects of the family, the kingdom, the dwelling place, and the warrior. Praise the Lord that we are His family! When we came into the church life, we had the sense that we had come home. Furthermore, the church is God’skin gdom, for here we are under God’s authority. Moreover, as God’s warrior we are fighting against His enemy. We are here for the Body, the new man, the Bride, the family, the kingdom, and the warrior
彰显作生命的基督
EXPRESSING CHRIST AS LIFE
19召会是身体，需要生命。没有生命，我们肉身的身体就成了一具尸体。基督的身体也是这样。
19As the Body, the church needs life. Without life, our physical body would become a corpse. The same is true of the Body of Christ
20有些反对者争论说，身体只是象征、表像，不是神圣的实际。说基督的身体只是象征，这完全是错的。我们的身体是象征和表像，但基督的身体却是实际，因为我们的身体乃是象征基督的身体。说基督的身体只是象征，指明对召会缺少正确的领会。那些持有这种看法的人，没有看见召会实际上乃是基督的身体。基督当然是真实的。这么真实的一位，怎么能藉著象征的身体得著彰显？真是荒谬！基督要得著彰显，就必须有一个真实的、活的身体。我们彰显基督，不是凭著努力改正或改良自己。这样的努力只能彰显我们自己的性格。我们若要彰显基督，就需要基督的生命。我们需要基督这活的灵，从我们里面活出祂自己。这不是外面的改正或改良，乃是经历基督作我们里面的生命。基督是赐生命的灵，活在我们里面，并从我们里面活出来。这使我们成为祂的身体来彰显祂。我们既是基督的身体，我们所彰显的就不是我们的性格，乃是那是生命的基督自己。
20Some opposers argue that the Body is just a symbol, a figure, not a divine reality. It is utterly wrong to say that the Body of Christ is merely a symbol. Our body is a symbol and a figure, but the Body of Christ is a reality, for our body symbolizes Christ’s Body. To say that the Body of Christ is merely a symbol indicates a lack of a proper understanding of the church. Those who hold this view do not see that the church is actually the Body of Christ. Surely Christ is real. How can such a real One be expressed through a symbolic Body? How ridiculous! In order for Christ to be expressed, He must have a real and living Body. We do not express Christ by endeavoring to correct or improve ourselves. Through such efforts we can express only our own character. If we would express Christ, we need the life of Christ. We need Christ as the living Spirit to live Himself out from within us. This is not outward correction or improvement; it is the experience of Christ as our inner life. Christ is the life- giving Spirit living within us and lived out from within us. This makes us His Body for His expression. What we express as the Body of Christ is not our character, but Christ Himself as life
接受基督作我们的人位
TAKING CHRIST AS OUR PERSON
21召会是新人，不仅需要基督作生命，也需要基督作人位。树只有生命，没有人位。但人必须有生命，也有人位。召会不仅有基督作生命，也有基督作人位。因此，今天主耶稣不仅是召会的生命，也是召会的人位。为要有召会生活，我们都必须接受基督作我们的人位。但如果我们各自守住自己的人位，我们的召会生活就完了。
21As the new man, the church needs not only life, but also Christ as the person. A tree has only life, not a person. But a man must have a person as well as life. The church not only possesses Christ as life, but also holds Christ as the person. Hence, today the Lord Jesus is not only the life of the church, but also the person of the church. In order to have the church life, we all must take Christ as our person. But if we each hold to our own person, we shall be through with the church life
22歌罗西三章十至十一节启示，在新人里『并没有希利尼人和犹太人、受割礼的和未受割礼的、化外人、西古提人、为奴的、自主的，惟有基督是一切，又在一切之内』。这指明在新人里只有一个人位─基督。不论是中国人、日本人、美国人、英国人、德国人、或是其他国籍的人，都没有地位。这不该只是道理，而该是我们在灵里实际的经历。我们这些新人的一分子，都有基督作我们的人位。我们需要祷告：『主，使这事成为我们的实际。对于召会是新人以及基督作人位，我们不能只满足于知识或道理。我们要在日常生活中来经历。哦，主，帮助我们接受你作我们的人位。』我们如果这么作，召会就会真正是一，仇敌就要被征服。凡进到召会聚会中的人，将看见接受基督作他们人位的一班人。这是何等的奇妙！
22Colossians 3:10 and 11 reveal that in the new man “there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcision and uncircumcision, barbarian, Scythian, slave, freeman, but Christ is all and in all.” This indicates that in the new man there is just one person—Christ. There is no room for Chinese, Japanese, American, British, German, or any other nationality. This should not be a mere doctrine, but should be our practical experience in the spirit. As a part of the new man, we all have Christ as our person. We need to pray, “Lord, make this real to us. We cannot be satisfied with knowledge or with the doctrine that the church is the new man with Christ as the person. We want this to be experienced in our daily life. O Lord, help us to take You as our person.” If we do this, the church will be truly one, and the enemy will be subdued. Whoever comes into the meetings of the church will see a number of people who take Christ as their person. How marvelous
爱的事
A MATTER OF LOVE
23夏娃豫表召会是基督的新妇。夏娃是由亚当身上取出的一条肋骨建造成的。神把这条肋骨建造成女人之后，把她带到亚当面前。从亚当出来的，回到亚当那里，与他成为一。同样的原则，召会出自基督，也要回到基督那里，与祂成为一。
23Eve typifies the church as Christ’s Bride. Eve was built with a rib taken out of Adam. After building this rib into a woman, God presented her to Adam. What came out of Adam went back to him and became one with him. In the same principle, the church comes out of Christ and will go back to Christ to be one with Him
24召会是新妇的这一面含示爱。婚姻是爱的事，婚姻的生活也是在于爱。如果丈夫和妻子没有彼此相爱，他们就很难相处在一起。无疑的，亚当和夏娃彼此相爱。因著这爱，他们成为一。今天基督和召会有相互的爱。我们不仅有祂作我们的生命和人位，我们也享受这相互的爱。基督渴望使召会认识祂的爱，而召会对主的响应，是藉著向主说她有多么爱祂。不论我们为主作甚么，都是出于爱，欣然乐意的为祂作。你爱一个人，就乐意服事他。你的服事不是出于需要，乃是出于爱。我们既是召会，就必须见证我们爱主。无论是谁遇见我们，都该得著一个印象，看见我们是爱主的，并且出于对祂的爱，我们乐意事奉祂。这是召会作基督新妇的一面。
24The aspect of the church as the Bride implies love. Marriage is a matter of love, and the life of a marriage depends on love. If a husband and wife do not love each other, it will be very difficult for them to remain together. No doubt, Adam and Eve loved each other. Because of this love, they became one. Today there is a mutual love between Christ and the church. Not only do we have Him as our life and as our person, but we also enjoy this mutual love. Christ desires to make known His love to the church, and the church responds by telling the Lord how much she loves Him. Whatever we do for the Lord we do joyfully and willingly out of love for Him. When you love someone, you are happy to serve him. You serve not out of necessity, but out of love. As the church, we must bear the testimony that we love the Lord. Whoever contacts us should receive an impression that we love the Lord and, out of our love for Him, serve Him willingly. This is the aspect of the church as Christ’s Bride.
我们真实的家
OUR REAL FAMILY
25我们对主若有真正的爱，我们自然而然就成为神的家这一方面的召会。今天许多世人不是孤儿就是浪子，他们无家可归。我们在召会生活中是神家的一分子。因此，我们是在家中，召会是我们真实的家。我们珍赏神所造、我们肉身的家庭生活。但我们能见证，这个家庭生活不如召会的家庭生活来得甜美。召会作神的家是何等甜美！你若离开召会生活一段时间，你就会看见，召会是神的家这一面，是何等可贵。哦，在召会中我们是神的家！
25If we have a genuine love for the Lord, we shall spontaneously be the church in the aspect of God’s family. So many worldly people today are either orphans or wanderers. They are homeless. We in the church life are members of God’s family. Therefore, we are at home. The church is our real family. We appreciate the natural family life created by God. But we can testify that this family life is not as sweet as the family life in the church. How pleasant is the church as God’s family! If you stay away from the church life for a period of time, you will realize how precious the church is in the aspect of God’s family. Oh, we in the church are God’s family
在神的管治之下
UNDER GOD’S RULE
26我们已经指出，我们也是神的国。在召会中我们都在神的管理、权柄和管治之下。我们不是无法的人。相反的，我们乃是自然而然在一种亲切、满了爱的方式下受管理。虽然召会中有长老，但他们并不辖管圣徒，而是所有圣徒都乐意受神的管治。这就是召会作神的国。如果这个国家所有的人都这样生活，仇敌就要完全被征服。在召会中我们是在神圣的管理之下。因著里面的管治，我们不能欺骗别人，或占他们的便宜。这个里面的管治乃是国度的实际。今天在召会中耶稣基督是王。祂是在我们里面，并在我们中间坐宝座的王。
26As we have pointed out, we are also God’skin gdom. In the church we all are under God’s government, God’s authority and rule. We are not lawless. On the contrary, we are governed spontaneously in a pleasant and loving way. Although there are elders in the churches, they do not exercise control over the saints. Rather, all the saints are willingly under God’s rule. This is the church as the kingdom of God. If all the people in this country lived like this, the enemy would be completely subdued. In the church we are under divine government. Because of an inward ruling, we cannot cheat others or take advantage of them. This inner ruling is the reality of the kingdom. Today in the church Jesus Christ is King. He is the King on the throne within us and among us
神在我们灵里的居所
GOD’S DWELLING PLACE IN OUR SPIRIT
27不仅如此，召会是神在灵里的居所。我们不在灵里时，召会就不是在实行上神的居所。但每当我们转向灵，我们就感觉，神在我们的灵里有居所。这个居所是给神安息的。
27Furthermore, the church is the dwelling place of God in spirit. When we are not in our spirit, we do not have the church as God’s dwelling place in a practical way. But whenever we turn to our spirit, we sense that God has a dwelling place in our spirit. This dwelling place is for God’s rest
击败仇敌并为著主的回来
DEFEATING THE ENEMY AND PREPARING
豫备道路
THE WAY FOR THE LORD TO COME BACK
28召会不仅是身体、新人、新妇、家、国和居所，召会也是战士，与神的仇敌争战。神的仇敌撒但，惧怕这样的召会。撒但不怕个人主义的基督徒，即使他们的人数成千上万。然而当信徒来在一起，显出召会是身体和这些其他的方面时，撒但就要颤抖。藉著召会的这七方面，基督就得著彰显，父就得著安息，仇敌也要被击败。愿我们都看见这异象，召会不是个人圣别或属灵的问题；相反的，召会乃是建造在一起，作身体、新人、新妇、家、国、居所和战士。我们就是这样的召会，要击败仇敌并为主耶稣的回来豫备道路。
28Not only is the church the Body, the new man, the Bride, the family, the kingdom, and the dwelling place; the church is also the warrior to fight against God’se ne my. God’se ne my, Satan, is terrified of such a church. Satan is not afraid of individualistic Christians, not even if they number in the thousands. But whenever the believers come together as the church in the aspect of the Body and in these other aspects, Satan trembles. By the church in these seven aspects Christ is expressed, the Father has rest, and the enemy is defeated. May we all see the vision that the church is not a matter of individual holiness or spirituality. On the contrary, it is a matter of being built up to gether as the Body, the new man, the Bride, the family, the kingdom, the dwelling place, and the warrior. As such a church, we defeat the enemy and prepare the way for the Lord Jesus to come back.