晨興聖言-話語的職事...(W5-綱要)

第五週 • 綱目

作主忠信的管家，有從主來的負擔供應話語，並彼此同心合意配搭，好與主合作以完成祂的經綸

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讀經：賽一1，二1，十三1，十五1，亞十二1，瑪一1，徒一14，二46，六4，林前十四4下

【週　一】

壹　神永遠的經綸，就是神的計畫，乃是神的家庭經營，神的家庭行政；神的分賜、分授是完成神經綸的過程、手續；因此，神的分賜乃是為着神的經綸—提前一3~4與4節註4：

一　基督是神經綸的中心、圓周、元素、範圍、手續、目標和標的；事實上，神永遠經綸的一切內容單單就是基督—太十七5，路二四44。

二　除非我們認識神的經綸，否則我們就無法明白聖經；聖經的中心題目乃是神的經綸，整本聖經都是關乎神的經綸—路二四45，伯十13，參弗三9。

三　神的經綸就是要將祂自己分賜到我們裏面，使我們這人由祂的所是構成；這惟有藉着神將祂自己這神聖的生命分賜到我們裏面，纔能完成—16~17節上，約十10，十四6上，林前十五45下，羅八2、6、10~11。

【週　二】

貳　神要完成祂的經綸，必須得着忠信的管家，分賜者，將神聖生命的供應分賜給神的兒女—路十二42，多一7：

一　『管家』的原文與提前一章四節和以弗所一章十節的『經綸』同字根。

二　我們都必須作神經綸良善又忠信的管家，享受基督並供應基督，好分賜基督作神諸般的恩典，以供應作神家人的聖徒—林前四1~2，弗三2，彼前四10，弗二19。

三　奇妙的神聖傳輸應當天天都在發生；神豐富的供應恩典的靈，我們該不斷的接受並分賜恩典的靈—約一16，來十29下，加三2~5，弗三2，四29。

四　基督徒的生活乃是恩典的生活，恩典的經歷，好叫我們能執行恩典的管家職分，分賜恩典—三1~2，林後十二7~9。

五　我們要作恩典之靈全備供應的管道，將神恩典的話供應、分賜給聖徒，使他們生命長大並享受基督—徒六4，二十32，林後三6，腓一19~25，來十29下，約壹五16。

【週　三】

叁　我們盡話語職事，必須有從主來的負擔：

一　向神敞開的靈乃是從神領受負擔的條件；我們必須學習在我們與主親密的交通中，藉着禱告來領受負擔並釋放負擔—路一53，詩二七4，賽五九16，西四2：

1　禱告與工作是分不開的；沒有禱告，就沒有工作—耶三三2~3，賽六二6~7，徒六4。

2　神若給我們禱告的負擔，就是要我們發表出來；負擔只有藉着發表來卸下—可七29，來五7。

3　我們在家裏若無法大聲禱告，就要去找一個我們可以出聲，把負擔發表出來的地方，像主所行的一樣；我們應當出聲禱告，即使是輕聲禱告也可以；神要我們將負擔說出來—可一35，路六12，詩四1，五1~3，七七1，一○二1，一一六1，一四二1，歌二14。

二　申言者所得着的啟示，就是申言者所得着的負擔；沒有負擔，就沒有話語的職事，也沒有申言，能以建造召會—賽一1，二1，十三1，十五1，亞十二1，瑪一1，徒六4，林前十四4下：

1　我們的負擔是要將神的啟示釋放給人，神的啟示只有藉着神所賜給我們啟示的話纔能釋放出來—二11~16。

2　當我們在供應神的話語時，我們所關注的必須是我們有否得到神的說話，而不在於我們說話的題目；要得着神的說話，盡話語職事的人必須有負擔—瑪二7。

3　盡話語職事的人必須將人的情形帶到神面前，體會他們的情形，並且知道神要說甚麼話—出二八29~30。

三　在召會的治理和話語的職事上，最大的難處就是沒有從主而來的負擔：

1　沒有負擔，無論作甚麼都是死的，都沒有果效；有負擔纔是活的，纔會朝氣蓬勃。

2　負擔是最叫人受對付的；若有負擔，己就會減少，並要受對付；因為有些事我們的負擔不許可我們作，有些事我們得受對付，否則沒有辦法釋放負擔。

3　我們的事奉若只是照着責任而不是帶着負擔，這會叫我們失去主的同在—參瑪三14，申四25。

4　甚麼時候我們的事奉變作盡責任，就表明我們的事奉已經墮落了。

【週　四】

肆　我們必須同心合意，彼此配搭—徒一14，二46：

一　看見身體最厲害的記號乃是無法單獨；保羅在林前一章一節把所提尼的名字寫出來，這表明他有身體的感覺，有配搭的靈。

二　因着我們沒有感覺我們需要別人，別人也需要我們在身體裏配搭，我們中間就少有受教的靈，少有需要幫助的靈—太五3：

1　配搭乃是說，我們沒有彼此就不行。

2　覺得我們不需要彼此，也不需要交通，乃是最厲害的驕傲；這是最得罪主，也是最得罪身體的事。

3　我們若是和別人缺少配搭，就會常常非議別人所作的。

【週　五】

三　神的祝福是基於我們的同心合意，在靈裏彼此和諧一致，有真實的配搭和真正的一—徒一14：

1　我們盡話語職事、交通、禱告時，絕不該批評別人；特別是當我們與別人一同禱告時，不該別人禱告一句，我們接着來一句相反的禱告。

2　在盡話語職事時批評別人，是最忌諱的一件事；這表明我們是狹窄的，至終會產生分裂。

3　我們一直要有一個態度，就是尊重別人、與別人合作、與別人配搭；我們該照着我們那一分服事別人，也尊重別人那一分，因為二者都是主所託付我們的；每一個人都應該有這樣的謙卑，不高看自己這一分，過於別人那一分—腓二3~4。

4　弟兄們要學功課，要破碎自己，遷就別人，並尊重他人所作的；惟有如此，纔能使身體的感覺在我們中間一直得到保養，也纔能在我們中間產生建造。

5　我們不論誰傳講信息，眾人要如同一條命，彼此代禱、供應和扶持；我們這班事奉主的人，若不同心合意，彼此之間時常鬧故事，仇敵、聖徒都會知道，甚至連兒童都會懂得。

6　不要給聖徒一個印象，我們比別人講得高；反而我們要給聖徒一個印象，我們的說話和別人的說話是完全和諧一致的。

7　有時當弟兄在說話時，有的人就在心裏批評說，『我早就知道了；』這樣的靈是最拆毀神工作的。

8　因着有忠信的聖徒在觀察我們，我們必須謹慎，不要作任何事或說任何話，激起他們對我們和主恢復的憂慮—林前一10，林後十二18，提前四12，多二7~8。

9　驕傲招致敗壞，謙卑帶來祝福—箴十六18，彼前五5。

10 事奉者之間缺少建造的一個原因，就是他們缺乏對彼此的愛：

a　無論主對我們所說的話，或祂為我們的禱告，都是要我們彼此相愛—約十三34~35，十五12、17。

b　一同事奉的人中間，該有特別的愛；這個相愛是來自我們與主的一。

c　長老們與同工們應當彼此牧養，彼此相愛，作身體生活的模型—二一15~17，彼前一22。

【週　六】

四　我們需要藉着操練並釋放我們的靈，同心合意的禱告，而被調和在一起—太十八19，徒一14，詩歌六一四首：

1　我們應當作為團體的身體來禱告，而不是各禱告各的。

2　一面，我們禱告的方式，應當使下一個禱告的人能接續我們的禱告；另一面，我們也應當傾聽別人的禱告，進入他們的禱告，並跟隨他們的禱告。

3　我們向主該有滿了懇求、祈求的短禱，而不是滿了向主解釋，向主描述和指示的長禱。

4　長禱告總是殺死禱告聚會；長禱告指明你只顧自己和自己的感覺，而不顧別人，也不顧聚會中的氣氛和那靈的流。

伍　在召會中彼此配搭而事奉，乃是憑着神七倍加強的靈，藉着喫基督作生命樹、隱藏的嗎哪和筵席，勝過召會的墮落，為着神永遠經綸最終的完成—啟四5，五6，二7、17，三20~21，亞四11~14：

一　在召會中彼此配搭而事奉，乃是享受基督作公義、和平並聖靈中的喜樂；『這樣服事基督的，就為神所喜悅，又為人所稱許』—羅十四17~18。

二　在召會中彼此配搭而事奉，乃是按着神牧養人—彼前五1~6。

三　在召會中彼此配搭而事奉，乃是作樂意施與的人—林後九7，徒二十35。

四　在召會中彼此配搭而事奉，乃是藉着過申言的生活而建造召會，滿溢出湧流的三一神，為着構成召會作神的豐滿—約四14下，七38~39，林前十四4下、26，弗三19。

Week Five

Cooperating with the Lord to Carry Out His Economy by Being His Faithful Stewards
Who Minister the Word with a Burden from the Lord and Who Coordinate with One Another in One Accord

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E. M.; Hymns: E846

Scripture Reading: Isa. 1:1; 2:1; 13:1; 15:1; Zech. 12:1; Mal. 1:1; Acts 1:14; 2:46; 6:4; 1 Cor. 14:4b

§ Day 1

I. God’s eternal economy, which is God’s plan, is His household economy, His household administration; God’s dispensing, God’s distributing, is the process and means whereby He accomplishes His economy; for this reason God’s dispensing is for God’s economy—1 Tim. 1:3-4 and footnote 3 on verse 4:

A. Christ is the center, circumference, element, sphere, means, goal, and aim of God’s economy; in fact, all the contents of God’s eternal economy are simply Christ—Matt. 17:5; Luke 24:44.

B. Unless we know God’s economy, we will not understand the Bible; the central subject of the Bible is the economy of God, and the entire Bible is concerned with the economy of God—Luke 24:45; Job 10:13; cf. Eph. 3:9.

C. God’s economy is to dispense Himself into our being that our being may be constituted with His being; this can be accomplished only by God dispensing Himself into us as the divine life—vv. 16-17a; John 10:10; 14:6a; 1 Cor. 15:45b; Rom. 8:2, 6, 10-11.

§ Day 2

II. In order to carry out His economy, God must have faithful stewards, dispensers, who dispense the divine life supply to God’s children—Luke 12:42; Titus 1:7:

A. The Greek word for steward is of the same root as the word for economy in 1 Timothy 1:4 and Ephesians 1:10.

B. We must all be good and faithful stewards of God’s economy, those who enjoy Christ and minister Christ to dispense Christ as the varied grace of God to supply the saints as the household of God—1 Cor. 4:1-2; Eph. 3:2; 1 Pet. 4:10; Eph. 2:19.

C. Day by day a marvelous transmission should be taking place; God is supplying the Spirit of grace bountifully, and we should be receiving and dispensing the Spirit of grace continually—John 1:16; Heb. 10:29b; Gal. 3:2-5; Eph. 3:2; 4:29.

D. The Christian living is the living of grace, the experience of grace, so that we may carry out our stewardship of grace, the dispensing of grace—3:1-2; 2 Cor. 12:7-9.

E. We need to be channels of the bountiful supply of the Spirit of grace, those who minister, who dispense, the word of God’s grace to the saints for their growth in life and for their enjoyment of Christ—Acts 6:4; 20:32; 2 Cor. 3:6; Phil. 1:19-25; Heb. 10:29b; 1 John 5:16.

§ Day 3

III. We must minister the word with a burden from the Lord:

A. An open spirit to God is the condition for receiving burdens from God; we must learn to receive burdens and release burdens through prayer in our intimate fellowship with the Lord—Luke 1:53; Psa. 27:4; Isa. 59:16; Col. 4:2:

1. Prayer and work are inseparable; without prayer there is no work—Jer. 33:2- 3; Isa. 62:6-7; Acts 6:4.

2. If God gives us a prayer burden, He wants it to be uttered; burdens are released only through utterance—Mark 7:29; Heb. 5:7.

3. If we cannot pray aloud in our homes, let us find a place where we can utter our burden as the Lord did; we should pray audibly even if it means praying in a low voice; God wants our burdens to be articulated—Mark 1:35; Luke 6:12; Psa. 4:1; 5:1-3; 77:1; 102:1; 116:1; 142:1; S. S. 2:14.

B. The revelations that the prophets received were the burdens that they received; without burden, there is no ministry of the word, no prophesying, for the building up of the church—Isa. 1:1; 2:1; 13:1; 15:1; Zech. 12:1; Mal. 1:1; Acts 6:4; 1 Cor. 14:4b:

1. Our burden is to release God’s revelation to man, and God’s revelation is released through the words of revelation that God gives to us—2:11-16.

2. When we minister the word of God, our concern must be whether we have God’s speaking, not the topic of our speaking; in order to have God’s speaking, the one who ministers the word must have a burden—Mal. 2:7.

3. Those who minister the word must bear people’s condition before God, sense their condition, and know what God wants to speak—Exo. 28:29-30.

C. The greatest problem in the administration of the church and in the ministry of the word is not having a burden from the Lord:

1. Without a burden, all our activity will be dead and ineffective; with a burden, we will be living and flourishing.

2. Having a burden deals with us the most; if there is a burden, the self decreases and is dealt with, because there are things that our burden will not allow us to do, and there are areas that will require our being dealt with before we can release our burden.

3. If we serve according to obligation instead of serving with a burden, such service will cause us to lose the Lord’s presence—cf. Mal. 3:14; Deut. 4:25.

4. Whenever our service becomes a matter of fulfilling an obligation, our service has already degraded.

§ Day 4

IV. We must coordinate with one another in one accord—Acts 1:14; 2:46:

A. The greatest indication that we see the Body is that we cannot be independent; Paul’s reference to Sosthenes in 1 Corinthians 1:1 shows that he had a consciousness of the Body and a spirit of coordination.

B. Because we do not have the consciousness that we need others and that others need us for our coordination in the Body, few among us have the spirit of a learner and the spirit of needing help—Matt. 5:3:

1. Coordination means that we cannot do anything without one another.

2. To feel that we do not need one another and that we do not need to fellowship is the greatest form of pride; it is the most offensive thing to the Lord and to the Body.

3. If we lack coordination with others, we will always criticize what they do.

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C. God’s blessing is based on our one accord, being in harmony in spirit with one another, having real coordination, and having genuine oneness—Acts 1:14:

1. When we minister the word, fellowship, and pray, we should not criticize others; in particular, when we pray with others, we should avoid praying in a contradictory manner.

2. We must absolutely avoid criticizing others in the ministry of the word; criticizing others shows that we are narrow, and this will lead to division.

3. We always need to have an attitude of respect, cooperation, and coordination with others; we should serve others according to our portion and honor the portion of others, because both portions have been entrusted to us by the Lord; everyone should have the humility to not regard his portion more highly than another person’s portion—Phil. 2:3-4.

4. The brothers need to learn the lesson of being broken, accommodating others, and respecting others’ function; only in this way can we preserve the consciousness of the Body and produce the building among us.

5. We should all be of one soul to pray for, supply, and support whoever is speaking a message; if those who serve the Lord are continually disagreeing instead of being in one accord, the enemy, the saints, and even the children will know it.

6. We should not give the saints the impression that our speaking is higher han that of others; instead, the saints should have the impression that our speaking is in harmony with the speaking of others.

7. When a brother speaks, some may be critical and say in their heart, “I know this already”; this kind of spirit is destructive to God’s work.

8. Because the faithful saints are observing us, we must be careful not to do anything or say anything that stirs up their concern for us and for the Lord’s recovery—1 Cor. 1:10; 2 Cor. 12:18; 1 Tim. 4:12; Titus 2:7-8.

9. Pride invites destruction, but humility brings in blessing—Prov. 16:18; 1 Pet. 5:5.

10. A reason for the lack of building among the serving ones is that they are short of love for one another:

a. The Lord’s word to us and His prayer for us were to love one another—John 13:34-35; 15:12, 17.

b. There should be an extraordinary love among the serving ones; such love for one another comes from our oneness with the Lord.

c. The elders and co-workers should shepherd one another and love one another to be a model of the Body life—21:15-17; 1 Pet. 1:22.

§ Day 6

D. We need to be blended together by praying in one accord with the exercise and release of our spirit—Matt. 18:19; Acts 1:14; Hymns, #846:

1. We should pray as a corporate body, not individualistically.

2. On the one hand, we should pray in such a way that the next one who prays can continue our prayer; on the other hand, we also should listen to others’ prayers, enter into their prayers, and follow their prayers.

3. We should pray short prayers of petition and supplication to the Lord instead of long prayers that are full of explaining to the Lord and full of giving the Lord descriptions and instructions.

4. A long prayer always kills the prayer meeting; it indicates that you care only for yourself and for your feeling, not for others and not for the atmosphere and flow of the Spirit in the meeting.

V. To serve in coordination with one another in the church is to overcome the degradation of the church by the sevenfold intensified Spirit of God through eating Christ as the tree of life, the hidden manna, and the feast for the finalization of God’s
eternal economy—Rev. 4:5; 5:6; 2:7, 17; 3:20-21; Zech. 4:11-14:

A. To serve in coordination with one another in the church is to enjoy Christ as righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit; “for he who serves Christ in this is well pleasing to God and approved by men”—Rom. 14:17-18.

B. To serve in coordination with one another in the church is to shepherd people according to God—1 Pet. 5:1-6.

C. To serve in coordination with one another in the church is to be a cheerful giver—2 Cor. 9:7; Acts 20:35.

D. To serve in coordination with one another in the church is to build the church by living a prophesying life to overflow with the flowing Triune God for the constituting of the church as the fullness of God—John 4:14b; 7:38-39; 1 Cor. 14:4b, 26; Eph. 3:19.