第八週■週五

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晨興餧養

林前一10『弟兄們，我藉我們主耶穌基督的名，懇求你們都說一樣的話，你們中間也不可有分裂，只要在一樣的心思和一樣的意見裏，彼此和諧。』

弗四12『爲要成全聖徒，目的是爲着職事的工作，爲着建造基督的身體。』

新約的職事是獨一的，又是團體的。但因這職事乃是基督身體的事奉，而且因着身體有許多肢體，所以每一個肢體都有各自的職事。故此，按肢體來說，有許多的職事；不過，按整個身體來說，只有一個職事。你〔個人〕的職事不該從團體的職事分開。身體有一個團體的職事，而身體所有的肢體則有其個別的職事。我們看過，〔身體上〕所有肢體的職事加起來就等於團體的職事（李常受文集一九七八年第三册，四三八頁）。

信息選讀

我說我們都該供應同樣的東西，意思是我們應該按着新約的方式說同樣的事。四卷福音書說的是同樣的事，卻是從不同的角度來說。…馬太是由作王的角度來寫，馬可是從服事的角度，路加是從藉着正確人性之救贖的角度，而約翰是由基督神性的角度。在福音書裏有一個人的四本傳記，從不同的角度來看一個人。我希望有許多人被興起，從不同的角度來說同樣的事。這一件事就是恢復基督作我們的生命和一切，以建造眾地方召會。

我盼望將來有許多的青年人傳講基督，爲着身體的建造。我無意作惟一供應的人。反之，我巴望主興起更多的人來成就這獨一的職事。我們在這職事裏都有一分；這是一個職事，卻有不同的功能，不同的角度，以及不同的方面。你有你的一分，我也有我的一分。當我們有了所有的功能和方面，就有身體的職事。

有些離開恢復的人，定罪我們不接受他們的職事。但他們的職事是一種暗中破壞、損害主恢復的職事。我們怎麼可能接受那些蓄意暗中破壞主的恢復，並推翻包括十字架在內之生命基本項目之人的職事呢？我說這話不是由於任何個人的感覺，乃是由於對真理的關切。我對這些人沒有甚麼個人的仇恨；然而，我不能接受他們的『職事』，他們的『職事』是拆毀，而不是建造。

我們的實行是按着新約中的真理。我們很高興看到不同的弟兄們，以不同的方面或角度來交通到基督作生命，爲要在祂的豐富裏建造召會。…因着主的憐憫，我在作我所該作的。現在我期望別人能從不同的角度來供應同樣的東西。…許多弟兄們需要站起來供應基督，爲着建造身體。若有多人如此行，那該是何等的好！

我們需要清楚，我們並不是跟隨一個人，也不是模倣任何人。然而，我們是從不同的角度，不同的方面來供應同樣的東西。如此行，豐富就得以彰顯；而我們卻有榮耀的一。這是一個職事，其中包含了許多職事。現今我們都在供應那是生命和一切的基督，使地方召會得建造。這是主的恢復，這是我們的託付，這是我們的負擔，也是我們的職事。我們能有分於這職事是何等的蒙福！（李常受文集一九七八年第三册，四四一至四四四頁）

參讀：正當召會生活極重要的原則，第四章。

WEEK 8 — DAY 5

Morning Nourishment

1 Cor. 1:10 Now I beseech you, brothers, through the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be attuned in the same mind and in the same opinion.

Eph. 4:12 For the perfecting of the saints unto the work of the ministry, unto the building up of the Body of Christ.

The New Testament ministry is uniquely one and corporate. But because this ministry is the service of the Body of Christ and because the Body has many members, every member has its own ministry. Thus, according to the members, there are many ministries; however, according to the Body as a whole, there is just one ministry. Your ministry should not be separate from the corporate ministry. The Body has a corporate ministry, and all the members of the Body have their individual ministries. As we have seen, all the ministries of the members added together equal the corporate ministry. (CWWL, 1978, vol. 3, “Truth Messages,” p. 319)

Todays Reading

When I say that we all should minister the same thing, I mean that we should speak the same thing according to the way of the New Testament. The four Gospels speak the same thing, but they speak the same thing from different angles… Matthew wrote from the angle of the kingship; Mark, from the angle of service; Luke, from the angle of redemption through the proper humanity; and John, from the angle of Christ’s deity. In the Gospels we have four biographies of one person; one person is viewed from different angles. I hope that many will be raised up to speak the same thing from different angles. This one thing is the recovery of Christ as life and everything to us for the building up of the local churches.

I hope that in the coming years many of the young people will speak of Christ for the building up of the Body. I have no intention of being the only one to minister. On the contrary, I expect the Lord to raise up many more to carry on the unique ministry. We all have a part in this ministry, which is one ministry with different functions, different angles, and different aspects. You have your part, and I have mine. When we have all the functions and aspects, we have the ministry of the Body.

Some who have left the recovery accuse us of not accepting their ministry. But their ministry is a ministry of undermining and damaging the Lord’s recovery. How can we possibly accept the ministries of those whose intention has been to undermine the Lord’s recovery and to overthrow the basic matters of life, including the cross? I say this not out of any personal feeling but out of a concern for the truth. I have no personal enmity whatever toward these ones; however, I cannot accept their “ministry,” which tears down rather than builds up.

Our practice is according to the truth in the New Testament. We are glad to see different brothers share various aspects or angles concerning Christ as life for the building up of the church in His riches…By the Lord’s mercy, I am doing what I should do. Now I expect that others will minister the same thing from different angles…Many brothers need to stand up to minister concerning Christ for the building up of the Body. How wonderful it would be if many did this!

We need to be clear that we are not following a man or imitating anyone. However, we are ministering the same thing from different angles and in different aspects. By doing this the riches are manifest; yet we have a glorious oneness. This is the one ministry, which encompasses many ministries. We all are ministering Christ as life and as everything for the building up of the local churches. This is the Lord’s recovery, this is our commission, this is our burden, and this is our ministry. How blessed we are to have a part in this ministry! (CWWL, 1978, vol. 3, “Truth Messages,” pp. 321-323)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1978, vol. 3, “Crucial Principles for the Proper Church Life,” ch. 4