总题：持守身体的原则以活在基督身体的实际里
The Supply of the Body, the Members of the Body, and the Limitation of the Body
读经：腓一19，林前十二15、21、27，罗十二5，弗四7，林后十13
壹 身体的供应乃是复合的膏油（圣膏油）所预表耶稣基督之灵全备的供应──腓一19～21上，出三十23～25：
I. The supply of the Body is the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, typified by the compound ointment, the holy anointing oil—Phil. 1:19-21a; Exo. 30:23-25:
一 复合的灵是在身体里并为着身体，也是为着那建造身体的祭司事奉──26～31节，罗十五16，彼前二5、9。
A. The compound Spirit is in and for the Body and for the priestly service that builds up the Body—vv. 26-31; Rom. 15:16; 1 Pet. 2:5, 9.
二 按照诗篇一百三十三篇，弟兄们在一里同居，有无法估计的善与无法计算的美，这好比那复合、贵重的膏油──弗四3。
B. According to Psalm 133, the inestimable goodness and incalculable pleasantness of brothers dwelling together in oneness is likened to the compound precious ointment—Eph. 4:3.
三 我们是借着肢体的代祷和交通，接受那灵的供应：
C. We receive the supply of the Spirit by the intercession and fellowship of the members:
1 当我们觉得枯干、碰壁时，我们需要弟兄姊妹为我们代祷，使我们能过得去──腓一19，帖前五25，伯四二8～10。
1. When we are dry and have no way to go on, we need other brothers and sisters to intercede for us before we can get through—Phil. 1:19; 1 Thes. 5:25; Job 42:8-10.
2 我们需要将自己祷告到神里面，以接受赐生命的灵作我们的供应，好喂养我们自己，并喂养所有在我们照顾之下的人，使身体得建造──路十一1～13。
2. We need to pray ourselves into God to receive the life-giving Spirit as our supply to feed ourselves and all those under our care for the building up of the Body—Luke 11:1-13.
3 我们若没有身体的供应，就不能活；因此，我们必须一直应用身体的交通──帖前三8，林前十16下，约壹一3。
3. We cannot live without the supply of the Body; therefore, we must constantly avail ourselves of the fellowship of the Body—1 Thes. 3:8; 1 Cor. 10:16b; 1 John 1:3.
4 无论我们的情形怎样，只要我们活在身体里，就能得着身体的供应。
4. As long as we live in the Body, we will receive the supply of the Body, no matter what our condition is.
5 人要看见光，就必须进入召会，就是圣所──诗七三16～17，太五14，启一20。
5. If a man wants to see light, he has to enter the church, the sanctuary—Psa. 73:16-17; Matt. 5:14; Rev. 1:20.
6 借着肢体间彼此的倚靠，整个身体就得着建造──林前十六18，弗四16。
6. The whole Body is built up through the interdependence among the members—1 Cor. 16:18; Eph. 4:16.
贰 在身体里不能有独立或个人主义，因为我们是肢体，而肢体无法离开身体而活──林前十二27，罗十二5，弗五30：
II. In the Body there can be no independence or individualism, for we are members, and members cannot live in detachment from the Body—1 Cor. 12:27; Rom. 12:5; Eph. 5:30:
一 每一个信徒都是基督身体的肢体，而每一个肢体都是不可少的──林前十二15、21，罗十二3。
A. Every believer is a member of the Body of Christ, and every member is indispensable—1 Cor. 12:15, 21; Rom. 12:3.
二 “你若真看见你在基督身体上的地位，你就会象是第二次得救一样”（倪柝声著，基督的奥秘，一四页）──约一50～51，提前三15。
B. "If we truly see our position in the Body, it will be as though we were saved a second time" (W. Nee, The Mystery of Christ, p. 16)—John 1:50-51; 1 Tim. 3:15.
三 那些看见自己是肢体的人，定规宝爱身体，看重其他的肢体──林前十二23～24，腓二29，林前十六18，士九9。
C. Those who see that they are members of the Body will surely treasure the Body and honor the other members—1 Cor. 12:23-24; Phil. 2:29; 1 Cor. 16:18; Judg. 9:9.
四 我们一有身体的启示，就有身体的感觉；一有身体的感觉，一切个人的想法和行动就除去了：
D. Wherever there is Body-revelation, there is Body-consciousness, and wherever there is Body-consciousness, individualistic thought and action are ruled out:
1 我们若要认识身体，就不但要蒙拯救脱离犯罪与天然的生命，更要蒙拯救脱离个人的生命。
1. If we want to know the Body, we need deliverance not only from our sinful life and our natural life but also from our individualistic life.
2 父如何与世界相对，圣灵如何与肉体相对，主如何与魔鬼相对，照样，身体也与个人相对。
2. Just as the Father is versus the world, the Spirit is versus the flesh, and the Lord is versus the devil, so also the Body is versus the individual.
3 我们如何不能向头独立，照样也不能向身体独立。
3. Just as we cannot be independent from the Head, we cannot be independent from the Body.
4 个人主义在神眼中是可恨的：
4. Individualism is hateful in the sight of God:
a 身体的仇敌就是己，那独立的“我”──太十六21～26。
a. The enemy of the Body is the self, the independent "I," the independent "me"—Matt. 16:21-26.
b 我们若要在身体里被建造，己就必须被定罪、否认、拒绝并撇弃。
b. If we would be built up in the Body, the self must be condemned, denied, rejected, and renounced.
c 我们不仅该倚靠神，也该倚靠身体，倚靠弟兄姊妹──出十七11～13，徒九25，林后十一33。
c. We should be dependent not only on God but also on the Body, on the brothers and sisters—Exo. 17:11-13; Acts 9:25; 2 Cor. 11:33.
5 我不知道的，身体里别的肢体知道；我不能看见的，身体里别的肢体能看见；我不能作的，身体里别的肢体能作。
5. What I do not know, another member of the Body will know; what I cannot see, another member of the Body will see; what I cannot do, another member of the Body will do.
6 我们若拒绝同作肢体者的帮助，就是拒绝基督的帮助──林前十二12。
6. If we refuse the help of our fellow members, we are refusing the help of Christ— 1 Cor. 12:12.
7 凡是单独的基督徒，迟早都要变得枯干。
7. Sooner or later all individualistic Christians will dry up.
叁 作为基督身体的肢体，我们必须受别的肢体限制，不越过我们的度量：
III. As members of the Body, we must allow ourselves to be limited by the other members, not going beyond our measure:
一 对于身体长大和发展的基本要求，就是我们要认清自己的度量，不越过这度量──弗四7、16。
A. A basic requirement for the growth and development of the Body is that we recognize our measure and not go beyond it—Eph. 4:7, 16.
二 元首把我们安排在身体的特别地位上，也指派我们特别的功用──林前十二18。
B. The Head sets us in our special place in the Body and points us to our special function—1 Cor. 12:18.
三 当我们说到自己的工作和经历或对主的享受，我们必须是在度量之内作见证，也就是说，在一定的限度之内作见证。
C. When we give a testimony about our work, experience, or enjoyment of the Lord, we must testify within measure, that is, within a certain limit.
四 虽然我们期望工作开展，但我们必须学习如何受神的约束；我们不该期望无限度的开展──林后十13～15：
D. Although we expect the work to spread, we must learn how to be under God's restriction; we should not expect a spread that is without measure—2 Cor. 10:13-15:
1 我们若照着那灵而开展工作，就一直有某种限制──参二12～14。
1. If we spread the work according to the Spirit, there will always be a certain limit—cf. 2:12-14.
2 我们里面会感觉到，主扩展祂的工作只是要到某一程度；当我们越过了某种界限去开展主的工作，我们里面就没有平安。
2. Inwardly, we shall have the consciousness that the Lord intends to spread the work only to a certain extent; inwardly, we do not have the peace to spread the work beyond a certain point.
3 主会在外面兴起环境来限制工作的开展；环境不容我们越过某种界限──参罗十五24。
3. Outwardly, in the environment, the Lord may cause certain matters to restrict the spread of the work; the environment does not allow us to go beyond a particular boundary line—cf. Rom. 15:24.
4 我们该象保罗一样，照着神所量给我们的度量行动、行事，留在神的尺度、神的度量的限制之内──林后十13。
4. Like Paul we should move and act according to how much God has measured to us, staying within the limits of God's ruling, God's measuring—2 Cor. 10:13.
5 在召会的事奉上，我们需要看见神只量给我们这么多，我们不该过度伸展自己──罗十二3～4、6上。
5. In the church service we need to realize that God has measured out only so much to us, and we should not overstretch ourselves—Rom. 12:3-4, 6a.