总题：活在神国的实际里
第三篇 国度与召会
The Kingdom and the Church
读经：太十六18～19，十八17～18，十三44～46，可四26～29，罗十四17，林前四20，加五19～21，西四11，启十一15，十二10
壹 今天召会是基督在生命上的扩增，而神永远的国乃是基督在行政上的扩增─但二34～35，可四26～29：
I. The church today is Christ's increase in life, but the eternal kingdom of God is Christ's increase in administration—Dan. 2:34-35; Mark 4:26-29:一 在生命上，基督扩增成为召会；在行政上，基督扩增成为国度─约三15、29上、30上，但二34～35、44。
A. In life Christ increases to become the church; in administration Christ increases to become the kingdom—John 3:15, 29a, 30a; Dan. 2:34-35, 44.二 基督不仅是召会，基督也是神的国；召会和国度都是祂的扩增─林前十二12，路十七21，可四26～29。
B. Christ is not only the church but also the kingdom of God; both the church and the kingdom are His increase—1 Cor. 12:12; Luke 17:21; Mark 4:26-29.贰 圣经首先陈明国度，然后陈明召会；国度的出现产生召会─太四23，十六18～19：
II. The Bible first presents the kingdom and thereafter presents the church; the presence of the kingdom produces the church—Matt. 4:23; 16:18-19:一 神的生命就是神的国度；神圣的生命就是国度，这生命产生召会─约三3、5，太七14、21，十九17、29，二五46：
A. The life of God is the kingdom of God; the divine life is the kingdom, and this life produces the church—John 3:3, 5; Matt. 7:14, 21; 19:17, 29; 25:46:1 国度乃是生命的范围，让生命行动、治理、管治，使生命能达成其目的，而这范围就是国度。
1. The kingdom is the realm of life for life to move, rule, and govern so that life may accomplish its purpose, and this realm is the kingdom.2 福音带进神圣的生命，这生命有其范围，这范围就是国度；神圣生命同其范围产生召会─提后一10。
2. The gospel brings in the divine life, and this life has its realm, which is the kingdom; the divine life with its realm produces the church—2 Tim. 1:10.3 国度的福音产生召会，因为国度就是生命本身，而召会乃是生命的结果─太四23，徒八12。
3. The gospel of the kingdom brings forth the church because the kingdom is the life itself, and the church is the issue of life—Matt. 4:23; Acts 8:12.二 国度是召会的实际；因此，我们离了国度的生命，就不能过召会生活─太五3，十六18～19，启一4～6、9：
B. The kingdom is the reality of the church; therefore, apart from the kingdom life, we cannot live the church life—Matt. 5:3; 16:18-19; Rev. 1:4-6, 9:1 诸天之国的实际（太五～七）乃是召会生活的内容；没有国度的实际，召会就是空洞的。
1. The reality of the kingdom of the heavens (Matt. 5—7) is the content of the church life; without the reality of the kingdom, the church is empty.2 因着国度的生命产生召会生活，所以当我们团体地在国度生命里生活，我们自然就过召会生活─罗十四17。
2. Since the kingdom life issues in the church life, as we live corporately in the kingdom life, we spontaneously live the church life—Rom. 14:17.3 信徒不活在国度的实际里，就不能被建造到召会的结构里─弗二22。
3. A believer who does not live in the reality of the kingdom cannot be built into the structure of the church—Eph. 2:22.三 没有国度作召会的实际，召会就不能被建造─太十六18～19：
C. Without the kingdom as the reality of the church, the church cannot be built up— Matt. 16:18-19:1 召会是借着国度的权柄产生的。
1. The church is brought into being through the authority of the kingdom.2 国度钥匙的赐给，是为使召会能够被建造─19节，十八18，参约二十23。
2. The keys of the kingdom are given to make the building of the church possible—v. 19; 18:18; cf. John 20:23.3 当诸天的国能在一班信徒身上施行权柄，那一班信徒就能被建造成为召会─西二19，弗四15～16。
3. When the kingdom of the heavens is able to assert its authority over a company of believers, those believers can be built up into the church—Col. 2:19; Eph. 4:15-16.叁 真正的召会就是在今世神的国；今天信徒乃是在召会中过国度生活─太十六18～19，十八17～18，十三44～46，罗十四17，林前四20，弗二19，西四11，启一4～6：
III. The genuine church is the kingdom of God in this age; today the believers live the kingdom life in the church—Matt. 16:18-19; 18:17-18; 13:44-46; Rom. 14:17; 1 Cor. 4:20; Eph. 2:19; Col. 4:11; Rev. 1:4-6:一 主耶稣每次说到召会时，都将召会联于国度；这指明国度与召会有何等密切的关联─太十六18～19，十八17～18：
A. Each time the Lord Jesus spoke of the church, He mentioned it in relation to the kingdom; this indicates how intimately the kingdom and the church are related— Matt. 16:18-19; 18:17-18:1 罗马十四章十七节证明，今世的召会乃是神的国。─引用经文
1. Romans 14:17 proves that the church in this age is the kingdom of God.2 林前四章二十节的“神的国”是指召会生活（17），这含示就着权柄的一面说，今世的召会就是神的国。─引用经文
2. The kingdom of God in 1 Corinthians 4:20 refers to the church life (v. 17), implying that in the sense of authority, the church in this age is the kingdom of God.3 以弗所二章十九节的“同国之民”一辞，指明神的国，就是神运用祂权柄的范围。─引用经文
3. The term fellow citizens in Ephesians 2:19 indicates the kingdom of God, the sphere wherein God exercises His authority.4 保罗和他的同工为着建立众召会，在福音工作上所作的，乃是为着神的国─西四11。
4. What Paul and his fellow workers were doing in the gospel work for the establishing of the churches was for the kingdom of God—Col. 4:11.5 启示录一章六节的“国度”一辞启示，召会在哪里，神的国就在哪里；召会代表国度。─引用经文
5. The word kingdom in Revelation 1:6 reveals that where the church is, there the kingdom of God is; the church represents the kingdom.二 在主的恢复里，我们乃是同时在国度和召会里，在宝贝和珠子里─太十三44～46。
B. In the Lord's recovery, at the same time we are both in the kingdom and in the church, in the treasure and in the pearl—Matt. 13:44-46.肆 在作为国度的召会里，我们乃是在国度的管治、行政、管教和操练之下─林前六9～10，加五19～21，弗五5：
IV. In the church as the kingdom, we are under the kingdom's rule, government, discipline, and exercise—1 Cor. 6:9-10; Gal. 5:19-21; Eph. 5:5:一 虽然今天召会是神的国，但唯有当我们在灵里，而不在天然的人里生活、行动、为人时，我们才在国度的实际里─罗八4，加五16、25。
A. Although the church today is God's kingdom, we are in the kingdom in reality only when we live, walk, and have our being in the spirit, not in our natural man— Rom. 8:4; Gal. 5:16, 25.二 我们这些在神圣三一分赐之下的人，需要在召会中过国度的生活，在神圣的生命里长大并发展，直到我们达到成熟─林后十三14，罗十四17，彼后一5～7。
B. As those who are under the dispensing of the Divine Trinity, we need to live a kingdom life in the church, growing and developing in the divine life until we reach maturity—2 Cor. 13:14; Rom. 14:17; 2 Pet. 1:5-11.伍 召会带进国度─太六10，十二22～29，启十一15，十二10：
V. The church brings in the kingdom—Matt. 6:10; 12:22-29; Rev. 11:15; 12:10:一 召会的产生乃是为着带进国度─太十六18～19，十八17～18，启一6、9，十一15：
A. The church was brought into being for the purpose of bringing in the kingdom— Matt. 16:18-19; 18:17-18; Rev. 1:6, 9; 11:15:1 召会的职责乃是继续基督的得胜，并带进神的国─十二10，十一15。
1. The church's responsibility is to perpetuate Christ's victory and to bring in God's kingdom—12:10-11; 11:15.2 召会在地上的工作，就是要把神的国带进来；召会一切的工作，都是受神国原则的管治。
2. The work of the church on earth is to bring in the kingdom of God; all the work of the church is governed by the principle of the kingdom of God.3 召会要负责将天上的旨意带到地上，并将其实行在地上─太六10，七21，十二50。
3. The church is responsible for bringing heaven's will down to earth and for carrying it out on earth—Matt. 6:10; 7:21; 12:50.二 在诸天管治之下产生的召会，借着服在天的管治之下，对付神的仇敌─十六18～19，弗六10～18：
B. The church, which comes into being under the rule of heaven, by reason of her submission to the heavenly rule, deals with God's enemy—16:18-19; Eph. 6:10-18:1 诸天的国要得建立，就需要有属灵的争战─太十二22～29。
1. In order for the kingdom of the heavens to be established, there is the need of spiritual fighting—Matt. 12:22-29.2 召会的职责就是继续基督在地上的争战；召会必须继续基督所作那抵挡撒但的得胜工作─来二14，约壹三8下，西二15，诗一四九5～9。
2. The responsibility of the church is to continue the warfare Christ fought on earth; the church must continue the victorious work that Christ has carried out against Satan—Heb. 2:14; 1 John 3:8b; Col. 2:15; Psa. 149:5-9.陆 召会应当祷告以带进神的国─太六10：
VI. The church should pray to bring in the kingdom of God—Matt. 6:10:一 虽然今天国度在召会生活中，但国度的实现还没有来临。
A. Although the kingdom is here in the church life today, the manifestation of the kingdom is yet to come.二 国度的来临不是自动的；没有祷告，国度就不能来临；因此，我们必须为国度的来临祷告。
B. The coming of the kingdom is not automatic; if there is no prayer, the kingdom cannot come; thus, we must pray for the coming of the kingdom.三 召会的祷告是抑制撒但最有效的凭借─十六19，十八18。
C. The prayer of the church is the most effective means of conquering Satan—16:19; 18:18.四 召会必须作天的出口，让天的权柄彰显在地上─十六18～19，十八17～18。
D. The church must be the outlet of heaven, allowing heaven's authority to be ex-pressed on earth—16:18-19; 18:17-18.五 真实的祷告乃是与神同工，将祂的国带到地上，并将祂的旨意施行在地上；因此，祷告是属灵的争战─六10，林后十4，弗六12。
E. Genuine prayer is a joint labor with God to bring His kingdom to the earth and to carry out His will on earth; hence, prayer is a spiritual battle—6:10; 2 Cor. 10:4; Eph. 6:12.柒 那些常将神的国度─关系到神的旨意和神的仇敌─放在面前的，乃是在神手里最有用处的工人─太六33，七21，二五21、23，西四11。
VII. Those who always put God's kingdom before them—that which touches God's will and His enemy—are the most useful workers in the hands of God—Matt. 6:33; 7:21; 25:21, 23; Col. 4:11.