总题：极其需要新的复兴
THE GREAT NEED FOR A NEW REVIVAL
第六篇 按着神牧养
Shepherding according to God
读经：约二一15～17，徒二十28，彼前五2、4，弗四16
Scripture Reading: John 21:15-17; Acts 20:28; 1 Pet. 5:2, 4; Eph. 4:16
壹 在主今日的恢复里，迫切需要牧养。
I. In the Lord's recovery today, there is the urgent need for shepherding.
贰 牧养是给群羊周全、柔细的照顾—约二一15～17，徒二十28：
II. To shepherd is to take all-inclusive, tender care of the flock—John 21:15-17; Acts 20:28:
一 牧养是指顾到羊一切的需要。
A. Shepherding refers to caring for all the needs of the sheep.
二 所有的羊都需要得着充分的供备和妥善的照料。
B. All the sheep need to be well provided for and well tended to.
叁 基督是好牧人、大牧人、牧长以及我们魂的牧人—约十9～17，来十三20～21，彼前五4，二25：
III. Christ is the good Shepherd, the great Shepherd, the Chief Shepherd, and the Shepherd of our souls—John 10:9-17; Heb. 13:20-21; 1 Pet. 5:4; 2:25:
一 主耶稣作好牧人，来使我们得生命，并且得的更丰盛—约十10～11：
A. As the good Shepherd, the Lord Jesus came that we may have life and have it abundantly—John 10:10-11:
1 祂舍了祂的魂生命，就是人的生命，为祂的羊成功救赎，使他们能有分于祂的“奏厄”（zoe）生命，就是祂神圣的生命—11、15、17节。
1. He laid down His soul-life, His human life, to accomplish redemption for His sheep that they may share His zoe life, His divine life—vv. 11, 15, 17.
2 祂领祂的羊出羊圈，进入祂自己这草场，就是得喂养的地方，使他们可以自由地吃祂，得着祂的喂养—9节。
2. He leads His sheep out of the fold into Himself as the pasture, the feeding place, where they may eat freely of Him and be nourished by Him—v. 9.
3 主使犹太和外邦信徒在祂的牧养下合为一群（召会，基督的身体）—16节。
3. The Lord has formed the Jewish and Gentile believers into one flock (the church, the Body of Christ) under His shepherding—v. 16.
二 神“凭永约之血，领群羊的大牧人我们的主耶稣，从死人中上来”—来十三20：
B. God brought up from the dead "our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, in the blood of an eternal covenant"—Heb. 13:20:
1 永约乃是要借着牧养来终极完成新耶路撒冷。
1. The eternal covenant is to consummate the New Jerusalem by shepherding.
2 永约就是新遗命的约，为要得着群羊，就是召会，结果带进基督的身体，并终极完成于新耶路撒冷。
2. The eternal covenant is the covenant of the new testament to gain a flock, which is the church issuing in the Body of Christ and consummating in the New Jerusalem.
三 基督作牧长，借着众召会的长老牧养祂的群羊—彼前五4：
C. As the Chief Shepherd, Christ shepherds His flock through the elders of the churches—1 Pet. 5:4:
1 若没有长老的牧养，召会就无法得建造。
1. Without the elders' shepherding, the church cannot be built up.
2 长老的牧养该是基督借着他们的牧养。
2. The elders' shepherding should be Christ's shepherding through them.
四 是灵的基督作我们魂的牧人，监督我们里面的光景，顾到我们内里所是的情形—二25：
D. As the Shepherd of our souls, the pneumatic Christ oversees our inward condition, caring for the situation of our inner being—2:25:
1 祂是借着顾到我们魂的益处，并借着监督我们内里所是的光景，而牧养我们。
1. He shepherds us by caring for the welfare of our soul and by exercising His oversight over the condition of our inner being.
2 因为我们的魂很复杂，所以我们需要那在我们灵里是赐生命之灵的基督，在我们的魂里牧养我们，照顾我们的心思、情感和意志，并顾到我们的难处、需要和创伤。
2. Because our soul is very complicated, we need Christ, who is the life-giving Spirit in our spirit, to shepherd us in our soul, to take care of our mind, emotion, and will and of our problems, needs, and wounds.
肆 我们要按着神牧养，就需要与神成为一，被神构成，活神，彰显神，代表神并供应神：
IV. In order to shepherd according to God, we need to become one with God, be constituted with God, live God, express God, represent God, and minister God:
一 我们若要按着神牧养，就需要与神成为一并被神构成—约十四20，林前六17，弗三17上，西三10～11。
A. Shepherding according to God requires us to be one with God and to be constituted with Him—John 14:20; 1 Cor. 6:17; Eph. 3:17a; Col. 3:10-11.
二 唯有活神的人，才能按着神牧养—腓一21上。
B. Only those who live God can shepherd according to God—Phil. 1:21a.
三 神永远的定旨是要将祂自己作到我们里面，作我们的生命，使我们可以彰显祂—创一26，弗一11，三11，提后一9。
C. God's eternal purpose is to work Himself into us as our life so that we may express Him—Gen. 1:26; Eph. 1:11; 3:11; 2 Tim. 1:9.
四 我们要作按着神牧养的人，就需要代表神，尽代理之神的功用—林后一3～4、12、15～16，二10，十11，十一2。
D. As those who shepherd according to God, we need to represent God and function as the acting God—2 Cor. 1:3-4, 12, 15-16; 2:10; 10:11; 11:2.
五 按着神牧养，就是将神供应给人：
E. To shepherd according to God is to minister God to others:
1 我们能将神供应给人有多少，在于我们被神破碎，好涌流生命—四10～12、16，来四12。
1. How much we can minister God to others depends on our being broken by God for the outflow of life—4:10-12, 16; Heb. 4:12.
2 我们若要彼此供应神，就需要讲说恩典、真理、灵和生命的话，供应那作到我们里面之经过过程的神—弗三16～17上，四25、29，约六63。
2. If we would minister God to one another, we need to speak words of grace, truth, spirit, and life, ministering the processed God who has been wrought into our being—Eph. 3:16-17a; 4:25, 29; John 6:63.
伍 彼得嘱咐长老们要按着神牧养神的群羊—彼前五2：
V. Peter charged the elders to shepherd the flock of God according to God—1 Pet. 5:2:
一 “按着神”意思是我们必须活神。
A. According to God means that we must live God.
二 当我们与神是一，我们就在牧养别人的事上，成为神并且就是神。
B. When we are one with God, we become God and we are God in our shepherding of others.
三 按着神牧养，就是按着神的性情、心意、作法和荣耀，而不是按着我们的偏好、兴趣、目的和个性牧养。
C. To shepherd according to God is to shepherd according to God's nature, desire, way, and glory, not according to our preference, interest, purpose, and disposition.
四 按着神牧养，就是按着神在祂属性上的所是牧养。
D. To shepherd according to God is to shepherd according to what God is in His attributes.
五 我们要按着神牧养，就必须在生命、性情、彰显和功用上成为神：
E. In order to shepherd according to God, we need to become God in life, nature, expression, and function:
1 我们必须被神圣的生命所满溢，享受三一神作源、泉、川，而成为神圣生命的总和，甚至成为神圣生命的本身—约四14，西三4。
1. We need to be filled to the brim with the divine life, enjoying the Triune God as the fountain, the spring, and the river to become a totality of the divine life, even to become the divine life itself—John 4:14; Col. 3:4.
2 我们必须在神那爱、光、义、圣的属性上成为神。
2. We need to become God in His attributes of love, light, righteousness, and holiness.
3 我们必须成为基督的复制，就是神的彰显，使我们在牧养上彰显神，而不是彰显我们的己，连同其个性与乖僻。
3. We need to be the reproduction of Christ, the expression of God, so that in our shepherding we express God, not the self with its disposition and peculiarities.
4 我们必须在神的功用上成为神，照着祂的所是并照着祂经纶中的目标，牧养神的群羊。
4. We need to become God in His function of shepherding the flock of God according to what He is and according to His goal in His economy.
陆 那建造基督身体的牧养，乃是相互的牧养—林前十二23～26：
VI. The shepherding that builds up the Body of Christ is a mutual shepherding—1 Cor. 12:23-26:
一 我们都需要在基督生机的牧养之下，并与祂是一，而牧养别人—约二一15～17。
A. All of us need to be under the organic shepherding of Christ and be one with Him to shepherd others—John 21:15-17.
二 所有的信徒，无论他们长大到哪一阶段，都需要牧养。
B. All believers, regardless of their growth in life, need shepherding.
三 我们都有缺点和短处，需要别人牧养我们。
C. We all have defects and shortcomings and need others to shepherd us.
四 我们是羊也是牧人，彼此互相地牧养并接受牧养。
D. We are both sheep and shepherds, shepherding and being shepherded in mutuality.
五 借着这相互的牧养，基督的身体就在爱里把自己建造起来—弗四16。
E. Through this mutual shepherding, the Body builds itself up in love—Eph. 4:16.