小小的结语

这BLOG是我个人的笔记，我何等愿意那些还在羊圈里的弟兄姊妹与我同享草场的丰富，这个笔记若能帮他们出羊圈，也算是我的一点心力吧。一切都是神的怜悯。愿他怜悯，愿他赐恩，时候到了，带一些人出来：

从分裂中出来，进入身体的合一
从文化中出来，经历基督作新人
从个人主义出来，进入宇宙的交通
从天然能力出来，经历基督作一切
从地方宗派中出来，享受身体的相调
从阶级制度中出来，持定基督作元首
从天然的情感出来，经历圣灵的变化
从区域性的眼光出来，进入属天的异象
从不同的教训中出来，有分新约的职事

这个笔记也是一个提醒。求主带领属他的人成为一群，归于一个牧人(约翰十16)。主耶稣阿，我愿你来！愿主耶稣的恩与众圣徒同在。阿们。

A Sad History

1. Saul had attractive appearance and natural talents (1 Samuel 9:1-2). 有一個便雅憫人，名叫基士，是便雅憫人亞斐亞的玄孫，比歌拉的曾孫，洗羅的孫子，亞別的兒子，是個財主。他有一個兒子，名叫掃羅，又健壯、又俊美，在以色列人中沒有一個能比他更俊美的；身體比眾民高過一頭。

2. Saul had some successes and attracted some followers (1 Samuel 14:52). 掃羅在世的一切日子，與非利士人有猛烈的爭戰；掃羅遇見有能力的人或勇士，都招募了來跟隨他。

3. Saul was selfish, competitive and ambitious (1 Samuel 20:30-31). 掃羅向約拿單發怒，對他說，你這邪僻悖逆之婦人的兒子！我豈不知道你選擇耶西的兒子，自取羞辱，並且使你母親露體蒙羞麼？耶西的兒子若在地上活著，你和你的國必站立不住。現在你要打發人去，將他捉拿交給我；他是該死的。

4. Saul was controlling (1 Samuel 22:7). 掃羅對左右侍立的臣僕說，便雅憫人哪，你們要聽我的話：耶西的兒子能將田地和葡萄園賜給你們各人麼？能立你們各人作千夫長和百夫長麼？

5. Saul was rebellious toward God (1 Samuel 15:22-23). 撒母耳說，耶和華喜悅燔祭和平安祭，豈如喜悅人聽從祂的話呢？看哪，聽從勝於獻祭；聽命勝於公羊的脂油。悖逆與行邪術的罪相等；頑梗與拜虛神和家神相同。你既厭棄耶和華的話，耶和華也厭棄你作王。

6. Samuel rejected Saul because God has rejected Saul (1 Samuel 15:35). 撒母耳直到死的日子，再沒有去看掃羅；但撒母耳為掃羅悲傷。耶和華也後悔立掃羅為以色列的王。

7. Conclusion: We should take this failure seriously. Don't repeat the same mistake.

真福气

什么是福气？真福是一股气，神的气！请读以下圣经节：

為叫亞伯拉罕的福，在基督耶穌裡可以臨到外邦人，使我們藉著信，可以接受所應許的那靈。(加拉太三14)

你們雖然不好，尚且知道把好東西給兒女，何況你們在諸天之上的父，豈不更把好東西給求祂的人麼？(马太七11)

你們雖然不好，尚且知道把好東西給兒女，何況天上的父，豈不更將聖靈給求祂的人麼？(路加十一13)

耶穌這話是指著信入祂的人將要受的那靈說的； (约翰七39)

說了這話，就向他們吹入一口氣，說，你們受聖靈。(约翰二十22)

One Sentence

If you ask me to write one sentence to describe what the Bible is trying to tell us. Here would be my line:

By entering into men as their inner life, God is making believers the same as He is so that they may become God’s expression and God’s counterpart for God’s satisfaction now and eternally.
Supporting verses from Genesis to Revelation:[1] ... Christ our life ... (Colossians 3:4)
[2] You therefore shall be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect. (Matthew 5:48)
[3] You shall be holy because I am holy. (1 Peter 1:16)
[4] Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness.” (Genesis 1:26)
[5] For to me, to live is Christ… (Philippians 1:22)
[6] This mystery is great, but I speak with regard to Christ and the church. (Ephesians 5:32)
[7] And I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. (Revelation 21:2)

挪亚

挪亚一家八口象征神要在复活里得着一班人，其生活与工作有以下特征：

1、他们继承先人的属灵丰富
2、在这丰富的基础上，他们继续往前，得着更高的亮光与启示
3、他们的生活就是把所看见的“活”出来，甚至带进了一个新时代、新纪元
挪亚所继承的丰富包括亚当的接受福音，亚伯的献祭(照着神，不照着人) ，以挪士的呼求主名(得享神的丰富)，以诺的与神同行，以及先祖们在基督里的生养不息。

不但如此，神又进一步地启示挪亚要造方舟。消极一面带进神的审判以结束当时罪恶的时代，积极一面带进另一个时代。方舟的原意为”见证“，其尺寸的基本数字为3与5。3就是三一神在他神圣的三一里要把他自己分赐到人里头。5是1+4，就是独一的神要与受造的人相调，为着神的目的负责任。
挪亚不仅有启示，也有实行。他不顾旁人的白眼，把自己”花在“方舟上。当别人在那里吃喝玩乐，连信徒也不清不楚时，挪亚却无怨无悔地、兢兢业业地与神同工。他的生活成为一个”见证“，也成了他全家的救恩。

弟兄姊妹们，可知现今的时代与挪亚的时代没有两样？请读马太二四37~39
挪亞的日子怎樣，人子來臨也要怎樣。因為就如在洪水以前的那些日子，人又喫又喝，又娶又嫁，直到挪亞進方舟的那日，並不知道審判要來，直到洪水來了，把他們全都沖去；人子來臨也要這樣。

愿主得着一班人，继承历代的丰富，看见时代的异像，活出神人相调的生活。主耶稣啊，我愿你来！愿主耶稣的恩与众圣徒同在。阿们。(启示录二二20~21)

主恢复的宝库

从16世纪到19世纪，主的恢复是“点”的恢复。是透过某些个人或团体在某个真理或实行上有一些的恢复。因为是点的恢复，所以在看见上及实行上会有不完全之处。但是真理的发现却是一直累积、一直往前的。

到了20世纪，神在中国这块处女地兴起了倪柝声弟兄，开始了“面”的恢复。倪弟兄精通语言、博览群书，他汇总了前人“点”的恢复，在神新约职事的真理上有大量、全面的发现。同时也开始了地方教会的实行，为要建造基督的身体，带进基督第二次的再来。是神的主宰，倪弟兄并没有时间把他所看见的完全释放给神的儿女们，这个棒子是交给了李常受弟兄。从李弟兄丰富的著作中，我们实在可以说，倪弟兄是主恢复的先见，李弟兄是主恢复的传承。真理不是人的发明，只是人的发现。真理老早就在圣经里面，却需要与主亲密的人来发现并实行。

我们身处于21世纪，是一班有福的人。因为我们坐拥主恢复广大的家业，极丰富的遗产。我们的心态该是“承先启后，继往开来”。一面我们要享受并进入这些丰富、让真理组成在我们里面，一面我们要把前面弟兄们所看见的实行出来。21世纪是实化真理、实行教会生活的世纪。

以下的网站可说是主恢复的宝库，请尽量利用：
1. lrip.org 主恢复资讯入口
2. http://www.lsmchinese.org/ 水流职事站(中文)
3. ministrybooks.org collects all the writings in His recovery
4. hymnal.net is more than a place for hymns
5. http://biblesforamerica.org/Bibles for America!
6. lsm.org Living Stream Ministry
7. recoveryversion.org On-line Recovery Version

A prayer of 7 re

O Lord Jesus, thank You for coming to us as the last Adam (1 Corinthians 15:45). You have terminated the old creation in the first Adam and started the new creation in Christ in order to fulfill God’s eternal purpose. (Genesis 1:26) Therefore,

Lord, reduce me to nothing that I may enter into Your multiplying grace and stand in it.

Lord, replace my old life and sinful nature with Your eternal life and divine nature.

Lord, refresh me and save me from any oldness and deadness that I may be as fresh as You are.

Lord, restore my soul that I may take the narrow way for the sake of Your wonderful name.

Lord, renew my mind that I may have Your mind, that I may think what You think.

Lord, reconstitute me with the truth. You are the truth. I exercise my free will to take Your will. I will let Your word dwell in me richly.

Lord, recover me back to Your purpose and Your heart’s desire.

Amen. Jesus is Lord! Christ is Victor!

Heaven on earth

God’s building is through Christians’ experiencing in their living:

heaven on earth
eternity in time
divinity through humanity

rainbow through rain
God’s supplying through God’s purging
throne of flowing water through throne of consuming fire
the good land through the wilderness of soul

inward joy despite of outward suffering
inner peace despite of outer tribulations

God’s kingdom out of human race
new creation out of old creation
God’s economy out of Satan’s chaos
reality out of vanity

the Last Adam out of the first Adam
resurrection out of death
germination out of termination
return out of captivity
recovery out of fallen conditions
oneness out of divisions
overcoming out of degradation

Jesus is Lord!

No longer I, but Christ

Please enjoy the singing of Galatians 2:20.
http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php?t=ns&n=16

It's no longer I that liveth, but Christ that liveth in me.
It's no longer I that liveth, but Christ that liveth in me.
He lives, He lives, Jesus is alive in me!
It's no longer I that liveth, but Christ that liveth in me.

現在活著不再是我，基督在我裡活著,
現在活著不再是我，基督在我裡活著,
祂活, 祂活, 基督在我里面活,
現在活著不再是我，基督在我裡活著。

It shows that God desires to reduce us, replace us, revive us, recover us, renew us and reconstitute us. The Christian journey is a process of metabolic transformation, which requires our full cooperation (2 Corinthians 3:18). May we decrease, as God increases in us (John 3:30). Amen!

Universal Fellowship

In the book of First Corinthians, Paul tried to address many problems in the church in Corinth. But how was this epistle concluded? The conclusion was the fellowship, both spiritually and financially, of the Body of Christ (Chapter 16).

In Chapter 16, Paul connected the church in Corinth which was in Achaia (today's Greece) with the churches in Galatia (today's northern Turkey, in v1), the church in Jerusalem (in Israel, in v3), and the churches in Asia (today's southern Turkey, in v19). It was a universal fellowship, the circulation of the Body of Christ!

Perhaps I can say that a healthy local church would stay in the fellowship of the Body of Christ. Or you may say that staying in the fellowship of the Body of Christ will make a local church healthy.

Though the administration of a local church is local, the fellowship and the testimony should be universal. This is the normal church life. On one hand it is dear and near, but on the other hand it is broad and far-reaching.

P.S. You may think that Paul's effort was not a big deal. It was a huge deal nearly 2000 years ago! Who would have such a view and practice 2000 years ago?

谦让宜人 (Forbearance)

谦让宜人就是： Forbearance is:

柔和，却不软弱； Meek, but not weak;
坚毅，却不刚硬； Strong, but not stiff;
喜乐，却不轻浮； Joyful, but not loose;
庄重，却不刻板； Weighty, but not rigid;
恒忍，却不生怨； Long-suffering without murmuring;
负重，却不焦虑； Yoked without anxieties;
有能，却不骄傲； Capable without pride;
积极，却不心急； Active without haste;
宽容，却不纵容； Forgiving without spoiling;
建造人，却不控制； Building up others without controlling;
成全人，却不结党； Perfecting others without forming parties;
受限制，却不狭窄； Being limited without becoming narrow-minded;
灵火热，心思清明； Burning in spirit with a sober mind;
不偏不倚，各方均平。Adjusted and balanced in all manners of life.

谦让宜人就是神的自己显在人性里 (腓立比書四5)。
In fact, forbearance is God Himself expressed in humanity. (Phil. 4:5)

B-M-C

The Body,
the ministry,
and local churches

The Body of Christ is so wide that it is available to all nationalities, skin colors, cultures, and social positions (Matthew 22:9), but its entrance is so narrow that nationality, skin color, culture, and social position can NOT come in (Colossians 3:11).

Here is a shorter version:
The Body of Christ is so wide that it is open to the whole earth (Acts 10:12), but its entrance is so narrow that NO earthly things can come in. (universal access with heavenly constitution)

Since the goal of the New Testament ministry is to build up the Body of Christ (Ephesians 4:12), it should have the same characteristics.

Since a local church is part of the Body of Christ expressed in a locality, it should also have the same characteristics (except that the access is limited by time and space, but the fellowship should be universal).

Hymn #598 (English #824) also conveys the same thought.
http://www.witness-lee-hymns.org/hymns/H0824.html

DNA

A blood sample taken from my right arm should be the same as a blood sample taken from my left leg. A DNA sample taken from my right arm should be the same as a DNA sample taken from my left leg. Why? Because they are in the same body with the same circulation.

When you touch my right arm, you are touching me as a person. When you press my left leg, you are pressing me as a person.
(Acts 9:4~5)

The Body of Christ is the same. (1 Corinthians 12:12) All local churches should be identical because they have the same source and are in the same flow. When you touch a local church, you are touching the Body of Christ. When you nourish and cherish a local church, you nourish and cherish the Body of Christ. (Ephesians 4:16, 5:29)

However, when you touch a Christian group or a so-called "local church" but can not sense the reality of the Body, what should you do? I don't know. Go to the Head and ask Him to place you as He wills. (1 Corinthians 12:18, Ephesians 5:30)

UC & LC

UC = universal church (Matthew 16:18)
LC = local church (Matthew 18:17)

The UC is the spiritual reality of the Body of Christ.
The LC's are the practicality of the UC.

There is only one UC in the universe. When the UC comes in contact with the earth in a given city, a LC comes into existence as a representation, or miniature of the UC, whose essence is always one and will remain one.

Without LC's, the UC would have no practicality. Without the UC, a LC would have no reality.

Since a LC is a representation of the UC, she should be identical to all the other LC's in essence (gold), expression (lampstand) and function (shining).

Since a LC is a miniature of the UC, she should provide her members an entrance into the UC and help them enjoy the reality of the Body.

Soy sauce

There are two kinds of soy sauce: organic and synthetic:

Organic
Authentic soy sauces are made by mixing the grain and/or soybeans with yeast and other related microorganisms. Traditionally soy sauces were fermented under natural conditions, such as in giant urns and under the sun, which was believed to contribute to additional flavors. Today, most of the commercially produced counterparts are fermented under machine-controlled environments instead.

Synthetic
Many cheaper brands of soy sauces are made from hydrolyzed soy protein instead of brewed from natural bacterial and fungal cultures. These soy sauces do not have the natural color of authentic soy sauces and are typically colored with caramel coloring. Some artificial soy sauces posed potential health risks due to their content of 3-MCDP and 1,3-DCP which are minor byproducts of the hydrochloric acid hydrolysis
(Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soy_sauce)

They look the same and taste almost the same, but the outcomes are totally different. Organic soy sauce nourishes your health. Synthetic soy sauce damages your health.

Stay away from the kind that is artificial, cheap and harmful. (I don’t mean just soy sauce, if you know what I mean. Take the way of life, instead of the way of strife. Take the way of divine enjoyment, instead of the way of human effort. Take the way of Abel, instead of the way of Cain.)

15 Germs

15 soil-contaminating germs (Mathew 13:3, 1 Corinthians 3:9)

Germ #1: Ambition - wanting to be prominent and successful
Germ #2: Doing a separate work without being blended, mingled, adjusted and balanced
Germ #3: Competition and rivalry - not knowing that anyone by himself is incomplete
Germ #4: Suspicion and mistrust
Germ #5: Private circles with secret politics

Germ #6: Isolation and independence
Germ #7: Behaviors in natural realm, such as outburst of anger and natural love
Germ #8: Pretense and falsehood - manipulation to get what you want
Germ #9: The mixture of worldly things and organized religion
Germ #10: Promotion of soulish gifts and talents. "Come, I will make you a somebody."

Germ #11: Paying much attention to outward work, rather than the inner life.
Germ #12: Division - It is MY work! ignoring Christ as the Head and oneness in the Body.
Germ #13: Abusing "authority" - commanding, firing and hiring
Germ #14: Domination - territorial mind-set and hierarchy system
Germ #15: Regression - lowering truth and practice to please men

Reference verses:
Mark 10:37; 1 Corinthian 1:10, 3:3, 3:15, 12:21; Galatians 5:19~21, Ephesians 4:14, Colossians 3:5~9; 1 Timothy 1:6, 1:20, 2 Timothy 3:1~5, 4:3~4, Titus 3:10~11, 2 Peter 3:16, 3 John 3:9~10, Jude 11, 19

歸回神，歸回本家

Jubilee is God’s divine provision revealed in Leviticus 25 and Isaiah 49
你要計算七個安息年，就是七個七年；這就使你有了七個安息年的時期，共四十九年。當年七月初十日，你要大發角聲；這是遮罪日，要在遍地發出角聲。你們要將第五十年分別為聖，在遍地向一切的居民宣告自由。這年必為你們的禧年，各人要歸回自己的產業，歸回本家。(利未記二十五8~10)
歸回自己的產業以及得自由歸回本家，表徵在新約的禧年裏，信徒已經歸回神，就是他們所失去神聖的產業，並且從一切捆綁得釋放，回到召會，就是他們神聖的家。

Jubilee was fulfilled in Jesus, who is the reality of jubilee
主的靈在我身上，因為祂膏了我，叫我傳福音給貧窮的人，差遣我去宣揚被擄的得釋放，瞎眼的得復明，叫那受壓制的得自由，宣揚主悅納人的禧年。” (路加福音四18~19)
神在禧年裏要悅納歸回的罪俘，並且在罪的轄制下受壓制的人，可享受神救恩的釋放，而過新約的禧年。

Jubilee is being experienced by us when we return to God and to the church life
我差你到他們那裡去，叫他們的眼睛得開，從黑暗轉入光中，從撒但權下轉向神，又因信入我，得蒙赦罪，並在一切聖別的人中得著基業。(使徒行傳二十六18)
這是要實現神的禧年，主悅納人的禧年，就是主耶穌在路四18～21照著神新約的經綸所宣揚的。今天在神新約的禧年裡，我們的眼睛得開，從黑暗轉入光中，從黑暗的權勢得著釋放，並得著神聖的基業。

http://www.lsmchinese.org/

神的族类

在神的创造中，万物的受造都是各从其类(创世记一12，21，24)。那我们人呢？我们是照着神的形象、按着神的样式被造(一26)。严格说来，“人类”一词是不合圣经的启示。我们是“神类”，神的族类。

诗篇八十二6：我曾說，你們是神，都是至高者的兒子。主耶稣在约翰十34引用了此节；主甚至说，经上的话是不能废去的。意思是，神会叫万有效力，把一班蒙拣选的罪人制作成神的儿子(罗马书八28~30)。简言之，蒙召的罪人要被“子化“。

保罗也说我们是神的族类，请读行传十七28~31。既是神的族类、从神而生，我们就需要与神联结、调和，活在“子化”的过程中。

“子化”的过程也是“光化”、“圣化”、“神化”的过程(约翰十二36、马太十三43、约翰一书三2，马太五48)。我们原是死在黑暗与罪恶之中，却要被神制作成圣洁的发光体，全人(灵、魂、体) 被神的生命与性情完完全全地浸透(歌罗西三4，彼得后书一4)。

保罗在腓立比书一21更放胆宣告：在我，活着就是基督！
For to me, to live is Christ! 哈利路亚！

We are God's kind

In God’s creation everything was created according to its kind (Gen. 1:12,21,24). How about us? We are created according to God’s kind (Gen 1:26)! Strictly speaking there is no mankind, because we are God’s kind, God’s species.

Psalm 82:6: I said, You are gods, and all of you are the children of the Most High. Jesus confirmed this verse by quoting it in John 10:34. Christians have no problem with claiming “We are children of God”, but many have no boldness to claim that we are God’s kind. Indeed, we are becoming God in life and nature (Col. 3:4, 2 Peter 1:4), but not in the Godhead.

God is light and we are children of light (John 12:36). Even we shall shine forth like the sun in the kingdom of our Father (Matthew 13:43). God is holy and we shall be holy as He is (homework: find the supporting verses)! We can not become an object of worship, nor do we have the power of creation, but we are becoming God in life and nature.

What constitute a monkey kingdom? Monkeys. What constitute a dog kingdom? Dogs. What constitute the kingdom of God? Those who are becoming God in life and nature. If you walk like a dog, bark like a dog, react like a dog, what are you? You are a dog. If you think what God thinks, feel what God feels, choose what God chooses, what are you? You are God in life and nature!

Paul says, For to me to live is Christ (Phil 1:21)! Paul was becoming God in life and nature! Paul expressed God in his living and represented God in his service. Representing God does NOT mean controlling or lording it over others. It means bringing God to people and bringing people to God.

Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and we are. Because of this the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not yet been manifested what we will be. We know that if He is manifested, we will be like Him because we will see Him even as He is. And everyone who has this hope set on Him purifies himself, even as He is pure. (1 John 3:1-3)

喜悦 >> 安排 >> 目的

我女儿的心里有一个喜悦(源自她的情感) ，就是想要进某某大学修习音乐及文学。因着这个喜悦，她作了个决定(源自她的意志)。此时，喜悦就带进了一个目的。照着这个目的，她就开始安排(源自她的心思) 各样的课程、活动、测试、申请，为要达成她的目的，满足她的喜悦。

你可知，神的心头上有一个永远的喜悦，神有一个永远的目的；并且神为着达成这个目的，他有一个宇宙性的、跨时空、跨国界、跨种族文化、出死入生的安排。这个安排，圣经称为“神的经纶”。请读以下经节：

照著祂的喜悅，…為著時期滿足時的經綸，要將萬有，無論是在諸天之上的，或是在地上的，都在基督裡歸一於一個元首之下。…照著那位按祂意願所決議的，行作萬事者的定旨(目的)…( 以弗所一9~10)

並將那歷世歷代隱藏在創造萬有之神裡的奧祕有何等的經綸，向眾人照明， 為要藉著召會，使諸天界裡執政的、掌權的，現今得知神萬般的智慧，這是照著祂在我們的主基督耶穌裡，所立的永遠定旨(目的)；(以弗所三9~11)

照着他神圣的喜悦及神圣的定旨，
所以神铺张诸天、建立地基、并造人里面之灵；
所以神呼召亚伯拉罕、拣选以色列、并颁布见证神的律法；
所以神自己来成为人、受死、复活、升天、并降下赐生命之灵；
所以神重生我们、更新我们、并把我们调和成一个身体；
这是神的安排、神的经营、神永远的经纶。

愿我们的情感喜悦神的喜悦，我们的意志选择神的目的，我们的心思行动配合神的经纶。