第五週 • 週一
晨興餧養
提前三 15『倘若我耽延，你也可以知道在神的家中當怎樣行；這家就是活神的召會，真理的柱石和根基。』
弗二 19『這樣，你們不再是外人和寄居的，乃是聖徒同國之民，是神家裏的親人。』
神的家人（神的家庭）就是神的家。家與家人是指同一樣東西—由信徒組成的會集（弗二 19，來三 6）。這家是活神的居所，其實際是在我們的靈裏（弗二 22）。我們必須在我們的靈裏生活行動，使神能在這家中顯明爲活的神（聖經恢復本，提前三 15 註 1）。
活在召會裏的活神，對召會必是主觀的，不是客觀的。在異教廟裏的偶像是無生命的。但神是活的，不僅在祂活的殿，召會中活着，並且在其中活動、行動並工作。因爲祂是活的，召會也就在祂裏面、憑祂並同祂活着。活的神與活的召會，同活着、同行動、同工作。活的召會是活神的家和家人，因此成了神在肉體的顯現（註 3）。
信息選讀
召會，活神的家，乃是活在父的名裏和父的生命裏，意即召會是活在父的實際裏。神的家是一個活的組成，由許多在父的生命和實際裏的兒女所組成。這就是說那裏有神的家，那裏就有父神同祂的生命和實際。這與召會是基督的身體相同。基督與祂身體的肢體不是分開的，因爲基督作身體的頭，乃是住在眾肢體裏面。因此，基督不該算作身體上分開的肢體，因爲祂在身體的所有肢體裏面。召會是神的家原則也是一樣。父不是家人中分開的一員，乃是在所有的兒女裏面。
召會的身分的第一個特點，就是召會是從世界中召出來的會眾。第二個特點是召會是神的家，由那些神所生的人組成。這第二個特點不僅是一件分別出來的事，而是屬靈、神聖的出生。爲要成爲會集，我們需要被聖別，就是從世界被分別出來。然而要成爲神家的一分子，我們需要從神而生。任何不是神所生的人，都不能成爲祂家（家庭）的一部分。
召會，神在地上的居所，是神能得着安息並寄託的所在。神在這居所裏生活行動，以成就祂的意願並滿足祂心裏的渴望。召會乃是信徒的組成；而信徒是神的兒女，由神而生，有祂的生命和性情。因此，他們就成爲神家裏的親人。
〔根據〕以弗所二章十九節…，猶太和外邦信徒都是神家裏的親人。神的家是生命和享受的問題；所有的信徒都由神生到祂的家裏，享受祂的豐富。神家裏的親人加在一起就成爲神的家，神的居所。
神的居所就是祂的家人，祂的家庭；祂的家庭是藉着神的生育而產生的。我們若沒有從神而生，神就不可能得着家庭。然而，神的確有一個大家庭，是宇宙中最大的家庭，由那些從祂所生作祂兒女的人所組成。…因此，就內在的一面說，召會是神的家人，乃是在我們這爲神所創造、蒙神重生、有神內住的靈裏（新約總論第七冊，二一一至二一三、二一五至二一六頁）。
參讀：新約總論，第二百零八篇；提摩太前書生命讀經，第三篇。
WEEK 5 — DAY 1
Morning Nourishment
1 Tim. 3:15 "But if I delay, I write that you may know how one ought to conduct himself in the
house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and base of the
truth."
Eph. 2:19 "So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with
the saints and members of the household of God."
The household, the family, of God is the house of God. The house and the household are one thing—the assembly that is composed of the believers (Eph. 2:19; Heb. 3:6). The reality of this house as the dwelling place of the living God is in our spirit (Eph. 2:22). We must live and act in our spirit so that in this house God can be manifested as the living God. (1 Tim. 3:15, footnote 2)
The living God, who lives in the church, must be subjective to the church rather than objective. The idol in the heathen temple is lifeless. The God who not only lives but also acts, moves, and works in His living temple, the church, is living. Because He is living, the church too is living in Him, by Him, and with Him. A living God and a living church live, move, and work together. The living church is the house and the household of the living God. Hence, it
becomes the manifestation of God in the flesh. (1 Tim. 3:15, footnote 3)
Today's Reading
The church, the house of the living God, is living in the Father's name and in the Father's life. This means that the church is living in the Father's reality. God's house is a living composition of His many children in the Father's life and reality. This means that where the house of God is, there is God the Father with His life and reality. This is similar to the church being the Body of Christ. Christ is not separate from the members of the Body, for, as the Head of the Body, Christ dwells in all the members. For this reason, Christ should not be counted as a separate member of the Body, because He is in all the members of the Body. The principle is the same with the church as God's house. The Father is not a separate member of the household, the house, but is in all the children.
The first characteristic of the status of the church is that it is an assembly called out of the world. The second characteristic is that the church is God's house composed of those who have been born of God. This second characteristic is a matter not merely of separation but of a spiritual, divine birth. In order to be the assembly, we need to be sanctified, that is, separated
from the world. But to be a component of the house of God, we need to be born of God. Anyone who has not been born of God cannot be part of His house, part of His family.
The church, the dwelling place of God on earth, is the place in which God can have His rest and put His trust. In this dwelling place God lives and moves to accomplish His will and satisfy the desire of His heart.
The church is a composition of the believers, and the believers are children of God, born of Him and having His life and nature. Thus, they become members of the household of God.
[According to] Ephesians 2:19...both the Jewish and the Gentile believers are members of God's household. God's household is a matter of life and enjoyment; all believers were born of God into His household to enjoy His riches. The members of God's family added together become the household of God, which is the house, the dwelling place, of God.
God's dwelling place is His household, His family, and His family comes into being by God's begetting. If we had not been begotten of God, God could not have a family. But God does have a great family, the largest family in the universe, composed of those who have been born of Him to be His children....Intrinsically speaking,...the church as God's household is in our God-created, God-regenerated, and God-indwelt spirit. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 2228-2229, 2231-2232)
Further Reading: The Conclusion of the New Testament, msg. 208; Life-study of 1 Timothy, msg. 3
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