生命的建造(四):建造的教会有四种光景

启二一22 我未见城内有殿，因主神全能者和羔羊为城的殿。
二二3~4  …在城里有神和羔羊的宝座；他的奴仆都要事奉他，也要见他的面；他的
名字必在他们的额上。

教会若是有建造，教会定规有这四种光景。一，有神作殿，有神的同在。二，有神
的宝座，有神的掌权。三，有神生命的流通和供应。四，有神的光。我们若有这些
光景，就证明我们是被建造的。因为只有在建造里面，才有神这一切的祝福。

第一点，教会被建造，就有神的同在。启示录二十一章二十二节说，在新耶路撒冷
城里，未见有殿，神和羔羊就是城的殿。我们知道，在旧约时圣殿乃是耶路撒冷的
中心。所以这里神和羔羊作殿，意思也就是说，神和羔羊自己成了城的中心。换一
句话说，就是神与这座城同在，这座城里有神的同在。

在哪里有神的建造，在哪里就有神的同在。神的同在是随著他的建造的。我们的经
历岂不也告诉我们，甚么时候我们和众圣徒建造在一起，我们就有神的同在，甚么
时候我们单独，我们就立刻失去神同在的感觉么？…三个人商讨传福音的事，〔也
许有三种意见。〕…那个时间的定规完全该根据神的同在。若是有神的同在，就早
晨也好，晚上也好，下午也好，甚么时候都好。若是没有神的同在，就无论甚么时
候都不合式。

所以我们必须抓牢这一个原则：神的同在乃是一切问题的准则。无论你怎样作，都
必须留意有没有神的同在。你发表这个意见，有神的同在么？你说这个话，取这个
态度，有神的同在么？你这样提议，这样主张，有神的同在么？

你若是凡事都摸著神的同在，你就看见，在这里有神作殿，在这里有神的建造。若
是我们彼此相争，也许我们都是为著主，所坚持的理由也都很对，但是就因著相争，
这里就没有神作殿，就没有神的同在，这一座城也就给我们拆光了。

不管…所批评的对不对，所论断的对不对，先失去神同在的，总是…批评的弟兄或
姊妹。他们没有神同在，没有神作殿。那就是说，在他们身上没有建造。…我
们必须看见，在教会中不是讲理由的问题，乃是神同在的问题。

圣灵…不管你理由怎么对，他只看你的态度，看你的存心，看你的光景。…在教会
中，理由讲得越响亮的人，就越吃亏。你越讲理由，你就越失去神的同在。请记得，
新耶路撒冷城里头的殿乃是神自己，神的同在就是这一座城的中心。

所以我们在教会中，必须得著神的同在，必须有神作殿，我们才是被建造的，才有
新耶路撒冷城的光景。

神的显出，完全是由於神的同在，而神的同在完全是由於众圣徒的和谐与合一。这
个和谐与合一，就是建造。当弟兄姊妹们，彼此之间有摩擦、有意见、不和谐、不
合一的时候，你进到他们中间去，你就感觉黑暗、不明亮。

他们的道可能讲得很好，他们祷告的声音也可能很响亮，但你在那里却觉得没有光。
这就是因为他们中间没有神的建造。(   参读：神的建造，第七篇)

Rev. 21:22 "And I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God the Almighty and 
the Lamb are its temple."

22:3-4 "...And the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His 
slaves will serve Him; and they will see His face, and His name will be 
on their foreheads."

    If a church has been built up, that church surely will have these four 
conditions: first, it will have God as the temple─God’s presence; second, 
it will have God’s throne─God’s ruling; third, it will have the flow and 
supply of God’s life; and fourth, it will have God’s light. If we have these 
conditions, this proves that we have been built up because only in the building 
can we have all these blessings of God.

    First, a built up church has God’s presence. Revelation 21:22 says that 
there is no temple in the New Jerusalem, for God and the Lamb are its temple.
 We know that during the Old Testament times the temple was the center of 
Jerusalem. Therefore, that God and the Lamb are the temple means that God 
and the Lamb themselves become the center of the city. In other words, God 
is with the city, and the city has the presence of God. (The Building Work 
of God, pp. 95-96, 88)

    Where there is building, there is the presence of God. God’s presence 
follows His building. Does not our experience also tell us that whenever 
we are built together with all the saints, we have God’s presence, and whenever 
we are individualistic, we immediately lose the sense of God’s presence?...Three 
persons [may have three opinions about] when to have a gospel meeting....The 
time of the meeting should be decided altogether according to God’s presence.
 If there is the presence of God, then any time is proper, regardless of 
whether it is in the morning, in the afternoon, or in the evening. But if 
there is not the presence of God, then no time is suitable.

    Therefore, we must hold on to this principle: God’s presence is the 
criterion for every matter. Regardless of what we do, we must pay attention 
to whether or not we have God’s presence. Do we have God’s presence while 
we are expressing our opinions? Do we have God’s presence while we are saying 
certain things or taking a certain attitude? Is God’s presence in our suggestion 
or proposal? If we touch the presence of God in all things, we will see 
that God will be there as the temple, and the building of God will be with 
us. When we argue with each other, we all may be for the Lord, and our insisting 
may be quite justifiable. However, due to our arguing we do not have God 
as the temple─the presence of God. Instead, we have torn down the city.

    The brothers and sisters who criticize are the first ones to lose the 
presence of God, regardless of whether they are right or wrong in their 
criticism or judgment. They do not have God’s presence, and they do not 
have God as the temple. Among these ones there is no building....We must 
see that in the church reasoning does not matter. What matters is the presence 
of God.

    The Spirit does not care about how right you are. He cares only about 
your attitude, your intention, and your condition....In the church,...the 
louder a person argues, the greater his loss is. The more we reason, the 
more we lose God’s presence. Please remember that the temple in the New 
Jerusalem is God Himself. God’s presence is the center of the city. Therefore,
 in the church we must have the presence of God; we must have God as the 
temple. Then we will be built up to have the condition of the New Jerusalem.

    The manifestation of God is altogether due to the presence of God, and 
God’s presence is altogether due to the oneness and harmony among the saints.
 This oneness and harmony are the building. If among the brothers and sisters 
there is friction, opinion, disharmony, and discord, then when you go into 
their midst, you will sense darkness instead of light. Their messages might 
be very good, and their prayers might be very loud, but you cannot sense 
any light there. This is because there is no building of God among them. 
(The Building Work of God, pp. 88-91, 95)

Further Reading: The Building Work of God, ch. 7


- 未完待续

生命的建造(三): 圣经的启示