生命的建造(四):建造的教會有四種光景

啟二一22 我未見城內有殿，因主神全能者和羔羊為城的殿。
二二3~4  …在城裡有神和羔羊的寶座；他的奴僕都要事奉他，也要見他的面；他的
名字必在他們的額上。

教會若是有建造，教會定規有這四種光景。一，有神作殿，有神的同在。二，有神
的寶座，有神的掌權。三，有神生命的流通和供應。四，有神的光。我們若有這些
光景，就證明我們是被建造的。因為只有在建造裡面，才有神這一切的祝福。

第一點，教會被建造，就有神的同在。啟示錄二十一章二十二節說，在新耶路撒冷
城裡，未見有殿，神和羔羊就是城的殿。我們知道，在舊約時聖殿乃是耶路撒冷的
中心。所以這裡神和羔羊作殿，意思也就是說，神和羔羊自己成了城的中心。換一
句話說，就是神與這座城同在，這座城裡有神的同在。

在哪裡有神的建造，在哪裡就有神的同在。神的同在是隨著他的建造的。我們的經
歷豈不也告訴我們，甚麼時候我們和眾聖徒建造在一起，我們就有神的同在，甚麼
時候我們單獨，我們就立刻失去神同在的感覺麼？…三個人商討傳福音的事，〔也
許有三種意見。〕…那個時間的定規完全該根據神的同在。若是有神的同在，就早
晨也好，晚上也好，下午也好，甚麼時候都好。若是沒有神的同在，就無論甚麼時
候都不合式。

所以我們必須抓牢這一個原則：神的同在乃是一切問題的準則。無論你怎樣作，都
必須留意有沒有神的同在。你發表這個意見，有神的同在麼？你說這個話，取這個
態度，有神的同在麼？你這樣提議，這樣主張，有神的同在麼？

你若是凡事都摸著神的同在，你就看見，在這裡有神作殿，在這裡有神的建造。若
是我們彼此相爭，也許我們都是為著主，所堅持的理由也都很對，但是就因著相爭，
這裡就沒有神作殿，就沒有神的同在，這一座城也就給我們拆光了。

不管…所批評的對不對，所論斷的對不對，先失去神同在的，總是…批評的弟兄或
姊妹。他們沒有神同在，沒有神作殿。那就是說，在他們身上沒有建造。…我
們必須看見，在教會中不是講理由的問題，乃是神同在的問題。

聖靈…不管你理由怎麼對，他只看你的態度，看你的存心，看你的光景。…在教會
中，理由講得越響亮的人，就越吃虧。你越講理由，你就越失去神的同在。請記得，
新耶路撒冷城裡頭的殿乃是神自己，神的同在就是這一座城的中心。

所以我們在教會中，必須得著神的同在，必須有神作殿，我們才是被建造的，才有
新耶路撒冷城的光景。

神的顯出，完全是由於神的同在，而神的同在完全是由於眾聖徒的和諧與合一。這
個和諧與合一，就是建造。當弟兄姊妹們，彼此之間有摩擦、有意見、不和諧、不
合一的時候，你進到他們中間去，你就感覺黑暗、不明亮。

他們的道可能講得很好，他們禱告的聲音也可能很響亮，但你在那裡卻覺得沒有光。
這就是因為他們中間沒有神的建造。(   參讀：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


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生命的建造(三): 聖經的啟示