第六篇　真实的建造在于众人的灵调在一起

　　一同配搭事奉的人是否有建造的实际，乃是召会是否真实得建造的关键。弟兄姊妹多少都看见了一点建造的异象，并且也有心要建造召会，然而我们必须看见真实地建造，是我们的灵能和别人的灵调在一起。真实地建造不只是大家合得来而已，那只是在表面上，还不够深刻。真实地建造必须是众人调在一个灵里，并且作在一个灵里。这样，才是不单独属灵。不单独属灵的真实意义，乃是你的灵能和别人的灵调在一起。

　Whether the church can be genuinely built up depends on whether the brothers in a coordinated service have the reality of the building. The saints have seen a vision of the building and have a heart to build the church. However, genuine building takes place when our spirits are blended together. Genuine building is not the ability to get along with others. That is superficial; it is not deep enough. Genuine building must be the blending of every member into one spirit and in one spirit. Only in this way are we saved from individual spirituality. The ability to be blended with others’ spirits is a real indication of not having individual spirituality.

　　从使徒行传，我们具体的看见这事。一章十四至十五节说，“这些人同着几个妇人，和耶稣的母亲马利亚，并耶稣的兄弟，都同心合意，坚定持续地祷告。在那些日子，有许多人聚集，约一百二十名。”这说出五旬节那天，圣灵浇灌在门徒身上之前，就有一百二十个人聚集在一起，同心合意的祷告，有十天之久。在那十天里面，门徒们应该有个人的祷告，但我相信他们在一起的祷告，多过于他们个人的祷告。因为十四节说，他们“同心合意，坚定持续地祷告”。他们这样同心合意的恒切祷告，他们的灵必是调在一起的。他们乃是为着一个相同的目标在那里祷告，因为主曾吩咐他们：“不要离开耶路撒冷，却要等候父所应许的，就是…圣灵降临在你们身上，你们就必得着能力，并要在耶路撒冷、犹太全地、撒玛利亚，直到地极，作我的见证人。”（徒一4，8）他们乃是在这个目标下，一起祷告了十天。这就叫他们的灵调在一起，也在相同的目标上调在一起。

　　到了十三章一至二节又说，“在安提阿当地的召会中，有几位申言者和教师，就是巴拿巴和称呼尼结的西面，古利奈人路求，与分封王希律同养的马念，并扫罗。他们事奉主，禁食的时候，圣灵说，要为我分别巴拿巴和扫罗，去作我召他们所作的工。”这里我们看见安提阿的五位申言者和教师，在那里同心的事奉神。他们的事奉不是指他们作了什么工，或作了什么事，乃是说他们在那里禁食祷告。在他们的事奉里，相信他们个个的灵都是出来的，五个人的灵在神的灵里调成一个。

　　因着在五旬节门徒们出来作工之前，已经有一百二十个人调在一起，建造在一起，所以到了五旬节那天，当门徒们聚集时，圣灵就浇灌下来，彼得和使徒们一站起来传福音，结果就有三千人得救（徒二1~4，14，41）。在安提阿的召会也是一样，五个申言者和教师一同事奉，乃是先一同祷告，彼此调在一起，并建造在一起。所以，祷告完了，其中三人能为另外两人按手（十三1~4）。这就是说，他们五个人是一体的，是在一个灵里。

　 Acts 1:14-15 says, “These all continued steadfastly with one accord in prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers. And in those days...there was a group of persons gathered together, about a hundred and twenty.” Before the Holy Spirit was poured out on the disciples on the day of Pentecost, a hundred and twenty gathered together and prayed in one accord for ten days. During those ten days the disciples must have had individual prayer, but they probably had more prayer together than individually, because verse 14 says that they “continued steadfastly with one accord in prayer.” The disciples must have been blended in their spirit because they prayed persistently in one accord. They prayed for the same goal, the fulfillment of the promise of the Father. In verse 4 the Lord charged the disciples “not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father,” and in verse 8, concerning the promise, He said, “You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria and unto the uttermost part of the earth.” The disciples prayed together for ten days for this goal, and their praying together caused their spirits to be blended together and also caused them to be blended in the same goal.

　 Acts 13:1-2 says, “Now there were in Antioch, in the local church, prophets and teachers: Barnabas and Simeon, who was called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen, the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. And as they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Set apart for Me now Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” According to these verses, in Antioch there were five prophets and teachers who ministered to God in one accord. Ministering does not refer to the work they did or the things they accomplished but to their fasting and praying. In their ministering, the spirit of each one came forth, and thus their spirits were mingled into one in God’s Spirit.

　Because the hundred and twenty were blended and built together before Pentecost, the Holy Spirit was poured out on the day of Pentecost, and three thousand were saved when Peter stood with the eleven and preached the gospel (2:1-4, 14, 41). Because five prophets and teachers in Antioch were blended and built with one another through their ministering to the Lord, the Holy Spirit was able to speak concerning His need (13:1-4). The five were one in spirit.

　　事奉主的人若是看见了一个异象，并要照着这个异象、蓝图建造召会，他们首先要作的事，就是祷告，借着祷告把众人调在一起。所以，当我们来到事奉聚会时，应该敞开我们的灵，和弟兄姊妹的灵调在一起。我们到聚会中，不是来听，来看，这样的态度是不正确的。我们若真是看见异象，就当有一个重的托付担在我们肩上。这并不是我们自己所能担负的，也实在过于我们所能担负的。所以，我们来到事奉聚会时，一定要一同敞开灵，一同担负事奉的担子。我们不是来开一个会，不是来听人讲什么道，也不是要看什么光景。我们众人来在一起，乃是要把灵敞开，一同在负担里，在神面前祷告，不只是为着异象和负担祷告，也为着建造祷告。

　When the Lord’s serving ones see this vision and desire to build the church according to the vision of this blueprint, the first thing that they need to do is pray and be blended together through prayer. Therefore, in the service meetings we should open our spirit in order to be blended with the spirits of the saints. Coming to the service meetings in order to discuss the service is not a proper view. When we see the vision of the building, we will bear the commission of this vision on our shoulders, but this is more than we can bear in ourselves. Therefore, when we come to the service meetings, we must open our spirit and bear the burden of the service together in prayer. We do not come to hold a meeting, to hear someone give a message, or to consider different situations. We come together to open our spirit and pray with the same burden before God, with a burden for the building.

　　一个真看见异象，并且把自己摆在异象之下的人，一到事奉聚会中，必定有一个担子压在他身上。他一来到聚会中，就会祷告，甚至在家里、在路上时，已经开始为这事祷告。同时，他也知道不是他个人能担负这个责任，乃是需要全体一同担负。所以你我来在一起事奉时，就要为这件事祷告；不论你什么时候来，就该开始祷告，一有人进来，就要接着祷告。个个都在一起祷告，聚会就这样开始了，也不一定要等三十分钟之后，才选一首诗歌唱。大家祷告到一个段落，就可以唱一首诗歌。总之，我们的事奉聚会、或任何聚会，都不应该拘泥于形式。众人来到事奉聚会，都应该释放灵，共同背起一个担子，这才是真实地事奉。

　　我们的祷告聚会也该是这种光景，不是众人来聚一个祷告聚会，乃是人一到聚会就祷告。不是坐在那里等三十分钟才开始，乃是人来了，就要祷告；这是很自然的，是在灵里的祷告。

　　所以，我们来到聚会中，不需要等人提议、鼓励或发起什么，我们只要按着我们从主所得的灵感，所看见的异象，释放我们的灵，共同担负一个担子。我们来在一起事奉，就是为着所看见的异象祷告，为着这个异象与召会的情形祷告，也为着我们自己对异象的看见和难处祷告。关于这点，我们众人都操练得不够。我们的事奉聚会可能一周只有一次，我们来在一起时，就应该从我们的灵开始，一同背负这个担子。若是一周只有一次不够，就应该一有机会就来在一起祷告，使我们的灵能调在一起，承担一个托付。若不是这样，就不需要有事奉聚会。盼望我们都能改掉从前那种仪式、形式，而能一到聚会中就祷告。

　　此外，真正看见异象的人，会被异象压迫着去祷告，并且在这个异象上，和一同事奉的人一再的祷告，直到祷告得透彻为止。比方，有几位同工在一起服事，就应该有十天的工夫在一起祷告再祷告。可能有一天要禁食祷告，要一直调在一起祷告，直到把一件事祷告透了，祷告通了，祷告到一同配搭的人，在这件事上能调和了，之后才外出作建造的工作。不要以为自己看见了什么金子、宝石的建造，看见了什么蓝图，就能出去作了。这样是行不通的，因为你还没有和你的同工的灵调在一起；这是一个大问题。你不能光拿了蓝图，就去建造。一同建造的人一定要先祷告透，先彼此调透了才可以。

　Those who have truly seen this vision and are under this vision bear a burden when they are in the service meeting. They pray on their way to the meeting, and they pray in the meeting. They know that they cannot bear the responsibility as individuals and that every member is needed to bear the responsibility. Therefore, the service meetings should be filled with prayer. No matter when a brother arrives, he should start praying. As soon as another brother arrives, he should join the prayer. Then the meeting will begin with everyone praying together. It is not necessary to wait thirty minutes before choosing a hymn. When the prayer comes to a pause, a hymn can be sung. We should not have formality in our service meeting or in any meeting. Everyone should come to the service meeting with a released spirit in order to bear a common burden. This is genuine service.

　This should also be the situation in the prayer meeting. We do not gather to have a prayer meeting, but we are praying when we arrive at the meeting. We should not sit and wait thirty minutes for the saints to arrive before we begin praying. Rather, prayer in the meetings is spontaneous, and it is prayer in spirit.

　Instead of waiting for a saint to propose, inspire, or initiate something in the meetings, we only need to release our spirit and bear the burden together according to the inspiration we receive from the Lord and the vision we have seen. Our service is to pray for the vision of God’s building in the situation of the church and to pray to see the vision in our situations. We have not practiced this enough. The service meeting may be only once a week, but we should bear this burden in our spirit when we come together. If once a week is not enough, we should come together and pray every time there is an opportunity so that our spirits are blended together to bear the Lord’s commission. Otherwise, there is no need to have service meetings. We must drop the rituals and formalities in the meetings and pray as soon as we come to the meetings.

　Furthermore, a brother who has seen the vision will be pressed by the vision to pray continually with other serving ones until they have thoroughly prayed concerning the vision. If there are several co-workers serving together, they should spend ten days together in order to pray. Perhaps they should pray with fasting on one of the days in order to be blended in prayer until one matter has been thoroughly prayed over and prayed through. Then those coordinating together will be blended in this matter, and they can go out to do the work of building. We should not think that seeing the blueprint qualifies us to go out and work. Seeing the blueprint without being blended with our co-workers can cause problems. We cannot simply take the blueprint and build. Those who build must first pray thoroughly and be blended with one another.

　　我们事奉的时候，众人可以运用不同的恩赐，有不同的服事，但众人必须是在一个灵里，在一个感觉里，在一个态度里。要达到这种光景，乃是需要祷告的。这一种祷告非常必须，也无法避免，这就是我们已往所欠缺的。我们已往在治理、安排上都还可以，但在祷告、交通这一点上，非常的缺乏。我愿郑重地告诉大家，今后这个工作、和工作的一切步骤，都必须从祷告起头。若是不接受这个，我们就没有办法作这个工作。然而，这不是平常的祷告，不是求神作工的祷告。我们这里所说的，乃是重在几位一起事奉主的人，必须先来在一起祷告；每一个人都要祷告到神的灵里，让神作工。要相信神必定作工，我们只管把我们的灵敞开，你把你的灵敞开，我把我的灵敞开，我们几个一同事奉的人，都把我们的灵摆在一起，在主面前一同祷告，实际的一步一步来建造。这件事是大家都必须注意并操练的。

　　一九六一年一月三十一日讲于台北（同工聚会）

　Even though we have different functions and different services, we must be in one spirit, in one feeling, and in one mind (Phil. 2:2). Prayer is the means to reach this condition. In the past we lacked this kind of necessary and indispensable prayer. We excelled in administration and arrangement but lacked prayer and fellowship. From this day forward every aspect of the work must begin with prayer. If we do not take this way, we have no way to carry out the work. We are not speaking of common prayer, that is, prayer that asks God to do things. Instead, the serving ones need to come together and pray themselves into the Holy Spirit so that God can work. We must believe that God will work. Our need is to pray with an open spirit. The serving ones should join together in spirit and pray for practical building step by step. This must be our practice.