1. A Bird’s Eye View of the God-ordained Way 神命定之路的鸟瞰

1) Q. I have never heard of the God-ordained way. What does it mean?
A. The God-ordained way is the way to practice God’s New Testament economy. The center of God’s divine economy, which is His plan, His divine arrangement, is to dispense Himself into His chosen people.
问:我从来没有听说过神命定之路。它是什么意思?
答:神命定之路乃是实行新约经纶的路。神的神圣经纶的中心,就是祂的计划,祂的神圣安排,是要把祂自己 分赐到祂所拣选的人里面。


2) Q. The term God’s eternal economy is new to me. What does this have to do with man?
A. God’s eternal economy involves and includes millions of sons of peace; these sons of peace need us to go to visit them in their homes.
问:神永远的经纶这词对我是新的,这与人有什么关系?
答:神永远的经纶牵涉并包含了成千成万的平安之子。这些平安之子需要我们去到他们家中访问他们。


3) Q. What should be our attitude toward God’s economy?
A. We need a clear vision and deep impression concerning God’s economy, which involves the completion of Christ and the propagation of the pneumatic Christ for the producing of the church.
问:我们对神经纶的态度应该是什么?
答:我们对于神的经纶需要有清楚的异象和深刻的印象。这经纶包括基督的完成,以及那位是灵之基督的繁殖,为要产生召会。


4) Q. It seems that this new way is important. How can it be successful?
A. The success of the new way depends upon bringing the church into our homes and bringing all the saints into the truth.
问:看来新路是很重要的,它怎样才能成功呢?
答:新路的成功在于召会作到家庭里,圣徒作到真理里。


5) Q. In carrying out the God-ordained way, why are the homes so important?
A. The early churches met in the homes of the saints; if we take this organic way, whatever we do will be organic and not organizational. To bring the meetings into the homes is the very heart of the God-ordained way.
问:在实行神命定之路中,为什么家是如此的重要?
答:早期召会是在圣徒的家中聚集;我们若走生机的路,凡我们所作的就都会是生机的,而不是组织的。把聚会作到家里乃是神命定之路的负担所在。


6) Q. Once we open our homes, what else should we do?
A. The mouthpiece of the gospel is man, and the outlet of the gospel is the homes. We not only need to preach the gospel but also need to open our homes to give a great reception for Jesus to preach the gospel.
问:我们一旦把家打开,还应该做什么?
答:福音的出口乃是人,福音的出路是家。我们不仅要传福音,还要把家打开,为耶稣大摆筵席传福音。


7) Q. Is there anything else that we need to know about the God-ordained way?
A. The four steps of the God-ordained Way are begetting, nourishing, perfecting, and building up. Begetting is to gain people by going to contact them. Nourishing is to care for others in the home meetings
问:关于神命定之路,我们还需要知道别的东西吗?
答:神命定之路四个步骤─生、养、教、建。生是前去接触人而得人;养是家聚会照顾。


8) Q. In the steps of the God-ordained way, what do perfecting and building up mean?
A. Perfecting is to instruct and equip in the small group meetings. To build up is to prophesy in the church meetings.
问:在神命定之路的步骤中,教和建是什么意思?
答:教是排聚会教导成全,建就是召会聚会中申言。


9) Q. Is prophesying to predict something that will happen in the future?
A. To prophesy is to speak for the Lord and to speak forth the Lord. It is to supply Christ to others. This is the main work in the church meetings.
问:申言乃是预言未来要发生的事情吗?
答:申言是为主说话,并说出主,也就是把基督供应给人,这是召会聚会中最主要的事。


10) Q. The God-ordained way seems like a method to me. Is this new way a method we can follow?
A. The new way is actually a way of life. Today. All of us have to live a life of touching the Lord every morning to be revived every day. Every morning we need a new beginning.
问:神命定之路对我像是一种作法。这新路是我们可以遵循的一种作法吗?
答:新路乃是一种生活,今天我们都必须过一种晨晨接触主,叫我们得复兴的生活,每早晨我们都有一个新的起头。