8. The Basic Factors of the Vital Group 活力排的基本因素

1) Q. What are the basic factors of the vital group meeting?
A. There are four basic factors of the vital group meeting. They are the Spirit, the word, praying, and singing.
问:活力排聚会的基本因素是什么?
答:活力排聚会有四个基本因素,就是灵、话、祷、唱。


2) Q. As Christians, what should our daily walk be according to?
A. Galatians 5:25 says, “If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit,” and 5:16 says, “Walk by the Spirit.” The Christian walk must altogether be in this mingling, saturating Spirit, who is one spirit with us.
问:作为基督徒,我们日常的行事为人应该照着什么?
答:加拉太五章二十五节说:“我们若凭着灵活着,也就当凭着灵而行。”十六节说:“凭着灵而行。”基督徒的行事为人必须完全在这调和、浸透的灵里,这灵乃是与我们成为一灵。


3) Q. I heard that we need to be filled in spirit, but what does this mean?
A. Ephesians 5:18 tells us to be filled in spirit. According to the revelation of the entire book of Ephesians, to be filled in spirit is to be filled by the Triune God.
问:我听说我们需要在灵里被充满,这是什么意思?
答:以弗所五章十八节告诉我们,要在灵里被充满。根据整本以弗所书的启示,在灵里被充满就是被三一神充满。


4) Q. Once I am filled in spirit, what will happen?
A. The result of this filling will be as what Ephesians 5:19 says, “speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and psalming with your heart to the Lord.
问:一旦我被圣灵充满,会发生什么呢?
答:这样充满的结果就是以弗所五章十九节所说的,“用诗章、颂辞、灵歌,彼此对说,从心中向主歌唱、颂咏。”


5) Q. Is the word for the Christian meetings our word?
A. The word for the Christian meetings is not our word, but the holy word, God’s word, the divine word. The two classifications of the word in the New Testament are logos and rhema.
问:为着基督徒聚会的话是我们自己的话吗?
答:为着基督徒聚会的话不是我们自己的话,乃是圣别的话,神的话,神圣的话。在新约里的话有两类,就是娄格斯与雷玛。


6) Q. In our meetings, should we just rely on the written word of the Bible?
A. What is revealed and written in the Bible is the constant word, the written word. We must first learn to acquire the constant word and pray to the Lord for Him to change His constant word into the instant word.
问:在我们的聚会中,仅仅该依靠圣经写下来的话吗?
答:圣经所启示、记载的都是常时的话,写下来的话。我们必须先学习得着常时的话,并仰望主将祂常时的话转变成即时的话。


7) Q. I only pray when we meet together. Is this good enough?
A. We need to call on the name of the Lord throughout the day and talk to the Lord. We can pray, “O Lord Jesus, be with me,” or “O Lord Jesus, help me.” We should try to keep a praying spirit all the time.
问:我只在我们聚会时祷告,这够好吗?
答:我们需要整日呼求主名并与主交谈。我们可以祷告说:“哦,主耶稣,与我同在。”我们需要时时保持祷告的灵。


8) Q. I don’t know how to pray in our meetings. Do I need to pray long prayers all the time?
A. We need longer prayers and shorter prayers in our meetings. We need all kinds of divine, living expressions. We need singing, shouting, repeating, calling, and proper long or short prayers.
问:我不知道在聚会中怎样祷告。我需要一直有长的祷告吗?
答:我们在聚会中需要长祷与短祷。我们需要各种神圣、活泼的表显。我们需要歌唱、呼喊、重复、呼求,也需要合式的长、短祷告。


9) Q. I want to learn how to exercise my spirit in the meetings. What does it mean to exercise my spirit?
A. To exercise our spirit is to live, walk, pray, sing, and be strong by the Spirit. When we exercise the spirit, the mingled spirit becomes the very factor of our Christian meetings.
问:我想在聚会中学习如何操练灵。操练灵是什么意思?
答:凭着灵活着,凭着灵而行,用灵祷告,用灵歌唱,并在灵里刚强,就是操练灵。当我们操练灵,这调和的灵就成为基督徒聚会的因素。


10) Q. I want to be strong, living, new and fresh in the home meetings. How do I become such a person?
A. Our daily living needs to be saturated with the Spirit, the word, prayer, and singing so that we can be strong, living, new, and fresh to take care of the home meetings.
问:我想在家聚会中刚强、活泼、新鲜。我如何成为这样的人呢?
答:我们日常的生活必须满了灵、话、祷、唱,使我们能刚强、活泼、新鲜,好照顾家中聚会。