第一週 • 週四
晨興餧養
太十六18 我還告訴你，你是彼得，我要把我的召會建造在這磐石上，陰間的門不能勝過她。
弗四13 直到我們眾人都達到了信仰上並對神兒子之完全認識上的一，達到了長成的人，達到了基督豐滿之身材的度量。
門徒中可能沒有一人，包括彼得在內，曾領悟宇宙中有這樣一件事。主耶穌忽然告訴彼得：『我要把我的召會建造…。』…這是一個關於召會的大豫言，而現今這仍然是個大豫言。這是因為主說這話以後，將近二十個世紀過去了，但我們仍然看不見召會完全建造起來。馬太十六章十八節的這豫言還未完全應驗，所以甚至到今天，這仍是個未應驗的豫言（李常受文集一九七二年第三冊，五六四頁）。
信息選讀
許多基督徒說，五旬節那天，主耶穌至少局部應驗了祂的豫言，因為那天祂的確建造了一樣東西。
我們讀〔以弗所四章十三至十六節〕，就能領悟其中有豫言。保羅說，『直到我們眾人都達到』某個地步。這就是說，那時，甚至現在，所有的聖徒，包括保羅在內，都在往前並竭力追求，直到他們眾人都達到。我們必須思想，有沒有任何基督徒達到了這三件事：信仰上的一、長成的人以及基督豐滿之身材的度量。我們已看見或能看見身體漸漸長大，以致在愛裏把自己建造起來麼？…我們必須說，看不見。
在…五章，也有一種豫言，那裏說基督要聖化召會（26）。這聖化不是藉着血，因為那已經發生了（來十三12）。召會的
聖化乃是藉着話中之水的洗滌；這不是字句的話，乃是活的話。在活的話裏，有聖化並潔淨召會的活水。這活水不但洗去召會的污穢，也洗去斑點和皺紋（弗五27）。
啟示錄十九章七至八節說，『我們要喜樂歡騰，將榮耀歸與祂；因為羔羊婚娶的時候到了，新婦也自己豫備好了。又賜她得穿明亮潔淨的細麻衣，這細麻衣就是聖徒所行的義。』這些經文說到那要來的羔羊的婚娶，那時祂的妻子，新婦自己豫備好了。嚴格的說，按道理說，那將是豫言的應驗；但這應驗如今還不在這裏。…這豫言是基督的新婦要豫備好。我們需要牢記，在聖經中有一個關於召會建造和基督新婦之豫備的大豫言。
當然，無論主豫言甚麼，必然會得着應驗。祂絕不會失敗。主既豫言祂要建造祂的召會，這豫言就必得應驗。這豫言若不得着應驗，主就無法回來。召會若不被建造，這對祂會是個羞恥。撒但就可以說，『你豫言召會要得着建造，但你卻不能應驗這豫言。』然而，我有充分的確信，凡主所豫言的，祂都要成全，使祂能彀回來。在祂回來以前，祂可以向撒但誇口說，『撒但，凡我所豫言的，我都已經成全了，所以我要回來了！』主關於召會建造之豫言的應驗，要把祂帶回來。現在就是主成全祂豫言的時候（李常受文集一九七二年第三冊，五六四至五六七、五七二頁）。
參讀：聖經中最大的豫言及其應驗，第一章；主今日恢復的進展，第一至二章。
WEEK 1 — DAY 4
Morning Nourishment
Matt. 16:18 And I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
Eph. 4:13 Until we all arrive at the oneness of the faith and of the full knowledge of the Son of God, at a full-grown man, at the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.
Probably none of the disciples, including Peter, had ever realized that there was such a thing in the universe. Suddenly the Lord Jesus told Peter, “I will build My church.”…This was a great prophecy concerning the church, and it still is a great prophecy. This is because nearly twenty centuries have passed since the Lord spoke this word, yet we still cannot see that the church is fully built up. The fulfillment of this prophecy in Matthew 16:18 has not been fully realized, so even today this prophecy still remains unfulfilled. (CWWL, 1972, vol. 3, “The Greatest Prophecy in the Bible and Its Fulfillment,” p. 425)
Today’s Reading
Many Christians say that on the day of Pentecost, the Lord Jesus at least partly fulfilled His prophecy because He did build up something on that day.
By reading [Ephesians 4:13-16], we can realize that there is a prophecy in [it]. Paul says, “Until we all arrive” at something. This means that at that time and even now, all the saints, including Paul, were going on and pressing on until they would all arrive. We have to consider whether or not any Christians have arrived at these three things: the oneness of the faith, a fullgrown man, and the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ. Have we seen or can we see the growth of the Body unto the building up of itself in love?…We have to say no.
[In chapter 5] there is also a kind of prophecy. Here it says that Christ will sanctify the church (v. 26). This sanctification is not by the blood, because that has already happened (Heb. 13:12). The sanctifying of the church is by the washing of the water in the word, not the word of letters but the living word. In the living word, there is the living water that sanctifies and purifies the church. This living water washes away not only the dirt of the church but also the spots and wrinkles (Eph. 5:27).
[Revelation 19:7-8 says], “Let us rejoice and exult, and let us give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come, and His wife has made herself ready. And it was given to her that she should be clothed in fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the righteousnesses of the saints.” These verses speak of the coming marriage of the Lamb, when His wife, the bride, has made herself ready. Strictly speaking, doctrinally speaking, that will be the fulfillment of prophecy, but this fulfillment is still not here…This prophecy is that the bride of Christ will be made ready. We need to be impressed that there is a great prophecy in the Bible regarding the building up of the church and the preparation of Christ’s bride.
Of course, whatever the Lord has prophesied will surely be fulfilled. He can never be defeated. Since the Lord has prophesied that He will buildHis church, this prophecy will be fulfilled. Without the fulfillment of this prophecy, there is no way for the Lord to come back. If the church were not built, this would be a shame to Him. Satan would be able to say, “You haveprophesied concerning the building up of the church, yet You have not been able to fulfill it.” I have the full assurance, however, that the Lord is going to fulfill whatever He has prophesied so that He may come back. Before
His coming back, He may boast to Satan by saying, “Satan, whatever I have prophesied, I have fulfilled, so I am coming!” The fulfillment of the Lord’s prophecy concerning the building up of the church will bring Him back. Now is the time for the Lord to fulfill His prophecy. (CWWL, 1972, vol. 3, “The Greatest Prophecy in the Bible and Its Fulfillment,” pp. 425-428, 431)
Further Reading: CWWL, 1972, vol. 3, “The Greatest Prophecy in the Bible and Its Fulfillment,” ch. 1; CWWL, 1989, vol. 4, “The Advance of the Lord’s Recovery Today,” chs. 1—2
