教会生活的实行
罗马十二章的中心是身体生活。身体生活是教会生活的实行。没有身体生活，教会生活只是名词。教会生活在身体生活的实行中才得以实化，成为实际的。今天基督徒的确有“教会”这名词，但缺少身体生活。就身体生活而论，许多基督徒在经历中非常欠缺。因此，需要有身体生活真正的恢复，使主今天在地上能实际的建造祂的教会。这是我们对身体生活这样有负担的原因。
身体生活是团体生活
我们物质的身体是由许多肢体组成的团体实体。所有的肢体都有其在身体中的生命和功用。任何肢体若与身体分开或分离，就失去其生命和功用。身体上没有一个肢体能向身体独立或成为单独的。我们必须领悟，我们这些身体的肢体，没有一个能成为完整的实体。我们每个人不过是身体上的肢体。为着生命和功用，我们需要留在身体里。许多基督徒没有生命的丰富，一点也不能尽功用，就是因为他们与身体分离。罗马十二章启示身体生活实行的重要。这章给我们看见，我们在一个身体里互相作肢体。我们虽多，却是一个身体，一个实体。在身体里我们能尽功用，并且团体的彰显基督。
今天很少基督徒看见团体生活，这是可悲的事。大多数寻求的基督徒专注于罗马八章，追求生命之灵的经历。但他们没有领悟，八章的经历乃是为着十二章的团体生活。神的目标是叫我们过身体生活，就是团体生活。祂的救赎、称义、和圣别是为着这目标。我们若不注意身体生活，必定会偏离神的目标。蒙救赎、得称义、被圣别、并模成基督，都是叫我们有正确的团体生活。我们不该停留于罗马八章里圣别和模成的经历。我们需要看见，在那灵里圣别和模成的经历，是要带我们往前到罗马十二章，使我们实行团体生活。仅仅个人圣别或单独属灵，不是神圣别和属灵的路。真正的圣别和属灵乃是为着身体生活。我们确信在这末后的日子，主在祂的恢复里，已从罗马八章往前到十二章。今天主恢复的中心，不是个人的圣别或属灵，乃是团体的身体生活，教会生活。愿主怜悯我们，使我们看见这点，并藉着在生命之灵里圣别的经历实行这点。
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Pleasing God – The Body Life, The Church Life — Rom. 12:5
The Practicality of the Church Life
The focus of Romans 12 is the Body life. The Body life is the practicality of the church life. Without the Body life, the church life is only a term. The church life is realized, becomes real, in the practice of the Body life. Christians today do have the term “church,” but lack the Body life. As far as the Body life is concerned, there is a void in the experience of many Christians. Thus, there is the need for the real recovery of the Body life that the Lord may have His church built on the earth today in a practical way. This is the reason that we are so burdened for the Body life.
The Body Life Is a Corporate Life
Our physical body is a corporate entity composed of many members. All the members have their life and function in the body. If any member becomes separate or detached from the body, it loses its life and function. No member of the body can be independent of the body or become individualistic. We must realize that none of us as members of the Body can be a complete entity. Every one of us is simply a member of the Body. We need to remain in the Body for life and function. So many Christians do not have the riches of life and are unable to function at all simply because they are detached from the Body. Romans 12 reveals the importance of the practice of the Body life. It shows us that we are members of one another in one Body. We, being many, are one Body, one entity. In the Body we can function and express Christ in a corporate way.
It is a sad thing that today very few Christians have seen the corporate life or are willing to pay attention to it. Most of the seeking Christians devote their full attention to Romans 8, pursuing the experiences of the Spirit of life. But they do not realize that the experiences of Romans 8 are for the corporate life in Romans 12. God’s goal is for us to live a Body life, which is a corporate life. His redemption, justification, and sanctification are for this goal. If we do not pay our attention to the Body life, we shall surely miss God’s goal. To be redeemed, to be justified, to be sanctified, and to be conformed to Christ – all are for us to have the proper corporate life. We should not stop with the experiences of sanctification and conformation in Romans 8. We need to see that the experiences of sanctification and conformation in the Spirit are meant to bring us forward to Romans 12 that we may practice the corporate life. Simply to be sanctified individually or to be spiritual in an individualistic way is not God’s way of sanctification and spirituality. Genuine sanctification and spirituality are for the Body life. We do believe that in these last days the Lord, in His recovery, has moved from Romans 8 to Romans 12. The focus of the Lord’s recovery today is not sanctification or spirituality in an individualistic way, but the Body life, the church life, in a corporate way. May the Lord have mercy upon us that we may see this and practice it by the experiences of sanctification in the Spirit of life.