主要的街道
我们看任何地图，必须找出主要的街道。这建造的事是圣经中主要的街道。历经许多世纪，成千上万基督教的书籍写了出来，但多半漏掉了主要街道，而去注意小街。圣别、无罪的完全、属灵、方言并神医，都是其中的一些小街。所有注意这些事的人，都要失去目标，就是伯特利，神的家。在申命记十二章五、六节，神似乎说，“你们不可将燔祭和十分取一之物，在你们所选择的地方献上。你们必须到我选择为我名和我居所的地方去。”今天，这地方就是教会，因为在新约里我们看见，教会是神所拣选为主的名和祂居所的地方。很多有名的基督教教师说，只要两三个人在主耶稣的名里聚集，就是教会。他们这样说，因为他们是瞎眼的，没有看见主要街道的异象。
我们需要看见一个管治的异象
我们都需要祷告说，“主阿，给我看见这管治的异象。哦，我需要这个鸟瞰。”在这异象中我们有一切－圣别、属灵、恩赐、神医。现在我们能看见，为甚么在十九个世纪以后主耶稣还没有回来。祂没有回来，因为伯特利还没有扎实的被建造起来。主已经并仍在等候祂建造的完成。在马太十六章十八节祂说，“我要建造我的教会，”这话不能落空，必要成就。今天我们的负担就是为此。当我核对我的灵，这负担就日以继夜的来到。这负担不是一个道理，乃是主对教会的建造。我们都必须说，“主阿，帮助我脱开一切别的事物；主阿，我只关心你教会的建造。”这是主今天的恢复。这是伯特利的建造，是雅各的梦的实现。
信息重点：建造乃是圣经中的主要街道；许多人注意属灵、恩赐、神医等“小街”，却忽略了神建造的中心异象。
应用祷告：主啊，求你赐给我管治的异象，使我看见你的心意乃是建造教会，并使我的一生与此配合。
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A Bird’s-Eye View of God’s Building in the Bible (6) — Matt. 16:18
The Main Street
Whenever we look at a map, we must find the main streets. The matter of this building is the main street in the Bible. Over many centuries, tens of thousands of Christian books have been written, but most have missed the main street and gone to attend to the side streets. Sanctification, sinless perfection, spirituality, speaking in tongues, and divine healing are some of these side streets. All those who focus on these things will lose sight of the goal — Bethel, God’s house. In Deuteronomy 12:5-6, God seems to say, “You shall not offer your burnt offerings and your tithes in just any place you choose. You must go to the place which the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for His name and His habitation.” Today that place is the church, for in the New Testament we see that the church is the place chosen by God for the Lord’s name and His dwelling. Many well-known Christian teachers say that wherever two or three are gathered in the name of the Lord Jesus, that is the church. They say this because they are blind — they have not seen the vision of the main street.We Need to See a Governing Vision
We all need to pray, “Lord, give me a vision of this governing reality. Oh, I need this bird’s-eye view.” Within this vision we have everything — sanctification, spirituality, gifts, divine healing. Now we can see why, after nineteen centuries, the Lord Jesus has not yet returned. He has not returned because Bethel has not yet been solidly built up. The Lord has been and is still waiting for the completion of His building. In Matthew 16:18, He said, “I will build My church” — these words cannot fall to the ground; they must be accomplished. This is our burden today. When I check with my spirit, this burden comes day and night. This burden is not a doctrine; it is the Lord’s concern for the building of the church. We all must say, “Lord, help me to break free from all other things. Lord, I care only about the building of Your church.” This is the Lord’s recovery today. This is the building of Bethel — the fulfillment of Jacob’s dream.
Message Focus: Building is the main street in the Bible. Many focus on the “side streets” of spirituality, gifts, and divine healing, but neglect the central vision of God’s building.
Prayer: Lord, grant me a vision of Your administration, that I may see Your heart’s desire is to build the church, and align my life with this purpose.