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用话与灵带领少年人

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　　本篇信息要说到如何带领各地的少年人。首先，我们要来看有分于少年工作的服事者，该有的五点学习。第一，服事者必须针对少年工作的材料和技术有研讨。我们应该研讨青少年聚会中，该用什么材料，以及用过的材料得当不得当，实用不实用。此外，我们都知道，凡制作一件东西，不只要有好的材料，更要在技术层面上作相当的研究。所以，我们也当研究什么样的作法最有果效。这不是短时间内能断定的，乃需要大家一起研究，并到各地实习，看看是否实用、有效，再来研讨改进。
　　第二，我们会提供一些教材，包括纲目、分段和路线，希望服事的人能好好默想这些教材，并且经过灵里的消化调和，灵活的运用这些教材。第三，服事者必须练一些诗歌；因为在青少年聚会中，是需要领唱的。所以，服事者对少年人常唱的诗歌，要多一点了解。第四，服事者要为青少年聚会多有祷告。第五，众人在聚会中要学习调灵。我们来在一起，不要像世界的学术机关，来了就坐在会中，等着别人讲话，然后作笔记。每次聚会应该是我们众人交通，和灵里相调的机会；我们应该很自由的在灵里敞开，把感觉和难处交通出来。祷告时灵都要出来，不要等待。这五件事是我们带少年人时，需要学习的。
　
　　我们中间作少年工作，可说是从一九三五、三六年正式开始的。换句话说，我们中间在一九三六年以前，在少年人中间的工作并不多。一九三二年，倪柝声弟兄到了山东省府所在地济南，在齐鲁大学向一群医科学生传福音，带了相当多的人得救之后，济南才开始有一班人起来正式聚会。那可说是我们中间头一次的少年工作，但不具什么规模，仅限在那个地方的一个医科学校里。
　　到了一九三六年，在北平，少年工作的推动比较积极。那时，正当日军侵华之前，全国第一的教育中心就是北平；那里有最多的大学院校，并且最好的大学也几乎都在北平。当时主在北平最好的大学开了门，第一个开门的是协和，协和大学在当时，是世界知名的医学院，里面有许多护士是我们的姊妹。并且有一些学生和医生，也成了我们的弟兄姊妹。同时在清华、燕京两所非常好的国立大学，主也为我们开了门。从那时候起，我就在少年工作上担负相当的责任，而后这个工作一直扩展在少年人中间。不过，是以少年护士学校居多，所以我们中间的护士姊妹相当多。在天津、济南、上海、南京、苏州都有一些护士学生，是我们中间少年工作的对象。
　　到了一九四六至四八年，在上海的少年工作比从前更广、更具体。那时，在交通大学有好多位少年弟兄，是当时少年工作主要的对象。此外，在上海有一个上海医学院和国防医学院，在南京有一所中央大学，主都为我们开了门，有不少人得救。这样，我们在工作上就学了一些经验，对教材该怎样取舍，以及技术该怎样运用，都有了一些认识。
　
　　到台湾来以后，弟兄们也作了一些少年工作。开头时，我还陪着弟兄们有些交通；后来因着忙于其他工作，我几乎没有过问少年工作。这几年来，台北少年工作的情形有所开展，负担在我们身上也就越过越重，长老们都觉得应该好好注意。
　　至于我个人到海外，无论是到马尼拉还是香港，凡是大的地方召会，我都向他们提议，推动他们多注意少年工作。这几年来在马尼拉，有许多少年人被主得着。在香港的光景也不错，已过这个寒假，香港少年人聚会有将近三百人。香港召会比台北小，但人数也达到了二百五十位以上。现在，香港召会一直在向少年人传福音，因为得着学生很有意义。我们只要得着一个学生，就会有生生不息的发展。因为得着一个学生，他会再去得两三个，这两三个又会再去多得几个，可以生生不息的传下去。同时，少年人被主得着，还可能影响他们的家庭。
　　所有服事者都知道，少年工作是相当有前途的。他们现在十五岁，再过十年是二十五岁，就会相当有用。二十五岁的人再过十年是三十五岁，就可以在召会中作长老了。这个前途是无可限量的。中国话说，后生可畏，实在是对的。五十岁的弟兄姊妹都定了型，不太容易改变，不太容易再产生状元。但在少年人身上，却是指日可待。所以这几年，我们相当注意这个少年工作。
　
　　根据已过的经历，我们知道必须给少年人属灵的内容。这属灵的内容，一面要有属灵的知识，一面要有属灵的生命。对于少年人的带领，这两面是不可或缺的。不能偏在知识一面，也不能偏在生命一面，必须两面平衡。事奉主的人都知道，神在宇宙间有一个定律，什么事都是平衡的。我们越摸事奉，越觉得一切的事都得平衡才有效。比方，神造人的两只手是平衡的，两只脚走路也是平衡的。平衡的事在宇宙间不胜枚举，譬如，一个家庭有丈夫也有妻子，社会中有男也有女，这就是平衡的。
　　作工治理召会，也要抓住凡事都有两面的原则。在旧约，我们清楚看见，神治理祂的子民，乃是一面有君王，一面有祭司；祭司平衡君王，交通平衡权柄。我们今天对神儿女的带领也是如此。我很宝贝使徒们所说的：“我们要坚定持续地祷告，并尽话语的职事。”（徒六4）使徒们不只讲道，尽话语的职事，也坚定持续地祷告；他们的事奉是平衡的。
　　因此，我们服事少年弟兄姊妹，也得守住这个平衡的原则，要给他们属灵的知识，也要给他们属灵的生命。不是先给知识后给生命，乃是二者互为因果，也相互平衡。可以说，我们所给他们的教材，内容绝对是属灵的；不过教导上，应该采取近代的教法。我们对少年人的带领，也就像是对召会的教导聚会，应该有三分之二是教育性的。比方，我们的传讲固然在于灵，但这个传讲，里头要有条理、有思路。这个条理、思路完全是为着打动人的头脑，是理智的，所以是教育性的。然而，我们的传讲和世界的教育是不同的，因为世界的教育只有知识，没有灵，而我们的讲台信息是有灵的。我们讲台信息的灵，是根据或凭借教材而有的，其中是带着教育性的。
　　我们传讲信息，必须打动人的魂，通过人的魂，才能叫人受感动。若是你不能讲得让人的魂里清楚，就无法叫人受感动。你若是把一篇道讲得糊里糊涂，就不能盼望人灵里受感动。所以，我们传讲信息，固然必须用灵，但也必须叫人的头脑能明白。一篇好的信息，话语一打开，人的思路就开，就明白；并且话里面还调着灵，有灵作后盾。讲台的话不光要叫人头脑清楚，还要能透过人的头脑摸着人的灵；因为这话是从灵里说出来的。
　　因此，一篇好的讲台信息，讲的人头脑是非常厉害的，思路也都是通达的。那一句话在先，那一句话在后，条理在那里，重点在那里，思路都是非常清楚明确；说出去时，能开人的思路，点人的心窍。所谓心窍就是人头脑的故事，魂里的故事。好的讲台信息，同时也要有灵，因为灵会借着思路，往外推动属灵的内容。当讲者说出去时，他的话是满带着思路，能开人的心窍，叫人明白。同时，他的话也带着灵，能碰着人里面的灵，使人的灵里响应。所以，讲台信息是无法脱开教育性的。
　　我们带弟兄姊妹查读圣经，研究一个属灵题目，也是属于教育性的。所以，带领青少年聚会时，首先要领会我们的对象是受教育的对象；因为他们正在读书阶段，对一切的教导，都有一个受教育的头脑。学校从小学起到初中、高中和大学，都是教育性的。你对他们所说的，若是不合他们教育的体制，没有教育性，他们就会觉得落伍。所以，要顺着他们教育的头脑，把属灵的知识与生命，教到他们里面。这就如同铁路已经铺好，只要顺势搭火车往前，不必徒步行走或是另觅蹊径。
　　少年人都是受教育的对象，他们来聚会，不该像一般作礼拜的人，只是听一篇道。他们是要固定的经过一些学习的过程，比方，他们读初中，一读就要三年，高中也是一样，而大学是四年。他们是一直固定的在学习，所以，我们对他们的带领，应该分几年的工夫，随着他们的学年作分班带领。若是我们每年都分级教授，那是最好、最理想的情形。有的人初中毕业，也从我们召会的初中带领毕业；然后开始高中的学习，高中毕业又开始大学的学习。
　　比方，台北市召会有几千位弟兄姊妹，家中的儿女有许多是读小学六年级，下半年开始读初中的。当他们一升上初中，就应该马上为他们成立一个班，有一套属灵的教育。等他们初中毕业后，这一套也教完了，立刻就到高中，接受高中的另一套教育。等到他们上大学，又有四年的属灵教育。若是这样，少年人一直受带领，十年之后，光景必定大有可期。我们要这样作，并不是太难。
　
　　我们应该根据少年人受教育的头脑，和他们的环境，善用我们的属灵材料，以现代科学教育的方法施教。我们必须承认今天无论是东方、西方，一概都接受这种教育制度，与科学教育方法；所以，我们也该采取这种作法。当然，材料绝对要属灵，教法则要采近代的教学法。
　　譬如，数学是一个体系。若是教育家要教育下一代，就必须分析考量整个教育体制中，这个数学的体系里，要用那一部分教小学，那一部分教初中，那一部分教高中、大学，甚至研究所，才能把整个人类数学体系的学问，传承给下一代的青年人。任何一项学问都是这样，这就是近代的教育。
　　我们该采取这个教法，把我们这一套属灵的体系，带到少年人中间。我们可以分为两面，一面是属灵知识，一面是属灵生命。盼望有弟兄或姊妹能编出一套体系，什么是关于知识的，什么是关于生命的，都有一个系统；初一学什么，初二、初三学什么，到了高中、大学又该学什么，都有一定的进程。这十年的工夫，我们应该想办法把这个属灵体系的内容，完全传输到下一代里面。实在说，我目前没有工夫预备这个教材；我只能向大家建议，试试看能不能作出来。
　
　　现在，我们的青少年聚会还有难处，因为不同的年龄层需要有不同的带领，初中生有初中生的带领，高中生有高中生的带领，大专有大专的带领。所以，在教材的预备上，应该灵活运用。比方，同样的历史教材，今天我教小学是用这一套，教高中就要加一点，教大学又要再加一点。以主耶稣的神性这个题目来说，对初中生我们可能只给二节圣经，对高中生可以多加一些，对大学生就可以把全部经节和内容都给他们。所以，题目是一样的，但材料是增加的。这就是灵活运用的原则。
　　生命方面也是如此，带领初中生认识肉体、认识血气，乃是浅显的、简单地带他们认识。对于大专的弟兄姊妹，就要应用得丰富些；虽然也是讲认识肉体，不过教材有轻重、深浅、多少和高低的分别。这些都要灵活运用。
　　路我们已经知道了，现在最难的就是这个教材。然而，我们要考虑那一点先讲，那一点后讲，这在准备教材的技术上，是个大问题。若有人接受负担编写教材，那就太好了，因为这的的确确是个需要。
　
　　在少年人的聚会中，可以一周给他们属灵知识，下一周给他们属灵生命，那一项在先都可以。至于给的时候，必须是教育的方式；当然传讲一定要有灵。他们接受也是以受教育的方式，像读书一样，要读得懂，同时还要有习题、操练，并且要应考。这是近代教育的方法。我们的试题、操练以及应考，要比一般学校认真。因为一周只有一次，不能马虎。他们一周来一次，就得算一次，认真的带领他们，不必求多，但务要作得透彻。
　　关于教导属灵知识，特别对中学生而言，带他们逐卷读经虽有益处，但不如带他们专题式的进入来得好。在属灵的知识上，可以简要的分为四大项：基督、救赎、生命和召会。可以说，全本圣经就是以这四大点为中心，所有的圣经节都可以分类在这些点里面。
　　这四大点可以用一句话连在一起，就是基督来成功救赎，叫人得着生命，为要产生召会。我们给人的属灵知识，都要关乎这四点，甚至可以应用这四点，对初中生编一套课程，对高中生编一套课程，也为大学生编一套课程，带他们循序的认识基督、救赎、生命和召会。
　　关于属灵生命的带领，可以用灵命四层来说，第一层得救层，是基督在我们里面。第二层复兴层，是我们住在基督里。第三层十字架层，是基督住在我们里面。第四层属灵争战层，是基督长成在我们里面。这只是简单地概说，生命的重点是很细的，我们无法在此细说。
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　　本篇信息要说到如何带领各地的少年人。首先，我们要来看有分于少年工作的服事者，该有的五点学习。第一，服事者必须针对少年工作的材料和技术有研讨。我们应该研讨青少年聚会中，该用什么材料，以及用过的材料得当不得当，实用不实用。此外，我们都知道，凡制作一件东西，不只要有好的材料，更要在技术层面上作相当的研究。所以，我们也当研究什么样的作法最有果效。这不是短时间内能断定的，乃需要大家一起研究，并到各地实习，看看是否实用、有效，再来研讨改进。　　第二，我们会提供一些教材，包括纲目、分段和路线，希望服事的人能好好默想这些教材，并且经过灵里的消化调和，灵活的运用这些教材。第三，服事者必须练一些诗歌；因为在青少年聚会中，是需要领唱的。所以，服事者对少年人常唱的诗歌，要多一点了解。第四，服事者要为青少年聚会多有祷告。第五，众人在聚会中要学习调灵。我们来在一起，不要像世界的学术机关，来了就坐在会中，等着别人讲话，然后作笔记。每次聚会应该是我们众人交通，和灵里相调的机会；我们应该很自由的在灵里敞开，把感觉和难处交通出来。祷告时灵都要出来，不要等待。这五件事是我们带少年人时，需要学习的。
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　　我们中间作少年工作，可说是从一九三五、三六年正式开始的。换句话说，我们中间在一九三六年以前，在少年人中间的工作并不多。一九三二年，倪柝声弟兄到了山东省府所在地济南，在齐鲁大学向一群医科学生传福音，带了相当多的人得救之后，济南才开始有一班人起来正式聚会。那可说是我们中间头一次的少年工作，但不具什么规模，仅限在那个地方的一个医科学校里。　　到了一九三六年，在北平，少年工作的推动比较积极。那时，正当日军侵华之前，全国第一的教育中心就是北平；那里有最多的大学院校，并且最好的大学也几乎都在北平。当时主在北平最好的大学开了门，第一个开门的是协和，协和大学在当时，是世界知名的医学院，里面有许多护士是我们的姊妹。并且有一些学生和医生，也成了我们的弟兄姊妹。同时在清华、燕京两所非常好的国立大学，主也为我们开了门。从那时候起，我就在少年工作上担负相当的责任，而后这个工作一直扩展在少年人中间。不过，是以少年护士学校居多，所以我们中间的护士姊妹相当多。在天津、济南、上海、南京、苏州都有一些护士学生，是我们中间少年工作的对象。　　到了一九四六至四八年，在上海的少年工作比从前更广、更具体。那时，在交通大学有好多位少年弟兄，是当时少年工作主要的对象。此外，在上海有一个上海医学院和国防医学院，在南京有一所中央大学，主都为我们开了门，有不少人得救。这样，我们在工作上就学了一些经验，对教材该怎样取舍，以及技术该怎样运用，都有了一些认识。
　
　　到台湾来以后，弟兄们也作了一些少年工作。开头时，我还陪着弟兄们有些交通；后来因着忙于其他工作，我几乎没有过问少年工作。这几年来，台北少年工作的情形有所开展，负担在我们身上也就越过越重，长老们都觉得应该好好注意。　　至于我个人到海外，无论是到马尼拉还是香港，凡是大的地方召会，我都向他们提议，推动他们多注意少年工作。这几年来在马尼拉，有许多少年人被主得着。在香港的光景也不错，已过这个寒假，香港少年人聚会有将近三百人。香港召会比台北小，但人数也达到了二百五十位以上。现在，香港召会一直在向少年人传福音，因为得着学生很有意义。我们只要得着一个学生，就会有生生不息的发展。因为得着一个学生，他会再去得两三个，这两三个又会再去多得几个，可以生生不息的传下去。同时，少年人被主得着，还可能影响他们的家庭。　　所有服事者都知道，少年工作是相当有前途的。他们现在十五岁，再过十年是二十五岁，就会相当有用。二十五岁的人再过十年是三十五岁，就可以在召会中作长老了。这个前途是无可限量的。中国话说，后生可畏，实在是对的。五十岁的弟兄姊妹都定了型，不太容易改变，不太容易再产生状元。但在少年人身上，却是指日可待。所以这几年，我们相当注意这个少年工作。
　
　　根据已过的经历，我们知道必须给少年人属灵的内容。这属灵的内容，一面要有属灵的知识，一面要有属灵的生命。对于少年人的带领，这两面是不可或缺的。不能偏在知识一面，也不能偏在生命一面，必须两面平衡。事奉主的人都知道，神在宇宙间有一个定律，什么事都是平衡的。我们越摸事奉，越觉得一切的事都得平衡才有效。比方，神造人的两只手是平衡的，两只脚走路也是平衡的。平衡的事在宇宙间不胜枚举，譬如，一个家庭有丈夫也有妻子，社会中有男也有女，这就是平衡的。
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　　作工治理召会，也要抓住凡事都有两面的原则。在旧约，我们清楚看见，神治理祂的子民，乃是一面有君王，一面有祭司；祭司平衡君王，交通平衡权柄。我们今天对神儿女的带领也是如此。我很宝贝使徒们所说的：“我们要坚定持续地祷告，并尽话语的职事。”（徒六4）使徒们不只讲道，尽话语的职事，也坚定持续地祷告；他们的事奉是平衡的。
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但我们要坚定持续地祷告，并尽话语的职事。
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　　因此，我们服事少年弟兄姊妹，也得守住这个平衡的原则，要给他们属灵的知识，也要给他们属灵的生命。不是先给知识后给生命，乃是二者互为因果，也相互平衡。可以说，我们所给他们的教材，内容绝对是属灵的；不过教导上，应该采取近代的教法。我们对少年人的带领，也就像是对召会的教导聚会，应该有三分之二是教育性的。比方，我们的传讲固然在于灵，但这个传讲，里头要有条理、有思路。这个条理、思路完全是为着打动人的头脑，是理智的，所以是教育性的。然而，我们的传讲和世界的教育是不同的，因为世界的教育只有知识，没有灵，而我们的讲台信息是有灵的。我们讲台信息的灵，是根据或凭借教材而有的，其中是带着教育性的。　　我们传讲信息，必须打动人的魂，通过人的魂，才能叫人受感动。若是你不能讲得让人的魂里清楚，就无法叫人受感动。你若是把一篇道讲得糊里糊涂，就不能盼望人灵里受感动。所以，我们传讲信息，固然必须用灵，但也必须叫人的头脑能明白。一篇好的信息，话语一打开，人的思路就开，就明白；并且话里面还调着灵，有灵作后盾。讲台的话不光要叫人头脑清楚，还要能透过人的头脑摸着人的灵；因为这话是从灵里说出来的。　　因此，一篇好的讲台信息，讲的人头脑是非常厉害的，思路也都是通达的。那一句话在先，那一句话在后，条理在那里，重点在那里，思路都是非常清楚明确；说出去时，能开人的思路，点人的心窍。所谓心窍就是人头脑的故事，魂里的故事。好的讲台信息，同时也要有灵，因为灵会借着思路，往外推动属灵的内容。当讲者说出去时，他的话是满带着思路，能开人的心窍，叫人明白。同时，他的话也带着灵，能碰着人里面的灵，使人的灵里响应。所以，讲台信息是无法脱开教育性的。　　我们带弟兄姊妹查读圣经，研究一个属灵题目，也是属于教育性的。所以，带领青少年聚会时，首先要领会我们的对象是受教育的对象；因为他们正在读书阶段，对一切的教导，都有一个受教育的头脑。学校从小学起到初中、高中和大学，都是教育性的。你对他们所说的，若是不合他们教育的体制，没有教育性，他们就会觉得落伍。所以，要顺着他们教育的头脑，把属灵的知识与生命，教到他们里面。这就如同铁路已经铺好，只要顺势搭火车往前，不必徒步行走或是另觅蹊径。　　少年人都是受教育的对象，他们来聚会，不该像一般作礼拜的人，只是听一篇道。他们是要固定的经过一些学习的过程，比方，他们读初中，一读就要三年，高中也是一样，而大学是四年。他们是一直固定的在学习，所以，我们对他们的带领，应该分几年的工夫，随着他们的学年作分班带领。若是我们每年都分级教授，那是最好、最理想的情形。有的人初中毕业，也从我们召会的初中带领毕业；然后开始高中的学习，高中毕业又开始大学的学习。　　比方，台北市召会有几千位弟兄姊妹，家中的儿女有许多是读小学六年级，下半年开始读初中的。当他们一升上初中，就应该马上为他们成立一个班，有一套属灵的教育。等他们初中毕业后，这一套也教完了，立刻就到高中，接受高中的另一套教育。等到他们上大学，又有四年的属灵教育。若是这样，少年人一直受带领，十年之后，光景必定大有可期。我们要这样作，并不是太难。
　
　　我们应该根据少年人受教育的头脑，和他们的环境，善用我们的属灵材料，以现代科学教育的方法施教。我们必须承认今天无论是东方、西方，一概都接受这种教育制度，与科学教育方法；所以，我们也该采取这种作法。当然，材料绝对要属灵，教法则要采近代的教学法。　　譬如，数学是一个体系。若是教育家要教育下一代，就必须分析考量整个教育体制中，这个数学的体系里，要用那一部分教小学，那一部分教初中，那一部分教高中、大学，甚至研究所，才能把整个人类数学体系的学问，传承给下一代的青年人。任何一项学问都是这样，这就是近代的教育。　　我们该采取这个教法，把我们这一套属灵的体系，带到少年人中间。我们可以分为两面，一面是属灵知识，一面是属灵生命。盼望有弟兄或姊妹能编出一套体系，什么是关于知识的，什么是关于生命的，都有一个系统；初一学什么，初二、初三学什么，到了高中、大学又该学什么，都有一定的进程。这十年的工夫，我们应该想办法把这个属灵体系的内容，完全传输到下一代里面。实在说，我目前没有工夫预备这个教材；我只能向大家建议，试试看能不能作出来。
　
　　现在，我们的青少年聚会还有难处，因为不同的年龄层需要有不同的带领，初中生有初中生的带领，高中生有高中生的带领，大专有大专的带领。所以，在教材的预备上，应该灵活运用。比方，同样的历史教材，今天我教小学是用这一套，教高中就要加一点，教大学又要再加一点。以主耶稣的神性这个题目来说，对初中生我们可能只给二节圣经，对高中生可以多加一些，对大学生就可以把全部经节和内容都给他们。所以，题目是一样的，但材料是增加的。这就是灵活运用的原则。　　生命方面也是如此，带领初中生认识肉体、认识血气，乃是浅显的、简单地带他们认识。对于大专的弟兄姊妹，就要应用得丰富些；虽然也是讲认识肉体，不过教材有轻重、深浅、多少和高低的分别。这些都要灵活运用。　　路我们已经知道了，现在最难的就是这个教材。然而，我们要考虑那一点先讲，那一点后讲，这在准备教材的技术上，是个大问题。若有人接受负担编写教材，那就太好了，因为这的的确确是个需要。
　
　　在少年人的聚会中，可以一周给他们属灵知识，下一周给他们属灵生命，那一项在先都可以。至于给的时候，必须是教育的方式；当然传讲一定要有灵。他们接受也是以受教育的方式，像读书一样，要读得懂，同时还要有习题、操练，并且要应考。这是近代教育的方法。我们的试题、操练以及应考，要比一般学校认真。因为一周只有一次，不能马虎。他们一周来一次，就得算一次，认真的带领他们，不必求多，但务要作得透彻。
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　　关于教导属灵知识，特别对中学生而言，带他们逐卷读经虽有益处，但不如带他们专题式的进入来得好。在属灵的知识上，可以简要的分为四大项：基督、救赎、生命和召会。可以说，全本圣经就是以这四大点为中心，所有的圣经节都可以分类在这些点里面。　　这四大点可以用一句话连在一起，就是基督来成功救赎，叫人得着生命，为要产生召会。我们给人的属灵知识，都要关乎这四点，甚至可以应用这四点，对初中生编一套课程，对高中生编一套课程，也为大学生编一套课程，带他们循序的认识基督、救赎、生命和召会。　　关于属灵生命的带领，可以用灵命四层来说，第一层得救层，是基督在我们里面。第二层复兴层，是我们住在基督里。第三层十字架层，是基督住在我们里面。第四层属灵争战层，是基督长成在我们里面。这只是简单地概说，生命的重点是很细的，我们无法在此细说。　　一九六一年三月十日讲于台北
　
FIVE MATTERS IN LEADING THE YOUNG PEOPLE
　In our fellowship concerning how to lead the young people, we need to look at five matters. First, the serving ones should focus on the material and skills needed in the work with the young people. We should study and discuss the material to use in the young people’s meeting and whether the material that we used in the past is appropriate and practical. If a businessman wants to manufacture a good product, he must conduct substantial research in order to have the proper skills to make a product. Similarly, we need to study and find the most effective way to work with the young people. This cannot be worked out in a short period of time. We need to study together and experiment in various places to see whether a particular way is practical and effective. Then we should follow up with more study and improvement.
　Second, we need materials, including outlines, sections, and lines of study. We hope that the serving ones will consider the matter of materials thoughtfully and use them in a flexible way after digesting and assimilating them. Third, the serving ones must learn some hymns, because there is a need to lead the young people to sing in the meetings. Hence, the serving ones must familiarize themselves with the hymns that the young people sing. Fourth, the serving ones must pray much for the young people. Fifth, the serving ones must learn to blend together in spirit. When we come together, we should not behave as if we were sitting in a meeting of a secular academic organization, waiting for others to speak and taking notes. Every meeting should be an opportunity to fellowship and blend in spirit. We should be free to open our spirit and fellowship our feelings and problems. When we pray, we should release our spirit without hesitation. We should learn these five matters in order to lead the young people.
　
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE’S WORK AMONG US
　The young people’s work among us began in 1935 or 1936. Before 1936 there was not much work with the young people. In 1932 Watchman Nee went to Tsinan, the capital of Shantung Province, and preached the gospel to a group of medical students at Cheloo University, and many were saved. Shortly thereafter, a group of believers began to meet in Tsinan. This was the first time that there was a work among the young people. However, the scope of the work was not big, because it was limited to the medical school in Tsinan.
　In 1936 we began to work more aggressively with the young people in Beijing. Before the Japanese army invaded China, the top educational center was in Beijing, where the largest number of students and the best universities were located. At that time the Lord opened a door to some of the best universities in Beijing. The first door opened to us was at Peking Union Medical College (PUMC). At that time PUMC was a renowned medical school in the world. Many of the nurses there were sisters, and some students and doctors also began to meet with us. At the same time two very good national universities, Tsinghua and Yenching, were also opened to us by the Lord. From that time onward, I began to bear a substantial burden for the young people’s work. Later, the work continued to spread among the young people. However, the work was mainly among vocational nursing schools, and there were quite a number of nurses among us who were sisters. In Tientsin, Tsinan, Shanghai, Nanking, and Soochow, nursing students were the main target of our work among the young people.
　From 1946 through 1948 the young people’s work in Shanghai expanded and became more solid. At that time there were quite a number of young brothers studying in Chiao-tung University. In addition to this school, there were students at Shanghai Medical College and the National Defense Medical Center in Shanghai. The Lord also opened the door to Central University, and many were brought to salvation. In this way we gained experience and knowledge concerning how to choose the right material and how to apply the proper skills.
　
THE YOUNG PEOPLE’S WORK HAVING A BRIGHT FUTURE
　After we came to Taiwan, the brothers began to work with the young people. In the beginning I was with the brothers in their fellowship. As I became busy with other matters, however, I was not involved in the young people’s work very much. In recent years the young people’s work in Taipei has developed, and the burden for the work has increased greatly. Therefore, the elders feel that we should consider the needs in this work.
　Whenever I go abroad, whether to Manila or Hong Kong, and wherever there is a large local church, I encourage them to pay more attention to the young people’s work. In recent years many young people have been gained by the Lord in Manila. The situation in Hong Kong is also good. During this past winter the number in the young people’s meeting in Hong Kong reached nearly three hundred. The church in Hong Kong is smaller than the church in Taipei; nevertheless, they have gained over two hundred fifty students. The church in Hong Kong continues to preach the gospel to young people because gaining students has a long-term effect. Once a student is gained, the growth can be endless. When a student is gained, he can gain two or three of his fellow students, and these two or three can gain some as well. Thus, the number can continue to multiply. Furthermore, when young people are gained by the Lord, they also affect their families.
　All the serving ones know that there is a bright future in the young people’s work. The young ones who are fifteen years old now will be very useful in ten years. Then after another ten years some who are thirty-five will be ready to be elders in the church. The future is unlimited. The Chinese have a saying that the young generation holds a vast potential for greatness; this is surely true. The saints who are in their fifties are often set in their ways; it is not so easy for them to change. The young people, however, can be raised up relatively quickly to be productive. This is the reason we should pay attention to the young people’s work.
　
FOCUSING EQUALLY ON KNOWLEDGE AND LIFE IN OUR LEADING
　According to our experience, we must impart spiritual content into our young people. This spiritual content must be related to spiritual knowledge on one hand and to spiritual life on the other hand. These two aspects are indispensable in leading the young people. We should not lean too much toward knowledge or too much toward life; we must be balanced. Those who serve the Lord know that according to God’s law in the universe, everything is balanced. The more we touch the Lord’s service, the more we realize that something is effective only when it is balanced. For example, God created man with two hands and two feet. There are countless other examples of balance in the universe. For instance, in a family there is a husband and a wife, and in society there are men and women; this brings balance to human situations.
　In our work and in the administration of the church, we should keep the principle of being balanced. In the Old Testament God used the kingship and the priesthood to rule over His people. The priesthood balanced the kingship, and fellowship balanced authority. Today we should lead the children of God in the same way. I treasure very much what the apostles said in Acts 6:4: “We will continue steadfastly in prayer and in the ministry of the word.” The apostles did not just give messages to care for the ministry of the word; they also continued steadfastly in prayer. Their service was balanced.
　In our service with the young brothers and sisters, we should keep the principle of being balanced; we must instruct them in matters related to spiritual knowledge and to spiritual life. We should not focus on knowledge and then on life; rather, we should give the young people knowledge and life in a way that these aspects interact with each other, being both a cause and an effect, and balance each other. The content of what we give them should be absolutely spiritual; however, in teaching, we should adopt the way of instruction. Our time of leading the young people should be educational with two-thirds of the time being like a teaching meeting of the church. Our teaching and speaking depend on the Spirit, but when we teach and speak, our words must be logical and follow a line of thought. Both logic and a line of thought are needed in order to touch a person’s rational mind; hence, our teaching must be educational. Nevertheless, our way of teaching should not be exactly like a worldly education, because worldly education has knowledge but no life. The messages we speak have a spiritual content, but this spiritual content must be imparted through material that is educational.
　When we give a message, we must touch the parts of a person’s soul, because people are moved and inspired through the soul. If we cannot speak a message in a clear way to a person’s mind, he will not be touched. If we give a confusing message, we should not expect people to be touched in their spirit. Hence, when we give a message, we must enable people to understand in their mind even though we use our spirit. A good message will open a person’s mind and enable him to understand, because the spoken word has been mingled with the spirit. A message should not only make a person clear in his mind but also touch his spirit through his mind because the word has been released from the spirit.
　In order to give a good message, the speaker must have a sharp and clear mind. He should have a definite idea concerning the line of thought, the main points, and the word that should be spoken first. Then when he speaks, his words will enlighten people’s thoughts and minds. A good message should also have the Spirit, because the Spirit imparts spiritual content through the speaking that is related to the line of thought. When a speaker speaks, his words should follow a line of thought to open people’s mind so that they may understand. At the same time, the Spirit will touch the spirit of the hearers through these words, causing them to have a response in their spirit.
　When we lead the saints to study the Bible or a spiritual topic, we must have an educational focus. We need to realize that the young people are currently receiving an education; therefore, they have a predisposition to receive instructions. The schools they attend, from elementary schools to college universities, are all educational in nature. If our speaking in the young people’s meeting does not fit with their educational experience or is not educational in nature, they will feel that the content is outdated. Hence, we should not ignore their educational disposition when we seek to impart spiritual knowledge and life into them. We can compare this situation to moving forward on railroad tracks that have been laid. We need to move forward on the tracks; we do not need to find another way.
　Young people receive an education in a progressive way. Consequently, they should not come to a meeting merely to listen to a message on randomly chosen topics. Rather, they should go through a definite learning process. For example, young people in Taiwan attend junior high school for three years, high school for three years, and college for four years; there is a continual and definite progression in their learning. Similarly, our leading should progress over the course of several years, and we should speak to them in ways that correspond to their academic level. It would be ideal if we could teach them progressively and enable them to reach new levels of understanding each year. When a young person graduates from junior high school, he should also be led from a “junior high” understanding of matters related to spiritual knowledge and spiritual life to a “high school” level. He should similarly progress from a “high school” level to a “college” level when he graduates from high school.
　Many of the families in the church in Taipei have children who are in the sixth grade. When these children begin junior high school, we should have a course of spiritual education for them. When they begin high school, we should have another set of spiritual material for them, and when they are in college, they should receive four years of advanced spiritual education. If our young saints receive a spiritual education in this way, we will see great results in ten years. This is not too difficult.
　
USING MODERN INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS
　Based on the disposition of young people to receive an education, we should use our spiritual materials effectively and teach them according to modern, instructional methods. In both the East and the West, educational systems utilize modern instructional methods, and we should do the same. While the material should be absolutely spiritual, the method of instruction should be modern.
　For example, proficiency in mathematics requires a system of instruction. If an educator wants to teach the next generation a proper understanding of mathematics, he must consider the entire educational system; that is, he must consider what should be taught in elementary school, in junior high, in high school, in college, and even in graduate school. In this way he will be able to pass on mankind’s accumulated knowledge of mathematics to the young ones of the next generation. This is true in regard to any field of knowledge, and this is the practice in modern educational systems.
　We should adopt this way of instruction in regard to the spiritual material that we present to the young people, approaching it from the aspect of spiritual knowledge and of spiritual life. I hope that some brothers or sisters will work on compiling materials on knowledge and life. They also should consider the appropriate content for a young person in junior high, high school, or college. There should be a definite progression in the material. From the start of junior high to their graduation from college, we should use these ten years to infuse the content of our spiritual material into the next generation. I do not have the time to prepare such material. I can only present this to you in order to see if something can be worked out.
　
USING MATERIAL FLEXIBLY
　Our young people’s meetings need to address our lack of leading that is appropriate to various age groups. The leading for each age group should be different. Junior-high students should be led in a way that is suitable to the junior high level, and high-school and college students also should be led in their respective ways. Therefore, in our preparation of material for these respective age groups, we should be flexible. For example, an elementary student will learn a basic outline of history, but in junior high school, high school, and college, more historical details are added to their studies. Concerning the topic of the divinity of the Lord Jesus, junior-high students may need only two verses from the Bible, while high-school students can be given more verses. College students have the ability to consider this topic as it is presented throughout the entire Scriptures. Although the topic may be the same, the depth of the material should increase as the age of a young person increases. This is the principle of using material flexibly.
　We should follow this principle when we cover material related to spiritual life. When we teach the junior-high students to know the flesh, we should use material that is easy and simple. However, we should use deeper material with the brothers and sisters who are in college. Although we may be speaking about the same topic of knowing the flesh, the material that we use with each group should vary in weight, depth, and quantity. We should use material flexibly.
　Even though we know that we need to use modern instructional methods, it is still difficult to have proper material. We should consider the progression of the topics to cover. The skills required to prepare this material is a major issue as well. It would be very good if some saints received a burden to compile this material, because there is indeed such a need.
　
THE FOCUS AND DIRECTION OF THE MATERIAL
　The young people’s meeting can stress matters related to spiritual knowledge one week and to spiritual life the next. It does not matter which aspect is covered first. Nevertheless, the material must be given in the way of education, and the person who speaks must also exercise his spirit. Young people need to receive material in the way of education, and in order to understand the material, there should also be exercises. This is the new way of education. Our exercises must be more serious than those in the schools. The young people meet once a week, and our time with them is precious. Hence, we should teach them seriously. We do not need to teach them many things at once, but what we teach should be thorough.
　Concerning instruction in matters related to spiritual knowledge, it is profitable for junior-high students to read the books in the Bible sequentially. However, it is more profitable to lead them to study the Bible according to topics. Spiritual knowledge can be divided into four major topics: Christ, redemption, life, and the church. The entire Bible is focused on these four points. All the verses in the Bible can be classified according to these four topics. These four topics can also be linked by one sentence: Christ came to accomplish redemption so that man may have life for the producing of the church. All our instruction related to spiritual knowledge should convey these four points. We can even use these four points to compile a curriculum for junior-high, high-school, and college students, leading them to know Christ, redemption, life, and the church.
　Regarding our leading of the young people in matters related to spiritual life, we can speak according to the four stages of spiritual life. The first stage is the salvation stage—our being in Christ. The second stage is the revival stage—our abiding in Christ. The third stage is the stage of the cross—Christ living in us. The fourth stage is the stage of spiritual warfare—Christ being fully grown in us (see The Experience of Life). This is a brief sketch. The important points in life are very fine, but we cannot speak of them in detail now.
 
　　本篇信息要说到如何带领各地的少年人。首先，我们要来看有分于少年工作的服事者，该有的五点学习。第一，服事者必须针对少年工作的材料和技术有研讨。我们应该研讨青少年聚会中，该用什么材料，以及用过的材料得当不得当，实用不实用。此外，我们都知道，凡制作一件东西，不只要有好的材料，更要在技术层面上作相当的研究。所以，我们也当研究什么样的作法最有果效。这不是短时间内能断定的，乃需要大家一起研究，并到各地实习，看看是否实用、有效，再来研讨改进。

　　第二，我们会提供一些教材，包括纲目、分段和路线，希望服事的人能好好默想这些教材，并且经过灵里的消化调和，灵活的运用这些教材。第三，服事者必须练一些诗歌；因为在青少年聚会中，是需要领唱的。所以，服事者对少年人常唱的诗歌，要多一点了解。第四，服事者要为青少年聚会多有祷告。第五，众人在聚会中要学习调灵。我们来在一起，不要像世界的学术机关，来了就坐在会中，等着别人讲话，然后作笔记。每次聚会应该是我们众人交通，和灵里相调的机会；我们应该很自由的在灵里敞开，把感觉和难处交通出来。祷告时灵都要出来，不要等待。这五件事是我们带少年人时，需要学习的。
 
　In our fellowship concerning how to lead the young people, we need to look at five matters. First, the serving ones should focus on the material and skills needed in the work with the young people. We should study and discuss the material to use in the young people’s meeting and whether the material that we used in the past is appropriate and practical. If a businessman wants to manufacture a good product, he must conduct substantial research in order to have the proper skills to make a product. Similarly, we need to study and find the most effective way to work with the young people. This cannot be worked out in a short period of time. We need to study together and experiment in various places to see whether a particular way is practical and effective. Then we should follow up with more study and improvement.

　Second, we need materials, including outlines, sections, and lines of study. We hope that the serving ones will consider the matter of materials thoughtfully and use them in a flexible way after digesting and assimilating them. Third, the serving ones must learn some hymns, because there is a need to lead the young people to sing in the meetings. Hence, the serving ones must familiarize themselves with the hymns that the young people sing. Fourth, the serving ones must pray much for the young people. Fifth, the serving ones must learn to blend together in spirit. When we come together, we should not behave as if we were sitting in a meeting of a secular academic organization, waiting for others to speak and taking notes. Every meeting should be an opportunity to fellowship and blend in spirit. We should be free to open our spirit and fellowship our feelings and problems. When we pray, we should release our spirit without hesitation. We should learn these five matters in order to lead the young people.
　　我们中间作少年工作，可说是从一九三五、三六年正式开始的。换句话说，我们中间在一九三六年以前，在少年人中间的工作并不多。一九三二年，倪柝声弟兄到了山东省府所在地济南，在齐鲁大学向一群医科学生传福音，带了相当多的人得救之后，济南才开始有一班人起来正式聚会。那可说是我们中间头一次的少年工作，但不具什么规模，仅限在那个地方的一个医科学校里。

　　到了一九三六年，在北平，少年工作的推动比较积极。那时，正当日军侵华之前，全国第一的教育中心就是北平；那里有最多的大学院校，并且最好的大学也几乎都在北平。当时主在北平最好的大学开了门，第一个开门的是协和，协和大学在当时，是世界知名的医学院，里面有许多护士是我们的姊妹。并且有一些学生和医生，也成了我们的弟兄姊妹。同时在清华、燕京两所非常好的国立大学，主也为我们开了门。从那时候起，我就在少年工作上担负相当的责任，而后这个工作一直扩展在少年人中间。不过，是以少年护士学校居多，所以我们中间的护士姊妹相当多。在天津、济南、上海、南京、苏州都有一些护士学生，是我们中间少年工作的对象。

　　到了一九四六至四八年，在上海的少年工作比从前更广、更具体。那时，在交通大学有好多位少年弟兄，是当时少年工作主要的对象。此外，在上海有一个上海医学院和国防医学院，在南京有一所中央大学，主都为我们开了门，有不少人得救。这样，我们在工作上就学了一些经验，对教材该怎样取舍，以及技术该怎样运用，都有了一些认识。
 
　The young people’s work among us began in 1935 or 1936. Before 1936 there was not much work with the young people. In 1932 Watchman Nee went to Tsinan, the capital of Shantung Province, and preached the gospel to a group of medical students at Cheloo University, and many were saved. Shortly thereafter, a group of believers began to meet in Tsinan. This was the first time that there was a work among the young people. However, the scope of the work was not big, because it was limited to the medical school in Tsinan.

　In 1936 we began to work more aggressively with the young people in Beijing. Before the Japanese army invaded China, the top educational center was in Beijing, where the largest number of students and the best universities were located. At that time the Lord opened a door to some of the best universities in Beijing. The first door opened to us was at Peking Union Medical College (PUMC). At that time PUMC was a renowned medical school in the world. Many of the nurses there were sisters, and some students and doctors also began to meet with us. At the same time two very good national universities, Tsinghua and Yenching, were also opened to us by the Lord. From that time onward, I began to bear a substantial burden for the young people’s work. Later, the work continued to spread among the young people. However, the work was mainly among vocational nursing schools, and there were quite a number of nurses among us who were sisters. In Tientsin, Tsinan, Shanghai, Nanking, and Soochow, nursing students were the main target of our work among the young people.

　From 1946 through 1948 the young people’s work in Shanghai expanded and became more solid. At that time there were quite a number of young brothers studying in Chiao-tung University. In addition to this school, there were students at Shanghai Medical College and the National Defense Medical Center in Shanghai. The Lord also opened the door to Central University, and many were brought to salvation. In this way we gained experience and knowledge concerning how to choose the right material and how to apply the proper skills.
　　到台湾来以后，弟兄们也作了一些少年工作。开头时，我还陪着弟兄们有些交通；后来因着忙于其他工作，我几乎没有过问少年工作。这几年来，台北少年工作的情形有所开展，负担在我们身上也就越过越重，长老们都觉得应该好好注意。

　　至于我个人到海外，无论是到马尼拉还是香港，凡是大的地方召会，我都向他们提议，推动他们多注意少年工作。这几年来在马尼拉，有许多少年人被主得着。在香港的光景也不错，已过这个寒假，香港少年人聚会有将近三百人。香港召会比台北小，但人数也达到了二百五十位以上。现在，香港召会一直在向少年人传福音，因为得着学生很有意义。我们只要得着一个学生，就会有生生不息的发展。因为得着一个学生，他会再去得两三个，这两三个又会再去多得几个，可以生生不息的传下去。同时，少年人被主得着，还可能影响他们的家庭。

　　所有服事者都知道，少年工作是相当有前途的。他们现在十五岁，再过十年是二十五岁，就会相当有用。二十五岁的人再过十年是三十五岁，就可以在召会中作长老了。这个前途是无可限量的。中国话说，后生可畏，实在是对的。五十岁的弟兄姊妹都定了型，不太容易改变，不太容易再产生状元。但在少年人身上，却是指日可待。所以这几年，我们相当注意这个少年工作。
 
　After we came to Taiwan, the brothers began to work with the young people. In the beginning I was with the brothers in their fellowship. As I became busy with other matters, however, I was not involved in the young people’s work very much. In recent years the young people’s work in Taipei has developed, and the burden for the work has increased greatly. Therefore, the elders feel that we should consider the needs in this work.

　Whenever I go abroad, whether to Manila or Hong Kong, and wherever there is a large local church, I encourage them to pay more attention to the young people’s work. In recent years many young people have been gained by the Lord in Manila. The situation in Hong Kong is also good. During this past winter the number in the young people’s meeting in Hong Kong reached nearly three hundred. The church in Hong Kong is smaller than the church in Taipei; nevertheless, they have gained over two hundred fifty students. The church in Hong Kong continues to preach the gospel to young people because gaining students has a long-term effect. Once a student is gained, the growth can be endless. When a student is gained, he can gain two or three of his fellow students, and these two or three can gain some as well. Thus, the number can continue to multiply. Furthermore, when young people are gained by the Lord, they also affect their families.

　All the serving ones know that there is a bright future in the young people’s work. The young ones who are fifteen years old now will be very useful in ten years. Then after another ten years some who are thirty-five will be ready to be elders in the church. The future is unlimited. The Chinese have a saying that the young generation holds a vast potential for greatness; this is surely true. The saints who are in their fifties are often set in their ways; it is not so easy for them to change. The young people, however, can be raised up relatively quickly to be productive. This is the reason we should pay attention to the young people’s work.
　　根据已过的经历，我们知道必须给少年人属灵的内容。这属灵的内容，一面要有属灵的知识，一面要有属灵的生命。对于少年人的带领，这两面是不可或缺的。不能偏在知识一面，也不能偏在生命一面，必须两面平衡。事奉主的人都知道，神在宇宙间有一个定律，什么事都是平衡的。我们越摸事奉，越觉得一切的事都得平衡才有效。比方，神造人的两只手是平衡的，两只脚走路也是平衡的。平衡的事在宇宙间不胜枚举，譬如，一个家庭有丈夫也有妻子，社会中有男也有女，这就是平衡的。

　　作工治理召会，也要抓住凡事都有两面的原则。在旧约，我们清楚看见，神治理祂的子民，乃是一面有君王，一面有祭司；祭司平衡君王，交通平衡权柄。我们今天对神儿女的带领也是如此。我很宝贝使徒们所说的：“我们要坚定持续地祷告，并尽话语的职事。”（徒六4）使徒们不只讲道，尽话语的职事，也坚定持续地祷告；他们的事奉是平衡的。

　　因此，我们服事少年弟兄姊妹，也得守住这个平衡的原则，要给他们属灵的知识，也要给他们属灵的生命。不是先给知识后给生命，乃是二者互为因果，也相互平衡。可以说，我们所给他们的教材，内容绝对是属灵的；不过教导上，应该采取近代的教法。我们对少年人的带领，也就像是对召会的教导聚会，应该有三分之二是教育性的。比方，我们的传讲固然在于灵，但这个传讲，里头要有条理、有思路。这个条理、思路完全是为着打动人的头脑，是理智的，所以是教育性的。然而，我们的传讲和世界的教育是不同的，因为世界的教育只有知识，没有灵，而我们的讲台信息是有灵的。我们讲台信息的灵，是根据或凭借教材而有的，其中是带着教育性的。

　　我们传讲信息，必须打动人的魂，通过人的魂，才能叫人受感动。若是你不能讲得让人的魂里清楚，就无法叫人受感动。你若是把一篇道讲得糊里糊涂，就不能盼望人灵里受感动。所以，我们传讲信息，固然必须用灵，但也必须叫人的头脑能明白。一篇好的信息，话语一打开，人的思路就开，就明白；并且话里面还调着灵，有灵作后盾。讲台的话不光要叫人头脑清楚，还要能透过人的头脑摸着人的灵；因为这话是从灵里说出来的。

　　因此，一篇好的讲台信息，讲的人头脑是非常厉害的，思路也都是通达的。那一句话在先，那一句话在后，条理在那里，重点在那里，思路都是非常清楚明确；说出去时，能开人的思路，点人的心窍。所谓心窍就是人头脑的故事，魂里的故事。好的讲台信息，同时也要有灵，因为灵会借着思路，往外推动属灵的内容。当讲者说出去时，他的话是满带着思路，能开人的心窍，叫人明白。同时，他的话也带着灵，能碰着人里面的灵，使人的灵里响应。所以，讲台信息是无法脱开教育性的。

　　我们带弟兄姊妹查读圣经，研究一个属灵题目，也是属于教育性的。所以，带领青少年聚会时，首先要领会我们的对象是受教育的对象；因为他们正在读书阶段，对一切的教导，都有一个受教育的头脑。学校从小学起到初中、高中和大学，都是教育性的。你对他们所说的，若是不合他们教育的体制，没有教育性，他们就会觉得落伍。所以，要顺着他们教育的头脑，把属灵的知识与生命，教到他们里面。这就如同铁路已经铺好，只要顺势搭火车往前，不必徒步行走或是另觅蹊径。

　　少年人都是受教育的对象，他们来聚会，不该像一般作礼拜的人，只是听一篇道。他们是要固定的经过一些学习的过程，比方，他们读初中，一读就要三年，高中也是一样，而大学是四年。他们是一直固定的在学习，所以，我们对他们的带领，应该分几年的工夫，随着他们的学年作分班带领。若是我们每年都分级教授，那是最好、最理想的情形。有的人初中毕业，也从我们召会的初中带领毕业；然后开始高中的学习，高中毕业又开始大学的学习。

　　比方，台北市召会有几千位弟兄姊妹，家中的儿女有许多是读小学六年级，下半年开始读初中的。当他们一升上初中，就应该马上为他们成立一个班，有一套属灵的教育。等他们初中毕业后，这一套也教完了，立刻就到高中，接受高中的另一套教育。等到他们上大学，又有四年的属灵教育。若是这样，少年人一直受带领，十年之后，光景必定大有可期。我们要这样作，并不是太难。
 
　According to our experience, we must impart spiritual content into our young people. This spiritual content must be related to spiritual knowledge on one hand and to spiritual life on the other hand. These two aspects are indispensable in leading the young people. We should not lean too much toward knowledge or too much toward life; we must be balanced. Those who serve the Lord know that according to God’s law in the universe, everything is balanced. The more we touch the Lord’s service, the more we realize that something is effective only when it is balanced. For example, God created man with two hands and two feet. There are countless other examples of balance in the universe. For instance, in a family there is a husband and a wife, and in society there are men and women; this brings balance to human situations.

　In our work and in the administration of the church, we should keep the principle of being balanced. In the Old Testament God used the kingship and the priesthood to rule over His people. The priesthood balanced the kingship, and fellowship balanced authority. Today we should lead the children of God in the same way. I treasure very much what the apostles said in Acts 6:4: “We will continue steadfastly in prayer and in the ministry of the word.” The apostles did not just give messages to care for the ministry of the word; they also continued steadfastly in prayer. Their service was balanced.

　In our service with the young brothers and sisters, we should keep the principle of being balanced; we must instruct them in matters related to spiritual knowledge and to spiritual life. We should not focus on knowledge and then on life; rather, we should give the young people knowledge and life in a way that these aspects interact with each other, being both a cause and an effect, and balance each other. The content of what we give them should be absolutely spiritual; however, in teaching, we should adopt the way of instruction. Our time of leading the young people should be educational with two-thirds of the time being like a teaching meeting of the church. Our teaching and speaking depend on the Spirit, but when we teach and speak, our words must be logical and follow a line of thought. Both logic and a line of thought are needed in order to touch a person’s rational mind; hence, our teaching must be educational. Nevertheless, our way of teaching should not be exactly like a worldly education, because worldly education has knowledge but no life. The messages we speak have a spiritual content, but this spiritual content must be imparted through material that is educational.

　When we give a message, we must touch the parts of a person’s soul, because people are moved and inspired through the soul. If we cannot speak a message in a clear way to a person’s mind, he will not be touched. If we give a confusing message, we should not expect people to be touched in their spirit. Hence, when we give a message, we must enable people to understand in their mind even though we use our spirit. A good message will open a person’s mind and enable him to understand, because the spoken word has been mingled with the spirit. A message should not only make a person clear in his mind but also touch his spirit through his mind because the word has been released from the spirit.

　In order to give a good message, the speaker must have a sharp and clear mind. He should have a definite idea concerning the line of thought, the main points, and the word that should be spoken first. Then when he speaks, his words will enlighten people’s thoughts and minds. A good message should also have the Spirit, because the Spirit imparts spiritual content through the speaking that is related to the line of thought. When a speaker speaks, his words should follow a line of thought to open people’s mind so that they may understand. At the same time, the Spirit will touch the spirit of the hearers through these words, causing them to have a response in their spirit.

　When we lead the saints to study the Bible or a spiritual topic, we must have an educational focus. We need to realize that the young people are currently receiving an education; therefore, they have a predisposition to receive instructions. The schools they attend, from elementary schools to college universities, are all educational in nature. If our speaking in the young people’s meeting does not fit with their educational experience or is not educational in nature, they will feel that the content is outdated. Hence, we should not ignore their educational disposition when we seek to impart spiritual knowledge and life into them. We can compare this situation to moving forward on railroad tracks that have been laid. We need to move forward on the tracks; we do not need to find another way.

　Young people receive an education in a progressive way. Consequently, they should not come to a meeting merely to listen to a message on randomly chosen topics. Rather, they should go through a definite learning process. For example, young people in Taiwan attend junior high school for three years, high school for three years, and college for four years; there is a continual and definite progression in their learning. Similarly, our leading should progress over the course of several years, and we should speak to them in ways that correspond to their academic level. It would be ideal if we could teach them progressively and enable them to reach new levels of understanding each year. When a young person graduates from junior high school, he should also be led from a “junior high” understanding of matters related to spiritual knowledge and spiritual life to a “high school” level. He should similarly progress from a “high school” level to a “college” level when he graduates from high school.

　Many of the families in the church in Taipei have children who are in the sixth grade. When these children begin junior high school, we should have a course of spiritual education for them. When they begin high school, we should have another set of spiritual material for them, and when they are in college, they should receive four years of advanced spiritual education. If our young saints receive a spiritual education in this way, we will see great results in ten years. This is not too difficult.
　　我们应该根据少年人受教育的头脑，和他们的环境，善用我们的属灵材料，以现代科学教育的方法施教。我们必须承认今天无论是东方、西方，一概都接受这种教育制度，与科学教育方法；所以，我们也该采取这种作法。当然，材料绝对要属灵，教法则要采近代的教学法。

　　譬如，数学是一个体系。若是教育家要教育下一代，就必须分析考量整个教育体制中，这个数学的体系里，要用那一部分教小学，那一部分教初中，那一部分教高中、大学，甚至研究所，才能把整个人类数学体系的学问，传承给下一代的青年人。任何一项学问都是这样，这就是近代的教育。

　　我们该采取这个教法，把我们这一套属灵的体系，带到少年人中间。我们可以分为两面，一面是属灵知识，一面是属灵生命。盼望有弟兄或姊妹能编出一套体系，什么是关于知识的，什么是关于生命的，都有一个系统；初一学什么，初二、初三学什么，到了高中、大学又该学什么，都有一定的进程。这十年的工夫，我们应该想办法把这个属灵体系的内容，完全传输到下一代里面。实在说，我目前没有工夫预备这个教材；我只能向大家建议，试试看能不能作出来。
 
　Based on the disposition of young people to receive an education, we should use our spiritual materials effectively and teach them according to modern, instructional methods. In both the East and the West, educational systems utilize modern instructional methods, and we should do the same. While the material should be absolutely spiritual, the method of instruction should be modern.

　For example, proficiency in mathematics requires a system of instruction. If an educator wants to teach the next generation a proper understanding of mathematics, he must consider the entire educational system; that is, he must consider what should be taught in elementary school, in junior high, in high school, in college, and even in graduate school. In this way he will be able to pass on mankind’s accumulated knowledge of mathematics to the young ones of the next generation. This is true in regard to any field of knowledge, and this is the practice in modern educational systems.

　We should adopt this way of instruction in regard to the spiritual material that we present to the young people, approaching it from the aspect of spiritual knowledge and of spiritual life. I hope that some brothers or sisters will work on compiling materials on knowledge and life. They also should consider the appropriate content for a young person in junior high, high school, or college. There should be a definite progression in the material. From the start of junior high to their graduation from college, we should use these ten years to infuse the content of our spiritual material into the next generation. I do not have the time to prepare such material. I can only present this to you in order to see if something can be worked out.
　　现在，我们的青少年聚会还有难处，因为不同的年龄层需要有不同的带领，初中生有初中生的带领，高中生有高中生的带领，大专有大专的带领。所以，在教材的预备上，应该灵活运用。比方，同样的历史教材，今天我教小学是用这一套，教高中就要加一点，教大学又要再加一点。以主耶稣的神性这个题目来说，对初中生我们可能只给二节圣经，对高中生可以多加一些，对大学生就可以把全部经节和内容都给他们。所以，题目是一样的，但材料是增加的。这就是灵活运用的原则。

　　生命方面也是如此，带领初中生认识肉体、认识血气，乃是浅显的、简单地带他们认识。对于大专的弟兄姊妹，就要应用得丰富些；虽然也是讲认识肉体，不过教材有轻重、深浅、多少和高低的分别。这些都要灵活运用。

　　路我们已经知道了，现在最难的就是这个教材。然而，我们要考虑那一点先讲，那一点后讲，这在准备教材的技术上，是个大问题。若有人接受负担编写教材，那就太好了，因为这的的确确是个需要。
 
　Our young people’s meetings need to address our lack of leading that is appropriate to various age groups. The leading for each age group should be different. Junior-high students should be led in a way that is suitable to the junior high level, and high-school and college students also should be led in their respective ways. Therefore, in our preparation of material for these respective age groups, we should be flexible. For example, an elementary student will learn a basic outline of history, but in junior high school, high school, and college, more historical details are added to their studies. Concerning the topic of the divinity of the Lord Jesus, junior-high students may need only two verses from the Bible, while high-school students can be given more verses. College students have the ability to consider this topic as it is presented throughout the entire Scriptures. Although the topic may be the same, the depth of the material should increase as the age of a young person increases. This is the principle of using material flexibly.

　We should follow this principle when we cover material related to spiritual life. When we teach the junior-high students to know the flesh, we should use material that is easy and simple. However, we should use deeper material with the brothers and sisters who are in college. Although we may be speaking about the same topic of knowing the flesh, the material that we use with each group should vary in weight, depth, and quantity. We should use material flexibly.

　Even though we know that we need to use modern instructional methods, it is still difficult to have proper material. We should consider the progression of the topics to cover. The skills required to prepare this material is a major issue as well. It would be very good if some saints received a burden to compile this material, because there is indeed such a need.
　　在少年人的聚会中，可以一周给他们属灵知识，下一周给他们属灵生命，那一项在先都可以。至于给的时候，必须是教育的方式；当然传讲一定要有灵。他们接受也是以受教育的方式，像读书一样，要读得懂，同时还要有习题、操练，并且要应考。这是近代教育的方法。我们的试题、操练以及应考，要比一般学校认真。因为一周只有一次，不能马虎。他们一周来一次，就得算一次，认真的带领他们，不必求多，但务要作得透彻。

　　关于教导属灵知识，特别对中学生而言，带他们逐卷读经虽有益处，但不如带他们专题式的进入来得好。在属灵的知识上，可以简要的分为四大项：基督、救赎、生命和召会。可以说，全本圣经就是以这四大点为中心，所有的圣经节都可以分类在这些点里面。

　　这四大点可以用一句话连在一起，就是基督来成功救赎，叫人得着生命，为要产生召会。我们给人的属灵知识，都要关乎这四点，甚至可以应用这四点，对初中生编一套课程，对高中生编一套课程，也为大学生编一套课程，带他们循序的认识基督、救赎、生命和召会。

　　关于属灵生命的带领，可以用灵命四层来说，第一层得救层，是基督在我们里面。第二层复兴层，是我们住在基督里。第三层十字架层，是基督住在我们里面。第四层属灵争战层，是基督长成在我们里面。这只是简单地概说，生命的重点是很细的，我们无法在此细说。

　　一九六一年三月十日讲于台北
 
　The young people’s meeting can stress matters related to spiritual knowledge one week and to spiritual life the next. It does not matter which aspect is covered first. Nevertheless, the material must be given in the way of education, and the person who speaks must also exercise his spirit. Young people need to receive material in the way of education, and in order to understand the material, there should also be exercises. This is the new way of education. Our exercises must be more serious than those in the schools. The young people meet once a week, and our time with them is precious. Hence, we should teach them seriously. We do not need to teach them many things at once, but what we teach should be thorough.

　Concerning instruction in matters related to spiritual knowledge, it is profitable for junior-high students to read the books in the Bible sequentially. However, it is more profitable to lead them to study the Bible according to topics. Spiritual knowledge can be divided into four major topics: Christ, redemption, life, and the church. The entire Bible is focused on these four points. All the verses in the Bible can be classified according to these four topics. These four topics can also be linked by one sentence: Christ came to accomplish redemption so that man may have life for the producing of the church. All our instruction related to spiritual knowledge should convey these four points. We can even use these four points to compile a curriculum for junior-high, high-school, and college students, leading them to know Christ, redemption, life, and the church.

　Regarding our leading of the young people in matters related to spiritual life, we can speak according to the four stages of spiritual life. The first stage is the salvation stage—our being in Christ. The second stage is the revival stage—our abiding in Christ. The third stage is the stage of the cross—Christ living in us. The fourth stage is the stage of spiritual warfare—Christ being fully grown in us (see The Experience of Life). This is a brief sketch. The important points in life are very fine, but we cannot speak of them in detail now.

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