The full-time training graduation gathering for the winter of 2023 was held on December 16 in the afternoon at the Taipei City Assembly’s Hall 3. This training class had a total of 38 graduates, 20 brothers and 18 sisters. On that day there were 1,018 saints gathered.
At the beginning of the gathering, the teaching brother quoted 1 Corinthians 1:9, and fellowshiped that God is faithful. For the past two years, they were called by God to enter into the training to enjoy Him, and God also faithfully removed idols, sins, the world, and the natural life, with Himself increasing and replacing them, so that they would love the Lord and love each other. Over these two years, they experienced returning home for training because of the pandemic, and after the pandemic they returned to the training, and also witnessed the Taiwan Gospel Full-time Training going to Africa for the first time—all of which are the Lord’s grace, produced and displayed. The teaching brother also exhorted the trainees to revisit the burden of the training: The Lord’s servant Witness Lee had said, “If the Lord delays in coming back, then a group of young people need to be raised up to continue the testimony and work of the second generation.” Brother Lee continued this burden and held this training, with the goal of perfecting young people to become normal, living, and functioning members in the Body of Christ. It is hoped that after they graduate from the training, they will still maintain this kind of living in the local churches.
Following this, the trainees presented two hymns. The first hymn, “Experiencing God—a Divine-Human Coordination,” spoke of God obtaining an organic Body on earth, to be His corporate expression, matched for eternity, causing God’s glory to be manifested among men. The second hymn was their original graduation hymn, “Glory! The Body Is Realized.” It spoke of the trainees seeing in their two years of training that the Lord has an urgent need: The reality of the Body of Christ must appear in the local churches before He can come back. For this reason, they are willing to offer themselves, regardless of the cost, to become members who can be coordinated with others for the practical appearing of the Body of Christ, to welcome the Lord back.
The trainees’ testimonies of grace were shared in three parts. First, in the aspect of the ministry and the truth, they saw that God’s unique ministry is to build up the Body of Christ, perfected through the perfecting of the saints. Through the Lord’s word they were governed by the vision, kept in the central line of the economy, and their love for the Bridegroom the Lord Jesus was stirred up. Therefore, they are willing to spend their whole lives being constituted by the divine truth through prayer, study, memorization, and speaking, receiving the entrustment of the stewardship, and carrying out the divine economy. Second, in the aspect of life, nature, and language, through looking away from oneself to Jesus, they were delivered from self-introspection, and deeply desired to not be in the natural life, but to reign in resurrection with everything they have and all they have gained, becoming a person who is steadfast and able to bear the entrustment. In language, in a traffic among the new people, they speak the heavenly new language. Third, in the aspect of service, the Body of Christ, and the will, they practiced paying attention to the outflow of life, and gladly being pruned so that they can serve in one Body. They realized the reality of the Body of Christ through practicing the living groups. Due to the constraint of the Lord’s love, they were fixed by the vision of the economy, and dedicated their whole lives to the practical appearing of the Body of Christ, to accomplish God’s New Testament economy, and to welcome the Lord’s return.
The trainees thanked their families, the elders, and the saints for their support, encouragement, and exemplary inspiration. They thanked their fellow trainees, for bearing one another in the changes, and for overcoming the various checkpoints with one another through prayer. They thanked the teaching and assistant brothers, for their selfless service and companionship over these two years. From their fellowship, the trainees received the supply of life, and their heart to serve the Lord was repeatedly strengthened. Two parents of the trainees testified for their children who attended the training. During the training, their children received all-around perfecting, being equipped in the truth and growing in life. When their families had needs, they could supply Christ at any time, sharing and praying with their families about the Christ they experienced and enjoyed. The trainees’ measure of service was also enlarged: they had the vision of the Body, and they were willing to deny themselves and submit to all the traffic of the Body.
At the end, the teaching brother exhorted the trainees to never forget the eight important points in Brother Lee’s parting words to the graduating trainees in 1995: It begins with God’s economy, which is the divine vision, and ends with the oneness of the Body, which is the divine building. It is hoped that the trainees will see the vision from heaven, and he blessed the graduating class: “May the abundant grace of the Lord be with you, from the day of your graduation until the day when the Lord appears to you as the Morning Star.”
The teaching brother also reminded the trainees that after their graduation, they need to be “good ministers of Christ Jesus,” and they do not need to have any new inventions or creations; they only need to “bring to remembrance” the things they learned during their two years of training, especially the eight great truths: the Triune God, Christ, the Spirit, the divine life, the church, the Body of Christ, the constitution of God and believers, and the New Jerusalem. They also need to speak forth these things. Not only have we been perfected, but we also need to continue to practice, and “bring these things to remembrance by way of reminding the brothers; this is a good minister of Christ Jesus.”(Translated from Google Gemini)
全时间训练二○二三年冬季毕业聚会，于十二月十六日下午三时在台北市召会三会所举行。本期毕业学员共有三十八位，其中弟兄二十位，姊妹十八位。当日现场共有一千零一十八位圣徒参加。
聚会的开头，教师引用林前一章九节，交通到神是信实的。这两年他们被神呼召进入训练来享受祂，神也信实的取去偶像、罪、世界、天然的生命，以祂自己加多、顶替，叫他们爱主并彼此相爱。在这两年间，历经因疫情爆发必须返家训练，疫情过后又恢复训练，且恢复赴海外开展，更见证台湾福音工作全时间训练首次踏上非洲的土地，全是主恩典的制作和展示。教师也劝勉学员们，要再重温训练的负担，主仆倪柝声曾说『若是主延迟回来，就需要兴起一班青年人，继续第二代的见证与工作。』李常受弟兄接续这负担举办训练，为着成全青年人成为基督身体上正常、活而尽功用的肢体，盼望学员结训后，仍然在众地方召会维持这样的生活。
接着学员展览两首诗歌，第一首诗歌『经历神－神人联调』说出神在地上得着生机的身体，作祂团体的彰显，永世对耦，使神的荣耀在人显赫。第二首是他们创作的毕业诗歌『荣耀！身体实际出现』，述说学员们在两年训练中看见，主有一个急切的需要，就是基督身体的实际要在众地方召会出现，祂才能回来。为此，他们愿交出自己，不顾一切代价，成为能彀与人相调的肢体，为着基督身体实际的出现，把主迎接回来。
学员的蒙恩见证分为三部分。第一，在职事和真理方面，看见这独一职事的工作，就是建造基督的身体，借着成全圣徒而完成。借着主的话而受异象的管治，蒙保守在神经纶的中心在线，也挑旺他们对新郎主耶稣的爱，因此愿意一生借着祷、研、背、讲被神圣的真理构成，接受管家职分的托付，执行神圣的经纶！第二，在生命、性格以及语言方面，借着望断以及于耶稣，脱离内顾自己，深愿不在天然的生命里，完全在复活里用我们所有、所得着的一切干才，在生命中作王，被作成稳固能承接托付的人。在语言上，在一个新人的交通里，讲说属天新语言。第三，在事奉、基督的身体与心志方面，操练注重生命的流露，并乐意被修剪而能在一个身体里事奉。借着实行活力排，达到基督身体的实际。因主爱的困迫，被神经纶的异象定准，奉献一生为基督身体实际的出现，完成神新约的经纶，迎接主的回来。
学员们感谢家人、父老与圣徒的扶持、鼓励，以及榜样的激励。感谢同伴们，在变动中担负彼此，并在各样的关口上借着祷告一同突破。感谢教师与辅训，在这两年间不计代价的服事与陪伴，从他们的交通中学员们得着生命的供应，事奉主的心志也一再被加强。有两位学员的家长为参训的儿女作见证，在训练里接受各面的成全，在真理上有装备，在生命有长进。当家人有需要时，能随时供应基督，将所经历并享受的基督跟家人分享并一同祷告。学员服事度量也被扩大，有身体的眼光，愿意否认己顺服身体一切的交通。
末了，教师劝勉学员绝不要忘记，李常受弟兄在一九九五年对毕业学员临别的话，有八个重要的点，开始于神的经纶，就是神圣的异象，结束于身体的一，就是神圣的建造。盼望学员们看见那从天上来的异象，并且祝福毕业学员，『愿主丰富洋溢的恩典与你们同在，从你们毕业的那天，直到主向你们如晨星出现的那日』。
教师也题醒学员，毕业后要作『基督耶稣的好执事』，不需要有新的发明和创造，只需要将两年训练所学的『题醒弟兄们』。特别是认识八大真理，包含三一神、基督、那灵、神圣的生命、召会、基督的身体、神与信徒的构成、新耶路撒冷，并需要申言这些事。我们不仅受了成全，更需要继续操练，并要『将这些事题醒弟兄们，便是基督耶稣的好执事』。
Source:https://www.churchintaipei.org/
