18神话语里的生命,包含非常丰富。其中包含了圣别、爱、谦卑、恩慈和忍耐等等。这生命包含一切神圣的属性和人性的美德。…你不必想要谦卑,因为谦卑好像一只飞鸟,你想捉它,它就飞了。你也不要试着爱妻子或服从丈夫;你是作不到的。只要接受神的话,话带来生命,这生命就产生出爱和服从。谦卑、爱和服从都在这生命里。我们不能凭自己的努力与修养得到这些美德,因为这一切都在神圣的生命里。…我们怎样得着生命?只要接受神的话,生命自然就有了。生命有了,一切的美善也就都有了。在这生命里有谦卑,也有人性的美丽。神既是按着祂的形像造人,人性当然就是美丽的。但这种人性的美丽只能在神圣的生命里找到,而神圣生命乃在神的话里。当神的话来了,生命就有了,美丽也随着生命一同有了。请看召会里的人,个个又俊秀又美丽。这些人若不在召会生活中,他们就像蝎子、乌龟或猴子一样。我真是爱上了召会里的人;甚至年长的也是可爱的。这个美丽,这个可爱是从生命来的,而生命是从话来的。每逢神说话,就带来生命,这生命是如此丰富(希伯来书生命读经,二七至三○页)。
18The life that is in the Word includes a great deal. It includes holiness, love, humility, kindness, and patience. Life includes all the divine attributes and all the human virtues… Do not try to be humble, for humility is like a bird. If you try to catch it, it flies away. Do not try to love your wife or to submit to your husband. You cannot do it. Simply take the Word. The Word brings life, and this life will issue in love and submission. Humility, love, and submission are all found in this life. We cannot acquire these virtues by our effort or work. They are all in the divine life. How can we have life? Simply take the Word and life comes. When life comes, every good thing comes with it. In this life is the humility and beauty of a human being. Since God created man in His image, there certainly is beauty in humanity. But this beauty of humanity can only be found in the divine life, and the divine life is in the divine Word. When the Word comes, life comes, and beauty comes with the life. Look at the church people; everyone is handsome and beautiful. If the same people were not in the church life, they would have the appearance of scorpions, turtles, or monkeys. I have truly fallen in love with the church people. Even the older ones are so lovely. This beauty, this loveliness, comes from life, and life comes from the Word. When God speaks, life is there. This life is so rich. (Life-study of Hebrews, pp. 22-25)