9各派之间不同的意见与争议,总需要仲裁者来平息。……我们常常发现我们里面有三派:一派是积极的,一派是消极的,还有一派是中立的。我们基督徒比不信的人还麻烦。得救以前,我们是在撒但那一派的控制之下。我们纵情属世的享乐,里面一点争执都没有。但如今我们得救了,也许有一派鼓励我们作一件事,另一派却鼓励我们作另一件事。……我们需要有人来主持我们里面所开的会议。从歌罗西三章十五节来看,这个主持人,这位仲裁者,乃是基督的平安。
9An arbitrator is always needed to settle disagreements or disputes between parties…Often we are conscious of three parties within us: a positive party, a negative party, and a neutral party. As Christians, we are more complicated than unsaved people are. Before we were saved, we were under the control of the satanic party. We could indulge in worldly amusements and entertainments without any sense of controversy within. But now that we are saved, one party may encourage us to do one thing, but another party may encourage us to do something else…We need someone or something to preside over the conferences that take place within our being. According to Colossians 3:15, this presiding one, this arbitrator, is the peace of Christ.