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在神的家中当怎样行—操练自己以至于敬虔

第五篇　在神的家中当怎样行—操练自己以至于敬虔

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第五周　周五
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1六 操练我们的灵，乃是将我们的心思置于灵——6节，玛二15~16：
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21 当我们将心思置于灵，我们就有内里生命平安的感觉，就是刚强、饱足、安息、释放、活泼、滋润、明亮和舒适的感觉。
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32 当我们将心思置于肉体，我们就有内里死的感觉，就是软弱、虚空、不适、不安、下沉、枯干、黑暗和痛苦的感觉。
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43 我们基督徒的生活不是按照对错的标准，乃是照着灵，并且我们凭着内里生命平安的感觉认识灵——罗八6、16，九1，林后十三14。
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5七 操练我们的灵，乃是辦明我们的灵与魂——来四12：
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61 我们应当一直保持警觉，辨明并拒绝一切不是出于灵，而是出于魂，出于己的事——太十六25，参路九25。
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72 我们必须一直保持我们的灵与魂分开——来四12，帖前五23。
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83 仇敌的计谋总是要使我们的灵一直与我们的魂搀杂在一起。
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94 我们的一切所是、所有并所作，都必须在灵里；神之于我们的一切，都是在我们的灵里——提后四22。
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晨兴喂养
Morning Nourishment
10罗八6 因为心思置于肉体，就是死；心思置于灵，乃是生命平安。
10Rom. 8:6 For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the spirit is life and peace.
11来四12 因为神的话是活的，是有功效的，比一切两刃的剑更锋利，能以刺入、甚至剖开魂与灵，骨节与骨髓，连心中的思念和主意都能辨明。
11Heb. 4:12 For the word of God is living and operative and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit and of joints and marrow, and able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
12心思是魂的大部分，而魂是居于我们外面的肉体和我们里面的灵之间。……我们……必须学习将我们的心思置于灵。我们的心思非常“多话”。……我们若不控制我们的心思，就会飘荡幻想，在很短时间内遍游地球。……所以我们必须将我们的心思引到我们的灵。我们这样作时，就会向主歌唱，赞美主，并说出主来。
12The mind is the great part of the soul, and the soul is in between our outward flesh and our inward spirit...We must learn to set our mind on the spirit. Our mind is very “talkative.”...If we do not control our mind, we can wander in our imagination all over the globe within a short time...This is why we must direct our mind to the spirit. When we do this, we will sing to the Lord, praise the Lord, or speak forth the Lord.
13夫妻很容易犯罪，因为他们在一起的时候，不将心思置于灵。他们在别人面前会约束自己所说的话。但是他们在一起时，就任意说别人闲话，或消极地说到召会。……我们必须学习使我们的灵如火挑旺起来，并且控制我们的心思。不要让心思置于肉体，乃要引导心思，将心思置于灵。这个习惯必须在我们里面建立起来。我们的心思置于肉体，就是死；我们的心思置于灵，乃是生命平安（李常受文集一九九三年第二册，二四八页）。
13It is easy for a husband and a wife to commit sins because when they are with each other, they do not set their mind on the spirit. Before other people, they will be restricted in what they say. But when they are together, they may feel free to gossip about others or speak negatively about the church...We have to learn to fan our spirit into flame and to control our mind. Do not let the mind be set on the flesh, but direct it to be set on the spirit. This habit has to be built up in us. To set our mind on the flesh is death. To set our mind on the spirit is life and peace. (CWWL, 1993, vol. 2, “The Spirit with Our Spirit,” pp. 185-186)
信息选读
Today’s Reading
14希伯来四章十二节用了“辨明”这个辞。那里说，神的话能剖开我们的灵与魂，连心中的思念和主意都能“辨明”。我们的思念通常是欺骗人的。但我们若操练我们的灵，就会辨明我们的思念是邪恶的，因为在我们的思念背后有邪恶的主意。辨明心中的思念和主意，等于剖开灵与魂。……仇敌的计谋总是要使我们的灵一直与我们的魂搀杂在一起。……什么时候有了这样的搀杂，灵就失败，魂就得胜。……一个弟兄开始要对他妻子说到另一个人时，他必须想一想：“这是出于我的灵，还是出于我的魂？”如果这是出于他的魂，他所说的就是闲话或批评。如果这是出于他的灵，他所说的必是受主的引导。这表明我们必须辨明我们的灵与魂。我们这些寻求基督的人，必须学习将我们的灵如火挑旺起来，将我们的心思置于灵，并且辨明我们的灵与魂。
14In Hebrews 4:12 the word discern is used. It says that the word of God can divide our soul from our spirit and is able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart. Quite often our thoughts are deceiving. But if we exercise our spirit, there is a discernment that our thoughts are evil, because behind our thoughts there is an evil intention. To discern the thoughts and intents of the heart equals the dividing of the soul from the spirit...The enemy’s strategy is always to mix our spirit up with our soul...Whenever such mixing is there, the spirit loses and the soul wins. Before a brother begins to talk to his wife about another brother, he has to consider, “Is this of my spirit or of my soul?” If it is of his soul, what he says will be either gossip or criticism. If it is of his spirit, what he says will be something led by the Lord. This shows that we have to discern our spirit from our soul. We, the ones who are seeking after Christ, must learn to fan our spirit into flame, to set our mind on the spirit, and also to discern our spirit from our soul.
15我们应当一直跟随我们的灵，并且在一切事上照着我们的灵而行，这是根据罗马八章四节。我们应当一直保持警觉，辨明一切不是出于灵，而是出于魂的事。这样，我们就会一直留在灵里。这就是操练、使用、运用我们的灵。……当然，我们很容易知道什么是出于肉体的，什么是出于灵的；但在什么是出于魂的与什么是出于灵的这二者之间，通常是混淆不清的。所以我们必须辨明。
15We should always follow our spirit and walk in all things according to our spirit. This is according to Romans 8:4. We should always be on the alert to discern anything that is not of the spirit but of the soul. Then we will remain in the spirit all the time. This is to exercise, to use, to employ, our spirit. Of course, it is easy to know what is of the flesh and what is of the spirit; but quite often it is a very mixed-up situation between what is of the soul and what is of the spirit. This is why we have to discern.
16如果我们要照着灵而行，我们必须学习作事不要太快，说话也不要太快。……我在回信的事上有这样的经历。有时候我写了信，等一天再寄出。第二天可能有新的想法临到我，要包括在那封信里，或者发现自己说了什么错的话。这样等，会帮助我们照着灵而行。
16If we are going to walk according to our spirit, we must learn not to do things too fast or to say things too quickly...I have had this experience in writing answers to letters. Sometimes I will write a letter and then keep it for another day before I mail it. The next day a new thought might come to me to include in that letter, or I may realize that I said something wrong. To wait in this way helps us to walk according to our spirit.
17在基督徒生活中一直有争战。甚至在我们里面，在灵与肉体之间也有争战；在灵与魂之间，更是这样。……我们……应当一直辨明什么是出于灵，什么是出于魂。如果一件事不是出于灵，我们就不要说，也不要作。这就是运用、操练我们的灵（李常受文集一九九三年第二册，二四八至二五○页）。
17The battle in the Christian life is always there. Even within us there is a battle between the spirit and the flesh and even more between the spirit and the soul...We should...always discern what is of the spirit and what is of the soul. If something is not of the spirit, we do not want to say it or do it. This is to use, to exercise, our spirit. (CWWL, 1993, vol. 2, “The Spirit with Our Spirit,” pp. 186-187)
18参读：李常受文集一九六四年第一册，操练我们的灵以实行身体生活，第三章；新约总论，第三百六十三篇。
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今日要点
19主题：操练自己以至于敬虔，在于心思置于灵，并辨明魂与灵
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20引经：罗八6，来四12
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211.操练自己以至于敬虔，在于心思置于灵：
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22a.我们若要操练自己以至于敬虔，也就是操练我们的灵，就需要将我们的心思置于灵，在罗八6，心思置于…，直译应为「…的心思」，心思是魂的大部分，并且居于肉体和灵之间，因此心思可以有两种不同的行事，叫我们或在灵里，或在肉体里，心思置于灵，也就是倚靠并联于我们有神的灵内住并调和之人的灵里，使心思成为灵的心思。
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23b. 当我们将心思置于肉体，就有内里死的感觉，就是软弱、虚空、不适、不安、下沉、枯干、黑暗和痛苦的感觉，但若我们将心思置于灵，我们就有内里平安的感觉，就是刚强、饱足、安息、释放、活泼、滋润、明亮和舒适的感觉。
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242.操练自己以至于敬虔，在于辨明魂与灵：
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25a.我们若要操练自己以至于敬虔，也就是操练我们的灵，就需要辨明我们的灵与魂，在来四12，保罗用了辨明一词，他说，神的话能剖开我们的灵与魂，连心中的思念和主意都能辨明，我们的思念常是骗人的，但若我们操练灵，就能够辨明我们邪恶的思念，邪恶的主意。
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26B.仇敌的计谋总是要使我们的灵一直与我们的魂搀混在一起，这样，灵就失败，魂就得胜，所以，我们该一直操练灵，保持警觉，辨明并且拒绝一切不是出于灵，而是出于魂、出于己、出于撒但的，这样，借着辨明灵与魂，就能敬虔，使神在肉体里显现。
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27应用：夫妻在人前比较受约束，但在一起很容易不在灵里，所以我们何等需要操练我们的灵，挑旺我们的灵，使我们的灵能控制我们的心思，并且说话、作任何决定都随从我们的灵，而有真正的家庭生活。
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