2023 秋季长老第五周　周六

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　周六

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1八为要证明操练以至于敬虔就是操练我们的灵，我们必须读提摩太后书；在那里保罗说，神赐给我们的，乃是能力、爱并清明自守的灵；这样的灵乃是带着刚强的意志、爱的情感并清明自守的心思——7：

21 提后一章七节里的“灵”，指我们由圣灵重生并内住之人的灵——约三6，罗八16。

32 将神的恩赐如火挑旺起来，与我们重生的灵有关——提后一6.

43 “能力”说到我们的意志，“爱”说到我们的情感，“清明自守”说到我们的心思——7节。

5九操练自己以至于敬虔，就是操练我们的灵，在日常生活中活基督，以建造召会作基督的身体——提前四7下，弗二20-22，四12、16，林前十四4、12。

晨兴喂养

Morning Nourishment

6提后一6~7 为这缘故，我提醒你，将那借我按手，在你里面神的恩赐，再如火挑旺起来。因为神赐给我们的，不是胆怯的灵，乃是能力、爱、并清明自守的灵。

62 Tim. 1:6-7 For which cause I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands. For God has not given us a spirit of cowardice, but of power and of love and of sobermindedness.

7我们弃绝那世俗的言语，和老妇的虚构无稽之事，应当操练以至于敬虔。这样的操练，就像体操。以至于敬虔，意即以敬虔为目的。敬虔就是基督从我们身上活出，成为神在肉体的显现。今天这位基督就是那灵，住在我们灵里（林后三17，罗八9~10，提后四22）。因此，操练自己以至于敬虔，就是操练我们的灵，在日常生活中活出基督。

7Refusing the profane and old-womanish myths, we should exercise unto godliness. Such exercise is like gymnastics. The words unto godliness mean “with a view to godliness.” Godliness is Christ lived out of us to be the manifestation of God. Today this very Christ is the Spirit dwelling in our spirit (2 Cor. 3:17; Rom. 8:9-10; 2 Tim. 4:22). Hence, to exercise ourselves unto godliness is to exercise our spirit to live Christ in our daily life.

8在提前四章七节，保罗用一个指体操运动的希腊字，说到操练以至于敬虔。我们从三章十六节知道，敬虔的奥秘，神显现于肉体，是极大的。我们必须借着我们的灵同内住的灵，操练自己达到这目标，以至于神得着彰显。……我们操练以至于敬虔，是非常重要的。我们里面需要喂养，外面该有敬虔。我们该从里面得着基督的喂养，然后我们该有彰显神的生活（提摩太前书生命读经，八九至九○页）。

8In 1 Timothy 4:7 Paul uses a Greek term referring to gymnastic exercise with respect to exercise unto godliness. We know from 3:16 that the mystery of godliness, God manifest in the flesh, is great. By our spirit with the indwelling Spirit, we must exercise ourselves unto this goal, unto the expression of God. It is of crucial importance that we exercise unto godliness. Inwardly, we need nourishment, and outwardly, we should have godliness. From within we should be nourished with Christ, and then we should have a living that is the expression of God. (Life-study of 1 Timothy, second edition, pp. 73-74)

信息选读

Today’s Reading

9你若要将你的灵挑旺起来，就必须敞开口，敞开心，敞开灵。……保罗是照着他的经历写提后一章六至七节。他提醒提摩太要将神在他里面的恩赐挑旺起来。然后他说，神赐给我们的，不是胆怯的灵。神所赐给我们的灵是在我们人的中心，被我们魂的三部分—意志、情感、心思—围绕。神所赐给我们的灵乃是能力、爱并清明自守的灵。能力属于我们的意志，爱属于我们的情感，清明自守属于我们的心思。神赐给我们的灵属于这三件事。我们的意志应当刚强，满了能力；我们的情感应当爱人，满了爱；我们的心思应当清明，满了清明自守。

9If you want to fan your spirit into flame, you need to open up your mouth, open up your heart, and open up your spirit. Paul wrote 2 Timothy 1:6-7 according to his experience. He reminded Timothy to fan into flame the gift of God within him. Then he said that God has not given us a spirit of cowardice. Instead, God has given us a spirit in the center of our being surrounded by the three parts of the soul—the will, the emotion, and the mind. The spirit given to us by God is of power, of love, and of sobermindedness. Power belongs to our will. Love belongs to our emotion. Sobermindedness belongs to our mind. God has given us a spirit of these three things. Our will should be strong, full of power; our emotion should be loving, full of love; and our mind should be sober, full of sobermindedness.

10按照神圣的启示来看，神赐给我们的，不是胆怯的灵，而是能力的灵。这就是说，你的灵联于你的意志，这意志是有能力的。所以每当你操练灵的时候，你必须看见，你的意志在其中有分。我们的灵不仅被有能力的意志围绕，也被爱的情感和清明的心思围绕。这就是说，你的心思不应当是模糊不清的，乃该是非常清楚、清明的。

10According to the divine revelation, God does not give us a spirit of cowardice but a spirit of power. That means our spirit is connected to our will, which is powerful. So whenever we exercise our spirit, we have to realize that our will is involved. Our spirit is surrounded not only by the powerful will but also by the loving emotion and by the sober mind. That means that our mind should not be cloudy or foggy but very clear, very sober.

11保罗有这启示，也有经历。……六至七节给我们看见，我们得救的人有本钱过基督徒生活和召会生活。这本钱乃是神所赐的灵。按照神的命定，神所赐的这灵是被我们意志的能力、我们情感的爱以及我们心思的清明自守所围绕。这三个助手围绕着我们的灵，……来提高我们，并帮助我们。

11Paul had the revelation of this and also the experience...Verses 6 and 7...show us that we saved ones have the capital to live the Christian life and the church life. This capital is the God-given spirit. This God-given spirit, according to God’s ordination, is surrounded by the power of our will, by the love of our emotion, and by the sobermindedness of our mind. These three helpers are surrounding our spirit...to uplift us and help us.

12我们必须操练这样一个神所赐的灵。……没有神给你造的双腿，你怎能跑？……照样，如果神不给我们灵，我们就没有本钱跑基督徒的赛程。但今天我们有一个大的账户，在银行里我们有一大笔存款；我们有神所赐的灵。只要我们有神所赐的灵，我们就有能力、爱和清明的心思，我们的天是晴朗的。

12We have to exercise such a God-given spirit...Without God creating two legs for you, how could you run?...In like manner, if God did not give us a spirit, we would not have the capital to run the Christian race. But today we have a great account, a great deposit in the bank. We have a God-given spirit. As long as we have the God-given spirit, we have power, love, and sobermindedness with a clear sky.

13我们该一直相信、宣告并声明，我们是刚强的。我们是满了爱的，我们能爱我们的仇敌，我们能爱每一个人。我们是非常清明的，我们的天明亮如水晶。你必须信，因为你有这个本钱，这是你的性能。你应当声明并宣告说，“我是刚强的！我是爱人的！我是清明的！”你若这么说，你就有福了。这是操练你的灵的路，这就是将你的灵如火挑旺起来。然后你会祷告。你越祷告，你就越挑旺，你里面就越焚烧起来（李常受文集一九九三年第二册，二四四至二四五、二四七页）。

13We should always believe and declare and claim that we are strong. We are full of love. We can love our enemies. We are well able to love everyone. We are very clear. Our sky is crystal clear. We have to believe because we have this capital. This is our capacity. We should claim and declare, “I am strong! I am loving! I am clear!” We are blessed if we say this. This is the way to exercise our spirit. This is to fan our spirit into flame. Then we will pray. The more we pray, the more we are fanning, and the more burning there will be within us. (CWWL, 1993, vol. 2, “The Spirit with Our Spirit,” pp. 183-185)

14参读：那灵同我们的灵，第八章；书信中神的灵同人的灵，第十章。

今日要点

15主题：操练自己以至于敬虔，在于将神的恩赐如火挑旺

16引经：提后一6~7

171.神的恩赐，乃是能力、爱、并清明自守的灵：

18A.不仅在提摩太前书，保罗在提摩太后书一开头，仍旧注意提摩太的灵，保罗在提后一6先说到，要将在提摩太里面「神的恩赐」如火挑旺，到底什么是神的恩赐，7节接着说到神赐给我们的灵，所以根据上下文，那个神的恩赐，乃是由圣灵重生并内住之人的灵。

19B.所以根据提前四章和提后一章，前一处要操练，后一处要挑旺，这两段经文事实上就在讲同一件事，因此，恢复本翻译为灵，是比和合本翻译为心更达意的，将神的恩赐如火挑旺起来，完全与我们重生的灵有关，神若没有给我们双腿，怎能奔跑，同样，神不给我们灵，我们就没有奔跑基督徒赛程的本钱。

202.借着操练灵，活基督，建造召会作基督的身体：

21a.在写提前三年之后，保罗又写了提后，那时召会的情形更败落了，提摩太的处境更艰难了，所以他需要得着鼓励与加强，要他操练他的灵，除去胆怯，并且挑旺他那能力、爱、并清明自守的灵，能力是属于我们的意志，爱属于我们的情感，清明自守属于我们的心思，所以当我们操练灵，意志就刚强满了能力、情感满了爱、心思也会满了清明自守。

22B.按着神的命定，神所赐的这灵是被我们意志的能力、情感的爱、心思的清明自守所围绕，这三个助手围绕着我们的灵，来提高我们、帮助我们，如同帮助提摩太面对一切的败落，所以，借着操练自己以至于敬虔，就是操练我们能力、爱、并清明自守的灵，在日常生活中活基督，就得建造召会作基督的身体。

23应用：我们每天都操练我们的灵，并且宣告说，我是刚强的！我是爱人的！我是清明的！而使我们的灵如火挑旺，并且借着祷告维持这样的生活。