17生命在我们里面所遇到的第二个难处,就是假冒。…一个人是否属灵,不在于外面的表现,乃在于他如何对待基督。…假冒〔的属灵〕,是生命的一个大难处。…有一些人,生性温柔、谦让,与人无争,体贴人,肯为人落泪,同情人,愿为人舍己。他们有这许多的长处、美德;等到他们作了基督徒后,这些生性的美德也带进来了。他们以为这些就是生命,就是基督徒该有的。…以道德来说,那是该有的;以生命来说,那都是假冒的。…生命就是神自己,生命就是基督,生命就是圣灵。凡不是神、基督、圣灵的,就不是生命。…只有…基督从你里面出来,那个才是生命。
17The second problem that life encounters in us is hypocrisy…A person’s spirituality is not determined by outward appearance but by how he takes care of Christ. [A] spirituality [that] is false…is actually a great hindrance to life. Some people may be naturally gentle, modest, uncontentious, caring, willing to shed tears for others, sympathetic, and self-sacrificing. They have many good points and virtues. After they become Christians, they bring these natural virtues into the church. They think that these virtues are of life and that Christians should have them…From the point of view of morality, people should have these virtues, but from the point of view of life, these virtues are false. Life is God Himself, life is Christ, and life is the Holy Spirit. Anything that is not of God, Christ, or the Holy Spirit is not life…Life involves only the expression of Christ Himself out of us.