5丧失魂是我们被建造在一起的基本因素。这不仅仅是否认己或背负十字架,乃是丧失魂。为着主,为着召会,并为着所有圣徒的缘故,我们需要丧失我们现今所有魂的享受。你若乐意为着别人的缘故丧失你的魂,那些和你在一起的人就会蒙光照、得喂养并被充满。这就是召会建造的路。如果所有的圣徒都愿意丧失魂,在我们中间将有何等奇妙的光景,不仅没有绊跌的事,甚至不需要饶恕了。我们若都如此,我们将有显著的变化形像作为报偿。然而,我们若不愿意丧失我们的魂,就不能在这变化形像中有分。相反的,召会生活对我们将会是黑暗;并且当变化形像的时候,我们将得着受苦为报应,没有喜乐,却要在黑暗里。
5The losing of the soul is the basic factor in our being built up together. It is not only a matter of denying the self or of bearing the cross but of losing the soul. We need to lose all our present soulish enjoyment for the Lord’s sake, for the sake of the church, and for the sake of all the saints. If you are willing to lose your soul for the sake of others, those with you will be enlightened, nourished, and filled. This is the way the church is built. If all the saints are willing to lose the soul, what a wonderful situation there will be among us. There will be no offenses and even no need for forgiveness. If we are like this, we shall be rewarded with a prevailing transfiguration. But if we are not willing to lose our soul, we shall not share in this transfiguration. On the contrary, for us the church life will be darkness, and, during the time of transfiguration, we shall be rewarded with suffering. Instead of being joyful, we shall be in darkness.