17为着解释十六至十九节,二十一至二十六节是必需的。……十八节说到门,十九节说到钥匙。要知道什么是门和钥匙,我们需要看二十一至二十六节。撒但从好些门出来。第一道门是己。这意思是说,我们的己是阴间的一道门,撒但从这门出来。甚至我们的好心,也可能让撒但从己的门出来。不论我们的心是好是坏,己是撒但出来的第一道门。除了己外,二十一至二十六节也说到心思和魂,这两者也是撒但出来的门。因此,己、魂和心思是撒但借以出来主要的门。许多时候,撒但从你的心思出来,因为你的心思向着他一直是敞开的门(李常受文集一九七八年第一册,八四至八五页)。
17Verses 21 through 26 are necessary for the interpretation of verses 16 through 19…Verse 18 speaks of the gates, and verse 19, of the keys. In order to know what the gates and the keys are, we need to consider verses 21 through 26. Satan comes out through the gates. The first gate is the self. This means that we ourselves are one of the gates of Hades through which Satan comes out. Satan may come out through the gate of self even when we have a good heart. Whether our heart is good or evil, self is the first gate through which Satan comes out. In addition to the self, verses 21 through 26 also speak of the mind and the soul, both of which are also gates through which Satan comes out. Thus, the self, the soul, and the mind are the main gates through which Satan comes forth. Many times Satan has come out through your mind because your mind has been an open gate for him. (CWWL, 1978, vol. 1, “The Exercise of the Kingdom for the Building of the Church,” pp. 70-71)