25我很高兴在召会中有弟兄之家和姊妹之家。但根据经历,我们知道住在其中会产生两种结果:有一些人形成天然的友谊;另有些人不满意而失望。但无论情形如何,你不应该失望,失望证明你在己里面。那些住在弟兄姊妹之家的弟兄姊妹,他们的己必须被锁住。若是己被锁住,我们就会有建造。假如你使用否认己的钥匙,其他的人或许会被得罪,但你却不会被得罪。反之,你会被建造,因为你里面的己已经被锁住。我们都要使用这把否认己的得胜钥匙来锁住己、魂和心思。否则,召会的建造就会受阻碍(李常受文集一九七八年第一册,八八至九一页)。
25I am glad that in the churches we have the brothers’ houses and the sisters’ houses. But, through experience, we have realized that there are two kinds of results from living in such a house. Some form natural friendships; others become dissatisfied and disappointed. However, no matter what the situation may be, you should not be disappointed. To be disappointed is a proof that you are in the self. The self of those who live in the brothers’ and sisters’ houses must be locked up. If the self is locked up, we shall have the building. If you exercise the key of self-denial, others may be offended, but you will not be offended. Instead, you will be built up because the self in you has been locked up. We all need to use the prevailing key of self-denial to lock the self, the soul, and the mind. Otherwise, the building up of the church will be frustrated. (CWWL, 1978, vol. 1, “The Exercise of the Kingdom for the Building of the Church,” pp. 72-74)