18我们对灯和器皿需要非常清楚。……在灯里有油,就是圣灵。新约启示,我们的灵乃是圣灵内住的所在。照着罗马九章,我们是神所造的器皿;我们的所是,我们的个格,在我们的魂里。因此,马太二十五章四节的器皿象征我们的魂。借着重生,我们有神的灵在我们的灵里。这使我们的灯发光。但问题是我们有没有额外的圣灵充满我们的魂。虽然我们灯里有油,但我们魂里需要额外的油。这表征那灵必须从我们灵里扩展到我们魂的每一部分。然后在我们的魂里,我们将有额外的圣灵。我们若有这额外的分,就是精明的;我们若没有,就是愚拙的。换句话说,我们若对圣灵的充满漠不关心,就是愚拙的。我们若有智慧,就会祷告说,“主,怜悯我。我不单要有你的灵在我的灵里,也要有你的灵在我的魂里。主,我需要那灵的充满,我需要额外的圣灵充满我的全人。”……为要儆醒预备,我们需要圣灵的充满,那灵自己从我们的灵扩展到我们里面的每一部分(马太福音生命读经,八二六至八二九页)。
18We need to be very clear about the lamps and the vessels …Within the lamp is the oil, the Holy Spirit. The New Testament reveals that our spirit is the place that the Holy Spirit indwells. According to Romans 9, we are vessels made by God. Our being, our personality, is in our soul. Therefore, the vessel in Matthew 25:4 signifies our soul. Through regeneration we have the Holy Spirit in our spirit. This causes our lamp to burn. But the question is whether or not we have the extra portion of the Holy Spirit filling our soul. Although we have the oil in our lamp, we need the extra portion of the oil in our soul. This signifies that the Spirit must spread from within our spirit to every part of our soul. Then in our soul we will have an extra amount of the Holy Spirit. If we have this extra portion, we are prudent. If we do not have it, we are foolish. In other words, if we are indifferent to the infilling of the Holy Spirit, we are foolish. If we are wise, we will pray, “Lord, have mercy on me. I want to have Your Spirit not only in my spirit but also in my soul. Lord, I need the infilling of the Spirit. I need the extra portion of the Holy Spirit to fill my entire being.”…In order to be watchful and ready, we need the infilling of the Holy Spirit, the spreading of the Spirit Himself from our spirit to every part of our inward being. (Life-study of Matthew, pp. 712-715)