16此外,我们必须靠着祂的怜悯,借着祂的恩典,尽所能不动手打同作奴仆的,就是同作信徒的。不要批评或埋怨他们;不要用消极的话说到他们,因为你没有时间这样作。你的口不是被造来批评的,乃是被造来说出基督的。批评弟兄们就是动手打同作奴仆的,这会使我们受惩治。我们也不该钻到世界里,与麻醉的属世之人一同享乐。我们必须是清明的人。我们不该掘开地,把我们的银子埋起来。我们应当有工作好赖以维生,但我们不该钻进去。我们与属世之人不同。我鼓励我所有的孙子尽所能地得着最高的教育,但我不同意他们任何人“钻进”他们的教育里,只是成为专家。我也鼓励召会中所有的青年人受最高的教育,但不要钻一个洞,把主给你的恩赐埋起来。我们都需要在对主的服事上忠信(李常受文集一九八五年第五册,六六六至六六七、六七一至六七四页)。
16Also, by His mercy and through His grace we must do the best not to beat the fellow slaves, the fellow believers. Do not criticize or murmur about them. Do not speak anything negative about them, because you do not have the time to do it. Your mouth was not made for criticizing but for speaking forth Christ. To criticize the brothers is to beat the fellow slaves. This will cause us to be punished. We should also not go into the world to enjoy ourselves with the stupefied, drugged, and worldly people. We have to be the sober ones. We should not dig into the earth to bury or hide our talent. We should have a job to maintain our living, but we should not dig into it. We are different from the worldly people. I encourage all my grandchildren to do their best to get the highest education, but I do not agree that any one of them would “dig into” their education just to become an expert. I also encouraged all the young people in the churches to get the highest education, but do not dig a hole that buries the talent the Lord gave you. We all need to be faithful in the Lord’s service. (CWWL, 1985, vol. 5, “The Way to Practice the Lord’s Present Move,” pp. 540-541, 544-546)