18圣灵在我们里面涂抹运行的时候,我们若顺从祂所给的感觉,神的旨意在我们身上就得以通行,神的成分在我们里面也得以增多。所以在顺服的人,有了圣灵在里面的涂抹,差不多就够了;但圣灵在我们里面有了涂抹,我们若强项不服,一再违背,圣灵就不得不在我们外面兴起环境,来管教我们,责打我们,使我们服下来。所以圣灵在我们里面的涂抹,乃是神爱心里一个甜美的举动,是出于神的本意;而圣灵在我们外面的管治,却是神手中一个迫不得已的作为,是神外添的工作(李常受文集一九五三年第三册,五八五至五八六页)。
18When the Holy Spirit moves and anoints within us and we obey the feeling that He imparts, God’s will is accomplished, and His attributes are increased within us. Therefore, the inward anointing of the Holy Spirit is to some extent sufficient for the obedient ones. However, if we are stubborn, if we do not obey the inner anointing and rebel time after time, the Holy Spirit is compelled to raise up an environment to chasten and discipline us, thereby causing us to submit. Therefore, the anointing of the Holy Spirit within us is a sweet act of God’s love toward us and is His original desire, while the outward discipline of the Holy Spirit is an act of God’s hand, an act that He is compelled to perform. (CWWL, 1953, vol. 3, “The Experience of Life,” pp. 429-430)