23“雷玛”要使我们知道个人所摸着的是什么,要给我们看见应当对付的是什么,应当洗净的是什么。我们要追求这一个,我们基督徒生活就是靠着这一个。到底神对我说了什么话,到底神对我怎么说。……真实的长进是要从神那里直接得着话。神的工作是用祂的“雷玛”,神要对我们说话。……我们如果要在主的手中作一个有用处的人,我们就要有主对我们所说的话。……神借着话给我们有所看见,那一个说话会使我们圣别,那一个说话会使我们进步。……我们如果有“雷玛”,有神活的说话,我们就能被洗净成为圣别(倪柝声文集第二辑第十四册,六○至六一、六三、六八至六九页)。
23The rhema reveals something to us personally and directly; it shows us what we need to deal with and what we need to be cleansed from. We must specifically seek after this very matter, because our Christian life is based on this rhema. What word has God really spoken to us, and how has He spoken to us?…The important thing is this: Is God speaking that very word to us today? True growth depends upon our receiving the word directly from God. God is using His rhema to do His work, and He desires to speak to us…If we desire to be useful in the Lord’s hands, we must be spoken to by the Lord… When God speaks to us through His word, we are enlightened; through His word we are sanctified; and through His word we are made to grow…If we have rhema, the living word of God, we can be cleansed and sanctified. (CWWN, vol. 34, “The Glorious Church,” pp. 51-54, 57-58)