15在六章这经历之前,……以赛亚曾得着洁净,但他看见自己仍是不洁净的。这指明我们都需要看见自己乃是不洁的总和。无论我们得过多少次的洁净,我们仍是不洁的。我们都必须认识自己到这个地步。……在我们的经历中,我们洁净不洁净,是在于良心的感觉;而我们良心的感觉是在于我们对主的看见。我们看见主有多少,就决定我们会有多少被洁净。我们越看见主,越被暴露,就越得着洁净。当我们的良心得了洁净,没有亏欠时,我们就能接触主。按照我们蒙光照的良心,我们是洁净的;但按照我们在旧造里的实际光景,我们是不洁净的。……只要我们留在旧造里,我们绝不能完全洁净,因为旧造是不洁的。我们需要身体得赎。我们的身体一旦得着救赎,就要脱离旧造。那时,我们才完全是洁净的(以赛亚书生命读经,五○至五一页)。
15Before his experience in chapter 6…, Isaiah had been cleansed, but he realized that he was still unclean. This indicates that we all need to realize that we are a totality of uncleanness. No matter how many times we may be washed, we are still unclean. We all must come to know ourselves to this extent. In our experience, whether we are clean or unclean depends on the feeling of our conscience; and the feeling of our conscience depends on our seeing the Lord. How much we see the Lord determines how much we will be cleansed. The more we see the Lord and are exposed, the more we are cleansed. When our conscience is cleansed and is void of offense, we are able to contact God. According to our enlightened conscience, we are clean, but according to the actual facts of our situation in the old creation, we are not clean…As long as we remain in the old creation, we can never be completely clean, for the old creation is unclean. We need the redemption of our body. Once our body is redeemed, we will get out of the old creation. At that time, we will be completely clean. (Life-study of Isaiah, pp. 38-39)