8我们的基督徒生活以及召会生活,绝对是约的生活。……在新约圣经的每一节,我们看见神的应许。……我们都需要学习如何活在神的约下。我们不该被自己的定罪、感觉和环境等乌云所威胁或恐吓。我们乃是在神的约下,完全在祂的祝福下。不再有定罪,不再有审判,不再有咒诅。死已经被废去,在召会中我们不断地享受生命。一切都是生命。不要怕失去你的职业或健康。不要被黑暗或消极的事物所威胁。……我们必须站在约下,不信任何的失败、软弱、黑暗或消极的事物。我们的定命是在宝血所洒过的约下。阿利路亚,我们是约人!没有乌云,也没有洪水,只有生命;没有咒诅,只有祝福。召会生活就是这样的生活,召会人乃是在约下的人(创世记生命读经,五三三至五三四页)。
8Our Christian life and church life are absolutely a covenant life…In verse after verse of the New Testament, we find God’s promises…We all need to learn how to live under God’s covenant. We should not be threatened or frightened by the clouds of our convictions, feelings, and environments. We are under God’s covenant, fully under His blessing. There is no more condemnation, no more judgment, no more curse. Death has been abolished. In the church we continually enjoy life. Everything is life. Do not be frightened about losing your job or your health. Do not be threatened by any dark or negative thing…We must stand under the covenant and not believe in any failure, weakness, darkness, or negative thing. Our destiny is under the blood-sprinkled covenant. Hallelujah, we are the covenant people! There is no cloud and no flood—only life. There is no curse—only blessing. The church life is such a life, and the church people are a people under the covenant. (Life-study of Genesis, p. 437)