14我相信，没有父神爱和赦免的心，没有救主牧养和寻找的灵，乃是我们不结果子的原因。……主说，“树总是凭果子认出来的”（太十二33），但我们却是不结果子的树。……一位良善温和的牧师可能没有特别的恩赐，如讲道的恩赐；他可能只是探望人，并且当人来聚会时欢迎他们；但是照着统计数字，这样的牧师一年也会得着百分之十的扩增。反观我们，甚至还没有百分之十的扩增。你能看见我们是何等的荒凉么？你们有许多人是优秀的讲员，认识较高的真理。……但因着我们缺少父那爱和赦免的心，以及子那牧养和寻找的灵，我们就没有果子。我们定罪人、规范人，却不牧养人、寻找人。我们缺少爱和牧养。〔爱和牧养〕是我们结果子，得着人的重要因素。……我们必须重新省察自己的行径，如哈该所言（该一5）。我们的行径是不正确的；有些地方出了问题（李文集一九九四至一九九七年第五册，四四至四五页）。 14I believe that not having the Father’s loving and forgiving heart and not having the Savior’s shepherding and seeking spirit is the reason for our barrenness…The Lord said, “By the fruit the tree is known” (Matt. 12:33), but we are a tree without any fruit…A good, gentle pastor may not have a particular gift, such as the gift of speaking; he may simply visit people and welcome them when they come to his meeting, but according to statistics, he will have a ten percent yearly increase. We…do not have even a ten percent increase. Can you see how barren we are? Many of you are good speakers, knowing the higher truths…However, we do not have fruit, because we are lacking in the Father’s loving and forgiving heart and the Son’s shepherding and seeking spirit. We condemn and regulate others rather than shepherding and seeking them. We are short of love and shepherding. These are the vital factors for us to bear fruit, that is, to gain people…We have to consider our ways, as Haggai said (Hag. 1:5). Our way is not right; something is wrong. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 5, “A Word of Love to the Co-workers, Elders, Lovers, and Seekers of the Lord,” p. 31)