8我们对待自己必须公义,对待别人必须和平,并且在神面前必须有喜乐〔罗十四17〕。如果我们缺少这三件中的任何一件,这就是说,我们乃是错的。这指明我们没有活在诸天之国的实际里。多年前我以为所有的基督徒都是美好的,但现在我知道,许多基督徒非常自私,他们不在诸天的管治之下。他们没有严格对待自己,好使他们是义的;他们与别人没有和平;并且他们没有在神面前喜乐并与神一同喜乐。你若是在诸天的管治之下,就会按照公义对待你自己,会与人保持和平,并且会在神面前喜乐并与神一同喜乐。这就是属天的管治,属天的行政,这也就是诸天之国的实际(李文集一九七二年第二册,五九四页)。 8In dealing with ourselves we must be righteous; with others we must have peace; before God we must have joy [Rom. 14:17]. If we are lacking any one of these three things, it means that we are wrong. It indicates that we are not living in the reality of the kingdom of the heavens. Many years ago I thought that all Christians were wonderful, but now I realize that many Christians are very selfish. They are not under the control of the heavens. They are not strict in dealing with themselves so that they may be righteous, they do not have the full peace with others, and they do not have joy before God and with God. If you are under the control of the heavens, you will deal with yourself according to righteousness, you will keep peace with others, and you will be joyful before and with God. This is the heavenly ruling, the heavenly government, and it is the reality of the kingdom of the heavens. (CWWL, 1972, vol. 2, “The Kingdom,” p. 462)