16我们看〔见有〕七种破坏召会生活的人。有些是反对召会,厌恨基督、神的救恩和神恩典的。这些人是“亚扪人”。另有些人偷进召会,想要把召会拖去与世界联结,使召会与世界一样。这些人是“摩押人”。然后有“以东人”,就是旧人,和“非利士人”,就是天然的人。“推罗人”寻求世界的财富,“西顿人”因着寻求富有,成了召会的荆棘和蒺藜。最后还有“埃及人”,他们向神是独立的,寻求属世的财富,发展自己的资源以致资财丰富,也成为别人供应的来源。这些不同的人,都能破坏召会生活。我们都必须受警惕,好叫我们没有一人成为这七班人(以西结书生命读经,二○三至二○七、二○九、二一一页)。
16[These] seven kinds of people…can damage the church life. Some are against the church, hating Christ, God’s salvation, and God’s grace. These are the “Ammonites.” Others creep into the church and try to bring the church into association with the world and to make the church the same as the world. These are the “Moabites.” Then there are the “Edomites,” the old man, and the “Philistines,” the natural man. The “Tyrians” seek the riches of the world, and the “Sidonians” become briers and thorns to the church due to the seeking of riches. Finally, there are the “Egyptians,” those who, independent of God, seek worldly riches by developing their own resources to be rich in supply and to be a source of supply for others. These are the different people who can be a damage to the church life. We all need to be on the alert that none of us would become these kinds of persons. (Life-study of Ezekiel, pp. 164-168, 170)