第一週■週六

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晨興餧養

羅八6『因爲心思置於肉體，就是死；心思置於靈，乃是生命平安。』

來四12『因爲神的話是活的，是有功效的，比一切兩刃的劍更鋒利，能以刺入、甚至剖開魂與靈，骨節與骨髓，連心中的思念和主意都能辨明。』

不要讓你的心思像『野馬』一樣。心思佔魂的大部分，而魂是居於我們外面的肉體和我們裏面的靈之間。…我們將我們的靈如火挑旺起來之後，必須學習將我們的心思置於靈。我們的心思非常『多話』。…我們若不控制我們的心思，就會飄蕩幻想，在很短時間內徧遊地球。…所以我們必須將我們的心思引到我們的靈。我們這樣作時，就會向主歌唱，讚美主，並說出主來。

夫妻…在別人面前會約束自己所說的話。但是當他們在一起時，就任意說別人閒話，或消極的說到召會。那時他們就發死，因爲他們將心思置於肉體。我們必須學習使我們的靈如火挑旺起來，並且控制我們的心思。不要讓心思置於肉體，乃要引導心思，將心思置於靈。這個習慣必須在我們裏面建立起來。我們的心思置於肉體，就是死；我們的心思置於靈，乃是生命平安（李常受文集一九九三年第二册，二四七至二四八頁）。

信息選讀

希伯來四章十二節用了『辨明』這個辭。…我們的思念通常是欺騙人的。但我們若操練我們的靈，就會辨明我們的思念是邪惡的，因爲在我們的思念背後有邪惡的主意。辨明心中的思念和主意，等於剖開靈與魂。…仇敵的計謀總是要使你的靈一直與你的魂攙雜在一起。在今天的世界裏，幾乎每一個人都在攙雜的情形裏，…甚麼時候有了這樣的攙雜，靈就失敗，魂就得勝。

一個弟兄開始要對他妻子說到另一個人時，他必須想一想：『這是出於我的靈，還是出於我的魂？』如果這是出於他的魂，他所說的就是閒話或批評。如果這是出於他的靈，他所說的必是受主的引導。這表明我們必須辨明我們的靈與魂。

事實上，我們的人位，我們的所是，是相當複雜的。我們不是那麼簡單，因爲我們有三部分。我們有壞的肉體，有好的靈，也有介於中間的魂。我們應當一直跟隨我們的靈，並且在一切事上照着我們的靈而行，這是根據羅馬八章四節。我們應當一直保持警覺，辨明一切不是出於靈，而是出於魂的事。…神賜給我們的靈是我們的性能和本錢。我們必須使用我們的靈，運用我們的靈，並藉着將我們的靈如火挑旺起來，藉着將心思置於靈，藉着辨明靈與魂，來操練我們的靈。當然，我們很容易知道甚麼是出於肉體的，甚麼是出於靈的；但在甚麼是出於魂的與甚麼是出於靈的這二者之間，通常是混淆不清的。所以我們必須辨明。

我們基督徒的行事爲人是非常細的。如果我們要照着靈而行，我們必須學習作事不要太快，說話也不要太快；等一等比較保險。我在回信的事上有這樣的經歷。有時候我寫了信，等一天再寄出。第二天可能有新的想法臨到我，要包括在那封信裏，或者發現自己說了甚麼錯的話。這樣等，會幫助我們照着靈而行。…在我們裏面，在靈與肉體之間…有爭戰；在靈與魂之間，更是這樣。…如果一件事不是出於靈，我們就不要說，也不要作。這就是運用、操練我們的靈（李常受文集一九九三年第二册，二四八至二五○頁）。

參讀：那靈同我們的靈，第六至八篇。

WEEK 1 — DAY 6

Morning Nourishment

Rom. 8:6 For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the spirit is life and peace.

Heb. 4:12 For the word of God is living and operative and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit and of joints and marrow, and able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Do not let your mind be a “wild horse.” The mind is the great part of the soul, and the soul is in between our outward flesh and our inward spirit…After fanning our spirit into flame, we must learn to set our mind on the spirit. Our mind is very “talkative.”…If we do not control our mind, we can wander in our imagination all over the globe within a short time…This is why we must direct our mind to the spirit. When we do this, we will sing to the Lord, praise the Lord, or speak forth the Lord.

Before other people, [a husband and a wife] will be restricted in what they say. But when they are together, they may feel free to gossip about others or speak negatively about the church. At that time they are in death because they are setting their mind on the flesh. But we have to learn to fan our spirit into flame and to control our mind. Do not let the mind be set on the flesh, but direct it to be set on the spirit. This habit has to be built up in us. To set our mind on the flesh is death. To set our mind on the spirit is life and peace. (CWWL, 1993, vol. 2, “The Spirit with Our Spirit,” pp. 185-186)

Todays Reading

In Hebrews 4:12 the word discern is used…Quite often our thoughts are deceiving. But if we exercise our spirit, there is a discernment that our thoughts are evil, because behind our thoughts there is an evil intention. To discern the thoughts and intents of the heart equals the dividing of the soul from the spirit…The enemy’s strategy is always to mix our spirit up with our soul. In today’s world nearly everyone is in a mixed situation…Whenever such mixing is there, the spirit loses and the soul wins.

Before a brother begins to talk to his wife about another brother, he has to consider, “Is this of my spirit or of my soul?” If it is of his soul, what he says will be either gossip or criticism. If it is of his spirit, what he says will be something led by the Lord. This shows that we have to discern our spirit from our soul.

Actually, our person, our being, is quite complicated. We are not so simple, because we have three parts. We have the flesh, which is bad; the spirit, which is good; and the soul, which is in between. We should always follow our spirit and walk in all things according to our spirit. This is according to Romans 8:4. We should always be on the alert to discern anything that is not of the spirit but of the soul. Our God-given spirit is our capital and our capacity. We have to use our spirit, to employ our spirit, and to exercise our spirit by fanning it into flame, by setting our mind on it, and by discerning it from our soul. Of course, it is easy to know what is of the flesh and what is of the spirit; but quite often it is a very mixed-up situation between what is of the soul and what is of the spirit. This is why we have to discern.

Our Christian walk is a very fine walk. If we are going to walk according to our spirit, we must learn not to do things too fast or to say things too quickly. It is safe to wait awhile. I have had this experience in writing answers to letters. Sometimes I will write a letter and then keep it for another day before I mail it. The next day a new thought might come to me to include in that letter, or I may realize that I said something wrong. To wait in this way helps us to walk according to our spirit. Within us there is a battle between the spirit and the flesh and even more between the spirit and the soul…If something is not of the spirit, we do not want to say it or do it. This is to use, to exercise, our spirit. (CWWL, 1993, vol. 2, “The Spirit with Our Spirit,” pp. 186-187)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1993, vol. 2, “The Spirit with Our Spirit,” chs. 6-8