第六週■週六

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晨興餧養

提後二 22『…同那清心呼求主的人，竭力追求公義、信、愛、和平。』

太五 8『清心的人有福了，因爲他們必看見神。』

在召會荒涼的時候，只有清心的人能摸着路〔提後二 22〕。許多在荒涼之下的人摸不着路，是因他們不清心，無法在性質上斷定事情。

我們摸一個工人的工作，要摸其性質。…性質必須是金的、銀的；存心必須要清潔。…一個爲主作工的人，他的存心必須是清的，而不是渾的。清乃是單純；渾就是混雜、不單純。有人傳福音可能如保羅所說，是因着嫉妒（腓一 15）。碰着這樣的人時，我們或許會覺得他很熱心，工作也有些果效；但若是我們去摸他的存心，就會摸着他的心並不清潔（李常受文集一九五六年第二册，三九二頁）。

信息選讀

只有清心的人，纔能得着活在神面前的人作同工。他們的心是對付過的，他們與人接觸時，能摸着人心的光景。他們與清心的人站在一起，一同維持主的見證，一同走主的路，一同作主的工，並不是憑外面道理上相同的見地，而是因他們裏面都有清潔的心。道理的見解不同總是叫人分裂。一個真實清心的人，碰着另一個清心的人時，能爲那人殉道，愛他好像愛主一樣，肯爲他出任何代價。所以，我們要得着最好的同工、同伴，我們的心必須清潔。

一位已經故去的…弟兄，我們在一起配搭約二十年之久。我們彼此之間沒有一點難處，那是因爲主將我們帶在一起，我碰着他的心只要主，不要別的。我今天能見證，他在召會中出了許多代價，受了許多苦，有過許多犧牲，但他從來沒有爲自己有任何感覺，也不爲自己說甚麼。他實在是一個清心的人，所以我們能同心，能一同事奉主，一同走主的道路。只有清心的人纔能摸着主的路。

清心的目標是神，禱告的含意就是沒有自己。禱告主，是一切讓主來作，一切都是主的辦法，不是人的意見。如果一切是出乎人的，有人的辦法、主張、能力，就不需要禱告主了。…我們能不能得着主在這時代興起來的人作我們的同伴，不僅要看我們的心清不清，還要看我們有沒有停下自己的一切。我們的幹才、聰明、辦法、智慧，停下來了沒有？是我們和弟兄們一同服在主面前，尋求主的引導？還是我們要貫徹自己的主張？如果要貫徹我們的主張，就不需要禱告主；如果要和弟兄們一同服在主面前，尋求主的引導，就需要禱告主。

提後二章二十二節說，要『清心呼求主』。我們所注意的，就是清心和呼求主。正如在身體裏，只要是外面加進來的東西，都不太能和身體的肢體調和、相合。同樣的原則，你若是清心禱告主的人，碰着一位不清心禱告的人，也沒有辦法和他在一起。這不是宗派的問題。若說這樣合不來就是宗派，那麼卽使是這樣混在一起，神也要定罪，因爲神定罪混雜的事。清心的人和不清心的人，倚靠神和倚靠自己的人，受神引導作工和用自己辦法作工的人，不能混在一起；從來沒有一個混雜能蒙神稱許（李常受文集一九五六年第二册，三九五至三九六、三九九至四○○頁）。

參讀：召會的歷程，第六篇。

WEEK 6 — DAY 6

Morning Nourishment

2 Tim. 2:22 …Pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

Matt. 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.

During the desolation of the church, only those with a pure heart can find the way [2 Tim. 2:22]. In the desolation of the church many people cannot find the way, because their heart is impure, and they are unable to discern the nature of things.

In touching someone’s work, we must discern its nature…Our nature must be gold and silver, and our motive must be pure…One who works for the Lord must have a clear motive, not a cloudy one. A clear motive is pure; a cloudy motive is mixed and impure. Paul says that some preach Christ because of envy (Phil. 1:15). Such persons may be zealous and obtain good results, but when we examine their motive, we see that their hearts are not pure. (CWWL, 1956, vol. 2, “Three Aspects of the Church, Book 2: The Course of the Church,” p. 297)

Todays Reading

Those who are pure in heart will find others who live before God to be their co-workers. Since their heart has been dealt with, they are able to discern the condition of the heart of those they contact. The pure in heart stand together to maintain the Lord’s testimony, walk in the Lord’s way, and do the Lord’s work because inwardly their hearts are pure, not because they share the same doctrinal viewpoint. Differences in opinion related to doctrine lead to divisions. When one who is pure in heart meets another person who is pure in heart, he can willingly be martyred for that person and love him as if he were the Lord. We gain the best co-workers and companions when we are pure in heart.

I coordinated with another brother for about twenty years before he passed away. There were no problems between us because the Lord brought us together. I felt that his heart was for nothing but the Lord. I can testify that he paid a great price for the church and suffered much. However, he never had any feeling for himself, nor did he speak for himself. He had a pure heart; thus, we served the Lord together in one accord and walked in the Lord’s way together. Only those who are pure in heart can walk in the Lord’s way.

A pure heart seeks only God, and prayer implies that there is nothing of the self. Prayer means that we allow the Lord to do everything according to His way and not according to man’s opinion. If we do things out of ourselves by human methods, opinions, and power, we have no need of prayer…Whether we can find those whom the Lord has raised up to be our companions depends not only on the purity of our heart but also on whether we have stopped all the activity of the self. Have we stopped our ability, cleverness, methods, and wisdom? Do we submit ourselves to the Lord and seek His leading, or do we insist on our opinions? If we want to push our opinions through, we do not need to pray; if we want to submit ourselves to the Lord and seek His leading, we need to pray.

Second Timothy 2:22 says that we need to “call on the Lord out of a pur heart.” Our focus is on calling on the Lord and having a pure heart. Anything added to our physical body from the outside cannot become one with our body. In the same principle, if we are ones who pray to the Lord out of a pure heart, we cannot be joined to someone who does not. This is not a question of sectarianism. If we call this sectarianism and try to join with ones who do not pray out of a pure heart, God will condemn us, because He condemns any mixture. The pure in heart and those with an impure heart, those who rely on the Lord and those who do not rely on the Lord, and those who are led by the Lord in their work and those who work by their own methods should not be mixed together. No mixture is approved by God. (CWWL, 1956, vol. 2, “Three Aspects of the Church, Book 2: The Course of the Church,” pp. 299-300, 302)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1956, vol. 2, “Three Aspects of the Church, Book 2: The Course of the Church,” ch. 6