第四週 • 週一
晨興餧養
路九54~55 祂的門徒雅各、約翰看見了，就說，主阿，你要我們吩咐火從天上降下來，燒滅他們麼？耶穌卻轉身責備他們，說，你們的靈如何，你們並不知道。
神當初對人的安排，乃是把人的靈擺在人的魂和體之上，要人憑靈而活，一面用靈接觸神，受神管理，一面用靈管制全人。但是當人墮落之後，體和魂就奪取了靈的地位，人就不憑靈活着，而憑肉體、憑魂活着了。…等到神來拯救人的時候，祂的靈進到人的靈裏，就是要叫人的靈復甦、壯大起來，好使人重新憑靈而活。但人的靈既被包圍在肉體、己意和天然裏面，並且人又是憑這些活慣了，所以神就要人藉着主十字架殺死的功效，治死這些，對付這些，破碎這些，叫這些有了裂口，然後靈纔得以出來。人的靈出來了，神的靈也就被帶出來，人就可以憑靈活着，憑靈使用魂，憑靈支配體，憑靈作真人，憑靈生活行動，憑靈敬拜事奉（生命的經歷下冊，三四三頁）。
信息選讀
靈的本身既不污穢，為何靈出來還有不清潔、不正當的光景？這是因為靈出來的時候，還要經過我們裏面許多部分。這些部分裏面有污穢，靈從其中經過，就受到玷污，而將這些污穢帶了出來。所以靈出來顯在外面，就有那些污穢、不正當的光景。
靈在我們的深處，也是純潔無汙的。但在靈的週邊，乃是魂和體。這魂和體已經攙進了撒但邪惡的成分，變為污穢、敗壞的，所以當靈經過這魂和體，往外出來的時候，也就沾染了其中的污穢、敗壞，因此顯在外面的時候，就帶着污穢、敗壞、不純、不正，各種不該有的光景。如果一個人魂裏驕傲，他的靈出來也是驕傲的。一個人肉體裏動了血氣，他的靈出來也是帶着血氣。我們常碰到急躁的靈、妒忌的靈、彎曲的靈、傲慢的靈等等，這些都不是靈的本身有問題，乃是靈所經過的魂和體，其中那些不好的成分，染到靈上面來了。所染上的是甚麼成分，出來的也就是甚麼靈。所以甚麼樣的人，就有甚麼樣的靈（生命的經歷下冊，三四六至三四七頁）。
在聖經裏，人的靈本身乃是沒有性質的。靈是根據我們外面的人，根據我們魂的性質而定性質的。靈本身是超越好壞、對錯、是非、善惡的，靈乃是神所給信徒的新本能。靈的特點乃是它本身沒有性質，它的性質是取於別的作為它的性質。…你說它沒有性質，它本身的確是沒有性質；你說它有性質，它的確也是有性質，它的性質乃是我們外面魂的性質。靈的性質如何，就看它所附於之東西的性質是如何。…我們是怎樣的人，就使我們的靈生出怎樣的性質來。許多時候，弟兄姊妹的話語、行為是對的，但靈不對，因為他這個人不對。
怎麼樣纔能有對的靈呢？一個人的靈乃是將那個人的味道、色彩帶出來，作它自己的味道、色彩。當你的靈出來，就代表你這個人的味道、色彩。所以一個人的靈要對，那個人就得受對付。一個人的品質如何，他靈的品質也如何（倪柝聲文集第三輯第十六冊，二一九至二二○、二三○至二三一頁）。
參讀：倪柝聲文集第三輯第十六冊，第四十一篇。
WEEK 4 — DAY 1
Morning Nourishment
Luke 9:54-55 "And seeing this, the disciples James and John said, Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them? But turning, He rebuked them and said, You do not
know of what kind of spirit you are."
In God’s original arrangement for man, He placed the spirit of man above his soul and body in order that man might live by the spirit, on one hand exercising the spirit to contact God and be ruled by Him, and on the other hand exercising the spirit to control his whole being. But after the fall, the body and the soul usurped the position of the spirit so that man no longer lived by the spirit but by the flesh and the soul....When God comes to save man, His Spirit enters into man’s spirit so that it might be revived and strengthened, enabling man to live again by the spirit. Nevertheless, the spirit of man is surrounded by the flesh, selfopinion, and the natural constitution, plus the fact that man is so accustomed to live by these; therefore, God requires that man, through the killing effect of the Lord’s cross, put all these to death, dealing with them and breaking them, so that there will be some crack or opening for the spirit to come forth. When man’s spirit comes forth, it brings forth also the Spirit of God. Thus, man can live by the spirit, directing his soul, controlling his body, being a genuine man, living and acting,
worshipping, and serving God by the spirit. (The Experience of Life, pp. 281-282)
Today's Reading
If the spirit itself is not filthy, why does it sometimes manifest itself in an unclean and improper manner? It is because the spirit must pass through many of our inward parts when it comes forth. Within the inward parts is filthiness so that when the spirit passes through them, it is defiled, and thus
the filthiness is brought forth also. Therefore when the spirit is released and manifested, it exhibits certain defiled and improper conditions.
The spirit in our innermost part is pure and undefiled. However, surrounding the spirit are the soul and body, both of which have been mixed with the wicked elements of Satan and are thus filthy and corrupt. Therefore, when the spirit comes forth and passes through the soul and body, it becomes contaminated by this filthiness and corruption. Hence, when being manifested, the spirit bears certain filthiness, corruption, impurity, impropriety, and various other undesirable conditions. If a person
is proud in his soul, the spirit also manifests itself in pride; if a person is angry in the flesh, his spirit also reveals the anger. We often encounter the spirit of anxiety, the spirit of jealousy, a crooked spirit, or a rude spirit, all of which are not the problem of the spirit itself, but the defiling influence of the undesirable elements of the soul and body upon the spirit as it passes through them. We can tell the kind of defilement from the kind of spirit, and the kind of spirit reveals the kind of man. (The Experience of Life, p. 284)
In the Bible man’s spirit is neutral. Its characteristics take on that of the outer man, that is, the characteristics of the soul. The spirit itself transcends good and bad, right and wrong, yes and no, and good and evil. The spirit is the new capacity that God gives to the believers. It is special in the sense
that it bears no characteristics of its own. It takes its characteristics from other things....In one sense it does not have any characteristics of its own, but in another sense it does have its characteristics. Its characteristics are the characteristics of our soul. We judge the characteristics of the spirit by the characteristics of the things that are attached to it....The kind of person we are produces the kind of characteristics our spirit carries. Many times the brothers and sisters are right in their words and conduct, but their spirit is wrong because their very person is wrong. How can we have a right spirit? A man’s spirit carries his own taste and color. When our spirit is released, it expresses the tastes and color of our very person. In order to be right in our spirit, we have to go through dealings. The quality of a man determines the quality of his spirit. (CWWN, vol. 62, pp.445, 455)
Further Reading: CWWN, vol. 62, ch. 41
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