2本篇信息要进一步说到风云火金的经历。我的负担是要指出，风云火金该是基督徒一生属灵的故事。在基督徒的一生中，我们属灵的经历该是这四件事不断的循环。不是理论，乃是对吹动的风、遮盖的云、烧毁的火、和光耀精金的经历我们在前篇信息里关于风、云、火、金所说的，完全不是理论，乃是属灵经历的事。人若从来没有经历过风、云、火、金，那人必然不是正常的基督徒。一个人也许对得救的真理有一点道理的知识，然后在形式上受浸，但是没有任何风、云、火、金的经历。真正得救的人是与神发生过属灵交往的人，经历过风的吹动和云的遮盖的人。在你得救以前，你的生活似乎很平安宁静，但有一天，你听到福音，你经历大风的吹动。结果，你醒悟过来，开始疑惑人生的意义，特别是你生命的意义。你问自己说，『我从那里来？我往那里去？我人生的目的是甚么？人生的意义是甚么？我若继续照样生活，结局会在那里？』风一直吹在你身上、吹在你里面，直到你信入主，接受祂完全的救恩。属灵的风不但在我们得救时吹在我们身上，每次我们有属灵的复兴时也是如此。一位信徒也许不大在意他属灵的生命，却相当满意于他属灵的光景。这样的信徒心情好的时候，也许会读经祷告；若是心情不好，就不祷告读经了。但是经历属灵大风吹动的信徒，情形却非常不同。风吹在他身上，使他对自己属灵的光景无法满意。反而，他感觉不安，开始关切自己的情形，疑惑自己属灵的光景。团体的召会和个别的信徒，原则是同样的。风的吹动总是使我们觉得不安，并且关切自己的情形和光景。我深深渴望，强烈的大风会吹在众召会的众圣徒身上，使他们不安，叫他们为自己属灵的光景寻求主。吹动的风带来遮盖的云。我们从属灵的经历学知，圣灵吹在我们身上，摸著我们，我们就觉得神在覆庇我们，施行对我们的眷顾。祂的同在好像遮盖并围绕我们的云彩，使我们觉得祂的同在和祂的眷顾。在这之后我们经历烈火的焚烧。这焚烧使我们领悟自己在许多方面、对许多人错了。这样的焚烧暴露我们的光景，使我们承认自己的过犯，且在神面前对付自己。火越焚烧，我们就越认罪，也越被圣别、被炼净。我要请你根据自己属灵的经历，思想吹动的风、遮盖的云、和焚烧的火的事。你没有经历过吹在你身上的风，遮盖你的云，焚烧并炼净你的火么？在你经历那灵的吹动和焚烧以前，你也许总是觉得别人错，你对。但藉著风的吹动，在云的遮盖之下，并藉著火的焚烧，你开始看见自己是何等罪恶、败坏。火焚烧你到这样的地步，你就领悟连你的爱也是自私的、属肉体的。这火不但烧毁我们的骄傲，也烧毁我们的谦卑；不但烧毁我们的邪恶，也烧毁我们的仁慈；不但烧毁我们的恨，也烧毁我们的爱。我们在风的吹动、云的遮盖、和火的焚烧之下，就不觉得自己是对的。反之，我们的『我』会垮台、熔化。至终，这火烧去神以外的一切。惟有神能通过这个焚烧。
2In this message I would like to give a further word concerning the experience of the wind, the cloud, the fire, and the electrum. My burden is to point out that the wind, the cloud, the fire, and the electrum should be a Christian’s spiritual life story. Throughout our whole Christian life, our spiritual experiences should be a continual cycle involving these four matters. NOT A THEORY BUT AN EXPERIENCE OF THE BLOWING WIND, THE COVERING CLOUD, THE CONSUMING FIRE, AND THE GLOWING ELECTRUM What we spoke in the previous message regarding the wind, the cloud, the fire, and the electrum is absolutely not a theory but something of spiritual experience. If a person has never experienced the wind, the cloud, the fire, and the electrum, that person surely is not a normal Christian. A certain person may have a little doctrinal knowledge of the truth concerning salvation and then be baptized in a formal way without having any experience of the wind, the cloud, the fire, and the electrum. A genuinely saved person is one who has had spiritual transactions with God, one who has experienced the blowing of the wind and the covering of the cloud. Before you were saved, your life might have seemed peaceful and tranquil, but one day you heard the gospel and experienced the blowing of a mighty wind. As a result, you were awakened and began to wonder about the meaning of human life and, in particular, about the significance of your life. You began to question yourself, saying, “Where did I come from, and where am I going? What is the purpose of my life? What is its meaning? If I continue to live the way I have been living, where will I end up?” The wind kept blowing upon you and within you until you believed into the Lord and received His full salvation. A spiritual wind not only blew upon us when we were saved but also blows every time we have a spiritual revival. A particular believer may be quite careless regarding his spiritual life and yet be quite content with his spiritual condition. If such a believer is in a good mood, he may read the Bible and pray, but if he is in a bad mood, he may neglect prayer and Bible reading. The situation is very different with a believer who experiences the blowing of a mighty spiritual wind. When the wind blows upon him, he cannot feel satisfied with his spiritual condition. On the contrary, he will become restless and quite concerned about his situation and begin to ask questions concerning the condition of his spiritual life. The principle with the church corporately is the same as it is with a believer personally. The blowing of the wind always makes us feel restless and concerned about our situation and condition. I deeply long that a rushing, mighty wind would blow upon all the saints in all the churches and make them restless and cause them to seek the Lord about their spiritual condition. The blowing wind brings the covering cloud. We have learned from our spiritual experience that when the Holy Spirit blows upon us and touches us, we sense that God is overshadowing us and exercising His care for us. His presence is like a cloud covering us and surrounding us, and we can sense both His presence and His care. Following this we experience the burning of the consuming fire. This burning makes us realize that we are wrong in many ways and with many persons. Such a burning exposes our condition and causes us to confess our transgressions and deal with ourselves before God. The more the fire burns, the more we confess and the more we are sanctified and purified. I would ask you to consider the matters of the blowing wind, the covering cloud, and the burning fire in light of your own spiritual experience. Have you not experienced the wind blowing upon you, the cloud covering you, and the fire burning and purifying you? Before you experienced the Spirit’s blowing and burning, you might have felt that others were always at fault and that you were always right. But then through the blowing of the wind, under the covering of the cloud, and by the burning of the fire, you began to see how sinful and corrupt you were. The fire burned you to such an extent that you realized that even your love was selfish and fleshly. This fire consumes not only our pride but also our humility, not only our wickedness but also our kindness, not only our hatred but also our love. When we are under the blowing of the wind, the covering of the cloud, and the burning of the fire, we will not feel that we are all right. On the contrary, our “I” will fall apart and be dissolved. Eventually, this fire will burn away everything other than God. Only God can pass through this burning.