5在召会生活中,一位圣徒可能在属灵上亏欠了你。因著一位圣徒亏欠了你,你很容易把这位弟兄当作奴仆。我们心里可能有这种感觉,并在态度和灵里显出来,看这位亏欠我们的弟兄是我们的奴仆。这是不对的。无论一位圣徒在属灵上欠我们多少,我们都不该把他当作奴仆或仆人,只该把他当作帮助我们的人,直到他靠神的恩典得著复兴。这样,受我们照顾的这位弟兄,就会完全得著恢复。在许多事例中,有些弟兄给软弱者一些属灵的帮助,这种帮助最终却得罪了受帮助的人。他越帮助人,越把人得罪了。我们要看见,我们在属灵上照顾人的时候,有可能得罪人。我们的灵和态度若是不对,我们若是看自己比受帮助的人优越而轻视他们,我们若是把他们当作下等的奴仆或仆人,我们的帮助和照顾至终会得罪对方。这对我们该是个警告。每当我们帮助或照顾一位软弱的弟兄,我们需要尊敬他。即使在传福音的时候,我们也不该看自己比那些听福音的人优越。同样的,在家聚会和排聚会里,我们绝不该看自己是带领的人,以为自己高过或优于所帮助的人。这样的态度会得罪人。我们帮助人时该有一个态度:我们是他们的仆人。在林后四章五节,保罗说,『因为我们不是传自己,乃是传基督耶稣为主,也传自己为耶稣的缘故,作你们的奴仆。』保罗是使徒,且是神的出口,但他没有看自己比所服事的人优越。优越的态度完全是错误的。关于这点,我们需要从主学习。主来作我们的救主,乃是作奴仆服事我们。祂乃是神的奴仆,服事神的赎民。这是我们的榜样,我们若存记在心,就能长久给弟兄姊妹合式的帮助。到了禧年,他和他的儿女要归回本家,到他祖宗的产业那里去
5In the church life a certain saint may be in debt to you spiritually speaking. Because a saint may owe you something, it is easy for you to consider this one to be your slave. We may have such a feeling in our heart, and our attitude and spirit may express the feeling that the one indebted to us is our slave. This is wrong. No matter how much a saint may owe us spiritually, we should consider that one not as a slave nor even as a servant but as a helper until he is revived by the grace of God. Then this one who has been under our care will be fully recovered. In a number of cases, certain brothers rendered spiritual help to a weaker one, but this kind of help eventually became an offense to the one who was helped. The more a saint was helped, the more he was offended. From this we see that it is possible for our spiritual care of others to cause offense. If our spirit and attitude are wrong, if we consider ourselves superior to the ones we are helping and look down on them, if we regard them as lowly slaves or servants, our help and care will, in the long run, result in offense. This should be a warning to us. Whenever we are helping or caring for a weaker brother, we need to respect him. Even in gospel preaching we should not consider ourselves superior to those to whom we preach. Likewise, in home meetings and in small group meetings, we should never regard ourselves as leaders and think that we are higher than or superior to the ones we are helping. Such an attitude offends others. In helping others we should have the attitude that we are their servants. In 2 Corinthians 4:5 Paul says, “We do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus’ sake.” Paul was an apostle and he had God’s oracle, yet he did not be have as one superior to those whom he served. It is altogether wrong to have a superior attitude. Concerning this, we need to learn of the Lord. When He came as our Savior, He came to serve us as a slave. He was God’s Slave serving God’s redeemed ones. This is our example. If we keep this in mind, we shall be able to help the brothers properly for the long run. 2. At the Jubilee He and His Sons Going2 Back to His Own Family and Returning to