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以弗所书生命读经 · 第97篇

召会是神的战士

THE CHURCH AS GOD’S WARRIOR
1读经：以弗所书六章十至十八节。
1Scripture Reading: Eph. 6:10-18
召会的各个不同方面
VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE CHURCH
2在以弗所一章，我们有召会所是及其如何产生的概说。然后在二章，我们看见召会乃是基督在祂自己里面所创造的新人。在三章，我们有一个清楚的异象，就是基督安家在召会中之人的心里。基督安家在召会的心里，意思就是说，祂要传输到召会内里所是的中心。藉著这样的灌输，召会就被充满，成为神一切的丰满。这样，召会就与神性调和，并且被神性所浸透。所以，召会乃是人性得著神性的调和、浸透并浸润。在四章，我们看见召会是新人。二章里的新人，在生机上是完整的，但在功用上并不完全。作新人的召会要在功用上完全，就必须在生命里长大。新人越长大，就越能尽功用。在四章，我们也看见新人日常的行事为人。正如我们所指出的，堕落的人类是照著心思的虚妄行事为人，但作新人的召会乃是在心思的灵里行事为人。
2In Ephesians 1 we have a general view of what the church is and how the church comes into being. Then in chapter two we see that the church is the new man created by Christ in Himself. In chapter three we have a clear vision of Christ making His home in the hearts of those in the church. For Christ to make His home in the heart of the church means that He is transfused into the center of the church’sinner being. Through such a transfusion, the church is filled unto all the fullness of God. In this way the church is mingled with divinity and saturated with it. Therefore, the church is humanity mingled, saturated, and permeated with divinity. In chapter four we see the church as the new man. The new man in chapter two is organically complete, but not functionally perfect. In order to be functionally perfect, the church as the new man must grow in life. The more the new man grows, the more he will be able to function. In Ephesians 4 we also see the daily walk of the new man. As we have pointed out, fallen mankind walks according to the vanity of the mind, but the walk of the church as the new man is in the spirit of the mind
3在五章，我们看见召会的另一面─召会是为基督豫备的新妇。就一面的意义说，召会是新人，需要长大、尽功用、并过正当的日常生活。就另一面意义说，召会是新妇，必须成为美丽的，好在基督回来时献给祂。就召会是新妇来说，难处不在于规条、道理或旧人，难处乃在于斑点和皱纹；这是生机上的缺陷，损害了召会的美丽。召会要除去这样的缺陷，就必须得著基督的元素，新陈代谢的作到召会里面，好得著圣化、洁净、保养和顾惜。这个元素会使斑点和皱纹消失，并且能使新妇美丽，使她能献给基督。最终，藉著这新陈代谢变化的过程，召会就成为荣耀的。
3In Ephesians 5 we see another aspect of the church—the church as the Bride prepared for Christ. In one sense, the church is the new man who needs growth, function, and a proper daily living. In another sense, the church is the Bride who must be beautified in order to be presented to Christ at His coming. With the church as the Bride, the problem is not with ordinances, doctrine, or the old man. The problem is with the spots and wrinkles, defects that are organic and that ruin the beauty of the church. In order to be free from such defects, the church must be sanctified, purified, nourished, and cherished by having the element of Christ wrought into her metabolically. This element will cause the spots and wrinkles to disappear, and it will beautify the Bride for her presentation to Christ. Eventually, through this process of metabolic transformation the church will become glorious
新妇和战士
THE BRIDE AND THE WARRIOR
4在以弗所六章，我们看见召会的另一面。在这一章里，召会不是基督的身体、建筑、家庭、国度、新人或新妇；在此召会乃是神的战士。召会不仅应当是彰显基督的身体、神居住的所在、以及成就神经纶的新人；召会还必须是击败神仇敌的战士、军兵。
4In Ephesians 6 we see still another aspect of the church. In this chapter the church is not the Body, the building, the family, the kingdom, the new man, or the Bride. Here the church is God’s warrior. The church should be not only the Body to express Christ, the dwelling place for God’s habitation, and the new man for the fulfillment of God’secon o my; the church must also be a warrior, a soldier, to defeat God’se ne my.
5按照启示录十九章，召会是献给基督的新妇，也是与祂一同争战，抵挡神仇敌的战士。主耶稣再来的时候，祂首先要迎娶祂的新妇。基督接受新妇之后，祂与得胜者就要争战对付仇敌。按照启示录十九章十一节，主骑著白马，天上的众军也骑著白马，穿著细麻衣，又白又洁，跟随著祂。（14。）17:14启示录十七章十四节也指著这事说，『他们〔仇敌及其跟随者〕要与羔羊争战，羔羊必胜过他们，因为羔羊是万主之主，万王之王。同著羔羊的，就是蒙召被选忠信的人，也必得胜。』在启示录十九章七至八节，我们看到新妇穿著『明亮洁净的细麻衣』。然后在十四节，我们看到跟随主争战的众军乃是『穿著细麻衣，又白又洁』。这两节指出，新妇的结婚礼服，也是她作神军队与神仇敌争战时所穿的制服。所以，有结婚礼服，也就有制服。
5According to Revelation 19, the church is both the Bride who is presented to Christ and the warrior who fights with Him against God’se ne my. At His coming again, the Lord Jesus firstly will meet His Bride. After receiving the Bride, Christ and the overcomers will enter into battle against the enemy. According to Revelation 19:11, the Lord will ride on a white horse, and the armies which are in heaven will follow Him on white horses, dressed in fine linen, white and pure (v. 14). Revelation also refers to this: “These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them, for He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and they who are with Him are called and chosen and faithful.” In Revelation 19:7 and 8 we see that the Bride is clothed in “fine linen, bright and pure.” Then in verse 14 we see that the armies which follow the Lord into battle are “dressed in fine linen, white and pure.” These verses indicate that the Bride’s wedding garment will also be the uniforms he wears as God’s army to fight against His enemy. Therefore, to have the wedding garment is also to have the uniform.
6在以弗所五章和六章，我们看到召会是新妇也是战士。在启示录十九章，我们也有召会的这两面。作为召会，我们不仅是基督的身体、神的居所、神的国、神的家和新人；我们也是新妇和战士。作为新妇，我们必须是美丽的，毫无斑点和皱纹，并且穿著细麻衣。作为战士，我们必须装备好与神的仇敌争战。属灵的争战─基督身体的事神的经纶里有一支军队，是由团体的战士所构成的。这意思是说，以弗所六章的战士乃是一个团体的整体。我们惟有成为一个团体的整体─基督的身体，才能穿上神的全副军装。这与许多基督徒所持守的观念不同，他们认为个别的信徒能穿著全副的军装。以弗所六章的军装不是为著个别的基督徒，乃是为著召会这团体的身体。六章所启示的不是信徒个别的争战，乃是团体的军队为著神在地上的权益争战。
6In Ephesians 5 and 6 we see the church as the Bride and as the warrior. In Revelation 19 we also have these two aspects of the church. As the church, we are not only the Body, the dwelling place of God, the kingdom of God, the family of God, and the new man; we are also the Bride and the warrior. As the Bride, we must be beautiful, without spot or wrinkle, and be clothed in fine linen. As the warrior, we must be equipped to fight against God’se ne my. SPIRITUAL WARFARE—A MATTER OF THE BODY In God’secon o my there is one army constituted of a corporate warrior. This means that the warrior in Ephesians 6 is a corporate entity. Only as a corporate entity, the Body, can we put on the whole armor of God. This is contrary to the concept held by many Christians that an individual believer is able to wear the entire armor. The armor in Ephesians 6 is not for Christians as individuals; it is for the church corporately as the Body. What this chapter reveals is not the believers fighting as individuals, but a corporate army fighting the battle for God’sin te rest son earth
7属灵的争战不是个人的事，乃是基督身体这个团体的整体，争战对付神仇敌的事。在现代的军队中，没有一个士兵会单独作战。他乃是作一支训练精良、装备齐全之军队的一分子来争战。我们团体的形成一支军队之后，就能与神的仇敌争战。神的战略乃是用召会作祂的军队，来与仇敌争战。所以，脱离军队孤立是非常危险的。惟有留在军队里，我们才得著必需的保护。
7Spiritual warfare is not an individual matter; it is a matter of the Body, a corporate entity to fight the battle against God’se ne my. No soldier in a modern army would enter into battle by himself. Rather, he would fight as part of a well-trained and fully equipped army. After we have been formed corporately into an army, we shall be able to fight against God’se ne my. God’s strategy is to use the church as His army to fight against the enemy. Therefore, it is very dangerous to be isolated from the army. Only by remaining in the army will we have the necessary protection.
8多年前，主的子民认为属灵的争战是个人的事。但是这些年来，我们看见这完全是召会作神团体军队的事。你若与召会分离，就会打败仗。撒但的策略，不过是把你从作神军队的召会里孤立出来。我们要领悟，属灵的争战乃是基督身体的事，这是极其重要的。我们若看见这点，并且留在召会里，就会得胜。这场争战不是为著我们个别的信徒，乃是为著作神军队的召会。
8Years ago, the Lord’sp eople regarded spiritual warfare as an individual matter. But through the years we have seen that it is altogether a matter of the church as God’s corporate army. If you separate yourself from the church, you will be defeated. Satan’s strategy is simply to isolate you from the church as God’s army. It is crucial for us to realize that spiritual warfare is a Body matter. If we realize this and stay with the church, we shall be victorious. The battle is not for us as individual believers; it is for the church as God’s army
在主里得著加力
EMPOWERED IN THE LORD
9召会作神的战士，不是凭自己的力量争战。以弗所六章十节说，『末了的话，你们要在主里，靠著祂力量的权能，得著加力。』这一节清楚指明，我们不该靠著自己的力量争战。相反的，我们必须在主里，靠著祂力量的权能，得著加力。『得著加力』的原文与一章十九节的『能力』同字根。要对付神的仇敌，抵挡黑暗的邪恶势力，我们需要那叫基督从死人中复活，并叫祂坐在诸天界里，远超空中一切邪灵的浩大能力，使我们得著加力。在对付撒但和他邪恶国度的属灵争战中，我们只能在主里面争战，不能在自己里面争战。何时我们在自己里面，我们就失败了。
9As God’s warrior, the church does not fight by her own strength. Ephesians 6:10 says, “For the rest, be empowered in the Lord and in the might of His strength.” This verse indicates clearly that we should not fight in our own strength. On the contrary, we must be empowered in the Lord and in the might of His strength. The Greek word rendered “empowered” has the same root as the word power in 1:19. To deal with God’se ne my, to fight against the evil forces of darkness, we need to be empowered with the greatness of the power that raised up Christ from the dead and seated Him in the heavens, far above all the evil spirits in the air. In the spiritual warfare against Satan and his evil kingdom, we can fight only in the Lord, not in ourselves. Whenever we are in ourselves, we are defeated
穿上基督作军装
PUTTING ON CHRIST AS THE ARMOR
10按照以弗所六章，满带权能的主就是我们所穿上作我们保护的军装。这意思是说，我们既是基督的身体，就需要穿上基督自己作我们的军装。要打属灵的仗，我们必须有基督作神全副的军装。六章十四至十七节里有基督作为军装的六面：真理（或实际）的腰带、义的胸甲、和平福音的稳固根基（鞋）、信的盾牌、救恩的头盔、以及那灵的剑。所以，神全副的军装包括腰带、胸甲、鞋、盾牌、头盔和剑。盾牌是为著防卫，而剑是为著攻击。事实上，剑是军装中惟一用作攻击的装备。
10According to Ephesians 6, the Lord with His might is the very armor that we put on for our protection. This means that we, as the Body, need to put on Christ Himself as our armor. In order to fight in the spiritual warfare, we must have Christ as the whole armor of God. In 6:14-17 there are six aspects of Christ as armor: the girdle of truth, or reality; the breastplate of righteousness; the firm foundation of the gospel of peace (the shoes); the shield of faith; the helmet of salvation; and the sword of the Spirit. Therefore, the whole armor of God consists of the girdle, the breastplate, the shoes, the shield, the helmet, and the sword. The shield is for defense, whereas the sword is for offense. In fact, the sword is the only item of the armor that is for offensive warfare.
藉著祷告应用军装
APPLYING THE ARMOR BY PRAYER
11按照十七节，我们是藉著各样的祷告和祈求，接受救恩的头盔，并那灵的剑。事实上，祷告乃是我们接受神全副军装所有六项的凭藉。你知道如何应用实际的腰带么？乃是藉著在灵里的祷告。祷告也是我们应用胸甲、鞋、盾牌、头盔和剑的路。
11According to verse 18, we receive the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit by means of all prayer and petition. Actually, prayer is the means by which we receive all the aspects of the whole armor of God. Do you know how to apply the girdle of reality? It is by praying in spirit. Prayer is also the way to apply the breastplate, the shoes, the shield, the helmet, and the sword
祷读主的话
PRAY-READING THE WORD
12在原文里，十七节清楚的指明，那灵是神的话。那灵和话都是基督。（林后三17，启十九13。）我们需要藉著各样的祷告和祈求，接受神的话。按照十七至十八节，我们是藉著各样的祷告接受神的话。这两节指明，我们可以藉著祷读接受话，就是用圣经的话祷告，用圣经的话作我们对神的祷告。祷读这辞不在圣经里。然而，祷读的事实却是合乎圣经的。就如『三一神』这辞虽然不在圣经里，但是圣经启示神是三一的事实；照样，虽然祷读这辞在圣经中实际上没有用过，但是圣经中却包含祷读的事实。
12In Greek, the antecedent of “which” in verse 17 is the Spirit, not the sword. This indicates that the Spirit is the word of God. Both the Spirit and the word are Christ (2 Cor. 3:17; Rev. 19:13). We need to receive the word of God by means of all prayer and petition. According to verses 17 and 18, we are to take the word of God by means of all prayer. These verses indicate that we may take the word by pray- reading, that is, by praying with the words of Scripture and over them, using the words of the Bible as our prayer to God. The term pray-reading is not found in the Bible. However, the fact of pray-reading is according to the Scriptures. Just as the Bible reveals the fact that God is triune, even though the word Trinity is not found in the Scriptures, so the Bible contains the fact of pray- reading, even though this term is not actually used
13我能见证祷读主话比单单读经更好、更高、更丰富、更完满。藉著祷读神的话，我天天得著浇灌、充满、满足、点活、加强、保养和顾惜。不仅如此，藉著祷读我得著圣化、洁净和变化。我当然不强迫别人祷读，但是我永远不会放弃。祷读太甜美、太好了。譬如，我只要用约翰一章一节祷告，就在主里得著𫗪养、充满和满足。
13I can testify that to pray-read the word is better, higher, richer, and fuller than simply to read it. Day by day I am watered, filled, satisfied, enlivened, strengthened, nourished, and cherished through pray-reading the word of God. Furthermore, by pray-reading I am sanctified, purified, and transformed. Although I certainly would not impose pray-reading on others, I would never give it up. It is too sweet, too good. Simply by praying over John 1:1, for example, I am nourished, filled, and satisfied in the Lord
时时在灵里祷告
PRAYING AT EVERY TIME IN SPIRIT
14当我们藉著各样的祷告和祈求接受话时，我们应当『时时在灵里』祷告。十八节的灵，乃是我们重生、有神的灵内住的灵。因此，这灵乃是调和的灵，就是我们的灵与神的灵调和的灵。每逢我们以祷告作接受话的凭藉时，我们都需要在灵里。灵乃是祷告的正确器官。我们曾多次指出，只要我们从深处呼喊主耶稣的名，我们就能在灵里。当我们呼喊：『哦，主耶稣！』我们就从心思的虚妄里转到心思的灵里。在灵里呼喊主耶稣，是何等的甜美、何等的享受！
14As we receive the word by means of all prayer and petition, we should pray “at every time in spirit.” The spirit in verse 18 is our regenerated spirit indwelt by the Spirit of God. Hence, this spirit is the mingled spirit, our spirit mingled with God’s Spirit. Whenever we pray as a means of taking in the word, we need to be in spirit. The spirit is the proper organ for prayer. As we have pointed out many times, we can be in spirit simply by calling on the name of the Lord Jesus from deep within. When we call “O Lord Jesus,” we turn from the vanity of the mind to the spirit of the mind. How sweet and enjoyable it is to call on the Lord Jesus in spirit!
15藉著在灵里祷告，我们应用基督作神全副的军装。当我们藉著在灵里祷告接受主的话时，我们就自然而然的接触那作赐生命之灵的基督；立刻我们的祷和读就活起来，我们就得著基督的加力，有祂作军装遮盖我们。不仅如此，我们认识我们是在基督的身体里，基督和祂一切的所是、所有都是我们的分。我们乃是这样应用祂作我们包罗万有的军装。
15By praying in spirit we apply Christ as the whole armor of God. As we take the word by praying in spirit, we spontaneously contact Christ as the life-giving Spirit. Immediately, our praying and reading become living, and we are empowered by Christ and covered with Him as our armor. Furthermore, we have the realization that we are in the Body and that Christ with all that He is and has is our portion. In this way we apply Him as the all- inclusive armor
不是争战，乃是享受
NOT FIGHTING BUT ENJOYING
16当我们在基督的身体里，我们实际上不是在进行属灵的争战，乃是在享受属灵的争战。我们不是在奋斗苦战，反而争战成了一种享受。因著我们在灵里祷告，应用基督作军装的每一面，所以属灵的争战成了一种享受。我们享受基督作真理（实际），来束我们的腰，并作义来遮盖且保护我们的良心。不仅如此，我们也享受祂作和平福音的稳固根基，并作我们信的盾牌。基督自己就是我们的信。如希伯来十二章二节所说，祂是信心的创始者与成终者。我们有基督作我们的盾牌，可以抵挡那恶者火烧的箭。再者，我们享受基督作救恩的头盔，遮盖我们的头，也作那灵的剑，那灵就是神的话。诗篇二十三篇五节说，『在我敌人面前，你为我摆设筵席。』这指明战场是摆设筵席的地方。我们在仇敌面前享受筵席，享受基督作实际、义、和平、信、救恩、以及神活的话。藉著在灵里祷告，我们享受祂并应用祂。
16When we are in the Body, we actually do not carry on the spiritual warfare; we simply enjoy it. Instead of struggling in the battle, the battle becomes an enjoyment. Because we pray in spirit to apply all the aspects of Christ as the armor, spiritual fighting becomes an enjoyment. We enjoy Christ as the reality that girds us and as the righteousness that covers and protects our conscience. Furthermore, we enjoy Him as the firm foundation of the gospel of peace and as our shield of faith. Christ Himself is faith to us. As Hebrews 12:2 says, He is the Author and Perfecter of faith. With Christ as our shield, we are defended from the flaming darts of the evil one. Moreover, we enjoy Christ as the helmet of salvation that covers our head, and also as the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. Psalm 23:5 says, “Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies.” This indicates that the battlefield is a place of feasting. We feast in the presence of the enemy, enjoying Christ as reality, righteousness, peace, faith, salvation, and as the living word of God. We enjoy Him and apply Him by praying in spirit
话的杀死能力
THE KILLING POWER OF THE WORD
17我们已经指出，藉著祷读，我们把神的话接受到里面。通常，当我们说到接受神的话到我们里面时，我们是以话为滋养。然而，以弗所六章著重的不在于滋养的话，乃在于杀死的话。滋养的话是为著建造我们，而杀死的话乃是为著对付仇敌。按这一段的上下文，我们祷读主的话，主要的不在于接受滋养，乃在于经历剑作杀死的凭藉。我们越祷读话，就越经历话的杀死能力。
17We have pointed out that by pray-reading we take the word of God into us. Usually when we speak of taking the word of God into us, we think of the word as nourishment. However, in Ephesians 6 the emphasis is not on the nourishing word, but on the killing word. The nourishing word is for our building up, whereas the killing word deals with the enemy. In this context, we should pray-read the word not mainly to receive nourishment, but primarily to experience the sword as the killing instrument. The more we pray-read the word, the more we should experience the killing power of the word
仇敌和对头
THE ENEMY AND THE ADVERSARY
18我们已经指出，剑是军装中惟一用作攻击的，也就是说，剑是神的军装中惟一用来攻击仇敌的。你也许不明白，这与我们主观经历话的杀死能力有甚么关系。我们要明白这事，就必须看见，在属灵的争战里，我们不仅需要对付客观的仇敌，更需要对付主观的对头。撒但不只是我们外面的仇敌，也是我们里面的对头。今天我们面对里面对头的难处，比面对外面仇敌的难处还大。仇敌从外面来的攻击，不如对头从里面来的攻击严重。要对付这个里面的对头，我们需要经历话的杀死能力。不错，仇敌是在我们外面，但他的元素是在我们这人的所是里面。因著仇敌的元素是在我们里面，所以我们需要话的杀死能力，主观的应用到我们的所是里。因著仇敌把他自己注射到我们的所是里，我们所需要的，乃是话的杀死能力应用到我们身上，来对付仇敌在我们里面的元素。如果你思想自己属灵的经历，你就会明白，仇敌对你的许多攻击都是来自里面的。大多数火烧的箭，不是从外面的仇敌来的，乃是从里面的对头来的。你若隐居起来，你会发现火烧的箭会在里面攻击你。由此我们看见，我们必须同时面对仇敌和对头。在我们的经历中，最终我们会明白，最棘手的仇敌乃是己。己是我们最厉害的仇敌。我们许多次受试诱，都不是由于客观的仇敌，乃是由于己，就是我们自己内里的所是。
18We have pointed out that the sword is the only aspect of the armor that is for offensive warfare; that is, it is the only item of God’s armor used for attacking the enemy. Perhaps you are wondering what this has to do with our subjective experience of the killing power of the word. If we would understand this, we must see that in spiritual warfare we must deal not only with the objective enemy, but even the more with the subjective adversary. Satan is not only the enemy outside us; he is also the adversary inside us. Today we face a greater problem with the inward adversary than with the outward enemy. The attacks of the enemy from without are not as serious as those of the adversary from within. To deal with this inward adversary we need to experience the killing power of the word. Yes, the enemy is outside us, but his elements are within our very being. Because the enemy’s elements are within us, we need the killing power of the word to be applied to our being subjectively. Since the enemy has injected himself into our being, what we need is for the killing power of the word to be applied to us to deal with the elements of the enemy within us. If you consider your spiritual experience, you will realize that much of the enemy’s attack upon you comes from within. Most of the flaming darts come not from the enemy without, but from the adversary within. If you go into seclusion, you will discover that flaming darts will attack you inwardly. By this we see that we must face the adversary as well as the enemy. In our experience we eventually come to realize that the most difficult foe is the self. The self is our worst enemy. Many times we are tempted, not by an objective enemy, but by the self, our own inner being
19藉祷读主话除灭对头因著己是最大的仇敌，所以我们需要经历神话语的杀死能力。当我们祷读时，我们一面得著滋养，一面某些元素就被杀死。也许你受到疑惑、忌恨、嫉妒、骄傲以及自私的困扰。你知道这些东西能藉著祷读主话而杀死么？我们越接受主的话连同其杀死的能力，我们的骄傲以及里面一切消极的元素就越被治死。藉著祷读，里面的对头就被除灭。我们祷读主话一段时间后，就会发觉攻击我们的对头消失了。就著非常实际的意义说，我们的对头被接受到我们里面的话杀死了。
19Slaying The Adversary By Pray-Reading The Word Because the self is the greatest enemy, we need to experience the killing power of God’sword. As we pray- read, we are nourished on the one hand, but certain elements are killed on the other hand. Perhaps you are troubled by doubts, hatred, jealousy, pride, or selfishness. Do you realize that these things can be killed through pray- reading the word? The more we take in the word with its killing power, the more our pride and all the negative elements within us are put to death. By pray-reading, the inward adversary is slain. After a time of pray- reading the word, we may discover that the adversary who was attacking us has disappeared. In a very practical sense, he has been slain by the word we have taken into us.
20不要以为属灵争战的战场是在我们外面。战场乃是在我们里面；特别是在我们的心思里。对头一切的元素，都可以在我们的心思里找到。消灭这些的路，乃是祷读主的话。当我们祷读神的话时，在我们心思里对头的元素，就会一一被杀死。这样，我们就要赢得胜利。
20Do not think that the battlefield for the spiritual warfare is outside us. The battlefield is within us; in particular it is in our mind. All the elements of the adversary can be found in the mind. The way to slay them is to pray-read the word. As we pray-read God’sword, the elements of the adversary within our mind will be killed one by one. In this way we shall gain the victory
杀死消极元素的实际之路
A Practical Way To Kill The Negative Elements
21今天基督徒对于事情的看法，常常是非常糢糊、笼统的。他们也许谈论合一、圣别、爱或是主的再来之类的事。但很多时候他们不肯定、不明确；你无法叫他们下确切的定论。在主的恢复里，我们中间的光景必须有所不同。在我们对主的经历中，我们必须肯定而明确。我们许多人能见证，当我们祷读主话时，我们被主抓住了。譬如，一个弟兄正与妻子发生难处，也许祷读到保罗所说丈夫要爱妻子的话。他越祷读这一节，就越感觉到对他妻子的爱实际的分赐到他里面，吞灭了他里面这难处消极的元素。
21Christians today are often very vague or general about matters. They may talk about such things as oneness, holiness, love, or the Lord’s coming. But much of the time they are not definite or specific. It is impossible to pin them down. The situation among us in the Lord’s recovery must be different. We need to be definite and specific in our experience with the Lord. Many of us can testify that when we pray-read the word, we are pinned down by the Lord. For instance, a brother who is having a problem with his wife may pray-read Paul’sword about husbands loving their wives. The more he pray- reads this verse, the more he senses that love for his wife is imparted into him in a practical way that swallows up the negative element of his problem
22我们这些在主恢复里的人必须是实际的。我们不该只有一大堆理论，我们需要有一条路将理论实行出来。祷读是杀死我们里面消极元素实际的路。我们越在灵里藉著各样的祷告接受神的话，我们里面消极的东西也就越被治死。因此，祷读不仅是享受筵席，也是争战的路。当我们祷读主话时，争战正在凶猛进行，把我们里面消极的元素除灭。至终，最厉害的仇敌─己，要被治死。当我们里面消极的元素藉著祷读被治死时，主就得胜。因著祂是得胜的，我们就也是得胜的。我在本篇信息中所关心的，不是仅仅把以弗所六章客观的摆出来，乃是帮助你们主观的经历基督作军装的每一方面，特别是作那灵的剑。我们曾一再指出，祷读是杀死我们里面对头的路。每一天，无论在何种环境里，你都应该祷读。每当你被自己里面某些消极的东西困扰时，你要藉著在灵里的祷告接受神的话。你这么作，消极的元素就会被杀死。
22As those who are in the Lord’s recovery, we need to be practical. We should not simply have a lot of theories, but we need away to put theory into practice. Pray- reading is a practical way to kill the negative elements within us. The more we take the word of God by means of all prayer in spirit, the more the negative things within us will be put to death. Thus, pray-reading is not only feasting; it is also a way of fighting. As we pray-read the word, the battle is raging as the negative elements in our being are slain. Eventually, the self, the worst foe of all, will be put to death. When the negative things in us are killed through pray-reading, the Lord is victorious. Because He is victorious, we are victorious also. My concern in this message is not to present Ephesians 6 in a mere objective way. Instead, it is to help you experience Christ subjectively as all the aspects of the armor, especially as the sword of the Spirit. We have pointed out again and again that pray-reading is the way to kill the adversary within us. Every day and in every kind of situation, you should pray-read. Whenever you are troubled by something negative within you, take the word of God by means of prayer in spirit. As you do this, the negative element will be killed.
23在以弗所五章，话是为著滋养，使新妇美丽。但在以弗所六章，话是为著杀死，使召会能作团体的战士，从事属灵的争战。藉著杀死的话，我们里面的对头被除灭。有时在客观上我们胜过仇敌，但在主观上我们被对头打败了。虽然我们因外面仇敌的逃遁而喜乐，但是我们里面的对头还在，仍然叫我们受困扰。为这缘故，我们应当更留意我们里面隐藏的对头。让我们藉著祷读主话来杀死对头。
23In Ephesians 5 the word is for nourishment that leads to the beautifying of the Bride. But in Ephesians 6 the word is for killing that enables the church as the corporate warrior to engage in spiritual warfare. Through the killing word, the adversary within us is slain. Sometimes we gain the victory over the enemy objectively, but we are defeated by the adversary subjectively. Although we may rejoice that the enemy outwardly is fleeing, we are still troubled by the adversary within us who remains. For this reason, we should be more concerned for the hidden adversary within us. Let us kill the adversary by pray-reading the word.
在主恢复里的祝福
The Blessing Of Being In The Lord’s Recovery
24我们来思想所有这些论到以弗所书的信息时，就要感谢主，我们乃是在祂的恢复里。在主的恢复里是何等有福！当我们在祂祝福下往前时，我们天天享受内里的满足。主要得胜，祂要得著我们里面一切的地位，并且祂要为祂的回来豫备道路。
24As we consider all these messages on the book of Ephesians, we need to thank the Lord that we are in His recovery. What a blessing it is to be in the Lord’s recovery! Day by day, we enjoy inner satisfaction as we go forward under His blessing. The Lord will be victorious, He will gain all the ground within us, and He will prepare the way for His coming back