9作者在十二章十三节告诉希伯来信徒：『要为自己的脚把路径修直了，使瘸子不至脱臼，反得医治。』脱臼也可译为脱节，扭伤。这里的上下文含示，徘徊不前的希伯来信徒，应该放弃犹太教一切作法的外表（把路径修直），这样，他们这些基督身体的瘸跛肢体（四肢），就不至背道（不至脱臼），反被完全带回到新约的路上（得医治）。因此，修直路径就是放弃犹太教一切作法的外表，不至脱臼就是不至背道，而得医治就是被完全带回到新约的路上。新约的路必须是直而没有弯曲的。希伯来的信徒，若在安息日仍与他们的亲友一同到圣殿去，他们就是使新约的路径弯弯曲曲。每一次的妥协，都是一个弯曲。我喜欢美国所建的高速公路，又直又平。今天许多基督徒看见了新约的路，也就是主恢复的路。他们虽然知道，在主恢复中的召会生活是正确的路，却不敢付上全部的代价。他们妥协了，把弯曲带到主恢复中召会的路上。希伯来的信徒如何把新约的路径修直？只要放弃一切犹太教的外表。他们必须对亲友说，『圣殿是犹太教作法的外表，以后的安息日，我不跟你们去了。』今天有些圣徒看见了召会的路，却怕人批评，就说，『我们不要那么极端，引起麻烦。让我们随和一点罢。』已过五十年来，神从来没有称许这样的妥协。有人说，『我们的确知道我们是召会，但我们不必这么说，以免得罪别人。我们是召会就彀了。』这是妥协。你若是羊，就必须说你是羊。你若是鸽子，就必须宣告你是鸽子。我们不可以说，『我是羊，但最好不要说出来。』因著这样的妥协，许多人在神正直的路上加了一些弯曲。若是宗派不对，我们就应当爽直的说他们不对。在『教会的路』这本书里，倪柝声弟兄说，若宗派是错的，就应当拆毁到底。我们不可以妥协，隔著宗派的墙跟他们拉手；隔墙拉手就是使路径弯曲。
9In verse 13 the writer tells the Hebrew believers to “make straight paths for your feet that what is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather may be healed.” The Greek word translated “put out of joint” may also be rendered “dislocated” or “wrenched.” The implication of the context is that the staggering Hebrew believers should abandon all appearance of the practices of Judaism (that is, to make straight paths) that they, the lamed members (limbs) of the Body may not fall into apostasy (that is, may not be put out of joint), but rather may be fully brought into the new covenant way (that is, may be healed). Thus, to make straight paths is to abandon all appearance of the practice of Judaism; not to be lamed is not to fall into apostasy; and to be healed is to be fully brought into the new covenant way. The new covenant way must be straight, having no curves. If the Hebrew believers still went to the temple on the Sabbath day with their relatives, they would have been making curves in the paths of the new covenant way. Every compromising activity is a curve. I like the way highways are built in the United States — straight and flat. Many Christians today have seen the new covenant way, that is, the way of the Lord’s recovery. Although they know that the way of the church life in the Lord’s recovery is the right way, they do not dare to pay the full price. They compromise by putting curves in the way of the church in the Lord’s recovery. How could the Hebrew believers make the new testament way straight? Only by abandoning every appearance of Judaism. They had to say to their relatives, “Because the temple is an appearance of the Jewish practice, I will never go there with you on the Sabbath day.” Some saints today who have seen the way of the church are afraid of being criticized and say, “Let us not go to the extreme and cause trouble. Let us go along with others a little bit.” During the past fifty years, God has never honored such a compromise. Some have said, “Yes, we know that we are the church, but we should not say this because others will be offended. Let us just be the church.” This is compromise. If you are a lamb, you must say that you are a lamb. If you are a dove, you must declare that you are a dove. We should not say, “I am a lamb, but it is better not to say that I am a lamb.” By compromising in this way, many have added curves to God’s straight paths. If denominations are wrong, we must plainly say that they are wrong. In the book, Further Talks on the Church Life, Brother Watchman Nee says that if denominations are wrong, we should tear them down to the ground. We should not shake hands over the denominational fences in a compromising way. Shaking hands over the fence makes curves in the path.