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希伯来书生命读经 · 第66篇

随从生命之律而活

LIVING ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF LIFE
1与照著膏油涂抹而行动圣经启示，神永远的心意是要得著许多的儿子，并且使这些儿子与祂完全一样。但神是神圣的，而我们是人，我们怎能成为神神圣的儿子，而在生命和性情上与祂一样？神要得著许多儿子，第一步就是在子里成为肉体。藉著成为肉体，祂穿上了人性。在祂成为肉体以前，祂只有神性，没有人性。但藉著成为肉体，祂穿上了人性，成了一个人。祂虽然成了人，却仍是神，因为祂并没有脱下祂的神性，而单单成为一个人。祂乃是神人，兼有神性与人性。我们的神，那独一的神，创造者，竟成了有血有肉的人，这是何等的奇妙！就著人性这面说，祂与我们完全一样，是有骨有肉真实的人。不要忘记，这位名叫耶稣基督的真人，也是神。祂是真神，又是真人。在祂使我们像祂以前，祂必须成为与我们一样。
1AND MOVING ACCORDING TO THE ANOINTING The Bible reveals that God’s eternal intention is to have many sons and to make all these sons the same as He is. Since God is divine and we are human, how can we become God’s divine sons, becoming the same as He is in both life and nature? In order to have many sons, God in the Son firstly took the step of incarnation. By incarnation, He put on human nature. Before His incarnation He had only divinity, not humanity. But by being incarnated, He put on human nature and became a man. Although He became a man, He was still the very God, for He did not put off His divinity to become a mere human being. He was the God-man having both divinity and humanity. How wonderful that our God, the unique God, the Creator, became a man with flesh and blood! As far as human nature is concerned, He became exactly the same as we are. He was a real man with flesh and bones. Never forget that this real man, named Jesus Christ, was also God. He was the real God and the genuine man. Before He could make us like Him, He had to become like us
复活与内住基督的奥秘
THE MYSTERY OF THE RESURRECTED AND INDWELLING CHRIST
2基督成为一个在肉体里、具有人性的人以后，就被钉死在十字架上，并且埋葬，又复活了。在复活里，祂采取了另一步，就是从末后的亚当成为赐生命的灵。（林前十五45。）这是个奥秘。在复活那天，主向祂的门徒显现，『门徒所在的地方，因怕犹太人，门都关了；耶稣来站在当中，对他们说，愿你们平安。』（约二十19。）门都紧紧关了，但是使门徒惊奇的，耶稣竟能进来。门徒害怕起来，以为看见了灵；主耶稣就对他们说，『看我的手，我的脚，这就是我自己；摸我看看，灵没有肉没有骨，你们看我是有的。』（路二四39。）八天以后，主对多马说，『伸过你的指头来，摸我的手；伸出你的手来，探入我的肋旁。』多马就说，『我的主，我的神。』（约二十27～28。）主似乎对门徒说，『不要以为我是个灵，我还带著有骨有肉的身体站在这里。看哪！我身上钉十字架的痕迹还在。你们甚至可以摸我手和脚上的钉痕。』主不仅是那灵；祂乃是奇妙的一位，带著有肉有骨的身体，其上还能看见钉痕。今天这位奇妙的基督，乃是赐生命的灵；但祂却带著一个有肉有骨的身体。不仅如此，新约圣经更启示，这位奇妙的基督就2在我们里面；（西一27，林后十三5；）祂是在我们的灵里。（提后四22，林前六。）基督在复活里，仍带著一个有骨有肉的身体，并且又在我们里面。我们无法解释祂带著骨肉之身，怎能又在我们里面；这超出我们的知识范围。虽然我们不能明白祂，祂却是真实的，也是奇妙的。根据新约圣经，基督有过两次『成了』。约翰一章十四节说，『话成了肉体，』林前十五章四十五节说，『末后的亚当成了赐生命的灵。』藉著这两次成了，基督成了一个奇妙的人位。祂是神，是人，又是赐生命的灵。祂是神的儿子成为人；祂成为人以后，又成为赐生命的灵，含有神性和人性。在祂身上，我们看见真神和真人。今天这位神人，也是赐生命的灵。祂若不是那灵，就绝不能进到那关了门的房子里，与门徒相见。但祂仍有一个有肉有骨的身体。我无法解释这一点，因为我是有限的，但我确实知道祂活在我里面，并且我无法否认，祂为我作了许多事。直到现在，祂一直活在我里面，并替我活著。
2Having become a man in the flesh with human nature, Christ was crucified on the cross, was buried, and was resurrected. In resurrection He then took another step: as the last Adam, He became the life-giving Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45). This is mysterious. On the day of His resurrection, the Lord appeared to His disciples. “When the doors were shut where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst and said to them, Peace be to you.” (John 20:19, Recovery Version). The doors had been tightly closed, but, to the surprise of the disciples, Jesus came. When the disciples were terrified, supposing that they had seen a spirit, the Lord Jesus said, “Behold my hands and my fe et, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have” (Luke 24:39). Speaking to Thomas eight days later, the Lord said, “Bring your finger here and see My hands, and bring your hand and put it into My side,” and Thomas said, “My Lord and my God!” (John 20:27-28, Recovery Version). The Lord seemed to be saying to the disciples, “Don’t think that I am a spirit. I am standing here with a body of flesh and bones. Look, the marks of My crucifixion are still upon Me. You can even touch the prints in My hands and feet.” The Lord was not only the Spirit; He was the wonderful One with a body of flesh and bones in which could be seen the prints of the nails. The wonderful Christ today is the life-giving Spirit; yet He has a body of flesh and bones. Furthermore, the New Testament reveals that this wonderful Christ is in us (Col. 1:27; Cor. 13:5); He is in our spirit (2 Tim. 4:22; 1 Cor. 6:17). Christ in resurrection still possesses a body of flesh 17 and bones and He is in us. We cannot explain how He, having flesh and bones, can be in us. This is beyond our knowledge. Although we cannot understand Him, He is real and wonderful. According to the New Testament, Christ has had two “becomings.” John 1:14 says, “The Word became flesh,” and 1 Corinthians 15:45 says, “The last Adam became a life-giving Spirit.” Through these two becomings, Christ has become a wonderful Person. He is the very God, the very man, and the life-giving Spirit. As the Son of God, He became a man, and after becoming a man, He became the life-giving Spirit consisting of divinity and humanity. In Him we see the real God and the genuine man. Today this God-man is also the life-giving Spirit. If He were not the Spirit, He could never have come into that locked room to meet with the disciples. Nevertheless, He still has a body of flesh and bones. I cannot explain this because I am limited, but I do know that He lives in me, and I cannot deny that He has done many things for me. Even now, He is living in and for me.
3内住基督的两种性情当基督成为肉体与我们一样的时候，祂就把神性带到人性里；当祂成为赐生命之灵的时候，又把人性带到神性里。藉著成为肉体与复活，祂把神性与人性、人性与神性调和为一。这就是我们的主耶稣基督。在基督徒中间，很少人对主耶稣有这样的观念。但这就是我们相信并呼求祂的名时，接受到我们里面的救主。住在我们里面的这位基督，就是这样奇妙的一位。祂现今不仅是救主和主，祂也是那奇妙的赐生命之灵，带著两种性情。一般的基督徒都丢失了目标，从未听说过这位住在我们里面的基督，兼有神、人二性，而这二性都在赐生命的灵里。祂是奇妙的赐生命之灵，正在把祂一切的所是作到我们里面，把我们全人变化得像祂一样。
3THE TWO NATURES OF THE INDWELLING CHRIST After Christ became the same as we are in His incarnation, bringing divinity into humanity, by becoming the life - giving Spirit He brought humanity into divinity. Through incarnation and resurrection, He mingled divinity and humanity, humanity and divinity, into one. This is our Lord Jesus Christ. Not many Christians have this concept of the Lord Jesus. But this is the very Savior whom we received into our being when we believed in Him and called on His name. The Christ who dwells in us is such a wonderful One. Now He is not only the Savior and the Lord; He is also the wonderful life - giving Spirit with two natures. Most Christians have missed the mark, having never heard that the very Christ who dwells in us has the two natures of divinity and humanity, and that both these natures are in the life- giving Spirit. As the wonderful life-giving Spirit, He is now working all that He is into our being, transforming our being into His.
宗教丢失了目标
RELIGION MISSING THE MARK
4基督教因为偏重于神迹、教训和行为，所以丢失了目标。基督教中有两类的宗教，一是教训的宗教，二是神迹的宗教。许多基督徒都著迷于神迹。然而，新约圣经的基本启示只集中于一个极重要的点，就是基督与父原为一；主差遣那就是祂自己的那灵，为要使祂能住在我们里面，我们也能住在祂里面；基督正在我们灵里活著、运行并作工，使我们全人变化，成为祂的彰显。这事在新约圣经中屡次的题说，但是很少基督徒对此加以注意。基要派基督教注重教训，但最少有两处圣经，就是希伯来八章十一节和约壹二章二十七节，都题到我们不需要人教导我们。希伯来八章启示，因著有生命之律在我们里面，就不需要人教导我们。在我们中间，连最小的也不需要人教导他。约壹二章二十七节告诉我们，膏油涂抹住在我们里面，所以不用人教导我们。我们既有生命之律和膏油涂抹在我们里面运行作工，就不需要人外面的教导。或许有些人8:10反对这一点，但他们要把希伯来八章十至十一节，和约壹二章二十七节摆到那里？我们必须接受圣经清楚、纯净的话。
4In its concern with miracles, teachings, and behavior, Christianity misses this mark. In Christianity, there are two main religions: the religion of teachings and the religion of miracles. Many Christians are obsessed with miracles. The basic reve lation of the New Testament, however, is focused on one crucial point: that Christ is one with the Father; that He sends the Spirit, who is just Himself, that He might abide in us and that we might abide in Him; and that Christ is living, moving, and working in our spirit, even transforming our very being that we might be His expression. Although this matter is found again and again in the New Testament, not many Christians pay attention to it. Fundamental Christianity stresses teaching, but at least two verses in the Bible, Hebrews 8:11 and 1 John 2:27, say that we do not need anyone to teach us. Hebrews 8 reveals that because we have the law of life within us, we do not need anyone to teach us. Not even the smallest among us needs anyone to teach him. First John 2:27 says that because the anointing abides in us, we do not need anyone to teach us. Since we have the law of life and the anointing working and moving within us, we do not need the outward teachings of man. Some may oppose this point, but where do they put Hebrews and 11 and 1 John 2:27? We should take the clear and pure Word of the Bible.
5在所谓的灵恩派基督教里，人所著重的是运用恩赐，特别著重说方言。他们若是到某个聚会中，看见没有说方言，或没有所谓的恩赐的表显，他们就不高兴。但是新约圣经里，只有很小部分的经节讲到说方言；另有很大部分的经节是说到内住的基督。在这里我们看见撒但的狡猾。一面，基要派基督教著重教导；另一面，灵恩派基督教著重方言。甚至他们说假方言，却仍然乐此不疲；甚至他们说的豫言并不应验，他们仍然执迷其中。大约十二年前，有些人豫言洛杉矶会陆沉大海。虽然这个豫言并未应验，但是不知有多少灵恩派的人，仍执迷于他们的豫言。我不是反对这些事，但我对神的儿女确实有一个负担。
5In so-called Pentecostal Christianity, people stress the exercise of the gifts, especially speaking in tongues. If they come to a meeting where there is no tongue speaking or manifestation of the so-called gifts, they are unhappy. But only a very small percentage of the verses in the New Testament is devoted to speaking in tongues. A far greater percentage of the verses speak of the indwelling Christ. Here we see the subtlety of Satan. On the one hand, fundamental Christianity stresses the teachings; on the other hand, Pentecostal Christianity stresses tongues. Even when the tongues are false, they still enjoy them, and even if their prophecies are not fulfilled, they are still addicted to them. More than twelve years ago, some people prophesied that Los Angeles would fall into the ocean. Although that prophecy was not fulfilled, so many of the Pentecostalists are still addicted to their prophecies. I am not against these things, but I do have a burden for the children of God
基督奇妙的性情
THE WONDERFUL NATURE OF CHRIST
6当基督进到我们里面作我们的生命，祂就把祂的性情，把祂奇妙所是的性情带到我们里面。我们重生以前，只有堕落人性里卑鄙、败坏的性情。但我们重生以后，那最高的性情就加到我们里面。现今在我们里面的，乃是基督这人位的性情。我们以婴孩为例，说明这奇妙的性情。你若把甜的东西放在婴孩的口里，他就很自然的吃下去。但你若把苦的东西放进他口里，他就会吐出来。谁这样教导婴孩？没有人。那婴孩只要是活的，就不需要人教导他甚么是甜的，甚么是苦的。婴孩对甜或苦东西的反应，不是出于知识，乃是出于天性里的味觉。婴孩有人的天性，而人的天性不喜欢苦味。我们的天性知道自己喜欢甚么，不喜欢甚么。照样，不论我们在属灵的事上如何幼稚，只要我们是在基督里，我们就有一种特别的生命性情。基督进到我们里面，就把一种奇妙生命的性情带到我们里面。这不仅是神性，更是神性带著拔高的人性。
6When Christ came into us to be our life, He brought His nature, the nature of His wonderful being, into us. Before we were regenerated, we had only the base, corrupted nature of fallen humanity. But when we were regenerated, the highest nature was added into our being. Now there is in us the very nature of the Person of Christ. As an illustration of this wonderful nature, let us take the example of a baby. When something sweet is put into a baby’s mouth, he will spontaneously swallow it. But when something bitter is put into his mouth, he will spit it out. Who teaches the baby to do this? No one. As long as the little baby is living, he does not need anyone to teach him about what is sweet and what is bitter. The baby’s reaction to sweet and bitter substances is not a matter of knowledge; it is a matter of the taste of nature. A baby has a human nature, and human nature does not like the taste of anything bitter. Our nature knows what it likes and dislikes. In like manner, however babyish we may be in spiritual things, as long as we are in Christ, we have a special life nature. By coming into us, Christ brought into our being a wonderful life nature. This is not merely the divine nature; it is the divine nature with the uplifted human nature.
生命性情的功能
THE FUNCTION OF THE LIFE NATURE
乃是生命之律的运行
BEING THE WORKING OF THE LAW OF LIFE
7这生命性情的功能，或说生命的本性，乃是生命之律的运行。每一种生命都有一个律。某一种生命的律，就是那个生命生来的本能。这本能是天生的、自然的、自动的、经常的和即时的。这本能一直在起作用。只要你是活人，这种人类生命的天生本能就在你里面。一个婴孩若是死了，他对甜或苦的东西，就不会再有反应。但是一个活的婴孩，却有出自生命本能那会尝味的天性。当我们的主耶稣基督进到我们里面时，祂就把祂奇妙的性情带到我们里面。这性情的作用和功能，就是生命之律的运行。这性情会自动的发挥功能，而其功能并不在于教导，乃在于生命。
7The function of this life nature, or the nature of life, is the working of the law of life. Every life has a law. The law of a certain life is the innate ability of that life. This ability is inborn, spontaneous, automatic, constant, and instant. It always works. As long as you are a living person, this innate ability of the human life is in you. If a baby dies, it no longer has any response to sweet- or bitter-tasting substances. But a living baby has the taste of nature which comes from the innate ability of life. When Jesus Christ our Lord came into us, He brought His wonderful nature into our being. The work and function of this nature are the working of the law of life. This nature functions automatically. Its function does not depend on teaching; it depends on life
8我们得救以前，都曾作过不好的事，就如赌博、酗酒、抽烟、跳舞、看电影等。但从我们得救那时起，我们里面就有个东西麻烦我们，不赞同我们作某些事情。你可能仍去跳舞，但你里面有一种味道，叫你觉得不好受。你得救以前，觉得那种味道很好，但现在却不然。我们都有过这样的经历。你若没有这种经历，我就怀疑你是否得救了。这种经历，就是生命本性的功能，也就是基督自己作到我们里面。简单的说，这功能就是生命之律的运行。这是不需要人教导的。事实上，因著你有基督的性情运行在里面，你甚至不必祂向你说话。譬如，作母亲的已将她的性情给了她的婴孩，这个性情就在婴孩里面起作用，因此她不必教导婴孩对苦味该有甚么反应。婴孩的人类天性会自动的发挥功能。这个功能，就是人类生命之律的运行。照样，我们里面基督生命性情的功能，就是神圣生命之律的运行。这不是教导的事，也不是神迹的事。
8Before we were saved, we all did things which were not good, things such as gambling, drinking, smoking, dancing, and going to movies. But from the very moment we were saved, we have had something within us which troubles us and disagrees with our doing certain things. You may still go dancing, but within you is a taste which does not feel good about it. Before you were saved, the taste always felt good, but not now. We all have had this kind of experience. If you have not had this experience, I doubt whether you have been saved. This experience is the function of the life nature, which is Christ Himself wrought into our being. This function is simply the working of the law of life. There is no need for anyone to teach you. In fact, because you have Christ’s nature working in you, you do not even need Him to speak to you. For example, because a mother has given her nature to her baby and because this nature works in the baby, he does not need to be taught how to react to a bitter- tasting substance. The baby’s human nature functions automatically. This function is the working of the law of human life. Likewise, the function of Christ’s life nature in our being is the working of the law of the divine life. It is not a matter of teaching or miracles.
9基督进到我们里面作人位当基督进到我们里面，祂不仅带来祂的性情，也带来祂自己作人位。没有甚么比人更麻烦。我不喜欢独居，我喜欢和最少两三人同住。但与人同住很麻烦。当基督进到我们里面，祂是以一个人位而来。你有否领悟，基督在你里面是具有位格，是一个活的人，常常『麻烦』你么？当然，祂给我们的是最好的麻烦，对我们非常有益；但那总归是个麻烦。你在得救以前，愿意作甚么就作甚么。譬如，你可以自由的去跳舞。但是在得救以后，特别是进入召会生活以后，基督活的人位就开始找你的麻烦。祂天天都在我们里面搞故事。
9CHRIST COMING INTO US TO BE A PERSON When Christ came into us, He not only brought His nature, but also Himself as a Person. Nothing troubles us more than a person. I do not like to live alone. I like to have at least two or three others living with me. But it is troublesome to have another person living with you. When Christ came into us, He came in to be a Person. Do you realize that Christ is in you as a Person, as the living One who “bothers” you all the time? His bothering, of course, is the best bothering, for it is very profitable. Nevertheless, it is still a bothering. Before you were saved, you were free to do what you wanted. For example, you were free to go dancing. But after you were saved, especially after coming into the church life, you began to be troubled by the living Person of Christ. Daily, He bothers us from within
基督人位的运行
THE MOVING OF THE PERSON OF CHRIST
就是膏油的涂抹
BEING THE ANOINTING
10圣经用一个特别的辞，称呼这个人位的运行，就是膏油涂抹。（约壹二27。）膏油涂抹这辞，是很难明白的。住在我们里面的膏油涂抹，就是基督这个人位的运行。这膏油的涂抹教导我们。我们都有一样东西叫作膏油的涂抹，在我们里面教导我们。因此，在我们里面既有基督的性情，又有基督的人位。膏油涂抹，就是膏油在我们里面的运行。在豫表里，膏油是橄榄油和一些上品的香料调成的。（出三十22～。）这膏油主要的元素是油，再加上一些其他的成分。当帐幕和帐幕中的器具，以及众祭司受膏的时候，这膏油里面的一切成分，就都膏在受膏的东西或人上面。按豫表说，这膏油就是基督。今天住在我们灵里的这位基督，就是包含了神的灵和其他元素的膏油。祂作为膏油，天天运行并活在我们里面。这膏油在里面的运行，就给我们活的教导。基督乃是这样教导我们的。
10The Bible gives the moving of this Person a special term — the anointing (1 John 2:27). This term, the anointing is difficult to understand. The anointing which abides in us is the moving of a Person, the Person of Christ. This anointing teaches us. We all have something within us called the anointing teaching us in our very being. Thus, within us we have both the nature of Christ and the Person of Christ. The anointing is the moving of the ointment within us. In typology, the ointment is composed of olive oil and some of the finest spices (Exo. 30:22-25). The main element in this composition is the oil, into which are 25 added a number of ingredients. When the tabernacle, the utensils in the tabernacle, and the priests were anointed, all the components of the ointment were upon that thing or person which was being anointed. In typology, this ointment is Christ. The very Christ who is now indwelling our spirit is the ointment composed of the Spirit of God and other elements. As this ointment, He is moving and living in us day by day. This inward moving of the ointment affords us a living teaching. Christ teaches us in this way.
这位奇妙者正常的生活
THE NORMAL LIVING OF THE WONDERFUL ONE
11基督进到我们里面，就把祂奇妙的性情带到我们里面。这个性情的功能，乃是生命之律的运行。基督也在我们里面作膏油，不断的涂抹我们。这种涂抹带给我们一种舒服、畅快的感觉。每当主耶稣在我们里面教导我们，祂的教导都是出于祂的涂抹，给我们舒服、畅快的感觉。我们基督徒都有生命之律那自动、自然、经常、即时的运行，这律是照著基督奇妙的性情运行；我们也有膏油的涂抹，是照著基督这人位在我们里面运行的。我们再用上街购物作说明。上街购物像是下地狱。我几乎两年多没有去购物了，最近我必须去买一盏灯。我在一家店里看到一些样式很花俏的灯，但是我那奇妙的性情并不喜欢。对我的口味而言，那些灯是『苦』的。另外有些灯，对我里面的口味，又好像大蒜一般，叫我里面不能忍受。当姊妹们在百货公司里，许多时候，她们里面的口味禁止她们购买某样东西。这口味是从她们里面奇妙的性情来的。五十年前，我会买一盏样式花俏的灯。但今天我若是这样作，晚间就不能入睡，因为生命的性情会在我里面作工。我们都有这性情及其自动的功能。你若想压制这功能，牠会反弹得更高，因为压制越大，反弹越高。我们都经历过这种生命之律的运行。我们已看过，我们不仅有这种性情在我们里面，更有一个人位在我们里面。我今天是否该去买东西，并不在于性情的运行，乃在于膏油涂抹的教训。一个活的人位，经常在我们里面活著并运行，这个活著和运行，就是祂的教导。我们若要去买东西，应该向主敞开说，『主阿，我与你是一，我也知道你与我是一。主，今天早上你是不是也要去买东西？』当我们这样一间，就会感觉到里面膏油的涂抹。这就是那位活的主，在我们里面的运行。当这位可爱的主在我们里面作工时，我们会感到舒服、畅快。这是何等令人愉快！去不去买东西还在其次，最重要的是，当我们仰望祂并与祂交通时，我们就享受祂膏油的涂抹。每当我们在祂膏油的涂抹之下时，就知道当怎样作。假若我们采取祂所不愿的行动，膏油的涂抹就会停止，而舒服、畅快的感觉也就消失。藉此我们就知道不该作那件事。这时我们就要对主说，『主，我与你是一。你若不愿意去，我就不去。』我们若这样行，膏油的涂抹和舒适的感觉就会回来。
11When Christ came in to us, He brought His wonderful nature into our being. The function of this nature is the working of the law of life. Christ is also in us as the ointment which constantly anoints us. This anointing gives us a comfortable, soothing sense. Whenever the Lord Jesus teaches us from within, His teaching is that of His anointing which gives us this comfortable, soothing sense. As Christians, we all have the automatic, spontaneous, constant, and instant working of the law of life, the law which works according to Christ’s wonderful nature, and we have the anointing which moves in us according to Christ’s Person. Let us use the illustration of shopping once again. Going shopping is like going to hell. After not going shopping for more than two years, I recently had to shop for a lamp. In the store I saw some very fancy lamps, but my wonderful nature did not like them. Those lamps were bitter to my taste. Some of the other lamps were like garlic to my inner taste, and my inner sense could not tole rate them. When the sisters are in a department store, many times their inner taste forbids them to purchase a particular item. This taste comes from the wonderful nature within them. Fifty years ago, I might have been able to purchase a fancy lamp. But if I did this today, I would be unable to sleep at night because of the function of the nature of life. We all have this nature with its automatic function. If you try to suppress this function, it will spring up all the more, for the more it is suppressed, the higher it rises. We all have experienced this working of the law of life. As we have seen, we not only have this nature within us, but also a Person. Whether I should go shopping today does not depend upon the working of the nature; it depends upon the teaching of the anointing. A living Person is constantly living and moving within us. This living and moving is His teaching. If we are about to go shopping, we should open ourselves to the Lord, saying, “Lo rd, I’m one with You, and I know that You are one with me. Lord, do You want to go shopping this morning?” When we do this, we shall sense the anointing within. This is the moving of the living One within us. As this lovable One works in us, we sense the comforting and the soothing. How pleasant this is! Whether or not we go shopping is secondary. The primary thing is that as we look to Him and fellowship with Him, we enjoy His anointing. Whenever we are under His anointing, we know what to do. If we take a step which He does not want to take, the anointing will stop, and the soothing, comforting sense will diminish. By this we know that we should not do that particular thing. At such a time we should say, “Lord, I’m one with You. If You don’t want to go, I won’t go either.” If we do this, the anointing and its comforting sense will return.
12膏油涂抹的活动和运行，就是基督在里面的教导。在我们里面有一个活的人位，常常教导我们。有的时候，我们和圣徒们交通，发现里面膏油的涂抹停止了。我们一有这个感觉，就应该停止说话。你或许只说了半句，只要感觉到膏油的涂抹停止，就不要继续说下半句；只要简单的与里面的膏油是一。然而，我们常常不理会膏油的涂抹，而继续作我们喜欢作的事。我年轻时，曾多次求告主说，『主阿！赦免我，准我再作一次。』以后，我又对主说，『主，准我再作只那么一次。』我想许多青年人都作过同样的事。有的姊妹或许说过：『主，我知道你不喜欢我去买东西，但让我再去这一次罢。』每当你这样作，就等于杀自己，可能需要几天之后，才能再活过来。我们所讲的这些事，既不是教导，也不是神迹，乃是这位奇妙者正常的活著。我完全照著生命之律而活，并且我的行动、为人都是照著膏油的涂抹。我不需要别人教导我。基督那奇妙的生命性情，以及基督这人位的膏油涂抹，就足彀我们过正常的基督徒生活。在此我们有交通，在此生命得以长大。在此内住的基督得以扩展到我们全人的各部分，并且我们在神变化的过程中。在此我们有召会生活和真实的建造。在此我们也豫备自己，迎接主的再来。
12The living and moving of the anointing is Christ’sin ward teaching. We have a living Person in us teaching us all the time. Sometimes in our fellowship with the saints we may sense that the inner anointing has stopped. When we have this sense, we should stop talking. You might have spoken half a sentence, but, sensing that the anointing has ceased, you should not speak the remainder of that sentence. Simply be one with the inner anointing. Many times, however, we disregard the anointing and do whatever we want. When I was young, I told the Lord a number of times, “Lord, please forgive me and let me do this just one more time.” Later I said to Him, “Lord, let me do it just once more.” Many of the young people have done the same thing. Some sisters might have said, “Lord, I know that You don’t want me to go shopping, but let me go this one time.” Whenever you do this, you kill yourself, and it may be several days before you are living again. What we are talking about here is neither a matter of teaching nor of miracles. It is the normal living of this wonderful One. I live absolutely according to the law of life, and I move, act, and behave according to the anointing. I do not need anyone to teach me. The wonderful nature of the life of Christ and the very anointing of the Person of Christ are more than adequate for us to live a normal Christian life. Here we have fellowship and here we grow in life. Here we have the spreading of the indwelling Christ into every part of our being and we undergo the process of God’s transformation. Here we also have the church life and the real building up. And here we prepare ourselves for the Lord’s coming back