生命的经历(九): 生命长大四十点
读经：弗四13、15~16，林前三6，太五8，耶十七9，弗三17
1 在主的恢复里，我们中间急切需要生命的长大；如果我们缺少生命的长大，主的恢复就没有路往前，至终我们会回到基督教的光景里，重复基督教可悲的历史─弗四11~16，太十三31~33，提后三1~4。
2 生命最重要的事就是长大─弗四13、15~16。
3 如果没有长大，不是没有生命，就是有甚么不对；我们需要在生命里长大─林前三6，十四20，十六13。
4 解决地方教会里圣徒们中间的难处最好的路，就是将他们的注意力转向生命的长大─约六57，彼前二2~3。
5 在生命里长大是教会生活实行首要的事；因此，我们该注意生命的长大─弗四13、15~16。
6 我们需要认识甚么是生命的长大。
7 生命的长大是神的成分在我们里面加多，直到我们被充满，成为神一切的丰满─三19。
8 生命的长大是基督身量的增长；我们越爱慕基督，追求基督，让基督更多地在我们里面活着，而得着我们的时候，基督的身量就在我们里面逐渐增长；这就是真实的生命长大─加二20，四19，弗三17，四13。
9 生命的长大是圣灵在我们里面地位的开展；我们越随从圣灵在我们里面的运行，越顺服圣灵在我们里面作膏油涂抹而有的教导，圣灵在我们里面就得以更深广的开展他的地位，神圣生命在我们里面也就更多的长大─罗八11，弗五18，约壹二20、27。
10 生命的长大是人成分的减少，也就是人的味道减少，神的味道加多─太十六25，约十二25。
11 生命的长大是天然生命的破碎，就是我们的手腕、干才、本能都破碎了；我们若要有生命的长进，我们的恩赐必须被神剥夺，我们敬虔的壳子、敬虔的外貌，都得让神破碎─林后四16~17。
12 生命的长大是魂的各部分被征服；我们的魂越被征服，生命长大就越多；我们的魂减去的越多，生命加增的也越多─约十二24~25。
13 生命正确的长大，惟有来自与主直接、个人的接触─林后三18。
14 生命的长大来自他活的光照，以及他即时指出我们里面的事来─约壹一5。
15 然后我们在他的面光中回应说，『主，我爱你；主阿，我照着你的光照来接受你；我照着你即时的、现在的照耀来接受你。』
16 这样的祷告会带进生命的长大，我们在生命长大上会迈进一大步─林前三6，弗四15。
17 我们都必须特特的、专一的为着生命的长大到主面前去，与他有直接的接触；如果我们这样作，里面有些东西就会被杀死、消除，并且会有生命的长大─诗三六9。
18 我们借着对付心而在生命里长大─太五8，雅四8，弗三17。
19 我们接受基督到灵里以后，就需要清心，因为我们的心是能让基督在其中生长并扩展的田地─林前六17，太五3、8。
20 基督已撒在我们的灵里，为要在我们的心里长大并扩展；生命的长大就是基督在我们心里扩展─弗三17。
21 基督渴望安家在我们心里，并据有我们里面之人的每一部分─17节。
22 许多信徒的长大受到限制，问题就在於他们的心─太六21，十二34~35，十三15，十五8，二二37。
23 我们的心若有难处，或者我们的心不对，主就没有路在我们里面扩展─十五8。
24 在马太十三章三至八节以及十八至二十三节撒种者的比喻里，主清楚指明种子不能在前三种心里生长，因为这几种心没有地位让种子生长并扩展。
25 我们若诚实面对自己，就会承认我们心里的地位有所保留，没有给主。
26 倘若基督这生命的种子要在我们心里长大，我们就需要有纯洁且不被霸占的心，把每一寸心土都让给基督，使他能在我们里面扩展；他的扩展就是生命的长大─五8，弗三17。
27 『心怀二意的人哪，要纯洁你们的心』─雅四8。
28 纯洁我们的心就是使我们的心单一，只有一个目标；我们有一个以上的目标时，我们的心就不纯洁，我们就是心怀二意─太五8。
29 我们的心要成为单一并纯洁的，就需要有独一的目标，就是神自己─8节，可十二30。
30 要纯洁我们的心，我们需要恩典；我们需要接受主的恩典，不断的对付我们的心─来十三9，林前十五10。
31 我们需要看见我们心的光景，并要对付我们的心，主才会有路在我们里面扩展─太六21，十五8。
32 我们是照着主的照耀来对付我们的心，而他的照耀是逐步的；我们对付他所光照的项目时，他就渐渐加强他的照耀，这样，每次我们的心就更彻底的被察验并得纯洁─林后四6，约壹一5，启四5。
33 『人心比万物都诡诈，无法医治，谁能识透呢？』─耶十七9。
34 要对付心很难，因为我们的心诡诈。
35 我们心的诡诈，部分彰显於我们的自怜和自爱；因为我们这么爱自己并同情自己，主就很难在我们里面扩展─提后三2。
36 主在我们的灵里也许已经很久，但因为我们的心复杂、搀杂、混乱并诡诈，主便没有机会从我们的灵扩展到我们的心里─四22，耶十七9，弗三17。
37 生命真实的长大不是我们长大，乃是基督在我们里面长大─西二19。
38 因为这样的长大在於我们的心，我们需要对付我们的心，基督才会有路在我们里面长大─雅四8，太五8，弗三17。
39 主这赐生命的灵已进入我们的灵里，他现今在我们的灵里等候机会，将他自己扩展到我们的心里─约三6，林前六17，弗三17，帖前三13。
40 这扩展就是他在我们里面长大，而他在我们里面长大，就是我们在生命里真实的长大─西二19，弗四15。急切需要生命的长大，以及借着对付心而在生命里长大。
(English version)
The Urgent Need of the Growth of Life and Growing in Life by
Dealing with the Heart
Scripture Reading: Eph. 4:13, 15-16; 1 Cor. 3:6; Matt. 5:8; Jer. 17:9;Eph. 3:17
1. Among us in the Lord’s recovery, there is an urgent need of the growth of
life; if we lack the growth of life, there will be no way for the recovery to
go on, and eventually we will drift back into the situation of Christianity and
become a repetition of the sad history of Christianity—Eph. 4:11-16; Matt.
13:31-33; 2 Tim. 3:1-4.
2. The most significant thing with life is growth—Eph. 4:13, 15-16.
3. If there is no growth, it either means that there is no life or that there
is something wrong; we need to grow in life—1 Cor. 3:6; 14:20;16:13.
4. The best way to solve the problems among saints in a local church is to turn
their attention to the growth of life— John 6:57; 1 Pet. 2:2-3.
5. The growth of life is the primary matter in the practice of the church life;
hence, we should pay attention to the growth of life—Eph. 4:13, 15-16.
6. We need to know what the growth of life is.
7. The growth of life is the increase of the element of God within us until we
are filled unto all the fullness of God—3:19.
8. The growth of life is the increase of the measure of the stature of Christ;
the more we love Christ and pursue Christ, allowing Christ to live in us and to
gain us, the more the measure of the stature of
Christ will increase within us; this is the real growth of life—Gal.2:20; 4:19;
Eph. 3:17; 4:13.
9. The growth of life is the expanding of the ground of the Holy Spirit within
us; when we pursue the working of the Holy Spirit within us and obey the
teaching of the Holy Spirit within us as the anointing,
the Holy Spirit can expand His ground extensively, and thus the divine life
within us will grow to a great extent—Rom. 8:11; Eph.5:18; 1 John 2:20, 27.
10. The growth of life is the decrease of the human element, that is, the
decrease of the flavor of man and the increase of the flavor of God—Matt.
16:25; John 12:25.
11. The growth of life is the breaking of the natural life, that is, the
breaking of our skills, ability, and capacity; if we desire to grow in life,
our gifts must be stripped by God, and our shell of godliness and
piety must be broken by God—2 Cor. 4:16-17.
12. The growth of life is the subduing of every part of the soul; the more our
soul is subdued, the more life grows; and the more our soul decreases, the more
life increases— John 12:24-25.
13. The proper growth of life comes only from direct, personal contact with the
Lord—2 Cor. 3:18.
14. The growth of life comes from His living enlightenment and from His instant
pointing out of things within our being—1 John 1:5.
15. Then in His presence we will respond, “Lord, I love You. Lord, I take You
according to Your enlightenment. I take You according to Your instant, present
shining.”
16. This kind of prayer will cause the growth of life, and we will take a great
step in the growth of life—1 Cor. 3:6; Eph. 4:15.
17. We all need to go to the Lord and have direct contact with Him purposely
and particularly concerning the growth of life; if we do this, something within
us will be killed and eliminated, and the growth of life will come—Psa. 36:9.
18. We grow in life by dealing with the heart—Matt. 5:8;James 4:8; Eph. 3:17.
19. After we receive Christ into our spirit, we need to be pure in heart
because our heart is the field where Christ can grow and spread—1Cor. 6:17;
Matt. 5:3, 8.
20. Christ has been sown into our spirit in order to grow and spread in our
heart; the growth of life is the spreading of Christ in our heart—Eph. 3:17.
21. Christ desires to make His home in our heart and to take possession of
every part of our inner being—v. 17.
22. The problem that limits the growth of many believers is in their heart—
Matt. 6:21; 12:34-35; 13:15; 15:8; 22:37.
23. If we have a problem with our heart or if our heart is wrong, the Lord will
have no way to spread in us—15:8.
24. In the parable of the sower in Matthew 13:3-8 and 18-23, the Lord made it clear
that the seed was unable to grow in the first three kinds of hearts because
they had no room for the seed to grow and spread.
25. If we are honest with ourselves, we will admit that we have withheld room
in our heart from the Lord.
26. If Christ as the seed of life is to grow in our heart, we need to have a
pure and unoccupied heart, a heart in which every inch is given to Christ so
that He can spread within us; His spreading is the growth of life—5:8; Eph.
3:17.
27. “Purify your hearts, you doubled-souled!”— James 4:8.
28. To purify our heart is to make our heart single, having only one goal; when
we have more than one goal, our heart is impure and we are double-souled— Matt.
5:8.
29. In order for our heart to be single and pure, we need to have a unique
goal—God Himself—v. 8; Mark 12:30.
30. To purify our heart, we need grace; we need to receive the Lord’s grace to
deal with our heart continually—Heb. 13:9; 1 Cor.15:10.
31. We need to see the condition of our heart and deal with our heart so that
the Lord will have the way to spread within us—Matt.6:21; 15:8.
32. Our dealing with our heart is according to the Lord’s shining, and His
shining is gradual; He progressively intensifies His shining as we deal with
the items that He brings to light, so that each time our heart is more
thoroughly examined and purified—2 Cor. 4:6; 1 John 1:5; Rev. 4:5.
33. “The heart is deceitful above all things, / And it is incurable; / Who can
know it?”— Jer. 17:9.
34. It is difficult to deal with our heart because our heart is deceitful.
35. Part of the deceitfulness of our heart is manifested in our selfpity and
selflove; because we love ourselves and sympathize with ourselves so much, it
is difficult for the Lord to spread within us—2 Tim. 3:2.
36. The Lord may have been in our spirit for a long time, but because our heart
is complicated, mixed, confused, and deceitful, He may not have had the
opportunity to spread from our spirit into our heart—4:22; Jer. 17:9; Eph.
3:17.
37. The genuine growth of life is not our growth but Christ’s growth in us—Col.
2:19.
38. Because such growth depends on our heart, we need to deal with our heart so
that Christ will have a way to grow within us—James 4:8; Matt. 5:8; Eph. 3:17.
39. The Lord as the life-giving Spirit has entered into our spirit,and He is
presently waiting in our spirit for the opportunity to spread Himself into our
heart— John 3:6; 1 Cor. 6:17; Eph. 3:17;1 Thes. 3:13.
40. This spreading is His growth in us, and His growth in us is our genuine
growth in life—Col. 2:19; Eph. 4:15.
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生命的长大(一):growth of life
