生命的長大(五):用你全心愛神

太十五8『這百姓用嘴唇尊敬我，心卻遠離我。』
Matt. 15:8 "This people honors Me with their lips, but their heart stays 
far away from Me."

雅四8『你們要親近神，神就必親近你們。有罪的人那，要潔淨你們的手。心懷二意
的人那，要純潔你們的心。』
James 4:8 "Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your 
hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-souled!"

耶十七9『人心比萬物都詭詐，無法醫治，誰能識透呢？』
Jer. 17:9 "The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is incurable; 
who can know it?"

林後四6『因為那說光要從黑暗裡照出來的神，已經照在我們心裡，為著光照人，使
人認識那顯在耶穌基督面上之神的榮耀。』
2 Cor. 4:6 "Because the God who said, Out of darkness light shall shine, 
is the One who shined in our hearts to illuminate the knowledge of the glory 
of God in the face of Jesus Christ."

馬太十二章三十四至三十五節說，『毒蛇之種，你們既是惡的，怎能說出善來？因
為心裡所充滿的，口裡就說出來。善人從他所存的善，發出善來；惡人從他所存的
惡，發出惡來。』這些經文啟示，人的說話就是他心裡所是的發表。

那就是說，心是源頭，而口是發表。要有正確的發表，我們就需要對付源頭。我們
的心不正確時，就很難有正確的發表，但我們一對付我們的心，我們的口就會正確。

Matthew 12:34-35 says, "Offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak 
good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. The 
good man, out of his good treasure, brings forth good things, and the evil 
man, out of his evil treasure, brings forth evil things." These verses reveal 
that a man’s speaking is the expression of what is in his heart. 

That is, the heart is the source, whereas the mouth is the expression. In 
order to have a proper expression, we need to deal with the source. When 
our heart is improper, it will be difficult to have a proper expression, 
but when we deal with our heart, our mouth will be right. 

馬太十五章八節說，『這百姓用嘴唇尊敬我，心卻遠離我。』這裡，如在十二章三
十四至三十五節，主指出要緊的不是我們的口，我們的嘴唇，乃是我們的心。我們
的心是源頭。因此，污穢人的事，乃是從心裡發出來的（十五17~20）。
    
Matthew 15:8 says, "This people honors Me with their lips, but their heart 
stays far away from Me." Here, as in 12:34-35, the Lord was pointing out 
that what matters is not our mouth, our lips, but our heart. Our heart is 
the source. Thus, what defiles a person is what issues out of his heart.

二十二章三十七節說，『你要全心、全魂並全心思，愛主你的神。』這些經文都顯
示，在我們與主的關繫上，我們的心是何等緊要。實在說，我們的心若有難處，或
者我們的心不對，主就沒有路在我們裡面擴展。

在十三章撒種者的比喻里，主清楚指明種子不能在前三種心裡生長，因為這幾種心
沒有地位讓種子生長並擴展。倘若基督這生命的種子要在我們心裡生長，我們就需
要有純潔且不被霸占的心，每一寸心土都讓給基督，使他能在我們裡面擴展。他的
擴展就是在生命里長大。
   
Matthew 22:37 says, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart 
and with all your soul and with all your mind.” All these verses show how 
crucial our heart is in our relationship with the Lord. In essence, if we 
have a problem with our heart or if our heart is wrong, the Lord will have 
no way to spread within us.

In the parable of the sower in Matthew 13, 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. 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 in life.

有些人也許問，心這麼要緊，為什麼已過我們一直強調靈。我們強調人的靈以及運
用靈，是因為基督教錯失了神定旨的目標─我們重生的靈。惟有我們清楚的看見我
們的靈是源頭後，我們才能開始對付心，對付途徑。

因為我們已過已經強調靈，現今就能毫無阻礙的說到心。雖然關於運用並釋放我們
的靈，我們受了幫助，但我們不該停在那裡。我們需要進一步對付我們的心。不然，
我們的這道水流，源頭雖然好，但經過了心，就沒有正確的彰顯。

實在說，雖然我們學會在聚會中運用我們的靈，但我們要想，基督在我們的日常生
活中有多少地位。我們若誠實面對自己，就會承認我們心裡的地位有所保留，沒有
給主。
  
Some may ask why we have stressed the spirit in the past when the heart 
is so crucial. We stressed the matter of the human spirit and the exercise 
of the spirit because Christianity has missed the mark of God’s purpose─
our regenerated spirit. It is only when we have a clear view of our spirit 
as the source that we can begin to deal with the heart, the path.

Because we emphasized the spirit in the past, we are now able to speak without 
hindrance concerning the heart. Although we have received help concerning
the exercise and release of our spirit, we should not stop there. We need 
to go further to deal with our heart. Otherwise, we will have a flow from 
a good source, but when it passes through the heart, there will be no proper 
expression.

Practically, although we have learned to exercise our spirit in the meetings,
 we need to consider how much room Christ has in our daily living. If we 
are honest with ourselves, we will admit that we have withheld room in our 
heart from the Lord.

也許有人說，我們不該憂慮心的事，因為基督的血洗淨了我們。然而，我們需要看
見，血只在消極一面解決我們的難處；在積極一面，我們需要在生命里長大。在生
命里長大惟一的路就是對付我們的心，使我們能給主更多地位，讓主長大。雖然我
們的靈是純淨的，但從我們的靈彰顯出什麼，在於我們的心裡有什麼。
    
Some may say that we should not worry about the heart because the blood 
of Christ cleanses us. However, we need to see that the blood only takes 
care of our problems on the negative side; we need the growth in life on 
the positive side. The unique way to grow in life is to deal with our heart 
so that we can afford the Lord more room in it to grow. Although our spirit 
is pure, what is expressed from our spirit depends on what is in our heart.

雅各書四章八節說，『心懷二意的人那，要純潔你們的心。』純潔我們的心就是使
我們的心單一，只有一個目標。我們的眼睛一次只能聚焦於一件物體。同樣，我們
的心應當只有一個目標。

我們有一個以上的目標時，我們的心就不純潔，我們就是心懷二意。我們的心要成
為單一併純潔的，就需要有獨一的目標，就是神自己。
    
James 4:8 says, “Purify your hearts, you double-souled!” To purify our heart 
is to make our heart single, having only one goal. Our eyes can focus on 
only one object at a time. Likewise, our heart should have only one goal. 

When we have more than one goal, our heart is impure, and we are doublesouled.
In order for our heart to be single and pure, we need to have a unique goal, 
God Himself. (CWWL, 1970, vol. 1, pp. 409-412)

許多人尋求神卻看不見神，原因是他們有許多目標。照馬太五章八節看，我們若清
心，就必看見神。然而有許多為主作工的基督徒，把主當作一個目標，又把他們的
事工當作另一個目標；另有些基督徒，甚至有心尋求者，把神以外的事當作目標。

從某一面我們可以說，靈里剛強比心裡純潔更容易。我們的心是真正的戰場。我們
也許表面上以主為我們的目標，暗地裡卻尋求地位或工作成功；這樣的尋求只會使
我們異象模糊。我們需要禱告，求主憐憫我們，使我們除他以外，別無所顧。
    
The reason why many people seek God but are unable to see Him is that they 
have many goals. According to Matthew 5:8, if we are pure in heart, we will 
see God. Nevertheless, many Christian workers have the Lord as one goal 
and their work as another goal, and other Christians, even the seeking ones, 
have goals other than God. 

In a sense, we can say that being strong in spirit is easier than being 
pure in heart. Our heart is where the real battle takes place. We may take 
the Lord as our goal on the surface, but we may secretly seek position or 
a successful work. This kind of seeking will only cause our vision to be 
blurred. We need to pray that the Lord will have mercy on us so that we 
will care for nothing other than Him. (CWWL, 1970, vol. 1, p. 412)

要純潔我們的心，我們需要恩典。不但如此，我們的心越被純潔，基督在我們裡面
就越有地位。純潔我們的心不是一次永遠的事，乃是我們必須天天時時關切的事。
今天我們也許清心，但明天我們也許在主以外另有目標。

在我們裡面與主競爭的任何事物，無論多麼屬靈或合乎聖經，都使我們的心變得不
純潔。因此，我們需要接受主的恩典，不斷的對付我們的心。我們越對付我們的心，
它就越純潔。

我們不該認為，對付我們的心到某個時候，它會變得絕對純潔。我們是照著主的照
耀來對付我們的心，而他的照耀是逐步的。我們對付他所光照的項目時，他就漸漸
加強他的照耀，這樣，每次我們的心就更徹底的被察驗並純潔。

在某種程度上，我信我們心被純潔這件事，會繼續直到我們被提，因為我們這些墮
落的受造之物很複雜，對己對主常不誠實。
    
In order to purify our heart, we need grace. Furthermore, the more our heart 
is purified, the more room Christ will have within us. To purify our heart 
is not a once-and-for-all matter but a matter that we must take care of 
day by day and moment by moment. Today we may be pure in heart, but tomorrow 
we may have another goal in addition to the Lord. 

Anything that competes with the Lord in our being, no matter how spiritual 
or scriptural it may be, causes our heart to become impure. Thus, we need 
to receive the Lord’s grace to deal with our heart continually. The more 
we deal with our heart, the more purified it will be. 

We should not consider that as we deal with our heart, at some point it 
will become absolutely pure. 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. 

To some extent, I believe that this matter of the purification of our heart 
will continue until we are raptured, because as fallen creatures we are 
complicated and are often dishonest with ourselves and with the Lord.

耶利米十七章九節說，『人心比萬物都詭詐，無法醫治，誰能識透呢？』要對付心
很難，因為我們的心詭詐。首先，我們的心欺騙我們，然後它欺騙別人，甚至想要
欺騙主。我們心的詭詐，部分彰顯於我們的自憐和自愛。

因為我們這麼愛自己並同情自己，主就很難在我們裡面擴展。雖然主也許在我們的
靈里已經很久，但因為我們的心複雜、攙雜、混亂並詭詐，主便沒有機會從我們的
靈擴展到我們的心裡。
    
Jeremiah 17:9 says, “The heart is deceitful above all things, / And it is 
incurable; / Who can know it?” It is difficult to deal with the heart because 
our heart is deceitful. First, our heart deceives us, then it deceives others,
and it even tries to deceive the Lord. Part of the deceitfulness of our 
heart is manifested in our self-pity and self-love. 

Because we love ourselves and sympathize with ourselves so much, it is difficult 
for the Lord to spread within us. Although the Lord may have been in our 
spirit for a long time, because our heart is complicated, mixed, confused, 
and deceitful, He may not have had the opportunity to spread from our spirit 
into our heart.

我們需要主的憐憫，使我們不但能靈里剛強，也能清心。我們的心越被純潔，主就
越有地位擴展到我們的心裡。他的擴展就是在生命里的長大。真實在生命里的長大
不是我們長大，是基督在我們裡面長大。這樣的長大在於我們的心。

這清楚啟示在馬太十三章撒種者的比喻里。今天我們需要對付我們的心，基督才會
有路在我們裡面長大。
   
We need the Lord’s mercy so that we can be not only strong in our spirit 
but also pure in our heart. The more our heart is purified, the more room 
the Lord will have to spread into our heart. His spreading is the growth 
in life. The genuine growth in life is not our growth but Christ’s growth 
in us. Such a growth depends on our heart. 

This is clearly revealed in the parable of the sower in Matthew 13. Today 
we need to deal with our heart so that Christ will have a way to grow within 
us.

基督這賜生命的靈已進入我們的靈里，這是事實。他現今在我們的靈里等候機會，
將他自己擴展到我們的心裡。這擴展就是他在我們裡面長大，而他在我們裡面長大，
就是我們在生命里真實的長大。

雖然我們知道基督至終要安家在我們心裡，但我們需要看見我們心的敗壞光景，使
我們能給主恰當的合作，並允許他擴展進入我們心的每一通道、角落和部分。
   
It is a fact that Christ as the life-giving Spirit has entered into our 
spirit. He is presently waiting in our spirit for the opportunity to spread 
Himself into our heart. This spreading is His growth in us, and His growth 
in us is our genuine growth in life. 

Although we know that Christ will eventually make His home in our heart, 
we need to see the corrupt condition of our heart so that we can render 
the Lord the proper cooperation and allow Him to spread into every avenue, 
corner, and part of our heart. (CWWL, 1970, vol. 1, pp. 412-413, 417-418)

參讀：李常受文集一九七○年第一冊，五二七至五八七頁。
Further Reading: CWWL, 1970, vol. 1, pp. 391-413, pp. 415-437
    
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