赛六六2 …我所看顾的，就是灵里贫穷痛悔、因我话战兢的人。
太五3 灵里贫穷的人有福了，因为诸天的国是他们的。
在路加九章，雅各和约翰问主要不要他们吩咐火从天上降下来，烧灭那些撒玛利亚村庄里不接待主的人。但主责备他们说，『你们的灵如何，你们并不知道。』这指明每当我们要作任何事以前，该先问问自己：『我们的灵如何？』
倪弟兄说，一个人不只应该作对的事，也应该用对的方法，在对的灵里，作对的事。一个人所作的事可能是对的，但他所凭以作对事情的灵却可能不对。他必须用对的方法，在对的灵里，作对的事。
如果我们所作的事是对的，但我们的灵错了，那么绝不会造就圣徒，也不会建造教会。在基督身体的建造上，我们的行为若要有建设性、能造就人并有益处，我们必须在所作的事上是对的，在所用的方法上是对的，灵也必须是对的。
我们常会宣称自己所作的是对的；这可能是真的，但我们的方法、我们的态度，或者我们的灵都可能得罪人。在这样的时候，我们必须问自己：『我们的灵如何？』
翻译圣经的人，多半以为路加九章五十五节的灵就是心，或者有人以为这里人的灵，就是指人的态度，以为所谓的灵对，就是态度要对。其实灵与态度有很大的分别。
态度是从存心出来的。那么灵与存心如何分别呢？一个未得救的人可以有存心，但他没有灵。一个信主的人有存心，也有灵。一个得救的人，他的灵顶容易受存心的影响。…因我们的存心有不洁，所以灵出去也不洁。
我的存心是为自己设想，为自己的前途、事业打算，所以这些就跟著我的灵出去，就叫我的灵带有这些性质。主耶稣为甚么对门徒说，他们的灵错了？这是因为主耶稣的灵与门徒的灵不同。
主对於世人，是认为没有一人的罪是叫他该死的；人子来不是要灭人的性命，乃是要救人的性命。
门徒的灵错了，因为他们的存心是恨，所以主不允许他们的祷告。主的灵不认为有一个人是该死的；所以主说，人子来乃是要救人的性命，不是灭人的性命。这是主的存心，也是他的灵（倪柝声文集第三辑第十六册，二二八至二三○页）。
寻求的圣徒应该灵里贫穷并清心（太五3、8，赛六六2）。基督徒应当总是灵里贫穷的。灵里贫穷，意思就是你是谦卑的，承认自己一无所有，一无所知，一无所能，一无所是。没有基督，没有赐生命的灵，你就一无所是。
灵里贫穷必须也配合著清心。灵里贫穷不只是谦卑，更是在你的灵里，在你全人最深处，是倒空的。清心是关乎动机，是目的专一，只有一个目标，要完成神的旨意荣耀神（林前十31）（三一神作三部分人的生命，一四七至一四八页）。
马太五章三节这里，灵里贫穷，意思就是没有甚么豫先霸占我们。…我们一直需要灵里贫穷，不让我们的灵被主自己以外的事物豫先霸占、充满。我们必须倒空我们的灵，倒出一切豫先霸占我们的东西，使我们在灵里贫穷
（生命的基本功课，一八七页）。参读：三一神作三部分人的生命，第十四章。
English Version
Isa. 66:2 "...To this kind of man
will I look, to him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at
My word."
Matt. 5:3 "Blessed are the poor
in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of the
heavens."
James and John asked the Lord whether or not they should tell fire to
come down from heaven and consume the
village of the Samaritans who had
rejected Him (Luke 9:54). But the Lord
rebuked...[them] saying, “You do not
know of what kind of spirit you are”
(v. 55...). This indicates that whenever
we are about to do anything, we should
ask ourselves, "What kind of spirit
are we of?"
Brother Nee said that a person should
not only do the right thing, but also do the right thing in the right way and
in the right spirit. The thing one does may be right, but the spirit by which
he does the right thing may be wrong. He must do the right thing in the right
way and in the right spirit. That word from Brother Nee has helped me very much
throughout the past fifty-eight years....If we do the right thing, but our spirit
is wrong, our conduct will neither edify the saints nor build up the church.
For our conduct to be constructive, edifying, and useful in building up the
Body of Christ, we must be right in the thing that we do, right in our way, and
right in our spirit. Often we may claim that what we are doing is right. This
may be true, but our way, our attitude, or our spirit may offend people. At
such a time we have to ask ourselves, "What kind of spirit are we
of?" (The Triune God to Be Life to the Tripartite Man, pp. 125-126)
Many Bible translators use the word heart instead of spirit in Luke
9:55.
Some may think that the spirit here
refers to a man’s attitude. They think
that to be right in spirit is actually
to be right in attitude. But there is a big
difference between spirit and
attitude.
Attitude issues from motives in the heart. What then is the difference
between one’s spirit and his motive?
Before a man is saved, he can have
motives in his heart, but he does not
have a spirit. A believer has motives,
and he also has a spirit. It is easy
for a saved person’s spirit to be affected
by the motives in his heart....Our
spirit becomes impure when it is released
because we have impure motives in our
heart. If our motive is for ourselves
or for our own future and business,
this motive will taint our spirit, and our spirit will carry the characteristic
of this motive. The Lord said to the disciples that their spirit was wrong;
their spirit was different from His. The Lord does not want anyone to die from
his sins. The Son of Man came not to destroy, but to save.
The disciples were wrong in their spirit because their motive was one of
hatred. The Lord would not allow them
to pray the way they wished. The
Lord’s spirit does not think that
anyone deserves to die. This is the reason
He said that He came to save, not to
destroy [Luke 9:56]. This is the Lord’s
heart. This is His spirit. (CWWN, vol.
62, pp. 453-454)
A seeking saint should be poor in spirit and pure in heart (Matt. 5:3,
8;
Isa. 66:2). A Christian should always
be poor in spirit. To be poor in spirit
means that you are humble,
acknowledging that you have nothing, know
nothing, can do nothing, and are
nothing. Without Christ, without the lifegiving Spirit, you are nothing. Being
poor in spirit must also be matched with being pure in heart. To be poor in
spirit is not only to be humble but also
to be emptied in your spirit, in the
depth of your being. To be pure in heart
is a matter of motive; it is to be
single in purpose, to have the single goal of
accomplishing God’s will for God's
glory (1 Cor. 10:31). (The Triune God to
Be Life to the Tripartite Man, p. 126)
In Matthew 5:3 to be poor in spirit means we have nothing preoccupying
us....We always need to be poor in our
spirit, not letting our spirit be
preoccupied, filled up, with things
other than the Lord Himself. We have to
empty our spirit, to pour out all the
preoccupying items, so that we may be
poor in our spirit. (Basic Lessons on
Life, p. 153)
Further Reading: The Triune God to Be Life to the Tripartite Man, ch. 14
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生命的长大(十一):造清洁的心有正直的灵
生命的长大(九): 对付人的灵_4
