Spiritual Exercise - Breaking and Releasing — Stephen Kaung

Spiritual Exercise and Consecration

Will you first turn to 1st Timothy chapter 4? Will you read from verse 8 to verse 10? Exercise thyself unto piety of godliness. For bodily exercise is profitable for a little but godliness is profitable for everything having promise of life of the present one and of that to come.

For bodily exercise is profitable for a little, but godliness is profitable for everything having promise of life of the present one and of that to come.

The word is faithful and worthy of all acceptation. For this we labor and suffer reproach Because we hope in a living God who is Preserver of all men especially of those that believe. 2nd Corinthians chapter 4.

2nd Corinthians chapter 4.

2nd Corinthians chapter 4. 2nd Corinthians chapter 4. We'll begin verse with verse 7 and we will read through.

Verse 18. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels That the surpassingness of the power may be of God and not from us. Every way afflicted but not straightened Seeing no apparent issue, but our way not entirely shut up Persecuted but not abandoned Cast down but not destroyed Always bearing about in the body The dying of Jesus that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body.

Always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body.

For we who live are always delivered unto death on account of Jesus. That the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

Because we who live are always being handed over to death for Jesus. So that death works in us. But life in you.

And having the same spirit of faith According to what is written. I have believed Therefore have I spoken. We also believe Therefore also we speak. Knowing that he who has raised the Lord Jesus Shall raise us also with Jesus and shall present us with you.

For all things are for your sakes. That the grace abounding through the many may cause thanksgiving to the Lord Jesus.

For all things are for your sakes. That the grace abounding through the many may cause thanksgiving to the Lord Jesus.

Therefore we faint not. But if indeed Our outward man is consumed yet the inward is renewed day by day.

所以我們不喪膽 ,萬體雖然毀壞 ,內心卻一天心刺一天。.

For our momentary and light affliction works for us in surpassing measure an eternal weight of glory.

我們這自贊自傾的苦處 ,要為我們成就那極重無比 ,永遠的榮耀。.

While we look not at the things that are seen, but at the things that are not seen. For the things that are seen are for a time, but those that are not seen, eternal.

原來我們不是顧念所見的 ,乃是顧念所不見的。. 因為所見的是暫時的 ,所不見的是永遠的。. 我們再翻開約翰福音 ,約翰福音第十二章。. 我們從二十四節讀到二十六節。. 我實實在在地告訴你們 ,一粒麥子不過在地裡死了 ,仍舊是一粒。. 若是死了 ,就接出許多的子命來。.

The Dividing of Soul and Spirit

He that loves his life, and the word life here is soul life, shall lose it. And he that hates his life in this world, shall keep it to life eternal. And the life here is zoe, God's divine life.

愛惜自己生命的 ,這個生命是講到魂的生命 ,就施放生命。 在這世上恨惡自己生命的 ,就要保守生命到永生。.

這個生命是神的生命。. If anyone serve me, let him follow me. And where I am, there also shall be my servant. And if anyone serve me, he shall the Father honor.

若有人服侍我 ,就當跟從我。. 我在哪裡 ,服侍我的人也要在那裡。. 若有人服侍我 ,我父必尊重他。. 我們再有一點的禱告。. 我們感謝您 ,今天再把我們聚在您的跟前。. 每一次我們奉您的名聚集的時候, 我們實在覺得您的同在在我們當中。. 我們實在寶貴您自己的同在。. 打開我們的心 ,叫我們能夠遇見您。. 開我們的眼睛 ,叫我們能夠看見您。.

開出我們的耳朵 ,叫我們能夠聽到您。. 您是我們所寶貝的一切。. 願您充滿我們。. 把我們帶進您預定給我們的一切。. 讓您的名澤就榮耀。. 我們奉您寶貴的名禱告。. Thank God for gathering us together again this day. I hope that we all remember the theme that God has given to us for this time.

We are talking about spiritual exercise. And this is something that not only we should hear it, but actually we are all involved in it. Exercise. Every one of us must do it. Nobody can exercise for you.

別人不能夠替你來有操練。. So I hope, dear brothers and sisters, that we are here in the gymnasium, ready to exercise.

我們就好像在體育館裡面 ,我們預備好了要在這裡操練。.

You know in exercising, you must apply yourself.

當我們要操練的時候 ,我們自己要投入。.

And you must do it constantly. 你要不斷地在那裡做。 You must do it according to rule. 你要照著規則來做。 And you must relax. 而且你要在那裡放鬆自己。 If you do not relax and you are tense, you cannot exercise.

如果你在那裡很緊張的 ,你就好像不能夠有好的鍛煉。.

So I hope, dear brothers and sisters, relax. 希望弟兄姊妹你們能夠稍微輕鬆一點。 Let the Spirit of God do His work. 讓聖靈在這裡做工。 We have mentioned that the one basic and fundamental exercise is consecration. 我們已經講到最基本的署名操練乃是奉獻。 Because this is the door to all spiritual exercises. 因為這乃是進入一切署名操練的門。 Consecration is not only a door, but it is a way.

奉獻不單單是操練的門 ,也是那條道路。.

Consecration is something that we need to daily exercise. 奉獻乃是我們每天都要操練的。 You cannot say five years ago I have consecrated myself. 你不能夠說五年前我已經把自己獻上了。 That doesn't work. 這個是不行的。 You have to see that you have to consecrate morning and evening.

你要每天早上有奉獻 ,晚上有奉獻。.

It is like the burn offering. 就好像梵祭一樣。. The fire of burn offering never goes out. 梵祭生的火是永不熄滅的。. And consecration is something that is deepened all the time. 奉獻乃是一步一步的更加深。. You add and add to your consecration.

你一直在奉獻的上面要增長。. Not only every day there will be that daily burn offering. 不單止每天有那梵祭獻上。. But when it comes to new moon, you add something to it. 當到月滿的時候你要加上更多的祭物。. When it comes to festivals, more to be added.

當要到節慶的時候還要加入更多的祭神。. So this is the way of consecration. 這是奉獻的道目。. We should be on the altar all the time. 我們應該一直停在祭壇上。. And we should be all of us, all of oneself, be on the altar. 是我們整個的人在祭壇上。. This is the basic of all spiritual exercises.

這是署名操練的基礎。. Then we mentioned something about the dividing of soul and spirit. 我們也講到靈與魂的分開。. After we believe in the Lord Jesus,.

當我們信任了主之後,.

The dead spirit in us has been quickened into life. 死了的靈現在甦醒過敏得了生命。. And the Holy Spirit comes and dwells in our spirit. 聖靈臨到就住在我們的靈裡面。. The Holy Spirit who dwells in our spirit is the life of our spirit.

聖靈住在我們的靈裡面就是我們的靈的生命。. But we mentioned before, 我們也提過誰住在我們的魂裡面呢? We know that self, our fallen nature, our Adam dwells in our soul. 我們就發現我們的己, 就是我們墮落的那個天性亞當的生命住在我們的魂裡面。. You will discover that within yourselves, there are two different lives.

In your spirit, there is the divine life. While in your soul, you still have your human fallen I. 你那墮落的己。. There are two different lives in two different areas.

在這裡有兩個不同的生命 ,在兩個不同的地方。.

According to your inward feeling, 根據你裡面的感覺, you want to please God.

你願意討神的喜悅。 但是根據你外面的感覺, 你願意討你自己的喜歡。 所以在一信主的來講,.

你裡面就發生了內戰。. 我實在覺得在我們基督徒生命的裡面, 這是非常的重要。. We sense the dividing of the soul and the spirit. Because its result is far reaching. You know, the tactic, the strategy of the enemy of God is to boost your soul.

仇敵的策略乃是要高舉我們的魂。. This is his ancient strategy. 這是他古老的戰略。. And he is still practicing it today. 今天還在那裡操作。. In the Garden of Eden, 在伊甸園裡面, he tempted Eve's soul. 他在那裡引誘了夏娃的魂。. He wants Eve's soul to grow.

他要夏娃的魂長大。. He wants Eve's soul so grow that he may be independent of God. 他要夏娃的魂在那裡膨脹, 叫她要向神宣佈獨立。. But behind it,. 但後面呢? If Eve should do that, then she falls into Satan's hand. 當夏娃這樣的話, 就接受了進入撒旦的手中。.

So the strategy of the enemy is always try to kill your spirit and boost your soul. 仇敵的策略一直都是要殺死你的靈, 來高舉你自己的魂。. And we find it happen in the Garden of Eden. 我們就在伊甸園裡面看到這樣的事情。. The spirit was dead. 靈死了。.

And the soul was very very much alive. 魂就非常的活。. And since that onward, 從那個時候開始, from Adam onward, 從亞當開始, all who are born of Adam had the nature of Adam. 從亞當生的就都有亞當的本性。. So that's the reason why you find people of this world, they live by their soul life and no spirit life.

所以你就發現世上的人, 他們是靠著他們魂的生命而活, 沒有靈的生命。. They had no contact with God. 他們與神沒有接觸。. They were self-centered, self-conscious, and everything is self.

他們自以為中心 ,自以為是, 都是自己。.

Unfortunately, we find even God's people forget that they have a new spirit and the Holy Spirit dwells in their spirit. 但是很可惜, 就是神的兒女, 他們也發現只有新的一個生命, 但是他們還是活在舊的裡面。. Even the church teaches that you have only soul and body.

就算今天的教會也在那裡傳講說, 你只有魂與身子。. And the church even teaches that there is no difference between soul and spirit. 教會甚至在那裡傳講說, 靈與魂是沒有分別的。. So when you look at Christianity today,. 所以今天你看到在基督教的裡面, the teachings and the practice are all centered upon how to boost the soul life.

所以一切的教導跟一切的做法, 就是怎麼樣來高抬魂生命。. Instead of spiritual life. 而不是在那裡要我們操練屬靈的生命。. But God's strategy is just the opposite. 但是神的策略正好與這相反。. In the heart of God, He wants our spirit to be in ascendancy. 神的心意乃是叫我們的靈被升高。.

And He wants our soul to be subjective. 祂要我們的魂來降伏。. So that we may live a dependent life upon God. 所以我們是過一個依靠神的生活。. That we may live a life with God. 我們能夠與神同行。. So dear brothers and sisters, 我們需要來明白神的策略與仇敵的策略。.

我們需要來明白神的策略與仇敵的策略。. So the dividing of the soul and spirit is extremely important. 所以能夠分開靈與魂是多麼的重要。. That's the reason why we emphasize that the next exercise is the dividing of soul and spirit. 這也是為什麼我們下面一個屬靈的操練 乃是講到靈與魂的分開。.

The Word of God Divides and Reveals

Now as we find in the Word of God, 當我們在神的話裡面我們看到,. The way that the soul and spirit can be divided is not by our own introspection. 靈跟魂的分開不是根據我們自己的感覺。. It's not by our own analysis. 不是根據我們自己的分析。. If we analyze ourselves, the very analyzing is of the soul.

因為如果我們在這裡分析的話, 這個分析根本就是在魂裡面。. So we fall into soul life. 所以我們又掉到魂生命裡面。. So how can the soul and the spirit be divided? 所以魂跟靈怎麼樣能夠被分開? Where is the exercise? 這個操練在哪裡? Now here you need to relax. 在這裡你需要放鬆一下。.

If you are tense, you will never be able to see the dividing of the soul and spirit. 如果你是那樣的吃硬緊張的話, 你就沒有辦法看到靈與魂的分開。. Unfortunately, good Christians are tense Christians. 但是很可惜的, 好的基督徒都是比較緊張的基督徒。. Good Christians do not relax.

好的基督徒不會放鬆。. 他們要討神的喜悅。. They want to live the spiritual life. 他們要活一個屬靈的生活。. So they constantly ask, is it of the soul or is it of the spirit? 他們經常在這裡問, 這是出於魂的還是出於靈的呢? Is it of God or is it of me? 這是出於神的呢還是我自己呢?

You become very intense. 你就非常的緊張。. And you become nervous. 你就非常的緊張。. So nervous Christians are good Christians. 所以這幾個緊張的基督徒應該是個好的基督徒啊。. Now brothers and sisters, 弟兄姊妹們, how can the soul and the spirit be divided?

魂跟靈怎麼樣能夠被分開呢? Do you remember you are a sacrifice? 你要記住你是一個寄生。. A sacrifice offered on the altar. 你是一個被陷在壇上的寄生。. A sacrifice is not supposed to be restless. 那個寄生啊, 不能夠是在那裡作弊不安的。. So all you need to do is to lie on the altar quietly.

你要做的就是安靜的躺在寄壇上。. Lord, here am I.

主啊 ,我在這裡。 I'm yours. 我是你的。.

You have to divide my soul and spirit. 你要把我的靈與魂分開。. Now if you really rest in the Lord,. 如果你真是安息在主的面前, and look up to Christ, 仰望基督, you will find the Holy Spirit will quicken the Word of God. 你就發現聖靈會叫神的話甦醒在你的身上。.

And He will show you what is of the soul and what is of the spirit. 祂會告訴你哪是出於靈的 ,哪是出於魂的。. Now this morning, we'd like to go further exercise. 今天我們要在操練上進一步。. Dividing gives us a sense of the difference between soul and spirit.

分開叫我們知道靈與魂的分開。. But dividing doesn't mean that the soul is broken and the spirit is released. 你把靈跟魂分開,.

並不代表說魂給破碎了 ,靈給釋放了。.

So this morning, we would like to continue with our spiritual exercise. 今天我們要繼續我們屬靈的操練。 We will be considering this matter of the breaking of the awkward man and the release of the spirit. 我們要來看外面的人的破碎與裡面的人的釋放。 You remember in Hebrews chapter 4, 你們記得在希伯來第四章裡面, When the Word of God is talking about this matter of dividing the soul and the spirit, 當神的話這裡講到要分開魂與靈。 Penetrating and dividing the soul and spirit as dividing the bones and the marrow. 這裡說到神的道就像一把兩刃的利劍,.

比兩刃的利劍更快, 甚至魂與靈 ,骨節與骨髓都能夠刺入 ,拋開。.

The relationship of the bone and the marrow is the relationship of the soul and the spirit.

這裡講到骨跟骨髓 ,這個關係就跟魂與靈的關係一樣。.

The bone serves as the shelter of the marrow. 這個骨頭乃是骨髓的那個陰閉的地方。 So the spirit is within the soul. 靈是在魂的裡面。 The soul is like a shell. 魂乃是那個外殼。 And the spirit is the content. 靈才是那個內容。 The bones are the structure. 骨頭是外面的結構。 And the marrow is the life. 骨髓乃是生命。 So you find that our spirit is imprisoned in the soul. 我們的靈是在魂的監獄裡面。 Oftentimes we find our spirit cannot be released because it is confined by the soul.

我們經常都感覺我們的靈不能夠出來 ,不能夠釋放 ,是被魂埋轄制了。.

Within my heart, I am willing. 在我的心裡面我願意啊。 But I found I am bound. I cannot do what I want to do. 但是我覺得我被捆綁 ,我不能夠做我要做的。 And I do what I do not want to do. 而我行出來不是我要行的。 Because our soul is so strong, our spirit is so weak.

因為我們的魂是那樣的強 ,我們的靈是那樣的弱。.

Breaking the Outward Man and Releasing the Spirit

So brothers and sisters, the problem here is your soul has to be broken. 這個問題乃是在你的魂要被破碎。 But do not misunderstand. 但你不要誤會。 The breaking of the soul does not mean the annihilation of the soul. 這個魂的破碎不是說把魂去掉。 Because if the soul is annihilated, the person is gone.

因為如果把魂去掉的話 ,這個人就沒有了。.

So you find the soul as an organ is still there.

所以魂作為一個器官它仍然在這裡。 It is just to be purified. 就是它要被煉淨。 那魂裡面的生命要死。.

魂的生命要被改變。. 要把魂裡面的我讓基督來代替。. It is I who use all the faculties of my soul. 從前是我來運用魂裡面一切的結構與器官。. Who thinks? 誰在想呢? I think. 我想。. Who feels? 誰感覺呢? I feel. 我感覺。. Who decides? 誰決定呢? I decide. 我決定嘛。. So you find it is the I life that is using my soul.

所以你就發現是我的生命來用你的魂。. It is a fallen life. 這是一個墮落的生命。. So no wonder to sin is with me, but to do good is not in me. 所以難怪犯罪由得我 ,不犯罪由不得我。. Brothers and sisters, 弟兄姊妹們,. Where does Christ dwell in your life?

基督住在你哪裡呢? He dwells in your spirit. 祂住在你的靈裡面。. But He has to come out and sit on the throne of your soul.

祂要從靈裡面釋放出來 ,坐在你魂的寶座上。.

He must displace the I in your soul. 祂要在你魂裡面取替那個我。. And He will be in charge of your soul. 祂要掌管你的魂。. He will use your feelings. 祂要使用你的感覺。. He will use your mind. 祂要用你的心思。. He will use your volition. 祂要用你的感覺。.

So everything that comes out represents Christ and not you. 所以每一件活出來的都代表基督而不再代表你。. 這是瑞變。. 這是改變。. This is we are being transformed and conformed to the image of Christ. 這是我們被改變給磨成基督的形象。. And this is something that is going on at present.

這是在現在要進行著的。. This is the salvation of the soul. 這乃是魂的救恩。. The salvation of the spirit is the past. 您的救恩是過去的。. We already have it. 我們已經有了。. The salvation of the soul is now. 魂的救恩是現在。. Transformation. 是改變。.

And the salvation of the body is resurrection. 體的救恩乃是那一天要復活。. So brothers and sisters, do you know that there is a salvation going on every day in your life?

你知道嗎 ?在你每天生活的裡面有一個救恩在那裡進行著呢?

For the spirit life to be released. 讓您的生命能夠出來。 So that you may live a spiritual life. 所以你能夠活一個屬靈的生活。 And you may have spiritual service. 所以你才能夠有屬靈的侍奉。 And you may have spiritual worship. 你才能夠有屬靈的敬拜。 You have to go through this process of the breaking of the awkward man and the release of the spirit.

你一定要經過這樣的過程 ,乃是外面人的破碎 ,裡面人的出來。.

Now, in order that we may understand this.

為了叫我們能夠明白。.

The Bible uses two different parables. 聖經就用了兩個不同的比喻。. Now, one is in 2 Corinthians chapter 4. 一個是在戈文多後書第四章。. In verse 7. 臨後四章第七節。. We have this treasure in earthen vessels. 我們有這寶貝放在瓦器裡。. Now, you notice that the treasure here is singular number.

這裡這個寶貝乃是單數。. But the vessels here is plural number. 那個瓦器是眾數。. Now, why is it so? 為什麼這樣呢? Because the earthen vessel represents us. 因為瓦器是代表我們。. And if you read on, you will find it refers to our outward man.

如果你讀進去的話, 你就會發現這是代表我們外面的人。. You can see this in verse 16. 你在十六節你就可以看到啊。. Wherefore we fade not, but if indeed our outward man is consumed, yet the inward is renewed day by day.

十六節說所以我們不喪膽。. 外體 ,外面的人雖然毀壞 ,內心卻一天新次一天。.

So, here you find another two terms used to represent.

Soul and spirit. 所以你在這裡又看到另外一個名詞來代表靈與魂。.

Our good man refers to our soul.

這裡說外面的是代表我們的魂。.

We are earthen vessels. 我們是瓦器。 This is what man is. 這個就是裡面的意思。.

We are opaque. 我們是瓦器。. We are not very clear. 我們不很清楚 ,模糊。. Earth 是屬地的。.

It is not transparent. 不是透明的。. And you find that earth is everywhere. 你看到到處都有泥。. All of us are just earthen vessels. 其實我們大家都是泥做的瓦器。. Do you agree that you are an earthen vessel? 你同意你是一個瓦器嗎? We think of ourselves as alabaster flask.

我們想我們自己都是非常的尊貴的。. 玉瓶。. 玉瓶。. You remember Mary? 你記得瑪麗亞嗎? How she came to the Lord? 她如何來到主的跟前? She had an alabaster flask. 她那裡有一個玉瓶。. And within the flask there is a pure knot. A pound of pure knot. 在那個玉瓶裡面蒸滿了香膏。.

That's a very, very expensive ointment. 那是非常貴的香膏。. Maybe Mary preserved this for her marriage. 瑪麗亞可能是父親為了她結婚用的。. This was her treasure. 這是她的寶貝。. But she was so touched. 但她實在讓主摸著她。. She was so grateful to the Lord in calling her brother back to life.

她實在感謝神, 叫她的兄弟從死裡復活。. She wanted to do something to the Lord. 她要為主擺上一點。. What could she do? 她能夠做什麼呢? She took her most precious treasure. 她就把她最寶貝的東西拿出來。. An alabaster flask with a pound of pure knot. 一瓶蒸納大的香膏在玉瓶的裡面。.

She came to the Lord. 她來到主的跟前。. Open it up. 打開它。. And drop a few drops. 是不是給他兩滴呢? No ,不是。. She came to the Lord. Break the alabaster flask. 她來到主的跟前, 把蒸納大的香膏打碎。. And pour the ointment on the Lord. 澆香膏在主的頭上。.

Brothers and sisters, this is the breaking of the awkward man. 這是外面人的破碎。. And the release of the spirit. 裡面靈的出來。. So, unfortunately, 雖然我們只是瓦器。. Yet we consider ourselves an alabaster flask. 但是我們卻看我們是 蒸納大香膏的玉瓶。.

We want to preserve ourselves. 我們好像要保存自己。. We are not willing to break ourselves. 我們不願意破碎我們自己。. And because we want to preserve ourselves. 因為我們要保存我們自己。. Therefore, the treasure, the light of the treasure cannot be diffused.

所以那個寶貝 生命的光就不能夠發出來。. The treasure is one. 寶貝是單數的。. In all the earthen vessels, there is only one treasure. 在所有的瓦器裡只有那一個寶貝。. 基督。. He is our treasure. 他是我們的寶貝。. If I have a treasure,. 如果我有一個寶貝, will I put it in an earthen vessel?

我會把它放在瓦器裡嗎? No, 不會。. I will put it in a golden box. 我放在一個金盒子裡面。. That is the work of God. 這是神做功的奇妙。. God puts his most precious treasure into the lowest, humblest vessel. 神把最寶貴的那個寶貝 放在一個最卑賤的瓦器裡面。. Who but God will do that?

除了神, 誰還做這樣的事情? Did you ever thank God for that? 你有沒有為神而這樣感謝他呢? That he should put Christ into such a humble, mean, worthless person.

他把這樣的寶貝 放在我們這樣一個 軟弱敗壞的人裡面。 Why did he do that?

為什麼他這樣做? He wants the radiancy of the glory of God to be manifested. 他要神那榮耀的光輝 被發揮出來。. But he is imprisoned within us. 但是他在我們裡面卻被困住了。. You remember what our Lord said. 你記得我們的主曾經說過。. In Luke chapter 12.

在物加第十二章裡面告訴我們。. He said, I have a baptism to be baptized. 他說我要受這個禁。. I feel so straightened. 我裡面覺得很受限制。. Our Lord Jesus, 我們的主, He has a human soul, just like we are. 跟我們一樣有人的魂。. Our soul is contaminated.

我們的魂是給玷污了。. But his soul is pure. 他的魂乃是純潔的。. His feeling is pure. 他的感覺是純潔的。. His thinking is pure. 他的思想是純潔的。. His volition is pure. 他的意志也是純潔的。. And yet, he feels that he is being imprisoned. 但是他覺得他被困住了。.

He wants to be released. 他要得著釋放。. And the release came. 釋放乃是在十字架上完成的。. There you'll find he was broken.

在那裡你看 ,他給破碎了。.

And his life was released. 他的生命就釋放出來。 So brothers and sisters, 弟兄姊妹們, You'll find the Lord shows us that we are earthen vessels. 主教們看到我們是瓦器。 The earthen vessels had to crack. 瓦器要給破碎。 Has to be broken. 要被破碎。 So that the light of the treasure, the radiancy of the glory of God may come forth.

所以生命那榮耀的光輝 要從主那裡發出來。 That's the reason why the apostle Paul says, 這就是為什麼使徒保羅說, I bear in my body the dying of Jesus. 他說在我身上帶著耶穌的死。 The death there is not a noun. It is a verbal noun. 那個帶著耶穌的死不是一個名詞,.

而是一個動作的名詞。. Dying 是一直在死。.

致死。 致死。 致死。.

The death of Jesus has the power of putting everything to death. 耶穌的死是能夠有殺死的作用。 So, Paul said, the dying of Jesus works in me. 所以保羅說, 耶穌的死在我身上動工運行。 The dying of Jesus so worked in me that my soul life is broken.

耶穌的死在我裡面運行, 叫我魂的生命死掉了。 So the life of Christ may be manifested in me. 叫基督的生命在我身上指引出來。 Death in me, but life in you. 死在我身上發動, 生就在你身上發動。. That is the way of ministry. 這是侍奉的道路。. Brothers and sisters, 弟兄姊妹們, so here you find my outward man is decayed.

所以看到我外面的人一天一天地毀壞。 But my inward man is renewed day by day. 我裡面的人就一天新事一天。. The seen cease to be passing by.

好 ,外面的感覺好像都過去了。.

But the unseen is eternal. 那不見的那是存到永遠的。 Now that is the breaking of the outward man. 這乃是外面人的破碎。 For the release of the inward man. 為了叫裡面的人出來。 Now there is another illustration. 那裡還有另外一個比喻。 And that is in John chapter 12.

The Grain of Wheat and the Release of Life

那乃是在約翰第十二章。 You remember the story. 你記得這個故事。 The last visit of our Lord Jesus to Jerusalem. 這乃是耶穌最後上耶路撒冷時候發生的。 You remember he has a triumphant entry into Jerusalem. 你看到他那裡有一次凱旋地進入耶路撒冷的光景。 As if the whole world is now for him. 整個世界都在那裡是為了他。 Even the Gentiles, the Greeks, wanted to see Jesus.

當時甚至一些外邦人 ,希臘人都要看耶穌。.

Humanly speaking, this is the most glorious time of our Lord Jesus' life.

從人類角度來講 ,這是我們主宰地上最榮耀的日子。. And strangely,.

但很奇怪的, when Philip and Andrew came to the Lord and said, some Gentiles, Greeks, want to see you. 當時安德麗跟菲利告訴耶穌說, 有幾個西利尼人要見你。. Our Lord Jesus said, the hour has come that the Son of Man should be glorified.

耶穌說 ,人子得榮耀的時候到了。.

But when he said the Son of Man shall be glorified, his meaning is the opposite of the world's sense.

當他說到 ,人子得榮耀的時候到了的時候,.

跟地上人的意思剛剛相反。 In the world's sense, now all the world is after him. 如果人的地上的光鮮難事, 全世界都浮在他的面前了。 That is glory. 那是榮耀。 But in the heart of our Lord Jesus, 但是在我們主的心中, He speaks of the cross. 他講到十字架。 That is the time of his being glorified.

那乃是他得榮耀的時候。 Therefore he said, Verily, verily, I say unto you,.

他說 ,我實實在在地告訴你們,.

Except the grain of wheat falling into the ground and die, it abides alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.

人民賣死 ,若不過在地裡死了, 人民就是盈利。 若死了 ,就結出許多的子粒來。.

Our Lord Jesus is the grain of wheat. 我們的主耶穌乃是那盈利的麥子。 Before he fall into the ground, there was no wheat on earth. 當他沒有落到地上的時候, 地上根本沒有麥子。 The whole field is filled with donalds. 整個的田裡充滿了麥子。 We are all donalds. 我們都是麥子。 Our Lord is the wheat. 我們主是那唯一的麥子。 He falls into the ground. 他掉到地裡。 That speaks of his incarnation. 這是講到他的道成肉身。 If he falls into the ground and remains, 如果他落在地上仍舊是盈利, and then among the transfiguration he exits,.

如果他是在變化山上 ,他就升天了的話,.

There will be no grain on earth. 那在地上就沒有麥子了。. 但那一粒麥子落到地裡死了。. He came to die. 他來到地上死了。. Why? If he dies, he bears much fruit. 因為他死了就結出許多的子命來。. And here we are. 我們今天就在這裡了。. So the Lord began to explain it.

所以主就開始解釋。. He said he that loves his life shall lose it. 他說愛惜自己生命的就釋放生命。. This applies not only to himself but to all of us. 這不單單是指他自己, 也是指我們所有的人說。. If anyone loves his soul life,. 如果誰要保護保守自己魂的生命。. In other words, that grain of wheat will not die.

也就是說那一粒麥子如果不死的話。. You put that grain of wheat on the table. 你把那一粒麥子放在桌子上。. A thousand years it is still that grain of wheat. 一千年之後還是那一粒麥子。. There is life within. 這裡面有生命。. But arguably there was a shell.

在外面有一個殼子。. To protect it. 來保護。. To preserve it. 來保存生命。. But as long as the shell is not decayed. 如果那個殼子沒有被損壞的話。 The life within will not be released. 裡面的生命就不會出來。. If the outward man is not broken. 如果外面的人不被破碎。.

The inward man cannot be released. 裡面的人就不能夠被釋放。. If we keep our shell. 如果我們愛惜我們這個殼子。 We love our soul life. 我們愛我們自己魂生命。. The Lord said you will lose it. 主說你就會失上這個生命。. But you will hate your soul life.

如果你恨惡你自己魂的生命。. Who hates his soul life? 誰恨他的魂生命呢? No one. 沒有人。. We love it. 我們都愛自己。. We preserve it. 我們要保護自己。. We protect it. 我們要保守自己。. We defend it. 我們要為自己來設保護。. But unless we hate this soul life. 除非我們恨惡這個魂的生命。.

We will not be able to preserve it. That is to save it. 我們就沒有辦法來保存它來拯救它。. And more than that. 不單是這樣。. To life eternal. 更是講到那永遠的生命。. In other words. 換句話說。. Not only your soul will be saved. 不單止你的魂得拯救。.

But the divine life in you will be released. 在您裡面神的生命就出來了。. And the Lord said. 主說。. If anyone serves me. Let him follow me. 若有人服侍我就當跟從我。. And where I am. There also shall be my servant. 我在哪裡服侍我的人也要在那裡。.

This is where the Lord is. 主是這樣的。. So this is where you should be. 你也要這樣。. And if anyone serves him. The Father will honor him. 若有人服侍我。. So dear brothers and sisters. You find in these two parables. We can see. The necessity of the breaking of the awkward man.

And the release of the soul. Now we call it a spiritual exercise. 我們叫這個做屬靈的操練。. Now can you break your awkward man? 你能夠叫你外面的人破碎嗎? Nobody can. 沒有人能夠。. This is a work by the Holy Spirit. 這是聖靈的工作。. Again you find that.

Consecration is the foundation. 你再一次看到奉獻乃是那個基礎。. If you are consecrated. 如果你自己奉獻了。. You are willing to go this way. 你願意走上這條路。. Then the Holy Spirit will work in you. 聖靈就在你裡面動工了。. The work of the Holy Spirit.

For the breaking of the awkward man. And the release of the spirit. Is twofold. 聖靈的工作。. 要破碎外面的人。. 接下來是兩方面的工作。. Number one. 頭一點。. The enlightenment or the revelation of the Holy Spirit. 聖靈的啟示、聖靈的光照。. Number two.

第二點。. The discipline of the Holy Spirit. 聖靈的管制。. The enlightenment of the Holy Spirit is within. 聖靈的啟示光照是裡面的。. The discipline of the Holy Spirit is without. 聖靈的管制乃是外面的。. So the Lord used these two ways to bring us into the breaking of the awkward man.

所以聖靈就用這兩個方法來破碎我們外面的人。. We have already said. 我們已經講過。. It is the Holy Spirit who uses the Word of God to divide the soul and the spirit. 乃是聖靈用著神的話來分開靈與魂。. But He is not only to divide it. He is to break it.

他不單只是要把它分開 ,還要把它破碎。. What's the use of dividing if it's not broken? 如果只是分開而沒有破碎那有什麼用呢? Thank God He has shed some light upon us. 感謝主祂向我們啟示了一點光亮。. So we begin to see what is the soul, what is of the spirit.

我們就開始看什麼是屬靈的 ,什麼是屬魂的。. But we need further light. 但是我們需要更大的光。. In other words, throughout our Christian life, we need the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit.

換句話說 ,在我們基督徒生活的裡面 ,我們一直需要聖靈的光照。.

We have no new revelation. 我們沒有新的啟示。 That is, any revelation outside of the revealed Word of God.

也就是在神啟示出來的話之外 ,沒有其他的啟示。.

Because all the revelation has been completed in this book. 因為所有的啟示都在這聖經裡面。. But that doesn't mean that we have no revelation. 這並不是說我們沒有啟示嗎? On the contrary, we need to live constantly under revelation.

那相反的 ,我們要不斷地活在啟示的光中。.

That is to say, the Holy Spirit has to enlighten His Word, and make it living and operative in our lives. Maybe I will use an illustration. Maybe I will use Watchman Lee's experience. I can quote a number of people.

我引了幾個人。. But for time's sake, I will just use one. 其實我可以用幾個人的經歷來講。. 但是我現在只指倪立兄的經歷。. Now, our dear brother Watchman Lee, after he was saved,. 我們倪立兄當他得救之後, He really loved the Lord. 他實在愛主。. He spent lots of time reading the Word of God.

他花很多的時間讀主的話。. And he began to serve God.

然後他就侍奉神。 For several years, 好幾 ,好多年。.

He was disturbed before God. 他在神面前有一個這樣的驕傲。 Because he had heard the so-called Kazakh teaching. 因為他就聽到開希的教訓。 Higher life teaching. 更高生活的教導。 As Paul said, I, an old man, was crucified with Christ.

像保羅說 ,我的救人已經與主同釘死之架。.

Therefore, I'm delivered from the power of sin. 所以我就從罪的詮釋裡面被拯救出來。. And brother Lee, he said he tried to reckon himself as dead in Christ and alive in Christ. 他自己在神面前就學習 在罪裡面死 ,在主面前活。. But the more he reckoned himself dead in Christ, the more alive he became.

但他在裡面越算自己為死, 他好像裡面就覺得自己越活。. So he sought the Lord. 所以他尋求主。. He prayed. He read the Word. 禱告他讀神的話。. Nothing happened. 好像沒有什麼果效。. He was not delivered from the power of sin. 他沒有從罪的詮釋裡面被拯救。. But one day, 有一天, while he was in his room studying the Word, 他在他的房間裡面讀聖經。.

Suddenly, 突然之間, Light came to him. 光臨到他。. When Christ died, 當基督死了, I died. 我死了。. How? 怎麼樣呢? Christ died 2 ,000 years ago.

基督是2 ,000年前死了。.

How can I die when He died 2 ,000 years ago? 他2 ,000年死的時候, 我們怎麼能夠也死呢? Suddenly, the Lord showed him. 突然之間, 主叫他看見。. Because you are in Christ.

他說 ,因為你在基督裡面。.

Because you are in Him. 因為你在他裡面。 So when He died, you died. 所以他死的時候, 你也死了。 Now, suddenly, 突然之間, Light breaks out. 光照亮他。 And he was immediately released. 就馬上得釋放。 He ran down, 跑到樓下去。 And in the kitchen, he met a brother.

在廚房, 他遇到一個弟兄。 He said, brother, do you know that I died? 他說 ,弟兄, 你知不知道我死了? And the brother said, what happened? 弟兄說, 這怎麼回事? Are you troubled with Romans 6? 你會不會被 摩瑪蘇六章來困擾你? Have you been trying to reckon yourself as dead?

你是不是算你自己是死的呢? And the more you reckon, the more alive you become. 你越算你自己死, 你覺得你越活得厲害。 You need enlightenment of the Holy Spirit. 你需要聖靈的光照。 You know, thank God for the Bible. 感謝神把聖經給我們。 But the letter kills.

但字句叫我們死。 The Spirit 命叫我們活過來。 So we need the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit. 我們需要聖靈的光照。 We need the Holy Spirit to shed His light upon us. 我們需要聖靈 把祂的光照在我們裡面。 In our spirit, suddenly it enlightens. 我們裡面.

突然之間就明亮了。 And when the light comes, 當光引到時, it not only divides, 不單止分開, it heals. 殺死。.

It heals. 而且一致。. Usually, the work of the Holy Spirit in breaking your awkward man will touch your prominent. 當聖靈 聖靈在你 碰到你外面的人的時候, 是碰到你那個 最強的那一部分。. You know when you are walking, 當你在走路的時候, and you hit the wall, 你碰到牆。.

Which part of your body hits first? 你知道哪一部分先碰到牆? Nose. 你的鼻子。 That projects out. 因為它凸出來。. You know our soul is like that. 我們的魂也是這樣。. In every soul, there is special projection. 因為在每一個魂上面 有一個凸出的地方。. This is your strong point.

這是你的強勢。 Your strength. 你的強點。. Unless the Holy Spirit touches that, it is not broken. 除非神碰到了你那一個點, 你還沒有被破碎。. But when that is touched, you are broken. 當那個點給聖明摸到了, 你就破碎了。. Some people are very clever. 有些人非常的聰明啊。.

And unless your cleverness is touched by the Holy Spirit, 除非你那個聰明 叫聖明摸到了, your soul is not broken. 不然你的魂不會給破碎。. So that's the reason why we need to seek the Lord that He will shine upon us. 這是我們為什麼要尋求主, 讓祂光照我們。.

Search. As a searchlight, search every part of our soul. 查驗我們魂裡面每一個部分。.

Divide it, kill it, and heal it. 分開 ,殺死一隻。.

Righteousness Broken by the Vision of God

Joe, the strongest point of his life.

Is righteousness. 岳伯 ,他最強的那個部分是他的自義。.

Self-righteous. 自義, until that is broken.

直到那個點給破碎了。.

And it is broken by a vision, a revelation of the majesty of God. 那一個點可以破碎, 乃是因為他看到神那尊貴的啟示。 Not by reason. 不是一切的道理。 But by who? 而是 by 那一位。 When he saw the Lord, he repented. 當他看見了主, 他就在灰塵裡面悔改。 He was a broken man.

他就是一個被破碎的人。 But he was a new man. 他就成為一個新的人。. So dear brothers and sisters, the Lord sometimes uses light to break the outward man. 多少時候神用光來擊碎外面的人。. And other times he used what we call the discipline of the Holy Spirit.

有的時候他就用聖靈的管制。 He will arrange our circumstances. 他就安排我們的環境。. You know, I often say, 我經常說, to those who are redeemed, 對於這些被救贖的人來講, God loves us so much. 神愛我們。. He will arrange everything for us. 他為我們安排一切。.

To a believer, there is nothing called by chance. 對於一個信主的人, 沒有事情是偶然的。. Everything is arranged by our God. 每一件事情都是神所安排的。. Even our hair has been numbered. 我們的頭神都數過。. This morning when you comb your hair, and hair number 10 ,001 falls down.

今天早上你梳頭的時候, 你那個頭髮一萬零一號掉了。. God knows it. 神知道。. That's the love of God. 這是神的愛。. He knows exactly what is best for you. 他知道你需要的是什麼。. So he will arrange your environment. 所以他就安排你的環境。. Nothing happens by chance.

沒有任何事情是偶然的。. The people you are with. 你今天與這些人在一起。. The circumstance you encounter. 你每天遭遇的各種的環境。. Everything in your life. 每一件在你生命裡面的事情。. Is arranged by the Holy Spirit. 是聖靈在那裡安排的。. He used that arrangement to break your heart.

他用這些的環境來擊碎你外面的人。. The best example is Jacob. 最好的例子乃是雅各。. You know Jacob the Twister. 你知道雅各這個狡詐的人啊。. How he can maneuver and plan. And he always come on top. 他在那裡就用計謀啊。. 每一次都是他贏的。. 但神就在那裡安排了。. He had to flee for his life.

他要逃命了。. And he was away from home for 20 years. 他在外面飄沒過20年。. And he met his match. 他就遇到對手了。. God so arranged that Leban was as tricky as he. 他遇到這個棋逢對手了。. 阿班呢是跟他差不多的。. And they maneuver against each other.

他們彼此在那裡來對策。. He seemed to be always came to the top. 他好像是每次都贏的。. But he got into an impossible situation. 但他落到一個絕望的光景。. He had to flee again. 他再次要逃命了。. And you remember in Genesis 32. 你記得在創世紀32章裡面。. How he was all alone.

He wrestled with the angel. Even the angel cannot overcome him. Do you know how strong you are? Do I know how strong my soul is? Like Jacob. 好像天使都不能贏你啊。. 然後天使就在他大腿窩裡摸了一下。. 你知道摔跤最厲害是那個大大腿。. 所以這個天使就摸了他大腿窩一把。.

他就瘸腿了。. 你知道什麼事情發生? 然後他就抱著這個天使啊。. 祝福我。. 不然我就活不了啊。. 天使問他你叫什麼名字。. 雅各。. 現在你要被稱為以色列。. 神的王子。. 弟兄姊妹們。. 神用這個環境。. 破碎雅各。. 從現在雅各就瘸腿了。. 他那個時候還沒有完全。. 但他瘸腿了。. 最後。. 他年老的時候。. 在地上最尊貴的君王法老要他的祝福。. 他扶著杖敬拜神。. 弟兄姊妹們。.

這是外面人的破碎。. 裡面靈的出賣。. 所以神就用這兩種的方法。. 這兩樣一同來工作。. 神根據他的智慧。. 每一個人在他裡面活著來動功。. 你不要學別人的樣子。. 因為對於神來講每個人都是獨特的。. 所以他對我們每個人都獨特的來動功。. 他知道我們魂的形狀。. 你知道我們的魂是有它的形狀。. 就像我們的身體有它的樣子。. 沒有兩個人是完全一樣的。. 就算是雙胞胎兄弟也是這樣。. 沒有兩個魂是完全一樣的。.

這就是我們那樣的獨特。. 我們魂的形狀乃是我們的脾氣。. 用我們的氣質。. 這是我們魂的形狀。. 有的人是比較慢半拍的。. 有的人是動作很敏捷。. 有的人是非常的內向。. 有的人是非常的外向。. 有的人是非常的外向。. 有的人是非常的保留。. 都沒有問題。. 這是你的魂的形狀。. 神就根據你這個形狀來對付你。. 所以我們每個人的經歷都不一樣。. 有的人的經歷是非常的激烈的。. 有的人的經歷是慢慢慢慢地才給神得救。.

但是感謝神。. 結局是一樣。. 外面人的破碎。. 靈的釋放。. 求神帶我們進入這樣署名的操練。. 我們把這些的話教在你的手中。. 我們求你的靈用著這些話。. 叫祂成為活潑的、有功效的。. 把我們帶到生命之道上。. 我們感謝你 ,我們敬拜你。. 奉你寶貴的名禱告。. 阿門。.