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七月二十六日

「這樣看來，死是在我們身上發動，生卻在你們身上發動。」（林后4:12）

基督的十字架是多么的寶貴！它存在于每一個基督的肢體里，并能引起基督整個身體的生命高潮，只要基督徒肯讓十字架在他里面嚴厲地對付那天然的生命。你們問我：如何才能讓神使用，將生命供應給別人。我的回答是：不是借著在外多工作，也不是借著退修而不做工，乃是讓基督的死和复活之大能，運行在你与神同行的整個生活中。那些只是借著話語和工作而事奉的人，當環境把他們陷于緘默和停頓的時候，他們的事奉就止息了。他們只能在工作和說話時，才顯出他們的用處，這是不應該和不正常的。只要讓「耶穌的死」在你里面工作，生命就必在別人身上顯明出來。因為這是基督身體的一個不變原則：「死是在我們身上發動，生卻在你們身上發動。」

 

July 26

"So death is at work in us, but life is at work in you." (2 Corinthians 4:12)

How precious is the cross of Christ! It exists in every member of Christ, and can bring forth a climax of life in the whole body of Christ, if the Christian will allow the cross to deal severely with the natural life in him. You ask me: How can I be used by God to minister life to others. My answer is: not by working more outside the home, nor by retreating and not working, but by allowing the power of Christ's death and resurrection to operate in your entire life as you walk with God. Those who minister only by word and work cease when circumstances silence and stop them. They can only be useful when they are working and talking, which is unsuitable and abnormal. Just let "Jesus' death" work in you, and life will be manifested in others. For this is an unchanging principle of the Body of Christ: "Death is at work in us, but life is at work in you."