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請我們先禱告
主，給我們話語，給我們發表，讓你自由的說出你所要說的，叫我們實在摸着你的心意，在這個世代里作你心坎上的人，走這條在靈中復活的道路！
詩歌:546♫
神的心意是要我們 模成祂兒子形像；
因此祂靈變化工作， 必須完成我身上。
求主將我魂的各部， 全都變成你形像；
用你那靈將我浸透， 使我全像你模樣。
今日經節及註解： 帖二13～三18
重點經節
帖前5:23
來4:12
且願和平的神，親自全然聖別你們，又願你們的靈、與魂、與身子得蒙保守，在我們主耶穌基督來臨的時候，得以完全，無可指摘。
因為神的話是活的，是有功效的，比一切兩刃的劍更鋒利，能以刺入、甚至剖開魂與靈，骨節與骨髓，連心中的思念和主意都能辨明。
生命供應
按照帖前五章二十三節，我們這個人是由三部分構成的，也就是說我們有三部分：靈、魂和身體。
我們基督徒每逢同來召會聚會時，都必須盡功用。我們需要禱告、讚美或作見證。這就是運用我們的靈，不讓我們的靈靜止不動，或是留在死沉的光景里。
我們心理的心有三個主要的動脈，就是魂的三部分─心思、意志和情感。我們要知道怎樣實際的除去這些動脈的阻塞，是很重要的。為了要除去我們物質之心動脈的阻塞，醫生會開一些藥方，但有許多時候需要動手術才能除去。除去心理之心三個主要動脈的阻塞之路，就是向主徹底的認罪。我從經歷中學會，我們必須停留在主面前一段時間，承認我們的缺點、失敗、錯誤、惡行和罪。我們若花夠多的時間清除心理之心三個主要動脈的阻塞，就會感覺到我們全人活了。我們的心思、意志和情感，都會非常健康。這些“溝渠”裡面的“污穢”都被挖除了。
持守我們的身體，事實上非常困難。保守我們的靈與魂，比持守我們的身體容易。在這玷污人、污穢人的世界中，我們最難作到的，就是持守自己的身體。我們需要謹慎，任何會玷污我們身體的東西，我們都不要看、不要聽、也不要摸。
神渴望全然聖別我們，並保守我們的靈、與魂、與身子得以完全。然而，我們必須與祂合作。合作的路就是常常喜樂，不住的禱告，凡事謝恩，不銷滅那靈，在召會聚會中不藐視申言者的話。我們若這樣的合作，我們的靈就會蒙保守，不至死沉；我們的魂會蒙保守，使心思、意志、情感不受污染；我們的身體也會蒙保守不受這世代的污染。這樣，我們就能實際的過為着召會生活的聖別生活。（帖撒羅尼迦前書生命讀經，二四一、二四四至二四五、二五○、二五二、二五五至二五六頁。）
問答:
1、 請說明人有三部分？（參讀 帖前五23注5。）
2、 神的話如何剖開魂與靈？（參讀 來四12注2，第二段。）
3、 我們如何經歷那靈的聖別？（參讀 西三16注2，注4。）
明天:神在信仰里的經綸
What Is Man?
Let's Pray:
Lord, grant us the utterance that we may touch Your will in a real way, that we could be those who are in Your heart in this age and who take this way of resurrection in spirit.
Hymn:750
God's intention is to have us
All conformed to His dear Son'
Thus a work of transformation
By the Spirit must be done.
Lord, transform us to Thine image
In emotion, mind and will;
Saturate us with Thy Spirit,
All our being wholly fill.
Today's Verses and Footnotes: 2 Thes. 2:13-3:18
Key Verses:
1 Thes. 5:23 And the God of peace Himself sanctify you wholly, and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Heb. 4:12 For the word of God is living and operative and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing even to the dividing of soul and spirit and of joints and marrow, and able to discern the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Life Supply:
According to 1 Thessalonians 5:23, we are tripartite beings; that is, we have three parts: spirit, soul, and body.
Whenever we Christians come together in a church meeting, we need to function. We need to pray, praise, or give a word of testimony. This is to exercise our spirit and not allow it to remain dormant or in a deadened condition.
Our psychological heart has three main arteries. These arteries, which are also the three parts of the soul, are the mind, the will, and the emotion. It is important to know how in a practical way to have these arteries unclogged. For the unclogging of the arteries of our physical heart, doctors may prescribe medication. But in many cases surgery is required to remove the blockage. The way to unclog the three main arteries of our psychological heart is to make a thorough confession to the Lord. From experience I have learned that we need to stay with the Lord for a period of time to confess our defects, failures, defeats, mistakes, wrongdoings, and sins.
If we take the time necessary to unclog the three main arteries of our psychological heart, we shall have the sense that our entire being has become living. Our mind, will, and emotion will all be in a very healthy condition. All the “dirt” in these “ditches” will then be dug away.
To preserve our body is actually very difficult. It is much easier to preserve our spirit and our soul than to preserve our body. The most difficult thing for us to do in this defiling, contaminating world is to preserve our body. We need to be careful not to look at anything, listen to anything, or touch anything that will defile our body.
God desires to sanctify us wholly and to preserve our spirit, soul, and body complete. However, we need to cooperate with Him. The way to cooperate is to rejoice, pray unceasingly, give thanks to Him in everything, not quench the Spirit, and not despise prophesying in the church meetings. If we cooperate in this way, our spirit will be preserved from deadness, our soul will be preserved from pollution in mind, will, and emotion, and our body will be preserved from the defilement of this age. Then in a practical way we shall have a holy life for the church life. Paul’s aim in writing 1 Thessalonians, a book for new believers, was that they would live such a sanctified and holy life for the church life. (Life-Study of 1 Thessalonians, pp. 202, 205, 209, 211, 213-214)
Questions:
1. Please explain the three parts of man. (See 1 Thes. 5:23 note 5)
2. How does the word of God pierce even to the dividing of the soul and spirit? (See Heb. 4:12 note 2, paragraph 2)
3. How do we experience the sanctification of the Spirit? (See 2 Thes. 2:13 note 3)
Tomorrow: God's Economy, Which Is in Faith
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