0331 我们自己是留心还是虚伪？
人若看见弟兄犯了不至于死的罪，就当为他祈求，神必将生命赐给他，有至于死的罪，我不说当为之最祈求。《约翰一书 5:16》
如果我们不留心，不注意神的灵在我们身上的工作方式，我们就会成为灵性伪君子。我们看到别人失败的地方，我们的分辨力就会转化嘲笑和批评的评论，而不是转化为他们的代祷。神向我们揭示关于他人的真相，不是通过我们头脑的敏锐，而是通过祂的灵的直接穿透。如果我们不留心，我们将完全不知道神赐给我们分辨力的来源，变得批评人并忘记神说：「…就当为他祈求，神必将生命赐给他，给那些犯了不至于死的罪的人。」要小心，不要成为伪君子，在自己敬拜神之前花费所有时间试图让别人与神和好。
神给我们圣徒施加最微妙、最错觉负担之一的，就是对他人的分辨力。祂赐给我们分辨力，以至于我们能够在祂面前接受为那些灵魂负的责任，并形成基督关于他们的心思（见腓立比书2:5）。我们应该依照神所说祂会赐给我们的来代求，即「赐生命给犯了不至于死的罪的人。」并不是我们能够让神与我们的心思接触，而是我们唤醒自己到一定程度，就是神能够将祂关于我们所代祷的人的心思传达给我们。
耶稣基督能在我们身上看到祂灵魂的痛苦吗？祂不能，除非我们与祂如此紧密地认同合一，以至于我们对所代祷的人有着祂的观点。愿我们学习如此全心全意地代求，以至于耶稣基督对我们作为代祷者完全且无比满意。
来自章伯斯的智慧
如果你没有过信仰生活，要谨防对信仰生活做出任何裁决。《不知往何处去》
0331 Heedfulness or Hypocrisy in Ourselves?
If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin which does not lead to death, he will ask, and He will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death. —1 John 5:16
If we are not heedful and pay no attention to the way the Spirit of God works in us, we will become spiritual hypocrites. We see where other people are failing, and then we take our discernment and turn it into comments of ridicule and criticism, instead of turning it into intercession on their behalf. God reveals this truth about others to us not through the sharpness of our minds but through the direct penetration of His Spirit. If we are not attentive, we will be completely unaware of the source of the discernment God has given us, becoming critical of others and forgetting that God says, “…he will ask, and He will give him life for those who commit sin not leading to death.” Be careful that you don’t become a hypocrite by spending all your time trying to get others right with God before you worship Him yourself.
One of the most subtle and illusive burdens God ever places on us as saints is this burden of discernment concerning others. He gives us discernment so that we may accept the responsibility for those souls before Him and form the mind of Christ about them (see Philippians 2:5). We should intercede in accordance with what God says He will give us, namely, “life for those who commit sin not leading to death.” It is not that we are able to bring God into contact with our minds, but that we awaken ourselves to the point where God is able to convey His mind to us regarding the people for whom we intercede.
Can Jesus Christ see the agony of His soul in us? He can’t unless we are so closely identified with Him that we have His view concerning the people for whom we pray. May we learn to intercede so wholeheartedly that Jesus Christ will be completely and overwhelmingly satisfied with us as intercessors.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
Beware of pronouncing any verdict on the life of faith if you are not living it. –Not Knowing Whither, 900 R