0908 自己要做（1）
…將各樣的計謀，各樣攔阻人認識神的那些自高之事，一概攻破了…《哥林多後書 10:5》
決心攻破某事物。從罪中得拯救並不等於從人性中得拯救。人性中有些東西，比如偏見，聖徒只能通過純粹的忽視來摧毀它。但還有其他一些東西必須通過猛力來摧毀，即通過神的靈所賦予的神聖力量來摧毀。有些東西我們不必要去爭戰，而單單需要「…靜默站住，看耶和華…所要施行的救恩。」（見出埃及記 14:13）。但是，每個自高「攔阻人認識神」的堅固營壘的理論或思想，都必須下定決心依靠神的能力，而不是通過人為努力或妥協來摧毀。（見哥林多後書10:4）
只有當神轉化了我們的本性，並且我們進入了成聖的經歷，爭戰才開始。這場爭戰不是對抗罪惡；我們永遠無法與罪鬥爭——耶穌基督在救贖我們中已經戰勝了罪。這衝突是在於將我們的天然生命轉變為屬靈生命；這從來就不容易，神也無意讓它如此輕易，它只能通過一連串的道德選擇來完成。神不是以使我們品格聖潔的意思來使我們聖潔；祂是以使我們在祂面前成為無罪的意思來使我們聖潔。然後，我們必須通過我們做出的道德選擇，將那個無罪轉變為聖潔的品格。這些選擇不斷地反對和敵視我們天然生命中已經變得如此根深蒂固的事物——這些事物正是提高本身到「攔阻人認識神」的堅固營壘。我們可以要麼回頭，讓自己對神國毫無價值，要麼我們可以堅決摧毀這些東西，讓耶穌領另一個兒子進榮耀里去（見希伯來書2:10）。
來自章伯斯的智慧
如果你沒有過信仰生活，要謹防對信仰生活做出任何裁決。《不知往何處去》
0908 Do It Yourself (1)
…casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God… —2 Corinthians 10:5
Determinedly Demolish Some Things. Deliverance from sin is not the same as deliverance from human nature. There are things in human nature, such as prejudices, that the saint can only destroy through sheer neglect. But there are other things that have to be destroyed through violence, that is, through God’s divine strength imparted by His Spirit. There are some things over which we are not to fight, but only to “stand still, and see the salvation of the Lord…” (see Exodus 14:13). But every theory or thought that raises itself up as a fortified barrier “against the knowledge of God” is to be determinedly demolished by drawing on God’s power, not through human effort or by compromise (see 2 Corinthians 10:4).
It is only when God has transformed our nature and we have entered into the experience of sanctification that the fight begins. The warfare is not against sin; we can never fight against sin— Jesus Christ conquered that in His redemption of us. The conflict is waged over turning our natural life into a spiritual life. This is never done easily, nor does God intend that it be so. It is accomplished only through a series of moral choices. God does not make us holy in the sense that He makes our character holy. He makes us holy in the sense that He has made us innocent before Him. And then we have to turn that innocence into holy character through the moral choices we make. These choices are continually opposed and hostile to the things of our natural life which have become so deeply entrenched— the very things that raise themselves up as fortified barriers “against the knowledge of God.” We can either turn back, making ourselves of no value to the kingdom of God, or we can determinedly demolish these things, allowing Jesus to bring another son to glory (see Hebrews 2:10).
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