聖靈與我們的心同證…《羅馬書 8:16》
當我們到神面前，我們有與神討價還價之心的危險，那就是我們想要聖靈的見證，在做我們遵行神吩咐我們去做的事之前。
神為什麼不向你顯現祂自己？祂不能。不是祂不願，而是祂不能，因為你擋在路上——只要你還不捨棄自己，完全降服於神。然而，一旦你降服了，神就會立即對自己作見證——祂不能向你見證，但祂會立即在你裡面見證祂自己的本性。若在現實來自順服的真理之前，你先領受了聖靈的見證，那隻會導致感情用事。但當你在救贖的基礎上行動，停止與神爭辯的不敬行為時，祂就會立即給出祂的見證。一旦你捨棄自己的推理和爭辯，神就會見證祂所做的一切，你會驚訝於自己讓祂苦等的全然不敬。如果你在爭論神是否能救你脫離罪惡，那就讓祂去做，要不然就告訴祂說祂沒有能力。不要向祂引用這個或那個人的話。只要順服馬太福音11:28, 「凡勞苦擔重擔的人，可以到我這裡來。」如果你疲倦了，就來吧；如果你知道自己是邪惡的，就求吧。（見路加福音11:9-13）。
神的靈見證我們主的救贖，不見證其他的。祂不能見證我們的理智。我們傾向於錯把來自我們天然常識性決定的簡單性，誤為是聖靈的見證，但聖靈只見證祂自己的本性和救贖的工作，絕不見證我們的理智。如果我們試圖讓祂見證我們的理智，難怪我們在是黑暗和不確定中。拋開這一切，信靠祂，祂會賜你聖靈的見證。
來自章伯斯的智慧
如果我們要在人們中間熟練地運用神的話語，我們就必須與人保持聯繫，而不是與理論保持聯繫，並且永不脫離與人的接觸。《神的工人》
1022 The Witness of the Spirit
The Spirit Himself bears witness with our spirit… —Romans 8:16
We are in danger of getting into a bargaining spirit with God when we come to Him— we want the witness of the Spirit before we have done what God tells us to do.
Why doesn’t God reveal Himself to you? He cannot. It is not that He will not, but He cannot, because you are in the way as long as you won’t abandon yourself to Him in total surrender. Yet once you do, immediately God witnesses to Himself— He cannot witness to you, but He instantly witnesses to His own nature in you. If you received the witness of the Spirit before the reality and truth that comes from obedience, it would simply result in sentimental emotion. But when you act on the basis of redemption, and stop the disrespectfulness of debating with God, He immediately gives His witness. As soon as you abandon your own reasoning and arguing, God witnesses to what He has done, and you are amazed at your total disrespect in having kept Him waiting. If you are debating as to whether or not God can deliver from sin, then either let Him do it or tell Him that He cannot. Do not quote this or that person to Him. Simply obey Matthew 11:28, “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden….” Come, if you are weary, and ask, if you know you are evil (see Luke 11:9-13).
The Spirit of God witnesses to the redemption of our Lord, and to nothing else. He cannot witness to our reason. We are inclined to mistake the simplicity that comes from our natural commonsense decisions for the witness of the Spirit, but the Spirit witnesses only to His own nature, and to the work of redemption, never to our reason. If we are trying to make Him witness to our reason, it is no wonder that we are in darkness and uncertainty. Throw it all overboard, trust in Him, and He will give you the witness of the Spirit.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
We must keep ourselves in touch, not with theories, but with people, and never get out of touch with human beings, if we are going to use the word of God skilfully amongst them. Workmen of God, 1341 L