3月23日 是體貼肉體嗎？

你們中間有嫉妒、紛爭，這豈不是屬乎肉體？（林前三3）

未重生的人根本不知何為肉體。人重生之後，肉體與聖靈相爭，聖靈與肉體相爭，結果就產生了“肉欲”的問題。保羅說：“在聖靈裡行事，就不放縱肉體的情欲。” 如此，肉欲就消失了。

你是否好爭論？易被瑣事煩惱？“不，信徒不會如此！”保羅卻說會。他把這些事與肉體連在一起。在聖經真理中，有哪一項容易引起你的怒氣？這便證明你仍然屬肉體。若成聖的工夫作成了，這種狀態就不復存在。

聖靈若發現你裡面有任何錯處，並不叫你去糾正；乃是要你接受那光照，然後他才去糾正。光明的子女會立即認罪，赤露敞開地站在神面前。黑暗之子卻說：“噢，我可以自圓其說開脫出去的。”所以，一旦光照來了，就要做光明之子，真知道有錯，要向神認罪，神自會對付那罪；你若為自己辯護，就仍是黑暗之子。

怎樣證明肉欲已經消失了？不要自欺，肉欲一旦克服了，是最真實不過的事。神會讓你有無數的機會，去證實他在你身上的奇恩。實際的考驗是唯一的證據。你會說：“奇怪得很，若在從前，這件事必叫我懷恨在心！”神在你裡面所作的改變，會令你畢生驚訝，沒齒難忘。

祈禱◆噢，主啊，你的道路何等奇妙！當我回顧你帶領我走過的道路，和你的耐心等待，我便在驚歎、愛意和讚美中渾然忘我。

March 23 Am I Carnally Minded?

“Whereas there is among you jealousy and strife, are ye not carnal?” 1 Corinthians 3:3

No natural man knows anything about carnality. The flesh lusting against the Spirit that came in at regeneration, and the Spirit lusting against the flesh, produces carnality. “Walk in the Spirit,” says Paul, “and ye shall not fulfil the lusts of the flesh”; and carnality will disappear.

Are you contentious, easily troubled about trifles? “Oh, but no one who is a Christian ever is!” Paul says they are, he connects these things with carnality. Is there a truth in the Bible that instantly awakens petulance in you? That is a proof that you are yet carnal. If sanctification is being worked out, there is no trace of that spirit left.

If the Spirit of God detects anything in you that is wrong, He does not ask you to put it right; He asks you to accept the light, and He will put it right. A child of the light confesses instantly and stands bared before God; a child of the darkness says – “Oh, I can explain that away.” When once the light breaks and the conviction of wrong comes, be a child of the light, and confess, and God will deal with what is wrong; if you vindicate yourself, you prove yourself to be a child of the darkness.

What is the proof that carnality has gone? Never deceive yourself; when carnality is gone it is the most real thing imaginable. God will see that you have any number of opportunities to prove to yourself the marvel of His grace. The practical test is the only proof. “Why,” you say, “if this had happened before, there would have been the spirit of resentment!” You will never cease to be the most amazed person on earth at what God has done for you on the inside.