我们看看一个刚得救年轻人的例子。他得救之前，完全在鬼的原则之下。他全人的每一部分都是背叛神的。但有一天主耶稣进到他里面。他越说，“阿利路亚，”并且越祷读主的话，主耶稣就越在他里面扩展。他越喊，“哦，主耶稣！”主就在他里面占有越多的地位。当他呼求主、赞美主，主就在他里面扩展。
然而，许多时候主耶稣无法通过。主不能透入他的头脑、他的思想。他的观念是坚固的营垒，主耶稣无法通过。他这人有一部分是在主耶稣的管治之下，但别的部分却是坚固的营垒，抵挡祂的管治。这是背叛，是在鬼的原则之下。
如果主耶稣试过几次，不能透过这营垒，这年轻人就会失去祷告、读经、和呼求主名的胃口。如果祂试了，不能通过，祂就等候。也许两周、两个月、甚至两年后，祂要再试一次。也许这位年轻的弟兄至终从另一位弟兄得到帮助，重新被挑旺起来为着主。因着主耶稣不会放过任何问题，祂要再一次摸着这个旧营垒；但这次这位弟兄学了功课，他立刻向主屈服说，“主啊，阿们。”主耶稣就通过了，得着了更多的扩展。这意思是说，祂在这位年轻弟兄里面更长大，并且在他里面占有更多地位。这长大就是神国在他里面渐渐的来临。
至终，他里面所有的部分─心思、情感和意志─都要完全被主耶稣浸透。换句话说，祂完全在这位弟兄里面长大了。就一面意义说，祂已经在这位弟兄里面达到收割的阶段。他是预备好且成熟的，就像那五个聪明童女（太二五）中的一个。如果许多寻求主的基督徒像这样，国度完全的实现就会来临。
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The Kingdom of God (1) — 2 Cor. 10:4-5
Let’s take a look at an example of a young man who just got saved. Before he was saved, he was completely under the principle of demons. Every part of his being was in rebellion against God. But one day the Lord Jesus came into him. The more he said Hallelujah and the more he prayed-read the word of the Lord, the more the Lord Jesus would expand in him. The more he shouted “Oh, Lord Jesus!”, the more the Lord occupied him. When he called upon the Lord’s name and praised the Lord, then the Lord expanded within him.
However, many times the Lord Jesus cannot get through him. The Lord has no way to penetrate his mind and his thoughts. His concepts are strongholds through which the Lord Jesus cannot pass. Part of his person is under the ruling of the Lord Jesus, but other parts are strongholds that resist his ruling. This is a rebellion and is under the principles of devils.
If the Lord Jesus cannot get through these strongholds after trying several times, the young man will lose his appetite for praying, reading the Bible and calling on the name of the Lord. But the Lord will wait for him, maybe in two weeks, two months or even two years, then he will try again. Perhaps this young brother eventually receives help from another brother and is stirred up for the Lord again. Because the Lord Jesus will not let go of any problem, he will touch the old strongholds within this young man again. But this time the yoing brother learned the lesson, and he immediately surrendered to the Lord and said, “Lord, Amen!” The Lord Jesus passes through him and expands more in him, which means he grows more in this young brother and occupies more of him. This growth is a gradual coming of the kingdom of God within him.
Eventually, all parts of his being – mind, emotion and will – will be fully saturated by the Lord Jesus. In other words, he has fully grown within this young brother. In a sense, he has reached the stage of harvest within this brother, who is ready and mature, like the five wise virgins (Matt. 25). If many Christians seeking the Lord were like this, the full realization of the kingdom would come.