合理的祭司事奉
将我们自己献给神当作活祭，是我们合理的事奉。以上所题的“献”和“祭”指明，“合理的事奉”是祭司的事奉。我们若有清明的心思，我们若要成为合理、公平、合逻辑的，我们的确必须有教会生活。不喜欢教会生活的人是最愚昧的人。实行教会生活以外的任何事都是愚昧的，但为着教会生活放下一切却是合逻辑、合理的。没有甚么比过教会更合理。在属世的东西或消遣上花两元是愚昧的，但在教会生活上花两百万元是合理的。倘若我有一百条性命，我愿全数为着教会生活献上。然而，我甚至不愿将我生命的最小部分献给属世的事物，因为那样作是愚昧的。将我们自己献给教会生活，是何等合理的事奉！我每当我想到教会，我就兴奋。每次我想到教会生活，想到我为着教会生活的职事，我就在诸天之上。这是何等合理的事奉！
保罗开始说到教会生活，就恳求信徒将身体献上，因为就着人说，没有甚么比我们的身体更真实、更实际。你的身体若不在教会生活里，请不要说你自己多么为着教会生活。在已往的年间，许多人曾对我说，“弟兄，我与你站在一起。因为我事业的负担很重，我无法在教会生活里，但我与你所作的是一。”也有的人曾说，“我太累了，不能参加聚会。你去聚会，我留在家里，为你祷告。我身体无法去聚会，因为我很累，但我的心和灵会与你同在那里。”这些话说来很好听，却是欺骗。我们必须领悟，我们是在我们的身体里。我们的身体在那里，我们就在那里。假定所有的圣徒都说他们太累，不能参加聚会。聚会将会如何？因此，保罗恳求弟兄们将身体献上。你若对主的定旨认真，就需要将身体献上。
你来聚会，即使大部分的时间在睡觉，也是好的。来聚会睡觉比根本不来好。你也许参加聚会，除了最后几分钟以外，都在睡觉；但可能就在最后五分钟，你会受感动，并得着很大的帮助。我很清楚好些例子，就是有这事发生。
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Pleasing God – By Presenting Our Bodies (2) — Rom 12:1
A Priestly Service Which is Most Reasonable
To offer ourselves to God as a living sacrifice is our most reasonable service. The words “present” and “sacrifice” mentioned above indicate that the “reasonable service” is a priestly service. If we have a sober mind and if we intend to be reasonable, fair and logical, then we certainly must have the church life. People who do not like to have the church life are the most foolish of people. To practice anything other than the church life is foolish, but to give up everything for the church life is logical and reasonable. Nothing is more reasonable than churching. To spend two dollars on a worldly item or amusement is foolish, but to spend two million dollars on the church life is reasonable. If I had a hundred lives, I would give them all for the church life. However, I would not give even the smallest fraction of my life to the worldly things, for to do that would be stupid. What a reasonable service it is to give ourselves to the church life! Every time I think about the church life and about my ministry for the church life I am in the heavens. What a reasonable service it is!
When Paul began to speak about the church life, he implored the believers to present their bodies because as human beings nothing is more real and practical than our body. If your body is not in the church life, please do not say how much you yourself are for the church life. In the past years many people have said to me, “Brother, I stand with you. Because the burden of my business is so heavy I cannot be in the church life, but I am one with what you are doing”. Others have said, “I’m too tired to attend the meeting. You go to the meeting and I’ll stay home and pray for you. I can’t go to the meeting physically because I’m so tired, but my heart and spirit will be there with you”. These words sound pleasant but they are a deceit. We must realize that we are in our bodies. Where our bodies are, we are. Suppose that all the saints should say that they are too tired to attend the meeting. What would happen to the meeting? Thus, Paul begged the brothers to present their bodies. If you mean business for the Lord’s purpose, you need to present your body.
It is good for you to come to the meeting even if you sleep through most of it. It is better to come to a meeting and sleep than not to come at all. You may attend a meeting and sleep through it all except for the last few minutes. Perhaps during the last five minutes you will be inspired and receive a great help. I am familiar with a number of cases in which this has happened.