许多人所以不能看见光,是因为眼睛不纯一;眼睛所以不纯一,是因为他们在神面前没有奉献。甚么叫作奉献?奉献的意思是我单单要事奉耶和华。一个人不能事奉两个主。他不是重这个,就是轻那个;不是恶这个,就是爱那个;不能两个都事奉得好,总没有法子维持平均。谁也不能一面事奉主,一面事奉玛门。所有事奉两个主的人,迟早会发现:到结果必定是爱一个,恶一个。若不是彻底奉献给主,就是完全事奉玛门。主说,眼睛要纯一,意思就是事奉要纯一,奉献要纯一。人的眼睛的纯一,就是表明人的奉献纯一。
求神给我们看见这个基本的原则:我们如果要读圣经,要明白圣经的教训,要得着圣经里面的启示,我们在主面前就有一个责任,就是绝对完全的奉献给主。这样,我们才能看见圣经里面的光。我们的奉献一出事情,我们的看见就出事情。我们的看见如果出问题,必定是我们的奉献出了问题。我们必须彻底的认识:一个人不能事奉两个主。
这另外一个主的名字是叫作玛门。玛门所代表的,就是财利。多少圣经的光,受了玛门的亏;多少人因着玛门而看不见圣经的光。有些人所以看不见圣经的真理,乃是因为在神之外有一个财利问题,乃是因为不肯放弃自己对于财利的追求,乃是因为真理与个人的利益发生了冲突。人若能把个人的得失放在一边,不顾及代价,只要真理,自然而然圣经就能读得很清楚了。不少人因为玛门的问题没有解决,就委屈了圣经的教训。基督徒如果都能根本解决玛门的问题,就顺服神的人不知道要增加多少。所以我们要在神面前受警告,甚么时候一不小心,只要稍为顾一点自己的私利,神的光就立刻会被蒙蔽。要看见光,就不可事奉玛门。我们不能有两个利益;不能有神的利益,又有个人的利益。我们只能考虑一个利益,只能顾到神的利益。眼睛纯一的人才能读圣经。
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The Eyes Must Be Single (2) — Matt. 6:22
Many people cannot see the light because their eyes are not single; and their eyes are not single because they have not consecrated themselves before God. What does it mean to be consecrated? Consecration means that I desire to serve the Lord alone. A person cannot serve two masters. He will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the other; he cannot serve both equally. No one can serve the Lord on one hand and serve Mammon on the other. All who try to serve two masters will sooner or later discover this: in the end, they will surely love one and hate the other. If a person is not wholly consecrated to the Lord, then he is entirely serving Mammon. When the Lord says that the eye must be single, He means that our service must be single, and our consecration must be single. The singleness of a person’s eye indicates the singleness of his consecration.
May God show us this fundamental principle: if we desire to read the Bible, to understand its teachings and to receive revelation from it, we have a responsibility before the Lord — to be absolutely and completely consecrated to Him. Only then can we see the light within the Scriptures. When there is a problem with our consecration, there will be a problem with our seeing. Whenever our spiritual sight becomes dim, it surely means our consecration has faltered. We have to fully understand that one cannot serve two masters.
The name of the other master is Mammon. Mammon represents wealth. How much of the light of the Bible has been marred by Mammon; how many people are blinded by the light of the Bible because of Mammon. Some cannot see the truth of the Bible because they prioritize wealth over God, because they refuse to give up their pursuit of wealth, and because truth conflicts with personal gain. If people can set aside personal gains and losses, regardless of cost, and simply seek the truth, they will naturally be able to read the Bible clearly. Many people, because they haven’t resolved the issue of Mammon, have neglected the teachings of the Bible. If Christians could fundamentally resolve the issue of Mammon, the number of people who would obey God would increase immensely. Therefore, we have to be warned before God. If we are not careful and even care about our own selfish interests, God’s light will be immediately obscured. If we want to see the light, we must not serve Mammon. We cannot have two interests: God’s interests and our own interests. We can only consider one interest, and that is God’s interests. Only those with pure eyes can read the Bible.