分散居住
人第四次堕落的第一个结果,乃是人类不能再集居一地,而被分散各地居住(创十一8-9)。分散就是分裂。然而我们不是分裂。我们是一的。我们盼望来年有更多的教会兴起。但那不是分散;那是美妙的扩展。教会不是要分散,乃是要扩展。
变乱言语
人第四次堕落的结果,第二是人的言语被变乱了,不能再说同样的言语(创十一7,9)。在巴别,人的言语被变乱、混乱了。言语是我们观念的发表和表达。在教会中我们不该有不同的说话,因为在教会中我们应该只有一个心思。在罗马十五章五至六节,林前一章十节及腓立比二章二节,使徒保罗劝信徒要有一样的心思。我们只有一个心思。
咒诅的结果总是混乱。如果在这里的教会中,有不同的思想和意见,那就表示咒诅已经临到我们了。神所命定永远生命的福是降在合一之上(诗一三三3)。在教会生活中我们必须儆醒,不说不同的事。不要表现你的聪明或机警,不要显露你比别人更好,更高。罗马十五章五至六节甚至说,要同心合意,用同一的口。教会该只有一个口,因为教会是一个身体。
今天基督教这么多的难处,就是因为有千万不同的心思。今天的基督教几乎没有手和脚;只有很多的心思和口。我听不到别的话,只听到:“那个我不同意,”或“这个我不以为然,”或“这个我不喜欢。”是所谓的基督教中可怜的光景。
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The Result of Fourth Fall – Gen. 11:8-9
Scattered to Live
The first result of man’s fourth fall was that mankind could no longer dwell together in one place but was scattered to live in various places (Gen. 11:8-9). Scattering is division. However, we are not divided. We are one. We hope that in the coming year, more churches will be raised up. But that is not scattering; that is a wonderful spreading. The church is not to be scattered (divided), but is to spread.
Confusion of Language
The second result of man’s fourth fall was that man’s language was confused, and they could no longer speak the same language (Gen. 11:7, 9). At Babel, human language was confounded and confused. Language is the expression and utterance of our concepts. In the church, we should not have different speaking, because in the church we should have only one mind. In Romans 15:5-6, 1 Corinthians 1:10 and Philippians 2:2, the Apostle Paul exhorted the believers to have the same mind. We only have one mind.
The result of the curse is always confusion. If there are different thoughts and opinions in the church here, it indicates that the curse has come upon us. The blessing of eternal life ordained by God comes down upon the oneness (Psa. 133:3). In the church life, we have to be watchful not to speak different things. Do not display your cleverness or shrewdness; do not show that you are better or higher than others. Romans 15:5-6 even says to be of one accord and with one mouth. The church should have only one mouth because the church is one Body.
So many difficulties in Christianity today exist because there are thousands of different minds. Today’s Christianity has almost no hands or feet; it only has many minds and mouths. I do not hear other words, I only hear: “I don’t agree with that”, or “I don’t think so”, or “I don’t like this”. This is the pitiful condition in so-called Christianity.