徒二四16　我因此操练自己，对神对人常存无亏的良心。

　　结一22　活物的头以上有穹苍的样式，看着像可畏的水晶，铺张在活物的头以上。

　　我们基督徒必须对主维持一个清明的天。这意思是说，我们必须与主一直有清明的交通。我们与主之间，应当一无间隔。当我们与主之间一无间隔的时候，我们的天就明如水晶，我们的良心就是纯净而无亏的（徒二四16）。……有时候甚至一件小事，诸如对待配偶的态度不好，都会使我们的天阴翳不明。虽然可能对方是错的，但我们的态度也错了，于是我们就失去了喜乐与平安。而且，我们可能有一段时间没有膏油来祷告。我们的良心开始定罪我们，并搅扰我们。这就是失去了基督徒清明的天。……因我们失去了主的同在，至终只好服下来，认罪、道歉并求赦免。我们一这样作，“天气”立即改变；阴翳消逝，清明的天再现。

　　主的同在总是随着宝座的。主在哪里，祂的宝座也在哪里。祂的同在绝不能与祂的宝座分开。主的宝座是在第三层天，也在我们的灵里。因此，主的宝座一直与我们在一起。……因着我们是在宝座之下，我们不需要警察和法庭来管理我们（以西结书生命读经，一四一至一四三页）。

　　Acts 24:16 Because of this I also exercise myself to always have a conscience without offense toward God and men.

　　Ezek. 1:22 And over the heads of the living creature there was the likeness of an expanse, like the sight of awesome crystal, stretched forth over their heads above.

　　We Christians need to maintain a clear sky with the Lord. This means that we need always to have a clear fellowship with Him. We should have nothing between us and the Lord. When there is nothing between us and the Lord, our sky will be crystal clear, and our conscience will be pure, void of any offense (Acts 24:16).

　　Sometimes a small matter, such as a poor attitude toward our spouse, can cause us to have clouds in our sky. Perhaps the other party is wrong, but our attitude is also wrong, and we lose our joy and our peace. Also, we may have no anointing to pray for a period of time. Our conscience begins to condemn us and bother us. This is the loss of a clear Christian sky, the loss of a clear heaven....Because we have lost the Lord's presence, eventually we confess, apologize, and ask for forgiveness. As soon as we do this, the "weather" changes; the clouds disappear, and the clear sky returns.

　　The Lord's presence is always with the throne. Where the Lord is, there His throne is. His presence can never be separated from His throne. The Lord's throne is in the third heaven, but His throne is also in our spirit. Hence, the Lord's throne is with us all the time....Because we are under the throne, we do not need policemen and law courts to rule over us. (Life-study of Ezekiel, pp. 111-113)

　　在我们基督徒生活和召会生活中，如果天是清明的，那里就必定有宝座。……基督徒属灵经历最高的一步，就是在我们的穹苍中，在我们清明的天里，有宝座。有宝座，或达到宝座那里，乃是让神在我们基督徒生活中有最高、最优先的地位。神在我们里面有宝座，意思就是神在我们里面有地位掌权。因此，在我们属灵经历中达到宝座，意思就是在凡事上完全服从神的权柄和行政。

　　我们的穹苍越清明，我们就越在宝座之下。我们越与主有清明的交通，我们就越在祂的权柄之下。我们必须问自己：在我们基督徒的生活中，是否有宝座？我们若有清明的天以上的宝座，就是蒙了大祝福，我们该为这祝福敬拜主。

　　我们若在清明的天底下，其上有宝座，我们身上就有真正的权柄。没有什么反对或逼迫能击败我们、动摇我们，因为天和宝座都与我们同在。在我们以上的天若是清明的，并且有宝座与我们同在，我们就有权柄和分量。……有一次〔一位在中国的女教士〕乘船出外，船被海盗劫持了几天之久。……她……对那头目说，现在天气这样热，把船客都赶到舱房里，他们怎么受得住？她也告诉他说，该注重船上的卫生。海盗头目听从她的话，命令他的手下把船上打扫干净。一个凶横的海盗头目，服在这位女教士的权柄之下，因为她自己是服在神的权下。

　　神要把我们带上宝座，因为撒但背叛了宝座（赛十四）。……神在宇宙中所面对的最大难处，乃是祂的宝座遭到背叛权势的反对和攻击。神的宝座是绝对的，但祂的造物之一背叛了，想要高举自己的座位与神的宝座同等〔12~14〕。……从撒但背叛直到如今，在宇宙中在权柄的事上就起了分争。地上所发生的事，大多是撒但对抗神宝座的表显。要紧的问题乃是：真正在地上掌权的是谁—是神还是撒但？（以西结书生命读经，一四三至一四五、一四八至一四九、一六○页）。

　　参读：以西结书生命读经，第十至十二篇。

　　In our Christian life and in our church life, if the sky is clear, the throne will be there.

　　The highest step in the spiritual experience of a Christian is to have the throne in our firmament, in our clear sky. To have the throne, or to arrive at the throne, is to allow God to have the highest and most prominent position in our Christian life. For God to have the throne in us means that He has the position to reign in us. Therefore, to reach the throne in our spiritual experience means that in everything we are completely submissive to God's authority and administration.

　　The clearer our firmament is, the more we are under the throne. The more we have clear fellowship with the Lord, the more we will be under His authority. We need to ask ourselves if there is a throne in our Christian life. If we have the throne above the clear sky, we are greatly blessed, and we should worship God for this blessing.

　　If we are under a clear sky with the throne above it, the genuine authority will be with us. No opposition or persecution will be able to defeat us or shake us because heaven and the throne are with us. If the sky above us is clear and the throne is with us, we will have the authority and the weight.

　　One day a boat on which [a female missionary in China] was traveling was seized by pirates, who retained control of the vessel for several days....She told the leader of the pirates that it was too hot to confine the passengers to their rooms. She also told him that he should be responsible for cleaning the boat. The leader of the pirates obeyed her and told his men to clean the boat. A ferocious pirate leader came under the authority of this missionary because she herself was under the throne.

　　God desires to bring us to the throne because of the rebellion of Satan against God's throne (Isa. 14)....The greatest difficulty God faces in the universe is that His throne has been opposed and attacked by rebel forces. God's throne is absolute, but one of His creatures has rebelled and seeks to exalt his throne to be equal with that of God [vv. 12-14]....From the time of Satan's rebellion until now, there has been a dispute in the universe regarding authority. Much of what is happening on earth is an expression of Satan's resistance to God's throne. The crucial question is this: Who is actually reigning on earth—God or Satan? (Life-study of Ezekiel, pp. 113-114, 117-118, 127-128)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Ezekiel, msgs. 10-12