提后四7~8　那美好的仗我已经打过了，当跑的赛程我已经跑尽了，当守的信仰我已经守住了；从此以后，有公义的冠冕为我存留，就是主，那公义的审判者，在那日要赏赐我的；不但赏赐我，也赏赐凡爱祂显现的人。

　　主的名一在〔一个得救的人〕身上，主的权柄也来了。主的权柄一临到他身上，撒但的权柄就除去了。所以认真地说，传福音带人得救，带人归主，就是一种属灵的争战。……再比方造就圣徒，这也是争战。因为造就圣徒，就是要把圣徒从撒但借着罪，借着世界，借着肉体，并借着一切与旧造有关系之事的掌权里面救出来，叫他们更多脱离撒但黑暗的权势，更多认识主的名，更多让主在他们身上掌权，也就是更多让神的国临到他们身上（生命的经历，四三八至四三九页）。

　　2 Tim. 4:7-8 I have fought the good fight; I have finished the course; I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, with which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will recompense me in that day, and not only me but also all those who have loved His appearing.

　　Once the name of the Lord is upon [a saved person], the authority of the Lord follows. Once the authority of the Lord comes upon him, Satan's authority is removed. Therefore, strictly speaking, preaching the gospel, bringing salvation to men, and leading them to the Lord is a kind of spiritual warfare.

　　Edifying the saints is also a matter of spiritual warfare. To edify the saints is to deliver them from the rule of Satan, that is, from sins, the world, the flesh, and everything relating to the old creation, all of which are used by Satan to rule over man. Thus, they will be further delivered from the satanic power of darkness, they will know the name of the Lord more deeply, and they will allow the Lord to increase His reign in them and thereby let the kingdom of God come more fully upon them. (CWWL, 1953, vol. 3, pp. 522-523)

　　林后十章三至五节说，“因为我们虽然在肉体中行事，却不照着肉体争战。我们争战的兵器，本不是属肉体的，乃是在神面前有能力，可以攻倒坚固的营垒，将理论和各样阻挡人认识神而立起的高寨，都攻倒了，又将各样的思想掳来，使它顺从基督。”这些话也给我们看见，一个基督徒虽然得救了，他里面的心思意念，可能有相当成分还是撒但坚固的营垒，他许多思想、观念，可能还是撒但所霸占的据点。所以使徒造就圣徒，就是要借着争战，把撒但在圣徒里面这些营垒、据点，一一攻破，将他们的心思意念，都掳来顺从基督。因此，造就圣徒也是一种属灵的争战。

　　不只如此，连治理召会也是争战。因为治理召会，也是要使召会更脱离黑暗的权势，更让神在召会中得着地位掌权，更让神的名在召会中被高举，更让神的旨意通行在召会中，更叫神的荣耀在召会中得着彰显，所以也是一种争战。……就是我们所有的祷告，无论是为着个人，或是为着家庭，或是为着召会的复兴，无论是哪一方面，都是为着要叫我们脱离黑暗的权势，所以也都是争战。

　　我们的眼睛若是被神开启，就要看见，我们整个事奉主的工作，它的性质都是争战的。我们所作的属灵工作，无论是叫人脱离罪，脱离世界，甚或脱离疾病，脱离难处，那终极目的总是要把人从撒但权下夺过来，把撒但黑暗的权势从人身上赶出去，而叫人能给神得着，并且给神得着更多，好让神的名能在人身上被分别为圣，神的国能达到人身上，神的旨意能通行在人身上，以致神的荣耀能彰显在人身上。所以这一切工作的性质，都是属灵的争战（生命的经历，四三九至四四○页）。

　　有赏赐或报酬赐给作祭司的亚伦和他的子孙（民十八8~20），以及服事的利未人（21~32）。这赏赐（31）完全是基督。祭司和利未人的分没有别的，只有基督。基督是他们的家、他们的产业、他们的地土、他们的衣物、他们的食物和他们的一切。

　　如今在新约里，利未人的事奉与祭司的职任合而为一。祭司与祭司的仆人没有分别。这就是说，在基督里的信徒既是祭司，又是事奉的利未人。我们作祭司和利未人事奉的唯一赏赐、唯一报酬，乃是基督（民数记生命读经，二○九至二一○页）。

　　参读：民数记生命读经，第二十六至二十七篇。

　　Second Corinthians 10:3-5 says, "Though we walk in flesh, we do not war according to flesh; for the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly but powerful before God for the overthrowing of strongholds, as we overthrow reasonings and every high thing rising up against the knowledge of God, and take captive every thought unto the obedience of Christ." This word shows us that even after a Christian is saved, it is possible that a large portion of his mind and thoughts remains the stronghold of Satan, and many of his ideas and concepts still serve as the base usurped by Satan. Therefore, when the apostles edify the saints, their purpose is to cast down through warfare all the strongholds and bases of Satan in the saints and eventually bring their thoughts into captivity unto the obedience of Christ. Hence, edifying the saints is also a kind of spiritual warfare.

　　Moreover, even administering the church is a warfare. The purpose of administering the church is to deliver the church out of the power of darkness, to let God gain the place of rule in the church, to let the name of God be exalted in the church, to let His will be done in the church, and to let the glory of God be increasingly manifested in the church. Hence, administering the church is also a kind of warfare.

　　Even all our prayers, whether they be for ourselves, for our family, for the revival of the church, or for anything else, are for the purpose of delivering us out of the satanic power of darkness; hence, they are also a kind of warfare.

　　If our eyes have been opened by the Lord, we will see that the nature of our work in serving the Lord is that of warfare. All our spiritual work, whether it be delivering men from sin, from the world, from illness, or from problems, has an ultimate goal: to rescue men out of the power of Satan and drive out the satanic power of darkness from within men so that men might be gained even more by God. Thus, God's name will be sanctified in men, God's kingdom will reach unto men, His will shall be done in men, and thereby His glory will be manifested upon men. Therefore, the nature of all this work is that of spiritual warfare. (CWWL, 1953, vol. 3, "The Experience of Life," pp. 523-524)

　　A reward, or compensation, was given to Aaron and his sons as the priests...and to the serving Levites (Num. 18:8-32). This reward (v. 31) was altogether Christ. The priests and the Levites had no portion other than Christ. Christ was their house, their inheritance, their land, their clothing, their food, and their everything.

　　Today, in the New Testament, the Levitical service is combined with the priesthood. There is no difference between the priests and the servants of the priests. This means that the believers in Christ are both the priests and the serving Levites. The only reward, the only compensation, for our priestly and Levitical service is Christ. (Life-study of Numbers, pp. 190-191)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Numbers, msgs. 26-27