太十六23~25　祂却转过来，对彼得说，撒但，退我后面去吧！你是绊跌我的，因为你不思念神的事，只思念人的事。于是耶稣对门徒说，若有人要跟从我，就当否认己，背起他的十字架，并跟从我。因为凡要救自己魂生命的，必丧失魂生命；凡为我丧失自己魂生命的，必得着魂生命。

　　从整个历史来看，召会主要不是被犹太教或智慧派破坏，主要是被己破坏。路德马丁曾说过，虽然他惧怕罗马教皇，但他更惧怕在他自己心里更强的教皇，就是己。没有什么比己更破坏并拦阻召会的建造。己是魂的具体化，魂是借着心思彰显出来。因此，己、魂和心思乃是三而一的。在这三者的背后，乃是撒但，他操纵己以破坏召会生活。我们都需要为自己留意这些话（CWWL一九七八年第一册，八六页）。

　　Matt. 16:23- 25 But He turned and said to Peter, Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of men. Then Jesus said to His disciples, If anyone wants to come after Me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me. For whoever wants to save his soul-life shall lose it; but whoever loses his soul-life for My sake shall find it.

　　Throughout history the church has not been damaged mainly by Judaism or Gnosticism; it has been damaged mainly by the self. Martin Luther once said that although he was afraid of the pope, he was more afraid of the stronger pope, the self, within his own heart. Nothing damages and frustrates the building up of the church more than the self. Self is the embodiment of the soul, which is expressed through the mind. Thus the self, the soul, and the mind are three-in-one. Behind these three is Satan, who manipulates the self in order to damage the church life. We all need to heed this word for ourselves. (CWWL, 1978, vol. 1, “The Exercise of the Kingdom for the Building of the Church,” p. 71)

　　我们需要接受主的怜悯，把所有的圣徒当作我们的弟兄姊妹，而不把任何一位当作我们的朋友。为着召会生活中主的建造，每一件天然的事都必须被拔出。不应该有天然的情感、关系或感觉。反之，我们都必须惧怕天然的情感并且避开。每当一位弟兄用天然的情感爱我，我就害怕。那就是我使用钥匙来否认己的时候。我要锁住我的己并避开那位弟兄的情感。无论什么时候，当你发现你在喂养一个弟兄的己，并且他也在喂养你的己，你就必须运用这把钥匙来关锁己的门。假如你不锁住己，撒但就会从己的门出来（CWWL一九七八年第一册，八九至九○页）。

　　在创世记三章一节下半〔撒但〕问女人：“神岂是真说，你们不可吃园中所有树上的果子么？”这是放在夏娃心思里的问题，这问题激起她怀疑的心思。这是我们必须强调的重点。撒但总是借着摸着人怀疑的心思而就近人。这里撒但询问关于神的事，毫无疑问，这询问唤起夏娃的心思。

　　撒但不是仅仅来摸着她的心思，至终撒但乃是使人的心思怀疑神的话〔4〕。那就是说，蛇毒进到女人的心思里，因为撒但的话进入她里面。话进入，意思就是说话者进入。因此，人的心思被毒害，受了污染。

　　撒但也激动人的情感憎恶神。这由五节证明，撒但对夏娃说，“因为神知道，你们吃的日子眼睛就开了，你们便如神知道善恶。”这话是邪恶的话，激动夏娃的情感憎恶神。夏娃可能觉得，神留下一些好东西不给她。这是仇敌的狡猾，毒害人的情感。

　　撒但引诱人的意志拣选知识树。在五节撒但说话以后，六节说，“于是女人见那棵树的果子好作食物，也悦人的眼目，且是可喜爱的，能使人有智慧，就摘下果子来吃了。”这是引诱人的意志，使人定意有分于善恶知识树。

　　这时，撒但污染了整个人的魂：心思、情感和意志。心思中毒，情感中毒，意志也中毒；因此，整个魂受了污染（CWWL一九七九年第一册，六六七至六六九页）。

　　参读：国度的操练为着教会的建造，第三篇；生命的基本功课，第四课。

　　We need to receive the mercy of the Lord to regard all the saints as our brothers and sisters but none as our friends. For the Lord's building in the church life, everything natural must be extracted. There should be no natural affection, relationship, or feeling. Rather, we all must be fearful of natural affection and shun it. Whenever a brother loves me in a naturally affectionate way, I am frightened. That is the time for me to exercise the key to deny the self. I will lock myself and avoid that brother's affection. Whenever you discover that you are feeding a brother's self and that he is feeding yours, you must use the key to lock the gate of the self. If you do not lock up the self, Satan will come out through the door of the self. (CWWL, 1978, vol. 1, “The Exercise of the Kingdom for the Building of the Church,” p. 73)

　　In Genesis 3:1b [Satan] asked the woman, “Did God really say, You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?” This was a question put into Eve's mind, and this question stirred up her doubting mind. This is a strong point that we have to stress. Satan would always approach people by touching their doubting mind. Here Satan questioned something concerning God, and this questioning, no doubt, aroused the mind of Eve.

　　After Satan came to touch the female mind, he caused the human mind to doubt God's word (v. 4)....This means that the poison of the serpent got into her mind, because the word of Satan got into her. When the word gets in, the person gets in. Thus, the human mind was poisoned, contaminated.

　　Satan also stirred up the human emotion to dislike God. This is proved by verse 5, where Satan said to Eve, “God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will become like God, knowing good and evil.” This word was a word of evil, stirring up Eve's emotion to dislike God. Eve probably felt that God had kept some good thing from her. This is the subtlety of the enemy to poison the human emotion.

　　Satan seduced the human will to choose the tree of knowledge. After Satan's word in verse 5, verse 6 says, “When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was a delight to the eyes and that the tree was to be desired to make oneself wise, she took of its fruit and ate.” This is the seducing of the human will to make a decision to partake of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

　　At this point, Satan had contaminated the entire human soul: the mind, the emotion, and the will. The mind was poisoned, the emotion was poisoned, and the will was poisoned; thus, the entire soul was contaminated. (CWWL, 1979, vol. 1, “Basic Lessons on Life,” pp. 497-498)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1978, vol. 1, “The Exercise of the Kingdom for the Building of the Church,” ch. 3; CWWL, 1979, vol. 1, “Basic Lessons on Life,” lsn. 4