太六10　　　愿你的国来临，愿你的旨意行在地上，如同行在天上。

　　十二28　　　我若靠着神的灵赶鬼，这就是神的国临到你们了。

　　赛十四13~14　你心里曾说，我要升到天上；我要高举我的宝座在神众星以上。我要坐在聚会的山上，在北方的极处。我要升到高云之上；我要使自己与至高者一样。

　　在宇宙中有三个意志：神的意志、撒但的意志以及人的意志。我们若要知道召会如何能作神的战士，从事属灵的争战，我们就必须认识这三个意志，这三个意愿。神的意志是自有永有的，是永远的、非受造的。作为受造之物的天使也有意志。众天使中的一位，就是天使长，受神指派管理亚当被造之前的宇宙。这天使长因着自己的高位和美丽，就变得骄傲起来。这骄傲使他兴起邪恶的意愿，这就成了撒但的意志。因此，在神的意愿，神的意志之外，还有第二个意愿，第二个意志；因为撒但的意志如今是对抗神的意志的（以弗所书生命读经，六三四页）。

　　Matt. 6:10 Your kingdom come; Your will be done, as in heaven, so also on earth.

　　12:28 But if I, by the Spirit of God, cast out the demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

　　Isa. 14:13-14 …You said in your heart: I will ascend to heaven; above the stars of God I will exalt my throne. And I will sit upon the mount of assembly….I will ascend above the heights…; I will make myself like the Most High.

　　In the universe there are three wills: the divine will, the satanic will, and the human will. If we would know how the church can be God's warrior to engage in spiritual warfare, we must know these three wills, these three intentions. God's will, being self-existing, is eternal, uncreated. As created beings, the angels also have a will. One of these angels, an archangel, was appointed by God to rule the universe that existed before the creation of Adam. Because of his high position and his beauty, this archangel became proud. This pride gave rise to an evil intention, which became the satanic will. Therefore, in addition to God's intention, God's will, there is a second intention, a second will, for now the satanic will is set against God's will. (Life-study of Ephesians, p. 527)

　　一切争战都源自这两个意志的冲突。在撒但的意志兴起与神的意志敌对之前，宇宙中没有争战。宇宙中的冲突起始于天使长对神的背叛。……历代以来，国家、团体、人群之间，甚至人自己里面，都一直有争战。譬如，你也许经历理智与情欲内里的争战。各式各样的争战，其源头都在于神的意志与撒但的意志之间的冲突。

　　因着神的伟大，祂给人自由的意志。……要紧的问题乃是，人是选择神的意志还是选择撒但的意志。人的意志若与神的意志站在一起，神的意志就能成就。但人的意志若站在撒但的意志这一边，撒但的意志至少就会暂时的成功。我们都知道，人的意志是站在撒但意志的那一边。这意思是说，人拣选跟从撒但，与撒但的意志站在同一边。所以撒但暂时得了胜。

　　然而，借着悔改，人能从撒但的意志转向神的意志，从撒但那一边转到神这一边。福音的第一个吩咐就是悔改，其次两个吩咐乃是信而受浸。任何盼望得救的罪人，必须听从这三个吩咐。他必须向神悔改，相信主耶稣，并在水里受浸。悔改乃是有一个转，从撒但的意志转向神的意志。……从我们得救那天起，我们基督徒的生活就是争战的生活。以色列人出埃及之后也是一样（以弗所书生命读经，六三四至六三六页）。

　　若没有约书亚记，我们就无法完全领会以弗所六章里的属灵争战。在那看得见的景象背后，在看不见的景象中有属灵的争战。这就是说，除了在地上的争战以外，在空中还有神与撒但之间的争战。在诸天界里满了撒但的势力。基督是我们的美地，神要我们赢得基督，但在我们和美地之间，有一层属鬼魔的势力。我们要据有美地作我们的享受，就必须击败这些撒但的势力。

　　今天在主的恢复里，我们是在战场上。我们该是今天的约书亚和迦勒，与撒但空中的势力争战，使我们更多得着基督，以建造基督的身体，建立并扩展神的国，使基督能回来承受这地。我们仅仅属灵、圣别还不够。我们需要向约书亚和迦勒学习，代表神今时代的权益，击败仇敌，使基督给人得着，并使基督借祂的追求者得着扩增（约书亚记生命读经，七三至七四页）。

　　参读：以弗所书生命读经，第六十三至六十五篇；民数记生命读经，第三十三、五十篇。

　　All warfare has its source in this conflict of wills. Before the satanic will rose up to contradict the divine will, there was no war in the universe. The controversy in the universe began with the rebellion of the archangel against God…. Throughout history there have been wars between nations, groups, persons, and even within individuals. For example, you may experience an inner warfare between your reason and your lust. All the different kinds of warfare have their source in the controversy between the divine will and the satanic will.

　　In His greatness God gave man freedom of choice….The crucial issue was whether man would choose the divine will or the satanic will. If the human will stood with the divine will, then God's will would be accomplished. But if the human will took sides with the satanic will, Satan's will would be carried out, at least temporarily. As we all know, the human will took sides with the satanic will. This means that man chose to follow Satan and sided with the satanic will. Therefore, Satan was victorious temporarily.

　　However, through repentance man can turn from the satanic will to the divine will, from Satan's side to God's side. The first commandment in the gospel is to repent. The next two commandments are to believe and to be baptized. Any sinner who desires to be saved must obey these three commandments. He must repent to God, believe in the Lord Jesus, and be baptized in water. To repent is to have a turn from the satanic will to the divine will. From the day we were saved, our Christian life has been a life of warfare. The same was true of the children of Israel after they made their exodus from Egypt. (Life-study of Ephesians, pp. 527-529)

　　Without [the book of] Joshua we cannot fully understand the spiritual warfare in Ephesians 6. There is spiritual warfare in the invisible scene behind the visible scene. This means that in addition to war on the earth, there is a war between God and Satan in the air. The heavenlies are full of Satan's forces. Christ is our good land, and God wants us to gain Christ, but there is a layer of devilish, demonic forces between us and the good land. If we would take possession of the good land for our enjoyment, we have to defeat these satanic forces.

　　In the Lord's recovery today we are on a battlefield. We should be today's Joshua and Caleb, fighting against Satan's aerial forces so that we can gain more of Christ for the building up of the Body of Christ, setting up and spreading the kingdom of God so that Christ can come back to inherit the earth….We need to learn of Joshua and Caleb to represent God's interest in this age to fight down the enemies that Christ can be gained by people and that Christ can be increased by His pursuers. (Life-study of Joshua, pp. 60-61)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Ephesians, msgs. 63-65; Life-study of Numbers, msgs. 33, 50