弗六11~12　要穿戴神全副的军装，使你们能以站住，抵挡魔鬼的诡计，因我们并不是与血肉之人摔跤，乃是与那些执政的、掌权的、管辖这黑暗世界的、以及诸天界里那邪恶的属灵势力摔跤。

　　神没有和以色列人断绝关系，这由民数记二十六章里的重新数点得着证明。……头一次数点的时候，还没有任何扰乱或因着神的惩罚而人数减少。重新数点是在许多扰乱和借审判而人数减少以后。然而，虽然有这一切试炼、风波、试诱、失败和人数的减少，神为自己所得的数目，几乎和祂开头时所得的一样。不管仇敌作了什么，不管百姓有多少失败，神借着祂主宰的恩典和行动，仍然得着超过六十万的数目（民数记生命读经，三四九页）。

　　Eph. 6:11-12 Put on the whole armor of God that you may be able to stand against the stratagems of the devil, for our wrestling is not against blood and flesh but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenlies.

　　God…was not finished with the children of Israel, [which] is proved by the renumbering in Numbers 26…. At the time of the first numbering, there had not been any trouble or reduction in number through God's punishment. The renumbering took place after much trouble and reduction through judgment. Nevertheless, in spite of all the trials, turmoils, temptations, failures, and reductions, God still had almost the same number for Himself as He had had in the beginning. Regardless of what the enemy had done and regardless of the people's failures, God, by His sovereign grace and acts, still had a number greater than six hundred thousand. (Life-study of Numbers, p. 288)

　　〔在民数记二十七章十二至二十三节〕摩西不看自己失去领导的身分，他的心不放在自己的光景上，乃放在神的子民身上。……耶和华……〔吩咐摩西〕将约书亚领来，使约书亚站在祭司和全会众面前，按手在他头上，……然后嘱咐他作领导者（18~23）。这样，神就兴起了新的领导者。

　　在二十七章末了，我们看见一幅美妙的图画。……新的百姓重新数点过，新的军队重新形成并得着加强，新的领导者被指派事奉，不是单凭自己，乃是同着祭司以利亚撒，以利亚撒要借乌陵和土明得着神圣的指示。这就是说，百姓中间有了新的神治。因此，在这章末了，我们看见新的百姓，新的军队和新的神治（民数记生命读经，三四九至三五○页）。

　　争战乃是身体的事。我们必须建造在一起。我们必须在一里，并和谐一致如同活的身体、活的建造以及神活的家；然后我们就能成为军队。……争战是基督身体的事；而身体乃是在基督里、在那灵里并在诸天之上的新造。

　　我们也必须看见属灵的争战不是对抗血肉之人，而是与属灵的势力，与邪灵争战。……邪灵〔正〕厉害地作工，来损毁神的国，以阻挠神定旨的完成。这是真实的争战。

　　我们在中国大陆的时候，倪弟兄非常暴露在攻击之下，因为他在领头。……早在一九三四年我就被带到这争战里，因为从那时起，我开始分担一点责任，应付这争战。我看见仇敌的诡计、策略和诡诈作为，也看见我们的弟兄如何受到许多攻击。最厉害的攻击乃是谣言。

　　真正的仇敌不是人，真正的仇敌是在人背后的邪恶势力；人只是被仇敌利用的傀儡而已。我们不该与人争战，我们该与他们背后的邪恶势力争战。与邪恶势力争战的路不是凭肉体，而是凭着灵，在灵里，并借着祷告。我们能对付在人背后作工、争战的仇敌，唯一的路乃是祷告，诉求诸天之上的宝座为最高的权柄。所以，需要有真实、得胜的团体祷告。召会需要来在一起祷告，不是去对付人。我已经学了功课，什么时候有谣言，不要直接去对付谣言。……我们不该与人谈论，或向人解释什么。……我们该单单到主那里，诉诸最高的权柄。我们乃是经过宝座，来对付在血肉之人背后的邪恶势力（李文集一九六三年第三册，四四三至四四六页）。

　　参读：民数记生命读经，第三十九至四十篇；实行召会生活的基本原则，第六章；基督在信徒里面长大使神的定旨得完成，第一章；新约总论，第二百一十八篇。

　　[In] Numbers 27:12-23…Moses did not consider his loss of the leadership. His heart was not set on his situation but on God's people [vv. 16-17] ….The Lord [told Moses] to take Joshua and cause him to stand before the priest and the whole assembly, to lay his hands on him…and then to charge him to be the leader (vv. 18-23). In this way God raised up a new leader.

　　At the end of chapter 27 we see a wonderful picture….The new people had been renumbered, the new army had been re-formed and strengthened, and the new leader had been appointed to serve, not by himself but with Eleazar the priest, who would receive divine instructions by means of the Urim and Thummim. This means that there was among the people a new theocracy. Hence, at the end of this chapter we see a new people, a new army, and a new theocracy. (Life-study of Numbers, p. 289)

　　To fight the battle is a matter of the Body. We must be built together. We must be in oneness and harmony as the living Body, the living building, and the living house of God. Then we can be the army….Warfare is something of the Body, which is in Christ, in the Spirit, and in the heavenly places.

　　Spiritual warfare is not a fighting against humans, that is, against flesh and blood. Rather, we fight with the spiritual forces, the evil spirits….Evil spirits are working to damage the kingdom of God in order to frustrate the fulfillment of God's purpose. This is a real fighting.

　　In mainland China, Brother Nee was very exposed to attack because he was taking the lead…. As early as 1934 I was brought into this fighting because from that time on I began to share the responsibility to deal with this warfare. I saw the wiles, the tactics, and the subtle ways of the enemy and how our brother was attacked very much. The most serious attacks were the rumors.

　　The real enemy is not the people. The real enemy is the evil forces behind the people. The people are merely the puppets of the enemy to be utilized by him. We should not fight the people; we should fight the evil forces behind them. The way to fight the evil forces is not by the flesh but by the Spirit, in the Spirit, and by prayer. The only way we can deal with the enemy who is working, fighting, behind certain people is to pray, to appeal to the throne in the heavens as the highest authority. Therefore, there is the need for real and prevailing corporate prayer. The church needs to come together to pray, not to deal with people. I have learned the lesson that whenever there is a rumor, we should not deal with it directly….We should not talk to people or explain things to them….We should simply go to the Lord and appeal to the highest authority. Through the throne we deal with the evil forces which are behind the blood and flesh. (CWWL, 1963, vol. 3,”Basic Principles for the Practice of the Church Life,” pp. 333-335)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Numbers, msgs. 39-40; CWWL, 1963, vol. 3,”Basic Principles for the Practice of the Church Life,” ch. 6; CWWL, 1970, vol.1, pp. 93-107; The Conclusion of the New Testament, msg. 218