约壹一6 我们若说我们与神有交通，却在黑暗里行，就是说谎话，不行真理了。

　　五19 ……整个世界都卧在那恶者里面。

　　罗十二2 不要模仿这世代，反要借着心思的更新而变化，叫你们验证何为神那美好、可喜悦、并纯全的旨意。

　　说谎话是出于撒但；他是说谎者的父（约八44）。他的本性是虚谎，并且带来死亡和黑暗。有黑暗就有虚谎，虚谎与真理相对。撒但的黑暗与神圣的光相对，撒但的谎话与神圣的真理相对。神圣的真理是神圣之光的彰显，照样，撒但的谎话乃是撒但黑暗的彰显。我们若说，我们与那是光的神有交通，却在黑暗里行，就是在撒但黑暗的彰显里说谎话，不在神圣之光的彰显里实行真理（约翰一书生命读经，七八页）。

　　1 John 1:6 If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and are not practicing the truth.

　　5:19 …The whole world lies in the evil one.

　　Rom. 12:2 And do not be fashioned according to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and well pleasing and perfect.

　　To lie is of Satan. He is the father of liars (John 8:44). His nature is a lie, and it brings in death and darkness. With darkness is falsehood, the opposite of the truth. The satanic darkness is versus the divine light, and the satanic lie is versus the divine truth. As the divine truth is the expression of the divine light, so the satanic lie is the expression of the satanic darkness. If we say that we have fellowship with God, who is light, and walk in the darkness, we lie, we are in the expression of the satanic darkness, and we do not practice the truth in the expression of the divine light. (Life-study of 1 John, pp. 64-65)

　　保罗告诉我们“不要模仿这世代”（罗十二2）。……世代是现今、实际的世界生活，是反对并代替召会生活的。整个世界是撒但的系统，就是被撒但构成的系统。世界，原文是cosmos，科斯模斯，指组织，系统。撒但把每个人和属人生活的每一项都系统化了。这世界的系统由许多世代组成。正如宇宙召会由许多地方召会组成，照样，世界由许多世代组成。每个地方召会是宇宙召会的一部分，每个世代是世界的一部分。每个世代有其当时的时尚。英文的“摩登”（modern），相当于希腊文的“世代”。“不要模仿这世代”，原文可译为“不要摩登”。因此，摩登的意思就是模仿现今的世代。既然世代是现今、实际的世界生活，是世界系统的一部分，你就无法在世界里而不在一个世代里。你无法接触世界，除非你接触一个世代。所以，你要弃绝世界，就必须弃绝世代。……世界系统之世代的改变，可由女子发型的改变来说明。（多）年前，……一般女子将头发梳成高塔，越高越好。……每个世代都有其时髦和样式。

　　世界反对召会，历世代反对众召会。我们若认真要有召会生活，就必须丢弃世代。既然现今的世代反对召会生活，我们就无法跟随世代，并照着这世代被模成，而仍能真正经历身体生活。被摩登世代占有的人也许参加主日聚会，但他无法实行召会生活。我们若要有身体生活，就是召会生活的实行，我们就不可跟随这世代，也不可模仿这世代。这就是保罗告诉我们不要模仿这世代的原因。

　　我们不该模仿世代，反要借着心思的更新而变化（弗四23，多三5）。模仿世代，意思是在外面采纳摩登的样式；变化却是让生机的元素作到我们这人里面，使里面产生新陈代谢的改变。我们需要借着心思的更新而变化。……心思更新不是单单借着外面的教训，乃是借着基督的元素加进来。主耶稣将祂自己从我们的灵扩展到我们的心思，我们的心思就会得着更新。借着我们心思的更新，我们的魂就新陈代谢地改变。这样我们就在魂里经历变化；这对召会生活是必需的。我们若要实行召会生活，就需要借着心思的更新，在魂里经历这样的变化（罗马书生命读经，三五四至三五六页）。

　　参读：罗马书生命读经，第二十五篇；新约总论，第七至八、十篇。

　　Paul tells us not to be “fashioned according to this age” [Rom. 12:2]….The age is the present, practical world life, which is the opposition to and substitute of the church life. The entire world is a Satanic system, a system constituted by Satan. The Greek word for world, cosmos, denotes an organization, a system. Satan has systematized every person and every item of human life. This world system is composed of many ages. Just as the universal church is composed of many local churches, so the world is composed of many ages. Every local church is a part of the universal church, and every age is a part of the world. Each age has its modern fashion. The English word modern is an equivalent of the Greek word rendered “age.” The Greek words translated as “Do not be conformed to this age” may be translated as, “Do not be modernized.” Hence, to be modernized means to be fashioned, conformed according to the present age. Since an age, being the present, practical world life, is a part of the world system, you cannot be in the world without being in one of the ages. You cannot touch the world unless you touch one of the ages. Therefore, in order to forsake the world you must also forsake the age. The changes in the age of the world system can be illustrated by the changes in ladies’ hairdos. [Many] years ago…it was common for women to arrange their hair into a high tower, the higher the better….Each age has its fashion and style.

　　The world opposes the church, and the ages oppose the churches. If we mean business to have the church life, we must give up the age. Since the present age opposes the church life, we cannot follow the age and be fashioned according to it and still truly experience the Body life. A person who is possessed by the modern age may attend the Sunday meetings, but he cannot practice the church life. If we want the Body life, the practice of the church life, we must not follow this age nor be conformed to it. This is the reason that Paul told us not to be conformed to this age.

　　We should not be conformed to the age, but transformed by the renewing of our mind (Eph. 4:23; Titus 3:5). To be conformed to the age means to adopt the modern fashions outwardly; to be transformed is to have an organic element wrought into our being to produce a metabolic change inwardly. We need to be transformed by the renewing of our mind….The mind is renewed not only by outward teachings, but by the element of Christ being added to it. When the Lord Jesus spreads Himself from our spirit into our mind, our mind will be renewed. By the renewing of our mind our soul is metabolically changed. In this way we experience transformation in our soul, a necessity for the church life. If we intend to practice the church life, we need to experience such a transformation in our soul by the renewing of our mind. (Life-study of Romans, pp. 299-301)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Romans, msg. 25; The Conclusion of the New Testament, msgs. 7-8, 10