约二19　　耶稣回答说，你们拆毁这殿，我三日内要将它建立起来。

　　林前十五36　　愚昧的人，你所种的，若不死就不能生。

　　林后四10　　身体上常带着耶稣的治死，使耶稣的生命也显明在我们的身体上。

　　神先叫我们经过死，好叫别人得着生命。需要我们先经过苦，受过痛，才能叫别人得着生命。学习神的真理，需要先站在河底。召会所以不能过到美地去得胜，就是因为缺少祭司站在约但河底。站在约但河底的人，都会在别人身上创造出追求的心。如果在我们里面有一个真理顶深的组织，就能吸引别人来追求真理。…当我们让真理组织在我们里面时，我们就让基督的身体多长一寸。得胜者从上头得着生命来供给身体（倪柝声文集第一辑第十一册，一三○至一三一页）。

　　John 2:19 Jesus answered and said to them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.

　　1 Cor. 15:36 Foolish man, what you sow is not made alive unless it dies.

　　2 Cor. 4:10 Always bearing about in the body the putting to death of Jesus that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body.

　　God wants us to go through death first after which He will give others life. We first must pass through the sufferings and the pain before others can have the life. To learn God’s truth, one must stand at the bottom of the river first. The reason the church cannot gain the victory by crossing over to the good land is that there is a shortage of priests who will stand in the bottom of the Jordan. Those who stand in the bottom of the Jordan will create a seeking heart in others. If a truth is deeply constituted in us, it will attract others to pursue the truth…. When we allow a truth to be constituted in us, we are allowing the Body of Christ to grow one more inch. The overcomers are those who receive life from above to supply the Body. (CWWN, vol. 11, p. 766)

　　林后四章给我们看见，有实际就有供应。…在（十节）我们看见，耶稣的死所显明的地方，就是耶稣的生命所显明的地方。换句话说，因为耶稣的死在我们身上，所以耶稣的生命也在我们身上。这是说到他们这一班人认识耶稣的死，所以生命就在他们身上显明。保罗接下去又说，“这样，死是在我们身上发动，生命却在你们身上发动”（12）。在十节，他是说到生命的彰显；在十二节，他是说到生命的供应。在自己身上显明，我们说这是生命；在别人身上显明，我们说那是供应；而那一个来源是一样的，就是耶稣的死。所以空空的讲道是没有用处的。没有摸着实际的讲道，对于基督的身体不能有什么供应。乃是在我们身上有耶稣的死发动，才在别人身上有耶稣的生命发动。这不只是讲道的问题，不只是作工的问题，而是生命的供应的问题。当然，讲道有它相当的用处，但讲道的后面如果没有实际，就不能有生命的供应。乃是我们得着“耶稣的…死”（10）的时候，基督的身体就得着供应。有实际就有供应。如果我们不认识什么叫作“耶稣的…死”，没有静默无声地在那里背十字架，我们就没有供应。弟兄姊妹，你要记得，在属灵的实际方面，工作不是你去“作”的，乃是你自己在神面前实在有所经过，就自然而然叫基督的身体有所得着。你自己这一边，知道什么叫作“耶稣的…死”，在另一边，基督的身体就自然而然得着供应。

　　因此，我们赦免人不需要那样告诉人，我们爱人不需要那样吹号筒，我们背十字架不需要那样吸引人注意。我们如果摸着实际，就自自然然会供应别人。我们知道也好，我们不知道也好，我们觉得也好，我们不觉得也好，都不成问题。

　　你在神面前知道什么叫作“耶稣的…死”，自自然然“耶稣的生命”会在召会里发动。是生命就自自然然地有供应。供应是把生命分给人，不是把你的工作给人家欣赏；供应是叫人得造就，不是叫人知道你有这样那样的经历。所以要紧的是在实际上有没有供应。每一次你经过耶稣的死的时候，总有弟兄或者姊妹得着你生命的供应。不必等到你写了一本传记，人才能得着供应；只要在你从主那里得着生命的时候，召会就已经得着生命的供应了（倪柝声文集第二辑第十六册，二二九至二三一页）。

　　参读：倪柝声文集第二辑第十六册，圣灵与实际，二二九至二三六页。

　　Second Corinthians 4 shows us clearly that where there is reality, there is the supply…. [Verse 10] shows us that when the death of Jesus is manifested, His life is also manifested. In other words, the life of Jesus is seen in us because the death of Jesus is seen in us. When a group of people knows the death of Jesus, life is made manifest in them. Paul then said, “So then death operates in us, but life in you” (v. 12). In verse 10, he spoke of the manifestation of life. In verse 12 he spoke of the supply of life. When the manifestation is in us, it is life. When the manifestation is in others, it is supply. But the source is the same—the death of Jesus. Therefore, hollow preachings are vain. Preachings that do not touch any reality do not render any supply to the Body of Christ. When the death of Jesus operates in us, the life of Jesus operates in others. This is not a matter of preaching or work, but a matter of the supply of life. Of course, preaching has its use. But if there is no reality behind one’s preaching, there will not be the supply of life. When we have the “death of Jesus” (v. 10) in us, the Body of Christ receives the supply. Where there is reality, there is supply. If we do not know what the “death of Jesus” means and if we have not borne the cross in silence, we do not have the supply. Brothers and sisters, we have to remember that as far as spiritual reality is concerned, no work should be “performed” by us. When we pass through something in a real way, the Body of Christ spontaneously receives the supply. On our side, we should know the “death of Jesus,” and on the side of the Body of Christ, there will be the supply spontaneously.

　　Therefore, there is no need for us to tell others that we are forgiving others. There is no need for us to blow the trumpet and tell others that we are loving them. We do not need to draw attention to our bearing of the cross. If we touch reality, spontaneously, others will receive the supply. It does not matter whether or not we know that others are supplied, and it does not matter whether or not we feel it.

　　If we know what the “death of Jesus” means before the Lord, “the life of Jesus” will operate in the church spontaneously. If it is life, there will be the supply spontaneously. Supply gives life to others; it is not an exhibition of our own work. Supply edifies others, rather than broadcasts our own experience. The most important thing for us to do is have the supply through possessing the reality. Every time we pass through the death of Jesus, there will always be some brothers and sisters who receive the supply of life. There will be no need for us to wait to write an autobiography before others will receive the supply. As soon as we receive life from the Lord, the church will have the supply of life. (CWWN, vol. 36, “The Holy Spirit and Reality,” pp. 243-244)

　　Further Reading: CWWN, vol. 36, “The Holy Spirit and Reality,” pp. 243-248