约壹五11~12 这见证就是神赐给我们永远的生命，这生命也是在祂儿子里面。人有了神的儿子，就有生命；没有神的儿子，就没有生命。

　　16 人若看见他的弟兄犯了不至于死的罪，就当为他祈求，将生命赐给他……。

　　圣经中只有〔约壹五章十六节〕这一处提到将生命供应给人。……“将生命赐给他”是什么意思呢？这意思是说，我把基督分赐给他。……他犯了罪是因为缺少生命。当我们缺少主耶稣，我们就犯罪。……只有一个人能胜过罪，那就是主耶稣。我们发脾气，就指明我们缺少主耶稣。我们所需要的不是责备，……责备叫我们减少基督的度量。我们需要的是祂的加增，而不是祂的减少。我们需要让祂更多分赐到我们里面来（李文集一九八○年第二册，四四九页）。

　　1 John 5:11-12 And this is the testimony, that God gave to us eternal life and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.

　　16 If anyone sees his brother sinning a sin not unto death, he shall ask and he will give life to him…

　　First John 5:16 is the only reference in the Bible to ministering life to someone…What does it mean to give him life? It means that I impart Christ to him…He has sinned because he is short of life. When we are short of the Lord Jesus, we commit sin…Only one person can overcome sin, and that is the Lord Jesus. If we lose our temper, that is an indication that we are short of the Lord Jesus. We do not need a rebuke…A rebuking reduces our measure of Christ. What we need is an addition of Him, not a reduction. We need more of Him imparted into us. (CWWL, 1980, vol. 2, “The Mending Ministry of John,” p. 331)

　　你晓得你犯罪是因为缺少主耶稣么？你为什么错待你的妻子或丈夫？……你的决心为什么不能实行出来？因为你缺少主耶稣。

　　你们作丈夫的，不要责备你们的妻子；你只会使自己和她痛苦。……你能作什么呢？也许你说你一定要爱她。有时候也许有点用，但是爱也会朽化、败坏。唯有基督才管用，唯有生命才有效。我们作丈夫的，必须把生命供应给我们的妻子。……姊妹们，你的内心深处也许有意要征服你的丈夫。作丈夫的喜欢责备；作妻子的却喜欢征服。你征服自己的丈夫永远不会成功，因为神造男人是辖管你的。……放弃你要征服丈夫的努力吧！他所需要的，乃是你把生命供应给他；你必须把一分基督供应给他。夫妻双方都需要更多的基督。除祂以外，别无拯救。

　　基督教为什么如此堕落？有一个原因就是劝戒的有许多，分赐生命的却不多。什么能够修补今天残破的光景？唯有这赐生命的修补职事。

　　你也许不赞成，认为你自己还缺少生命，怎么能把生命供应给别人？也许你真的缺少生命。那么你该怎么办？不要去劝戒人或责备人，甚至不要去找另一方。你自己必须转向主，说，“主，怜悯我。我的弟兄犯了罪，他需要生命的供应，他缺少生命。但是，主，我也缺少生命，我也没有多少生命。怜悯我们，但是先怜悯我，我需要更多的生命。我必须有更多的生命。”你的负担沉重，甚至到一个地步要禁食，要缩短睡眠时间来祷告，为要得着更多的生命。……你汽车的汽油若快用完了，你可以转入加油站，在那里把油箱装满。……当你自己得着供应，你就可以供应别人。

　　我们必须知道，不论什么弟兄或是什么姊妹犯了罪，就很强地指明这位弟兄或这位姊妹缺少生命。我们若要帮助人，就必须先察看我们是不是有生命。我们有生命的富余么？我们所有的比我们所需要的多么？若不然，我们就必须祷告、禁食等候主，直到我们得着丰富的供应。这样我们就能够用这个供应来服事人。在这个堕落基督教的时代里，这是在召会生活中往前的路。

　　约翰强调说，我们需要供应给别人的这个生命，就是神自己，就是神的儿子。“这是真神，也是永远的生命。”〔约壹五20〕我们的需要乃是得着更大一分的主耶稣，这样我们就有富余来供应人。这不是知识或道理的富余，而是神的富余（李文集一九八○年第二册，四四九至四五二页）。

　　参读：约翰的修补职事，第十一章；约翰一书生命读经，第三十七至三十八、四十篇。

　　Have you ever realized that you sin because you are short of the Lord Jesus? Why do you mistreat your wife or husband?…Why is it that you have not been able to live up to your resolves? You are short of the Lord Jesus.

　　Husbands, do not rebuke your wife. You will simply make yourself and her miserable…What can you do? You may say that you must love her. Sometimes that may help, but love may corrupt and do damage. Only Christ works. Only life helps. We husbands must minister life to our wives. Sisters, deep in your heart you may have the intention to subdue your husband. Husbands like to rebuke; wives like to subdue. You will never succeed in subduing your husband; God created man to be over you…Give up your efforts to subdue your husband. What he needs is for you to minister life to him. You must minister a portion of Christ to him. Both husbands and wives need more Christ. Only He saves.

　　Why is Christianity so degraded? One reason is that there are many to admonish but few to give life. What can mend today’s broken situation? Only the life-giving mending ministry. In the church life we must learn to minister life. This is what is needed. Do not try other ways. No way of helping is better than that of ministering life.

　　You may raise the objection that you yourself are short of life; how can you minister it to others? You may indeed be short of life. Then what should you do? Do not go to admonish or rebuke. Do not even go to the other party. You yourself must turn to the Lord: “Lord, have mercy upon me. My brother is sinning; he needs the supply of life. He lacks life. But so do I, Lord. I don’t have much life either. Have mercy upon us, but first have mercy upon me. I need more life. I must have more life.” You may be so burdened that you will even fast and shorten your sleeping hours in order to pray for more life. I can assure you that you will be supplied… When you yourself have the supply, then you can supply others.

　　We need to learn that when any brother or sister sins, this is a strong indication that he or she is short of life. To be of help, we must first check whether we have life. Do we have a surplus of life? Do we have more than we need? If not, we must wait on the Lord with prayer and fasting until we get the rich supply. Then we can minister from this supply to others. This is the way to go on in the church life during this time of degraded Christianity.

　　John stresses that this life which we need to minister to others is simply God Himself. It is the Son of God. “This is the true God and eternal life” [1 John 5:20]. Our need is to have a bigger portion of the Lord Jesus. Then we will have a surplus to minister to others, a surplus not of knowledge or doctrine but of God. (CWWL, 1980, vol. 2, “The Mending Ministry of John,” pp. 331-332)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1980, vol. 2, “The Mending Ministry of John,” ch. 11; Life-study of 1 John, msgs. 37-38, 40