来四15~16 因我们并非有一位不能同情我们软弱的大祭司，祂乃是在各方面受过试诱，与我们一样，只是没有罪。所以我们只管坦然无惧地来到施恩的宝座前，为要受怜悯，得恩典，作应时的帮助。

　　大约八年前，在安那翰的召会没有快乐或愉悦的感觉。这乃是由于灯芯烧黑、烧焦了。但有一天，我们的大祭司基督借着修剪灯芯，来收拾在安那翰的召会这个灯台，把烧黑、烧焦的灯芯剪掉。这乃是顾惜，使在安那翰的召会快乐、愉悦和舒适。……有一天，主耶稣这位大祭司，在祂的人性里来剪除一切消极的东西。这就使我们快乐、愉快并舒适。这是基督在祂的人性里照顾召会，收拾召会的灯。

　　我感谢主，今天在祂的恢复里，祂乃是在人性里的大祭司。……我们的基督与我们是一样的。祂在凡事上受过试诱，与我们一样，所以祂很容易同情我们的软弱〔来四15〕。这意思是说，祂在人性里总是同情我们的软弱。祂是在人性里的大祭司，借着一直顾惜我们，来照顾我们（李文集一九九四至一九九七年第五册，二一一页）。

　　Heb. 4:15-16 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot be touched with the feeling of our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all respects like us, yet without sin. Let us therefore come forward with boldness to the throne of grace that we may receive mercy and find grace for timely help.

　　About eight years ago, there was no feeling of happiness or pleasantness with the church in Anaheim. This was because of the black, burned-out, charred wicks. But one day Christ as our High Priest came to dress the lamps of the lampstand, the church in Anaheim, by trimming the wicks to cut off all the black, charred wicks. This was a cherishing, to make the church in Anaheim happy, pleasant, and comfortable…One day the Lord Jesus as the High Priest in His humanity came to snuff all the negative things. Then we became happy, pleasant, and comfortable. This is Christ’s taking care of the church in His humanity to dress the lamps of the church.

　　I thank the Lord that today in His recovery He is the High Priest in His humanity…Our Christ is the same as we are. He has been tempted in everything like us, so He can easily be touched with the feeling of our weaknesses [Heb. 4:15]. This means that He always sympathizes with our weaknesses in His humanity. He is the High Priest in His humanity taking care of us by cherishing us all the time. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 5, “The Vital Groups,” p. 156)

　　基督不仅是属人的，也是神圣的。祂是人子带着金带，表征祂的神性作祂的神圣力量。祂的神性作神圣的力量，多方喂养众召会。

　　一面，祂修剪召会的灯芯，剪掉写给七个召会的七封书信中所提的一切错误、短处、失败和缺点。基督在人性里作了最好的修剪工作，来顾惜众召会。另一面，在这七封书信中，我们在每一封书信里都看见基督的喂养（李文集一九九四至一九九七年第五册，二一二页）。

　　在旧约的帐幕里有灯台，每天早晨祭司要收拾这些灯，剪去烧焦的灯芯（出三十7）。此外，还要添上油（二七20）。……在启示录二、三章，我们的大祭司正在经理七个灯台。祂剪去那些不必要且拦阻发光的东西，同时祂供应所需要的油，使灯台明亮的点着。七个灯台一直接受祂的修剪和注入。

　　在祂所剪去的东西当中，我最觉得惊讶的就是撒但的会堂（二9）。……主用这个说法来论到犹太教，指明在召会时代，犹太教已经成了属撒但的。……你听见犹太教成为属撒但的，也许想要反驳。然而，这是我们天上大祭司的话。……我们从这里可以学到什么呢？我们老旧的宗教观念敌挡神的经纶，必须被剪去。这些观念是黑的、烧焦的、黑暗的，是一些拦阻众地方召会发光的事物。因此，需要我们的大祭司进来把它们剪去。

　　使灯芯烧焦的另一样东西乃是世俗，这是我们天上的大祭司所无法容忍的。别迦摩说出召会与世界联婚（12~17）。……主来到推雅推喇召会的时候，定罪他们容让妇人耶洗别（20）。……凡她所代表的一切都必须剪去。……不冷不热的光景，以及宗教、世俗、耶洗别的邪恶，都必须剪去。每天早晨祭司都作这种修剪的工作（李文集一九八○年第二册，四八五至四八八页）。

　　参读：约翰的修补职事，第十四章。

　　Christ is not only human but also divine. He is the Son of Man wearing a golden girdle, signifying His divinity as His divine energy. His divinity as the divine energy nourishes the churches in many ways.

　　On the one hand, He trims the wicks of the church lamps, cutting away all the wrongdoings, shortages, failures, and defects mentioned in the seven epistles to the seven churches. Christ does the best trimming work in His humanity to cherish the churches. On the other hand, in each of these seven epistles, we see Christ’s nourishing. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 5, “The Vital Groups,” pp. 156-157)

　　In the Old Testament there was the lampstand in the tabernacle. Every morning these lamps were trimmed by having their charred wicks snuffed (Exo. 30:7). In addition, they were kept supplied with oil (27:20)…In Revelation 2 and 3 our High Priest was trimming the seven lampstands. He was cutting away those things that were not needed and that frustrated the shining. At the same time He was supplying the oil that was needed and that would make the lampstands burn brightly. The seven lampstands were receiving His trimming and His infilling.

　　Of all the things He trimmed away, to me the most striking is the synagogue of Satan (2:9)…That the Lord speaks of Judaism in such a way indicates that by the time of the church age, Judaism had become satanic… When you hear that it has become satanic, you may want to protest. Nonetheless, this is the word of our heavenly High Priest. What can we learn from this? Our old religious concepts are against God’s economy and need to be trimmed away. These concepts are black, charred, and dark. They are one of the things that hinder the shining of the local churches. Thus, we need our High Priest to step in and trim them away.

　　Another thing that chars the wick is worldliness. Our heavenly High Priest cannot tolerate this. Pergamos speaks of the marriage of the church with the world (Rev. 2:12-17). When the Lord comes to the church in Thyatira, He condemns them for tolerating the woman Jezebel (v. 20)…All that she represents must be trimmed away. Lukewarmness must be trimmed away, along with religion, worldliness, and the evils of Jezebel. Morning by morning the priests did this trimming work. (CWWL, 1980, vol. 2, “The Mending Ministry of John,” pp. 356-359)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1980, vol. 2, “The Mending Ministry of John,” ch. 14