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。

　　弗四23　 而在你们心思的灵里得以更新。

　　我们不要模仿这世界的样子，就是不要讲时髦，却要借着心思的更新而变化。……圣经里讲的更新，乃是心思的更新，完全是心思的问题。心思就是我们的心理、我们的哲学、我们的宗教思想以及对人事的看法等。我们需要被更新，主要的是我们的心思要更新。

　　以弗所四章二十三节说，“在你们心思的灵里得以更新。”前面一节说到脱去旧人（22），后面一节说到穿上新人（24），……心思的灵是指我们那与神的灵调和的重生之灵，扩展到我们的心思里，管制我们的心思。这样，我们的心思就得着更新。此外，罗马八章六节说，“心思置于灵，乃是生命平安。”这也给我们看见心思的重要；我们必须将心思置于灵，我们的心思才有可能得着更新（李文集一九九四至一九九七年第三册，五一九至五二○页）。

　　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.

　　Eph. 4:23 And that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind.

　　We should not be fashioned according to this age. This means that we should not be fashionable. Rather, we should be transformed by the renewing of the mind…The renewing taught by the Scriptures is the renewing of the mind; it is altogether a matter related to the mind. The mind is our mentality, our philosophy, our religious concepts, our views concerning people and things, etc. We need to be renewed mainly in our mind.

　　Ephesians 4:23 says, “Be renewed in the spirit of your mind.” The preceding verse says to put off the old man (v. 22), the succeeding verse says to put on the new man (v. 24)…The spirit of our mind is the regenerated spirit mingled with the Spirit of God spreading into our mind to exercise control over it. In this way our mind is renewed. Furthermore, Romans 8:6 says, “The mind set on the spirit is life and peace.” This also shows us the importance of our mind. Our mind can be renewed only by our setting it on the spirit. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 3, “The Organic Aspect of God’s Salvation,” p. 407)

　　不仅如此，新约也教训我们，我们里面要思念基督耶稣里面所思念的（腓二5）。这就等于以基督耶稣的心思为心思。重生叫我们得着神的生命，圣化使我们有分于神的性情，更新改换了我们的心思。得更新的路，就在于祷告和读圣经；因为心思的更新乃是在一切对人生事物的观念上，受圣经的教训和圣灵的光照，而有的去旧更新。你把圣经读熟了，圣灵就光照你、指导你。你这样天天祷告、读经，圣灵来把你光照一下，就把你里面的心思都去旧更新。这样，你的眼光就不同了，你这个人也就得着了更新。

　　此种心思上的更新，使信徒在属灵生命上有变化。提多书三章五节说到重生的洗涤和圣灵的更新。重生的洗涤把我们的老生命洗掉了，接着圣灵的更新就把我们的心思更换了。我们的心思一更新，全人就变化。这就是借着心思的更新而变化。重生的洗涤洁除我们旧人一切旧性情的东西，而圣灵的更新将新的东西，新人神圣的素质，分赐到我们里面。借此我们就从已往所在的老旧光景转入全新的光景，从旧造进入新造的情形。

　　今天人的问题大都出在心思上。……有时候人的心思不对了，就胡思乱想。作太太的胡思乱想，就哭起来了，这都是心思的故事。神作我们的生命，变化我们的性情，还要更新我们的心思，这样我们才有正确的观念，才能正确地追随基督。……我们的性情必须成为圣别，使我们有分于神圣别的性情；我们的心思也必须得更新，使我们在属灵的生命上有变化。这是神在祂的救恩中，在生机一面对我们所施的拯救（李文集一九九四至一九九七年第三册，五二○至五二二页）。

　　参读：神救恩生机的一面，第三篇；倪柝声文集第一辑第十七册，讲经纪录（卷一），拣选的能力。

　　Not only so, the New Testament teaches us to have the mind in us which was also in Christ Jesus (Phil. 2:5). This is equivalent to taking the mind of Christ Jesus as our mind. By regeneration we have the life of God, by sanctification we partake of the nature of God, and by renewing we have a change in our mind.

　　The way of renewing lies in prayer and in reading the Scriptures, because for us to be renewed in our mind is for us to get rid of all our old concepts concerning the things of the human life and be made new again by the teaching of the Holy Scriptures and the enlightening of the Holy Spirit. When you read the Bible and become familiar with it, the Holy Spirit will enlighten you and guide you. When the Holy Spirit comes to enlighten you while you thus pray and read the Word day by day, the mind in you is being changed from the old to the new. Your view is different, and your being is renewed.

　　Such a renewing of the mind issues in the transformation of the believers in their spiritual life. Titus 3:5 refers to the washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Spirit. The washing of regeneration washes away our old life; following this, the renewing of the Holy Spirit changes our mind. When our mind is renewed, our whole being is transformed. This is to be transformed by the renewing of the mind. The washing of regeneration purges away all the things in the old nature of our old man, whereas the renewing of the Holy Spirit dispenses the new things, the divine essence of the new man, into our being. Through this we turn from the old condition in which we were into a completely new condition, from the state of the old creation into the state of the new creation.

　　Today our problem is due mostly to our mind…Sometimes when someone has something wrong in his mind, he begins to have wild imaginations. A wife may begin to weep when she indulges in wild imaginations. All these matters are related to the mind. God Himself has become our life, He is changing our disposition, and He is also renewing our mind. Thus, we can have the proper concepts and can pursue Christ in a proper way…Our disposition needs to be sanctified so that we may partake of God’s holy nature; our mind also needs to be renewed so that we may be transformed in our spiritual life. This is the saving that God renders to us in the organic aspect of His salvation. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 3, “The Organic Aspect of God’s Salvation,” pp. 407-409)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 3, “The Organic Aspect of God’s Salvation,” ch. 3; CWWN, vol. 17, “Notes on Scriptural Messages,” pp. 111-120