2006春季长老
总题：以牧养的路传扬福音并复兴召会
第六篇　急切需要对付我们的个性
Message Six The Urgent Need to Deal with Our Disposition
读经：太十六24~26，罗六6，加二20
Scripture Reading: Matt. 16:24-26, Rom. 6:6, Gal. 2:20
壹　我们在主面前的生活中，必须对付的事，最重要的是我们的个性：
I.　 The most important matter that must be dealt with in our life with the Lord is our disposition:
一　在基督徒生活、召会生活、并主的工作中，最损害我们用处的，就是照我们的个性活着。
A.　The thing which most damages our usefulness in the Christian life, in the church life, and in the work is our living according to our dispostition.
二　我们的个性成了我们的难处，阻挠我们在生命里长大，使我们不能被主使用，反而给我们造成问题，使我们受苦。
B.　Our disposition has become our problem; it hinders us from growing in life and from being used by the Lord, and it has made trouble for us , causing us to suffer.
三　我们对主有多大用处，或对召会造成多少难处，乃在于我们的个性有多少被治死;所以，对付个性是一件紧要的事─提后二21。
C.　How useful we will be to the Lord or how much trouble we will make to the church depends upon how much our disposition is killed; therefore, dealing with the disposition is a crucial matter— 2Tim. 2:21
四　对我们用处最大的拦阻，是我们的个性;个性是破坏我们在主手中用处的因素─太二五24~30：
D.　The greatest hindrance to our usefulness is our disposition; disposition is the factor that spoils our usefulness in the hand of the Lord— Matt. 25:24-30:
1　许多亲爱的圣徒留在召会里，但他们的用处被他们的个性扼杀了。
1.　Many dear saints have remained in the church , but their usefulness has been annulled by their disposition.
2　许多人没有用处、失去功用，主要是由于他们的个性;若是所有的圣徒都拒绝自己的个性，他们都会很有用。
2.　Many are useless and out of function mainly because of their disposition; if all the saints would deny their disposition, they would all be very useful.
五　我们的个性是我们在神圣生命长大上最大的难处;我们在神圣生命的长大上，真正的仇敌乃是我们的个性─参彼后一5~11。
E.　Our disposition is the greatest problem for our growth in the divine life: the real enemy of our growth in the divine life is our disposition-cf.2 Pet.　1:5-11.
六　我们需要主来摸我们的个性，我们也需要拒绝我们的个性。
F.　We need the Lord to touch our disposition, and we need to deny it.
贰　我们用“个性”这辞，来帮助圣徒明白魂生命、己、“我”、旧人和天然─太十六24~26，罗六6，加二20：
II.　 We use the word disposition to help the saints to understand the soul-life, the self, the "I," the old man, and naturalness —Matt.　16:24-26; Rom.　6:6; Gal.　2:20
一　在我们基督徒的经历中，我们里面有个东西叫作我们的个性。
A.　In our Christian experience, there is something within us called our disposition.
二　我们的个性是我们与生俱来之本性里的所是;我们每个人都有特别、独特的个性。
B.　Our disposition is what we are in our makeup by birth; each of us has a partioulax and unique disposition.
三　我们的个性已被那奸诈、狡猾的蛇所毒化。
C.　Our disposition has been poisoned by the cunning, subtle serpent.
四　新约提到四个与个性非常有关联的辞：旧人、（罗六6、）“我”、（加二20、）魂生命、（太十六25~26、）以及己（24）：─引用经文
D.　There are four terms mentioned in the New Testament which are closely related to the matter of disposition: the old man (Rom.　6:6), the "I" (Gal.　2:20), the soul- life (Matt.　16:25-26), and the self (v.　24)
1　个性含示于“思念”、“己”、和“魂生命”这些辞里;个性包括这一切的元素。
1.　Disposition is implied in the terms mind, self, and soul-life; disposition includes all of these elements.
2　魂是己的生命;而个性与己和魂都非常有关。
2.　The soul is the life of the self; disposition is closely related to both the self and the soul.
3　实际说来，否认己就是否认我们的个性。
3.　Practically speaking, to deny the self is simply to deny our disposition.
五　对付我们的个性，意思就是对付我们的己、我们的旧人、我们的魂生命、和“我”。
E.　To deal with our disposition means to deal with our self, our old men , our soul-life, and the "I."
六　个性既含示在“我”、旧人、魂、己和天然里，我们对付这些事就包括对付个性。
F.　Since the disposition is implied in the "I," the old man, the soul, the self, and naturalness, our dealing with these things includes our dealing with our disposition.
叁　我们对付罪行、罪性、世界、和良心乃是表面的，但对付我们的个性却是最深的─约壹一7，二15，徒二四16，太十六24~26：
III.　 Our dealing with sins, sin, the world, and the conscience are superficial dealings, but our dealing with our disposition is the deepest dealing—1 John 1:7; 2:15; Acts 24:16; Matt.　16:24-26:
一　我们的个性虽然是神所造的，却仍需要被神对付;这合乎神圣的启示，也是我们的经历所印证的。
A.　Although our disposition is something made by God, it still needs to be dealt with by God; this is according to the divines revelation, and it is also confirmed by our experience.
二　我们堕落过的个性，紧靠罪与过错这深井的边缘;我们的过错、过犯，与我们的个性有密切的关系。
B.　Our fallen disposition is close to the edge of the deep well of sin and mistakes; our mistakes and wrongdoings are closely related to our disposition.　
三　我们的个性是我们这个人最难对付的一部分;在我们的个性中，常有特别的一部分─“节瘤”─最难以对付：
C.　Our disposition is the most difficult part of our being to deal with, and often there is a particular part of our disposition---a "burl"---that is the hardest thing to deal with:
1　我们必须学习留意我们本性、个性中的“瘤”。
1.　We must learn to take care of the "burl," in our makeup, our disposition.
2　我们若对付这个“瘤”，就会长得快，并在属灵生命上步入坦途，在生命长大上没有什么阻挠，对主也会更为有用。
2.　If we deal with this "burl," we will grow quickly and have a free way in our spiritual life without any hindrances to our growth in life, and we will also become more useful to the Lord.
四　变化主要的是在于我们的个性;为要经历这种变化，我们的个性需要破碎，因为我们的个性乃是最大的阻碍，拦阻神将祂自己分赐到我们里面，以及祂在我们身上变化的工作─罗十二2。
D.　Transformation is mainly with our disposition; in order to experience transformation, we need the breaking of our disposition because it is a great obstacle to God's dispensing of Himself into us and to His transforming work in us－Rom.　12:2.
五　破碎外面的人，就是破碎我们的个性。
E.　The breaking of the outer man is the breaking of our disposition.
六　受对付最好的路，就是恨恶我们的个性;我们的个性是深处的己，必须否认─太十六24。
F.　The best way to be dealt with is to hate our disposition; our disposition is the depth of the self, which must be danied—Matt.　16:24
肆　我们个性这难处的解决之道，乃是十字架─加二20：
IV.　 The solution to the problem of our disposition is the cross ─ Gal.2:20 :
一　只有十字架的死能对付我们的个性。
A.　Only the death of the cross can deal with our disposition.
二　要对付个性，我们必须看见并记得，我们已经钉了十字架;作为钉了十字架的人，我们应该天天留在这个认识里─罗六6，加二20。
B.　In order to deal with our disposition, we must realize and remember that we have already been crucified and that , as a crucified person, we should remain under this realization day by day –Rom.　6:6; Gal.　2:20.
三　因为我们已经钉了十字架，所以我们不该照我们的个性，照我们天然的所是活着。
C.　Because we have been crucified, we should not live according to our disposition, according to what we are naturally.
伍　召会生活、结果子和喂养小羊，是三件杀死我们天然个性的事─约十五4~7，二一15~17：
V.　The church life, fruit-bearing, and lamb-feeding are three matters that kill our natural disposition — John 15:4-7; 21:15-17:
一　我们若在照顾人的事上，在主手中没有用，那是由于我们生野、天然的个性：
A.　If we are not useful in the Lord's hand or taking care of people, it is due to our raw, natural disposition:
1　因着我们的个性，我们对人没有兴趣，或者我们虽然对人有兴趣，却不能将生命供应给人。
1.　Because of our disposition we have no interest in others, or if we do have such an interest, we are unable to minister life to others.　
2　我们的个性是我们不结果子和不使用恩赐照顾人的原因。
2.　Our disposition is the cause for our not bearing fruit and not using our talent to care for people.　
3　有负担照顾别人，需要我们对付个性。
3.　The burden to care for others requires us to deal with our disposition.
二　因着主已经接纳了信徒，而接纳他们，需要我们厉害对付我们天然的个性─罗十四1，十五7。
B.　Receiving the believers because the Lord has received them requires us to deal much with our natural disposition—Rom.　14:1; 15:7
三　一个有才干而又反对自己个性的人，是对主最有用的人─太二五14~23，十六24。
C.　A person who is capable and who is also against his or her disposition is the most useful person to the Lord—Matt.　25:14-23; 16:24.　
四　主所需要的，是我们操练恩赐又在生命上长大;要有这个，基本的条件是对付我们的个性。
D.　What the Lord needs is the exercise of our talent with the growth in life: in order to have this , the basic condition is to deal with our disposition.