3月23日 是体贴肉体吗？

你们中间有嫉妒、纷争，这岂不是属乎肉体？（林前三3）

未重生的人根本不知何为肉体。人重生之后，肉体与圣灵相争，圣灵与肉体相争，结果就产生了"肉欲"的问题。保罗说：“在圣灵里行事，就不放纵肉体的情欲。” 如此，肉欲就消失了。

你是否好争论？易被琐事烦恼？“不，信徒不会如此！”保罗却说会。他把这些事与肉体连在一起。在圣经真理中，有哪一项容易引起你的怒气？这便证明你仍然属肉体。若成圣的工夫作成了，这种状态就不复存在。

圣灵若发现你里面有任何错处，并不叫你去纠正；乃是要你接受那光照，然后他才去纠正。光明的子女会立即认罪，赤露敞开地站在神面前。黑暗之子却说：“噢，我可以自圆其说开脱出去的。”所以，一旦光照来了，就要做光明之子，真知道有错，要向神认罪，神自会对付那罪；你若为自己辩护，就仍是黑暗之子。

怎样证明肉欲已经消失了？不要自欺，肉欲一旦克服了，是最真实不过的事。神会让你有无数的机会，去证实他在你身上的奇恩。实际的考验是唯一的证据。你会说：“奇怪得很，若在从前，这件事必叫我怀恨在心！”神在你里面所作的改变，会令你毕生惊讶，没齿难忘。

祈祷◆噢，主啊，你的道路何等奇妙！当我回顾你带领我走过的道路，和你的耐心等待，我便在惊叹、爱意和赞美中浑然忘我。

March 23 Am I Carnally Minded?

“Whereas there is among you jealousy and strife, are ye not carnal?” 1 Corinthians 3:3

No natural man knows anything about carnality. The flesh lusting against the Spirit that came in at regeneration, and the Spirit lusting against the flesh, produces carnality. “Walk in the Spirit,” says Paul, “and ye shall not fulfil the lusts of the flesh”; and carnality will disappear.

Are you contentious, easily troubled about trifles? “Oh, but no one who is a Christian ever is!” Paul says they are, he connects these things with carnality. Is there a truth in the Bible that instantly awakens petulance in you? That is a proof that you are yet carnal. If sanctification is being worked out, there is no trace of that spirit left.

If the Spirit of God detects anything in you that is wrong, He does not ask you to put it right; He asks you to accept the light, and He will put it right. A child of the light confesses instantly and stands bared before God; a child of the darkness says – “Oh, I can explain that away.” When once the light breaks and the conviction of wrong comes, be a child of the light, and confess, and God will deal with what is wrong; if you vindicate yourself, you prove yourself to be a child of the darkness.

What is the proof that carnality has gone? Never deceive yourself; when carnality is gone it is the most real thing imaginable. God will see that you have any number of opportunities to prove to yourself the marvel of His grace. The practical test is the only proof. “Why,” you say, “if this had happened before, there would have been the spirit of resentment!” You will never cease to be the most amazed person on earth at what God has done for you on the inside.