第一週 • 週二
晨興餧養
羅十二2 不要模仿這世代，反要藉着心思的更新而變化，叫你們驗證何為神那美好、可喜悅、並純全的旨意。
弗四23 而在你們心思的靈裏得以更新。
我們不要模仿這世界的樣子，就是不要講時髦，卻要藉着心思的更新而變化。…聖經裏講的更新，乃是心思的更新，完全是心思的問題。心思就是我們的心理、我們的哲學、我們的宗教思想以及對人事的看法等。我們需要被更新，主要的是我們的心思要更新。
以弗所四章二十三節說，『在你們心思的靈裏得以更新。』前面一節說到脫去舊人（22），後面一節說到穿上新人（24），…心思的靈是指我們那與神的靈調和的重生之靈，擴展到我們的心思裏，管制我們的心思。這樣，我們的心思就得着更新。此外，羅馬八章六節說，『心思置於靈，乃是生命平安。』這也給我們看見心思的重要；我們必須將心思置於靈，我們的心思纔有可能得着更新（李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第三冊，五一九至五二○頁）。
信息選讀
不僅如此，新約也教訓我們，我們裏面要思念基督耶穌裏面所思念的（腓二5）。這就等於以基督耶穌的心思為心思。重生叫我們得着神的生命，聖化使我們有分於神的性情，更新改換了我們的心思。
得更新的路，就在於禱告和讀聖經；因為心思的更新乃是在一切對人生事物的觀念上，受聖經的教訓和聖靈的光照，而有的去舊更新。你把聖經讀熟了，聖靈就光照你、指導你。你這樣天天禱告、讀經，聖靈來把你光照一下，就把你裏面的心思都去舊更新。這樣，你的眼光就不同了，你這個人也就得着了更新。
此種心思上的更新，使信徒在屬靈生命上有變化。提多書三章五節說到重生的洗滌和聖靈的更新。重生的洗滌把我們的老生命洗掉了，接着聖靈的更新就把我們的心思更換了。我們的心思一更新，全人就變化。這就是藉着心思的更新而變化。重生的洗滌潔除我們舊人一切舊性情的東西，而聖靈的更新將新的東西，新人神聖的素質，分賜到我們裏面。藉此我們就從已往所在的老舊光景轉入全新的光景，從舊造進入新造的情形。
今天人的問題大都出在心思上。…有時候人的心思不對了，就胡思亂想。作太太的胡思亂想，就哭起來了，這都是心思的故事。神作我們的生命，變化我們的性情，還要更新我們的心思，這樣我們纔有正確的觀念，纔能正確的追隨基督。…我們的性情必須成為聖別，使我們有分於神聖別的性情；我們的心思也必須得更新，使我們在屬靈的生命上有變化。這是神在祂的救恩中，在生機一面對我們所施的拯救（李常受文集一九九四至一九九七年第三冊，五二○至五二二頁）。
參讀：神救恩生機的一面，第三篇；倪柝聲文集第一輯第十七冊，講經記錄（卷一），揀選的能力。
WEEK 1 — DAY 2
Morning Nourishment
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)
Todays Reading
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
