我們今天繼續思想詩篇七十三篇裡的重要訊息。我們發現，阻止詩人雙腳滑倒的不是他察覺到自己與神的關係，而是他察覺到自己與弟兄姊妹之間的關係。這真是有點令人難以置信。那也許不是他的最高屬靈原則，但卻拯救他脫離了災難。

保羅在今天的信息談及的就是這件事──我們彼此之間的關係。我肯定你很熟悉哥林多前書八和十章的經文，保羅在那裡詳細討論這個問題，他說：「我說的良心，不是你的，乃是他的，我這自由為甚麼被別人的良心論斷呢？」（林前十29）。換句話說，你可能感到沒有必要為了自己的緣故、而避免吃祭過偶像的肉，因為你的良心沒有受到責備，但你那較為軟弱的弟兄又怎麼樣呢？基督也同樣為他而死的啊。

你知道嗎？「我們沒有一個人為自己活」，所以下次當魔鬼企圖誘騙你相信你被孤立，並讓你感到難過的時候，就對它引述這段經文吧。我們並非在孤立中行動；如果你跌倒，你不是獨個兒跌倒，是整個教會都跌倒。如果沒有別的事情能夠阻止你犯錯的話，要記得你所屬的群體，記得你是天上家庭的一分子，當你跌倒的時候，其他人也同時跌倒。

It seems almost unbelievable that the thing which stopped the psalmist's feet from slipping and sliding was not the awareness of his relationship with God but the awareness of his relationship with his brothers and sisters. It might not have been the highest spiritual principle he could have held on to, but it saved him from disaster.

It is this matter - our relationship with one another - that Paul is speaking about in today's passage. You will be familiar, I am sure, with the passages in 1 Corinthians 8 and 10 where Paul enlarges on this subject and where, in a remarkable statement, he says: "I mean for the sake of his conscience, not yours, do not eat it. For why should another man's scruples apply to me, and my liberty of action be determined by his conscience? (1 Cor. 10:29, Amplified Bible). He is saying, in other words, that you might see no need to refrain from eating meat offered to idols for your own sake, because your conscience is not offended, but what about your weaker brother for whom Christ also died?

You see, "none of us lives to himself alone", so when next the devil tries to convince you that you are an isolated case and that what he is suggesting concerns you and you alone, quote this verse to him. We do not act in isolation; if you fall, you do not fall alone, the whole Church falls also. If nothing else can stop you from doing wrong, remember the people to whom you belong, remember you are part of a heavenly family, and that when you fall, others fall with you.