林前十五45 …末后的亚当成了赐生命的灵。

　　提后四22 愿主与你的灵同在…。

　　1 Cor.15:45b …the last Adam became a life-giving Spirit.

　　2 Tim.4:22a The Lord be with your spirit…

　　〔圣经将灵比作空气。〕没有一件事比呼吸更简单。一个人可以不懂高深的理论，但只要他是人，就会呼吸。呼吸是最普遍的本能；任何一种生物都能呼吸。基督使祂自己变得如此方便，叫任何人都可以接受并经历祂。

　　人好比橡皮轮胎，那灵好比空气。许多人过着一种“瘪胎”的生活；他们瘪气的拖曳在人生的旅途上。我们所需要的是属天的气—赐生命之灵的基督。我们有了祂，行驶就平顺畅快，并且全人充满属天的气！

　　那灵又可比喻作电。现代文明社会，几乎家家户户都安装电。我们需要电来驱动电扇、冰箱、电话、电铃、电视、以及其他多种家电用品。若没有电，我们的生活就濒于停摆。虽然电这么方便，电的源头却在遥远的发电厂。神就像…巨大电厂，满有大能。为了让这大能应用到我们身上，就需要电线传送电流给我们。成为肉体的基督，成了一个人，带着祂的人性，如同电线一般；祂从父神那里来，在我们人的光景中，将神带给我们。复活的基督化身为赐生命的灵，如同电流从发电厂，将强大的电力传送到我们的家里。电流将电力转化为声、光、热、和其他家居生活中使用的形态。同样，那灵也如同属天的电流，将神一切的所是应用到我们身上。借着那灵，我们得着爱、光、真理、生命、喜乐、能力，和神一切的属性。我们里面若没有那灵，我们的生命就弥漫着黑暗、软弱和窒息。但是那灵将三一神应用到我们身上，就叫我们的生命充实，满了意义。

　　许多人以为，作基督徒不过是改良行为或变得虔诚…。然而，最需要的事不是外面的良善或虔诚。若有人只清理电灯或装饰电视机，而不接上电源，那他是个傻瓜。最重要的，乃是把电器接上电源。…提后四章二十二节说，主耶稣基督与我们的灵同在。我们无须到天上去找神，也不必在地上朝圣接触神。现今最神圣的地方，就在我们的灵里。房子安装了电之后，人所要作的，乃是打开开关。今天，在宇宙中，灵已经“安装”完成—基督已经完成了一切的工作，并且成了赐生命的灵，现今无所不在。当我们呼求主名，我们的灵就“打开开关”，我们就能经历神一切的所是。

　　There is nothing more simple than breathing. A person may not understand many deep mysteries, but as long as he is a human being, he can breathe. Breathing is the most universal ability; any living creature can breathe. Christ has made Himself so available that anyone can receive Him and experience Him.

　　Human beings are like a rubber tire, and the Spirit is like the air. Many people live with "flat tires" in their lives; they are depressed and plod along life's journey in a bumpy way. What we need is the heavenly air—the life-giving Spirit of Christ. When we have Him, our ride will be smooth, and we will be filled with the heavenly pneuma!

　　The Spirit can also be illustrated by electricity. In modern civilization nearly every home has electricity installed in it. We need electricity to drive the fan, the clock, the refrigerator, the telephone, the doorbell, the television, and many other appliances. Without electricity our lives would nearly come to a standstill. Although electricity is so applicable, the source of electricity is far away from us in the hydroelectric power plant. God is like the awesome power plant up at the head of the river; He is most powerful. In order for that mighty power to be applied to us, there is the need of power lines to convey the current of electricity to us. The incarnated Christ as a man with His humanity is like the power line; He came from God the Father to us to bring God to us in our human situation. The resurrected Christ as the life-giving Spirit is like the electrical current that carries the mighty hydroelectric power from the power plant into our homes. The electrical current applies the power and turns it into sound, light, heat and other useful forms in our homes. In the same way the Spirit as the current of the heavenly electricity applies all that God is to us. Through the Spirit we have love, light, truth, joy, power, and all the attributes of God. If we do not have the Spirit in us, our lives will be full of darkness, weakness, and suffocation. But the Spirit applies the Triune God to us and makes our life meaningful and full.

　　Many people think that to be a Christian is merely to improve their behavior or to be religious. They even build large cathedrals in which to worship God. Yet the most necessary thing is not to be outwardly good or religious. It is foolish for anyone to clean his lamps or adorn his television set without applying electricity to them. The only thing that matters is to apply electricity to the appliances. What man needs is not bigger buildings or more religious ceremonies; none of these will give him the inward power. What man needs is the Spirit, because the Spirit is the application of God Himself to man.

　　When a person believes in the Lord Jesus, the Spirit comes into this person and lives within him. Second Timothy 4:22 says that the Lord Jesus Christ is with our spirit. We do not need to go to heaven to find God, and we do not need to make any pilgrimage on earth to touch Him. The most holy place is now in our spirit. When electricity is installed in a house, all that a person has to do is to turn on the switch. Today, the Spirit is "installed" in this universe—Christ has accomplished all the work, and as the life-giving Spirit, He is now everywhere. Whenever we call on the Lord's name, our spirits are "switched on," and we can experience all that God is.

　　我们可以再用另一个例子来解释灵的奥秘。有一个夏天，我从市场上买了一个西瓜。这个西瓜很大。为了把它带回家，我流了满身大汗。我的目的是要吃西瓜，消化西瓜。为了这个目的，首先，我必须先把西瓜切成片。为要更容易吸收西瓜，我再把西瓜切片榨成西瓜汁。大西瓜借着变成西瓜汁，成了我的享受。神本来在天上；祂可比喻作这个大的、未切开的西瓜。有一天，祂成为一个人，钉在十字架上。借着祂的钉死，祂被“切片”了。但整个过程并未停在这里；祂死后复活，改变形状，成为灵的形态。这就像将西瓜切片榨成西瓜汁。那灵如同西瓜的汁液。经过这个过程，神对我们就非常便利了（基督是灵和生命，四至八页）。

　　We can explain the mystery of the Spirit by yet another illustration. One day in the summer I bought a watermelon from the market. The melon was large, and I perspired a lot in bringing it home. My intention was to eat and digest that melon. In order to do this, first I had to cut the melon into slices. To make it even easier to receive the melon, I then squeezed the melon slices into melon juice. That big melon became so enjoyable to me through the melon juice. Originally, God was in heaven. He can be illustrated by the big, uncut melon. One day He became a man and was crucified on the cross. Through His crucifixion He was "cut into slices." But the process did not stop there; after His death He resurrected and was transformed into the form of the Spirit. This is like squeezing the melon slices into melon juice. The Spirit is like the juice of the melon. Through this process God became accessible to us. Today, the God whom we worship is not the "uncut" God. He is a "processed" God. In other words, He has passed through a process to become the life-giving Spirit. Now we do not need to sweat and struggle to reach Him; He has become so enjoyable and accessible to us - (Christ is Spirit and Life).