罗七24　我是个苦恼的人！谁要救我脱离那属这死的身体？
　　八2　因为生命之灵的律，在基督耶稣里已经释放了我，使我脱离了罪与死的律。
　　罗马八章二节只说到与〔生命之灵的律〕的运行有关的那灵和生命。生命乃是那灵的内容与流出，那灵乃是三一神终极完满的显出。这位三一神，经过成为肉体、钉死并复活的过程，成了内住、赐生命的灵，作所有在基督里之信徒的生命。罪的律，乃是出于住在我们堕落身体肢体中的撒但（七23、17）。那释放我们，使我们脱离这罪律的，乃是这生命之灵的律。不是神，也不是那灵，乃是这律，在我们里面运行，救我们脱离肉体中罪律的运行，并使我们认识神，得着神，而将祂活出。这生命之灵的律，是生命之灵的自然能力，只要情形符合这律的要求，这自然的律就会自动运行。
　　不论撒但还是神，在进入并住在我们里面以后，其运行都不是借着外面客观的活动，乃是借着里面主观的律。生命之灵的律的运行，就是经过过程的三一神，在我们灵里的运行，也就是这三一神在祂生命中，在我们里面的工作（圣经恢复本，罗八2注3）。

　　Rom. 7:24 Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from the body of this death?

　　8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life has freed me in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and of death.

　　The Spirit and life are mentioned in Romans 8:2, but only in connection with the working of [the law of the Spirit of life]. Life is the content and issue of the Spirit, and the Spirit is the ultimate and consummate manifestation of the Triune God after His being processed through incarnation, crucifixion, and resurrection and becoming the indwelling, life-giving Spirit, who is life to all the believers in Christ. The law that has freed us from the law of sin, which is of Satan, who dwells in the members of our fallen body (7:23, 17), is of this Spirit of life. It is this law, not God nor the Spirit, that works in us to deliver us from the working of the law of sin in our flesh and to enable us to know God and gain God and thereby live Him out. This law of the Spirit of life is the spontaneous power of the Spirit of life. Such a spontaneous law works automatically under the condition that fulfills its requirements.

　　Both Satan and God, after entering into our being and dwelling in us, work within us not by outward, objective activities but by an inward, subjective law. The working of the law of the Spirit of life is the working of the processed Triune God in our spirit; this is also the working of the Triune God in us in His life. (Rom. 8:2, footnote 1)

　　在罗马七章七至二十五节，保罗用他信主以前的经历，描述人在律法之下，想要为善讨神喜悦，是何等的苦恼。在这段里，既没有说到人的灵，也没有提到神的灵，只提到人魂的意志与心思（19、23），想要凭天然生命的善，讨神的喜悦（18~19、21）。这虽是未得救之人的光景，但几乎所有的基督徒，在得救以后都有这种经历（圣经恢复本，罗七7注2）。
　　罪的能力是坚强的，我们的能力是薄弱的；罪的能力总是得胜的，我们的能力总是失败的。当保罗看见罪是一个律的时候，他就知道他所有的方法都不行，他那样的立志一点没有用，意志绝对不能胜过罪的律。这是一个大发现，这是一个大启示。
　　保罗看见人得拯救，不是凭着意志。人还倚靠意志力量的时候，就不能倚靠神的拯救的方法。总得有一天，你伏在神面前承认你这一个人没有办法了，你也不想办法了，这样，你才能看见什么叫作拯救，你才能读罗马八章。弟兄姊妹，请你不要轻看罗马七章。我们必须先有七章的认识，然后才能有八章的经历。问题不是你懂不懂得八章的道理，问题是你从七章里出来了没有。许多人埋在七章里面，还是用意志的力量去对付罪，结果就都失败了。你如果没有看见罪是一个律，如果没有看见意志不能胜过罪的律，你就是被困在七章里面的人，永远不能到八章里面来。……你的立志和挣扎都是徒然的。
　　看见圣灵也是一个律，这是一个更大的发现。……所有的得胜，都好像是不知不觉地得胜的。这是因为圣灵的律在那里作，用不着我们用意志把自己抓牢。……是住在你里面的圣灵能使你不犯罪，用不着你立志不犯罪；是住在你里面的圣灵能使你得胜，用不着你立志去得胜。这一个律住在我们里面，就使我们脱离罪和死的律了。我们在基督耶稣里，生命之灵的律也在我们里面，就自然而然地把我们带过去了。我们不出主意，不花力气，圣灵就自然而然地把我们带到得胜的地步（初信造就中册，一四七至一五一页）。
　　参读：初信造就，第二十五篇。

　　In Romans 7:7-25 Paul used his own experience, which he had before he believed in the Lord, to illustrate the wretchedness of trying to do good under the law in order to please God. Neither the human spirit nor the Spirit of God is mentioned in this section; rather, the will and the mind of the human soul (vv. 19, 23), which attempt to please God with the good of the natural life (vv. 18-19, 21), are referred to. Although this is the situation of an unsaved person, nearly all Christians pass through this kind of experience after they are saved. (Rom. 7:7, footnote 1)

　　The power of sin is strong; our own power is weak. The power of sin always prevails, while our own power always fails. As soon as Paul realized that sin is a law, he knew that none of his methods would work. His determination was useless; he would never overcome the law of sin by his will. This was a great discovery, a great revelation to him.

　　Paul saw that a man cannot experience deliverance by the exercise of the will. As long as a man trusts in the power of his own will, he will not turn to God's way of deliverance. The day will come when you will prostrate yourself before God and acknowledge that you can do nothing and henceforth will do nothing. That will be the day you find deliverance. Only then will you understand Romans 8. Brothers and sisters, please do not belittle Romans 7. We must first have the knowledge of chapter 7 before we can have the experience of chapter 8. The problem is not whether you understand the doctrine in Romans 8 but whether or not you have emerged from Romans 7. Many have buried themselves in Romans 7; they are still trying to deal with sin by their will. The result is nothing but failure. If you have not seen that sin is a law and that your will can never overcome this law, you are trapped in Romans 7; you will never arrive at Romans 8....All your willing and struggling is in vain.

　　The realization of the Holy Spirit as a law is a great discovery....All victories are unconscious victories because the law of the Holy Spirit is operating and upholding us, not our own will....Only the indwelling Spirit can keep you from sin; you do not have to will not to sin. It is also the indwelling Holy Spirit who is enabling you to overcome; you do not have to will to overcome. Since this law dwells in you, you are delivered from the law of sin and of death. You are in Christ Jesus, and the law of the Spirit of life is in you. Spontaneously, you are free. As long as you do not rely on your own will and effort, the Holy Spirit will bring you into victory. (CWWN, vol. 49, pp. 386-388)

　　Further Reading: CWWN, vol. 49, ch. 25