二 要实现召会生活，就是基督身体的生活，需要我们的全人；献上的身体、变化的魂和火热的灵，都是过正确的召会生活所不可或缺的—罗十二1~2，11： |
Ｂ For the church life, the life of the Body of Christ, to be realized, our entire being is needed; a presented body, a transformed soul, and a burning spirit are indispensable to a proper church life—Rom. 12:1-2, 11: |
１ 为着召会生活，我们要献上身体作活祭： |
１ We need to present our bodies as a living sacrifice for the church life: |
ａ 罗马十二章一节的‘身体’是复数，‘祭’是单数；这表明我们所献上的，乃是许多身体，但我们所献成的，却是惟一的祭，这含示我们众人在基督身体里的事奉，不该是许多分开、各不相干、个别的事奉。 |
ａ Bodies in Romans 12:1 is plural, and sacrifice is singular; this indicates that although many bodies are presented, they become one sacrifice, implying that although we are many, our service in the Body of Christ should not be many individual services, separated and unrelated. |
ｂ 我们一切的事奉，该是一个整体的事奉，且该是独一无二的，因为是基督一个身体的事奉。 |
ｂ All our service should constitute one whole service, and this service must be unique because it is the service of the one Body of Christ. |
２ 我们将身体献上以后，还需要心思的更新—2~3节： |
２ After presenting our body, we need to have our mind renewed—vv. 2-3: |
ａ 心思的更新，是我们心思置于灵（八6）的结果，是我们魂变化的基础；我们的心思是我们魂主要的部分，我们的心思既被更新，意志与情感也自然随着更新。 |
ａ The renewing of the mind, which results from setting the mind on the spirit (8:6), is the base for the transformation of our soul; our mind is the leading part of our soul, and as it is renewed, our will and emotion automatically follow to be renewed also. |
ｂ 更新的意思是有新的元素加到我们里面，因而产生新陈代谢的变化，使我们适合基督身体的建造，就是召会生活的实行。 |
ｂ To be renewed means that a new element is wrought into our being; this produces an inward metabolic transformation, making us suitable for the building up of the Body of Christ, which is the practice of the church life. |
３ 我们必须灵里火热，使我们被挑旺并受鼓励而在召会生活中积极向前；死的虚空知识和道理的仪式，会使我们堕落且不冷不热；我们需要为我们的不冷不热悔改而发热心、沸腾、火热，借此重得享受基督的实际—十二11，启三16，19~22。 |
３ We must be burning in spirit that we may be stirred up and encouraged to go on in the church life in a positive way; dead, vain knowledge and doctrinal forms can make us degraded and lukewarm; we need to repent of our lukewarmness and be zealous, boiling, burning, that we may regain the enjoyment of the reality of Christ—12:11; Rev. 3:16, 19-22. |
三 当基督这恩典进到我们里面的时候，也带来某些技能与才干的元素，随着生命在我们里面的增长，发展成为生命的恩赐，使我们可以在基督的身体里尽功用事奉神—罗十二4~8。 |
Ｃ When Christ as grace comes into us, this grace brings with it the element of certain skills and abilities, which, accompanying our growth in life, develop into the gifts in life that we may function in the Body of Christ to serve God—Rom. 12:4-8. |
四 九至二十一节给我们看见正常的基督徒生活，这是实行召会生活所必需的基础，且与召会生活相配；这是为着身体生活之最高美德的生活；惟有在生命中作王，我们才能有这样的身体生活—五17。 |
Ｄ Verses 9 through 21 show the normal Christian life that is the necessary base for the practice of the church life and that matches the church life; this is a life of the highest virtues for the Body life; we can have such a living for the Body life only by reigning in life—5:17. |
五 神完整的救恩（10~11）是使我们借着洋溢之恩（神自己作我们全备的供应使我们生机的得拯救）并洋溢之义（神法理的救赎实际应用在我们身上）而在生命中作王；当我们都在生命中作王、活在神圣生命的掌权之下时，结果就是真正且实际的身体生活。 |
Ｅ God's complete salvation (vv. 10-11) is for us to reign in life by the abundance of grace (God Himself as our all-sufficient supply for our organic salvation) and of the gift of righteousness (God's judicial redemption applied to us in a practical way); when we are all reigning in life, living under the ruling of the divine life, the issue is the real and practical Body life. |
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罗十二1~3 所以弟兄们，我…劝你们，将身体献上，当作…活祭，…不要模仿这世代，反要借着心思的更新而变化，叫你们验证何为神…的旨意。我…对你们各人说，不要看自己过于所当看的，乃要…看得清明适度。 在原文，罗马十二章一节的身体是复数，祭是单数。…我们所献上的，乃是许多身体，但我们所献成的，却是惟一的祭，这含示我们众人在基督身体里的事奉，不该是许多分开、各不相干、个别的事奉；我们一切的事奉，该是一个整体的事奉，且该是独一无二的，因为是基督一个身体的事奉。（圣经恢复本，罗十二1注5。） |
Rom. 12:1-3 I exhort you therefore, brothers,…to present your bodies a living sacrifice…. 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….For I say… to everyone who is among you, not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think, but to think so as to be sober-minded… Bodies in Romans 12:1 is plural and sacrifice is singular…. Although many bodies are presented, they become one sacrifice, implying that, although we are many, our service in the Body of Christ should not be many individual services, separated and unrelated. All our service should constitute one whole service, and this service must be unique because it is the service of the one Body of Christ. (Rom. 12:1, footnote 5) |
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我们将身体献上以后，还需要心思的更新。这心思的更新，是我们魂变化的基础，是我们的心思置于灵（罗八6）的结果。我们的心思是我们魂主要的部分，我们的心思既被更新，与心思同作魂其他部分的意志与情感，也自然随着更新。更新的意思是有新的素质加到我们里面，因而产生新陈代谢的变化，使我们适合基督身体的建造，就是召会生活的实行。（圣经恢复本，罗十二2注3。） 我们为着召会生活将身体献上之后，最容易落于魂里心思的意见，使我们在召会生活中受到破坏，所以我们的魂在其心思中特别需要变化。心思受到变化，又最容易落入消极静止中；所以在此时，我们需要灵里火热，挑动并鼓励我们在召会生活中积极向前。（罗十二11注1。） 在罗马十二章三节里我们来到非常实际的点。我们每个人都高看自己。你外面也许显得谦卑，里面却相当高看自己。这是召会生活的难处。…你若高看自己，你的心思就不清明或不正常。…你的心思需要受调整并更新。 我们需要领悟，一个身体的许多肢体有不同的功用。〔4~5。〕…我盼望许多年轻的弟兄能彼此说，‘弟兄，我能作的，你不能作；你能作的，我不能作。’ 在六节保罗说，‘照着所赐给我们的恩典，我们得了不同的恩赐。’…恩典就是神在基督里作我们的享受。这恩典，这神圣的元素，就是神圣的生命，进入我们这人里面，就带来某些属灵技能就带来某些属灵技能或才干，就是恩赐。恩赐，或属灵的才干，来自我们所享受的神圣元素。…〔这些〕是在生命中恩典的恩赐。 五章十七节说，‘那些受洋溢之恩，并洋溢之义恩赐的，就更要借着耶稣基督一人，在生命中作王了。’…不但如此，在二十一节保罗说，‘恩典也照样借着义作王，叫人借着我们的主耶稣基督得永远的生命。’…这两节证明恩典与生命有关。恩典是什么？恩典乃是神圣的生命作了我们的享受。神永远的生命成为我们的享受，那就是恩典。在林前十五章十节保罗说，‘我比众使徒格外劳苦，但这不是我，乃是神的恩与我同在。’与保罗同在的神的恩，就是在保罗里面神圣的生命，作了他的享受。因此，他比其他使徒更劳苦，然而这实际上不是保罗自己，乃是他所享受之神圣的生命。因此，罗马书里的恩典是生命的事。（罗马书生命读经，三五八至三五九、三六一至三六二页。） 参读：罗马书中神完整的救恩结晶读经，第五篇；异象的高峰与基督身体的实际，第四篇。 |
After presenting our body, we need to have our mind renewed. The renewing of the mind, which results from setting the mind on the spirit (Rom. 8:6), is the base for the transformation of our soul. Our mind is the leading part of our soul, and as it is renewed, our will and emotion automatically follow to be renewed also. To be renewed means that a new element is wrought into our being. This produces an inward metabolic transformation, making us suitable for the building up of the Body of Christ, which is the practice of the church life. (Rom. 12:2, footnote 4) After we have presented our body for the church life, it is very easy for us to fall into the opinions of our mind in our soul, which results in our being damaged in the church life; therefore, our soul, and particularly the mind of our soul, needs to be transformed. However, once our mind is transformed, we may easily fall into a negative and dormant state. At that time we must be burning in spirit that we may be stirred up and encouraged to go on in the church life in a positive way. (Rom. 12:11, footnote 1) In Romans 12:3 we come to a very practical point. Everyone of us thinks highly of himself. Outwardly you may appear to be humble, but inwardly you think quite highly of yourself. This is a problem to the church life…. If you think highly of yourself, your mind is not sober or normal. It… needs to be adjusted and renewed. We need to realize that the many members of the one Body have different functions [vv. 4-5]….I hope that so many of the young brothers could say to one another, “Brother, what I can do, you cannot do, and what you can do, I cannot do.” In verse 6 Paul says that we have “gifts that differ according to the grace given to us.”…Grace is simply God in Christ as our enjoyment. When this grace, this divine element, which is the divine life, comes into our being, it brings with it certain skills and abilities which are the gifts. The gifts, the spiritual abilities, come from the divine element which we have enjoyed…. [They are] the gifts of grace in life. Romans 5:17 says that “those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life.”…Furthermore, in 5:21 Paul says that “grace might reign through righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” These two verses…prove that grace is related to life. What is grace? It is the divine life for our enjoyment. When the eternal life of God becomes our enjoyment, that is grace. In 1 Corinthians 15:10 Paul says, “I labored more abundantly than all of them, yet not I but the grace of God which is with me.” The grace of God which was with Paul was the divine life within Paul as his enjoyment. Thus, he labored more than the other apostles, although actually it was not Paul himself, but the divine life which he enjoyed. Thus, grace in Romans is a matter of life. (Life-study of Romans, pp. 303-306) Further Reading: CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 5, “Crystallization-study of the Complete Salvation of God in Romans,” ch. 5; CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 1, “The High Peak of the Vision and the Reality of the Body of Christ,” ch. 4 |