路十五22~23 父亲却吩咐奴仆说，快把那上好的袍子拿出来给他穿，把戒指戴在他手上，把鞋穿在他脚上，把那肥牛犊牵来宰了，让我们吃喝快乐。

　　神的救恩有两面：上好的袍子所表征外面客观的一面，以及肥牛犊所表征里面主观的一面。基督作我们的义，是我们外面的救恩；基督作我们的生命给我们享受，是我们里面的救恩。上好的袍子使浪子有资格符合他父亲的要求，使父亲心满意足；肥牛犊使他得着饱足，不再饥饿。因此，父和子能一同快乐（圣经恢复本，路十五23注1）。

　　Luke 15:22-23 But the father said to his slaves, Bring out quickly the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet. And bring the fattened calf; slaughter it, and let us eat and be merry.

　　God’s salvation has…the outward, objective aspect, signified by the best robe, and the inward, subjective aspect, signified by the fattened calf. Christ as our righteousness is our salvation outwardly; Christ as our life for our enjoyment is our salvation inwardly. The best robe enabled the prodigal son to meet his father’s requirements and satisfy his father, and the fattened calf satisfied the son’s hunger. Hence, the father and the son could be merry together. (Luke 15:23, footnote 1)

　　路加十五章说到一个儿子离开父家，在外面流荡，变成浪子。有一天，浪子衣衫褴褛地回家了。……父亲远远地看见，就跑去抱着他亲嘴。亲了嘴之后，马上就吩咐奴仆说，“快快把那上好的袍子拿出来给他穿。”（22）那一件袍子是他的家人都知道的，因为是他父亲早就预备好，要在他儿子回来时，给他穿上的。儿子成了浪子，虽然回到父亲，还需要配上这件袍子，才在父面前像一个儿子。这是救赎的一面。父亲是有资格的，要作他的儿子是有要求的。儿子离家流浪，就失去儿子的身份，成了浪子；现在父亲再给他穿上这件袍子，他马上又成为儿子。这说出神救恩法理的一面。

　　然而，光是穿上袍子，成为儿子，还是不够。这时，儿子一面很欢喜，另一面……（他）里面没有吃饱。……父亲接着就说，“把那肥牛犊牵来宰了，让我们吃喝快乐。”（23）这时儿子必定高兴得跳舞了。吃过肥牛犊以后，儿子就得着饱足，不再饥饿了。因此，袍子是表征神救恩法理的一面，牛犊是表征神救恩生机的一面（神救恩生机的一面，一七至一八页）。

　　我们借着基督的血被圣别，是地位上的事。我们原是在亚当里的罪人，但基督的救赎把我们迁移了，甚至从亚当里迁移到基督里（林前一30）。……蒙救赎的意思就是被迁移；就如一位姊妹去购买水果，把水果从市场迁移到她的厨房里。这是地位上的事。

　　当父亲把上好的袍子给他儿子穿上时，那是外面和地位上的事。但当他把肥牛犊给浪子吃时，那是里面和性质上的事。一个人……的衣着是地位的事，而他的吃是性质的事。衣着改变他的地位，使他够资格去工作。然后他的胃里需要有些东西从里面供应他。基督的血改变我们的地位，以圣别我们。这是神的圣别地位的一面。然后神重生我们，把我们作成新造，这是我们在性质上被那灵圣别的开始。我们被作成新造，是从重生开始，一直继续借着那灵性质上的圣别，经过我们整个基督徒的一生。

　　性质上的圣别，乃是继续在信徒身上正在进行之重生的工作。……我们的出生是我们的重生，我们的长大就是我们性质上的圣别。……神已经生了我们（约一12~13），现今我们需要长大。我们虽然都是神的儿女，但在属灵的成长上，我们却是在不同的年龄和阶段。那灵借着圣别我们，而继续更新我们，好使我们在生命上长大（那灵同我们的灵，一三○至一三一页）。

　　参读：圣经中的主观真理，第二篇；那灵同我们的灵，第九、十一章。

　　Luke 15 speaks about a son who left home to wander abroad and became a prodigal son. One day the prodigal son clothed in rags returned home….When he was still a long way off, his father saw him and ran to embrace and kiss him. Afterward, his father immediately ordered the slaves, saying, “Bring out quickly the best robe and put it on him” (v. 22). That robe was known to all the household because it had been prepared earlier by the father to be put on his son upon his return…. Even though he came back to the father’s house, he still had to put on that robe so that he might look like a son before his father. This is the aspect of redemption. The father had certain qualifications, and to be his son there were certain requirements. When the son left home to wander abroad, he lost his status as a son and became a prodigal son. When the father put that robe upon him, he immediately became a son again. This refers to the judicial aspect of God’s salvation.

　　However, it is not sufficient merely to be clothed with the robe and become a son. At that time, on the one hand, the son was happy, but…[he had] an empty stomach….The father went on to say, “Bring the fattened calf; slaughter it, and let us eat and be merry” (v. 23). At that time the son must have been dancing with joy. After eating the fattened calf, the son was satisfied and no longer hungry. Hence, the robe signifies the judicial aspect of God’s salvation, and the calf signifies the organic aspect of God’s salvation. (CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 3, “The Organic Aspect of God’s Salvation,” p. 387)

　　Our being sanctified through the blood of Christ was a positional matter. We were sinners in Adam, but Christ’s redemption moved us and even removed us out of Adam into Christ (1 Cor. 1:30)….To be redeemed means to be removed. When a sister goes shopping to buy some fruit, she removes the fruit from the market into her kitchen. This is a positional matter.

　　When the father clothed his son with the best robe, that was something outward and positional. But when he fed his prodigal son with the fattened calf, that was something inward and dispositional…. [A person’s] dressing is a positional matter, and his eating is a dispositional matter. The clothing changes his position and qualifies him to go to work. Then he needs something in his stomach to supply him from within. The blood of Christ changed our position to sanctify us. That is the positional aspect of God’s sanctification. Then God regenerates us to make us a new creation, and this is the beginning of our dispositional sanctification by the Spirit. Our being made a new creation continues from regeneration throughout our entire Christian life by the Spirit’s dispositional sanctification.

　　Dispositional sanctification is a continuation of the ongoing work of the believers’ regeneration….Our birth is our regeneration, and our growing is our dispositional sanctification…. God has begotten us (John 1:12-13), and now we need to grow. We all are children of God, but we are in different ages and stages in our spiritual growth. The Spirit continues to renew us by sanctifying us for our growth in life. (CWWL, 1993, vol. 2, “The Spirit with Our Spirit,” pp. 212-213)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1977, vol. 3, “The Subjective Truths in the Holy Scriptures,” ch. 2; CWWL, 1993, vol. 2, “The Spirit with Our Spirit,” chs. 9, 11