罗八2 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。

　　 6 因为心思置于肉体，就是死；心思置于灵，乃是生命平安。

　　每一个真正的基督徒都是伊甸园的缩影。你魂的心思代表你自己，你肉体中的罪代表撒但〔这善恶知识树〕，而你灵中的那灵代表神〔这生命树〕。……在罗马八章……我们看到那两棵树的出现。六节说，“心思置于肉体，就是死；心思置于灵，乃是生命平安。”创世记二章的两棵树是客观的，罗马八章的两棵树是主观的。我们绝不能说，这两棵树不再同我们在一起了。甚至在你读这篇信息时，它们就在你里面。……二节说到生命之灵的律，释放我们脱离了罪与死的律。所以，在八章有两个律—生命的律和死的律。这两个律是在我们主观经历中两棵树的两个原则（创世记生命读经，二一八页）。

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

　　6 For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the spirit is life and peace.

　　Every genuine Christian is a miniature garden of Eden. The mind of your soul represents your self, sin in your flesh represents Satan [as the tree of knowledge], and the Spirit in your spirit represents God [as the tree of life]. In Romans 8…we see the outcrop of the two trees. Romans 8:6 says that the mind set on the flesh is death and that the mind set on the spirit is life and peace. In Genesis 2 the two trees were objective; in Romans 8 they are subjective. We should never say that these two trees are no longer with us. Even as you read this message, they are within you…Romans 8:2 mentions the law of the Spirit of life, which sets us free from the law of sin and death. Therefore, in Romans 8 we have two laws—the law of life and the law of death. These two laws are the two principles of the two trees in our subjective experience. (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 177-178)

　　罗马八章二节……的“我”是谁呢？就是那个把开关打开的“我”。这节不是说生命之灵无条件地释放每个信徒，至少七章里的那个信徒就还没得着释放，他仍在挣扎。等到八章，保罗才点出这个律还无法成就一些事。律早已设立了，也在神的运作之下；然而，还需要保罗把开关打开。

　　我们都重生了，我们有神的内住，也有调和的灵，这些都算是电力的装置。……装置已经完成，运转也在进行。现在就等你把开关打开，等你照着灵而行，等你将心思置于灵，等你治死身体的行为，等你被那灵引导，等你呼叫阿爸父，等你作见证，等你叹息（李文集一九八○年第一册，四二四、四二八至四二九页）。

　　这棵金树〔出埃及二十五章的金灯台〕有许多杏花。……亚伦的杖结了熟杏，表征复活的生命。因此，灯台上的杏花指明它是一棵在复活里的树。复活乃是胜过死亡而且不被死亡毁坏、损伤的生命。死亡不能对复活的生命作什么。死亡能把各样的损害加在别种生命上，就是加在植物、动物以及人的生命上。唯有一种生命是死亡损伤不了的，就是复活的生命。……按照圣经完满的启示，神自己就是这复活的生命。

　　灯台当然是发光的；然而，灯台的头一个意义不是光，乃是生命。光是在灯台的顶端，在这照耀的光底下乃是花苞。灯台是会生长的。每一对枝子下面的花萼，指明生命的生长，这些枝子是由生命的生长所产生的。因此，随着灯台我们还看见生命的分枝，这是在光的照耀之下产生的。生命生出光来，也长出光来。这意思是说，光实际上就是生命的开花。我们生长、开花时，光就照耀。我们的开花就是我们的照耀。我们因生命而长大，但我们照耀出光来。

　　赞美主，我们〔这些相信基督的人〕在复活里，乃是这棵树的一部分，有神圣的性情、生命、那灵和照耀的光！……这棵活的树一直在生长、分枝、发苞并开花。……开花就是光的照耀。因此，光乃是生命的开花。事实上光就是生命。约翰一章一节和四节说，“太初有话，……话就是神。……生命在祂里面，这生命就是人的光。”这乃是三一神具体化身的基督，作生命的光照耀出来（出埃及记生命读经，一二四七至一二四九页）。

　　参读：成全训练，第三十一、三十三章；神圣的经纶，第四章；出埃及记生命读经，第九十三篇。

　　Who is this “me” [in Romans 8:2]? It is the switching “me.” It does not mean that the law of the Spirit of life frees every believer with no qualification. At least the one in Romans 7 was not freed; he was still struggling there. Until Paul reached chapter 8, the law [of the Spirit of life] had no way to work out something. The law had been set up, and the law was still under God’s operation, yet it needed Paul’s switching on.

　　We have the regeneration, and we have the indwelling. We also have the mingling. All these are matters of the installation…The installation has been done, and the operation is in progress. They are all here waiting for you to switch on by walking according to the spirit, by setting the mind on the spirit, by killing the practices of the body, by being led by Him, by crying, by witnessing, by groaning. (CWWL, 1980, vol. 1, “Perfecting Training,” pp. 314-315, 317-318)

　　[The] golden tree [the golden lampstand in Exodus 25] has many almond blossoms… Aaron’s rod budding with almonds signifies resurrection life. Hence, the almonds on the lamp-stand indicate that it is a tree in resurrection. Resurrection is life that overcomes death without being damaged or injured by death. Death is powerless to do anything with resurrection life. Death can inflict all kinds of damage on other forms of life, plant life, animal life, and human life. Only one kind of life cannot be hurt by death, and this is resurrection life… According to the full revelation of the Scriptures, God Himself is this resurrection life.

　　The lampstand, of course, gives light. However, the first significance of the lampstand is not light, but life. The light is at the top of the lampstand, and underneath this shining light are the blossoms…The calyx under each pair of branches indicates the growth of life. These branches are produced by the growing of life. Thus, with the lampstand we see the branching out of life which takes place under the shining of the light. Life grows out light and blossoms with light. This means that the light is actually the blossoming of life. When we grow and blossom, the light shines. Our blossoming is our shining. We grow with life, but we blossom out light.

　　Praise the Lord that we [who believe in Christ] are parts of this tree in resurrection and with the divine nature, life, the Spirit, and the shining light! This living tree is growing, branching, budding, and blossoming…The blossoming is the shining of the light. Thus, the light is the life blossoming. Actually the light is the life. John 1:1 and 4 say, “In the beginning was the Word… and the Word was God… In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.” This is the shining of Christ, the embodiment of the Triune God, as the light of life. (Life-study of Exodus, pp. 1083-1084)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1980, vol. 1, “Perfecting Training,” chs. 31, 33; CWWL, 1984, vol. 3, “The Divine Economy,” ch. 4; Life-study of Exodus, msg. 93