罗五17 若因一人的过犯，死就借着这一人作了王，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。

　　　　21 使罪怎样在死中作王，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。

　　离婚这件事，对今天的年轻人是极大的试诱。试诱是在外面，情欲是在里面。在这样一个时代中谁能站立得住？……因为我们没有一个人能站立得住，我们就需要恩典作今天的挪亚。只有恩典能使你与你的妻子或丈夫成为一。……没有恩典我们谁也不能这样作，因为试诱太多了。这时代的潮流和趋向太强了。……我们何等需要恩典！我们需要神来作我们的力量和一切。这是恩典。这是挪亚所需要的，也是我们今天所需要的。挪亚得到了这恩典，我们也必须得到。因为挪亚得了恩典，所以他容易与神同行（创世记生命读经，四五八至四五九页）。

　　Rom. 5:17 …Much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.

　　21 In order that just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

　　The matter of divorce is a great temptation to the young people today. The temptations are without, and the lusts are within. Who can stand in such an age?…Because none of us is able to stand, we need the grace to be today’s Noah. Only grace can enable you to be one with your wife or husband…None of us can do it without grace, for there is too much temptation. The tide, current, and trend of the age are too strong… How we need grace! We need God to come to us to be our strength and everything we need. This is grace. This is what Noah needed and what we also need today. Noah found it, and we also must find it. Because Noah found grace, it was easy for him to walk with God. (Life-study of Genesis, p. 375)

　　父母关心他们在学校的子女。今天在学校中，孩子们面临最大的试诱是吸毒问题。……年幼的孩子们不能抗拒这种试诱。他们需要恩典。没有一种瘾癖是你靠自己能胜过的。你需要来到施恩的宝座前得恩典。挪亚得了恩典，他就与神同行。恩典帮助他与神同行。……这恩典……加强他，帮助他过义的生活。在他日常的行事为人中，义从他身上活出来。这种义不仅是客观的，更是主观的。首先，他领受了客观的义；至终，他活出主观的义。所以，在神的眼中，挪亚承受了义。

　　在创世记六章，我们看见三粒重要的种子：肉体、恩典和义。……神是主宰并智慧的。……在祂的主宰和智慧里，祂把肉体留在这里，祂知道就着某种意义说，肉体对我们是有用的。肉体昼夜帮助我们转向施恩座。当我们成熟被提时，我们能够转向肉体说，“小肉体，你的时间到了，你现在可以离开了。”在生命成熟以前，就某一面说我们需要肉体，不是来毁坏我们，乃是迫使我们来到施恩的宝座前。

　　肉体在哪里，恩典也在哪里；恩典在哪里，恩典的结果—义—也在哪里。罗马五章十七节将恩典和义放在一起。……义总是伴随着恩典。没有一个丈夫没有恩典而能与他的妻子是对的；没有一个妻子没有恩典而能与她的丈夫是对的。只有一种丈夫或妻子是对的，那就是得着恩典的妻子或丈夫。一旦我们得了恩典，恩典就使我们与丈夫或妻子是对的。有一个作丈夫的，多年来人家告诉他，该待妻子好一点，但他没有被说服。直到一个晚上他得了恩典，恩典产生出义来，他的态度立刻改变了。……乃是靠着恩典的能力，恩典的力量，以及恩典的生命，我们才能与神、与人甚至与自己都是对的。恩典产生义。义是恩典的最高产物。所以二十一节说，“恩典……借着义作王，叫人……得永远的生命。”因此，义和恩典总是联在一起。肉体在哪里，恩典也在哪里；而恩典在哪里，哪里就产生义。

　　我们是义的，不是因着自己，乃是因着恩典。……神能以挪亚的义向那弯曲悖谬的世代夸耀。挪亚的义加强了神的立场，来执行祂对那不敬虔世代的审判（创世记生命读经，四五九至四六一、四六三至四六四页）。

　　参读：创世记生命读经，第二十八篇。

　　Parents are concerned about their children in school. The biggest temptation that the children face in the schools today is the matter of drugs… The young children cannot stand against this kind of temptation. They need grace. There is no addiction that you can overcome by yourself. You need to come to the throne of grace and find grace. Noah found grace, and he walked with God. Grace helped him to walk with God. This grace strengthened him and helped him to live a righteous life. In his daily walk righteousness was lived out of him. This kind of righteousness was not merely objective but also subjective. First, he received objective righteousness; eventually, he lived out subjective righteousness. Thus, in the eyes of God, Noah inherited righteousness.

　　In the sixth chapter of Genesis, we see three important seeds: flesh, grace, and righteousness. God is sovereign and wise…In His sovereignty and wisdom, He leaves the flesh here, knowing that, in a sense, it is useful to us. DAY and night the flesh helps us turn to the throne of grace. When we are matured, that is, when we are raptured, we will be able to turn to the flesh and say, “Little flesh, your time is over. You may leave now.” Before the maturity of life, in a sense we need the flesh, not to damage us but to force us to come to the throne of grace.

　　Where the flesh is, there is grace, and where grace is, there is the issue of grace—righteousness. Romans 5:17 puts grace and righteousness together… Righteousness always accompanies grace. There is not one husband who can be right with his wife without grace, and there is not one wife who can be right with her husband without grace. There is only one kind of wife or husband who is right—the wife or husband who finds grace. Once we have found grace, grace will make us right with our husband or wife. Consider the case of a particular husband who for years has been told by others that he should treat his wife better than he does. Nevertheless, he is not convinced. One night he finds grace, and grace issues in righteousness. Immediately, he changes his attitude. It is by the power of grace, the strength of grace, and the life of grace that we can be right with God, with one another, and even with ourselves. Grace produces righteousness. Righteousness is the highest product of grace. Therefore, Romans 5:21 says that “grace might reign through righteousness unto eternal life.” Thus, righteousness and grace always go together. Where the flesh is, there is grace, and where grace is, righteousness is produced.

　　We are not righteous because of ourselves but because of grace… God could boast of Noah’s righteousness to that crooked and perverted generation. Noah’s righteousness strengthened God’s standing to execute His judgment upon that ungodly generation. (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 375-379)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of Genesis, msg. 28