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壹 神永远的经纶，乃是要将祂自己作为生命之灵的律分赐到人里面，好使祂公义、圣别和荣耀的神圣属性，成为人的人性美德，使神得着团体的彰显，就是在众地方召会里基督身体的实际，终极完成新耶路撒冷，作为公义、圣别且荣耀的城—创二9，约十10下，十四6上，林前十五45下，罗八2，彼后三13，启二一2、9~11： |
Ⅰ God’s eternal economy is to dispense Himself as the law of the Spirit of life into man so that His divine attributes of righteousness, holiness, and glory would become man’s human virtues for God’s corporate expression as the reality of the Body of Christ in the local churches to consummate the New Jerusalem as the city of righteousness, holiness, and glory—Gen. 2:9; John 10:10b; 14:6a; 1 Cor. 15:45b; Rom. 8:2; 2 Pet. 3:13; Rev. 21:2, 9-11: |
一 神的愿望就是把祂自己作到我们里面，到一个地步，祂成为我们，我们成为祂，我们与祂在生命、性情和形像上完全相像；这乃是祂经纶的登峰造极—约一12~13，彼后一4，林后三18。 |
A God’s desire is to work Himself into us to the extent that He becomes us and we become Him, that we and He become completely identical in life, nature, and image; this is the pinnacle of His economy—John 1:12-13; 2 Pet. 1:4; 2 Cor. 3:18. |
二 人是按着神的形像被造为活的器皿，以接受并盛装神作生命，使神得着生命的复制、复本—创一26，二7，罗九21、23，林后四7，约十二24。 |
B Man was created in the image of God as a living vessel to receive and contain God as life for the reproduction, the duplication, of God in life—Gen. 1:26; 2:7; Rom. 9:21, 23; 2 Cor. 4:7; John 12:24. |
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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。 “生命之灵”……这辞在全本圣经里只用过一次。罗马书直到八章二节才启示“生命之灵”这辞。然而，在八章以前，的确有好几次说到神圣、永远、非受造的生命。生命这辞在罗马书里首次出现在一章十七节；这节说，义人必本于信得生（生命）并活着。这里义人本于信所得的生命，是指神圣的生命。生命这辞在罗马书里第二次出现在二章七节，那里告诉我们：“凡恒心行善，寻求荣耀、尊贵和不朽坏的，就以永远的生命报应他们。”我们若不断寻求神，祂就会赐给我们永远的生命。五章十节说，我们要在祂的生命里得救；五章十七节告诉我们，我们受洋溢之恩，并洋溢之义的恩赐以后，就要在生命中作王。五章十八节提起称义得生命；五章二十一节说，恩典作王，叫人得永远的生命。六章四节告诉我们，要在生命的新样中生活行动。二十二至二十三节说，永远的生命是圣别的结局，并且神的恩赐，在我们的主基督耶稣里，乃是永远的生命。因此，罗马书前六章多次说到神圣的生命。生命是神救恩的目标。神救赎了我们，称义了我们，并使我们与祂和好了，使我们有分于这生命。一旦我们接受这生命，我们就应当在生命里得救，在生命中作王，在生命的新样中生活行动，并在生命里被圣别（罗马书生命读经，一九八至一九九页）。 |
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. This term [the Spirit of life] is used only once in the entire Bible. In the book of Romans the term the Spirit of life is not revealed until 8:2. However, before chapter 8 we do have several references to the divine, eternal, uncreated life. The first occurrence of this word life in the book of Romans is in 1:17, which says that the righteous shall have life and live by faith. The word life in this verse denotes the divine life. The second occurrence of this word in Romans is in 2:7, where we are told that “to those who by endurance in good work seek glory and honor and incorruptibility, life eternal.” If we continually seek God, He will give us life eternal. Romans 5:10 says that we will be saved in His life, and 5:17 tells us that, after receiving the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness, we will reign in life. Romans 5:18 mentions justification of life, and 5:21 says that grace might reign unto eternal life. In 6:4 we are told to walk in newness of life. Romans 6:22-23 says that eternal life is the end of sanctification and that the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Thus, in the first six chapters of Romans, there are many references to the divine life. Life is the goal of God’s salvation. God has redeemed us, justified us, and reconciled us so that we might share this life. Once we receive it, we should be saved in life, reign in life, walk in newness of life, and be sanctified in life. (Life-study of Romans, pp. 162-163) |
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在罗马一至六章，保罗九次说到生命。如今，在八章二节，他忽然在“生命之灵”这辞里，将生命与那灵联在一起。…… 得生命的路是那灵，在祂的生命里得救的路是那灵，在生命中作王的路是那灵，在生命的新样中生活行动的路是那灵，在生命里圣别的路是那灵。那灵就是路。生命属于那灵，那灵是生命的，二者实际上乃是一。我们绝不能将生命与那灵分开，也不能将那灵与生命分开。主耶稣自己说，“赐人生命的乃是灵，……我对你们所说的话，就是灵，就是生命。”（约六63）在这话里，主耶稣将灵与生命联在一起。我们若有那灵，就有生命；我们若没有那灵，就没有生命。我们若在那灵里生活行动，就在生命里生活行动；但我们若不在那灵里生活行动，就不在生命的新样中生活行动。因此，经历神圣、永远、非受造之生命的路乃是那灵。 生命这辞在罗马八章用了四次。二节提到生命之灵的律。六节说，心思置于灵，乃是生命。九至十节告诉我们，基督若在我们里面，我们的灵就因义是生命。十一节说，内住的灵必赐生命给我们必死的身体。本章第一次提起生命乃与圣灵有关，第二次与我们的心思有关，第三次与我们的灵相联，第四次是我们身体的事。罗马八章揭示四重生命。首先生命是那灵。然后那灵进入我们灵里，使我们的灵成为生命。再后那灵又从我们的灵扩展到我们的心思里，使我们的心思成为生命。那灵甚至将这生命分赐到我们必死的身体里，使罪的身体成为生命的身体。我们有四重生命。这一切的中心是住在我们灵里的圣灵。这生命要从我们的灵扩展到我们的心思，遍及我们的全魂，甚至达到我们身体所有的肢体。至终，我们的全人要被生命充满，我们就会成为生命的人。你看见了这个么？我们可称此为四重生命。那灵是生命，我们的灵是生命，我们的心思是生命，甚至我们的身体也是生命的。因此，在罗马八章和前面各章之间的关联是生命加上那灵（罗马书生命读经，一九九至二○一页）。 参读：罗马书生命读经，第十四篇。 |
In Romans 1 through 6 Paul refers to life nine times. Now, in Romans 8:2, he suddenly joins life with the Spirit in the phrase the Spirit of life. The way to have life is the Spirit. The way to be saved in His life is the Spirit. The way to reign in life is the Spirit. The way to walk in newness of life is the Spirit. The way to be sanctified in life is the Spirit. The Spirit is the way. Life belongs to the Spirit, and the Spirit is of life. These two are actually one. We can never separate life from the Spirit, nor the Spirit from life. The Lord Jesus Himself said, “It is the Spirit who gives life…the words which I have spoken to you are spirit and are life” (John 6:63). In this word the Lord Jesus connected the Spirit and life. If we have the Spirit, we have life; if we do not have the Spirit, we do not have life. If we walk by the Spirit, we walk in life, but if we do not walk by the Spirit, we do not walk in the newness of life. Thus, the way to experience the divine, eternal, uncreated life is the Spirit. The word life is used four times in Romans 8. Verse 2 mentions the law of the Spirit of life. Romans 8:6 says that the mind set on the spirit is life. In Romans 8:10 we are told that if Christ is in us, our spirit is life because of righteousness. Romans 8:11 says the indwelling Spirit will give life to our mortal bodies. The first time life is mentioned in this chapter, it is connected to the Holy Spirit, the second time it is related to our mind, the third time it is associated with our spirit, and the fourth time it is a matter of our body. Romans 8 unveils a fourfold life. First, life is the Spirit. Then the Spirit comes into our spirit to make our spirit life. Then the Spirit spreads from our spirit into our mind to make our mind life. The Spirit even imparts this life into our mortal bodies to make the body of sin a body of life. We have a fourfold life. The focus of it all is the Holy Spirit indwelling our spirit. This life will spread from our spirit into our mind and throughout our whole soul, even reaching all the members of our body. Eventually, our whole being will be filled with life, and we will be a man of life. Have you ever seen this? We may call this the fourfold life. The Spirit is life, our spirit is life, our mind is life, and even our body is of life. Thus, the connection between Romans 8 and all the foregoing chapters is life plus the Spirit. (Life-study of Romans, pp. 163-164) Further Reading: Life-study of Romans, msg. 14 |