加四7 这样，你不再是奴仆，乃是儿子了；既是儿子，也就借着神为后嗣。

　　　三29 你们既属于基督，就是亚伯拉罕的后裔，是照着应许为后嗣了。

　　加拉太三章二十九节启示，信徒是照着神赐给亚伯拉罕的应许为后嗣。……亚伯拉罕的后裔只有一位，就是基督（16）。因此，要成为亚伯拉罕的后裔，我们就必须属于基督，成为基督的一部分。因我们与基督是一，我们就也是亚伯拉罕的后裔，是照着应许为后嗣，承受神所应许的福，就是那包罗万有的灵，祂是经过过程之三一神终极的完成，作了我们的分。在神新约的经纶里，作神选民的信徒，是神的儿子，乃是这样的后嗣，不在律法之下，乃在基督里（新约总论第五册，二五至二六页）。

　　Gal. 4:7 So then you are no longer a slave but a son; and if a son, an heir also through God.

　　3:29 And if you are of Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, heirs according to promise.

　　Galatians 3:29 reveals that the believers are heirs according to the promise given by God to Abraham…Abraham’s seed is only one, Christ (v. 16). Hence, to be Abraham’s seed we must be Christ’s, a part of Christ. Because we are one with Christ, we are also Abraham’s seed, heirs according to promise, inheriting God’s promised blessing, which is the all-inclusive Spirit as the ultimate consummation of the processed Triune God to be our portion. In God’s New Testament economy, the believers as God’s chosen people, being sons of God, are such heirs, not under law but in Christ. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, p. 1082)

　　加拉太三章启示神要照着祂永远的定旨，赐给亚伯拉罕应许。在这应许成就以前，神赐下律法作为祂选民的监护人。然后，在预定的时候，基督这应许的后裔，来成就神对亚伯拉罕的应许。……如今我们在那已成就应许的基督里面，承受所成就的应许，并享受应许给亚伯拉罕的福。这福就是经过过程的三一神这包罗万有赐生命的灵。

　　信徒借着在基督的复活里重生〔彼前一3〕，成为神的后嗣。……重生，就如救赎和称义，乃是神完全救恩的一面。救赎和称义解决了我们与神之间的难处，使我们与神和好；重生是用神的生命点活我们，把我们带进与神生命的关系，生机的联结里，因此带来并产生活的盼望。这样的重生是借着基督从死人中复活所成全的。基督复活时，我们这些信徒都包括在祂里面。因此，我们与祂一同复活（弗二6）。在祂的复活里，祂将神圣的生命分赐到我们里面，使我们在生命和性情上与祂一样。这是我们重生成为神的后嗣基本的因素。

　　重生就是在人的生命以外得着另一个生命，就是神圣的生命。……因着神的拣选、那灵的圣别并基督的救赎（彼前一2），神生了我们，重生了我们。结果，我们就有第二次的出生。借着重生，父神将神圣的生命分赐到我们里面。因此，第一次出生是我们人生命的出生，第二次出生是神圣生命的出生。……人一生下来，就有权利享受属地的产业。同样的原则，人一蒙神用祂的灵重生，他一出生就有活的盼望，这活的盼望就是一切与永远生命有关，属灵、属天之福的基业（4）。每天我们都需要得着这基业，享受这基业。

　　借着在基督的复活里重生，我们成了后嗣，承受三一神作我们的基业，以圣灵作凭质。“所应许的圣灵”就是“我们得基业的凭质，为使神所买的产业得赎”（弗一13下~14）。神是我们的基业。我们要承受神的一切所是和所有。……以弗所一章十四节的“凭质”，原文的意思也是预尝，担保，先付的部分款。神将圣灵赐给我们，不仅作我们基业的保证，担保我们所承受的，也作我们从神所要承受的预尝。……在古时，“凭质”的原文是用于土地的买卖，卖主给买主那片土地的一些泥土作样品；因此，根据古代希腊文的用法，凭质也是样品。圣灵作凭质，乃是我们从三一神所要完满承受之产业的样品（新约总论第五册，二六、二九至三○页）。

　　参读：新约总论，第一百零一篇。

　　Galatians 3 reveals that God intended to give the promise to Abraham according to His eternal purpose. Before this promise was accomplished, the law was given to serve as the custodian of God’s chosen people. Then, at the appointed time, Christ, the promised seed, came to fulfill God’s promise to Abraham…Now we are in Christ, the One who has fulfilled the promise, to inherit the fulfilled promise and to enjoy the blessing of the promise to Abraham. This blessing is the processed Triune God as the all-inclusive life-giving Spirit.

　　The believers have become heirs of God through regeneration in the resurrection of Christ [1 Pet. 1:3]…Regeneration, like redemption and justification, is an aspect of God’s full salvation. Redemption and justification solve our problem with God and reconcile us to God. Regeneration enlivens us with God’s life and brings us into a relationship of life, an organic union, with God. Hence, regeneration issues and results in a living hope. Such regeneration takes place through the resurrection of Christ from among the dead. When Christ was resurrected, we, His believers, were all included in Him. Thus, we were resurrected with Him (Eph. 2:6). In His resurrection He imparted the divine life into us and made us the same as He is in life and nature. This is the basic factor of our regeneration to become heirs of God.

　　To be regenerated is to receive another life, the divine life, in addition to the human life…Because of God’s choosing, the Spirit’s sanctifying, and Christ’s redeeming (1 Pet. 1:2), God begets us, regenerates us. As a result, we have a second birth. Through regeneration God the Father imparts the divine life into us. Therefore, the first birth was the birth of our human life, and the second birth, the birth of the divine life. Once a person has been born on earth, he has the right to enjoy an earthly inheritance. In the same principle, once a person has been born again by God with His Spirit, that one is born unto a living hope, and this living hope is the inheritance (v. 4) of all the spiritual and heavenly blessings related to eternal life. Daily we need to take possession of this inheritance and enjoy it.

　　Through regeneration in the resurrection of Christ we have become heirs to inherit the Triune God as our inheritance with the Holy Spirit as the pledge. The “Holy Spirit of the promise” is the “pledge of our inheritance, unto the redemption of the acquired possession” (Eph. 1:13b-14). God is our inheritance. We shall inherit all that God is and has…The Greek word for pledge in verse 14 also means foretaste, guarantee, a partial payment in advance. God gives His Holy Spirit to us not only as a guarantee of our inheritance, securing our heritage, but also as a foretaste of what we shall inherit of God. In ancient times the Greek word for pledge was used in the purchase of land. The seller gave the buyer a sample of the soil from the land being purchased. Hence, according to ancient Greek usage, a pledge was also a sample. As a pledge, the Holy Spirit is the sample of what we shall inherit of the Triune God. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 1083, 1085-1086)

　　Further Reading: The Conclusion of the New Testament, msg. 101