读经：创二9，16~17，罗五12，约十四19，罗八2
壹 我们若要看见创世记二章里两棵树的内在意义，就必须看见神永远的心意与撒但反抗的计谋：
一 神永远的心意是要进到我们里面，成为我们的生命─弗一4~5，约十10下，十四19：
１ 神渴望祂照着自己所造的人，在人的生命之外，得着神的生命─十10下。
２ 神要使自己与我们成为一，并使我们与祂成为一，好使我们能活祂；祂成为我们的生命，我们成为祂的生活─十四19：
ａ 我们能住在基督里面，并且有祂住在我们里面，指明我们与祂乃是一；这是神永远的心意─十五4~5。
ｂ 神永远的心意乃是，因为基督活着，我们也要活着；我们在祂的活里面活着，祂在我们的活里面活着─十四19，加二20。
二 撒但反抗的计谋乃是将他自己注入人里面─创三1~7，罗五12：
１ 当撒但将他自己注入人里面，他就成了人里面的罪与死─12节，七8~9，11，17，太十六23，弗二2。
２ 撒但的生命、性情和素质已注入人性里；这是撒但反抗的计谋─创三1~7。
３ 称为魔鬼的儿女，意思是由撒但所生；他的生命和性情在他的儿女里面─约壹三10，约八44。
贰 生命树表征神连同祂永远的心意，善恶知识树表征撒但连同他反抗的计谋─创二9，16~17：
一 在神眼中，关于这两棵树，要紧的乃是人要吃正确的树，就是生命树─16~17节。
二 神的心意乃是要祂照着自己所造的人，有份于生命树─一26，二9：
１ 生命树表征三一神具体化身在基督里，以食物的形态作人的生命─约一1，4，六48，51。
２ 神把人摆在生命树跟前，指明神要人借着生机的吃祂并新陈代谢的吸收祂，接受祂作人的生命，使神能成为人所是的构成成分─创二9。
３ 神的心意是要将祂自己当作生命树，栽种到人里面，使人与祂一同增长，好使人能彰显祂─一26，二9。
４ 神是要人有份于生命树而得着神的生命，与神联合，好让神得着人，以成功祂的计划，并除灭撒但─一26~27。
三 善恶知识树表征撒但是人死亡的源头─二16~17，来二14：
１ 撒但反抗的计谋，乃是要将他自己当作罪与死，栽种到人里面，因而浸透人，并与人一同增长─创三1~7。
２ 撒但诱惑人的目的，就是要引诱人接触善恶知识树，使这树的生命─撒但的生命─进到人里面─罗五12，约八44。
３ 撒但是要人有份于善恶知识树而有他的生命，与他茍合，好让他窃取人，成功他的恶意，而破坏神的计划。
参 创世记二章九节的两棵树已经成了罗马八章二节的两个律：
一 罗马八章二节的“律”这字不是指诫命，而是指立定的原则；这两个律乃是自然运行的。
二 律是自己会运行的。
三 那里有生命，那里就有那生命的律；生命和其生命的律是不能分开的。
四 每种生命不只是由律所支配，每种生命都是律。
五 神圣的生命是最强的生命，神圣生命的律也是最强的律；我们有个律在我们里面运行，那是宇宙中最强的律。
六 每棵树都是律；律来自树─创二9，罗八2：
１ 我们既有两棵树长在我们里面，我们里面就有两个律在运行：
ａ 生命树栽种到我们里面，就成了律在我们里面运行─生命之灵的律。
ｂ 善恶知识树在我们里面也成了一个律─罪与死的律。
２ 这两棵树连同其律─罪与死的律和生命之灵的律─现今都在我们里面运行。
七 借着头一次的出生，我们有了罪与死的律；凭第二次的出生，我们有了生命之灵的律─诗五一5，约三3，5~6，15。
八 这位神已经经过过程，如今乃是那灵住在我们灵里；祂就是生命之灵的律─七39，加三2，5，14，罗八2。
九 神借着生命之灵的律的运行，拯救我们脱离罪与死的律─2节。
肆 凭生命树活着，就是自自然然的凭生命之灵的律活着─创二9，罗八2：
一 在基督徒的生活中有一个重要的原则，就是人活着不是凭着自己的意志，乃是凭着生命之灵的律─七15~16，八2。
二 我们基督徒的生活不该再受我们的意志所支配，乃该受运行在我们里面的生命之灵的律自然的运行所支配。
Ⅰ A law is something that operates by itself.
Ⅱ Every life is a law:
Ａ Where there is a life, there is also the law of that life; life is inseparable from the law of its life.
Ｂ Every kind of life is not only governed by a law—every life is a law.
Ｃ Every tree is a law; the law comes from the tree:
１ When the tree of life entered into us, it became a law.
２ The tree of the knowledge of good and evil has also become a law within us.
３ Since we have two trees growing within us, we have two laws operating within us.
Ⅲ Romans 8 shows us that God's life is given to us to be our law:
Ａ The two laws in Romans 8:2 are not commandments but principles; these laws operate by nature.
Ｂ These two laws—the law of sin and of death and the law of the Spirit of life—are operating within us; their work is according to law, not activity.
Ｃ God has not only given us life—He has given us the law of life.
Ｄ God's life within us operates in the way of a law.
Ｅ There is a new law within us—the law of the life of God.
Ｆ Believers should trust not only in life but also in the law of life.
Ⅳ A Christian should discover the law of God's life and live by this law of life; this is the Christian life:
Ａ The God who has been processed and is now the Spirit dwelling in our spirit is the law of the Spirit of life.
Ｂ The life a Christian receives is a law, and the Christian life is a spontaneous living according to the law of life.
Ｃ Being a Christian is not a strenuous exercise; all we have to do is let go and allow the law of the inner life to operate within us.
Ｄ Our faith consists of God's life operating within us through a law; this oper-ation results in our being able to live out the Christian life.
Ｅ We need to learn to trust in the law of God's life, allowing this law to operate in us in a spontaneous way.
Ｆ God delivers us from the law of sin and of death through the operation of the law of the Spirit of life.
Ⅴ A Christian should not live according to the power of his will but accord-ing to the law of the Spirit of life:
Ａ There is a law of sin and of death within us that the power of the will has no control over and which can never be overcome.
Ｂ No one can resist the law of sin by his will, nor can anyone resist the law of sin by willing to do good.
Ｃ To live by the will is to try to be a certain type of person when we are not.
Ｄ A law is spontaneous; there is no need for the will to assist it.
Ｅ In the Christian life an important principle is to live not by one's own will but by the law of the Spirit of life.
Ｆ Walking according to the law of life is spontaneous; all we need to do is calmly trust in the law of life within us.
Ｇ The law of life within spontaneously regulates and carries us on; as we go along with this law, we experience life and peace.
Ⅵ There is another law that can contend with the law of sin and of death:
Ａ God has given us a life-law; it remains the same all the time, and it never changes.
Ｂ The law of sin and of death still exists, but we are no longer living under its power; we are living under another law.
Ｃ There is a law in us that delivers us from the law of sin and of death.
Ｄ The way of salvation is not to be someone we are not; rather, it is living out a new law of life from within.
Ｅ When this law is lived out from within, sin will appear to be nonexistent and annihilated, and the power of death will seemingly disappear.
Ｆ We need to learn to follow the law of life within us.
Ｇ The law of the Spirit of life, like the law of sin and of death, is spontaneous.
Ｈ The moment we see the law of life, the first thing we will do is to drop our work.
Ｉ Is our Christian life governed by our will or by the manifestation of this new law within us?
Ｊ Are we living our Christian life, or is there a spontaneous law, a spontaneous power of life in us, that directs us to live the Christian life in a spontaneous way?