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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:
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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罗八2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。
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律是自己会运行的。
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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。
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每种生命不只是由律所支配,每种生命都是律。
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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。
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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:
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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。
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善恶知识树在我们里面也成了一个律─罪与死的律。
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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。
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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。
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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。
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A law is something that operates by itself.
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Every life is a law:
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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.
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Every tree is a law; the law comes from the tree:
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When the tree of life entered into us, it became a law.
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The tree of the knowledge of good and evil has also become a law within us.
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Since we have two trees growing within us, we have two laws operating within us.
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Romans 8 shows us that God's life is given to us to be our law:
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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.
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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.
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Believers should trust not only in life but also in the law of life.
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A Christian should discover the law of God's life and live by this law of life; this is the Christian life:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?


