14我们是器皿,不是工具或武器—我们乃是容器。按照罗马九章,我们盛装怜悯、尊贵和荣耀〔21、23〕。这怜悯、尊贵和荣耀,实际上就是三一神。在我们的经历起初的阶段,三一神是我们的怜悯;在长进的阶段,祂是我们的尊贵;在完成的阶段,祂是我们的荣耀。现今我们享受我们的神作怜悯,多少也享受祂作尊贵。当主耶稣回来时,我们要完全被带进尊贵,也要被带进荣耀里。那时我们要被三一神充满,不仅作我们的怜悯,也作我们的尊贵和荣耀。怜悯是神够得最远的属性。怜悯比恩典够得更远,因为怜悯达到可怜且不配得恩典的景况。……何等美妙!神的怜悯不在于我们的光景是否美好。反之,神的怜悯显示在人可怜的光景里。临及我们的是神的怜悯。……我们需要看见神怜悯的宝贵,为此赞美祂,并为此作见证。从前我们是远离神的罪人;现今我们与包罗万有的基督是一。何等的怜悯!我们是盛装三一神作怜悯的器皿!
14As vessels, we are not instruments or weapons—we are containers. According to Romans 9, we contain mercy, honor, and glory [vv. 21, 23]. This mercy, honor, and glory are actually the Triune God. In the initial stage of our experience the Triune God is our mercy, in the progressing stage He is our honor, and in the completing stage He is our glory. At present we are enjoying our God as mercy and somewhat as honor. When the Lord Jesus comes back, we shall be fully brought into honor and also into glory. Then we shall be filled with the Triune God not only as our mercy but also as our honor and glory. Mercy is the most far-reaching of God’s attributes. Mercy goes further than grace, for mercy reaches into a situation that is pitiful and unworthy of grace…How wonderful that God’s mercy does not depend on our being in a good condition! Rather, God’s mercy is shown in man’s pitiful condition. It is God’s mercy that has reached us…We need to see the preciousness of God’s mercy and praise Him for it and testify concerning it. Once we were sinners far from God; now we are one with the all-inclusive Christ. What a mercy! We are vessels containing the Triune God as mercy.