10恩典的事历年来被隐藏、封闭、遮蔽着。……恩典是神的一些东西作到我们里面,在我们里面工作,也为我们工作。这不是外面的事。恩典是神在基督里作到我们里面,为我们生活、工作并行事。保罗在林前十五10……〔的〕话相当深奥。保罗不是说,“因着神的恩,我有了我所有的。因着神的恩,我有了好车子、好职业、好妻子。”他甚至也不是说,“因着神的恩,我作了我所作的。”这不在于作什么、得什么或行什么;这完全在于是什么。因此保罗说,“因着神的恩,我成了我今天这个人。”这意思就是,神的恩作到他里面,使他成了那样的人。在加二20保罗说,“不再是我,乃是基督在我里面活着。”我们若把这一节和林前十五10放在一起,就看见恩典就是活在我们里面的基督。“这不是我,乃是神的恩。”“不再是我,乃是基督。”恩典不在我们外面,也不在我们旁边。恩典乃是一位神圣的人物,就是神自己在基督里,作到我们里面,成为我们的构成成分。因着缺少启示,基督徒误会并误解了恩典,以为恩典是外面的东西。但恩典乃是那位三一神作到我们里面,使我们成为所该是的,并且为我们生活、工作、行事,使我们能说,“因着神的恩,我成了我今天这个人。这不是我,乃是神的恩典。”(创世记生命读经,一○二四至一○二五、九九八至九九九页) 10The matter of grace has been hidden, concealed, and veiled throughout the years…Grace is something of God that is wrought into our being and that works in us and does things for us. It is nothing outward. Grace is God in Christ wrought into our being to live, work, and do things for us… [Paul’s word in 1 Corinthians 15:10] is quite deep. Paul did not say, “By the grace of God I have what I have. I have a good car, a good job, and a good wife by the grace of God.” He did not even say, “By the grace of God I do what I do.” It is not a matter of doing, having, or working; it is absolutely a matter of being. Hence, Paul says, “By the grace of God I am what I am.” This means that the very grace of God had been wrought into his being, making him that kind of person. In Galatians 2:20 Paul says, “It is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me.” If we put this verse together with 1 Corinthians 15:10, we see that grace is simply Christ living in us. It is “not I but the grace of God,” “no longer I but Christ.” Grace is not outside of us or beside us. It is a divine person, God Himself in Christ, wrought into our being to be the constituent of our being. Because of the lack of revelation, Christians have misunderstood and misinterpreted grace, thinking of it as something outside of them. But grace is just the Triune God wrought into our being to be what we should be and to live, work, and do things for us so that we may say, “I am what I am by the grace of God. It is not I but the grace of God.” (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 842-843, 822-823)