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罗马书生命读经 · 第16篇

在我们灵里那灵的释放（三）

The freedom of the Spirit in our spirit (3)
1参那灵基督的内住
1III. THE INDWELLING OF CHRIST THE SPIRIT
2虽然我们在罗马八章一至六节清楚看见生命之灵的律的释放，但很难看见以下七节的中心点。然而，我们若深入这一段的思想，就会看见保罗在其中想要告诉我们，在罪以外另有个东西住在我们里面。在七章二十节保罗说，『若我去作所不愿意的，就不是我行出来的，乃是住在我里面的罪行出来的。』因此，罗马七章暴露内住的罪。如我们所看见的，罗马八章是罗马七章8尖锐的对比。罗马七章有捆绑；罗马八章有释放。罗马七章有律法；罗马八章有那灵。罗马七章有我们的肉体；罗马八章有我们的灵。不仅如此，罗马七章有内住的罪。照著罗马八章，甚么住在我们里面？乃是基督，内住的基督。罗马七章有内住的罪，作一切苦恼的主要因素；罗马八章有内住的基督，作一切蒙福的因素。基督若不是那灵，就绝不能住在我们里面。祂必须是那灵，好住在我们里面。在八章九至十节我们找著三个交互使用的同义辞：『神的灵』、『基督的灵』、和『基督』。再者，十一节说到内住的灵。这些同义辞指明并证明基督是内住的灵。毫无疑问，九节里『神的灵』就是二节里『生命之灵』。保罗题起『神的灵』之后，说到『基督的灵』和『基督』自己。然后在十一节，他说到内住的灵。这意思是说，『神的灵』就是『基督的灵』，『基督的灵』就是『基督』自己。因此，在我们里面的基督乃是内住的灵。祂是『生命之灵』，祂是『神的灵』，祂也是内住在我们里面『基督的灵』，使祂将自己这生命分赐给我们。基督不但分赐生命给我们的灵，（10，）也给我们的心思（6，）和我们必死的身体。（11。）所以，基督现今在圣灵里是生命，（2，）在我们的灵里是生命，（10，）在我们的心思里是生命，（6，）在我们必死的身体里也是生命。（11。）基督乃是有四重丰富的生命。
2Although in Romans 8:1-6 we clearly see the freedom of the law of the Spirit of life, it is difficult to see the central point of the next seven verses. However, if we enter deep into the thought of this portion, we will see that in it Paul is trying to tell us that something other than sin has its lodging within us. In 7:20 Paul said, “But if what I do not will, this I do, it is no longer I that do it but sin that dwells in me.” Hence, Romans 7 exposes the indwelling sin. As we have seen, Romans 8 is a sharp contrast to Romans 7. Romans 7 has bondage; Romans has freedom. Romans 7 has the law; Romans 8 has the Spirit. Romans 7 has our flesh; Romans 8 has our spirit. Moreover, Romans 7 has the indwelling sin. According to Romans 8 what indwells us? It is Christ, the indwelling Christ. In Romans 7 we have the indwelling sin as the main factor of all wretchedness. In Romans 8 we have the indwelling Christ as the factor of all blessedness. If Christ were not the Spirit, He could never indwell us. He must be the Spirit in order to indwell us. In verses 9 and 10 we find three synonymous terms used interchangeably: “the Spirit of God,” “the Spirit of Christ,” and “Christ.” Furthermore, verse 11 refers to the indwelling Spirit. These synonyms indicate and prove that Christ is the indwelling Spirit. Undoubtedly “the Spirit of God” in verse 9 is “the Spirit of life” in verse 2. After Paul mentions “the Spirit of God.” he speaks about the “Spirit of Christ” and “Christ” Himself. Then in verse 11 he refers to the indwelling Spirit. This means that the “Spirit of God” is the “Spirit of Christ” and the “Spirit of Christ” is “Christ” Himself. Hence, Christ in us is the indwelling Spirit. He is “the Spirit of life,” He is “the Spirit of God,” and He is also “the Spirit of Christ” indwelling us that He may impart Himself as life to us. Christ not only imparts life to our spirit (v. 10), but also to our minds (v. 6) and to our mortal bodies (v. 11). Therefore, Christ is now life in the Holy Spirit (v. 2), life in our spirit (v. 10), life in our mind (v. 6), and life in our mortal body (v. 11). Christ is life with fourfold riches.
3虽然罗马书在我手中多年了，但最近我才看见基督是四重生命。基督对我们是有四重、加强丰富的生命。祂不但在神圣的灵里并在我们人的灵里是生命；祂甚至在我们的心思里也是生命。不但如此，基督对我们必死的身体也能成为生命。换句话说，祂现今在神里面是生命，在神的子民里面也是生命。这是八章七至十三节主要的点。中心点是基督这内住的灵，对我们乃是有四重丰富的生命。祂非常丰富。祂扶持我们的灵，供应我们的心思，甚至点活我们必死的身体。这生命，就是基督自己，是我们今天所享受的生命。愿主将这点向我们完全揭示，不是仅仅在道理上，乃是在经历上向我们揭示。我们都必须看见，我们的基督是内住的灵，是有四重丰富的生命。
3Although the book of Romans has been in my hands for years, only recently have I seen that Christ is the fourfold life. Christ is life to us with fourfold, intensified riches. He is not only life in the Divine Spirit and in our human spirit; He is even life in our minds. Furthermore, Christ can be life to our mortal bodies. In other words, He is now the life in God as well as the life in God’sp eople. This is the main point of 8:7-13. The central point is that Christ as the indwelling Spirit is life to us with fourfold riches. He is so rich. He sustains our spirit, supplies our minds, and even enlivens our mortal bodies. This life, which is Christ Himself, is the life that we enjoy today. May the Lord fully unveil this to us, not merely in a doctrinal way, but in the way of experience. We all must see that our Christ is the indwelling Spirit as life with fourfold riches.
一 肉体
A. The Flesh
4罗马八章七节说，『因为置于肉体的心思，是与神为仇，因牠不服神的律法，也是不能服。』本节强调的说，我们的肉体没有盼望。我们的心思若置于我们的肉体，也就成为没有盼望的。任何与肉体成为一的事物都没有盼望。不要以为你能圣别你的肉体，这是不可能的。肉体就是肉体，肉体完全没有盼望。绝不要寄望于你的肉体，肉体绝不能改良。神下了断案，肉体必须被了结，因为肉体全然败坏了。神用洪水审判挪亚的世代，因为那世代成了肉体。（创六3－血气，原文，肉体。）那世代成了肉体，神就认为那世代没有盼望。神发觉不可能拯救、恢复、或改良那世代。神似乎说，『让那世代去罢。我必须将牠完全置于我的审判之下。』洪水的审判是对肉体的审判。惟有当人成了肉体，神才将人当作肉体审判。所以，绝不要说你的肉体能改良。绝不要以为你的肉体今天比你得救以前好。无论人得救与否，肉体仍是肉体。肉体没有盼望，与肉体有关的一切也没有盼望。保罗说，『置于肉体的心思，是与神为仇。』肉体与神为仇，置于肉体的心思也与神为仇。置于肉体的心思，不服神的律法。这样的心思不可能服神的律法，即使要服也不能服。因此，对肉体的判决是定案的。肉体了了，与肉体有关的一切也了了。
4Romans 8:7 says, “Because the mind set on the flesh is enmity against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can it be.” This verse says emphatically that our flesh is a hopeless case. If our mind is set on our flesh, it also becomes hopeless. Anything that is one with the flesh is hopeless. Do not think that you can sanctify your flesh. This is impossible. Flesh is flesh, and flesh is absolutely hopeless. Never place any hope in your flesh. It can never be improved. God has made the definite decision that the flesh must be terminated because it is utterly corrupt. God judged Noah’s generation with the flood because that generation had become flesh (Gen. 6:3). When that generation became flesh, God considered it hopeless. God found it impossible to rescue it, recover it, or improve it. God seemed to say, “Let that generation go. I must place it completely under My judgment.” The judgment of the flood was a judgment upon the flesh. Only when man had become flesh did God exercise judgment over man as the flesh. Therefore, never say that your flesh can be improved. Never think that your flesh today is better than before you were saved. Whether a person is saved or not, the flesh remains flesh. The flesh is hopeless, and everything related to it also is hopeless. Paul said that “the mind set on the flesh is enmity against God.” The flesh is enmity against God, and the mind set upon it is also enmity against God. The mind set on the flesh is not subject to the law of God. It is impossible for such a mind to be subject to God’s law, even if it would want to be. Thus, the verdict on the flesh is final. The flesh is over, and everything related to the flesh is over.
5保罗在八节接续这思想，这节说，『而且在肉体里的人，不能得神的喜悦。』只要我们在肉体里，我们7就不能得神的喜悦。绝不要说，你的肉体是好的。在七至八节我们看见四个点：肉体与神为仇，肉体不服神的律法，肉体不能服神的律法，并且肉体不能得神的喜悦。这就是肉体的光景。
5Paul continues this thought in verse 8 which says, “And those who are in the flesh cannot please God.” As long as we are in the flesh, we cannot please God. Never say that your flesh is good. In verses and 8 we see four points: that the flesh is enmity against God, that it is not subject to the law of God, that it cannot be subject to the law of God, and that the flesh cannot please God. This is the condition of the flesh.
二 那灵基督的内住
B. The Indwelling of Christ the Spirit
6『但神的灵若住在你们里面，你们就不在肉体里，乃在灵里了；然而人若没有基督的灵，就不是属基督的。』（9。）在书信中，有许多经文都开始于奇妙的『但』字。阿利路亚，『但』！在我们的历史中，我们需要许多这样的『但』。我们应当能说，『哦，今天早晨我很下沉，『但。』我在自己里面很软弱，『但。』我完全没有盼望，『但。』』保罗说，『但…，你们就不在肉体里。』绝不要说你有好的肉体，或你在好的肉体里。我们不该留在我们的肉体里，因我们的肉体已被定罪。房子若被政府查封，你住在里面就是非法的。同样，肉体已彻底被神定罪了，我们不该留在那里，争辩说我们的肉体已改良了。我们不该在肉体里，乃该在灵里。这灵乃是指与神的灵调和的人的灵。
6But you are not in the flesh, but in the spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone has not the Spirit of Christ, he is not of Him” (v. 9). Many verses in the epistles begin with the wonderful word “but.” Hallelujah for “but”! In our history we need many “buts” such as this. We should be able to say, “Oh, I was down this morning, ‘but.’ I am so weak in myself, ‘but.’ I am absolutely hopeless, ‘but.’” Paul says, “But you are not in the flesh….” Never say that you have a good flesh and that you are in your good flesh. We should not remain in our flesh, for our flesh has been condemned. If a house has been condemned by the government, it is illegal for you to stay there. Likewise, the flesh has been thoroughly condemned by God, and we should not remain there, arguing that our flesh has improved. We should not be in the flesh, but in the spirit. This spirit denotes the human spirit mingled with the Divine Spirit
1 神的灵的内住
1. The Indwelling of the Spirit of God
7我们要在灵里，有一个条件。这条件是神的灵住在我们里面。（9。）『住』字真正的意思是『安家』。神的灵若居住、安家在我们里面，我们就在灵里。虽然你得救了，但神的灵也许还没有安家在你里面。这说明为甚么你还不在灵里。虽然神的灵在你里面，但祂不能安家在你里面。祂没有住在你里面。我也许应邀到你家，但我不能安家在你家里；我在那里是客人，不能定居在那里。同样，神的灵在我们里面，但祂也许不能住在我们里面。祂是客人，不是居住者。神的灵若能安家在我们里面，定居在我们里面，得著充分的空间，我们就会在灵里，不在肉体里。然而，神的灵若没有空间可居住，我们就仍在肉体里，不在灵里。
7There is a condition for us to be in the spirit. The condition is that the Spirit of God dwell in us (v. 9). The word “dwells” really means “makes home.” We are in the spirit if the Spirit of God dwells, makes His home, in us. Although you are saved, perhaps the Spirit of God does not yet make His home in you. This explains why you are still not in the spirit. Although the Spirit of God is in you, He has been unable to make His home in you. He does not dwell in you. I may be invited to your home, but I am unable to make my home in your home. I am there as a guest, unable to settle myself there. Likewise, the Spirit of God is in us, yet He may be unable to dwell in us. He is the guest, not the dweller. If the Spirit of God can make His home in us, settling Himself in us with adequate room, then we will be in spirit and not in the flesh. However, if the Spirit of God does not have this room in which to lodge, we will remain in the flesh, not in the spirit.
2 基督的灵的内住
2. The Indwelling of the Spirit of Christ
8九节说，『然而人若没有基督的灵，就不是属基督的。』『神的灵』立刻换成『基督的灵』。没有人能否认，这指明『神的灵』就是『基督的灵』，『基督的灵』就是『神的灵』。保罗说，『人若没有基督的灵，就不是属基督的。』你若察觉神的灵还没有安家在你里面，不要灰心。不要说，『神的灵既然没有安家在我里面，我就算了。』虽然神的灵没有居住在你里面，但你确有神的灵，就是基督的灵。只要你有基督的灵，你就是属基督的。你不是属基督的么？我们都必须宣告：『阿利路亚，我是属基督的！』我们有基督的灵在我们里面，并且我们是属基督的。然而，神的灵，就是基督的灵，是否居住在我们里面，乃是有条件的。基督的灵必须安家在我们里面，必须据有我们里面的人，我们才能在灵里。
8Verse 9 says, “But if anyone has not the Spirit of Christ, he is not of Him.” Immediately “the Spirit of God” is changed to “the Spirit of Christ.” No one can deny that this indicates that “the Spirit of God” is “the Spirit of Christ” and that “the Spirit of Christ” is “the Spirit of God.” Paul says, “if any one has not the Spirit of Christ, he is not of Him.” If you have realized that the Spirit of God does not yet make His home in you, do not be discouraged. Do not say, “Since the Spirit of God doesn’th ave a home in me, I give up.” Although the Spirit of God does not dwell in you, you do have the Spirit of God which is the Spirit of Christ. As long as you have the Spirit of Christ, you are of Christ. Are you not of Christ? We all must declare, “Hallelujah, I am of Christ!” We have the Spirit of Christ in us and we are of Christ. However, it is a conditional matter whether or not the Spirit of God, which is the Spirit of Christ, dwells in us. The Spirit of Christ has to make His home in us, has to take possession of our inner being, that we may be in the spirit
3 基督的内住
3. The Indwelling of Christ
9十节说，『但基督若在你们里面，身体固然因罪是死的，灵却因义是生命。』这里说基督在我们里面。在九节里是『神的灵』，然后是『基督的灵』。现今在十节里是『基督』自己。这的确证明基督就是『神的灵』和『基督的灵』。我们都必须承认这点。基督这灵在我们里面，这是极大的事。在罗马三章，基督在那里？祂在十字架上，为著救赎流出祂的血。在四章，基督在那里？祂在复活里。但在八章，基督在我们里面。在六章，我们在基督里面；但在八章，基督在我们里面。我们在基督里面是一方面；基督在我们里面是另一方面。首先，我们住在基督里面，然后基督住在我们里面。（约十五4。）我们住在祂里面，带来祂住在我们里面。在基督里面是基督在我们里面的条件。赞美主，基督在我们里面！基督已将祂自己作到我们里面；祂经过了过程，进入我们里面。这位基督必须居住并安家在我们里面。ａ内住的罪将死带给身体虽然基督在我们里面，但我们的身体因罪仍是死的。我们在前面的信息中曾指出，神在肉体中定罪了罪；有些人读过以后也许说，『既然神定罪了罪，罪就不能再起作用了。我们的身体不再是死的－现今牠是活的。』这不是对保罗的话正确的领会。虽然神在肉体中定罪了罪，但罪还继续住在我们的身体里，因此我们的身体仍是死的。对于这点，人有许多争辩。有些人说，既然神在十字架上定罪了罪，罪就被废去了，信徒就不会犯罪了。有些人甚至说，我们得救以后，罪就除掉了，连根拔除了。拔罪根的学派教导说，我们得救时，我们里面的罪根就被拔除了。所有跟从这派的人都信，罪已从得救之人身上连根拔除了。
9Verse 10 says, “And if Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is life because of righteousness.” Here it says that Christ is in us. In verse 9 it is “the Spirit of God” and then “the Spirit of Christ.” Now in verse 10 it is “Christ” Himself. This surely proves that “Christ” is “the Spirit of God” and “the Spirit of Christ.” We all must admit this. Christ as the Spirit is in us. This is a tremendous matter. Where was Christ in Romans 3? He was on the cross, shedding His blood for redemption. Where was Christ in chapter four? He was in resurrection. But in chapter eight Christ is in us. In chapter six we are in Christ, but in chapter eight Christ is in us. To be in Christ is one aspect; to have Christ in us is another. First, we abide in Christ, then Christ abides in us (John 15:4). Our abiding in Him brings His abiding in us. Being in Christ is the condition for Christ to be in us. Praise the Lord that Christ is in us! Christ has wrought Himself into us; He has been processed into us. This Christ has to dwell and make His home in us. a. The Indwelling Sin Bringing Death to the Body Though Christ is in us, our body still remains dead because of sin. After reading the previous message in which we have pointed out that God has condemned sin in the flesh, some may say, “Since God has condemned sin, sin cannot function anymore. Our body is no longer dead—it is now alive.” This is not the right understanding of Paul’s word. Although God has condemned sin in the flesh, sin continues to dwell in our body, and thus our body is still dead. There is much argument about this point. Some say that since God has condemned sin on the cross, sin has been nullified and believers cannot sin. Some even say that after we are saved sin is eradicated or uprooted. The school of eradication teaches that when we were saved the root of sin within us was extracted. All those who follow this school believe that sin has been eradicated from the being of a saved person.
10大约四十年前，上海有一位传道人，很强的教导这种拔罪根的观念。他告诉人，他们得救以后，就不会犯罪了。有一天，这位传道人和几位受他教导的年轻人到上海市的公园去。那公园需要买票才能进入。这人买了三、四张票，要给总共五个人用。他怎么作？首先，他们有些人带著票进入公园。然后其中一人带著票出来，将票给其他人中的一位。这样，直到五人都进了公园。那位传道人以这种罪恶的方法，带著他四个年轻的学生进了公园的门。结果，其中一位年轻人开始怀疑拔罪根的教训。他对自己说，『你在作甚么？你说罪已从你连根拔除。这是甚么？』至终，那年轻人到传道人那里去，说，『那不是罪么？』传道人回答：『不，那不是罪。那只是小小的软弱。』无论我们用甚么辞，罪就是罪。虽然你可以给牠别的名称，但牠仍是罪。绝不要接受一种教训说，我们成了属灵、圣别的，我们不可能犯罪。我们若接受这样一种道理，就会受欺，结果就会很悲惨。主耶稣在十字架上的确成就了一切，但祂所作成的果效，惟有我们在那灵里，才能给我们实化。事实上，凡基督在十字架上所作的，都把我们包括在内。我们的确分享、有分于基督在十字架上所成就的一切。这是荣耀的事实。然而，我们仍需要经历牠。虽然我们身体中的罪被基督的十字架完全对付了，但我们怎能经历这事实？惟一的路就是在那灵里。基督的灵乃是包罗万有的。凡基督所是、所作、所得著、并所达到的，都在包罗万有的灵里。因此，我们若要经历在基督里所有的一切，就需要操练并经历在那灵里。乃是包罗万有的灵，将我们在基督里所有的一切，都传输到我们里面。
10About forty years ago in Shanghai there was a preacher who taught strongly this concept of eradication. He told people that they cannot sin after they are saved. One day, this preacher and several young men who sat under his teaching went to the city park in Shanghai. That park required the purchase of a ticket in order to be admitted. This man bought three or four tickets to be used by a total of five persons. How did he do this? Firstly, some of them entered the park with the tickets. Then one of them came out with the tickets and gave a ticket to one of the others. This continued until all five men had entered the park. In this sinful way that preacher brought his four young disciples through the gate of the park. As a result of this, one of the young men began to doubt the teaching of eradication. He said within himself, “What are you doing? You say that sin has been eradicated from you. What is this?” Eventually the young man went to the preacher and said, “Was that not a sin?” The preacher replied, “No, that was not a sin. That was just a little weakness.” Regardless of the terms we use, sin is sin. Although you may call it by another name, it remains sin nonetheless. Never accept a teaching which says that we have become so spiritual and holy that it is impossible for us to sin. If we accept such a doctrine, we will be deceived, and the result will be misery. The Lord Jesus did accomplish everything on the cross, but the effect of what He did can only be realized by us when we are in the Spirit. In fact, whatever Christ did on the cross includes us. We do have a share, a portion, in all that Christ accomplished on the cross. This is a glorious fact. However, we still need to experience it. Although the sin in our body has been fully dealt with by the cross of Christ, how can we experience this fact? The only way is to be in the Spirit. The Spirit of Christ is all-inclusive. Whatever Christ is, did, obtained, and attained is in the all-inclusive Spirit. Thus, if we are going to experience all that we have in Christ, we need to be experimentally and experientially in the Spirit. It is the all- inclusive Spirit that transmits into us all that we have in Christ
11我们不能离开那灵。我们需要天天、时时、甚至刻刻在那灵里面。不要说，『昨晚我与主有一段美好的时间。现在我比天使圣别，我所有的问题都过去了。』虽然你昨晚可能有片刻这样的经历，但你若不留在包罗万有的灵里，你可能会落到像地狱那样低。不要说，既然你得著了某种异象或启示，或有特别属灵的经历，你就圣别了，没有问题了。你若这样说，以后可能发觉自己在苦恼中。空气是那灵很好的表征。我们需要一直呼吸空气。我们绝不能说，『早晨我深呼吸，吸入许多新鲜的空气。现在我被空气充满，不需要再呼吸了。』你绝不该停止呼吸，你绝不该离开空气。绝不要以为你一次被充满，就不需要再呼吸了。你若停止呼吸，五分钟以后就会死亡。经历生命之灵就像呼吸。我们需要时刻呼吸。我们必须留在赐生命的灵里，因为一旦离开祂，我们就死了。不要说你彀资格、很老练。你需要一直是新鲜的，是新的。我不在意我得救多久，或经历主的丰富多久。我只在意一件事－我现今在那灵里。我必须新鲜、即时的在那灵里。赐生命的灵就像气，我们必须不停的吸入祂。
11We cannot afford to stay away from the Spirit. Day by day, hour after hour, and even moment by moment, we need to be in the Spirit. Do not say, “Last night I had a wonderful time with the Lord. Now I am holier than the angels and all my problems are over.” Although you might have had such an experience for a brief moment last night, if you do not stay in the all- inclusive Spirit you may sink as low as hell. Do not say that since you have received a certain vision or revelation or had a particular spiritual experience that you are holy and have no problems. If you say this you may later find yourself in wretchedness. A good type of the Spirit is the air. We need to breathe the air constantly. We can never say, “In the morning I breathed deeply, taking in a lot of fresh air. Now I am filled with the air and don’t need to breathe any longer.” You should never stop breathing and you should never stay away from the air. Never think that since you have been filled once you do not need to breathe any more. If you stop breathing, you will be dead after five minutes. The experience of the Spirit of life is like breathing. We need to breathe every moment. We must remain in the life-giving Spirit, for once we are separated from Him we are dead. Do not say that you are qualified and experienced. You need to be always fresh and new. I do not care how long I have been saved or how long I have been experiencing the Lord’s riches. I only care for one thing—that I am presently in the Spirit. I must be freshly and instantly in the Spirit. The life-giving Spirit is like the breath. We must breathe Him unceasingly
ｂ内住的基督将生命带给我们的灵
b. The Indwelling Christ Bringing Life to Our Spirit
12虽然基督在我们里面，但我们的身体因罪仍是死的。内住的罪将死带给我们的身体；然而，我们不该被我们死的身体所困扰，因为我们重生的灵因义是生命。内住的基督藉著义，将生命带给我们的灵。这义乃是神的义，就是基督。基督首先是我们的义，然后因著这个，祂也是我们的生命。浪子回家到父亲跟前时，他不彀资格与父亲同坐，并吃肥牛犊。他还没有穿上合式的衣服，上好的袍子；这袍子表征基督，就是神的义，作为遮盖，使我们彀资格与父同坐，并享受基督作生命。首先，我们必须得著基督作我们的义。然后，在这义之下，在这义『袍』之下，我们彀资格享受基督作我们的生命。只要基督在我们灵里，我们的灵因基督作我们的义就是生命。现今不但神的灵是生命；甚至我们重生的灵也是生命。那是基督自己的灵，现今在我们灵里是生命。所以，我们的灵成为生命。内住的基督已将生命带给我们的灵。
12Although Christ is in us, our body is still dead because of sin. The indwelling sin has brought death to our body. However, we should not be troubled by our dead body since our regenerated spirit is life because of righteousness. The indwelling Christ brings life to our spirit through righteousness. This righteousness is the righteousness of God, which is Christ. Christ is firstly righteousness to us and then, be cause of this, He is life also to us. When the prodigal son returned home to his father, he was not qualified to sit down with him and eat the fatted calf. He was not yet clothed with the proper garment, the best robe, which typifies Christ, the righteousness of God, as the covering that qualifies us to sit with the Father and to enjoy Christ as life. First we must have Christ as our righteousness. Then under this righteousness, under this righteous “robe,” we are qualified to enjoy Christ as our life. As long as Christ is in our spirit, our spirit is life because of Christ as our righteousness. Now not only is the Spirit of God life; even our regenerated spirit is life. The Spirit who is Christ Himself is now life in our spirit. Therefore, our spirit becomes life. The indwelling Christ has brought life to our spirit.
三 生命的分赐
C. The Imparting of Life
13十一节说，『然而那叫耶稣从死人中复活者的灵，若住在你们里面，那叫基督从死人中复活的，也必藉著祂住在你们里面的灵，赐生命给你们必死的身体。』本节的灵是复活的灵。我们看过我们的灵是生命，（10，）我们的心思也是生命。（6。）现今我们来到我们这人的末了一项，我们必死的身体。我们的身体一直在死。然而，甚至我们这在死、必死的身体，也得著生命的分赐。藉著祂住在我们里面的灵，我们的身体能有分于这生命，凭这生命得扶持，且凭这生命得供应。毫无疑问，内住的灵就是复活的基督。（林前十五45，林后三17。）基督这内住的灵一直分赐生命给我们这人的每一面。
13Verse 11 says, “But if the Spirit of Him Who raised Jesus from among the dead dwells in you, He Who raised Christ Jesus from among the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit Who indwells you.” The Spirit in this verse is the Spirit of resurrection. We have seen that our spirit is life (v. 10) and that our mind also is life (v. 6). Now we come to the last item of our being, our mortal body. Our body is dying. However, life is given even to our dying mortal body. Our body can participate in this life, be sustained with this life, and be supplied with this life through His Spirit who indwells us. Undoubtedly, the indwelling Spirit is the resurrected Christ (1 Cor. 15:45; 2 Cor. 3:17). Christ as the indwelling Spirit constantly imparts life to every aspect of our being
14这事的绝佳例证就是电。虽然电已安装到建筑物里，但电流能受阻而中断。基督这赐生命的灵，已安装到我们这人里面作属天的电。然而，我们这人只有一小部分给祂自由的通路；我们这人的大部分没有向祂敞开，反而拦阻祂。例如，你的情感也许是基督的拦阻。所以，基督很难将祂自己这生命分赐到你的情感里。你需要祷告：『主，对付我的情感。打通我的情感，使你能将你自己这生命分赐到其中。』我们需要这种经历。不要将这个当作道理或教训。这必须付诸实行。你若实行这事，就会发现基督这生命现今在你的灵里，等候机会将祂自己扩展到你这人的每一范围和通道。祂在等候渗透你这人隐藏的部分。你若将自己向祂敞开，祂甚至会将祂自己这生命分赐到你必死的身体里，使你成为充满祂生命一切丰富的人。祂在你里面会成为四重生命，使你的灵、心思、和身体成为活的。
14An excellent illustration of this is electricity. Although electricity has been installed into a building, its flow can be frustrated. Christ, the life-giving Spirit, has been installed into our being as the heavenly electricity. However, only a small part of our being gives Him a free course; most of our being is not open to Him, but rather frustrates Him. For example, your emotions may be a frustration to Christ. Therefore, Christ has difficulty imparting Himself as life into your emotions. You need to pray, “Lord, deal with my emotions. Break through my emotions that You may impart Yourself as life into them.” We need this kind of experience. Do not take this as a doctrine or teaching. This must be put into practice. If you practice this, you will find that Christ as life is now in your spirit, waiting for an opportunity to spread Himself into every area and avenue of your being. He is waiting to penetrate the hidden parts of your being. If you open yourself to Him, He will even impart Himself as life into your mortal body, making you a person who is filled with all the riches of His life. He will become in you a fourfold life, to make your spirit, mind, and body living.
四 我们的合作
D. Our Cooperation
15十二节说，『弟兄们，这样，我们并不是欠肉体的债，去照肉体活著。』本节也证明，我们得救以后，仍有可能照肉体活著。倘若没有可能，为甚么保罗会题醒我们，我们并不是欠肉体的债。我们需要说，『阿利路亚！我并不是欠肉体的债。我不欠牠甚么。我没有必要听牠。我已经脱离牠，并从牠得了释放。我已完全得释放，脱离这称为肉体的无望的东西。我并不是欠肉体的债，再去照肉体活著。』
15Verse 12 says, “So then, brothers, we are debtors not to the flesh to live according to flesh.” This verse also proves that after we are saved the possibility still remains of living according to flesh. If this were impossible why would Paul remind us that we are not debtors to the flesh? We need to say, “Hallelujah! I am not a debtor to the flesh. I don’to we it anything. I am not obliged to it. I am discharged from it and freed from it. I have been fully liberated from this hopeless thing called the flesh. I am not a debtor to the flesh to live according to it any longer
1 藉著不照肉体活著
1. By Not Living according to Flesh
16保罗继续说，『因为你们若照肉体活著，必要死；但你们若靠著那灵治死身体的行为，必要活著。』（八。）这里的『你们』当然是指得救的人。因此，本节进一步证明，得救的人可能照肉体活著。我们若照肉体活著，必要死。当然，这种死不是肉身的，乃是属灵的。你若照肉体活著，你在灵里必要死。然而，你若靠著那灵治死身体的行为－就是抑制或钉死牠们－必要活著。这就是说，你在灵里要活著。本节符合六节所说，心思置于肉体，就是死；心思置于灵，乃是生命。照肉体活著，主要的意思乃是将我们的心思置于肉体；同样，将我们的心思置于肉体，主要的意思就是照肉体活著。我们要治死身体的行为，就需要将我们的心思置于灵，并照著灵而行。
16Paul continues, “For if you live according to flesh, you are about to die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the practices of the body, you will live” (8:13). The “you” here certainly denotes saved persons. Hence, 13 this verse is further proof that a saved person may live according to flesh. If we live according to flesh, we are about to die. Of course, this kind of dying is not physical; it is spiritual. If you live according to flesh, you are about to die in your spirit. However, if by the Spirit you put to death the practices of the body—that is, to mortify or crucify them—you will live. This means that you will live in spirit. This verse corresponds to verse 6 which says that the mind set on the flesh is death and that the mind set on the spirit is life. To live according to flesh primarily means to set our mind upon the flesh, and, likewise, to set our mind upon the flesh mainly means to live according to flesh. In order to put to death the practices of the body we need to set our mind on the spirit and walk according to spirit.
17以一位姊妹去购物为例。她在店里看见某样卖十二元九角九分的东西。这位姊妹自己盘算：『我每月赚一千二百元。花十二元九角九分买衣服算不得甚么。主并不贫穷，祂是丰富的。上周我为建会所奉献二百五十元。花十二元九角九分有甚么错？当然主是有恩典的。』她越讲理，就越死。她这样想的时候，她的灵就受压。她也许想要安慰自己说，『我不该这么宗教。我所作的没有甚么错。』然而，她越想要扶持她的灵，她的灵就越下沉。她来到聚会中，所能作的就是持守形式，并努力维持属灵姊妹的形像。虽然她呼喊：『阿利路亚！』但那没有生命且是空虚的，是她灵里死了的记号。虽然她灵里发死，她却没有立刻悔改。下一周，她又想那件衣服还有没有得买。最终，她买下带回家了。这时，她的灵不但死了，并且装了棺材，豫备好要埋葬了。她现今来到聚会中，甚至无法喊出形式的阿利路亚。她参加聚会，但她坐在那里像尸体一样。一位长老对另一位说，『那位姊妹发生了甚么事？两个月以前她很活。现在怎么了？她的婚姻有问题么？』要把她装在棺材里，不需要婚姻上的难处这样大的问题。买一件十二元九角九分的衣服，这件小事就足以杀死她的灵。她留在那光景里，直到有一天，因著主的怜悯，她悔改了。你需要察验自己的经历。倘若你思考某件事的时候，你的灵里没有安息，就不要思想。将你的心思从那使你的灵不安的事召回。每当你想要讲理，而你灵里觉得空虚时，就要停下，并将你的心思转回灵里。你需要说，『哦，主耶稣，拯救我。主，拯救我的心思脱离那叫我死的思虑。』你若这样作，立刻就会得著安息、妥贴、满足、甚至灵里的加强。只要你里面有安息、妥贴和满足，就指明你的心思置于正确的方向。你若没有安息、妥贴、满足，却觉得黑暗、空虚、不安，这就指明你的方向是朝著死。在这样的情形里，你就需要将你的心思转回灵里。
17Take the example of a sister going shopping. In the store she sees a certain item which sells for $12.99. The sister reasons with herself, “I make twelve hundred dollars a month. To spend $ 12. 99 for clothes means nothing. The Lord is not poor. He is rich. Last week I gave two hundred and fifty dollars for the church building. What is wrong with spending $12.99? Certainly the Lord is gracious.” The more she reasons, the more she dies. While she is thinking this way, her spirit is suppressed. She may try to comfort herself by saying, “I shouldn’t be so religious. There’s nothing wrong with what I’m doing.” However, the more she tries to sustain her spirit, the lower it descends. When she comes to the meeting all she can do is keep the form and strive to maintain the image of being a spiritual sister. Although she shouts, “Hallelujah,” it is lifeless and empty, a sign that she is dead in her spirit. Even though she suffers death in her spirit, she does not repent immediately. The following week she considers whether the article of clothing is still available. Finally, she purchases it and brings it home. At this point she is not only dead, her spirit has been put into a coffin and is ready for burial. As she comes to a meeting now she cannot even produce a formal hallelujah. She attends the meetings, but she sits there like a corpse. One of the elders says to another, “What happened to that sister? Two months ago she was so living. What is the matter now? Does she have a problem with her marriage?” It does not take a major problem such as a difficulty in marriage to put her into a box. The small matter of purchasing an article of clothing for $12.99 killed her spirit. She remains in that condition until one day, by the Lord’s mercy, she repents. You need to examine your own experience. If when you think about a certain matter you have no rest in your spirit, stop your thinking. Call back your mind from the thing which gives your spirit unrest. Whenever you try to reason and you feel empty in your spirit, stop and turn your mind back to the spirit. You need to say, “O Lord Jesus, rescue me. Lord, deliver my mind from that consideration which gives me death.” If you do this, immediately you will have rest, comfort, satisfaction, and even strengthening in your spirit. As long as you have rest, comfort, and satisfaction within, it is an indication that your mind is set in the right direction. If you have no rest, comfort, or satisfaction, but rather feel dark, empty, and restless, it is an indication that your direction is toward death. In such a case you need to turn your mind back to the spirit.
18在罗马八章我们找不著教训，那里只告诉我们要照著灵而行。我们怎能照著灵而行？藉著顾到我们的心思，常常将牠置于正确的方向。心思不该转向外，而该转向内；不该向外置于购物的事，而该向内置于灵。你若将心思置于灵，就会照著灵而行。这样，我们就享受基督，并完全有分于包罗万有的灵。自然而然、不知不觉，我们便成就神律法义的要求。（4。）一天过一天，我们享受基督作我们四重的生命。我们所需要作的，就是顾到我们的心思。你的心思在那里？你的心思朝著甚么方向？我们需要说，『主，怜悯我，并将你的恩典赐给我，使我一直将心思转向你，并且置于我的灵。』
18In Romans 8 we find no teachings. We are simply told to walk according to the spirit. How can we walk according to spirit? By taking care of our mind, always setting it in the right direction. The mind should not be turned outward, but inward, not on shopping outwardly, but on the spirit inwardly. If you set your mind on the spirit, you will walk according to the spirit. In this way we enjoy Christ and we participate fully in the all - inclusive Spirit. Automatically and unconsciously we have the fulfillment of the righteous requirements of God’s law (v. 4). Day by day we have the enjoyment of Christ as our fourfold life. All we need to do is to take care of our mind. Where is your mind? In what direction is your mind? We need to say, “Lord, have mercy on me and grant me Your grace that I will always have my mind turned toward You and set upon my spirit.”
2 藉著治死身体的行为
2. By Putting to Death the Practices of the Body
19我们将心思置于灵，我们的肉体就会被治死。我们藉著将心思置于灵，就治死身体一切的行为。这是『把肉体…钉了十字架』。（加五24。）我们想去购物时，我们的脚要去，但我们的灵说，『留在十字架上。』这就是抑制、治死、或钉死我们身体的行为。结果，我们就会经历基督的死。真正与基督同钉十字架的经历，乃是靠著那灵治死身体的行为而有的。这不是一次永远发生的；这是每天不断的操练。身体的每一行为，必须藉著将我们的心思转向灵并置于灵，而被治死。这是『照著灵而行』的路。（罗八4。）
19When we have our mind set upon our spirit, our flesh will be put to death. By setting our mind on our spirit we put to death all the practices of the body. This is to “crucify the flesh” (Gal. 5:24). When we desire to go shopping, our feet may try to go, but our spirit says, “Stay on the cross.” This is mortifying, putting to death, or crucifying the deeds of our body. As a result, we will experience the death of Christ. The genuine experience of the co-crucifixion with Christ is to be had in the putting to death of the practices of the body by the Spirit. This does not happen once for all; it is a constant daily exercise. Every practice of the body must be put to death by turning our mind to the spirit and setting it on the spirit. This is the way to “walk according to spirit” (v. 4
20『行』字包括我们的整个生活－我们说甚么，我们作甚么，以及我们去那里。我们不断将心思置于灵，我们整个行事为人就会照著灵。我们可称之为圣别的生活，得胜的生活，或荣耀的生活。无论我们怎样称呼，这乃是内住的基督作我们四重生命的彰显。这是我们在召会生活中需要有的经历。
20The word “walk” includes our whole living—what we say, what we do, and where we go. When we set our mind on our spirit continually, our entire walk will be according to spirit. We may call this the holy life, the victorious life, or the glorious life. Whatever we may call it, it is the expression of the indwelling Christ as our fourfold life. This is the experience we need to have in the church life