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罗马书生命读经 · 第35篇

得释放脱离死（一）

BEING FREED FROM DEATH (1)
1我们已经看见，罗马书启示的中心点，是神将罪人变化成为儿子，以形成基督的身体。神在子里得著彰显，子在身体里得著彰显，身体在众地方召会里得著彰显。我们成为神的儿子以前，乃是构成的罪人，（五19，）不但在名义和地位上，也在构成上。我们构成了罪人，因为罪进入了我们里面。
1As we have seen, the focal point of the revelation in this book is that God is transforming sinners into sons to form the Body of Christ. God is expressed in the Son, the Son is expressed in the Body, and the Body is expressed in the local churches. Before we became sons, we were constituted sinners (5:19), not only in name and in position, but in constitution. We were constituted sinners because sin had entered into us
罪进入我们这人里面
SIN ENTERING INTO OUR BEING
2一种物质要以某种方式构成，就必须加上特别的元素。神创造我们是善的、义的人。然而，由于亚当的堕落，罪注射到我们这人里面。人堕落时，不只是犯了错误，作了错事。如果人只是犯了错误，他的堕落就不会那么严重。然而，在堕落时，比错误更严重的事发生了：罪注射到人里面。
2In order for a substance to be constituted in a certain way, a particular element must be added into it. By God’s creation, we were good, righteous men. However, due to the fall of Adam, sin was injected into our being. When man fell, he not only made a mistake and did something wrong. If man had only made a mistake, his fall would not have been that serious. However, in the fall something more serious than a mistake occurred: sin was injected into man’s being
3假定一位母亲有一瓶毒药在家里，她把这瓶毒药保存在特别的地方，并告诉她的小孩，千万不要碰那瓶子。有一天，母亲外出时，小孩想知道瓶子里有甚么，就拿起瓶子，打开，并且喝了一些毒药。当母亲发现所发生的事，她并不在意儿子所犯的错误，乃是忧虑那进到他里面的毒药。大多数基督徒以为，人只是悖逆神，在吃知识树的果子上犯了错误。很少人领悟，因著人吃了知识树的果子，就有个邪恶甚至属撒但的东西，进到人里面。由于堕落，就有一种邪恶、属撒但的元素注射到人里面。圣经称这元素为罪。罪不仅仅是说谎或偷窃的事。这样的事乃是罪的果子，不是罪本身。罪是那恶者撒但的性情。罗马五至八章里多处指明，罪像个活人：牠进入，（五12，）作王，（21，）作主管辖我们，（六14，）诱骗我们，（七11，）杀死我们，（11，）住在我们里面。（17。）罪，撒但邪恶的元素，一旦注射到人里面，人就构成了罪人。现在我们不是正确的人；因著我们的构成，我们乃是罪人。我们行了多少善或作了多少恶并没有不同，因为现今罪就在我们这人里面。虽然我们外面的行为也许不是罪恶的，但我们里面有罪恶的性情。
3Suppose a mother has a bottle of poison at home. She keeps it in a specific place and tells her little boy never to touch that bottle. One day, while the mother is outside, the little boy, wondering what is in the bottle, takes it, opens it, and drinks some of the poison. When the mother finds out what happened, she is not concerned about the mistake her son has made. She is worried about the poison that has gotten into him. Most Christians think that man merely disobeyed God and made a mistake in taking the fruit of the tree of knowledge. Not many realize that by man’seating the fruit of the tree of knowledge, something evil and even satanic entered into man. Through the fall an evil, satanic element was injected into him. The Bible calls this element sin. Sin is not merely a matter of lying or stealing. Such things are the fruit of sin, not sin itself. Sin is the very nature of Satan, the evil one. In Romans 5 through 8 there are many indications that sin is like a living person: it entered (5:12), it reigns (5:21), it can lord it over us (6:14), it deceives us (7:11), it kills us (7:11), and it dwells in us (7:17). Once sin, the evil element of Satan, was injected into man, man was constituted a sinner. Now instead of being proper men, we are sinners by our very constitution. The amount of good or evil we have done makes no difference because sin is now in our being. Although our deeds may not be sinful outwardly, we have a sinful nature inwardly.
罪的结果
THE RESULTS OF SIN
4罪带进好些东西。牠带进了肉体和律法。因此，我们有罪、肉体、和律法的难处。但我们还有另一个难处，就是罪的终极结局－死。那里有罪，那里就有死。在五章十二节保罗说，『这就如罪是藉著一人入了世界，死又是藉著罪来的，于是死就遍及众人，因为众人都犯了罪。』死藉著罪进入，且因著罪作王。所以，罪的结果有三样：律法、肉体和死。得释放脱离罪、律法和肉体罗马五章启示，我们已经构成了罪人；罗马六章启示，『罪的身体』已经『失效』，（6，）因为我们的旧人已经与基督同钉十字架。藉著旧人的死，我们就得释放脱离罪。我们在前面的信息中曾指出，在罗马六章我们得释放脱离罪，在罗马七章我们得释放脱离律法，在罗马八章我们得释放脱离肉体。我们脱离罪，因为我们的旧人已经钉了十字架。旧人的死使罪的身体被解雇，失效。因为罪的身体失业了，我们就不再需要作奴仆服事罪。这就是说，我们已经得释放脱离罪。同样，我们已经得释放脱离律法，因为旧丈夫死了，并举行过葬礼。在行这葬礼的时候，我们就归与我们的新丈夫。因著失去我们的旧丈夫，并归与我们的新丈夫，我们就得释放脱离律法。如罗马八章所启示的，藉著照灵而行，我们就得释放脱离肉体。藉著将我们的旧人钉十字架，使我们罪的身体失效，我们就得释放脱离罪；藉著将我们的旧丈夫埋葬，并归与别人，我们就得释放脱离律法；藉著照灵而行，我们就得释放脱离肉体。
4Sin results in a number of things. It has brought in both the flesh and the law. Hence, we have the problems of sin, the flesh, and the law. But we have still another problem, the ultimate issue of sin, which is death. Where there is sin, there is death. In 5:12 Paul says, “As through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin; and so death passed to all men because all have sinned.” Death comes in through sin and reigns because of sin. Therefore, sin issues in three things: the law, the flesh, and death. FREED FROM SIN, THE LAW, AND THE FLESH Romans 5 reveals that we have been constituted sinners, and Romans 6 reveals that “the body of sin” has been “made of none effect” (6:6) since our old man has been crucified with Christ. Through the death of the old man, we are freed from sin. As we pointed out in a previous message, in Romans 6 we are freed from sin, in Romans 7 we are freed from the law, and in Romans 8 we are freed from the flesh. We are free from sin because our old man has been crucified. The death of the old man has caused the body of sin to be unemployed, to be made of none effect. Because the body of sin has lost its job, we no longer need to serve sin as slaves. This means that we have been freed from sin. Likewise, we have been freed from the law because the old husband has died and has been given a funeral. At the time of this funeral, we were married to our new husband. By losing our old husband and marrying our new husband, we are freed from the law. As Romans 8 reveals, we are freed from the flesh by walking according to the spirit. We are freed from sin by having our old man crucified and our body of sin made of none effect; we are freed from the law by burying our old husband and by marrying another; and we are freed from the flesh by walking according to the spirit
死的工作
THE WORKING OF DEATH
5但现今我们必须面临另一个问题：我们如何能得释放脱离死。我们若要知道这点，就需要领会死是甚么。每个人都在死的作王之下，并在其作工之下。在每个活人里面，都有个东西，圣经称为死的工作。假定某位弟兄很爱主；一天早晨，他与主交通时，定意从现在起要常常孝敬并顺从他的父母，爱他的妻子，并善待他的孩子。这是他的心愿。他也定意绝不要发脾气。然而，不久以后，困难的环境兴起，他又发了脾气。你也许说，这是罪作工的结果。我赞同。但罪的功效乃是死；这是死在我们里面作工。我们被死刺伤以后，就变得非常软弱，无论我们怎么努力要孝敬父母或爱妻子，我们就是作不到。
5But now we must face another problem, the problem of how we can be freed from death. If we would know this, we need to understand what death is. Everyone is under the reign of death and under its working. Within every living person is something which the Bible calls the working of death. Suppose a certain brother loves the Lord. One morning in his fellowship with the Lord he decides that from now on he will always honor and obey his parents, love his wife, and be kind to his children. This is the desire of his heart. He has also made up his mind never to lose his temper. However, soon afterward a difficult situation arises, and he loses his temper again. You may say that this is the result of the working of sin. I agree. But the effect of sin is death; it is death working in us. After being stung by death, we become so weak that no matter how hard we try to honor our parents or love our wives, we simply cannot do it.
6在七章七至八节保罗说，『非律法说，「不可起贪心，」我就不知何为贪心。然而罪藉著诫命得著机会，叫诸般的贪心在我里面发动。』贪心不是外面的事，乃是里面的欲望。有一天，一位在中国的传教士告诉他的厨师，人人都是罪恶的。那厨师与他争辩说，自己是诚实的，从未偷过别人的东西。经过进一步的询问，才知道甚至他们讨论罪恶与诚实的时候，厨师就在想传教士的马，以及如何能得著那匹马。于是传教士告诉他：『这就是贪心，而贪心是罪恶的。』在罗马七章，保罗也用贪心为例证。我们要控制贪心是何等困难！我们越想要不贪心，就越贪心。使徒保罗想要公义、圣别并完全。至少在某种程度上，他是成功的。他禁止自己偷窃，但他无法禁止自己贪心。事实上，他知道他不可能控制自己的贪心。所以他呼喊：『我是个苦恼的人！谁要救我脱离那属这死的身体？』（24。）
6In 7:7 and 8 Paul said, “I had not known coveting except the law had said, You shall not covet. But sin, taking occasion through the commandment, wrought in me coveting of every kind.” Covetousness is not an outward matter; it is an inward desire. One day a missionary in China was telling his cook that everyone was sinful. Arguing with him, the cook said that he was honest and never stole from others. Upon further questioning, it came out that even while they were discussing sinfulness and honesty, the cook was thinking about the missionary’s horse and how he could get the horse. Then the missionary told him, “This is covetousness, and covetousness is sinful.” In Romans 7 Paul also uses covetousness as an illustration. How difficult for us to control covetousness! The more we try not to be covetous, the more covetous we are. The Apostle Paul was trying to be righteous, holy, and perfect. To some extent at least, he was successful. He kept himself from stealing, but he could not keep himself from covetousness. In fact, he learned that it was impossible for him to control his covetousness. Therefore, he cried out, “Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from the body of this death?” (7:24
『这死』
“THIS DEATH”
7保罗所说的『这死』是甚么意思？他的意思是，死在贪心的形态里，一直杀害他。同样，在我们里面有个东西，每天每分钟都在杀害我们。我们若松散或大意，就不会领悟这点。但我们若想要正直、圣别、属灵并完全，就会发觉我们不完全，反而一直被死杀害。我们不需要等到老了，肉身即将死去的时候才经历死。甚至肉身的死也是逐渐的死。即使我们活著时，每天也多死一点；我们越老就越死。假定你有七十元，你若花了五元，就剩下六十五元。你若花了六十九元九十九分，就只剩下一分。同样，我们在花费我们的一生。无论我们年老或年轻，我们都逐渐在死。我是有许多孙儿孙女的老人。他们告诉我他们几岁时，我有时候想：『你们不是在活，你们都在死。』
7What did Paul mean by “this death”? He meant the death that, in the form of covetousness, was constantly killing him. In like manner, something within us is killing us every minute of the day. If we are loose or careless, we shall not realize this. But if we try to be upright, holy, spiritual, and perfect, we shall find that instead of being perfect, we are constantly being killed by death. To experience death, there is no need for us to wait until we are old and about to die physically. Even with physical death there is the matter of dying gradually. Every day we die a little more, even as we are living. The older we become, the more we die. Suppose you have seventy dollars. If you spend five dollars, you have sixty - five dollars left. If you spend sixty - nine dollars and ninety-nine cents, you will have only a penny left. In like manner, we are spending our life span. Whether we are old or young, we are gradually dying. I am an old man with many grandchildren. When they tell me how old they are, I sometimes think, “You are not living. You are all dying.”
8死是深奥的事。牠杀害我们的体、魂和灵。现在牠就在杀害你的身体、心思、意志和情感。牠杀死你的心，尤其你的灵。这就是许多人死沉的来赴召会聚会的原因。他们坐在椅子上，不祷告或尽功用，因为他们死了并埋葬了。这样死了的人不可能呼喊：『赞美主！』有些弟兄在聚会中死沉，因为他们对妻子发了脾气。即使你对妻子不高兴，外面没有发脾气，你的灵也会被杀死。有时候领头弟兄问我，为甚么这么多弟兄姊妹在聚会中不尽功用。我告诉他们，原因是这些圣徒死了，并且装了棺材。你怎能期望死了的人尽功用？不要劝勉他们，或给他们规条。反之，要作些事，使他们从坟墓里复活；然后他们就会在聚会中说话。我的点是，我们里面都有个东西，圣经称为死。不要以为死将来才临到。不，死也许今天就在你里面得势。虽然牠名叫死，但牠非常活跃、刚强，比你有能力得多。你凭著自己无法击败牠。许多时候，你在聚会中可能有感觉要赞美主或作见证。然而，你立刻开始慎重考虑，以为你不该随便发表甚么。你若这样谨慎，就指明你在死的影响之下。你若被传唤，站在法官面前的证人席上，你就必须谨慎。但你来赴召会的聚会，不需要这样谨慎。你不需要拘谨，乃要释放你的灵，并且说，『赞美主！阿们！我要见证基督是我的生命。』任何考虑都会使你死沉。你知道你为甚么在聚会中谨慎么？因为你要荣耀自己，不愿丢脸。这种考虑杀死你的灵。
8Death is a profound matter. It kills our body, soul, and spirit. Right now it is killing your body, mind, will, and emotion. It is killing your heart and especially your spirit. This is the reason so many come to the church meetings in a dead way. They sit in their chairs without praying or functioning because they are dead and buried. It is impossible for such a dead one to shout, “Praise the Lord!” Some brothers are dead in the meetings because they have lost their temper with their wife. Even if you are unhappy with your wife without losing your temper outwardly, your spirit will be killed. Sometimes the leading brothers ask me why so many brothers and sisters do not function in the meetings. I tell them that the reason is that these saints are dead and in a coffin. How can you expect a dead one to function? Do not exhort them or give them regulations. Instead, do something to cause them to be resurrected from their graves. Then they will speak in the meetings. My point is that we all have something within that the Bible calls death. Do not think that death will come only in the future. No, it may prevail within you today. Although its name is death, it is very active and strong, much more powerful than you are. By yourself, you cannot defeat it. Many times in the meetings you have probably had the feeling to praise the Lord or to give a testimony. Immediately, however, you began to consider and deliberate, thinking that you should not utter anything carelessly. If you are careful like this, it indicates that you are under the influence of death. If you are summoned to appear on the witness stand before a judge, then you must be careful. But when you come to the church meeting, there is no need for you to be so careful. You need to lose your carefulness, release your spirit, and say, “Praise the Lord! Amen! I want to testify that Christ is my life.” Any consideration will deaden you. Do you know why you are careful in the meetings? It is because you want to glorify yourself and not lose your face. This kind of consideration kills your spirit.
9我们看过，因著我们里面罪的元素，我们构成了罪人。罪的结局乃是死，就是杀死我们，并使我们死沉的。今天我们不但有罪的问题，也有死的问题。罪与死并行的事实，由罗马八章二节得著证明：『生命之灵的律，在基督耶稣里已经释放了我，使我脱离了罪与死的律。』罪与死的律不是指两个律，乃是一个律有两个元素－罪与死。罪的律在那里，死的律也在那里。罪的身体和死的身体罗马六章六节说到『罪的身体』，七章二十四节说到『那属这死的身体』。罪的身体在犯罪作恶上非常活跃，并且精力充沛。我们要作神的事时，常常觉得疲倦、欲睡、且需要休息。但有机会犯罪作恶时，疲倦就消失，因为罪的身体十分有能力。虽然罪的身体是强壮的，但死的身体是软弱的。在从事属世的消遣上，罪的身体是活跃的；但在参加召会的聚会上，死的身体是软弱的。死的身体也许使我们说，『我无法去聚会。我觉得不舒服，并且昨晚我的孩子使我无法入睡。我十分软弱、疲倦。我需要留在家里休息。』同一个身体也许是罪的身体，或是死的身体，就看牠与甚么有关。与罪有关，牠是强壮的；与神有关，牠是软弱的。我们的灵被点活、活著、并受操练时，我们的身体就不疲倦。但我们的灵冷淡、甚或不冷不热时，我们也许就不愿去聚会，而宁愿留在家里休息。有些姊妹也许说，『最近三天我忙得精疲力尽。我不能去聚会；我需要休息。』虽然这似乎是事实，实际上却是虚假的藉口。
9We have seen that because of the element of sin in us, we have been constituted sinners. The issue of sin is death, which kills and deadens us. Today we have not only the problem of sin, but also the problem of death. The fact that sin and death go together is proved by Romans 8:2: “The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has freed me from the law of sin and of death.” The law of sin and of death does not refer to two laws, but one law with two elements—sin and death. Where the law of sin is, there the law of death is also. THE BODY OF SIN AND THE BODY OF DEATH Romans 6:6 speaks of “the body of sin” and 7:24, of “the body of this death.” The body of sin is very active and energetic in doing sinful things. In doing the things of God we often feel tired, sleepy, and in need of rest. But when there is the opportunity to do something sinful, the tiredness disappears because the body of sin is so powerful. Although the body of sin is strong, the body of death is weak. In going to worldly amusements the body of sin is active, but in going to the church meeting the body of death is weak. The body of death may cause us to say, “I can’t go to the meeting. I don’t feel well, and my child kept me awake last night. I’m so weak and tired. I need to stay home and rest.” Depending on what it is related to, the same body may be either the body of sin or the body of death. In relation to sin, it is strong; in relation to God, it is weak. When our spirit is quickened, living, and exercised, our body is not tired. But when our spirit is cold, or even lukewarm, we may not desire to go to the meeting, but prefer to stay home and rest. Some sisters may say, “I have been so busy for the last three days that I am exhausted. I can’t go to the meeting; I need to rest.” Although this appears to be a fact, it is actually a false excuse.
生命赐给我们必死的身体
LIFE FOR OUR MORTAL BODIES
10正如我们所看见的，在七章二十四节保罗呼喊：『我是个苦恼的人！谁要救我脱离那属这死的身体？』脱离这死的路见于八章二节，乃是藉著生命之灵。我们需要转到我们的灵里，并照著我们的灵而行。不要相信你疲倦的感觉。这样的感觉，一百次有九十九次是谎言。聚会的时间到了，不要说你很疲倦。那是谎言，你不该相信。你也不该想要定意作甚么，因为那不管用。我们所需要作的，其实非常简单：转到灵里，留在灵里，并且照著灵行动、举止、并行事为人。我们若这样作，在我们灵里那生命之灵甚至会赐生命给我们必死的身体。那些从主接受负担禁食的人，也许数日不食，不觉得饥饿，也不觉得疲倦，因为他们活著，不是凭著肉身的力量，乃是凭著来自他们灵里的力量。里面的灵成为他们活著之能力的源头。不信者若这样禁食，也许只要一两天后就不行了。但我们信徒若受主的引导禁食，并且在灵里禁食，就可以维持许多天而毫无问题。那段期间我们活著，不是凭著我们肉身的力量，乃是凭著来自我们灵里的力量。内住的灵从我们灵里赐生命给我们的肉身。我们得释放脱离死是同样的原则。
10As we have seen, in 7:24 Paul cried, “Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from the body of this death?” The way to be free from this death is found in 8:2. It is by the Spirit of life. We need to turn to our spirit and walk according to our spirit. Do not believe your feelings of tiredness. Ninety-nine times out of a hundred, such feelings are a lie. When it is time to go to a meeting, do not say that you are tired. That is a lie, and you should not believe it. Neither should you try to make up your mind to do something, for that will not work. What we need to do is actually very simple: Turn to the spirit, stay in the spirit, and act, behave, and walk according to the spirit. If we do this, the Spirit of life in our spirit will give life even to our mortal bodies. Those who are burdened by the Lord to fast may go for days without eating and feel neither hungry nor tired, because they are living not by their physical strength but by the strength which comes from within their spirit. The spirit within becomes the source of the power for their living. If unbelievers fast in this way, they may be deadened after just one or two days. But if we, the believers, are led of the Lord to fast and if we fast in the spirit, we may go for many days without any problem. During that time we are living not by our physical strength but by the strength which comes from our spirit. From within our spirit the indwelling Spirit gives life to our physical body. It is in the same principle that we are freed from death
11我们若在聚会中静默，就表示我们是在死的杀死、致死之下。这时候我们必须转到我们的灵里，并赞美主。我们若对参加聚会、祷告、或与圣徒交通感到厌倦，这也表示我们是在死的杀死和削弱之下。我们若要脱离这个，就必须转到我们的灵里，并且说，『赞美主！主耶稣！阿利路亚！阿们！』立刻你会觉得来自你灵中泉源的能力和力量，传输到你必死的身体里。
11If we are silent in the meetings, it is a sign that we are under the killing, the deadening, of death. At such times we must turn to our spirit and praise the Lord. If we are tired of attending the meetings, praying, or fellowshipping with the saints, this also is a sign that we are under the killing and weakening of death. If we want to be free from this, we must turn to our spirit and say, “Praise the Lord! Lord Jesus! Hallelujah! Amen!” Immediately you will sense that power and strength from the fountain in your spirit are being transmitted into your mortal body
基督安家在我们里面
CHRIST MAKING HIS HOME IN US
12罗马八章是很深的一章，不但在道理上，也在经历上。我们越经历这一章，牠似乎就变得越深。就道理而论，要背诵本章的经文很容易。但其中所包含的经历却深奥得无法测度。例如，十一节的经历就不可能述尽说竭：『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。』本节启示，内住的灵赐生命给我们必死的身体。我们必须将本节与上一节放在一起，上一节说，『基督若在你们里面，身体固然因罪是死的，灵却因义是生命。』因为基督在我们里面，我们的灵就是生命，尽管我们的身体因罪是死的。十一节说，这位基督，就是那灵，必须不仅在我们里面，也住在我们里面。有基督在我们里面是一回事，但有基督住在我们里面是另一回事。十节有『在…里面』；然而，十一节不再只是『在…里面』的事，乃是『住在…里面』的事。基督是仅仅在你里面，还是住在你里面？我们需要基督的内住。为此，我们必须把我们这人里面的地位给祂。基督在你里面，但祂也许没有住在你里面，因为祂在你里面没有地位、空间。你若让基督住在你里面，内住的基督，就是内住的灵，就要从你的灵将生命分赐到你必死的身体里。这就是说，内住的灵要将祂自己从你的灵扩展到你身体的肢体里。
12Romans 8 is a deep chapter, not only in doctrine but also in experience. The more we experience it, the deeper it seems to become. As far as doctrine is concerned, it is very easy to recite the verses in this chapter. But the experience contained in it is unfathomably profound. It is impossible, for example, to exhaust the experience in verse 11: “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.” This verse reveals that the indwelling Spirit gives life to our mortal body. We must take this verse along with the preceding verse, which says, “If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is life because of righteousness.” Because Christ is in us, our spirit is life, although our body is dead because of sin. Verse 11 says that this Christ, who is the Spirit, must not only be in us, but also indwell us. To have Christ in us is one thing, but to have Christ indwell us is another. In verse 10 we have the word “in”; however, in verse 11 it is no longer just a matter of “in,” but of indwelling. Is Christ merely in you, or is He dwelling in you? We need the indwelling of Christ. For this, we must give Him the ground in our being. Christ is in you, but He may not be dwelling in you because He does not have the ground, the room, in you. If you allow Christ to dwell in you, the indwelling Christ, who is the indwelling Spirit, will impart life from your spirit into your mortal body. This means that the indwelling Spirit will spread Himself from your spirit into the members of your body.
13内住的基督叫你的灵活过来以后，祂就要点活你死沉身体的肢体。我相信你的灵里有基督，并且你的灵是生命，但我担心基督不能分赐生命到你死沉、必死的身体里。一面，我们的身体是死沉的身体；另一面，牠是必死的身体。赞美主，在八章十一节，我们看见生命能供应我们死沉身体的路！这路就是让基督住在我们里面，安家在我们里面。这里的『住』，原文不是一般的住字，乃是与以弗所三章十七节说到基督安家在我们心里所用的字同字根。这字根意房屋或家。因此，这不是普通的住字，乃是与基督安家在我们里面有关的重字。
13After the indwelling Christ enlivens your spirit, He wants to quicken the members of your deadened body. I have the confidence that you have Christ in your spirit and that your spirit is life, but I am concerned that Christ has not been able to impart life into the members of your deadened, mortal body. On the one hand, our body is a deadened body; on the other hand, it is a mortal body. Praise the Lord that in 8:11 we see the way life can be supplied to our deadened body! The way is to allow Christ to dwell in us, to make His home in us. The Greek word translated “dwells in” is not the word for abide. It is from the same root as the word used in Ephesians 3:17 for Christ making His home in our heart. This root means house or home. Hence, it is not the ordinary word for abiding, but a weighty word related to Christ making His home in us
把地位给基督
GIVING CHRIST THE GROUND
14基督要在我们里面得著更多的地位，并安家在我们里面。但祂也许没有自由定居在我们里面。毫无疑问，我们的灵是生命，但我们的身体里也许没有生命。我们的灵里也许有基督，但我们并没有彰显祂。有些人说，呼喊和赞美没有用。但若没有用，为甚么有些人能说，『赞美主！』有些人不能？许多牧师不能这样说，因为就某种意义说，他们被杀死了。数年前，一位年轻人在特会中站起来说，他不赞成呼求主耶稣的名。但他说话时，自然而然呼喊：『哦，主耶稣！』这样的事例还有许多。
14Christ wants to gain more ground in us and to make His home in us. But He may not be free to settle down in us. Undoubtedly, our spirit is life, but we may not have life in our body. We may have Christ in our spirit, but not express Him. Some have said that shouting and praising are vain. But if they are vain, why is it some can say, “Praise the Lord!” and others cannot? Many pastors cannot say this because, in a sense, they have been killed. A few years ago a young man stood up in a conference and said that he did not agree with calling on the name of the Lord Jesus. But as he was speaking, he spontaneously called, “O Lord Jesus!” There have been many cases like this.
15许多人没有赞美主，因为他们的灵软弱，他们那没有被内住的基督点活过来的身体，因内住的死而死沉。然而，我们若让基督在我们里面得著一点地位，生命就会供应我们必死的身体。生命会从我们的灵扩展到我们死沉的肢体里，并且我们会开始赞美主。我们越赞美主，我们的全人就越得著能力。
15Many do not praise the Lord because their spirit is weak and their body, which has not been enlivened by the indwelling Christ, has been deadened by the indwelling death. However, if we allow Christ to gain even an inch of ground within us, life will be ministered to our mortal body. It will spread out of our spirit into our deadened members, and we shall begin to praise the Lord. The more we praise the Lord, the more our whole being is empowered.
得著自由的人
BEING LIBERATED PEOPLE
16我们不能否认，罪与死的元素在我们里面。我们何等感谢主，我们也有称为『生命之灵』的元素。不但如此，我们有内住基督的元素。有了这些元素在我们里面，问题就是我们『烹调』时要用那一样。一位姊妹在厨房里放了许多材料，但一切都在于她选择那些材料烹调。我们需要一直转到我们的灵里，并且照著我们的灵而活。我们若这样作，内住的基督对我们就是真实的，我们也会看见祂是何等无限。至终，祂会将祂自己从我们的灵扩展到我们死沉、必死的身体里。这样，我们就会完全得释放脱离死。我们得释放脱离罪、律法、肉体和死，就是真正得著自由的人。我们是这样的人，就不再在罪、律法、肉体和死之下。得释放脱离这一切事的路，就是使我们的旧人钉十字架，使我们的旧丈夫埋葬，并转到灵里，将我们的心思置于灵，且照著灵而行。我们若这样作，至终就会完全得释放。这话也许相当简单扼要，但我们若实行并经历，就会看见这话是无限无量、无法测度、且高深奥妙的。
16We cannot deny that the elements of sin and death are in us. How we thank the Lord that we also have the element called “the Spirit of life.” Furthermore, we have the element of the indwelling Christ. Having all these elements within us, the question is which shall we use in our “cooking.” A sister has many elements in her kitchen, but everything depends on which elements she chooses to cook with. We need always to turn to our spirit and to live according to our spirit. If we do this, the indwelling Christ will be real to us, and we shall see how unlimited He is. Eventually, He will spread Himself from our spirit into our deadened, mortal body. In this way we shall be completely freed from death. When we are freed from sin, the law, the flesh, and death, we are truly liberated people. As such persons, we are no longer under sin, the law, the flesh, and death. The way to be free from all these things is to have our old man crucified, to have our old husband buried, and to turn to the spirit, set our mind on the spirit, and walk according to the spirit. If we do this, we shall eventually be freed completely. This word may be rather simple and brief, but if we practice and experience it, we shall see that it is unlimited, unfathomable, deep, and profound