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罗马书生命读经 · 第47篇

在生命中作王的意义

THE MEANING OF REIGNING IN LIFE
1神造人的心意是要人有祂的形像彰显祂，并有祂的管治权或权柄代表祂。这就是说，神要人享受祂作生命，并在这生命中作王。照著创世记一章，人要作王管理地，特别管理爬物，尤其是管理蛇。一章二十八节说，神托付人治理地，征服地。征服包括击败仇敌，并夺取他的产业。我们藉著击败仇敌并取得他的产业，就作王胜过他。所以，起初神的心意是要人在祂的生命中作王，胜过撒但这爬物。
1God’sin tent i on in His creation of man was that man would express Him in His image and represent Him with His dominion or authority. This means that God intends that man enjoy Him as life and reign in this life. According to Genesis 1, man is to reign over the earth and especially over the creeping things, over the serpent in particular. Genesis 1:28 says that God commissioned man to subdue the earth, to conquer it. To conquer something involves defeating an enemy and seizing his possessions. By defeating the enemy and taking his possessions, we reign over him. Therefore, in the beginning, God intended man to be a king in His life over Satan, the creeping one
恩典与罪
GRACE AND SIN
2撒但原是神惟一的仇敌。在某个时候，这仇敌非法并邪恶的将他自己当作罪注射到人里面。撒但将他邪恶的性情注射到人里面，撒但就成了罪。罪是起源于撒但的东西，牠实际上就是注射到人里面并具体化身在人里面的撒但自己。看见罪与恶之间的不同是有帮助的；这两者都在罗马七章题起。在七章二十节
2Satan once was God’s unique enemy. At a certain point, this enemy injected himself as sin into man in an illegal and evil way. When Satan injected his evil nature into man, Satan became sin. Sin is something originated by Satan. It is actually Satan himself injected into man and incarnated in man. It is helpful to see the difference between sin and evil, both of which are mentioned in Romans
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
7. In 7:20 Paul says, “But if what I do not will, this I do, it is no longer I that do it but sin that
3出来的。』有个称为罪的东西住在我们的肉体里。在二十一节保罗说，『于是我发现那律与我这愿意为善的人同在，就是那恶与我同在。』保罗在二十节说到罪，在二十一节说到恶。
3dwells in me.” In our flesh something called sin is dwelling. In verse 21 Paul says, “I find then the law that, at my willing to do the good, the evil is present with me.” In verse 20 Paul speaks of sin, but in verse 21, of evil
4要领会罪与恶之间的不同，我们就需要看见，在人受造以前，神有一个独一的仇敌，就是魔鬼撒但。然后神造了人。人在被造的时候，是纯洁、干净、无罪的。然后撒但将他自己注射到人里面，并成为人里面的罪。如我们所指出的，罪就是具体化身在人里面的撒但。罗马五章二十一节说到罪、恩典、死和生命：『使罪怎样在死中作王，恩典也照样藉著义作王，叫人藉著我们的主耶稣基督得永远的生命。』照著本节，罪是在死中作王，恩典作王是叫人得永远的生命。这里我们看见罪作王与恩典作王之间鲜明的对比。这里也有死与生命之间的对比。罪怎样是具体化身的撒但，恩典照样是具体化身的神。这可由约翰一章十四节得证明，这节说，那是神的话成了肉体，丰丰满满的有恩典，有实际。因此，恩典乃是具体化身在我们里面的神。恩典是进到人里面的神。神若留在人外面，就没有恩典。神就算不进到人里面，也有其他神圣的属性存在；但神若不具体化身在人里面，就没有恩典。神与人以调和的方式来在一起，就有恩典。在圣经里很难找著一节说到恩典是在神与人的关系以外，但圣经里有许多经文表明恩典是神与人之关系的事。
4To understand the difference between sin and evil, we need to see that before the creation of man God had a unique enemy, Satan, the Devil. Then God created man. At the time of creation, man was pure, clean, and innocent. Then Satan injected himself into man and became sin in man. As we have pointed out, sin is Satan incarnated in man. Romans 5:21 speaks of sin, grace, death, and life: “That as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” According to this verse, sin reigns in death and grace reigns unto eternal life. Here we see a vivid contrast between the reigning of sin and the reigning of grace. There is also a contrast here between death and life. Just as sin is Satan incarnated, so grace is God incarnated. This is proved by John 1:14, which says that the Word, which is God, became flesh, full of grace and reality. Hence, grace is God incarnated in us. Grace is God coming into man. If God remains outside of man, there is no grace. Although other divine attributes exist apart from God’s coming into man, there is no grace apart from God’s being incarnated in man. When God and man come together in the way of mingling, there is grace. Although it is difficult to find a verse in the Bible which speaks of grace apart from the relationship between God and man, there are many verses in the Bible that show that grace is a matter of God’s relationship with man.
5同样的原则，撒但与人分开，就没有罪。然而一旦撒但进到我们里面，我们里面就有罪。所以，罪是与人有主观关系的撒但。这种对恩典与罪的领会是何等宝贵！
5In the same principle, when Satan is separate from man, there is no sin. But once Satan comes into us, there is sin in us. Therefore, sin is Satan related to man subjectively. How precious is this understanding of grace and sin
罪与恶
SIN AND EVIL
6我们若有这种领会，就能看见罪与恶之间的不同。罪潜伏在我们里面时，仅仅是罪。但每当我们定意藉遵守律法而行善，以讨神喜悦，罪就被唤起而成为恶。恶是在我们里面活动的罪。每当内住的罪活跃起来，罪就成为与我们同在的恶。罪是内住者，而恶是同在、活跃者。罪是在我们里面居住的撒但，而恶是在我们里面活动的撒但。所以，罪与恶都是撒但自己。撒但在我们里面居住就是罪，撒但在我们里面活动就是恶。撒但、罪与恶，乃指一件事的三个阶段。
6If we have this understanding, we shall be able to see the difference between sin and evil. When sin lies dormant within us, it is merely sin. But whenever we make up our mind to do good by keeping the law in order to please God, sin is aroused and becomes evil. Evil is sin acting within us. Whenever the indwelling sin becomes active, sin becomes the evil that is present with us. Sin is the indwelling one, but evil is the present, active one. Sin is Satan dwelling in us, but evil is Satan acting in us. Therefore, both sin and evil are Satan himself. Dwelling in us, Satan is sin, and acting in us, Satan is evil. Satan, sin, and evil denote one thing in three stages
神的三个仇敌
GOD’ST HREE ENEMIES
7罗马五章十二节说，『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。』本节启示罪带进了死。照著希伯来二章十四节，那掌死权的就是魔鬼。这两节指明罪和死与撒但有关。撒但、罪和死乃是神的三个仇敌。林前十五章二十六节说到死是最后的仇敌。在创世记一章，神只有一个仇敌─撒但。但在人堕落以后，罪和死也成了神的仇敌。
7Romans 5:12 says, “Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world and death through sin; and so death passed to all men because all have sinned.” This verse reveals that sin has brought in death. According to Hebrews 2:14, the one who has the power of death is the Devil. These two verses indicate that sin and death are related to Satan. Satan, sin, and death are God’st hree enemies. First Corinthians 15:26 speaks of death being the last enemy. In Genesis 1 God had a unique enemy, Satan. But after man’s fall, sin and death became His enemies also
8当我还是个年轻的基督徒时，我认为死是将来的事；我不认为死是今天就存在的事。但约壹三章十四节指明，我们今天就能在死里：『不爱弟兄的，仍住在死中。』本节不是说，不爱弟兄的将要死；这节乃是说，不爱弟兄的，甚至现今就住在死中。我们若不在生命里，那我们必定在死里。罗马八章六节也证明，我们今天就能在死里：『因为心思置于肉体，就是死；心思置于灵，乃是生命平安。』
8When I was a young Christian, I considered death something in the future; I did not regard it as something present today. But as 1 John 3:14 makes clear, we can be in death today: “He that loveth not his brother abideth in death.” This verse does not say that he who does not love his brother will die; it says that he who does not love his brother abides in death even now. If we are not in life, then we are surely in death. Romans 8:6 also proves that we can be in death today: “For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the spirit is life and peace.”
那灵─活在我们里面的神
THE SPIRIT—GOD LIVING IN US
9罗马八章二节说，『因为生命之灵的律，在基督耶稣里已经释放了我，使我脱离了罪与死的律。』本节有罪、死、律，与生命、灵、律成对比。生命与死相对，灵与罪相对。罪是具体化身在我们里面的撒但，灵是活在我们里面的神。具体化身在我们里面的神是恩典，但活在我们里面的神是那灵。因此，罗马五章的恩典，就是罗马八章的那灵。五章是恩典与罪相对的事，但八章是那灵与罪相对的事。八章二节不是说到生命之恩的律，乃是说到生命之灵的律。神具体化身在我们里面，就是我们的恩典。祂活在我们里面，就是那灵。在希伯来十章二十九节，那灵称为恩典的灵。那灵是神具体化身在我们里面作恩典，在我们里面生活并活动。
9Romans 8:2 says, “For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has freed me from the law of sin and of death.” In this verse we have law, sin, and death in contrast to law, Spirit, and life. Life is opposed to death, and the Spirit is opposed to sin. Sin is Satan embodied in us, and the Spirit is God living in us. God embodied in us is grace, but God living in us is the Spirit. Thus, the grace in Romans 5 is the very Spirit in Romans 8. In chapter five it is a matter of grace versus sin, but in chapter eight, of the Spirit versus sin. Romans 8:2 does not speak of the law of the grace of life, but of the law of the Spirit of life. When God is embodied in us, He is our grace. When He lives in us, He is the Spirit. In Hebrews 10:29 the Spirit is called the Spirit of grace. The Spirit is the very God embodied in us as grace living and acting in us
神仇敌的工作
THE WORK OF GOD’SE NE MY
10在罗马书里，除了撒但、罪、死以外，我们找不著神有任何其他的仇敌。十六章二十节说，『平安的神快要将撒但践踏在你们的脚下。』保罗说到平安的神快要将撒但践踏在我们的脚下以后，在同节立刻说，『愿我们主耶稣的恩，与你们同在。』撒但被践踏，恩典就与我们同在。就一面说，神的仇敌撒但作为罪、作为恶，今天正猖狂的将人带进死里，并将他们拘禁在那里。这是神仇敌邪恶的工作。撒但并不满足于仅仅在发脾气这样的事上惹动我们。他的目的是要把我们带进死里。但神这生命也正在作工，要击败罪、死和撒但。神击败这三个仇敌，结果我们就在生命中作王。
10In the book of Romans we cannot find that God has any other enemies in addition to Satan, sin, and death. Romans 16:20 says, “Now the God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.” After speaking of Satan being crushed under our feet by the God of peace, Paul immediately says, in the very same verse, “The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.” When Satan is crushed, grace is with us. In a sense, God’se ne my, Satan, is prevailing today as sin and as evil to bring people into death and to keep them there. This is the evil work of God’se ne my. Satan is not content merely to provoke us in such matters as losing our temper. His intention is to bring us into death. But God is working as life to defeat sin, death, and Satan. The result of God’s defeating these three enemies is that we reign in life
得胜与作王
victory and reigning
11罗马五章有在生命中作王这事的介言。如十七节所指出的，我们这些受洋溢之恩的要在生命中作王。六至十六章为我们说明在生命中作王的意义。在生命中作王，就是在生命的新样中生活行动。（六4。）在七章里我们看见一幅图画，说到被罪与恶困扰的人，以及在死里的俘虏。这人绝望的呼喊：『我是个苦恼的人！谁要救我脱离那属这死的身体？』（24。）但在八章里，这人藉著生命之灵的律得释放，脱离罪与死的律。（2。）七章有争战，但八章有得胜与作王。甚至六章十四节也告诉我们，罪不该作主管辖我们，因我们不在律法之下，乃在恩典之下。因为我们在恩典之下，罪就不该再作王管辖我们。既然神已进到我们里面作恩典，罪就不该作主管辖我们。
11In chapter five of Romans we have an introduction to the matter of reigning in life. As verse 17 points out, we who receive an abundance of grace shall reign in life. Chapters six through sixteen define for us the meaning of reigning in life. To reign in life is to walk in newness of life (6:4). In chapter seven we see a picture of one troubled by sin and evil and a captive in death. This one cries in desperation, “Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from the body of this death?” (v. 24). But in chapter eight this one is set free from the law of sin and death by the law of the Spirit of life. In chapter seven there is warfare, but in chapter eight there is both victory and reigning. Even in 6:14 we are told that sin should not lord it over us, for we are not under law but under grace. Because we are under grace, sin should no longer reign as a king over us. Sin should not lord it over us now that God has come into us as grace.
成为王的过程
THE PROCESS OF BECOMING KINGS
12今天我们是在成为王的过程中。圣别是这过程的一部分。这过程也包括变化、模成和得荣。今天我们在朝著君王职分的路上。至终，君王职分要浸透我们全人，并且得显明。那时，我们就要完全在生命中作王。在生命中作王不是说，要控制你的妻子或儿女。你也许管理你的儿女，但你可能并不是王。管理别人是对君王职分的属人观念。对于在生命中作王的正确领会，乃是我们在神圣的生命中作王胜过罪、死和撒但；撒但至终要被践踏在我们的脚下。要这样在生命中作王，我们就需要圣别、变化、模成并得荣。我们里面有作王的生命，但这生命在我们里面还没有得释放，反而局限在我们的灵里。我们外面的人还没有被圣别。我们要被圣别，就需要被现今在我们灵里作王的生命所浸透。我们的魂与体要被圣别，惟一的路乃是我们完全被这内里、作王的生命所浸透。这作王的生命不但圣别我们，也将我们模成神长子的形像。这就是模成。不但如此，我们被作王的生命浸透时，我们也就变化了。变化是圣别的另一说法。至终，我们卑贱的身体要改变形状，就是要被神作王生命的荣耀完全浸透并弥漫。然后我们的全人就要被这作王的生命浸透并弥漫。当我们显明为神的儿子，这作王的生命就完全得著彰显。那时，我们不但要凭著里面的生命，也要凭著外面的荣耀作王。
12Today we are in the process of becoming kings. Sanctification is part of this process. This process also includes transformation, conformation, and glorification. Today we are on our way toward kingship. Eventually, the kingship will saturate our entire being and be manifested. At that time, we shall reign in life in a full way. To reign in life does not mean to exercise control over your wife or children. You may rule over your children, yet you may not be a king. Ruling over others is a human concept of kingship. The proper understanding of reigning in life is that we reign in the divine life over sin, death, and Satan, who eventually will be crushed under our feet. In order to reign in life in this way, we need to be sanctified, transformed, conformed, and glorified. We have the reigning life within us, but this life has not yet been released in us. Rather, it has been confined in our spirit. Our outer man has not yet been sanctified. In order to be sanctified, we need to be saturated with the reigning life that is now in our spirit. The only way for our soul and our body to be sanctified is for us to be fully saturated with this inner, reigning life. This reigning life not only sanctifies us, but also conforms us to the very image of the firstborn Son of God. This is conformation. Furthermore, as we are being saturated with the reigning life, we are also being transformed. Transformation is another way of speaking about sanctification. Eventually, our vile body will be transfigured, that is, it will be fully saturated and permeated with the glory of God’s reigning life. Then our whole being will be saturated and permeated with the reigning life. This reigning life will be fully expressed when we are manifested as the sons of God. At that time, we shall reign not only by the inward life, but also by the outward glory.
在生命中作王与一有关
REIGNING IN LIFE RELATED TO ONENESS
13在生命中作王，也与我们和圣徒们的一有关。一不仅仅是每周数次来在一起，并宣告我们是一。旧约里的帐幕是主耶稣在约翰十七章所祷告真正的一的图画。帐幕是用四十八块包金的竖板建造的。这些竖板是由金闩穿过贴在竖板上的金环而维系在一起。这样，四十八块竖板就成为一。这就是建造，是人性在神性里的建造。木板表征人性，而包裹竖板的金子表征神性。所有的竖板都包上金子，并由金子联结。这乃是真正的一。
13Reigning in life is also related to our oneness with the saints. Oneness is not merely a matter of coming together a few times a week and declaring that we are one. The tabernacle in the Old Testament is a picture of the genuine oneness for which the Lord Jesus prayed in John 17. The tabernacle was built with forty-eight boards that were overlaid with gold. These boards were held together by golden bars that ran through golden rings attached to the boards. In this way the forty-eight boards became one. This is the building, the building of humanity in divinity. The wooden boards signify humanity, and the gold overlaying the boards signifies divinity. All the boards were overlaid with gold and connected by gold. This is genuine oneness
14基督徒若要真正成为一，不但应当来在一起，也应当在神圣的生命里建造在一起。真实的一就是建造。这远过于仅仅彼此相爱。我们要成为一，就不仅需要彼此相爱，也需要包上金子，并由金闩维系在一起。我们都需要在金子里，也就是在神的性情里建造在一起。这就是主耶稣在约翰十七章所祷告的一。这也是罗马十二至十六章的一。在十二章五节保罗说，『我们这许多人，在基督里是一个身体，并且各个互相作肢体，也是如此。』帐幕里的竖板也说明我们如何互相作肢体。每块竖板宽一肘半。在圣经里，三是神建造的基本数字。例如，在挪亚所造方舟的尺寸上，就看见三这数字。方舟有三层，长三百肘。三既是神建造的基本单位，一肘半就指明半个单位。这就是说，在神的建造里，我们自己不是完整的单位。我们每个人只是一半。这表示你需要别人，别人也需要你。我们若真正互相作肢体，那我们就会像竖板一样联结在一起。无论我们有时对与我们相联的『竖板』感觉如何，我们都不该使自己与他分开。我们若使自己与别人分开，就指明我们从未真正被建造在召会里。我们若被建造在其中，就不可能把自己抽出来。
14If Christians are to be truly one, they should not only come together, but also be built up together in the divine life. Real oneness is the building. It is something far more than simply loving one another. To be one, we need not only to love one another, but also to be overlaid with gold and held together by golden bars. We all need to be built together in the gold, in the nature of God. This is the oneness for which the Lord Jesus prayed in John 17. It is also the oneness in Romans 12 through 16. In 12:5 Paul says, “So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and severally members one of another.” The boards in the tabernacle also illustrate how we are members one of another. The width of each board was one and a half cubits. In the Bible three is a basic number in God’s building. For example, in the dimensions of the ark built by Noah, the number three is found. The ark had three stories, and it was three hundred cubits long. Since three is a basic unit in God’s building, one and a half cubits denotes half a unit. This means that in God’s building we are not complete units by ourselves. Each of us is just a half. This means that you need someone else and that someone else needs you. If we are truly members of one another, then we shall be like the boards joined together. No matter how we may feel at times about a “board” with which we are connected, we should not separate ourselves from him. If we separate ourselves, it indicates that we have never truly been built into the church. If we have been built in, it will not be possible to take ourselves out
15在建造里与圣徒们成为一，是在生命中作王的一面。要胜过我们的脾气很难，但要胜过我们分裂的性情更难。许多年前我就领悟，要作人就必须作基督徒，要作基督徒就需要在召会里。这是我在主里往前上好的路。所以，我下定很强的决心，虽然我未必喜欢召会生活里的情形，但我要留在召会生活里，并与圣徒们是一。保守一就是在生命中作王。惟有在神圣的生命里，不在我们人的性情里，我们才能保守真正的一。我们在神圣的生命里有恩典，就是那具体化身在我们里面的神，我们也有活的灵。我们在这灵里生活，并且在生命中作王。
15To be one with the saints in the building is an aspect of reigning in life. It is difficult to overcome our temper, but it is much more difficult to overcome our divisive nature. Many years ago I realized that as a man I have to be a Christian and as a Christian I need to be in the church. This is simply the best way for me to go on in the Lord. Therefore, I have made a strong decision that, although I am not always happy with the way things are in the church life, I shall stay in the church life and be one with the saints. To keep the oneness is to reign in life. Only in the divine life, not in our human nature, can we keep the genuine oneness. In the divine life we have grace, God embodied in us, and also the living Spirit. In this Spirit we live and reign in life