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罗马书生命读经 · 第49篇

在生命中作王胜过撒但

REIGNING IN LIFE OVER SATAN
1在生命中作王，就是胜过三个主要的仇敌：撒但、罪和死。在本篇信息中，我们要看在生命中作王胜过撒但。
1To reign in life is to subdue three main enemies: Satan, sin, and death. In this message we shall consider the matter of reigning in life over Satan
撒但、罪和肉体
SATAN, SIN, AND THE FLESH
2撒但是罪的源头。我们曾多次指出，罪是注射到人里面之撒但的性情。照著圣经的启示，撒但作为罪，乃是在我们的肉体里，在我们堕落、玷污的身体里。罗马七章十八节说，『我知道住在我里面，就是我肉体之中，并没有善。』神造人时，给人造了一个纯洁的身体。但撒但将他自己当作罪注射到人的身体里，身体就败坏了。因此，在圣经里，人的身体称为肉体。在我们的肉体中，我们与撒但是一，因肉体是撒但在人里面的居所。同样的原则，我们的灵是主在我们里面的居所。得救的人相当复杂，因为有撒但作为罪在他的肉体里，又有主作为赐生命的灵在他的灵里。
2Satan is the source of sin. As we have pointed out a number of times, sin is the nature of Satan injected into man. According to the revelation of the Bible, Satan as sin is in our flesh, in our fallen, contaminated body. Romans 7:18 says, “For I know that in me, that is in my flesh, nothing good dwells.” When God created man, He created him with a body that was pure. But when Satan injected himself as sin into man’s body, the body became corrupted. Hence, in the Bible man’s body is called the flesh. In our flesh we are one with Satan, for the flesh is Satan’s dwelling place in man. In the same principle, our spirit is the Lord’s dwelling place in us. A saved person is rather complicated because Satan as sin is in his flesh and the Lord as the life-giving Spirit is in his spirit
3撒但、罪和肉体乃是并行的。撒但将他邪恶的性情注射到人里面，撒但在人里面就成为罪。罪的性情注射到人的身体里，身体就变质成为肉体。因此，撒但、罪和肉体在人里面彼此相关。我们若要胜过撒但，并在生命中作王管理他，我们就需要承认，撒但作为罪住在我们的肉体里。因为撒但是罪与死的源头，他就是众仇敌中最大的仇敌。作王胜过罪与死，而没有征服撒但，那并不彀。我们也必须击败罪与死的源头，然后我们就真能在生命中作王。
3Satan, sin, and the flesh go together. When Satan injected his evil nature into man, Satan became sin in man. When the nature of sin was injected into man’s body, the body was transmuted into flesh. Hence, Satan, sin, and the flesh are mutually related within man. If we would overcome Satan and reign in life over him, we need to recognize that Satan as sin dwells in our flesh. Because Satan is the source of both sin and death, he is the greatest enemy of all. It is not sufficient to reign over sin and death without subduing Satan. We must also defeat the source of sin and death. Then we shall truly be able to reign in life
胜过撒但的路
THE WAY TO OVERCOME SATAN
4现在我们必须看胜过撒但的路。宾路易师母（Mrs.Penn-Lewis）在她的著作中，有许多是说到胜过撒但的。然而，虽然我将她的题议付诸实行，但她所题议的对我却不管用。宾路易师母关于这事所写的是正确的，但我却无法应用。宾路易师母写了她那些上好的书以后，五十多年过去了。因著主的怜悯和恩典，圣徒们在这些年间往前，看见了与属灵争战有关的两件重要的事：身体与生命。
4Now we must consider the way to overcome Satan. In her writings, Mrs. Jesse Penn-Lewis had a great deal to say about overcoming Satan. However, although I put her suggestions into practice, what she suggested did not work for me. What Mrs. Penn - Lewis wrote regarding this matter was correct, but I had no way to apply it. Since the time Mrs. Penn - Lewis wrote her best books, more than fifty years have gone by. By the Lord’s mercy and grace, the saints have gone on during these years to see two important matters related to spiritual warfare: the Body and life.
生命与身体的事
A MATTER OF LIFE AND THE BODY
5一九四○年代初期，倪弟兄在上海释放了好些关于身体这个题目的信息。他告诉我们，属灵的争战不是个人的事，乃是身体的事。撒但是身体的仇敌。因此，我们要胜过他，就必须与身体站在一起。『属灵人』是一九二八年完成的，该书陈明属灵的争战是个人的事，不是身体的事。为这缘故，倪弟兄看见了身体以后，告诉我们一些人，他不要再出版这套书了。
5In the early 1940s Brother Nee gave a number of messages in Shanghai on the subject of the Body. He told us that spiritual warfare is not an individual matter, but a Body matter. Satan is the enemy of the Body. Hence, in order to overcome him, we must stand with the Body. The Spiritual Man, completed in 1928, presented spiritual warfare as an individual matter, not as a Body matter. For this reason, after he had come to see the Body, Brother Nee told some of us that he did not want to have it reprinted
6我们不但看见身体，也看见神圣生命在对付神仇敌上的地位。生命一点不差就是那分赐到我们里面作我们内容的三一神。照著罗马书，生命与身体乃是一；二者不能分开。若没有生命，就无法有身体。生命是内容，身体是彰显。
6We have not only seen the Body, but we have also seen the place of the divine life in dealing with God’se ne my. Life is nothing less than the Triune God dispensed into us to be our content. According to the book of Romans, life and the Body are one; they are inseparable. If there is no life, then there can be no Body. Life is the content, and the Body is the expression
撒但践踏在我们的脚下
SATAN CRUSHED UNDER OUR FEET
7在罗马书里，保罗乃是到了十六章二十节才题撒但的名。在这一节里保罗说，『平安的神快要将撒但践踏在你们的脚下。』本节的『你们的』是复数，指身体。神要将撒但践踏在基督身体的脚下。罗马十六章不是指宇宙的身体，乃是指身体在地方上实际的彰显。这就是说，撒但只能被践踏于身体在众地方召会里实际彰显的脚下。我们若在道理上说到身体，就只有名词而已。惟有当我们有正确的地方召会作身体实际的彰显，撒但才被践踏在我们的脚下。惟有藉著神圣的生命，才可能有身体实际的彰显。我们也许有救赎和拯救的经历，但我们若没有经历神圣的生命，就不可能有基督身体实际的彰显。基督的身体是以基督作生命建造起来的。撒但要被生命与身体所胜。
7In Romans Paul does not mention Satan by name until 16:20. In this verse Paul says, “Now the God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.” The Greek word rendered “your” in this verse is plural; this points to the Body. God will crush Satan under the feet of the Body. Romans 16 does not refer to the Body in a universal sense, but it refers to the local and practical expression of the Body. This means that Satan can only be crushed under the feet of the practical expression of the Body in the local churches. If we speak about the Body in a doctrinal way, we have nothing but terminology. It is only when we have a proper local church as the practical expression of the Body that Satan is crushed under our feet. This practical expression of the Body is possible only through the divine life. We may have the experience of redemption and salvation, but if we do not experience the divine life, it is impossible to have the practical expression of the Body of Christ. The Body of Christ is built up with Christ as life. Satan is overcome by life and by the Body
重生的灵保守我们
THE REBORN SPIRIT KEEPING US
8约壹五章四节说，『因为凡从神生之物，就胜过世界。』本节不是说，『凡…之人』，指人；乃是说『凡…之物』，指物。本节与约壹三章九节不同，该节说到『凡从神生的』，就是每一个从神生的人；而约壹五章四节是说『凡从神生之物』，就是每一样从神生之物。我们若在约翰三章六节的光中领会约壹五章四节，就会领悟，从神生之物就是人的灵。约翰三章六节说，『从那灵生的，就是灵。』因此，约壹五章四节是指我们重生的灵。不犯罪的是重生的灵，胜过世界的也是重生的灵。约壹五章十八节说，『我们晓得凡从神生的都不犯罪，那从神生的，保守自己，那恶者也就不摸他。』那从神生的是谁？那蒙保守的『自己』又是谁？本节说那从神生的保守自己。我里面有个从神生之物保守我。所有的信徒里面都有个从神生之物。同样的原则，我们众人里面都有个从撒但生的邪恶东西。亚当堕落以后，就与撒但成为一。但赞美主，现在我们能用信心宣告：我们里面也有个从神生之物！
8First John 5:4 says, “For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world.” This verse does not say “whosoever,” referring to a person; it says “whatsoever,” referring to a thing. In contrast to 1 John 3:9, which speaks of “whosoever,” or every one who is born of God, 1 John 5:4 speaks of “whatsoever,” or every thing that is born of God. If we understand 1 John 5:4 in the light of John 3:6, we shall realize that what is born of God is the human spirit. John 3:6 says, “That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.” Hence, 1 John 5:4 refers to our regenerated spirit. It is the reborn spirit that does not sin, and it is the reborn spirit that overcomes the world. First John 5:18 says, “We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth him, and the evil one toucheth him not” (Gk.). Who is the “he” that is begotten of God, and who is the “him” who is kept? This verse is saying that he who is born of God keeps me. There is something within me born of God that is keeping me. All believers have something within them that has been born of God. In the same principle, all of us have something evil within us born of Satan. After Adam fell, he became one with Satan. But praise the Lord that we can now proclaim with confidence that we also have something within us born of God!
保护我们脱离那恶者
OUR PROTECTION FROM THE EVIL ONE
9十八节说，『那恶者也就不摸他。』只要我们蒙那从神生之物保守，那恶者就不摸我们。我们就得著保护。保护我们脱离那恶者的，是我们里面从神生的那部分。如我们所指出的，那从神生的，从圣灵生的，就是我们人的灵。所以，我们重生的灵乃是我们的保护。5:11-因为我们有神的儿子，我们就有生命。（11～12。）你知道神的儿子在你里面的何处？祂乃是在你的灵里。因此，你的灵是保护之处，是高台。我们在其中并用以胜过撒但的生命，现今乃是在我们重生的灵里。只要我们留在我们重生的灵里，那恶者撒但就不能摸我们。这是胜过撒但的路。
9This verse also says, “The evil one toucheth him not.” As long as we are kept by that which is born of God, the evil one does not touch us. We are protected. Our protection from the evil one is that part within us which is born of God. As we have pointed out, it is our human spirit that has been born of God, born of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, our regenerated spirit is our protection. Because we have the Son, we have life (1 John 12). Do you know where the Son of God is within you? He is in your spirit. Thus, your spirit is a place of protection, a high tower. The very life in which and with which we overcome Satan is now in our regenerated spirit. As long as we remain in our regenerated spirit, Satan, the evil one, cannot touch us. This is the way to overcome Satan.
10我们若离开灵并留在肉体里，就会与撒但为伍。每当我们在肉体里，就有撒但作我们的同伴。但我们在灵里，基督就是我们的同伴。撒但作为罪是在我们的肉体里，但基督作为那灵是在我们的灵里。所以，我们该拣选与基督一同留在我们的灵里。
10If we get out of the spirit and stay in the flesh, we shall keep company with Satan. Whenever we are in the flesh, we have Satan as our companion. But when we are in the spirit, Christ is our companion. Satan as sin is in our flesh, but Christ as the Spirit is in our spirit. Therefore, we should choose to stay in our spirit with Christ.
11罗马八章四节说，我们若照著灵，不照著肉体而行，律法义的要求就成就在我们身上。我们照著灵而行，就有基督作我们的同伴，这同伴事实上就是我们的生命。我们与祂一同留在我们的灵里，我们就在高台里得著保护，那恶者也不能摸我们。我们若不是在灵里，就是在肉体里。我们没有第三个地方可去。每当我们在灵以外，我们自然而然就在我们的肉体里，就是撒但作为罪居住的地方。
11Romans 8:4 says that if we walk according to spirit, not according to flesh, the righteous requirement of the law will be fulfilled in us. As we walk according to spirit, we have Christ as our companion, the companion who is truly life to us. When we stay with Him in our spirit, we are protected within a high tower, and the evil one cannot touch us. We are either in the spirit or in the flesh. There is no third place for us to be. Whenever we are out of the spirit, we are spontaneously in our flesh, where Satan dwells as sin
藉著住在基督里胜过撒但
OVERCOMING SATAN BY ABIDING IN CHRIST
12不要设法在自己里面胜过撒但。宾路易师母关于与撒但争战的著作并没有错，但那些著作过于强调消极的一面。宾路易师母说，胜过撒但的路，乃是藉著看见我们已经与基督同钉十字架。照著新约，基督藉著十字架废除魔鬼乃是事实。（来二14。）然而，我们越想要除去我们的肉体，我们的肉体就变得越活动、越活跃。宾路易师母所看见的，主要是关于消极的一面─算自己是死的。关于积极的一面，她即使有看见，也看见得很少。胜过撒但，不在于定意将我们的肉体钉在十字架上，乃在于看见那是我们生命的基督现今就在我们的灵里，然后看见我们必须住在祂里面。基督既在我们的灵里，我们若要住在祂里面，就必须留在灵里。我们若留在我们的灵里，就有与基督同钉十字架的实际，并且有基督作我们作王的生命。我们在自己里面无法作王胜过撒但，但在基督这作王的生命里，我们就能作王胜过他。不要设法击败撒但，他对你而言是太强壮、太有能力了。你越想击败他，就越被他击败。我们没有人例外。胜过撒但惟一的路，就是留在我们重生之灵的高台里。我们在这高台里，就能嘲笑撒但，说，『撒但，你岂不知我在我灵的高台这里么？你能把我怎么样？你很快就会被践踏在我们的脚下。』
12Do not try in yourself to overcome Satan. The writings of Mrs. Penn-Lewis regarding the warfare with Satan were not wrong, but they placed too much emphasis on the negative aspect. Mrs. Penn - Lewis said that the way to overcome Satan is by seeing that we have been crucified with Christ on the cross. According to the New Testament, it is a fact that through the cross Christ has destroyed the Devil (Heb. 2:14). Nevertheless, the more we try to cross out our flesh, the more active and living our flesh becomes. What Mrs. Penn - Lewis saw was mainly on the negative side—the matter of reckoning ourselves dead. She saw very little, if any, on the positive side. Overcoming Satan is not a matter of making up our mind to put our flesh on the cross; it is a matter of seeing that the very Christ who is life to us is now in our spirit and then of seeing that we must abide in Him. Since Christ is in our spirit, we must remain in the spirit if we would abide in Him. If we stay in our spirit, we have the reality of being crucified with Christ, and we have Christ as our reigning life. In ourselves we cannot reign over Satan, but in Christ as the reigning life we can reign over him. Do not try to defeat Satan. He is too strong, too powerful, for you. The more you try to defeat him, the more you will be defeated by him. None of us is an exception. The only way to overcome Satan is to stay in the high tower of our regenerated spirit. When we are in this tower, we can laugh at Satan and say, “Satan, don’ty ou know that I am here in the high tower of my spirit? What can you do to me? Very shortly, you will be crushed under our feet.”
建造在身体里
BUILT UP IN THE BODY
13不但如此，我们一留在灵里，就实际的被建造在身体里。但我们若留在我们的心思里，就会分裂。不但在召会生活里是这样，在婚姻生活里也是这样。我若留在我的心思里，我的妻子也留在她的心思里，我们就不可能是一。我已经学会对于留在我的心思里有健康的畏惧。哦，我要在我的灵里！每当我在灵里，一就没有问题。在召会生活和家庭生活里，我们必须惧怕我们那十分容易置于肉体的心思，惧怕由我们异议的思想和意见所引起的分裂。（见罗八6。）当我们发觉自己的思想在批评别人，就需要立刻转向在我们灵里的主，并且祷告。我们都必须学习转向灵并留在灵里的功课。
13Furthermore, when we stay in the spirit, we are built up in the Body in a practical way. But if we stay in our minds, we shall be divided. This is true not only in the church life, but also in married life. If I remain in my mind and my wife remains in her mind, it will be impossible for us to be one. I have learned to have a healthy fear of staying in my mind. Oh, I want to be in my spirit! Whenever I am in the spirit, there is no problem with oneness. Both in the church life and in our family life we must be afraid of our minds that are so easily set on the flesh, afraid of the division caused by our dissenting thoughts and opinions (see Romans 8:6). When we find ourselves thinking critically of others, we need to turn immediately to the Lord in our spirit and pray. We all must learn the lesson of turning to the spirit and staying there.
14在灵里我们不但经历基督作生命，也经历身体。在灵里基督是我们个人的生命，也是身体的生命。所以，在灵里，凭著神圣的生命和基督的身体，就能胜过撒但，甚至将他践踏在我们的脚下。撒但不但被个人击败，也被身体击败。绝不要忽略你重生的灵，就是你里面的高台，你能躲避撒但的地方。每当你受试诱要与你的妻子或丈夫争辩，你就该奔入这高台。婚姻生活里的争辩，都是发自心思，藉著肉体的帮助而来的。每当弟兄对妻子有消极的思想，肉体就会尽力激动他与妻子争辩。这指明肉体总是豫备好要在消极方面帮助心思。对此我们该怎么办？我们该逃进我们重生之灵的高台，就是撒但不能摸我们的地方，也是我们享受基督作我们的生命并经历身体之实际的地方。我们一在这样的地方，撒但对我们就不能作甚么。要进入我们灵的高台并不困难。我们只需要呼求主耶稣的名。只要我们留在我们的灵里，我们就胜过撒但。他被征服，甚至被践踏在我们的脚下，我们也在作我们生命的基督里作王胜过他。愿我们都实行留在我们重生之灵的高台里。
14In the spirit we experience not only Christ as life, but also the Body. In the spirit Christ is both our life personally and the life of the Body. Therefore, in the spirit with the divine life and with the Body of Christ, Satan is overcome and even crushed under our feet. He is defeated not by individuals, but by the Body. Never neglect your regenerated spirit, the high tower within you where you may hide from Satan. Whenever you are tempted to argue with your wife or husband, you should run into this tower. Arguments in married life come from the mind assisted by the flesh. Whenever a brother has negative thoughts about his wife, the flesh will try to provoke him to argue with her. This indicates that the flesh is always ready to help the mind in a negative way. What should we do about this? We should escape into the high tower of our reborn spirit, the place where Satan cannot touch us, the place where we enjoy Christ as our life and experience the reality of the Body. When we are in such a place, Satan can do nothing to us. It is not difficult to get into the high tower of our spirit. We simply need to call on the name of the Lord Jesus. As long as we stay in our spirit, we have victory over Satan. He is subdued and even crushed under our feet, and we reign over him in Christ as our life. May we all practice staying in the high tower of our reborn spirit