7基督是谁以及基督之所是的一切客观项目,今天基要派的基督徒都承认,也都这样教导。然而,基督是赐生命的灵这件事,却大大的被忽略了。这乃是由于撒但的狡诈所致。人可能谈论电是甚么,以及电能作甚么,却忽略了电流。讨论电却不应用电,有甚么益处?我对电所知不多,但我一应用电,就享受电的益处。同样的原则,今天我们的需要,主要的还不是对道理客观的认识,乃是对三一神之流主观的经历。神狡猾的仇敌撒但也许会容让人认识基督是神的儿子,成为肉体来作人,为了救赎我们死在十字架上,并且复活,升到神的右边。但是,仇敌却蒙蔽信徒,叫他们看不见基督是赐生命的灵这个紧要的真理。林后三章六节说,字句杀死人,那2灵却叫人活(赐人生命)。照著林后三章十七节,主就是那灵,主的灵在那里,那里就有自由。十八节接著说,『但我们众人既然以没有帕子遮蔽的脸,好像镜子观看并返照主的荣光,就渐渐变化成为与祂同样的形像,从荣耀到荣耀,乃是从主灵变化成的。』在这节经文里,我们看见一个复合的名称─主灵。很少基督徒注意到主的这个名称。我们需要恢复对基督是主灵的领会与经历。我喜欢呼求主耶稣的名,但我特别享受的是摸著祂是主灵。如今主耶稣就是这奇妙的赐生命之灵。罗马八章也题到这点。保罗在九节说到神的灵住在我们里面;然后他说,『然而人若没有基督的灵,就不是属基督的。』这清楚的指明,如今神的灵就是基督的灵。不仅如此,下一节还说到基督在我们里面。这几个辞交替使用的事实,指明神的灵就是基督的灵,而基督的灵就是基督自己。罗马八章所说的灵,乃是基督自己。
7All the objective items of who Christ is and of what Christ is are recognized and taught by fundamental Christians today. However, the matter of Christ as the life-giving Spirit has been grossly neglected. This is due to Satan’s subtlety. A person may talk about what electricity is and what it can do, but he may neglect the current of electricity. What good is it to discuss electricity without applying it? I do not know very much about electricity, but by applying it I enjoy its benefits. In the same principle, our need today is not mainly the objective knowledge of doctrines; it is the subjective experience of the current of the Triune God. Satan, the subtle enemy of God, may allow people to know that Christ is the Son of God who was incarnated as a man, who died on the cross for our redemption, who was resurrected, and who has ascended to the right hand of God. But the enemy blinds the believers to the vital truth regarding Christ as the life - giving Spirit. Second Corinthians 3:6 says that the letter kills, but that the Spirit gives life. According to Corinthians 3:17, the Lord is this very Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. Verse 18 continues, “But we all, with unveiled face beholding and reflecting as a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord Spirit” (Gk.). In this verse we see a compound title—Lord Spirit. Few Christians have paid attention to this title of the Lord. The understanding and experience of Christ as the Lord Spirit need to be recovered. I love to call on the name of the Lord Jesus, but I especially enjoy touching Him as the Lord Spirit. The Lord Jesus today is the wonderful life-giving Spirit. This very point is also covered in Romans 8. In verse 9 of this chapter Paul speaks of the Spirit of God dwelling in us. Then he says, “But if anyone has not the Spirit of Christ, he is not of Him.” This clearly indicates that today the Spirit of God is the Spirit of Christ. Furthermore, the next verse speaks of Christ being in us. The fact that these terms are used interchangeably indicates that the Spirit of God is the Spirit of Christ and that the Spirit of Christ is Christ Himself. The Spirit spoken of in Romans 8 is Christ Himself.