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罗马书生命读经 · 第65篇

藉著接枝的生命变化并模成（二）

Transformation And Conformation By The Grafted Life (2
1我们在基督里的信徒，与主之间的关系完全是一件生命的事。保罗从罗马五章十节开始说到许多与生命有关的话。在五章十节他说，『我们…要在祂的生命里得救。』在十七节他说，我们要『在生命中作王』。在六章四节他说，『好叫我们在生命的新样中生活行动。』在八章二节保罗题到生命之灵；在十节他说，我们的『灵却因义是生命』。此外，他又说，心思置于灵，乃是生命。（6。）还有，神圣的生命藉著那叫基督从死人中复活者的灵，赐生命给我们必死的身体。（11。）
1As believers in Christ, our relationship with the Lord is wholly a matter of life. Beginning with 5:10, Paul has much to say about life. In this verse he says that “we shall be saved in His life,” and in 5:17, that we “shall reign in life.” In 6:4 he says, “Even so we also should walk in newness of life.” In 8:2 Paul speaks of the Spirit of life, and in 8:10 he says that our “spirit is life because of righteousness.” Furthermore, the mind set on the spirit is life (8:6), and the divine life is imparted into our mortal bodies through the Spirit of Him who raised Christ Jesus from among the dead (8:11
神的目标
GOD’S GOAL
2藉著在我们里面神圣生命的长大与尽功用，神要达到祂的目标，就是产生许多的儿子，形成基督的身体，以彰显基督。今天，神的儿子基督不仅是独生子，也是许多弟兄中的长子。（八。）祂既是长子，就是所有信祂之人儿子名分的原型与榜样。至终，神的众子要形成一个活的生机体─基督的身体─来彰显基督。藉著在身体中基督的彰显，父就得著荣耀。这与公义和圣别有关。公义是起始、根基，圣别是过程，而荣耀乃是终极完成。那将我们完全带进荣耀里的过程，全然是在于生命里的变化。
2Through the growth and function of the divine life within us, God will reach His goal to produce many sons to form the Body to express Christ. Today Christ, the Son of God, is no longer simply the only begotten Son, but also the firstborn among many brothers (8:2 9). As the firstborn Son, He is the prototype 29 and pattern of sonship for all who believe in Him. Eventually, all the sons of God will form a living organism, the Body, to express Christ. Through the expression of Christ in the Body, the Father is glorified. This is related to righteousness and sanctification. Righteousness is the beginning, the foundation, sanctification is the process, and glory is the consummation. The process by which we are brought fully into glory is altogether a matter of transformation in life.
人的生命与神的生命
THE HUMAN LIFE AND THE DIVINE LIFE
3那使我们得著变化的生命，乃是接枝的生命，是人的生命与神的生命的调和。照著在创造时神的主宰，人的生命与神的生命是相似的，就如手套和手是相似的一样。若是没有手，手套就毫无目的，也毫无用处。同样的原则，人的生命若不盛装神，就毫无意义，也毫无用处。人的生命乃是照著神生命的形像，按著神生命的样式造的，目的是为著盛装神的生命。人的生命若不盛装神的生命，就像一个空手套失去了目的。人生命的意义，乃是为了盛装神的生命。
3The life by which we are transformed is a grafted life, the mingling of the human life with the divine life. According to God’s sovereignty in creation, the human life is similar to the divine life, just as a glove is similar to a hand. Unless there is a hand, the glove has no purpose and is useless. In the same principle, unless it contains God, the human life is purposeless and useless. The human life was created in the image of the divine life and according to the likeness of the divine life for the purpose of containing the divine life. If it does not contain the divine life, the human life is like an empty glove that has no purpose. The meaning of human life is to contain the divine life.
4人的生命很复杂；牠不仅是神所造的，而且也堕落、败坏了，搀杂了属魔鬼、属撒但的东西。不过，神所创造的美好元素仍旧存在。为这缘故，神还是爱这个复杂的人的生命。为著能让人的生命接受，神的生命必须经过成为肉体、钉十字架、复活及升天的过程。基督藉著成为肉体，穿上了肉身，使祂能在十字架上为我们的罪流血舍命。祂在十字架上不仅成功救赎，也了结了宇宙中一切消极的事物。祂钉死并埋葬以后，就带著祂的神圣元素进入复活；这样，祂就能使我们有新生的起头，使我们得著重生并变化。不仅如此，在祂的升天里，基督被高举、得荣耀、登宝座，并且得著元首的权柄、为主的地位、以及君王的职分。现今神的生命已经完全适合，豫备好能让人的生命接受进来。从我们接受神的生命进到我们里面的那一天起，在我们里面就发生了一个美妙的婚姻。这乃是神的生命与人的生命的婚姻。因著这个婚姻，我们就成了非常特别的一班人。这就是为甚么保罗在林前三章告诉我们，万有全是我们的。（21。）天是为著地，地是为著人。我们的生命与神的生命成为婚配，我们乃是这宇宙的中心和焦点。在我们里面，我们经历了人的生命接枝到神的生命里。这两种生命一调和，就产生正确的儿子来完成神的定旨。藉著这个调和与接枝的生命，我们就会完全变化并模成神长子的形像。
4The human life is complicated. Not only was it created by God, but it has become fallen, corrupted, and mixed with devilish, satanic things. Nevertheless, the good element created by God remains. For this reason, God loves the complicated human life. In order to be received by the human life, the divine life had to pass through a process involving incarnation, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension. Through incarnation Christ put on a physical body so that He could shed His blood for our sins on the cross. On the cross, He not only accomplished redemption, but also terminated all the negative things in the universe. After crucifixion and burial, He entered into resurrection with His divine elements and was then able to germinate, generate, and transform us. Furthermore, in His ascension Christ has been exalted, glorified, and enthroned and has been given the headship, the lordship, and the kingship. Now the divine life is fully qualified and prepared to be received by the human life. On the day we received the divine life into us, a wonderful marriage took place in our being. This was the marriage of the human life and the divine life. By means of this marriage we have become very special people. This is the reason that in 1 Corinthians 3 Paul tells us that all things are ours. The heavens are for the earth, and the earth is for man. We who have a life that is married to the divine life are the center, the focal point, of the universe. Within our being we have experienced the grafting of the human life to the divine life. The mingling of these two lives will produce proper sons for the fulfillment of God’s purpose. Through this mingled and grafted life we shall be fully transformed and conformed to the image of God’s firstborn Son.
过程与目标
THE PROCESS AND THE GOAL
5变化与模成是两个非常有意义的辞。这是两扇窗户，使我们藉此能一窥罗马书所含示之启示的深处。变化与生命的过程有关，模成与生命的目标有关。我们都要对这个过程和目标有完全的领会，这是非常紧要的。我要和你们交通的，乃是在神圣言的光中，来看我五十多年来基督徒经历的结果。
5Transformation and conformation are two very significant words. They are windows through which we can see into the depths of the revelation implied in the book of Romans. Transformation is related to the life process, and conformation is related to the life goal. It is crucial that we all have a full understanding of this process and this goal. What I intend to share regarding this is the product of more than fifty years of Christian experience considered in the light of God’sho ly Word
复合的灵
the compound Spirit
6新约明白的说，我们已经与基督同钉十字架，并且与祂一同复活。（罗六，加二20，弗二5～6，西三1。）我年轻时一直想知道，基督的钉死与埋葬既是发生在一千九百多年以前的事，我怎么能与祂同钉死、同埋葬？后来，我读了一本书，书中指出在神是没有时间因素的。我们是受时间的约束，但神是永远的，不受这些约束。虽然这样的看见对我有点帮助，可是对于我的生命却没有实际的影响。我可以相信我已经与基督同钉死、同复活，然而，我的生活并没有实际的受到这些影响。这个事实一直困扰我，使我无法满意。因此，我实在无法满足于道理或理论。后来，我开始看见，在赐生命的灵里有许多元素，许多成分。在出埃及三十章有复合的膏油，这膏油是由表征圣灵的橄榄油，加进四种香料复合而成的。这些香料主要是表征基督的人性、受死与复活。在旧约时代，那灵还没有经过复合，只不过是油所表征的神的灵。那灵还没有成为加上香料所产生的膏油，复合之灵。但是经过了基督的成为肉体、钉十字架、和复活的过程，基督的人性、受死和复活，都已经与神的灵复合了。因此，今天的圣灵乃是复合的灵，是具有人性、受死、和复活之元素的复合膏油。
6The New Testament says explicitly that we have been crucified with Christ and resurrected with Him (6:6; Gal. 2:20; Eph. 2:5-6; Col. 3:1). When 6 I was young, I tried to figure out how I could have been crucified with Christ and buried with Him when His crucifixion and burial took place more than nineteen hundred years ago. Eventually, I read a book that pointed out that with God there is no time element. We are bound by time, but God, being eternal, is not bound in this way. Although it was helpful for me to see this, it had no practical effect on my life. I could believe that I had been crucified and resurrected with Christ, but I was troubled and dissatisfied by the fact that there was still no practical effect in my living. I simply could not be satisfied with doctrine or theory. Later, I began to see that in the life-giving Spirit there are many elements, many ingredients. In Exodus 30 we have the compound ointment, an ointment composed of olive oil, which signifies the Holy Spirit, compounded with four spices. These spices mainly signify Christ’s humanity, death, and resurrection. In Old Testament times, before the Spirit was compounded, the Spirit was merely the Spirit of God, signified by the oil. The Spirit had not yet become the ointment, the compound Spirit produced through the addition of the spices. But through the process of Christ’s in carnation, crucifixion, and resurrection, Christ’s humanity, death, and resurrection have all been compounded with the Spirit of God. Therefore, the Holy Spirit today is the compound Spirit, the compound ointment with the elements of humanity, death, and resurrection.
包罗万有的药剂
AN ALL-INCLUSIVE DOSE
7假设你有一杯白开水，然后你又加上许多滋养的成分，使这杯水成为可口的饮料。此后，我们喝这杯水的时候，就不可能不将这些成分喝进来。有时候，母亲会把药加在这样一杯饮料里，给生病的孩子喝。孩子可能不愿吃药，但是药一成为这复合饮料的一部分，孩子就会喝下去。这样，加到这杯可口饮料中的药，就进到他里面，并且自然而然的在他里面起作用。如今，赐生命的灵乃是一帖包罗万有的神圣『药剂』，其中满了各种成分。这帖药剂实际上就是经过过程的三一神自己，成了包罗万有、赐生命的灵。在这灵里有神性、人性，以及基督的成为肉体、人性生活、钉十字架、复活和升天。因此，当我们呼求主耶稣的名时，这包罗万有的灵就带著这一切美妙的成分，进到我们里面。
7Suppose you have a glass of plain water. Then a number of nourishing ingredients are added to the water to form a delicious drink. Thereafter, it is impossible to take in the water without drinking these ingredients. Sometimes a mother may add medicine to such a drink for a sick child. Although the child may refuse to take the medicine itself, the child will drink it when it is part of such a compound beverage. In this way, the medicine, added to a sweet-tasting drink, gets into him and spontaneously works within him. Today the life - giving Spirit is an all - inclusive dose of divine “medicine,” full of ingredients. This dose is actually the processed Triune God Himself as the all - inclusive life - giving Spirit. In this Spirit are divinity, humanity, and Christ’sin carnation, human living, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension. Therefore, when we call on the name of the Lord Jesus, this all - inclusive Spirit with all these marvelous ingredients comes into us.
与基督联合生长
GROWING TOGETHER WITH CHRIST
8现在，我们来看一个紧要的点。在罗马六章五节保罗说，『我们若在祂死的样式里与祂联合生长，也必要在祂复活的样式里与祂联合生长。』我们这些在基督里的信徒，已经在祂死的样式里与祂联合生长。基督死的样式是指受浸说的。不仅如此，我们也要在基督复活的样式里，与祂联合生长。因此，保罗乃是说，我们若已经在基督死的样式里与祂联合生长，也要在祂复活的样式里，就是前一节所题在生命的新样中，与祂联合生长。
8Now we come to a crucial point. In 6:5 Paul says, “For if we have grown together with Him in the likeness of His death, we shall be also in the likeness of His resurrection.” As believers in Christ, we have grown together with Him in the likeness of His death. The likeness of Christ’s death refers to baptism. Furthermore, we shall also be in the likeness of Christ’s resurrection. This also implies the matter of growing together with Christ, as understood from the first part of this verse. Therefore, Paul is saying that if we have grown together with Christ in the likeness of His death, we shall also be growing together in the likeness of His resurrection, that is, in the newness of life mentioned in the previous verse
9六章五节包含了我们在基督里长大的两个步骤。第一个步骤已经发生了，第二个步骤还在进行中。一面，我们已经与基督联合生长；但另一面，我们要在祂复活的样式里不断的生长。我们已经在受浸里生长了，现今我们要在生命的新样中一直生长。照著六章五节，保罗认为受浸是我们生命长大的一个步骤。不过，很少基督徒认为受浸与长大有关。然而，受浸就是与基督联合生长。照这里所用的希腊字来看，我们已经与基督『同长』。这意思是说，我们受浸的时候，就与基督联合生长。我们要明白接枝的生命所产生的变化，把握这一点是非常紧要的。我们的受浸完成之后，我们就已经在基督死的样式里与祂联合生长。当我们悔改、呼求主耶稣的名、相信祂的时候，那在积极一面复杂的神圣生命就进到我们里面，于是人的生命就与神的生命成为婚配，接枝了。这接枝的生命立刻就开始生长。这就是说，我们在基督徒的生命上开始与基督联合生长。不仅如此，我们既在水里受了浸，就继续不断的与祂联合生长。受浸乃是属灵生长最好的土壤。我们被放入水中的时候，就像种子种到土里。我们既在受浸上与基督联合生长，我们就在复活里出来。这样的受浸绝不是仅仅一种仪式或形式而已。
9Romans 6:5 includes two steps of our growth in Christ. The first step has already taken place, whereas the second is progressive. On the one hand, we have grown together with Christ, but, on the other hand, we shall be growing in the likeness of His resurrection. We have grown in baptism, and we shall be growing in the newness of life. According to 6:5, Paul regarded baptism as a step in our growth in life. However, few Christians view baptism as related to growth. Nevertheless, to be baptized is to grow together with Christ. According to the Greek word used here, we have “co-grown” with Him. This means that as we were being baptized, we were growing together with Christ. In order to understand transformation by the grafted life, it is vital that we grasp this point. After our baptism had been completed, we had grown together with Christ in the likeness of His death. When we repented, called on the name of the Lord Jesus, and believed in Him, the divine life that is complicated in a positive sense came into us, and there was a marriage, a grafting, of the human life with the divine life. Immediately, this grafted life began to grow. This means that we began to grow in our Christian life together with Christ. Furthermore, as we were baptized in water, we continued to grow together with Him. Baptism is the best soil for spiritual growth. When we were placed in the water, we were like a seed planted in soil. Then we came forth in resurrection, having grown together with Christ in baptism. Such a baptism is certainly not a mere ritual or formality.
10信徒若经历正确的浸，神圣的灵在他里面，就将旧人连同属世、罪恶的元素都治死。然后他从水里起来，就是一个新人。这样，他在生命的生长上就迈出了主要的一步。从那时起，这位信徒就在基督里，一直不断的在祂复活的样式里生长；也就是说，他天天在生命的新样中生活行动。这不是仅仅外面的活动，这乃是真实的生长。信徒越长大，神圣的生命就越在他里面作工，将他钉十字架，也叫他复活。藉著这样的生长，我们就经历一千九百多年前所完成与基督同钉十字架的事实，应用在我们身上。我们与基督同钉十字架，就不再只是个对于我们生活没有实际果效的理论、道理或信仰；相反的，这件事能彀完满的应用在我们身上。因此，我们就天天在基督复活的样式里生长，在生命的新样中生活行动。
10As a believer experiences a proper baptism, the divine Spirit within him puts to death the old man with his worldly, sinful elements. Then he rises out of the water a new person. In this way he takes a major step in the growth in life. From that time onward, the believer continues to grow in Christ in the likeness of His resurrection, that is, he walks day by day in newness of life. This is real growth, not mere outward activity. The more a believer grows, the more the divine life works within him to crucify him and to resurrect him. Through such growth we experience the application of our crucifixion with Christ, which was accomplished more than nineteen hundred years ago. No longer is our crucifixion with Christ a mere theory, doctrine, or belief that has no practical effect on our living. On the contrary, it is applied to us in a full way. Therefore, day by day we grow in the likeness of Christ’s resurrection, and we walk in newness of life
受浸的生活
A LIFE OF BAPTISM
11基督徒的生活乃是一种受浸的生活。一面，受浸已经完成了；但另一面，受浸却持续不断，直到我们完全变化，模成基督的形像。因此，在未达到目标之前，我们乃是一直过著受浸的生活。这意思是说，当我们经历基督之死的功效时，就天天应用基督的死；基督之死的功效，如今乃是包罗万有之灵里面的一个成分、元素。我们的丈夫或妻子若为难我们，我们在那一刻就可以应用基督的死。我们能彀经历里面那消极的元素被治死，以致吵不起来。这样的经历不是藉著道理或特别的作法，乃是藉著包含在包罗万有、神圣生命里面基督之死的杀死成分。
11The Christian life is a life of baptism. On the one hand, baptism has been accomplished. But on the other hand, baptism continues until we are fully transformed and conformed to the image of Christ. Hence, until this goal has been attained, we continue to live a life of baptism. This means that we are daily under the application of the death of Christ as we experience the effectiveness of Christ’s death, which is now one of the ingredients, the elements, in the all-inclusive Spirit. If our husband or wife gives us a difficult time, we can experience at that very moment the application of Christ’s death. Instead of exchanging words, we can experience the putting to death of the negative element within us. This takes place not by doctrine or by a particular practice, but by the killing element in the death of Christ included in the all-inclusive, divine life
属天的抗生素
A HEAVENLY ANTIBIOTIC
12神圣的生命乃是属天的抗生素。与我们的丈夫或妻子吵嘴，就是患了『咳嗽』。我们只要一和丈夫或妻子吵嘴，我们就是在『咳嗽』。基督的死，乃是能彀除灭那引起这疾病之病菌的惟一抗生素。
12The divine life is a heavenly antibiotic. To argue with our husband or wife is to have a “cough.” Whenever we exchange words with our husband or wife, we are “coughing.” The death of Christ is the only antibiotic that can eliminate the germs that cause this illness
13这属天的抗生素不仅钉死我们，也使我们复活，并且使我们的心思、情感与意志的功能得著更新。这复活与更新，乃是真正的长大与变化。
13The heavenly antibiotic not only crucifies us, but also resurrects us and renews the faculties of our mind, emotion, and will. This resurrection and renewing is the genuine growth and transformation
变化的过程
THE PROCESS OF TRANSFORMATION
14变化的过程是生机的，也是新陈代谢的。这过程是生机的，因为与生命有关；这过程是新陈代谢的，因为与旧的元素被排除，新的元素加进来的过程有关。用化妆品来改变一个人的脸色，既不是生机的，也不是新陈代谢的。但是，藉著吃滋养的食物而使脸色改变，就是生机的，也是新陈代谢的。这种改变可视为肉身上的变化。我们若要被变化，就必须经常仰望主、祷告、读主的话、并呼求主名。这样，我们就将基督丰富的供应吃喝且呼吸到我们里面。这供应会产生新陈代谢的改变，排除旧的、消极的元素，而代以新的、积极的元素。这种新陈代谢的改变就是变化。在林后三章十八节，保罗说到以没有帕子遮蔽的脸，观看并返照主的荣光，并且渐渐从主灵变化成为祂的形像。我们注视并且返照基督，就变化成为祂的形像，从荣耀到荣耀，也就是从一种程度的荣耀，达到另一种程度的荣耀。这变化乃是从主灵来的，这主灵就是六节所说那叫人活的灵。十七节清楚的说，主就是那灵。为了指出十七节和六节的关联性，达秘将七至十六节放在括弧里，藉此指明十七节是接续六节的。因此，主就是那叫人活的灵。当我们观看并返照主的荣光，就被这灵所变化。我们越观看祂，就越接受祂的供应，而得著新陈代谢的变化。
14The process of transformation is both organic and metabolic. It is organic because it is related to life, and it is metabolic because it is related to a process in which old elements are discharged and new elements are added. To change someone’s complexion by makeup is neither organic nor metabolic. But a change in complexion that comes through eating nourishing food is both organic and metabolic. Such a change may be considered a physical transformation. If we would be transformed, we must constantly look to the Lord, pray, read the Word, and call on the name of the Lord. In this way we eat, drink, and breathe the rich supply of Christ into us. This supply will produce a metabolic change in which the old, negative elements are discharged and replaced by new, positive elements. This metabolic change is transformation. In 2 Corinthians 3:18 Paul speaks of beholding and reflecting with an unveiled face the glory of the Lord and of being transformed into His image by the Lord Spirit. As we gaze upon Christ and reflect Him, we are transformed into His image from glory to glory, that is, from one degree of glory to another. This is from the Lord Spirit, the very life-giving Spirit mentioned in verse 6. Verse 17 clearly says that the Lord is the Spirit. In order to bring out the connection between verses 6 and 17, Darby places verses 7 through 16 in parentheses, indicating thereby that verse 17 is the continuation of verse 6. Hence, the Lord is the Spirit who gives life. As we behold and reflect the glory of the Lord, we are transformed by this Spirit. The more we behold Him, the more we receive His supply and are transformed metabolically
长大与圣别
GROWTH AND SANCTIFICATION
15变化包括长大与圣别。我们变化时，我们就长大并圣别。至终，变化的结果就是模成。我们越变化，就越模成基督的形像。藉著这变化与模成的过程，我们就完全进入神圣的儿子名分里，成为基督身体的肢体。正如我们所指出的，神永远定旨的目标，乃是要得著这样一个身体来彰显基督。
15Transformation includes growth and sanctification. As we are transformed, we grow and are sanctified. Eventually, transformation will issue in conformation. The more we are transformed, the more we are conformed to the image of Christ. Through this process of transformation and conformation, we are brought fully into the divine sonship to be members of the Body of Christ. As we have pointed out, to gain such a Body to express Christ is the goal of God’s eternal purpose.
16我实在有负担，盼望众圣徒都能对这包罗万有、神圣的生命有丰满的享受，并且经历变化与模成。我们所需要的不是教训或自我努力；我们所需要的乃是异象。我祷告，深愿那灵光照圣徒，并且将这些事向他们揭示，使他们能彀在日常生活中对这些事有经历。当我们看见藉著接枝的生命变化并模成的异象时，六章八节在我们实际的经历中就成为真实。我们与基督同死，就不再仅仅是我们所相信的事实；藉著神圣生命在我们里面的运行，同死就成为我们每日的经历。这个生命会治死我们，同时也使我们复活。这样，我们就能长大、圣别并变化。
16I am burdened that all the saints may have the full enjoyment of the all-inclusive, divine life and experience transformation and conformation. We do not need teaching or self-effort—we need a vision. I pray that the Spirit will enlighten the saints and unveil these matters to them so that they may experience them in their daily living. When we see the vision of transformation and conformation by the grafted life, 6:8 will become real in our practical experience. Our having died with Christ will no longer be a mere fact that we believe; it will become our daily experience through the operation of the divine life within. This life both puts us to death and resurrects us. In this way we grow, we are sanctified, and we are transformed
生命的四个特征
FOUR CHARACTERISTICS OF LIFE
17每一种生命都有四个基本的特点：生命的素质、生命的能力、生命的律、以及生命的形状。每一种生命都有其本身的素质。生命的素质虽然很抽象、奥秘，但是生命本身有能力，却是非常的具体。试看康乃馨的种子。康乃馨种子种到土里并且生长，至终就会穿破地面，开始有看得见的生长。每一种生命也有牠的律，就是支配生命之功能和发展的法则。康乃馨因著有控制生长的生命之律，就不会开出玫瑰花，只会开出康乃馨。我们无须为这事祷告；康乃馨里面的生命之律会自动的尽功用，支配牠的发展。不仅如此，每一种生命还有牠特别的生命形状。例如，华盛顿苹果有一种特别的形状。农夫无须教导苹果树结出某种形状的果实，苹果里面的生命会自动使苹果成形。每一种生命都是如此。
17Every kind of life has four basic features: the life- essence, the life-power, the life-law, and the life-shape. Every life has its own essence. Although the essence of a certain life may be abstract and mysterious, the life itself is powerful in a very substantial way. Consider a carnation seed. After a carnation seed has been sown into the soil and grows, it eventually breaks through the surface of the ground and begins to grow visibly. Every life has also its law, the principle that governs its function and development. Because of the life-law that controls its growth, a carnation plant will not produce roses, but carnation flowers. There is no need for us to pray about it; the law of life in the carnation plant functions automatically to direct its development. Furthermore, every life has its particular life-shape. For example, a Washington apple has a characteristic form. Farmers need not teach apple trees to produce fruit with a certain shape. The life in the apples automatically forms them. This is true of every kind of life
形成长子的模样
SHAPED INTO THE PATTERN OF THE FIRSTBORN SON
18模成是指生命的成形。神圣的生命在我们里面长大并变化我们时，就自然而然将我们形成神长子的模样、形像。许多基督徒没有看见这个实际，就努力想把自己塑造成基督的样式。这种自我努力是绝不会成功的。关于这点，只有一件事有效，就是神圣的生命在我们里面长大，圣别我们，变化我们，并使我们成形。我们不需要塑造自己，不需要装模作样，也不需要挣扎努力以改良自己的行为。我们所需要的，乃是对于接枝的生命有更完满的经历。神圣的生命有其素质、能力、律和形状。我们这些正在变化过程中的人，藉著那与我们人的生命调和之包罗万有、神圣生命的尽功用，就渐渐形成神儿子的形像。因此，我们可以安心。
18Conformation denotes the shaping of life. As the divine life grows within us and transforms us, it spontaneously shapes us into the pattern, the image, of the firstborn Son of God. Many Christians, blind to this reality, try to shape themselves into the likeness of Christ. Such self-effort never works. Concerning this, only one thing is prevailing—the divine life that grows in us, sanctifies us, transforms us, and shapes us. There is no need for us to shape ourselves, to perform, or to strive to improve our behavior. What we need is a fuller experience of the grafted life. The divine life has its essence, power, law, and shape. As those who are undergoing the process of transformation, we are being shaped gradually into the image of the Son of God by the function of the all-inclusive, divine life that has been mingled with our human life. Therefore, we can be at peace.
排除消极的元素
DISCHARGING THE NEGATIVE ELEMENT
19神圣的生命在我们里面作工，以变化并模成我们时，同时也排除我们里面消极的元素。为这缘故，我们不需要别人来调整我们。神圣的生命在我们里面作工，就渐渐除去一切消极或天然的东西。
19As the divine life works within us to transform and conform us, it discharges the negative element within us. For this reason, we do not need anyone to adjust us. The divine life works in us to gradually eliminate whatever is negative or natural
使神所造的复活
RESURRECTING GOD’S CREATION
20第二，神圣的生命使我们复活。不论我们堕落多深，我们仍是神所造的。凡神所造的，都是好的。神不放弃祂所造的，却要藉著神圣生命的复活大能，重新得回并恢复祂所造的。神圣的生命一面排除消极的事物，一面作工使神原初所造的复活。神造我们是有心思、情感、意志、魂、心和灵的人；祂的心意是要将我们的这些方面都带进复活里。我们得救之前，也许心思迟钝，情感失衡，意志不当。但是我们越接触主，越经历主，我们的心思就越清楚、清明，情感越得著合式的平衡，意志也越受调整。这不是我们天然的性格，乃是复活的性格。赞美主，我们里面的神圣生命，使神所造我们的每一部分都复活了。
20Secondly, the divine life resurrects us. No matter how fallen we are, we are still God’s creation. Whatever God creates is good. Instead of giving up His creation, God will reclaim it and restore it by the resurrection power of the divine life. As the divine life discharges the negative things, it works to resurrect God’s original creation. God created us with a mind, emotion, will, soul, heart, and spirit, and He intends to bring all these aspects of our being into resurrection. Before we were saved, we may have been dull in the mind, unbalanced in the emotion, improper in the will. But the more we contact the Lord and experience Him, the more our mind becomes clear and sober, the more our emotion becomes properly balanced, and the more our will becomes adjusted. This is not our natural character, but a resurrected character. Praise the Lord that the divine life within us resurrects all the parts of our being created by God
拔高我们的功能
UPLIFTING OUR FACULTIES
21神圣的生命使我们的功能复活，同时也将其拔高到最高的水平上。这就在我们身上产生一种高品的性格。基督徒不该有低品的性格。我们无论在何处，都该展现最高的性格，因为神圣的生命拔高了我们天然的功能。我们若要完满的经历这点，就需要忠心的接触我们里面神圣的生命。我们若忠心的这样作，我们的性格就会被拔高。
21As the divine life resurrects our faculties, it uplifts them to the highest level. This will produce in us a highly developed character. Christians should not be of low character. Wherever we may be, we should display the highest character, because our natural faculties have been uplifted by the divine life. In order to experience this in a full way, we need to be faithful to contact the divine life within us. If we are faithful to do this, our character will be uplifted.
供应基督的丰富
SUPPLYING THE RICHES OF CHRIST
22神圣的生命不仅有所排除、复活并拔高，还将基督的丰富供应到我们里面的各部分。为这缘故，许多爱主的人心思都非常敏锐。有些弟兄姊妹虽然参加召会所有的聚会，他们在学校里仍是杰出的学生；这是因为他们复活而拔高的功能，得著了基督丰富的供应。
22Furthermore, as the divine life discharges, resurrects, and uplifts, it supplies the riches of Christ to our inward parts. For this reason, many who love the Lord become very keen in their mentality. Although certain brothers and sisters may give themselves to attend all the meetings of the church, they are still outstanding students in school because their resurrected and uplifted faculties are supplied with the riches of Christ
浸透我们全人
SATURATING OUR BEING
23末了，神圣的生命还要浸透我们全人。这个浸透远胜于圣灵的感动。至终，我们全人都要被神圣的生命所饱和。这就带来变化。基督的丰富浸透了我们全人，就产生真正新陈代谢的改变。藉著神圣生命这样的浸透，我们就模成基督的形像。神圣的生命已经豫备好，能彀在我们里面作这样的工作。但是，我们需要在主给我们看见的事上操练自己。我们需要忠心的接触祂、向祂祷告、读祂的话、并将祂吸入。我们这样行，就是将我们的心思置于灵。（罗八6。）我们的心思置于灵时，我们里面的每一部分就不会与灵分开。这会给神圣的生命一条通畅的路，来排除消极的元素，使我们的功能复活、拔高、且得著供应，并且浸透我们全人的每一部分。关于这件事，我们需要为自己、为别人、为众地方召会祷告。愿我们能忠心的照著我们在这些信息里所看见的来生活行动。
23Finally, the divine life will saturate our whole being. This saturation is much better than inspiration. Eventually, our entire being will be soaked with the divine life. This brings about transformation. The riches of Christ saturate our being and cause a genuine metabolic change. By this saturation of the divine life we are conformed to the image of Christ. The divine life is prepared and able to do such a work within us. But we need to exercise ourselves concerning what the Lord has shown us. We need to be faithful to contact Him, to pray to Him, to read the Word, and to breathe Him in. To do these things is to set our mind on the spirit (8:6). When our mind is set on the spirit, no part of our inward being will be separated from the spirit. This will give the divine life a freeway to discharge the negative element, to resurrect, uplift, and supply our faculties, and to saturate every part of our being. Concerning this, we need to pray for ourselves, for others, and for all the local churches. May we be faithful to live and walk according to what we have seen in these messages