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罗马书生命读经 · 第67篇

经过过程的神是生命之灵的律

The Processed God Being the law of the Spirit of life
1读经：罗马书八章一至十一节。保罗在罗马八章一节说，『如此，现今那些在基督耶稣里的，就没有定罪了。』在二节他接著解释为甚么没有定罪：『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。』这里保罗说到生命之灵的律。我们必须明白这个律如何运行，如何释放我们脱离罪的律，这是很重要的。
1Scripture Reading: Rom. 8:1-11 In 8:1 Paul says, “There is now then no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus.” In verse 2 Paul goes on to explain why there is no condemnation: “For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has freed me from the law of sin and of death.” Here Paul speaks of the law of the Spirit of life. It is important that we learn how this law works, how it frees us from the law of sin
2保罗在八章其余各节所题到的，都与生命之灵的律的运行有关。我们若仔细的读这一章，就会看见本章的主题实际上不是那灵，乃是生命之灵的律。许多基督教的教师说，八章的主题是那灵。这样的领会太肤浅了。事实上，八章乃是说到生命之灵的律。我们若在五、六、七章保罗论到律的话的光中，仔细读八章，就会清楚了。我们若从八章倒回去看五、六、七章，追溯保罗对这件事的思想，也会得著帮助。这几章的启示太奇妙了。看见八章的主题、题目不仅是那灵，更是生命之灵的律，这对我们是非常重要的。
2All that Paul covers in the remainder of chapter eight is related to the working of the law of the Spirit of life. If we read this chapter carefully, we shall see that its subject is not actually the Spirit, but the law of the Spirit of life. Many Christian teachers say that the Spirit is the subject of Romans 8. This understanding is too shallow. Actually, Romans 8 talks about the law of the Spirit of life. This will become clear to us if we read Romans 8 carefully in the light of what Paul says concerning the law in chapters five, six, and seven. It would also be helpful to trace Paul’s thought concerning this matter backward from chapter eight to chapter five. The revelation in these chapters is marvelous. It is crucial for us to see that the subject, the topic, of Romans 8 is not merely the Spirit, but the law of the Spirit of life
THE TRIUNE GOD PROCESSED TO BECOME
三一神经过过程，成了我们里面生命之灵的律
THE LAW OF THE SPIRIT OF LIFE IN US
3说到这一点，我们需要问：生命之灵的律到底是甚么？我们甚至必须进一步问一个重要的问题：这个律到底是谁？我们若仔细的读八章，并且把八章与五、六、七章作比较，就会看见，生命之灵的律乃是经过过程的三一神，成了赐生命的灵住在我们里面。这就是说，经过过程的三一神自己就是生命之灵的律。罪如何是一个人位–撒但，照样，这律也是一个人位，就是三一神。
3At this point we need to ask what the law of the Spirit of life is. We must even go on to ask this crucial question: Who is this law? If we read chapter eight carefully and compare it with chapters five, six, and seven, we shall see that the law of the Spirit of life is the processed Triune God becoming the life-giving Spirit to dwell in us. This means that the processed Triune God is Himself the law of the Spirit of life. Just as sin is a person—Satan—so this law is also a Person—the Triune God
4罗马八章说到三一神为要成为赐生命的灵，住在我们灵里，所经过的过程，甚至是种种过程。保罗在三节说到成为肉体与钉十字架：『神，既在罪之肉体的样式里，并为著罪，差来了自己的儿子，就在肉体中定罪了罪。』神在罪之肉体的样式里，差来了自己的儿子，这与成为肉体有关。神为著罪，差来了自己的儿子，并且在肉体中定罪了罪，这是指基督的钉十字架。不仅如此，十一节也含示钉十字架，因为这一节说到主耶稣从死人中复活。不过，这一节所清楚启示的，乃是复活的过程：『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。』在三十四节，保罗告诉我们，基督在神的右边为我们代求，这是说到升天。因此，在这一章里，我们看见三一神所经过的四个过程：成为肉体、钉十字架、复活和升天。八章也启示三一神。二节有生命之灵。三节有神，就是父，差来祂的儿子。所以，在二节和三节有那灵、父与子。九节和十节说到神的灵、基督的灵与基督。十一节更说到三一神的三者–那灵、那叫基督复活者（父）、以及基督（子）。因此，八章乃是论到经过过程的三一神。
4Romans 8 speaks of the process, even the processes, through which the Triune God has passed to become the life-giving Spirit dwelling in our spirit. In verse 3 Paul refers to incarnation and crucifixion: “God sending His own Son in the likeness of the flesh of sin and concerning sin, condemned sin in the flesh.” The phrase, “God sending His own Son in the likeness of the flesh of sin,” is related to incarnation. God’ss ending His Son concerning sin and condemning sin in the flesh point to Christ’s crucifixion. Furthermore, verse 11 also implies crucifixion, for it speaks of the Lord Jesus being raised from among the dead. However, what this verse clearly reveals is the process of resurrection: “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.” In verse 34 Paul refers to the ascension when he tells us that Christ is at the right hand of God interceding for us. Therefore, in this chapter we have four processes through which the Triune God has passed: incarnation, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension. Romans 8 also reveals the Triune God. In verse 2 we have the Spirit of life. In verse 3 we have God, the Father, sending His Son. Thus, in verses 2 and 3 we have the Spirit, the Father, and the Son. Verses 9 and 10 speak of the Spirit of God, the Spirit of Christ, and Christ. Verse 11 mentions all three of the Triune God: the Spirit, He (the Father) who raised Christ Jesus, and Christ, the Son. Therefore, Romans 8 is a chapter concerning the processed Triune God.
分赐生命到
IMPARTING LIFE TO
我们全人的每一部分
EVERY PART OF OUR BEING
5在八章一至十一节，我们看见三一神经过种种过程之后，成了赐生命的灵，就是赐人生命的灵。保罗在十一节清楚的说，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。这灵现今乃是住在我们的灵里。作为赐生命的灵，经过过程的三一神住在我们里面，为要以三重的方式分赐生命给我们。这分赐生命的第一方面是在十节：『但基督若在你们里面，身体固然因罪是死的，灵却因义是生命。』这一节说，基督若在我们里面，我们的灵就是生命。这里的基督，就是那成了内住之灵的三一神。这位基督就在我们里面，所以我们的灵是生命；因为基督这赐生命的灵住在我们的灵里，祂的内住就使我们的灵成为生命。这是八章所启示分赐生命的第一方面。
5In 8:1-11 we see that, after having passed through the various processes, the Triune God became a life-giving Spirit, the Spirit who gives life. In verse 11 Paul clearly says that the One who raised Christ from among the dead gives life to our mortal bodies “through His Spirit Who indwells you.” This Spirit now dwells in our spirit. As the life - giving Spirit, the processed Triune God dwells in us to give us life in a threefold way. The first aspect of this giving of life is found in verse 10: “And if Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is life because of righteousness.” This verse says that if Christ is in us, our spirit is life. Christ here is the very Triune God who has become the indwelling Spirit. Because this Christ is in us, our spirit is life, for as the life-giving Spirit, Christ dwells in our spirit, and His indwelling makes our spirit life. This is the first aspect of the giving of life revealed in Romans 8.
6第二方面是在六节：『因为心思置于肉体，就是死；心思置于灵，乃是生命平安。』心思是我们魂的首要部分，所以心思代表我们的魂。这就是说，心思成为生命的时候，我们的魂就成为生命。首先我们的灵是生命，然后我们的魂也成为生命。最后，生命也分赐到我们必死的身体里。根据十一节，那叫基督从死人中复活的，也必藉著内住的灵，赐生命给我们必死的身体。因此，生命以三重的方式分赐给我们：我们的灵成为生命，我们的心思成为生命，并且生命还要分赐到我们必死的身体里。为这缘故，我们能根据罗马八章说，三一神分赐到三部分的人里面，赐生命给人的灵、魂与身体。
6The second aspect is found in verse 6: “For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the spirit is life and peace.” The mind is the leading part of our soul. As such, it represents our soul. This means that when the mind becomes life, our soul becomes life. First our spirit is life, and then our soul also becomes life. Finally, life is imparted to our mortal bodies. According to verse 11, He who raised Christ Jesus from among the dead gives life to our mortal bodies through the indwelling Spirit. Therefore, life is imparted to us in a threefold way: Our spirit becomes life, our mind becomes life, and life is imparted to our mortal bodies. For this reason we can say that, according to Romans 8, the Triune God is dispensed into the tripartite man and gives life to man’s spirit, soul, and body
关于律的科学观念
A SCIENTIFIC CONCEPT OF LAW
7这位经过过程，并且将自己分赐到我们这三部分之人里面的三一神，祂自己就是生命之灵的律。虽然保罗写罗马书时，科学还不发达，他却在八章以一种科学的角度使用『律』这个辞。在八章二节保罗用律来说明一种运作的原则，这原则乃是自然而然运行的。在七章整章里也有这个律的观念。例如，保罗在二十一节说，『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。』这里的律是指一种自动且自然运行的原则。这种对于律的领会是十分科学的。
7The Triune God, who has been processed and who has dispensed Himself into us as tripartite human beings, is Himself the law of the Spirit of life. When Paul speaks of law in Romans 8, he uses this term in a scientific way, even though, when the book of Romans was written, science had not yet developed. By law in 8:2 Paul denotes a working principle which operates spontaneously. This concept of law is also found throughout chapter seven. For example, in 7:21 Paul says, “I find then the law that, at my willing to do the good, the evil is present with me.” Here law denotes a principle which works automatically and naturally. This understanding of law is scientific
8在罗马七、八章里有两个科学的律。第一个律是恶的律，称为罪与死的律。第二个律是好的律、美妙的律，称为生命之灵的律。保罗在八章二节同时题到这两个律：『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。』这两个律实际上乃是两个人位。罪与死的律就是撒但的人位，生命之灵的律就是三一神的人位。
8In Romans 7 and 8 there are two scientific laws: the first, an evil law, is called the law of sin and of death; the second, a good law, a marvelous law, is called the law of the Spirit of life. These two laws are mentioned in one verse, in 8:2, where Paul says, “The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has freed me from the law of sin and of death.” These two laws are actually two persons. The law of sin and of death is the person of Satan, and the law of the Spirit of life is the Person of the Triune God
9三一神要成为生命之灵的律，在我们里面运行，就必须经过过程，并且分赐到我们里面，然后必须居住、居留11在我们里面。八章九节与十一节的『住』，原文字根的意思是房子。三一神已经经过过程，分赐到我们里面；如今祂就居住在我们这三部分的人里面。现今这一位乃是奇妙又积极的律，就是生命之灵的律。消极的律，即罪与死的律，也是一个人位–撒但，魔鬼，那掌死权的；他就是恶的律。因此，这两个律乃是两个人位。
9In order to become the law of the Spirit of life operating in us, the Triune God had to be processed and dispensed into us, and then He had to dwell, reside, in us. The Greek word for dwells in 8:9 and comes from a root which means house. The Triune God has been processed and dispensed into us, and now He houses Himself in our tripartite being. Now this One is a wonderful, positive law, the law of the Spirit of life. The negative law, the law of sin and death, is also a person— Satan, the Devil, the one who has the power of death. He is the evil law. Therefore, these two laws are two persons.
10撒但与三一神若要分别成为消极与积极的律，在我们里面运行，这两个人位就都必须进到我们这人里面。撒但若没有进到人里面，他就不可能成为人里面那罪与死的律。同样的原则，三一神若仍旧在我们外面，祂之于我们就不可能成为生命之灵的律。赞美祂，因为祂已经经过过程，分赐到我们里面，并且居住在我们里面，祂之于我们就成了生命之灵的律！阿利路亚，我们里面有这样一个美妙的律！我们这些活著的人，都是按著确定的律而活。例如，呼吸是一个律。你的呼吸是凭著刻意的活动，还是凭著呼吸的律？你是否对自己说，『我知道我需要空气，所以我必须操练自己来呼吸？』若是这样，你就是凭著活动来呼吸。但我们呼吸不是凭著活动，乃是凭著呼吸的律；这意思是说，我们呼吸的时候，甚至感觉不到自己在呼吸。无论我们在何处，我们乃是日以继夜、持续不断的呼吸。我们并没有定意要呼吸，也没有注意我们一直在呼吸的事实。不仅如此，父母也不会命令儿女要呼吸。相反的，呼吸乃是一种自动的原则，在我们的肉身里自然而然的运行。只要我们活著，我们就持续不断的呼吸。呼吸乃是一个律。同样，消化也是一个律。你用过餐后，需要定意消化你所吃的食物么？你会努力去消化食物么？不，消化不是一项活动；消化乃是一个律。消化和呼吸一样，是在我们肉身里运行的一个自然、自动的原则。呼吸和消化这两个例子应当能彀帮助我们领会我们所说『律』的意义。
10In order for Satan and the Triune God to become, respectively, the negative and positive laws operating in us, it was necessary for both persons to enter our being. If Satan had not come into man, he could not be the law of sin and death within man. In the same principle, if the Triune God had remained outside of us, He could not be to us the law of the Spirit of life. Praise Him that because He has been processed and dispensed into us, and He houses Himself in us, He has become to us the law of the Spirit of life! Hallelujah, we have such a marvelous law within us! As living beings, we all live according to definite laws. For example, breathing is a law. Do you breathe by a deliberate activity or by the law of breathing? Do you say to yourself, “I realize that I need air; therefore, I must exercise myself to breathe”? This would be to breathe by activity. However, we breathe by the law of breathing, not by activity. This means that we breathe without even being conscious of what we are doing. We are breathing continually, day and night, no matter where we may be. We do not make up our minds to breathe, and neither do we call attention to the fact that we are breathing. Furthermore, parents do not command their children to breathe. On the contrary, breathing is an automatic principle which works spontaneously in our physical bodies. As long as we are alive, we shall continue to breathe. Breathing is a law. Likewise, digestion is a law. After you eat a meal, do you make a decision to digest the food you have eaten? Do you make a certain effort to digest your food? No, digestion is not an activity; it is a law. Like breathing, it is a natural, spontaneous, automatic principle that works in our physical bodies. These examples of breathing and digestion should help us to understand what we mean by a law
11犯罪也是一个律。这意思是说，我们犯罪是因著罪的律自动的运行。从来没有人进过所谓的『犯罪学校』；同样，也没有人需要受教导去偷窃和说谎。父母都知道，孩子长大以后，不必教就会说谎。说谎是来自罪与死的律自动的功能。其他的罪，诸如仇恨和嫉妒，也是来自这个律的运行。
11Sinning is also a law. This means that we commits in because of the automatic working of the law of sin. No one has ever attended a school called the school of sin. Likewise, no one needs to be taught to steal or lie. Parents know that as children grow up, they lie without being taught to lie. Lying comes from the automatic function of the law of sin and death. Sins such as hatred and jealousy also come from the working of this law.
12我们赞美主，另有一个律，就是三一神这生命的律，已经安装在我们里面！三一神经过了过程，已经安装在我们里面，并且凭著律，而不是凭著活动，在我们里面运行，这真是太奇妙了！如今祂乃是一个律，在我们里面运行。祂在我们里面运行，不仅是作为全能的神，更是作为一个自动运行的律。
12We praise the Lord that another law, the Triune God as the law of life, has been installed into us! How wonderful that, after being processed, the Triune God has been installed in us and works within us not by activity, but by law! He is now a law operating within us. He is working in us not merely as the mighty God, but as a law which operates automatically
生命之灵的律
the law of the Spirit of life
在我们里面运行
WORKING IN US
13三一神成了一个律在我们里面运行，这事可以用安装在我们家里的电来说明。因著电已经安装在我们家里，所以当我们需要电力来使电器运转的时候，就不需要打电话给发电厂。你若打电话给发电厂，求人替我们开灯或使我们的电器运转，这不是很愚昧么？我们若这样作，发电厂的人会说，我们不需要打电话给他们，我们只需要打开已经安装好的电力开关就行了。任何对电有基本常识的人，都不会打电话请求发电厂供应电力。凡知道电源已经安装好的人，就会打开开关来取用电力。我们这些基督徒，常常就像那些打电话给发电厂要求供电的人；事实上我们只需要打开开关。三一神已经安装在我们里面。然而，当我们受脾气的搅扰时，却会呼求说，『神阿，怜悯的父，求你怜悯我，帮助我不发脾气。我不要再发脾气了，求你救我脱离脾气。』这种祷告绝不会得著答应。事实上，你越这样祷告，你的脾气越困扰你。我们若一直这样祷告，主会说，『傻孩子，难道你不知道，我已经安装在你里面，并且在你里面乃是律在运行么？你不需要呼求我，甚至不需要为这个祷告。』
13This working of the Triune God as a law within us can be illustrated by the electricity which has been installed in our homes. Since electricity has been installed in our homes, there is no need for us to call the power plant when we need electrical energy to operate a certain appliance. Would it not be foolish to telephone the power plant and beg someone to turn on the lights or operate our appliances? If we did this, the people at the power plant would say that there is no need for us to call them. Instead, we should simply turn on the power that has already been installed. No one who has even the most elementary knowledge of electricity would ever call the power plant and beg for electrical power. Those who have the knowledge that electricity has been installed will simply turn on the switch and apply the power. Often we Christians are like persons who call a power plant for electricity when all that is needed is to turn on the switch. The Triune God has been installed into us. Nevertheless, when we are bothered by our temper, we may cry out, “O God, merciful Father, have mercy on me and help me not to lose my temper. I don’t want to lose my temper again. Please deliver me from this.” This kind of prayer is never answered. In fact, the more you pray in this way, the more trouble you will have with your temper. If we continue to pray such prayers, the Lord may say, “Foolish child, don’ty ou know that I have been installed into you and that I am working in you as a law? There is no need for you to cry to Me or even pray about this
14今天我们的神不仅是全能者、救赎主、拯救主，甚至也不仅是我们的生命与生命的供应；祂乃是一个在我们里面运行的律。现今那些在基督耶稣里的，就没有定罪了，因为生命之灵的律已经释放了我们，使我们脱离了罪与死的律。太奇妙了，这样一个律竟然在我们里面运行！因此，我们不需要为著某些事向主呼求，我们只该简单的『打开开关』，享受安息就好。我们再用电和电器作比喻。假定天气很热，你晚上睡觉的时候，需要开冷气使房间凉快些。你不需要祷告求冷气，你只要简单的打开冷气机，然后去睡觉，享受冷气机所供应的冷气。同样，我们可以享受奇妙的生命之灵的律，这律就是三一神，祂已经经过过程，分赐到我们里面，并且现今就住在我们里面。祂是这样的一个律，一直寻找机会为我们效力。问题是我们不认识这个律。我们不知道我们里面有这个律，也不知道如何与这个律合作、配搭。以后我们会看见，与这个律合作的路，乃是在灵里生活行动，简简单单的在灵里。我们在后面一篇信息要指出，我们既然已经在灵里，就不需要进到灵里。我们只要简单的留在灵里就好了。因此，我们不必转向灵，只要留在灵里。许多时候我们唱『回到你灵里』，（补充本诗歌一一三首，）最好能将这首诗歌的歌辞改成『留在你灵里』。阿利路亚，我们有经过过程的三一神作为律在我们里面，并且我们有重生的灵！我们只要留在灵里，这个律就自动的在我们里面运行。
14Our God today is not only the mighty One, the Redeemer, and the Savior. He is even more than just our life and our life supply—He is a law working within us. Now there is no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus because the law of the Spirit of life has set us free from the law of sin and death. How wonderful that such a law is working within us! Therefore, instead of crying to the Lord about certain things, we should simply switch on” and be at rest. Let us again use electricity and electrical appliances as an illustration. Suppose it is very hot when you go to bed at night, and you need the air conditioner to cool the room. You do not pray for cool air. You simply switch on the air conditioner and go to sleep, enjoying the cool air supplied by the air conditioner. In like manner, we may enjoy the wonderful law of the Spirit of life, the very law who is the Triune God who has been processed and dispensed into us and who now dwells in us. As such a law, He is seeking the opportunity to work for us. The problem is that we are not knowledgeable concerning this law. We do not know that we have this law within us, and we do not know how to cooperate and coordinate with it. As we shall see, the way to cooperate with this law is to walk in the spirit and simply be in spirit. In a message to come we shall point out that since we are already in the spirit, there is no need for us to get into the spirit. Rather, we should simply remain in the spirit. Thus, instead of turning to the spirit, we should stay in the spirit. Many times we have sung, “Turn to your spirit.” It is better to change the words of this hymn and sing, “Stay in your spirit.” Hallelujah, we have the processed Triune God as a law within us, and we have a regenerated spirit! As long as we stay in the spirit, this law works in us automatically
15在灵里就是打开神圣电力的开关。我们留在灵里，开关就一直开著，绝不关上。这就是与经过过程的三一神─在我们里面运行的律─合作的路。三一神成了赐生命的灵，已经分赐到我们里面，也住在我们里面。藉著祂的内住，祂已使我们的灵成为生命，现今正在使我们的魂成为生命，并且还分赐生命给我们必死的身体。如今我们藉著这奇妙的律，就是生命之灵的律的运行，就以三重的方式来享受生命。
15To be in the spirit is to have the divine electricity turned on. By staying in the spirit we keep the switch on; we never turn it off. This is the way to cooperate with the processed Triune God who is the law operating in us. As the life-giving Spirit, He has been dispensed into us and He dwells in us. By His indwelling, He has made our spirit life, He is causing our soul to become life, and He is imparting life to our mortal bodies. We are now enjoying life in a threefold way by the working of this wonderful law, the law of the Spirit of life