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罗马书生命读经 · 第9篇

称义的结果─

THE RESULT OF JUSTIFICATION—
1在基督里对神完全的享受在罗马三章末了,保罗说明神的称义之法;在四章,他陈明亚伯拉罕是这称义的表样。五章一至十一节该视为保罗关于称义之教训的结语。这结语启示称义的结果。这十一节列举了许多美妙的项目;这些乃是我们得神称义的结果。在五章一至十一节,保罗说到六个特出的辞:爱、恩典、和平、盼望、生命和荣耀。神的爱已经藉著圣灵,浇灌在我们心里。(5。)我们得以进入现在所站的这恩典中。(2。)我们既本于信得称义,就对神有了和平。(1。)接著,我们因盼望而夸耀、欢乐。(2。)十节告诉我们,我们要在祂的生命里得救。最终,我们盼望有分于神的荣耀。(2。)这六项是神的称义部分的结果。你要神的爱和恩典么?你渴望和平并有盼望么?你要有分于神那神圣、永远的生命,并在祂的荣耀里么?为著这一切事,你需要得称义。这一切都是我们的分,作神称义的结果。
1THE FULL ENJOYMENT OF GOD IN CHRIST At the end of Romans 3, Paul gives the definition of justification in God’sway and in chapter four he presents Abraham as the example of this justification. Romans 5:1-11 should be regarded as the conclusion of Paul’ste aching on justification. This conclusion reveals the result, the issue of justification. These eleven verses enumerate many wonderful items that are the outcome of our being justified by God. In Romans 5:1-11 Paul mentions six outstanding words: love, grace, peace, hope, life, and glory. The love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit (v. 5). We have access into this grace in which we stand (v. 2). Since we have been justified by faith we have peace toward God (v. 1). Following this, we boast, exult, and glory in hope (v. 2). Verse 10 tells us that we shall be saved in His life. Finally, we expect to share the glory of God (v. 2). These six items are part of the result of God’s justification. Do you want God’s love and grace? Do you desire peace and hope? Do you want to share the divine, eternal life of God and be in His glory? For all of these matters you need justification. All of them are our portion as the issue of God’s justification
2随著这六个重要的辞,我们有三个美妙的身位。(虽然我不喜欢『身位』这辞,因为在关于神圣三一的教训里,这辞受到误解,但关于神格,在我们人的语言里没有更恰当的辞可5:1-用。)在五章一至十一节,我们看见三一神的三个身位。五节说到圣灵,告诉我们圣灵已将神的爱浇灌在我们心里。然后六节告诉我们,我们还软弱、不虔的时候,基督就为我们死了。最终,十一节说,现今我们在神里面夸耀。钦定英文译本译为:『在神里面喜乐,』意思是神成了我们的享受。我们在神里面喜乐、夸耀并欢乐,因为神是我们的享受。因此,罗马五章揭示六件美妙的事物和三个美妙的身位。我们有爱、恩典、和平、盼望、生命和荣耀。因著神的称义,我们就有圣灵、基督和神作我们的享受。哦,这段话是如此丰富!我们需要许多篇信息才能充分的说到牠。
2Along with these six significant words, we have three wonderful Persons. (Although I do not like the term “Persons” because it has been inaccurately understood in the teachings on the Trinity, yet, there is no term more adequate in our human language to use in relation to the Godhead.) In Romans 11 we see the three Persons of the Triune God. Verse 5 speaks of the Holy Spirit, telling us that the Holy Spirit has poured out the love of God into our heart. Then verse 6 tells us that while we were yet weak and ungodly, Christ died for us. Finally, verse 11 says that now we boast in God. The King James Version reads, “joy in God,” meaning that God has become our enjoyment. We joy, boast, exult, and glory in God because He is our enjoyment. Thus, Romans 5 unveils six wonderful things and three wonderful Persons. We have love, grace, peace, hope, life, and glory. As a result of God’s justification, we have the Holy Spirit, Christ, and God as our enjoyment. Oh, this portion of the Word is so rich! We need a great many messages to cover it adequately.
壹 称义并和好
I. JUSTIFIED AND RECONCILED
3原来,我们不但是罪人,也是神的仇敌。藉著基督救赎的死,神已称义我们这些罪人,并使我们这些仇敌与祂自己和好了。(五1,10~11。)这发生在我们相信主耶稣的时候。我们凭信接受了神的称义与和好。这就开了路,将我们引进恩典的范围以享受神。
3Originally, we were not only sinners, but also enemies of God. Through the redeeming death of Christ, God has justified us, the sinners, and has reconciled us, His enemies, to Himself (5:1, 10-11). This transpired when we believed in the Lord Jesus. We have received God’s justification and reconciliation by faith. This has opened the way and ushered us into the realm of grace for the enjoyment of God
贰 有神的爱浇灌
II. WITH GOD’S LOVE POURED OUT
4在恩典的范围里,我们所享受的第一件事乃是神的爱。『神的爱已经藉著所赐给我们的圣灵,浇灌在我们心里。』(五5。)在我们的基督徒生活中,许多时候我们需要鼓励和坚固。我们经历苦难的时期,也许有问题和疑惑。你可能说,『为甚么我的基督徒生活中有这么多难处?为甚么有这么多试炼和试验?』我们也许对自己的处境有这样的问题和疑惑。虽然有这些疑惑,但我们无法否认神的爱在我们里面。从我们第一次呼求主耶稣的名那天起,神的爱就藉著圣灵浇灌在我们心里了。这就是说,那灵启示、坚固、并向我们保证神的爱。内住的圣灵似乎说,『不要疑惑。神爱你。你现在不领会为甚么必须受苦,但有一天你会说,「父,为著我所经过的难处和试炼,我感谢你。」』当你进入永世的门时,你会说,『为著一路上临到我的苦难和试验,赞美主。神用这些变化我。』哦,神的爱已经浇灌在我们心里!我们也许遭受患难、贫穷和压抑,但我们无法否认神的爱在我们里面。我们能否认基督为我们死了么?基督为我们这样不虔的罪人死了。从前我们是仇敌,但基督在十字架上流血,使我们与神和好。这是何等的爱!神若将祂自己的儿子赐给我们,祂必不会作甚么事伤害我们。神是主宰一切的,祂知道甚么对我们最有益。选择是在于祂,不在于我们。无论我们的爱好如何,神为我们所计画的,将是我们的分。与我们有关的一切,我们的父都豫备好了。我们只该祷告:『主,照你的意思行。我只要你所要的。我将一切完全交在你手中。』我们重新领悟神是这样爱我们,而祂的爱已藉著圣灵浇灌在我们心里时,我们对祂就有这样的反应。
4In the realm of grace the first thing we enjoy is the love of God. “The love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit Who has been given to us” (5:5). Many times in our Christian life we need encouragement and confirmation. As we pass through periods of suffering, we may have questions and doubts. Perhaps you say, “Why are there so many troubles in my Christian life? Why are there so many trials and tests?” We may have such questions and doubts about our circumstances. Although these doubts arise, we cannot deny that the love of God is within us. From the day we first called on the Lord Jesus, the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit. This means that the Spirit reveals, confirms, and assures us with the love of God. The indwelling Holy Spirit seems to say, “Don’t doubt. God loves you. You don’t understand why you must suffer now, but one day you will say, ‘Father, I thank You for the troubles and trials which I passed through.’” When you enter the gate of eternity, you will say, “Praise the Lord for the sufferings and tests which fell upon me on my journey. God used them to transform me.” Oh, the love of God has been poured into our hearts! Although we may be afflicted, poor, and depressed, we cannot deny the presence of God’s love within us. Can we deny that Christ died for us? Christ died for ungodly sinners such as we. Once we were enemies, but Christ shed His blood on the cross to reconcile us to God. What love is this! If God has given us His own Son, surely He will not do anything to hurt us. God is sovereign. He knows what is best for us. The choice is His, not ours. Regardless of our preference, what God has planned for us will be our portion. Everything related to us has been prepared by our Father. We should simply pray, “Lord, have your way. I simply want what You want. I leave everything entirely in Your hands.” This is our response to God when we realize afresh that He loves us so and that His love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit.
参 站在恩典的范围里
III. STANDING IN THE REALM OF GRACE
5罗马五章二节说,『我们…因信得进入现在所站的这恩典中。』恩典是我们所站的范围,我们必须留在恩典所在之处。不要问我你该站在那里,你必须站在恩典中。每当你觉得你在恩典的范围之外,就要立刻回来。你快要和妻子争吵,并觉得你是在恩典的范围之外时,就要停下你所作的,回到恩典的范围,并站在那里。
5Romans 5:2 says, “We have the access by faith into this grace in which we stand.” Grace is the realm in which we stand. We must stay where the grace is. Do not ask me where you should stand. You must stand in grace. Whenever you sense that you are out of the realm of grace, return to it immediately. If you are about to quarrel with your wife and sense you are out of the realm of grace, stop what you are doing, return to the realm of grace, and stand there
6我们不需要作甚么罪恶的事,就可能与恩典隔绝。我们只需要留在一地太久,就会觉得我们已从恩典的范围迁入另一领域。在这样的情形中,我们该作甚么?我们该祷告:『主,赦免我。将我带回恩典的范围。』我们回到恩典范围的路,与我们原初进入恩典的路一样。我们藉著本于信得称义,进入恩典的范围。我们只是向神承认我们的罪,接受主耶稣作我们的救主,应用祂的血,我们就得称义了。神的称义将我们带进我们所站的这恩典中。每当我们行为不当,并觉得我们在恩典之外,我们就必须重复同样的祷告:『神阿,赦免我。用宝血洁净我。』你若这样作,就会立即被带回恩典中。我们既本于信得称义,并站在恩典的范围里,就藉著我们的主耶稣基督,对神有了和平。(五1。)保罗不是说,我们与神有了和平,乃是说对神有了和平。这意思是我们仍在向著神的路上;我们还没有走完我们的路。在属灵的世界里,我们先进门,然后走路。本于信得称义乃是开门,给我们入口进入宽广的享受境地。一旦我们经过了称义的门,我们就需要走平安(和平)的路。罪人没有平安;罗马三章十七节说,我们作罪人的时候,平安的路,我们未曾知道。然而今天,我们走在平安的路上。
6We need not do anything sinful to be cut off from grace. We only need to stay in a place too long and we will sense that we have moved from the realm of grace into another sphere. What should we do in such a case? We should pray, “Lord, forgive me. Bring me back to the realm of grace.” We return to the realm of grace by the same way through which we entered it originally. We entered the realm of grace through justification by faith. We simply confessed our sins to God, received the Lord Jesus as our Savior, applied His blood, and we were justified. God’s justification brought us into this grace in which we stand. Whenever we act wrongly and sense that we are out of grace, we must repeat the same prayer, “O God, forgive me. Cleanse me with the precious blood.” If you do this, you will be brought back to grace instantly. Since we have been justified by faith and stand in the realm of grace, we have peace toward God through our Lord Jesus Christ (5:1). Paul does not say that we have peace with God, but peace toward God. This means that we are still on the way toward God. We have not finished our journey. In the spiritual world, we first enter the gate and then walk along the way. Justification by faith is the opening of the gate, giving us an access, an entry into a wide field of enjoyment. Once we have passed through the gate of justification, we need to walk the way of peace. Sinners have no peace. Romans 3:17 says that when we were sinners we did not know the way of peace. Today, however, we are walking in the way of peace
7你若朝著某个方向行动,里面不觉得平安,你就该停下;总要随著平安行。照著路加七章五十节,那有罪的女人一得救,主耶稣就叫她平平安安的走罢。年轻人,你得救以后,必须平平安安的走你的路。无论你往那里去,你必须走平安的路。你若没有平安,就不要去。无论你作甚么,要平平安安的作。你若没有平安,就不要行动。恩典是为著给我们站立,平安是为著给我们走路。你留在某地若没有恩典,就不要留在那里。你朝著某个方向若没有平安,就不要行走。要站在恩典中,行在平安里。
7If you are moving in a certain direction and do not sense the peace within, you should stop. Always go along with the peace. According to Luke 7:50, the Lord Jesus told the sinful woman, once she had been saved, to go in peace. Young people, after you are saved you must go your way in peace. Wherever you go, you must take the way of peace. If you have no peace, do not go. Whatever you do, do it in peace. If you have no peace, do not act. Grace is for our stand, and peace is for our walk. If you do not have the grace to stay in a certain place, do not stay there. If you have no peace to take a certain direction, do not walk. Stand in grace and walk in peace.
肆 藉著在神里面夸耀、欢乐而享受祂
IV. ENJOYING GOD BY BOASTING, EXULTING, AND GLORYING IN HIM
8在恩典的范围里,我们在神里面夸耀。(罗五11。)这里的夸耀,原文含欢乐意。因此,我们在神里面夸耀,在神里面欢乐。我们站在恩典的范围里,行走在平安的路上,就不断在我们的神里面夸耀、欢乐。这意思就是我们享受神。神是我们的分,给我们享受。我们有这样一位神,使我们在其中可夸耀并欢乐。
8In the realm of grace we boast in God (5:11). The Greek word translated boast has at least three meanings: boast, exult, meaning to rejoice, and glory. Thus, we boast in God, exult in God, and glory in God. As we stand in the realm of grace, and walk the way of peace, we constantly boast, exult, and glory in our God. This means that we enjoy God. God is our portion for our enjoyment. We have such a God in which to boast, exult, and glory
一 在患难中夸耀
A. Boasting in Tribulation
9我们天然的人需要圣别、变化并模成。所以,神带进某些患难和苦难,叫我们得益处。这清楚启示在罗马八章二十八至二十九节,那里告诉我们,神使万有互相效力,叫我们得益处,使我们模成祂儿子的形像。因此,患难和苦难是为著我们的变化。我们都宝贵平安、恩典和荣耀,但没有人喜欢患难。最近,我的右眼动了两次手术。虽然我不喜欢这样的苦难,但我必须宣告,已过几年没有一事比这两次手术更使我蒙恩。患难实际上是恩典连同基督一切丰富的化身。这就如神在耶稣里成为肉体;表面上祂只是那人耶稣,实际上祂是神。表面上我们的环境是患难,实际上那是恩典。我们若仔细读罗马五章,就会看见患难不是与恩典站在同样的水平上,乃是在恩典之下。爱、恩典、和平、盼望、生命、和荣耀这六个项目,同著神格的三个身位,都超越患难。然而,患难是恩典的眷临。
9Our natural being needs to be sanctified, transformed, and conformed. Therefore, God brings in certain tribulations and sufferings for our good. This is clearly revealed in Romans 8:28, 29, where we are told that God causes all things to work together for good that we might be conformed to the image of His Son. Hence, tribulation and suffering are for our transformation. We all appreciate peace, grace, and glory, but no one likes tribulation. Recently, I have had two operations on my right eye. Although I do not like such suffering, I must declare that in the past few years nothing has favored me more than these two operations. Tribulation is actually the incarnation of grace with all the riches of Christ. This is similar to the incarnation of God in Jesus. Apparently He was simply the man Jesus; actually He was God. Apparently our environment is tribulation; actually it is grace. If we read Romans 5 carefully, we will see that tribulation does not stand on the same level as grace; it is under grace. The six items of love, grace, peace, hope, life, and glory, along with the three Persons of the Godhead all supersede tribulation. Nevertheless, tribulation is a visitation of grace.
10我们若说我们宝贵恩典却不宝贵患难,这就好像说我们爱神却不爱耶稣。然而,拒绝耶稣就是拒绝神。同样,拒绝患难就是拒绝恩典。为甚么神成为肉体?因为祂要临到我们。神成为肉体就是祂恩典的眷临。当然我们都爱神这样的眷临。我们若爱祂的眷临,就必须爱祂的成为肉体。恩典与患难是一样的;患难是眷临我们之恩典的化身。虽然我们爱神的恩典,但我们也必须亲吻患难,就是恩典的化身,恩典甜美的眷临。盖恩夫人说,她亲吻神赐给她的十字架。许多人不喜欢十字架,因为牠是苦难、患难。相反的,盖恩夫人却亲吻每个十字架,等候更多十字架来临,因为她领悟十字架将神带给她。盖恩夫人说,『神给我十字架,十字架也把神带给我。』她欢迎十字架,因为她一有十字架,她就有神。患难是十字架,而恩典是神作我们的分,给我们享受。这恩典主要是以患难的形态眷临我们。患难的经历产生忍耐。(五3。)这里的忍耐,意思是坚忍;坚忍是耐心加上受苦的产物。我们没有人生来就有忍耐,忍耐是藉著忍受患难所产生的。所以保罗说,患难生忍耐。
10If we say that we appreciate grace but not tribulation, it is like saying that we love God but not Jesus. However, to reject Jesus is to reject God. Likewise, to reject tribulation is to reject grace. Why was God incarnated? Because He wanted to come to us. The incarnation of God was His gracious visitation. Surely we all love such a visit from God. If we love His visit, we must love His incarnation. It is the same with grace and tribulation. Tribulation is the incarnation of grace visiting us. Although we love God’s grace, we must also kiss the tribulation, which is the incarnation of grace, the sweet visitation of grace. Madame Guyon said that she kissed the crosses given to her. Many people dislike the cross because it is a suffering, a tribulation. Madame Guyon, on the contrary, kissed each cross, waiting for more to come, because she realized that the cross brought God to her. Madame Guyon said, “God gives me the cross, and the cross brings me God.” She welcomed the cross, for when she had the cross she had God. Tribulation is a cross, and grace is God as our portion for our enjoyment. This grace mainly visits us in the form of tribulation. The experience of tribulation produces endurance (5:3). Endurance is more than patience; it is the product of patience plus suffering. None of us was born with endurance; it is produced by the suffering of tribulation. Therefore, Paul says that tribulation works endurance.
11我们可以在生活的小事上经历这忍耐。有一件事我不喜欢,就是要打电话给人的时候,听见电话占线的信号。为甚么我不喜欢那个?因为我缺少忍耐。另一件小事我很讨厌,就是有人约会迟到。虽然这样的迟延对我是苦难,却帮助我得著忍耐。忍耐生老练。(4。)老练是一种蒙称许的品质或属性,是忍受并经历患难和试验的结果。因此,老练是能被称许的品质或属性。有时候,年轻弟兄很难得著别人的称许。他们需要忍耐,这忍耐产生容易被别人称许的品质。患难带进忍耐,忍耐产生蒙称许的品质。这里的老练,含经历的意思;然而这里所指的,主要不是经历本身,乃是藉著受苦的经历所得著的属性或美德。你越受苦,就越有忍耐,也越产生蒙称许的美德。蒙称许不是我们天生就有的属性。想想未经煆炼之金子的例子。虽然牠是真金,却未经煆炼,也不吸引人。牠需要煆炼的火。金越受到火烧,就越产生蒙称许的品质。在焚烧、试炼之后,金子就得著容易被人称许的品质。可能许多年轻人就像未经煆炼的金子。他们不需要磨光或上色;他们需要焚烧。有些爱主的圣徒有一些生命和亮光,他们就因此以为适合为主作工;然而,他们缺少蒙称许的品质。一面,他们无论往那里去,都能有果效;另一面,他们是未经煆炼的,缺少使人喜乐、甜美、并舒适的美德。他们有蒙称许的反面,我们可称为不蒙称许。为甚么你的情形起初很好,一段时期以后却相当差?起初的好,是因为你所得著的恩赐和亮光;后来不能一直好,是因为你未经煆炼,缺少蒙称许的品质。我们若有蒙称许的美德,就不会成为别人的难处。我们都必须祷告:『主,给我蒙称许的品质。』你若这样祷告,主会问:『你是认真的么?』你的答覆若是肯定的,主就会兴起环境,这些环境会为你产生蒙称许的品质。例如,祂也许赐你最合式的妻子,最有益于在你里面产生这品质。大多数的妻子是绝佳的帮手,帮助神为祂的仆人产生蒙称许的品质。主的仆人多半需要这样的妻子。妻子不是帮助丈夫,乃是帮助神;妻子的性情帮助神在她们的丈夫里面产生蒙称许的品质。神是主宰一切的。我们许多人领悟我们不但蒙召了,也被抓住了。我们必须作基督耶稣的奴仆─我们别无选择。我若能有别的选择,我已经选了。然而,我必须作主的奴仆。虽然我们是基督的奴仆,但我们缺少蒙称许的品质。这困扰神,也破坏我们;这也困扰圣徒们和神家里的人。我们一面帮助他们,另一面却伤了他们。因著我们的亮光和我们的恩赐,我们帮助他们;因著缺少蒙称许的品质,我们伤了他们。因此,我们需要忍耐所产生的老练、称许。
11We may experience this endurance in the small things of life. One thing I dislike is hearing a busy signal when I call on the telephone. Why do I dislike that? Because I am short of endurance. Another small thing I hate is when people are late for an appointment. Although such delays are a suffering to me, they help me gain endurance. Endurance produces approvedness (5:4). Approvedness is an approved quality resulting from the endurance of tribulation and testing. Thus, approvedness is a quality or attribute that can be approved. At times, it is difficult for young brothers to have the approval of others. They need the endurance which produces a quality that is easily approved by others. Tribulation issues in endurance, and endurance brings forth the quality of approvedness. Some versions translate the Greek word here as “experience.” This is correct, for approvedness includes experience. However, it is not primarily the experience itself, but the attribute or virtue which is acquired through the experiences of suffering. The more you suffer, the more you have endurance, and the more the virtue of approvedness will be produced. Approvedness is not an attribute we have by our natural birth. Consider the example of raw gold. Although it is genuine gold, it is raw and unattractive. It needs the purifying fire. The more the gold suffers the burning of the fire, the more an approved quality will be produced. After burning and trial, the gold acquires a quality that is easily approved by everyone. Perhaps, many of the young people are like raw gold. They do not need polishing or painting; they need burning. Some of the saints who love the Lord have an amount of life and light. Because they have these things, they think they are suitable to work for the Lord. However, they lack approvedness. On the one hand, they can be productive wherever they go; on the other hand, they are raw and lack the virtue which makes people happy, sweet, and comfortable. They have the opposite of approvedness, what we may call disapprovedness. Why was your situation so good at the beginning, but quite poor after a period of time? It was good at the beginning because of your gift and the light you had. It did not continue well because you were so raw, lacking the quality of approvedness. If we have the virtue of approvedness, we will not be a problem to others. We all must pray, “Lord, grant me approvedness.” If you pray in this way, the Lord will ask, “Do you really mean business?” If your answer is affirmative, the Lord will raise up the circumstances that will produce approvedness for you. For example, He may give you the most suitable wife, the wife most useful in producing this quality within you. Most wives are excellent helpers, assisting God in producing approvedness for His servants. Most of the Lord’s servants need such a wife. The wife does not help the husband; she helps God. The disposition of the wives helps God to bring forth approvedness in their husbands. God is sovereign. Many of us realize that we have not only been called, but also caught. We must be a slave of Christ Jesus—we have no other choice. If I could have made another choice, I would have made it. Nevertheless, I must be the Lord’s slave. Although we are the slaves of Christ, we lack approvedness. This troubles God and damages us. It also bothers the saints and the household of God. We help them on the one hand and hurt them on the other. By our light and our gift we help them; by our lack of approvedness we hurt them. Thus, we need the approvedness which comes out of endurance.
二 因盼望有分于神的荣耀而夸耀
B. Boasting in Hope of Sharing the Glory of God
12随著这老练、称许,我们有盼望。(五4。)这盼望是甚么?就是盼望有一天我们都要被带进神的荣耀里。(2。)虽然我们站在恩典中,行在平安里,但我们还未在荣耀里。然而有一天,我们要被带进荣耀里。荣耀是甚么?我们已往题过好几次,荣耀就是得著彰显的神自己。每当神得著彰显的时候,那就是荣耀。这很像电流在灯泡里的彰显。电的彰显就是电的荣耀。我们看不见电本身,但电在灯里的照耀就是电的彰显,荣耀。同样,荣耀就是得著彰显的神。
12Along with this approvedness, we have hope (5:4). What is this hope? It is the hope that one day we shall all be brought into the glory of God (5:2). Although we stand in grace and walk in peace, we are not yet in glory. But the day will come when we shall be brought into glory. What is glory? As we have mentioned several times in the past, glory is God Himself expressed. Whenever God is expressed, that is glory. It is very similar to the expression of electrical current in a light bulb. The expression of electricity is the glory of electricity. We cannot see electricity itself, but the shining of electricity in the lights is the expression, the glory of electricity. Likewise, glory is God expressed
13这荣耀将来临,没有甚么能与其相比。好几处经文给我们看见,神要领许多儿子进荣耀里去。(罗八18,林后四17,帖前二12,来二10,彼前五10。)我们现今在这里,因盼望这要来的荣耀而享受神。我们享受祂的时候,盼望荣耀来临。我们看罗马八章时,要更多看见这点。
13This glory is coming, and nothing can compare with it. Several verses show us that God will bring many sons into glory (Rom. 8:18; 2 Cor. 4:17; 1 Thes. 2:12; Heb. 2:10; 1 Pet. 5:10). Here and now we enjoy God in hope of this coming glory. While we are enjoying Him, we hope for the glory to come. We will see more of this when we consider Romans 8
伍 在基督的生命里得救
V. BEING SAVED IN CHRIST’S LIFE
14我们这样享受神,就要在祂的生命里得救。罗马五章十节下半说,『就更要在祂的生命里得救了。』我们需要天天得救,脱离许多消极的事物。我们需要得救,脱离我们的脾气和我们的己。我们在苦难中享受神时,需要祂生命中的拯救。我们需要在祂的生命里得救,脱离缠累的罪,就是得释放脱离罪与死的律。我们需要在祂的生命里得救,脱离世俗,就是得著圣别。我们需要在祂的生命里得救,脱离我们天然的人,就是从我们天然的生命被变化。我们需要在祂的生命里得救,脱离自己的样子,就是模成神长子基督的形像。我们也需要在祂的生命里得救,脱离个人主义,就是与别人同被建造成为一个身体。这些是在基督的生命里得救,在以下各章要得著完全的说明。这样在生命里得救,乃是我们在神里面所得著主要的享受。
14As we enjoy God in this way, we are being saved in His life (5:10). “Much more, we shall be saved in His life.” Daily we need to be saved from so many negative things. We need to be saved from our temper and our self. As we enjoy God in our sufferings, we need the saving in His life. We need to be saved in His life from the besetting sin, that is, to be freed from the law of sin and death. We need to be saved in His life from being worldly, that is, to be sanctified. We need to be saved in His life from our natural being, that is, to be transformed from our natural life. We need to be saved in His life from being self-like, that is, to be conformed to the image of Christ, the firstborn Son of God. And we need to be saved in His life from being individualistic, that is, to be built up with others into one Body. These are the savings in the life of Christ, which will be fully defined in the following chapters. This kind of saving in life is the main enjoyment we have in God.
15称义已将我们带进享受的范围。在这范围里,我们站在恩典中,行在平安里,在指望中受苦,并在患难中享受神。我们受苦并享受的时候,就在祂的生命里得救。这是称义的结果。
15Justification has brought us into the realm of enjoyment. In this realm we stand in grace, walk in peace, suffer in hope, and enjoy God in our tribulations. While we are suffering and enjoying, we are being saved in His life. This is the issue of justification.