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加拉太书生命读经 · 第34篇

凭著灵而行

LIVE AND WALK BY THE SPIRIT
1读经：加拉太书5:16-18,22-25。保罗在四章五节说，神已经把我们赎出来，好叫我们得著儿子的名分。得儿子的名分，意思就是我们从神而生，因此得了神圣的生命和性情。我们这些神的儿子，有神的生命和性情。我们藉著重生，从神而生，成了神的儿子；重生是由神自己作为赐生命之灵所完成的。毫无疑问，主耶稣来作我们的救主，并死在十字架上作我们的救赎主。但是神拯救与救赎的目的，乃是要把我们带进儿子的名分里。我们不只得救、蒙救赎，我们更与主成为一灵，（林前六17，）结果我们就有了神圣的生命和性情。我们不只笼统的与神是一，我们乃是实实在在的与祂成为一灵。
1Scripture Reading: Gal. 5:16-18, 22-25 In 4:5 Paul says that God has redeemed us so that we might receive the sonship. To receive the sonship means that we are born of God and thereby receive the divine life and nature. As sons of God, we have God’s life and nature. Regeneration by which we are born of God to become His sons is accomplished by God Himself as the life-giving Spirit. There is no doubt that the Lord Jesus came to be our Savior and to die on the cross as our Redeemer. But the goal of God’ss alvation and redemption is to bring us into sonship. Not only have we been saved and redeemed; we are even one spirit with the Lord (1 Cor. 6:17) and, as a result, we have the divine life and nature. We are not simply one with God in a general way. We are actually one spirit with Him
2我们这些信主耶稣的人不应当小看自己。我们不只是天然、肉身、物质的人，现今我们已经与神成为一灵！如果不是圣经上记载著这样的话，我就很难相信这些原先不过是神所造，后来又堕落成为罪人的人，现今藉著重生，竟然与神成为一灵！你能有把握作见证说，你真相信你与神成为一灵么？你看见这个是因著经历，还是只因著道理？我们都需要在主前谦卑，祷告说，『主阿，给我们看见我们与你成为一灵的异象。主，我不满意只在道理上认识。主阿，把天开启，叫我看见现在我与你成为一灵。』一方面，主是在天上；另一方面，主与我们的灵同在。（提后四22。）主虽然已经进到我们的灵里，并且住在我们的灵里，但我们大多数的时间并不在灵里。许多时候，我们把主留在我们的灵里，就迳自走开，而在我们的心思或情感的房间里消磨时间。我们可能想作一件不讨主喜悦的事。也许在这种时候，我们对主的态度就是祂应当留在我们的灵里，不要来搅扰我们，任我们在心思或情感里活一阵子。例如，有些姊妹想向主请几个小时的假，为了要满足她们买东西的欲望。但是，不论我们如何与主讨价还价，主是绝不愿意准我们假的。
2We who believe in the Lord Jesus should not have a low view of ourselves. We are not merely natural, physical, and material—we are now one spirit with God! If such a word were not written in the Scriptures, I would find it extremely difficult to believe that the very ones who were originally only God’s creatures and who then fell to become sinners, have now become one spirit with God through regeneration. Can you testify with assurance that you truly believe that you are one spirit with God? Do you see this experientially as well as doctrinally? We all need to humble ourselves before the Lord and pray, “Lord, show us the vision that we are one spirit with You. I am not satisfied, Lord, with a mere doctrinal knowledge of this. Lord, open the heavens and cause me to see that I am now one spirit with You.” On the one hand, the Lord is in heaven; on the other hand, He is with our spirit (2 Tim. 4:22). Although the Lord has come into our spirit and dwells in our spirit, much of the time we ourselves are not in the spirit. On many occasions we leave the Lord in our spirit and go off to spend time in the chambers of our mind or emotion. Perhaps we want to do a certain thing which does not make the Lord happy. At such times, our attitude toward the Lord may be that He should stay in our spirit and not come to trouble us as we live for a while in our mind or emotion. Certain sisters, for example, may want a leave of absence from the Lord for a few hours in order to indulge themselves in their desire to go shopping. However, the Lord is never willing to give us such a leave of absence, no matter how we may try to bargain with Him about it.
3我们得救重生的时候，我们的灵就与主联合，我们与祂就成为一了。现在我们不论作甚么，都不能叫自己离开与祂在灵里的一。我们即使想要切断这个联合，主也不会许可。比较年幼的圣徒有时候会说，他们需要操练与主同在，所以不去一些地方或作一些事情，免得失去主的同在。他们可能以为他们若参加召会的聚会，主就会与他们同在；但他们若去看电影，主就不会与他们同在。根据他们的观念，他们若去看电影，就会失去主的同在。在道理上，这话听来相当不错，但事实上，在我们的经历里却不是这样。假如你要去看电影，主的同在会比你参加聚会的时候更明显。你可能以为你一去电影院，就能摆脱主而自由。但是跟你所期望的正好相反，你会发现你在电影院里，主向你显明祂的同在比已往更多。你越求祂给你自由为所欲为，祂的同在反而越强。我们很多人可以见证有过这种经历。得救是一件严肃的事，因为得救乃是与主成为一。一个人得救重生的时候，就进入与三一神生机的联结里。这个联结是真实的，且满了生命。主施行拯救与救赎的结果，乃是把祂自己分赐到我们灵里，使我们与祂成为一。
3At the time we were saved and regenerated, our spirit was joined to the Lord, and we became one with Him. Now, no matter what we do, we cannot separate ourselves from being one with Him in spirit. Even if we would seek to break this union, the Lord would not agree. Sometimes the younger saints may say that they need to practice the Lord’s presence and not go to certain places or do certain things lest they lose His presence. They may think that the Lord will be with them if they go to the church meetings, but not if they go to a movie. According to their concept, they will lose the Lord’s presence if they go to a movie. Doctrinally this sounds quite good, but actually it is not true in our experience. If you were to attend a movie, the Lord’s presence is apt to be more obvious to you than when you are in a meeting. You may think that by going to the theater you will be able to run away from the Lord and be free. But, contrary to your expectation, you may discover that while you are there, the Lord manifests His presence to you more than ever. The more you beg Him to give you the liberty to do what you want, the more prevailing His presence becomes. Many of us can testify of having had this kind of experience. To be saved is a serious matter, for it is to be brought into oneness with the Lord. When a person is saved and regenerated, he enters into an organic union with the Triune God. This union is real and vital. As a result of salvation and redemption, the Lord dispenses Himself into our spirit and makes us one with Him
4有灵恩派背景的基督徒，常常问别人受了圣灵没有。我们绝不要受这种问题搅扰。一个人只要得救、重生，就不只接受了圣灵，甚至已经与主成为一灵。因此，我们有立场放胆的见证说，我们这些得救并重生的人，现今与三一神乃是一灵。这乃是圣言里的神圣启示。保罗在三章二节问加拉太信徒说，『你们接受了那灵，是本于行律法，还是本于听信仰？』他在三章五节又问：『那丰富供应你们那灵，又在你们中间行异能的，是本于行律法，还是本于听信仰？』保罗问加拉太人的话，指明他们已经接受了那灵，并且神正不断的将那灵供应给他们。神一直供应，而他们一直接受。奇妙、神圣的传输一直在进行著。
4Christians from a Pentecostal background often inquire of others if they have received the Spirit. We should never be troubled by such a question. As long as a person has been saved and regenerated, he has not only received the Holy Spirit, but he has even become one spirit with the Lord. Therefore, we have the ground to testify boldly that, as saved and regenerated ones, we are now one spirit with the Triune God. This is the divine revelation in the holy Word. In 3:2 Paul asks the Galatian believers, “Did you receive the Spirit by the works of law or by the hearing of faith?” Then in 3:5 he inquires, “He therefore Who is supplying to you the Spirit and doing works of power among you, is it by the works of law or by the hearing of faith?” Paul’s questions indicate that the Galatians had received the Spirit and that God was continuing to supply the Spirit to them. God was supplying, and they were receiving. A marvelous, divine transmission was taking place.
5我们若要持续不断的接受那灵，就需要运用我们的灵祷告。在我们的祷告里，我们不应当被琐碎的事物所霸占；相反的，我们应当向著属天的传输敞开自己，接受那灵的供应。基督徒的生活不是一种宗教的生活或道德的生活，乃是与神成为一灵的生活。每当我们运用灵呼求主，我们就经历神圣的传输，属天电流的流通。因此，基督徒的生活是一种供应并接受的生活；神不断的供应，我们不断的从祂接受。今天许多基督徒忽略了接受那灵这件极其重要的事。相反的，他们一心帮助人成为宗教徒和有道德的人。为这缘故，主今天迫切需要得著一个恢复。主的恢复和宗教截然不同。论到基督、生命、那灵与召会，主的恢复与圣经是完全一致的，却与宗教、传统有别。当然，我们和主都需要这个恢复。我们从神所领受的那灵，乃是福音完全的福。保罗在三章十三与十四节说，基督已经赎出我们脱离律法的咒诅，为叫『亚伯拉罕的福，在基督耶稣里可以临到外邦人，使我们藉著信，可以接受所应许的那灵』。在福音里，我们不仅接受了赦罪、洗净和洁净的福，更接受了三一神作为经过过程、包罗万有、赐生命之灵的福。这位活的、包罗万有的人位就是福。日复一日，神不断将这福供应给我们，我们也一直接受神这项福。哦，我们太有福了！我们所享受的是何等奇妙的福！这独一的福就是三一神这包罗万有的人位─父、子、灵─经过过程，成了赐生命的灵，住在我们里面，以极其主观的方式作我们的享受。
5If we would receive the Spirit continually, we need to exercise our spirit to pray. In our prayer we should not be occupied with trivial matters. Instead, we should open ourselves to the heavenly transmission and receive the supply of the Spirit. The Christian life is not a religious life or an ethical life, but it is a life of being one spirit with God. Whenever we exercise our spirit to call on the Lord, we experience the divine transmission, the flow of the heavenly current. Therefore, the Christian life is a life of supplying and receiving. God continually supplies, and we continually receive of Him. Many of today’s Christians neglect the crucial matter of receiving the Spirit. Instead, they concentrate on helping people to be religious and ethical. For this reason, there is the urgent need for the Lord to have a recovery. The Lord’s recovery is utterly different from religion. Concerning Christ, life, the Spirit, and the church, the Lord’s recovery stands one with the Bible, but it stands apart from religion and tradition. Surely both we and the Lord Himself need the recovery. The Spirit we have received of God is the total blessing of the gospel. In 3:13 and 14 Paul says that Christ has redeemed us out of the curse of the law so that “the blessing of Abraham might come to the nations in Jesus Christ, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.” In the gospel we have received not only the blessing of forgiveness, washing, and cleansing; we have received the blessing of the Triune God as the processed, all-inclusive, life-giving Spirit. This living, all-inclusive Person is the blessing. Day by day, God is supplying this blessing to us, and we are receiving this blessing of God. Oh, how blessed we are! What a marvelous blessing we are enjoying! This unique blessing is the all-inclusive Person of the Triune God— the Father, the Son, and the Spirit—processed to become the life-giving Spirit dwelling in us in a most subjective way for our enjoyment
6有一首著名的诗歌教我们数算主的祝福，要一一的数。实在说来，我们并没有那么多祝福可数。我们有一项全备的福─那灵。在一年的年底，有些人会花时间数算他们那一年所得著的一切物质祝福。但我们可以单单赞美主那独一的福，就是无可测度、全丰全足、包罗万有的三一神，经过过程成了赐生命之灵，住在我们里面。
6A well-known hymn tells us to count our blessings one by one. In a very real sense, we do not have that many blessings to count. We have one bountiful blessing— the Spirit. At the end of the year, some may take time to count all the material blessings they have received that year. But we may simply praise the Lord for the unique blessing of the immeasurable, bountiful, all -inclusive Triune God processed to be the life - giving Spirit dwelling in us.
7第二次大战期间，当我被日本侵略军队下在监牢里的时候，我经历了那灵的福。有三十天之久，我天天受审问、被鞭打。但是在这些苦难当中，我对主却有甜美的享受。我多么享受那灵的福！主是那么真实、那么亲近！好像我可以亲手摸到祂。我特别记得有天夜里，那灵的享受是那么真实、那么亲近、那么甘甜，以致我流泪对主说，『主，我赞美你！我在此不仅是为著你，更是与你同在。』当我说这话的时候，我真是肯定主与我同在监牢里。哦，那灵的享受真是无法形容！因著主这样亲近，这样可享受，以致监狱都成了至圣所。那灵─经过过程的三一神，实在是我们的福。保罗题到包罗万有的灵以后，接著说，『我说，你们当凭著灵而行，就绝不会满足肉体的情欲了。』（五16。）他在五章二十五节又说，『我们若凭著灵活著，也就当凭著灵而行。』许多基督徒在经历上并不领会甚么叫作凭著灵而行。行是指我们的生活与为人。但保罗在二十五节似乎把『凭著灵活著』与『凭著灵而行』加以区别。凭著灵活著是一回事，凭著灵而行又是另一回事。二十五节的『若』字，原文实际上就是『既然』。保罗这里的话并不是假设，而是事实。我们既然凭著灵活著，就当继续凭著灵而行。我们需要看见，凭著灵活著与凭著灵而行之间的分别。五章二十五节的『活』，原文实际上的意思是得著生命并生活。保罗在另一处说到义人必本于信得生并活著。（罗一17。）保罗真正的意思是说，义人必本于信得著生命并生活。
7I experienced this blessing of the Spirit when I was imprisoned by the Japanese invading army during World War I I. Every day for thirty days I was subjected to trials, and I was beaten. But in the midst of my suffering, I had a sweet enjoyment of the Lord. How I enjoyed the blessing of the Spirit! The Lord was so real and near. It was almost as if I could touch Him. I remember one night in particular that the enjoyment of the Spirit was so real, intimate, and sweet that I wept and said, “Lord, I praise You that I am here not only for You, but also with You.” When I uttered these words, I had the definite sense that the Lord was in prison with me. Oh, that enjoyment of the Spirit was indescribable! Because the Lord was so near and so enjoyable, that prison became the Holy of Holies. Truly the Spirit, the processed Triune God, is our blessing. After referring to the all-inclusive Spirit, Paul goes on to say, “But I say, walk by the Spirit and you shall by no means fulfill the lust of the flesh” (5:16). In 5:25 he continues, “If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.” Many Christians do not have an experiential understanding of what it means to walk by the Spirit. To walk means to live and to have our being. But in verse 25 Paul seems to distinguish between living by the Spirit and walking by the Spirit. To live by the Spirit is one thing, and to walk by the Spirit is another. In verse 25 the Greek word translated “if” actually means “since.” Paul’s statement here is not a supposition; it is a fact. Since we live by the Spirit, we should go on to walk by the Spirit. We need to see the difference between living by the Spirit and walking by the Spirit. The Greek term rendered live in 5:25 actually means both to have life and to live. Elsewhere Paul says that the just shall live by faith (Rom. 1:17). Paul’s actual meaning is that the just shall have life and also live by faith.
8有的人也许以为，保罗说到凭著灵活著的话，单单是指著我们重生时的经历说的。根据这样的领会，当我们重生的时候，我们接受了生命，并且开始活著。然而，与生命有关的事物没有一件是一次永远的。你学习一件特别的事，如加法或减法，可以一次就学会，但你呼吸、吃、喝不是一次就彀了。你可以从学校毕业，但你无法从呼吸、吃、喝的事上毕业而仍旧活著。你不该说你已经吃了很多餐，所以不需要再吃了。生命的事是不能毕业的。从生命的事上毕业，意思就是死亡。所有生命的事都必须是持续不断的，并且要一再的经历。因此，保罗在五章二十五节所说关于活著的话，并不限于我们重生时初阶的经历，这话适用于我们日常的生活。我们每天都当得生并活著。
8Some may think that Paul’s word about living by the Spirit refers only to our experience at regeneration. According to this understanding, when we were regenerated, we received life and began to live. However, nothing related to life can be once for all. You may learn a particular matter, for example, addition or subtraction, once for all, but you do not breathe, eat, or drink once for all. You may graduate from school, but you cannot graduate from breathing, drinking, and eating and still remain a live. You should not say that because you have eaten so many meals, it is no longer necessary for you to eat. In the matters of life there can be no graduation. Graduation from life means death. All the matters of life must be continuous and experienced a gain and a gain. There fore, Paul’s word about living in 5:25 is not limited to our initial experience at regeneration, but applies to our daily living. Every day we should have life and live.
9从经历一面说，凭著灵活著就是藉著将那灵吸入到我们里面而接受那灵。因此，『我们既凭著灵活著』，意思就是『我们既接受那灵』。宣信（A.B.Simpson）有一首诗歌说到吸入那灵，其中有一节说：
9Experientially speaking, to live by the Spirit is to receive the Spirit by breathing the Spirit into us. Hence, the words “since we live by the Spirit” mean “since we receive the Spirit.” In A. B. Simpson’s hymn on breathing the Spirit one stanza says
我今每刻都在呼吸，你的生命作生命；
I am breathing every moment, Drawing all my life from Thee
10一呼一吸都在乎你，求你由我来显明。（诗歌第二一○首）
10Breath by breath I live upon Thee, Lord, Thy Spirit breathe in me. Hymns, #255
11宣信弟兄领悟，我们需要不断的吸入那灵。吸入那灵就是接受那灵。这就是得生并活著。我们若要这样接受那灵，就需要敞开自己，运用我们的灵，并呼求主。这需要我们不住的祷告。我们若接受那灵，就会得生并活著。我们在日常生活里，应当藉著吸入那灵而不断的接受那灵。然而，没有多少基督徒过这种日常生活。没有多少基督徒是不断接受那灵而得生并活著的。但我们感谢主，在祂的恢复里，我们一直学习接受那灵。我鼓励你们众人时时刻刻接触主，接受那灵。我们越接受那灵，就越得生并活著。我能从自己的经历中见证说，我对那灵的享受越过越加增，越过越有进步。一天过一天，我接受那灵而得生并活著。
11A. B. Simpson realized the need to breathe the Spirit continually. To breathe in the Spirit is to receive the Spirit. This is to have life and live. If we would receive the Spirit in this way, we need to open ourselves, exercise our spirit, and call on the Lord. This requires that we pray without ceasing. If we receive the Spirit, we shall have life and live. In our daily living we should continually receive the Spirit by breathing Him. However, not many Christians have this kind of daily life. Not many have life and live by receiving the Spirit continually. But we thank the Lord that in His recovery, we are learning to receive the Spirit. I encourage you all to contact the Lord moment by moment to receive the Spirit. The more we receive the Spirit, the more we shall have life and live. I can testify from personal experience that my enjoyment of the Spirit has been increasing and improving. Day after day, I receive the Spirit and have life and live
12我们可以从婚姻生活中，来看凭著灵而行实际的例子。一对已婚的夫妇因著彼此非常了解，所以很容易发生口角。丈夫会指出妻子的缺点，而妻子的反应也是指出丈夫的缺点。当夫妻这样吵嘴的时候，他们必定不是凭著灵而行。早晨的时候，他们也许运用灵接触过主，也吸入那灵而接受了那灵；但他们彼此交谈的时候，就不再接受那灵。因为他们停止接受生命，就不再凭著灵而行，反而照著肉体而行。丈夫与妻子要蒙拯救脱离争辩，最好的路就是运用灵。作丈夫的应当说，『主阿，我运用我的灵来和妻子争论。主，我呼求你，求你与我成为一灵，好叫我可以与她辩论。』你想一位弟兄这样祷告以后，还能彀与妻子争吵么？当然不会。他不但不会争吵，反而会接受生命，他想跟妻子争论的意念就会被治死。我们既然凭著灵活著，就应当凭著灵而行。丈夫与妻子既然运用他们的灵接受了那灵，也就应当在婚姻生活里凭著灵而行，这样就不会有争论，而只有赞美。
12A practical illustration of what it means to walk by the Spirit is found in married life. It is easy for a married couple, who know each other so well, to exchange words. The husband may point out the shortcomings of the wife, and the wife may respond by pointing out the shortcomings of her husband. When a husband and wife exchange words in this way, they certainly are not walking by the Spirit. Earlier in the day, they may have exercised their spirit to contact the Lord and to receive the Spirit by breathing Him in. However, in talking to each other, they are no longer receiving the Spirit. Because they stop receiving life, they do not walk by the Spirit. Instead, they walk according to the flesh. The best way for a husband and wife to be rescued from arguing is to exercise the spirit. The husband should say, “Lord, I am exercising my spirit to exchange words with my wife. Lord, I call on You and ask You to be one spirit with me so that I may argue with her.” Do you think a brother would be able to argue with his wife if he prayed this way? Of course not. Instead of arguing, he would receive life, and his desire to exchange words with his wife would be put to death. Since we live by the Spirit, we should walk by the Spirit. Since a husband and wife exercise their spirit to receive the Spirit, they should also walk by the Spirit in their married life. Then, in place of argument, there will be praise.
13多年来我想要明白保罗在五章二十五节所说有关凭著灵活著，并凭著灵而行的话。逐渐的，我在主话语的光中来察看我的经历，就明白我们需要不断运用我们的灵来接受那灵。我们时时刻刻需要呼求主并祷告，好叫我们得生并活著。第一件必要的事，乃是得生并活著。正如我们已经指出的，我们藉著呼吸接受了那灵。我们一旦接受那灵而得生，就可以凭著灵而行。我们可以凭著灵说话行事。凭著灵而行会产生变化，这变化乃是在我们全人里面一种新陈代谢的改变。这种改变不是外面改正或调整所产生的。你若故意要表现得像神的儿女，你的行动就会像宗教徒。你可能自忖：『我必须维持我作神儿女的身分。这就是说，我不应当与我的配偶争吵。』这是宗教。我们所需要的是凭著灵活著，然后凭著灵而行。这不是外面的改正，而是内里、新陈代谢的变化。不仅如此，这与宗教全然无关，因为这完全是我们全人里面生机的改变。当我们凭著灵活著，并且凭著灵而行时，神自然而然就从我们里面活出来，并且藉著我们得著彰显。这样，我们在实际与实行上，就是神的儿子，凭著神的生命活著，并且凭著这生命而行。我们每时每刻都需要将神圣的生命呼吸到我们里面。这样，我们就不会在自己里面行事，也不会凭著肉体而行；反而会凭著经由呼吸而接受的那灵来作一切事。我们今天的需要就是操练接受那灵，并且凭著灵而行。这不是宗教或道德，乃是对活的那灵的经历。
13For years I tried to understand Paul’sword in 5:25 about living by the Spirit and walking by the Spirit. Gradually, considering my experience in the light of the Word, I came to realize that we need continually to exercise our spirit to receive the Spirit. Moment by moment, we need to call on the Lord and pray so that we may have life and live. The first thing necessary is to receive life and to live. As we have pointed out, we receive the Spirit by breathing. Once we have life by receiving the Spirit, we then may walk by the Spirit. We may do things and say things by the Spirit. Walking by the Spirit will produce transformation, a metabolic change in our being. Such a change is not the product of outward correction or adjustment. If you deliberately try to behave as a child of God, you will act in a religious way. You may think to yourself, “I must maintain my status as a child of God. This means that I should not argue with my spouse.” This is religious. Our need is to live by the Spirit and then walk by the Spirit. This is not a matter of outward adjustment, but of inward, metabolic transformation. Furthermore, this has nothing to do with religion, for it is altogether a matter of an organic change in our being. When we live by the Spirit and walk by the Spirit, God is spontaneously lived out of us and is expressed through us. Then, in reality and practicality, we are sons of God living by God’s life and walking by this life. Moment by moment, we need to breathe the divine life into us. Then, instead of acting in ourselves and walking by the flesh, we shall do everything by the Spirit whom we receive by breathing. Our need today is to practice receiving the Spirit and walking by the Spirit. This is not religion or ethics. This is the experience of the living Spirit
14我们如果接受了那灵，藉此得以凭著灵而行，肉体就自然钉在十字架上。（五24。）肉体在我们里面就没有地位，因为我们不断的接受那灵。我们凭著灵而行的时候，基督就要在我们的日常生活里显大。保罗写信给受打岔的加拉太信徒，他的负担是要把他们带回到凭著灵而行。这不是宗教或道德，乃是凭基督活著，并且凭基督而行；这位基督乃是赐生命的灵，住在我们的灵里。我们将祂吸入的时候，就接受了那灵。然后我们可以凭著这灵生活行动。
14If we walk by the Spirit by receiving the Spirit, the flesh will automatically be crucified (5:24). The flesh will have no ground in us, because we continually receive the Spirit. When we walk by the Spirit, Christ will be magnified in our daily life. Paul’s burden in writing to the distracted Galatian believers was to bring them back to such a walk by the Spirit. This is not a matter of religion or ethics, but of living and walking by the Christ who, as the life-giving Spirit, dwells in our spirit. As we breathe Him in, we receive the Spirit. Then we may walk by this Spirit.
15凭著灵而行的结果，就是那灵的果子。保罗在二十二至二十三节列出那灵果子的九方面，但他用了『这样的事』一辞，指明那灵的果子不只这九方面。保罗列举这九项只是作为例证。那灵的果子是凭著灵而行所产生出来的结果。我们不需要挣扎努力去爱人、维持和平或喜乐。事实上，我们根本不需要努力去持有任何一种基督徒的美德。反之，我们只需要凭著灵活著，并且凭著灵而行。这样，那灵的果子就自然而然的产生出来。我们凭著灵而行的时候，就会产生那灵的果子，带著许多方面的美德：爱、喜乐、和平、恒忍、恩慈、良善、信实、温柔、节制。作丈夫的对妻子就不会缺少爱，作妻子的对丈夫也不会不服从。我们将会任何美德都不缺。基督徒的美德并不是行为，而是凭著灵而行所产生独一的、活的果子不同方面的彰显。主盼望在祂的恢复里看见这活果子的彰显。这就是我们不信靠外面规条的原因。我们若想规正自己，而不凭著灵而行，就会使召会生活成为一种宗教。然而，召会不是组织；召会乃是活的、生长的生机体。生机体不需要外面的规条。你需要命令你的眼睛去看，或是命令你的耳朵去听么？当然不需要！因为我们的肉身是个生机体，所以眼睛和耳朵就自然而然的尽功用。同样，召会是个生机体，在生命里自然的尽功用。我们若需要规条，就必定是缺少生命，缺少那灵。
15The result of walking by the Spirit will be the fruit of the Spirit. Paul lists nine aspects of the fruit of the Spirit in verses 22 and 23, but his use of the expression “such things” indicates that there are more than these nine aspects. Paul lists nine as an illustration. The fruit of the Spirit is the issue of walking by the Spirit. There is no need for us to strive to love, to keep the peace, or to be joyful. Actually, there is no need to strive to possess any of the Christian virtues. Rather, we need simply to live by the Spirit and walk by the Spirit. Then the fruit of the Spirit will be brought forth automatically. As we walk by the Spirit, the fruit of the Spirit will come forth with many aspects: love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, meekness, self-control. Husbands will have no lack of love for their wives, and the wives will not be short of submission to their husbands. There will be no lack of any virtue. The Christian virtues are not works; they are different aspects of the expression of the unique living fruit which is produced by walking by the Spirit. In His recovery the Lord wants to see the expression of such living fruit. This is the reason we have no confidence in outward regulations. If we try to regulate ourselves instead of walking by the Spirit, we shall make the church life a religion. The church, however, is not an organization; it is a living, growing organism. An organism has no need of outward regulations. Is it necessary for you to command your eyes to see or your ears to hear? Certainly not! Because the physical body is an organism, the eyes and the ears function automatically. Likewise, the church is an organism which functions spontaneously in life. If we need regulations, we must be short of life, short of the Spirit
16我们感谢主，因著祂的怜悯和恩典，我们一直多而又多的接受那灵。我确信很多圣徒一直学习凭著灵而行。在许多情形里，当夫妻受试诱要起争执的时候，他们就转向灵，不再争吵，反而运用他们的灵来赞美主。还有些人认识了甚么叫作在购物的事上受那灵的限制。有的时候，在他们前往百货公司去的路上，那灵给他们感觉必须回家。主太怜悯我们了，叫我们能这样凭著灵生活行动！又有些人能作见证说，因为他们凭著灵而行，所以他们能在某些事上放下自己的拣选。不错，他们放弃了自己的喜好，但他们却得著了主的喜乐。
16We thank the Lord that, by His mercy and grace, we are receiving the Spirit more and more. I have the assurance that a good number of the saints are learning to walk by the Spirit. In many cases, husbands and wives a returning to the spirit when they are tempted to argue. Instead of exchanging words, they exercise their spirit to praise the Lord. Others know what it means to be restricted by the Spirit in shopping. Sometimes, when they were on the way to a department store, they had the sense from the Spirit to go back home. What a mercy of the Lord to walk by the Spirit in this way! Others can testify that because they were walking by the Spirit, they could lay aside their choice in certain matters. Yes, they may have given up their preference, but in its place they have the joy of the Lord.
17我有许多次已经准备好要作一件事，却受到那灵的限制。当我顺从并跟从那灵的时候，就有喜乐。不仅如此，我读圣经的时候，也满了亮光。但我也能彀作见证说，当我不理会那灵的引导而想来读经的时候，圣经就变得晦暗不明了。我们既然接受了那灵而得生并活著，就应当凭著灵而行。凭著灵而行就是长大、享受主、以及发挥正常功用以建造基督身体的路。主今天恢复的特点，应当是这种凭著灵活著，并凭著灵而行。这将主的恢复与任何一种宗教区别出来。经过过程的三一神成了包罗万有的灵，现今就住在我们里面。因此，我们要凭著祂活著，并凭著祂而行。
17Many times I was ready to do a certain thing, only to be limited by the Spirit. When I obeyed and followed the Spirit, I was joyful. Furthermore, when I read the Bible, it was full of light. But I can also testify that when I have tried to read the Bible after disregarding the leading of the Spirit, the Bible became opaque. Since we receive the Spirit and have life and are living, we should walk by the Spirit. Walking by the Spirit is the way to grow, enjoy the Lord, and develop the proper functions for the building up of the Body. The Lord’s recovery today should be characterized by this living and walking by the Spirit. This will distinguish the Lord’s recovery from any kind of religion. The processed Triune God as the all-inclusive Spirit now lives within us. Therefore, let us live by Him and walk by Him