3按照六章十八节,我们所享受的恩典乃是我们主耶稣基督的恩。不仅如此,保罗指出这恩典与我们的灵同在。在加拉太书保罗只在第六章说到人的灵。他在六章一节说,『弟兄们,即使有人偶然为某种过犯所胜,你们属灵的人,也当用温柔的灵挽回这样的人。』这里的灵是人重生的灵,有圣灵内住并调和。保罗在六章的开始与末了都题到人的灵,这指明六章主要是论到我们的灵。我们若不认识我们人的灵,(这灵已经由圣灵重生,)我们就无法享受基督作那包罗万有的灵。我们可以用电的实际应用来作说明。电虽然已经安装在你家里,你还是需要打开开关。你若不知道开关在那里,你就无法经历电的好处。属天的『电』已经安装在我们里面了,而我们人的灵就是『开关』,藉著开关我们就可以应用电。主耶稣基督的恩–属天的『电』,是与我们的灵─『开关』─同在的。保罗在六章十八节,不是说我们主耶稣基督的恩与我们的心思、情感或意志同在。他清楚而明确的告诉我们,这恩典是与我们的灵同在。你知道你的灵、心思、情感、意志在那里么?你知道牠们之间的分别么?我们知道我们有这些官能,但我们很难给牠们下定义或说出牠们的位置。从经历中我们发现了我们人这几个不同的方面。我们高兴或生气时,是运用情感;我们作决定时,是运用意志;我们思考时,显然是用心思。当夫妻吵嘴时,他们会表达自己激烈的情感,用心思题出自己的理由,并运用意志决定如何应付这种处境。但是他们争吵的时候,他们里面深处有个东西会吩咐他们平静下来。这不是心思、情感或意志。这乃是灵,而灵最主要的部分就是良心。每当良心起作用的时候,就是灵在尽功用。换句话说,你的灵主要是藉著你的良心起作用的。这里的重点乃是:我们里面除了心思、情感和意志以外,还有一个官能,这个官能就是灵。
3According to 6:18, the grace we enjoy is the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Furthermore, Paul points out that this grace is with our spirit. In the book of Galatians Paul refers to the human spirit only in chapter six. In 6:1 he says, “Brothers, if ever a man is overtaken in some offense, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of meekness.” The spirit here is the regenerated human spirit indwelt by and mingled with the Holy Spirit. The fact that Paul mentions the human spirit both at the beginning and at the ending of chapter six indicates that this chapter deals mainly with our spirit. If we do not know our human spirit, which has been regenerated by the Holy Spirit, we have no way to enjoy Christ as the all-inclusive Spirit. We may use the practical application of electricity as an illustration of this. Although electricity has been installed in your home, you still need to use the switch to turn it on. If you do not know where the switch is, you will have no way to experience the benefit of electricity. The heavenly “electricity” has been installed in us, and our human spirit is the “switch” by which we may apply it. The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ— the heavenly “electricity”—is with our spirit, the “switch.” In 6:18 Paul does not say that the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ is with our mind, emotion, or will. He clearly and definitely tells us that this grace is with our spirit. Do you know the location of your spirit, mind, emotion, and will and the difference between them? We know that we have all these faculties, but it is difficult to define them or to locate them. From our experience we have discovered these different aspects of our being. When we are happy or angry, we are exercising the emotion. When we make a decision, we use our will. When we think, we obviously use our mind. When a husband and wife are arguing, they may express their heated emotion, use their mind to present their case, and exercise their will to make decisions concerning the situation. But as they are arguing, something deep within may tell them to settle down and be quiet. This is not the mind, the emotion, or the will. It is the spirit, the leading part of which is the conscience. Whenever the conscience works, the spirit is functioning. In other words, your spirit works primarily through your conscience. The point here is that we have a faculty within us in addition to the mind, emotion, and will, and this faculty is the spirit