晨興聖言-羅馬書五至八章...(W4-4)

第四週.週四

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晨興餧養

羅七4~5 『我的弟兄們,這樣說來,你們藉著基督的身體,向著律法也已經是死的了,叫你們歸與別人,就是歸與那從死人中復活的,使我們結果子給神。因為我們在肉體中的時候,那藉著律法活動的罪慾,就在我們肢體中發動,以致結果子給死。』

羅馬七章四節告訴我們,作為妻子,我們結果子給神。我們在復活裏並一直向神活著,就結果子給神。當我們在肉體裏—就是說,當我們是舊丈夫的時候—與我們有關的一切都是死。我們所能產生的就是死。我們產生的一切,都是屬死、給死的果子。現今我們是重生的人—就是妻子—我們結果子給神。這意思是,我們所作的一切,現今都與神有關。從前,我們所是和所作的都是死。所以,在這裏我們看見在死與神之間,在結果子給死與結果子給神之間生動的對比。這給我們看見,在我們還是舊人和舊丈夫,被捆在律法之下時,我們所是和所作的一切都是死,結果是給死的果子。身為新人和歸與新丈夫的妻子,我們所是和所作的一切,都與神有關,我們結果子給神。『結果子給神』這話,意思乃是神出來了,神作為果子產生出來了。因此,我們一切的所是和所作,必須是活的神。我們必須生出神來,作神的滿溢。這樣,我們就有活神作我們的果子,並且我們結果子給神。(新約總論第十冊,六二至六三頁。)

信息選讀

在羅馬七章四節裏,保羅將葬禮和婚禮放在一起。一面,我們埋葬了;另一面,我們結婚了。我們已經是死的了,叫我們歸與別人。在羅馬七章四節,我們死而結婚;在加拉太二章十九節,我們死而活。我們若沒有雙重身分,這怎麼可能?我們照著舊身分已經是死的了,叫我們照著新身分歸與別人。照著我們的新身分,我們歸與那從死人中復活的,使我們結果子給神。

羅馬七章五節說到我們的所是。…我們在肉體中的時候,(5,)是舊丈夫。我們脫離了律法,(6,)就成了妻子。我們在捆我們的律法上死了,就脫離了舊丈夫的律法。

舊丈夫是誰,現在應當非常清楚。舊丈夫是我們的舊人。妻子是我們重生的新人。作為舊人,我們是死的;作為新人,我們是活的。我們作舊丈夫是死的,現今我們作妻子是活的。我們會看見,妻子作兩件事—結果子給神,並在靈的新樣裏服事。(羅馬書生命讀經,一七○頁。)

每一個得生命的人,是已經歸與基督的人。〔4。〕基督徒藉著主的死,與主一同死了,也與主一同復活,而嫁給基督。其實我們不只是得著生命,乃是歸與基督的生命。得救的人,是從死裏復活,而與基督聯合。我們歸與基督,就是嫁給基督。

四節下半說,『使我們結果子給神。』因此,我們不是因律法說不可拜偶像,所以我們不拜偶像,乃是因著聖靈在我們身上結出果子,所以我們不拜偶像。我們有律法的義,但不是因守律法而生的,乃是聖靈結出的果子。我們得生命以後,不用守律法,就能有律法的義。所以我們不是說,得救後不必守律法,就可以隨便犯罪。我們乃是靠恩得救,有主的生命在我們裏面,就自然而然不犯罪,這就是有聖靈的果子。(倪柝聲文集第三輯第十四冊,三○四至三○五頁。)

參讀:新約總論,第三百篇。

WEEK 4 — DAY 4


Morning Nourishment

Rom. 7:4-5 So then, my brothers, you also have been made dead to the law through the body of Christ so that you might be joined to another, to Him who has been raised from the dead, that we might bear fruit to God. For when we were in the flesh, the passions for sins, which acted through the law, operated in our members to bear fruit to death.

Romans 7:4 tells us that as a wife we bear fruit to God. When we are in resurrection and always live to God, we bear fruit to God. When we were in the flesh, that is, when we were the old husband, everything related to us was death. All we could produce was death. Everything we brought forth was a fruit of death and to death. Now as a regenerated person, that is, as the wife, we bear fruit to God. This simply means that
everything we do now is related to God, whereas formerly, whatever we were and whatever we did was death. Therefore, here we see a vivid contrast between death and God, between bearing fruit to death and bearing fruit to God. This shows that when we were the old man and the old husband, held under the law, everything we were and did was death. The result was fruit to death. As a new man and the wife married to a new husband, whatever we are and do is related to God. We bear fruit to God. The phrase bear fruit to God means that God comes forth, that God is brought forth as fruit. Thus, all we are and do must be the living God. We must bring forth God as an overflow of God. In this way we have the living God as our fruit, and we bear fruit to God. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, p. 3064)

Todays Reading

In Romans 7:4 Paul puts together a funeral and a wedding. On the one hand, we were buried; on the other hand, we were married, joined to another. We have been made dead that we might be joined to another. In Romans 7:4 we have been made dead to be joined to another; in Galatians 2:19 we have died to live. If we did not have two statuses, how could this be possible? We were made dead according to our old status so that we might be joined to another according to our new status. According to our new status, we are joined to Him who has been raised from the dead, that we might bear fruit to God.

Romans 7:5 speaks of what we were…When we were in the flesh (v. 5), we were the old husband. When we were discharged from the law (v. 6), we became the wife. We have been discharged from the law regarding the old husband, having died to that in which we were held.

By now it should be very clear who is the old husband. The old husband is our old man. The wife is our regenerated new man. As the old man, we are dead, and as the new man, we are living. We were dead as the old husband but now are living as the wife. As we will see, the wife does two things— bears fruit to God and serves in newness of spirit. (Life-study of Romans, p. 139)

Everyone who has received life has been joined to Christ [Rom. 7:4]. A Christian has died with Christ through His death. He has also risen with Christ and is now married to Him. Actually not only have we received a life, but we have been joined to Christ’s life. A saved person is one who is risen from the dead and who is joined to Christ. When we are joined to Him, we are married to Him.

Romans 7:4b says, “…that we might bear fruit to God.” We do not refrain from idols just because the law says that we should refrain from them. We refrain from idols because the Holy Spirit is bearing His fruit in us. We have the righteousness of the law, but this righteousness is not produced through keeping the law; it is a fruit of the Holy Spirit. After we are saved, we can gain the righteousness of the law without keeping the law. We are not saying that after a man is saved, he does not need to keep the law and that he can sin at will. We are saved by grace, and the Lord’s life is in us. Spontaneously we will not sin. This is the fruit of the Spirit. (CWWN, vol. 60, p. 483)

Further Reading: The Conclusion of the New Testament, msg. 300

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