晨興聖言-羅馬書五至八章...(W4-綱要)

第四週　新丈夫

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讀經：羅七2～6

【週一、週二】

壹　基督是新丈夫—羅七2～6：

一　重生的人，無論男女信徒，都得著基督作他們的丈夫，都是祂妻子的一部分。

二　所有的真基督徒都有基督作他們的丈夫，但可悲的是，許多人並不知道基督是他們的丈夫。

貳　我們的舊人（舊丈夫）已經釘了十字架：

一　羅馬七章二至四節上半給我們看見兩個丈夫：

1　頭一個丈夫（舊丈夫），乃是指六章六節所說，已經與基督同釘十字架的舊人。

2　七章二至四節所題到的第二個丈夫（新丈夫），乃是基督。

二　我們的舊人，就是舊丈夫，既與基督同釘十字架，我們就脫離了他的律法，並且歸與新丈夫，就是那永活者基督。

三　我們信徒有兩個身分：

1　頭一個是我們作為墮落舊人的舊身分，離棄了原初作妻子倚靠神的地位，擅自取了作丈夫，作頭，向神獨立的地位。

2　第二個是我們作為重生新人的新身分，恢復到我們原初作神真正妻子的正確地位，倚靠神，以祂為我們的頭—賽五四5，林前十一3。

3　我們因為已經釘了十字架，就不再有舊丈夫的身分。

4　現今我們只有正確妻子的新身分，以基督為我們的丈夫，不該再照著舊人活著，意即不該再以舊人為我們的丈夫。

四　因著律法本是為著並賜給舊丈夫（舊人）的，所以舊人的死也使我們藉著基督的身體向律法死了。

【週　三】

參　我們的舊人藉著基督的身體，向著律法已經釘了十字架，使我們能歸與另一個丈夫，就是那從死人中復活的基督—羅七4上：

一　這『歸與』指明我們在作妻子的新身分裏，在人位、名義、生命和存在上，與基督在祂的復活裏有生機的聯結；如今我們與我們的新丈夫基督成為婚配—林後十一2。

二　基督既是我們的丈夫，我們就必須倚靠祂，並以祂為頭—弗五23：

1　以基督為我們的丈夫，意思是了結我們一切的所是、所有和所作，在一切事上信靠基督。

2　以基督為我們的丈夫，意思也是我們信入基督。

3　我們不該再憑自己活，乃該憑基督而活；我們必須讓基督替我們活。

4　我們不再是丈夫；我們作為舊人已經釘十字架，現今基督是我們的丈夫。

三　基督不僅是我們的頭，祂也是我們的人位和生命—西三4。

四　一個人信入並浸入三一神裏，他就與另一個人位有了關聯；也就是說，他與另一個人—基督—成為婚配。

【週　四】

肆　作為妻子，我們結果子給神—羅七4下：

一　我們在復活裏並向神活著，就結果子給神。

二　身為重生的人，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。

三　這裏我們看見在死與神之間生動的對比。

四　『結果子給神』這話，意思乃是神作為果子產生出來了：

1　因此，我們一切的所是和所作，必須是活的神。

2　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。

【週　五】

伍　我們既然在捆我們的律法上死了，現今就脫離了律法；我們作為妻子和新人，就不再在律法之下了—6節：

一　律法描述並說明神—利十九2。

二　因此，律法向墮落的人就有許多的要求和規定，為要鑑定罪為罪，且叫人知罪—羅三20，四15，五20。

三　如此，人就被律法暴露並征服了—三19。

【週　六】

陸　我們作為妻子，也應當在靈的新樣裏服事主，而不在字句的舊樣裏—七6：

一　在六章四節，我們有生命的新樣，為著我們的生活；在七章六節，我們有靈的新樣，為著我們的服事：

1　生命的新樣來自與基督復活的聯合，是為著我們日常的生活行動。

2　靈的新樣來自脫離律法，歸與復活的基督，是為著我們服事神。

3　靈的新樣與生命的新樣，都是舊人釘十字架的結果。

二　生命的新樣和靈的新樣都與那靈有關：

1　生命的新樣與在復活裏的基督自己相關，祂是賜生命的靈—林前十五45下。

2　『靈的新樣』這辭中的『靈』指我們重生之人的靈，有主，就是那靈，住在其中—提後四22：

ａ　我們可以在靈的新樣裏服事，因為神更新了我們的靈。

ｂ　凡與我們重生之靈有關的，一切都是新的。

ｃ　我們重生的靈是新樣的源頭，因為主、神的生命與聖靈，都在我們重生的靈裏。

ｄ　在我們重生的靈裏，一切都是新的；在我們重生的靈裏，沒有別的，只有新樣。

三　我們需要領悟我們作為新人，已經脫離了舊人的律法，並且歸與我們的新丈夫，就是復活的基督，使我們結果子給神，並在靈的新樣裏服事主。

Week Four

The New Husband

Hymns: E170

Scripture Reading: Rom. 7:2-6

§ Day 1 & Day 2

I. Christ is the new Husband—Rom. 7:2-6:

A. As regenerated beings, both male and female believers have Christ as their Husband and are a part of His wife.

B. All genuine Christians have Christ as their Husband, yet it is pitiful that many do not know Him as their Husband.

II. Our old man, the old husband, has been crucified:

A. Verses 2 through 4a show two husbands:

1. The first husband, the old husband, is the old man mentioned in 6:6, who has been crucified with Christ.

2. The second husband, the new husband, mentioned in 7:2-4, is Christ.

B. Since our old man, who was the old husband, has been crucified with Christ, we are freed from his law and are joined to the new Husband, Christ, the ever-living One.

C. As believers, we have two statuses:

1. The first is our old status as the fallen old man, who left the original position of a wife dependent on God and took the self-assuming position of a husband and head, independent of God.

2. The second is our new status as the regenerated new man, restored to our original and proper position as the genuine wife to God, depending on Him and taking Him as our Head—Isa. 54:5; 1 Cor. 11:3.

3. We no longer have the status of the old husband, for we have been crucified.

4. We now have only the new status of a proper wife, in which we take Christ as our Husband, and we should no longer live according to the old man, that is, no longer take the old man as our husband.

D. Since the law was intended for and given to the old husband, the old man, the death of the old man also made us dead to the law through the body of Christ.

§ Day 3

III. Our old man has been crucified to the law through the body of Christ so that we might marry another husband, Christ, who has been raised from the dead—Rom. 7:4a:

A. This joining indicates that in our new status as a wife, we have an organic union in person, name, life, and existence with Christ in His resurrection; now we are married to Christ, our new Husband—2 Cor.
11:2.

B. Since Christ is our Husband, we must depend on Him and take Him as our Head—Eph. 5:23:

1. To take Christ as our Husband means to terminate all that we are, have, and do and to trust in Him for everything.

2. Taking Christ as our Husband also means that we believe into Christ.

3. No longer should we live by ourselves but by Christ; we must let Christ live for us.

4. We are no longer the husband; we, as the old man, have been crucified, and Christ is now our Husband.

C. Christ is not only our Head—He is also our person and our life—Col. 3:4.

D. When a person believes and is baptized into the Triune God, he becomes involved with another person; that is, he marries another person, Christ.

§ Day 4

IV. As a wife, we bear fruit to God—Rom. 7:4b:

A. When we are in resurrection and live to God, we bear fruit to God.

B. As a regenerated person, as the wife, we bear fruit to God; this means that everything we do is now related to God.

C. Here we have a vivid contrast between death and God.

D. The phrase bear fruit to God means that God is brought forth as fruit:

1. Thus, all we are and do must be the living God.

2. 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.

§ Day 5

V. We have died to the law in which we were held so that we might be discharged from it; we, as the wife and the new man, are no longer under law—v. 6:

A. The law portrays God and defines Him—Lev. 19:2.

B. Accordingly, it places many demands and requirements on fallen man, and in so doing, it identifies sins and leads man to the knowledge of sin— Rom. 3:20; 4:15; 5:20.

C. In this way man is both exposed and subdued by the law—3:19.

§ Day 6

VI. As the wife, we should also serve the Lord in newness of spirit, not in oldness of letter—7:6:

A. In 6:4 we have the newness of life for our living, and in 7:6 we have the newness of spirit for our service:

1. Newness of life issues from our being identified with Christs resurrection and is for our walk in our daily life.

2. Newness of spirit issues from our being discharged from the law and being joined to the resurrected Christ and is for our service to God.

3. Both newness of spirit and newness of life are results of the crucifixion of the old man.

B. Both newness of life and newness of spirit are related to the Spirit:

1. The newness of life is related to Christ Himself in His resurrection, who is the life-giving Spirit—1 Cor. 15:45b.

2. The spirit in the phrase newness of spirit refers to our regenerated human spirit, in which the Lord as the Spirit dwells—2 Tim. 4:22:

a. We may serve in newness of spirit because God has renewed our spirit.

b. Everything that is related to our regenerated spirit is new.

c. Our regenerated spirit is a source of newness because the Lord, the life of God, and the Holy Spirit are there.

d. Everything in our regenerated spirit is new; in our regenerated spirit there is nothing but newness.

C. We need to realize that we, as the new man, are freed from the old mans law and have been married to our new Husband, the resurrected Christ, that we might bear fruit to God and serve the Lord in newness of spirit.