晨興聖言-羅馬書五至八章...(W5-1)
第五週.週一
晨興餧養
羅八2 『因為生命之靈的律,在基督耶穌裏已經釋放了我,使我脫離了罪與死的律。』
6 『因為心思置於肉體,就是死;心思置於靈,乃是生命平安。』
羅馬八章可視為全本聖經的中心點。聖經開始於創世記,啟示神照著祂永遠的計畫,創造了諸天與地,使人能生存,為著完成神永遠的定旨和心意,就是將祂自己分授到祂所揀選的人裏面,作他們的生命供應,使他們能成為祂的彰顯。…聖經終結於啟示錄裏這團體的彰顯。二十一至二十二章描繪新耶路撒冷,作神在新舊兩約所救贖之人的組成。(二一12,14。)這個組成是由三一神作內容,以神所揀選的人作彰顯所建造起來的。因此,新耶路撒冷成就了神永遠的定旨。聖經的這兩端之間有保羅的書信,他的書信完成了神聖的啟示。…羅馬八章是神全部啟示的中心。(李常受文集一九八二年第一冊,三六一至三六二頁。)
信息選讀
生命之靈的律,是〔羅馬八章〕的主題。…生命乃是那靈的內容與流出,那靈乃是三一神終極完滿的顯出。這位三一神,經過成為肉體、釘死並復活的過程,成了內住、賜生命的靈,作所有在基督裏之信徒的生命。罪的律,乃是出於住在我們墮落身體肢體中的撒但。(七23,17。)那釋放我們,使我們脫離這罪律的,乃是這生命之靈的律。…這生命之靈的律,是生命之靈的自然能力,只要情形符合這律的要求,這自然的律就會自動運行。不論撒但還是神,在進入並住在我們裏面以後,其運行都不是藉著外面客觀的活動,乃是藉著裏面主觀的律。生命之靈的律的運行,就是經過過程的三一神,在我們靈裏的運行,也就是這三一神在祂生命中,在我們裏面的工作。(聖經恢復本,羅八2註3。)
〔在八章二節,〕律、那靈和生命,與律、罪和死相對。兩個律相對,那靈與罪相對,生命與死相對。在五章,恩典(神在我們裏面的化身)與罪(撒但在我們裏面的化身)相對;(五21;)在八章,那靈(活在我們裏面的神)與罪相對。因此,五章的恩典就是八章的那靈,也就是神化身在我們裏面作恩典,在我們裏面生活行動。
〔在八章,〕『生命之靈』一辭將生命與那靈聯在一起,指明前面關於生命的一切,都包含在本章的那靈裏,生命屬於那靈,那靈是生命的,二者實際上乃是一。(約六63。)經歷並享受那神聖、永遠、非受造之生命的路,乃是藉著這生命的靈。(羅八2註2。)
羅馬八章揭示屬靈的生命有四重。第一,這生命是在那靈裏神的生命。(2。)第二,這生命藉著重生,成了我們靈裏的生命。(10。)而後,這生命要從我們的靈,浸透我們的心思,使我們心思所屬的魂變化,而成為在我們魂裏的生命。(6。)最終,這生命要滲入我們的身體,成為我們身體裏的生命。(11。)終極的結果,是我們的身體改變形狀,(腓三21,)也就是我們的身體得贖。(羅八23。)(羅八2註1。)
住在我們靈裏經過過程的三一神,作生命之靈的律,主要的功用乃是在各方面釋放我們,使我們脫離撒但,就是那住在我們墮落性情裏罪與死的律。(七23~25。)這釋放不僅是為著我們主觀的稱義,更是為著我們在性質上的聖別。(羅八2註4。)
參讀:包羅萬有內住的靈,第二章。
WEEK 5 — DAY 1
Morning Nourishment
Rom. 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life has freed me in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and of death.
6 For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the spirit is life and peace.
Romans
8 may be considered the focus of the entire Bible. The Bible begins in
Genesis by revealing that God, according to His eternal plan, created
the heavens and the earth so that man could exist to fulfill God’s
eternal purpose and desire, which is to impart Himself into His chosen
people as their life supply so that they could become His expression…The
Bible concludes in Revelation with this corporate expression.
Revelation 21 and 22 describe the New Jerusalem as a composition of
God’s redeemed people from both the Old Testament and the New Testament
(21:12, 14). This composition is built with the Triune God as the
content and God’s chosen people as the expression. The New Jerusalem
thus fulfills God’s eternal purpose. Between these two ends of the Bible
are Paul’s Epistles, which complete the divine revelation…Romans 8 is
the focus of the entire revelation of God. (CWWL, 1982, vol. 1, “The
Allinclusive Indwelling Spirit,” p. 299)
Todays Reading
The law of the Spirit of life is the subject of Romans 8…Life is the content and issue of the Spirit, and the Spirit is the ultimate and consummate manifestation of the Triune God after His being processed through incarnation, crucifixion, and resurrection and becoming the indwelling, lifegiving Spirit, who is life to all the believers in Christ. The law that has freed us from the law of sin, which is of Satan, who dwells in the members of our fallen body (7:23, 17), is of this Spirit of life…This law of the Spirit of life is the spontaneous power of the Spirit of life. Such a spontaneous law works automatically under the condition that fulfills its requirements.
Both
Satan and God, after entering into our being and dwelling in us, work
within us not by outward, objective activities but by an inward,
subjective law. The working of the law of the Spirit of life is the
working of the processed Triune God in our spirit; this is also the
working of the Triune God in us in His life. (Rom. 8:2, footnote 1)
[In
verse 2] law, the Spirit, and life are in contrast to law, sin, and
death. The two laws are in opposition to each other, the Spirit is in
opposition to sin, and life is in opposition to death. In chapter 5
grace, which is God embodied in us, is in opposition to sin, which is
Satan embodied in us (v. 21). In chapter 8 the Spirit, who is God living
in us, is in opposition to sin. Thus, the grace in chapter 5 is the
Spirit in chapter 8, the very God embodied in us as grace, living and
acting in us.
In
Romans 8 life is joined with the Spirit in the phrase the Spirit of
life, showing that everything regarding life in the preceding chapters
is included in the Spirit in this chapter. Life belongs to the Spirit,
and the Spirit is of life. These two are actually one (John 6:63). The
way to experience the divine, eternal, uncreated life is by the Spirit
of life. (Rom. 8:2, footnote 2)
The
spiritual life revealed in Romans 8 is fourfold. First, it was the
divine life in the Spirit (v. 2). Second, it became life in our spirit
through regeneration (v. 10). Then from our spirit it saturates our mind
for the transformation of our soul, to which our mind belongs, and
becomes the life in our soul (v. 6). Eventually, it will permeate our
body and become the life in our body (v. 11), ultimately issuing in the
transfiguration of our body (Phil. 3:21), that is, the redemption of our
body (Rom. 8:23). (Rom. 8:2, footnote 3)
The
major function of the processed Triune God in indwelling our spirit as
the law of the Spirit of life is to free us completely from Satan, who
dwells in our fallen nature as the law of sin and of death (7:23-25).
This freeing is not only for our subjective justification but even more
for our dispositional sanctification. (Rom. 8:2, footnote 4)
Further Reading: CWWL, 1982, vol. 1, “The All-inclusive Indwelling Spirit,” ch. 2
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