晨興聖言-羅馬書五至八章...(W5-4)

第五週.週四

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羅八10~11 『但基督若在你們裏面,身體固然因罪是死的,靈卻因義是生命。然而那叫耶穌從死人中復活者的靈,若住在你們裏面,那叫基督從死人中復活的,也必藉著祂住在你們裏面的靈,賜生命給你們必死的身體。』

保羅在羅馬八章九節說,『神的靈若住在你們裏面,你們就不在肉體裏,乃在靈裏了;然而人若沒有基督的靈,就不是屬基督的。』這節經文指明,基督的靈就是住在我們裏面神的靈,使我們得以在靈裏。…保羅交互使用這兩個名稱,指明二節的內住生命之靈,乃是整個三一神那包羅萬有、賜生命的靈。九節題到神、那靈和基督,神格的三者。但在我們裏面沒有三位,只有一位,就是三一神的三一靈。(約四24,林後三17,羅八11。)『神的靈』,含示這靈乃是屬於從已過的永遠就有,創造宇宙,為萬有起源的那一位。『基督的靈』,含示這靈是基督那成為肉體者的化身和實際。這位基督完成了為實現神計畫所需要的一切。祂不僅包括從永遠就有的神性,也包括成為肉體所取的人性,並且包括為人生活、釘十字架、復活和升天。這是在復活裏之基督的靈,就是基督自己,住在我們的靈裏,(10,)將祂自己,就是經過種種過程之三一神的化身,分賜到我們裏面作復活的生命和大能,以對付我們天性裏的死。(2。)因此,今天我們可以藉著活在調和的靈裏,而活在基督的復活裏,也就是活在基督自己裏面。(新約總論第十冊,七七頁。)

信息選讀

羅馬八章十節啟示,基督的靈乃是我們裏面的基督,使我們的靈是生命。…本節不再題那靈,因為這裏著重今天基督就是那靈,並且基督的靈就是我們裏面的基督。按照事實是基督,按照經歷是那靈。為著我們經歷祂,祂是那靈;為著我們敬拜祂、呼求祂、題到祂,祂是基督。我們接受祂作我們的救主和救贖主,但祂進到我們裏面乃是那靈。作為救贖主,祂的名稱是『基督』;作為內住者,祂的名稱是『那靈』。這不是兩位住在我們裏面,乃是一位內住者兩面的講究。

『基督在你們裏面』是整卷羅馬書的重點。在三章,基督在十字架上流血救贖我們;在四章,祂在復活裏;在六章,我們在祂裏面;現今在八章,祂是那靈在我們裏面。(新約總論第十冊,七八頁。)

現今我們有基督在裏面,外面的身體固然因罪是死的,裏面的靈卻因義是生命。基督進到我們裏面作生命,暴露我們身體死的光景。在我們的靈裏,是基督這靈作義,結果是生命;在我們的肉體裏,是撒但作罪,結果是死。(聖經恢復本,羅八103。)

雖然基督在我們裏面,但我們的身體因罪仍是死的。內住的罪將死帶給我們的身體;然而,我們不該被我們死的身體所困擾,因為我們重生的靈因義是生命。內住的基督藉著義,將生命帶給我們的靈。這義乃是神的義,就是基督。基督首先是我們的義,然後因著這個,祂也是我們的生命。…只要基督在我們靈裏,我們的靈因基督作我們的義就是生命。現今不但神的靈是生命;甚至我們重生的靈也是生命。那是基督自己的靈,現今在我們靈裏是生命。所以,我們的靈成為生命。內住的基督已將生命帶給我們的靈。(羅馬書生命讀經,二三三至二三四頁。)

參讀:羅馬書生命讀經,第十六篇。

WEEK 5 — DAY 4

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Morning Nourishment

Rom. 8:10-11 But if Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, the spirit is life because of righteousness. And if the Spirit of the One who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who indwells you.

In Romans 8:9 Paul says, “You are not in the flesh, but in the spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Yet if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not of Him.” This verse indicates that the Spirit of Christ is the Spirit of God who dwells in us that we may be in the spirit…Paul used these titles interchangeably, indicating that the indwelling Spirit of life in verse 2 is the all-inclusive life-giving Spirit of the entire Triune God. God, the Spirit, and Christ—the three of the Godhead—are all mentioned in verse 9. However, there are not three in us; there is only one, the triune Spirit of the Triune God (John 4:24; 2 Cor. 3:17; Rom. 8:11). The Spirit of God implies that this Spirit is of the One who was from eternity past, who created the universe and is the origin of all things. The Spirit of Christ implies that this Spirit is the embodiment and reality of Christ, the incarnated One. This Christ accomplished everything necessary to fulfill God’s plan. He includes not only divinity, which He possessed from eternity, but also humanity, which He obtained through incarnation. He also includes human living, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension. This is the Spirit of Christ in resurrection, that is, Christ Himself dwelling in our spirit (v. 10) to impart Himself, the embodiment of the processed Triune God, into us as resurrection life and power to deal with the death that is in our nature (v. 2). Thus, we may live today in Christ’s resurrection, in Christ Himself, by living in the mingled spirit. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 3076-3077)

Todays Reading

Romans 8:10 reveals that the Spirit of Christ is Christ in us to make our spirit life…In this verse the Spirit is not mentioned, for here the emphasis is that Christ today is the Spirit and that the Spirit of Christ is the very Christ in us. According to the fact, it is Christ; according to experience, it is the Spirit. In our experience of Him, He is the Spirit; in our worshipping of Him, calling on Him, and speaking of Him, He is Christ. We receive Him as our Savior and Redeemer, but He enters into us as the Spirit. As the Redeemer, He has the title Christ; as the Indweller, He has the title the Spirit. These are not two who dwell in us but one Dweller in two aspects.

“Christ…in you” is the crucial point of the book of Romans. In chapter 3 Christ is on the cross, shedding His blood for our redemption; in chapter 4 He is in resurrection; in chapter 6 we are in Him; now, in chapter 8 He is the Spirit in us. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, p. 3077)

Now that we have Christ in us, though our body without is dead because of sin, our spirit within is life because of righteousness. Christ’s coming into us as life exposes the death situation of our body. In our spirit is Christ the Spirit as righteousness, resulting in life; but in our flesh is Satan as sin, resulting in death. (Rom. 8:10, footnote 3)

Although Christ is in us, our body is still dead because of sin. The indwelling sin has brought death to our body. However, we should not be troubled by our dead body, since our regenerated spirit is life because of righteousness. The indwelling Christ brings life to our spirit through righteousness. This righteousness is the righteousness of God, which is Christ. Christ is first righteousness to us, and then, because of this, He is life also to us…As long as Christ is in our spirit, our spirit is life because of Christ as our righteousness. Now not only is the Spirit of God life; even our regenerated spirit is life. The Spirit who is Christ Himself is now life in our spirit. Therefore, our spirit becomes life. The indwelling Christ has brought life to our spirit. (Life-study of Romans, pp. 191-192)

Further Reading: Life-study of Romans, msg. 16

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