晨興聖言-話語的職事...(W8-1)
第八週 • 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。
『生命之靈』…這辭在全本聖經裏只用過一次。羅馬書直到八章二節纔啟示『生命之靈』這辭。然而,在八章以前,的確有好幾次說到神聖、永遠、非受造的生命。生命這辭在羅馬書裏首次出現在一章十七節;這節說,義人必本於信得生(生命)並活着。這裏義人本於信所得的生命,是指神聖的生命。生命這辭在羅馬書裏第二次出現在二章七節,那裏告訴我們:『凡恒心行善,尋求榮耀、尊貴和不朽壞的,就以永遠的生命報應他們。』我們若不斷尋求神,祂就會賜給我們永遠的生命。五章十節說,我們要在祂的生命裏得救;五章十七節告訴我們,我們受洋溢之恩,並洋溢之義的恩賜以後,就要在生命中作王。五章十八節題起稱義得生命;五章二十一節說,恩典作王,叫人得永遠的生命。六章四節告訴我們,要在生命的新樣中生活行動。二十二至二十三節說,永遠的生命是聖別的結局,並且神的恩賜,在我們的主基督耶穌裏,乃是永遠的生命。因此,羅馬書前六章多次說到神聖的生命。生命是神救恩的目標。神救贖了我們,稱義了我們,並使我們與祂和好了,使我們有分於這生命。一旦我們接受這生命,我們就應當在生命裏得救,在生命中作王,在生命的新樣中生活行動,並在生命裏被聖別(羅馬書生命讀經,一九八至一九九頁)。
信息選讀
在羅馬一至六章,保羅九次說到生命。如今,在八章二節,他忽然在『生命之靈』這辭裏,將生命與那靈聯在一起。…得生命的路是那靈,在祂的生命裏得救的路是那靈,在生命中作王的路是那靈,在生命的新樣中生活行動的路是那靈,在生命裏聖別的路是那靈。那靈就是路。生命屬於那靈,那靈是生命的,二者實際上乃是一。我們絕不能將生命與那靈分開,也不能將那靈與生命分開。主耶穌自己說,『賜人生命的乃是靈,…我對你們所說的話,就是靈,就是生命。』(約六63)在這話裏,主耶穌將靈與生命聯在一起。我們若有那靈,就有生命;我們若沒有那靈,就沒有生命。我們若在那靈裏生活行動,就在生命裏生活行動;但我們若不在那靈裏生活行動,就不在生命的新樣中生活行動。因此,經歷神聖、永遠、非受造之生命的路乃是那靈。
生命這辭在羅馬八章用了四次。二節題到生命之靈的律。六節說,心思置於靈,乃是生命。九至十節告訴我們,基督若在我們裏面,我們的靈就因義是生命。十一節說,內住的靈必賜生命給我們必死的身體。本章第一次提起生命乃與聖靈有關,第二次與我們的心思有關,第三次與我們的靈相聯,第四次是我們身體的事。羅馬八章揭示四重生命。首先生命是那靈。然後那靈進入我們靈裏,使我們的靈成為生命。再後那靈又從我們的靈擴展到我們的心思裏,使我們的心思成為生命。那靈甚至將這生命分賜到我們必死的身體裏,使罪的身體成為生命的身體。我們有四重生命。這一切的中心是住在我們靈裏的聖靈。這生命要從我們的靈擴展到我們的心思,遍及我們的全魂,甚至達到我們身體所有的肢體。至終,我們的全人要被生命充滿,我們就會成為生命的人。你看見了這個麼?我們可稱此為四重生命。那靈是生命,我們的靈是生命,我們的心思是生命,甚至我們的身體也是生命的。因此,在羅馬八章和前面各章之間的關聯是生命加上那靈(羅馬書生命讀經,一九九至二○一頁)。
參讀:羅馬書生命讀經,第十四篇。
WEEK 8 — 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.
This term [the Spirit of life] is used only once in the entire Bible. In the book of Romans the term the Spirit of life is not revealed until 8:2. However, before chapter 8 we do have several references to the divine, eternal, uncreated life. The first occurrence of this word life in the book of Romans is in 1:17, which says that the righteous shall have life and live by faith. The word life in this verse denotes the divine life. The second occurrence of this word in Romans is in 2:7, where we are told that “to those who by endurance in good work seek glory and honor and incorruptibility, life eternal.” If we continually seek God, He will give us life eternal. Romans 5:10 says that we will be saved in His life, and 5:17 tells us that, after receiving the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness, we will reign in life. Romans 5:18 mentions justification of life, and 5:21 says that grace might reign unto eternal life. In 6:4 we are told to walk in newness of life. Romans 6:22-23 says that eternal life is the end of sanctification and that the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Thus, in the first six chapters of Romans, there are many references to the divine life. Life is the goal of God’s salvation. God has redeemed us, justified us, and reconciled us so that we might share this life. Once we receive it, we should be saved in life, reign in life, walk in newness of life, and be sanctified in life. (Life-study of Romans, pp. 162-163)
Todays Reading
In
Romans 1 through 6 Paul refers to life nine times. Now, in Romans 8:2,
he suddenly joins life with the Spirit in the phrase the Spirit of life.
The way to have life is the Spirit. The way to be saved in His life is
the Spirit. The way to reign in life is the Spirit. The way to walk in
newness of life is the Spirit. The way to be sanctified in life is the
Spirit. The Spirit is the way. Life belongs to the Spirit, and the
Spirit is of life. These two are actually one. We can never separate
life from the Spirit, nor the Spirit from life. The Lord Jesus Himself
said, “It is the Spirit who gives life…the words which I have spoken to
you are spirit and are life” (John 6:63). In this word the Lord Jesus
connected the Spirit and life. If we have the Spirit, we have life; if
we do not have the Spirit, we do not have life. If we walk by the
Spirit, we walk in life, but if we do not walk by the Spirit, we do not
walk in the newness of life. Thus, the way to experience the divine,
eternal, uncreated life is the Spirit.
The
word life is used four times in Romans 8. Verse 2 mentions the law of
the Spirit of life. Romans 8:6 says that the mind set on the spirit is
life. In Romans 8:10 we are told that if Christ is in us, our spirit is
life because of righteousness. Romans 8:11 says the indwelling Spirit
will give life to our mortal bodies. The first time life is mentioned in
this chapter, it is connected to the Holy Spirit, the second time it is
related to our mind, the third time it is associated with our spirit,
and the fourth time it is a matter of our body. Romans 8 unveils a
fourfold life. First, life is the Spirit. Then the Spirit comes into our
spirit to make our spirit life. Then the Spirit spreads from our spirit
into our mind to make our mind life. The Spirit even imparts this life
into our mortal bodies to make the body of sin a body of life. We have a
fourfold life. The focus of it all is the Holy Spirit indwelling our
spirit. This life will spread from our spirit into our mind and
throughout our whole soul, even reaching all the members of our body.
Eventually, our whole being will be filled with life, and we will be a
man of life. Have you ever seen this? We may call this the fourfold
life. The Spirit is life, our spirit is life, our mind is life, and even
our body is of life. Thus, the connection between Romans 8 and all the
foregoing chapters is life plus the Spirit. (Life-study of Romans, pp.
163-164)
Further Reading: Life-study of Romans, msg. 14
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