第五週．週五
晨興餧養
羅八１０ 『…身體固然因罪是死的，靈卻因義是生命。』
五１８ 『如此說來，藉著一次的過犯，眾人都被定罪，照樣，藉著一次的義行，眾人也都被稱義得生命了。』
21 『使罪怎樣在死中作王，恩典也照樣藉著義作王，叫人藉著我們的主耶穌基督得永遠的生命。』
因著人的墮落，罪帶著死進入人的身體，使其在神的事上是死而無能的。雖然神已經在肉體中定罪了罪，（羅八3，）但這罪還沒有從人墮落的身體連根拔除。因此，我們的身體仍是死的。
〔羅馬八章十節的靈〕指重生之人的靈，與墮落之人的身體相對。這靈不是神的靈，因為這裏題到靈是生命，須有基督在我們裏面為條件；但神的靈是生命，不需要任何條件。因此，這裏因義是生命的這靈，只能指我們人的靈，不是指神的靈。
在神的稱義裏，我們已經得著祂所賜給我們的義，就是三一神自己，進到我們的靈裏。這義帶來生命，（五18，21，）所以我們的靈就成了生命。
我們的靈不僅蒙了重生被點活，並且成了生命。當我們相信基督，祂神聖的生命之靈，就進到我們的靈裏，與我們的靈調和，二靈成為一靈。（林前六17。）因此，我們的靈不僅是活的，而且是生命。（聖經恢復本，羅八10註4，註5，註6，註7。）
信息選讀
神對付我們時，總是顧到祂的三個神聖屬性—祂的公義、聖別和榮耀。…公義與神的行動、作法、行為、和活動有關；神所作的一切都是公義的。聖別是神的性情；聖別不是行動的事，乃是性情（性質）的事。…榮耀是神自己得著彰顯。神得著彰顯，那就是榮耀。所以，在公義裏我們看見神的作法，在聖別裏我們看見神的性情，在榮耀裏我們看見神得著彰顯。羅馬書的三段—稱義、聖別和得榮—是照著神的這三個屬性構成的：稱義是照著神的公義，聖別（sanctification）是照著神的聖別（holiness），得榮是照著神的榮耀。
在神救恩的第一階段，我們有分於神的公義。這是稱義，我們在其中得著神的公義。在第二階段，我們在聖別的過程中，神在這過程中將祂神聖的性情作到我們裏面。…雖然我們外面已得著並有分於神的公義，但神的聖別需要作到我們裏面。…在下一階段，我們要被提並得榮，…完全並絕對被帶進作我們榮耀的神自己裏面。…神救恩的第一階段，稱義，顧到我們的靈；第二階段，聖別，主要是對付我們的魂，也有一點浸透我們的身體；第三階段，得榮，與我們物質的身體有關。在羅馬八章十節保羅說，基督若在我們裏面，我們的靈就因義是生命，這意思是在神的稱義裏，我們得著了義。藉著這義，我們的靈已活過來，並實際成為生命。然而，我們的魂裏還沒有神聖的生命。所以，我們需要藉著將心思置於靈，與內住的基督合作，使生命之靈能以祂自己浸透我們的心思。這樣，我們的心思就會成為生命。我們若繼續合作，這浸透並擴展的一位，甚至要將祂自己從我們的靈擴展到我們必死的身體裏。然後我們只需要等候我們的身體被帶進祂榮耀裏的時候，那將是我們的得榮。（羅馬書生命讀經，二四一至二四三頁。）
參讀：羅馬書生命讀經，第十七篇。
WEEK 5 — DAY 5
Morning Nourishment
Rom. 8:10 …Though the body is dead because of sin, the spirit is life because of righteousness.
5:18 So then as it was through one offense unto condemnation to all men, so also it was through one righteous act unto justification of life to all men.
21 In order that just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Through the fall of man, sin, bringing death with it, entered the human body, causing it to become dead and impotent in the things of God. Although God condemned sin in the flesh (Rom. 8:3), this sin has not been uprooted or eradicated from man’s fallen body. Hence, our body is still dead. (Rom. 8:10, footnote 4)
[“The spirit” in Romans 8:10 refers to] the regenerated human spirit, in contrast to the fallen human body. This spirit is not the Spirit of God, for the spirit mentioned here is life only under the condition that Christ is in us. For the Spirit of God to be life, no particular condition is required. Hence, the spirit’s being life because of righteousness can refer only to our human spirit, not to the Spirit of God. (Rom. 8:10, footnote 5)
Our spirit has not only been regenerated and made living; it has become life. When we believed in Christ, He as the divine Spirit of life came into our spirit and mingled Himself with it; the two spirits thereby have become one spirit (1 Cor. 6:17). Now our spirit is not merely living but is life. (Rom. 8:10, footnote 6)
In God’s justification we have received righteousness, which is the Triune God Himself entering into our being, into our spirit. This righteousness results in life (5:18, 21); hence, our spirit has now become life. (Rom. 8:10, footnote 7)
Todays Reading
As God deals with us, He always cares for three of His divine attributes— His righteousness, holiness, and glory…Righteousness is related to God’s acts, to His ways, actions, and activities. Everything that God does is righteous. Holiness is God’s nature. Holiness is not a matter of action but of nature…Glory is God Himself expressed. When God is expressed, that is glory. Therefore, in righteousness we see God’s ways, in holiness we see God’s nature, and in glory we see God expressed. Three of the sections in Romans—justification, sanctification, and glorification—were composed according to these three attributes of God: justification according to God’s righteousness, sanctification according to God’s holiness, and glorification according to God’s glory.
In the first stage of God’s salvation, we participate in the righteousness of God. This is justification in which we gain God’s righteousness. In the second stage we are in the process of sanctification, a process in which God works His divine nature into us…Although we have obtained and participated in God’s righteousness outwardly, God’s holiness needs to be wrought into us inwardly…In the next stage we will be raptured and glorified,…absolutely brought into God Himself as our glory. The first stage of God’s salvation, justification, takes care of our spirit; the second stage, sanctification, mainly
deals with our soul, with a slight amount of saturation in our body; and the third stage, glorification, concerns our physical body. In Romans 8:10 Paul says that if Christ is in us, our spirit is life because of righteousness, meaning that in God’s justification we have gained righteousness. Through this righteousness our spirit has been made alive and actually becomes life. However, there is not yet the divine life in our soul. Therefore, we need to cooperate with the indwelling Christ by setting our mind upon the spirit, enabling the Spirit of life to saturate our mind with Himself. Then our mind
will be life. If we continue to cooperate, this saturating and spreading One will spread Himself from our spirit even into our mortal body. Then we only need to wait for the time when our body will be brought into His glory. That will be our glorification. (Life-study of Romans, pp. 197-199)
Further Reading: Life-study of Romans, msg. 17
