第五週 內住的基督
讀經：羅八9～11，28～29
【週 一】
壹 羅馬八章可視為全本聖經的焦點和宇宙的中心；因此，我們若經歷這一章，我們就在宇宙的中心。
貳 羅馬八章不是道理性的一章，而是經歷性的一章；不是講神聖三一的道，而是說到基督徒生活經歷中的神聖三一。
參 羅馬八章啟示，經過過程的三一神作為生命之靈的律，將神聖的生命賜給信徒，為著他們的生活—2， 6，10～11，26～29節。
肆 羅馬八章是論到包羅萬有、賜生命的靈，作三一神的終極完成；這靈要使我們在生命、性情和彰顯上，與基督一模一樣；這就是羅馬八章。
【週 二】
伍 『神的靈若住在你們裏面，你們就不在肉體裏，乃在靈裏了』—9節上：
一 這章向我們啟示，三一神—父、（15、）子、（3，29，32、）靈，（9，11，13～14，16，23，26，）如何將祂自己作為生命，分賜到我們這三部分（靈、魂、體）的人裏，（2，6，10～11，）使我們成為祂的眾子，（14～15，19，23，29，17，）好構成基督的身體。（十二4～5。）
二 我們若讓三一神的靈在我們裏面安家，我們在經歷中就不再在肉體裏，乃在靈裏了。
三 若是這樣，三一神這靈就能從我們的靈，（八10，）擴展到我們心思所代表的魂裏，（6，）至終甚至賜生命給我們必死的身體。（11。）
【週 三】
陸 『然而人若沒有基督的靈，就不是屬基督的』—9節下：
一 這說明，我們之屬於基督，乃是在於祂的靈。
二 若沒有基督的靈，若基督不是這靈，我們就無法聯屬於祂。
三 但基督是這靈，（林後三17，）且是在我們的靈裏，（提後四22，）與我們成為一靈。（林前六17。）
【週 四】
四 神的靈與基督的靈，不是二靈，乃是一靈。
五 保羅交互使用這兩個名稱，指明羅馬八章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。
六 九節題到神、那靈和基督。
七 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。
柒 『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』 —10節：
一 『基督…在你們裏面』是整卷羅馬書的重點：
1 在三章，基督在十字架上流血救贖我們。
2 在四章，基督在復活裏。
3 在六章，我們在基督裏面。
4 在八章，基督是那靈在我們裏面。
二 我們還未信主時，裏面的靈是死的，外面的身體是活的。
三 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。
四 基督進到我們裏面作生命，暴露我們身體死的光景。
五 在我們的靈裏，是基督這靈作義，結果是生命；但在我們的肉體裏，是撒但作罪，結果是死。
【週 五】
六 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：
1 雖然神已經在肉體中定罪了罪，（3，）但這罪還沒有從人墮落的身體連根拔除。
2 因此，我們的身體仍是死的。
七 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。
八 因義是生命的這靈，指我們人的靈，不是指神的靈。
九 我們的靈不僅蒙了重生被點活，並且成了生命：
1 當我們相信基督，祂這神聖的生命之靈，就進到我們的靈裏，與我們的靈調和。
2 這二靈因而成為一靈—林前六17。
十 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—羅八10：
1 這義帶來生命—五18，21。
2 因此，我們的靈不僅是活的，而且是生命。
【週 六】
捌 『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』—八11：
一 在本節有完整的三一神—『那叫耶穌從死人中復活者』、『基督』、並『祂住在你們裏面的靈』。
二 基督將自己分賜到信徒裏面，由『賜生命給你們必死的身體』所表示，指明分賜不只發生在我們這人的中心，也達到圓周，達到我們全人。
三 『賜生命』不是指神醫，乃是指我們讓神的靈安家在我們裏面，用神的生命浸透我們全人的結果。
四 這樣，祂就將祂的生命賜給我們必死、漸死的身體，不僅醫治身體，更叫身體活過來，以完成神的旨意。
Week Five
The Indwelling Christ
Hymns: E539
Scripture Reading: Rom. 8:9-11, 28-29
§ Day 1
I. Romans 8 may be considered the focus of the entire Bible and the center of the universe; thus, if we are experiencing Romans 8, we are in the center of the universe.
II. Romans 8 is not a doctrinal chapter but an experiential chapter; it speaks not about the doctrine of the Trinity but about the Trinity in the experience of the Christian life.
III. Romans 8 reveals that the processed Triune God as the law of the Spirit of life gives the divine life to the believers for their living—vv. 2, 6, 10-11, 26-29.
IV. Romans 8 concerns the all-inclusive life-giving Spirit as the ultimate consummation of the Triune God; this Spirit will make us exactly the same as Christ in life, nature, and
expression; this is Romans 8.
§ Day 2
V. “You are not in the flesh, but in the spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you”—v. 9a:
A. This chapter unveils to us how the Triune God—the Father (v. 15), the Son (vv. 3, 29, 32), and the Spirit (vv. 9, 11, 13-14, 16, 23, 26)—dispenses Himself as life (vv. 2, 6, 10, 11) into us, the tripartite men—spirit, soul, and body—to make us His sons (vv. 14-15, 19, 23, 29, 17) for the constituting of the Body of Christ (12:4-5).
B. If we allow the Spirit of the Triune God to make His home in us, then in our experience we are in the spirit and are no longer in the flesh.
C. If we are so, the Triune God as the Spirit will be able to spread from our spirit (8:10) into our soul, represented by our mind (v. 6), and eventually He will even give life to our mortal body (v. 11).
§ Day 3
VI. “Yet if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not of Him”—v. 9b:
A. This shows that our being of Christ depends on His Spirit.
B. If there were no Spirit of Christ, or if Christ were not the Spirit, there would be no way for us to be joined to Him and to belong in Him.
C. However, Christ is the Spirit (2 Cor. 3:17), and He is in our spirit (2 Tim. 4:22) and is one spirit with us (1 Cor. 6:17).
§ Day 4
D. The Spirit of God and the Spirit of Christ are not two Spirits but one.
E. Paul uses these titles interchangeably, indicating that the indwelling Spirit of life in verse 2 of Romans 8 is the all-inclusive life-giving Spirit of the entire Triune God.
F. God, the Spirit, and Christ are all mentioned in verse 9.
G. 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.
VII. “But if Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, the spirit is life because of righteousness”—v. 10:
A. “Christ…in you” is the crucial point in the book of Romans:
1. In chapter 3 Christ is on the cross, shedding His blood for our redemption.
2. In chapter 4 Christ is in resurrection.
3. In chapter 6 we are in Christ.
4. In chapter 8 Christ is the Spirit in us.
B. Before we believed in the Lord, our spirit within was dead and our body without was alive.
C. Now that we have Christ in us, though our body without is dead because of sin, our spirit within is life because of righteousness.
D. Christs coming into us as life exposes the death situation of our body.
E. In our spirit is Christ the Spirit as righteousness, resulting in life; but in our flesh is Satan as sin, resulting in death.
§ Day 5
F. 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:
1. Although God condemned sin in the flesh (v. 3), this sin has not been uprooted or eradicated from mans fallen body.
2. Hence, our body is still dead.
G. The spirit in Romans 8:10 is the regenerated human spirit, in contrast to the fallen human body.
H. The spirits being life because of righteousness refers to our human spirit, not to the Spirit of God.
I. Our spirit has not only been regenerated and made living; it has become life:
1. When we believed in Christ, He as the divine Spirit of life came into our spirit and mingled Himself with it.
2. The two spirits thereby have become one spirit—1 Cor. 6:17.
J. In Gods justification we have received righteousness, which is the Triune God Himself entering into our being, into our spirit—Rom. 8:10:
1. This righteousness results in life—5:18, 21.
2. Now our spirit is not merely living but is life.
§ Day 6
VIII. “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”—8:11:
A. In this verse we have the entire Triune God—“the One who raised Jesus from the dead,” “Christ,” and “His Spirit who indwells you.”
B. Christ is dispensing Himself into the believers, as shown by the words give life to your mortal bodies, which indicate that the dispensing not only occurs at the center of our being but also reaches to the circumference, to our whole being.
C. Give life does not refer to divine healing but to the result of our allowing the Spirit of God to make His home in us and saturate our entire being with the divine life.
D. In this way He gives His life to our mortal, dying body, not merely to heal it but also that it may be enlivened to carry out His will.
