第五週．週三
晨興餧養
林後三１７ 『而且主就是那靈；主的靈在那裏，那裏就有自由。』
提後四２２ 『願主與你的靈同在。願恩典與你們同在。』
羅馬八章九節下半說，『然而人若沒有基督的靈，就不是屬基督的。』這節經文指明我們有基督的靈，就是屬基督的。…這說明，我們之屬於基督，乃是在於祂的靈。若沒有基督的靈，若基督不是這靈，我們就無法聯屬於祂。但基督是這靈，（林後三17，）且是在我們的靈裏，與我們成為一靈。（提後四22。）因此，林前六章十七節說，『與主聯合的，便是與主成為一靈。』這節啟示，不僅主這位復活的基督是靈，與主聯合的信徒也是靈。我們在與基督生機的聯結裏，祂是甚麼，我們就是甚麼。
我們屬基督，不是指可變的光景與經歷，乃是指不變的源頭與地位。我們照著新生的源頭而有基督的靈，所以我們是屬基督的。但在我們現今的經歷和屬靈的光景中，我們不僅需要屬於祂，還需要在祂裏面。（新約總論第十冊，七九至八○頁。）
信息選讀
羅馬八章九至十一節，陳明基督作為基督的靈。基督的靈就是基督自己，是我們可以經歷並享受的。基督若在死與復活之後沒有成為那靈，就不可能給我們經歷。基督若不是那靈，就絕對無法進入我們裏面。在肉體裏的基督不可能進到我們裏面；祂只有作為那靈，纔能進到我們裏面。
約翰十四章充分揭示這事。主耶穌在十七節對門徒說到實際的靈：『祂與你們同住，且要在你們裏面。』主在十八節繼續告訴他們：『我不撇下你們為孤兒，我正往你們這裏來。』十七節的『祂』，是指實際的靈，到了十八節成了『我』，就是主自己。這意思是說，在肉身裏的基督，經過死而復活，成了賜生命的靈，就是那是靈的基督。（林前十五45。）約翰十四章十七節也啟示那靈與信徒同住，且在信徒裏面；因著主就是那靈，祂進入我們裏面，並住在我們裏面。在這一節經文裏，我們看見聖經首次題到那靈的內住。那靈的內住這件事，在書信裏得著成就，並得著完全的發展。（林前六19，羅八9～11。）
不僅如此，主耶穌在約翰十四章二十八節對門徒說，『我去，並且我正往你們這裏來。』這意思是說，祂要作為一個在肉體裏的人，也就是作為末後的亞當，上十字架，但祂也要作為從肉體改變形狀，變化成為那靈的一位，就是成為那賜生命的靈，回到門徒這裏。（林前十五45下。）約翰二十章二十二節指明，當基督在復活裏回到門徒那裏時，乃是作為那是靈的基督而來，將祂自己作為那靈吹入門徒裏面。基督若不是賜生命的靈，也就是基督的靈，祂就不可能進到我們裏面，成為我們的經歷，給我們享受。
我們必須供應基督是賜生命的靈，是基督的靈這個真理，無論基督教是否因著這真理而接受或反對我們。…主已將『基督是賜生命的靈』這真理託付了我們。我們能從自己的經歷中見證，基督若不是那靈，我們就無法享受祂。相反的，當我們轉向我們的靈，宣告基督如今乃是賜生命之靈，我們就因著對基督的享受而癲狂。…今天，需要恢復基督是賜生命的靈，是基督的靈這個真理。（新約總論第十冊，七五至七七頁。）
參讀：新約總論，第三百零二篇。
WEEK 5 — DAY 3
Morning Nourishment
2 Cor. 3:17 And the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
2 Tim. 4:22 The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you.
Romans 8:9b says, “Yet if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not of Him.” This verse indicates that having the Spirit of Christ, we are of Christ…This shows that our being of Christ depends on His Spirit. 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 to Him. However, Christ is the Spirit (2 Cor. 3:17), and He is in our spirit and is one spirit with us (2 Tim. 4:22). Thus, 1 Corinthians 6:17 says, “He who is joined to the Lord is one spirit.” This verse reveals not only that the Lord, the resurrected Christ, is the Spirit but that a believer who is joined to the Lord is also a spirit. In our organic union with Christ, what He is, we are.
That we are of Christ refers to the unchangeable source and position rather than to the changeable condition and experience. We have the Spirit of Christ according to the source, the new birth; hence, we are of Christ and belong to Him. In our present experience and spiritual condition, however, we need to be not only of Him but also in Him. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 3078-3079)
Todays Reading
Romans 8:9-11 presents Christ as the Spirit of Christ. The Spirit of Christ is Christ Himself whom we can experience and enjoy. If Christ did not become the Spirit after His death and resurrection, He could not be experienced by us. If Christ were not the Spirit, He could never enter into us. It is impossible for Christ in the flesh to enter into us; it is only as the Spirit that He can enter into us.
This is fully revealed in John 14. In verse 17 the Lord Jesus spoke to the disciples regarding the Spirit of reality: “He abides with you and shall be in you.” In verse 18 the Lord went on to tell them, “I will not leave you as orphans; I am coming to you.” The very “He” who is the Spirit of reality in verse 17 becomes the “I” who is the Lord Himself in verse 18. This means that the Christ who was in the flesh went through death and resurrection to become the life-giving Spirit, the pneumatic Christ (1 Cor. 15:45). John 14:17 also reveals that the Spirit abides with and in the believers; it is by being the Spirit that the Lord enters into us and abides in us. In this verse we find the first mention of the Spirit’s indwelling. It is fulfilled and fully developed in the Epistles (1 Cor. 6:19; Rom. 8:9-11).
Moreover, in John 14:28 the Lord Jesus said to the disciples, “I am going away and I am coming to you.” This means that He would go to the cross as a man in the flesh, that is, as the last Adam, but He would come back to the disciples as one who is transfigured, transformed, from the flesh into the Spirit, the life-giving Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45b). John 20:22 indicates that when Christ in His resurrection came back to the disciples, He came to them as the pneumatic Christ, the Christ who is the Spirit, and breathed Himself as the Spirit into them. Apart from His being the life-giving Spirit, that is, the Spirit of Christ, it is impossible for Christ to enter into us in order to become our
experience for our enjoyment.
We must minister the truth that Christ is the life-giving Spirit, the Spirit of Christ, regardless of whether Christianity accepts or opposes us on account of this truth…The Lord has commissioned us with the truth that Christ is the life-giving Spirit. We can testify from our experience that apart from Christ being the Spirit we cannot enjoy Him. Conversely, when we turn to our spirit and declare that Christ is now the life-giving Spirit, we are beside ourselves with our enjoyment of Christ…Today there is need of the recovery of the truth that Christ is the life-giving Spirit, the Spirit of Christ. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 3075-3076)
Further Reading: The Conclusion of the New Testament, msg. 302
