弗三17『使基督藉着信，安家在你們心裏，叫你們在愛裏生根立基。』
Eph. 3:17 "That Christ may make His home in your hearts through faith,that you, being rooted and grounded in love."
19『並認識基督那超越知識的愛，使你們被充滿，成爲神一切的豐滿。』
19 "And to know the knowledge-surpassing love of Christ, that you may be filled unto all the fullness of God."
神成分的加多，就是神自己更多調到我們裏面，給我們得着，而成爲我們的成分。所以，真實生命的長進，乃是神的生命在我們裏面的加多。生命就是神自己，生命
長進了，就是神在我們裏面加多了。生命長進到一個地步，加多到一個地步，神一切的豐滿就要充滿在我們裏面，那就是以弗所三章末了的話（19）。
歌羅西三
章說，基督是我們的生命（4），所以，生命的長進，就是基督在我們裏面加多。我們越愛慕基督，越追求基督，基督的身量就在我們裏面逐漸增長。這就是真實生
命的長進。
The increase of the element of God means that
more of God Himself has been mingled with us and received by us to
become our element. Therefore, the real growth of life is the increase
of God’s life within us. Life is God Himself. When life grows in us, God
is increased in us. Life grows and increases to an extent that we may
be filled unto all the fullness of God. This is the final word of
Ephesians 3:19....Colossians 3:4 says that Christ is our life. Thus,
growth of life is the increase of Christ within us. The more we love
Christ and pursue Christ, the more the measure of the stature of Christ
will increase within us. This is the real growth of life. (Further Talks
on the Knowledge of Life, pp. 180-181)
生命的長進是基督身量在我們裏面的增長。生命雖然就是神自己，但神來作我們的生命，乃是基督，所以聖經才說基督是我們的生命。可說我們每一個人得重
生，都是基督再一次誕生在我們裏面，作了我們的生命。
不過，在我們初得到的時候，這生命還是幼稚的，不成熟的，也就是說基督在我們裏面的身量，還是幼小
的。等到我們愛慕基督，追求基督，讓基督更多的在我們裏面活着，而得着我們的時候，基督的身量就在我們裏面逐漸增長了。這就是生命的長進。
Growth of life is the increase of the stature of Christ [within us].
While life is God Himself, God being our life is Christ; therefore, the
Bible says that Christ is our life. We can say that when we are
regenerated, it is Christ being born again within us to be our life. But
when we first receive it, this life is still very young and immature,
which means that the stature of Christ within us is very small. When we
love Christ, seek Christ, and allow Christ to live in us more and
thereby gain us, the stature of Christ gradually increases within us.
This is the growth of life.
生命的長進是聖靈地位的開展。我們也曾說過，生命不只就是神，就是基督，並且也就是聖靈。可說生命的經歷，也就是經歷聖靈。所以生命的長進，也就是讓聖靈
在我們裏面有更多的地位。
當我們更多的隨從聖靈在我們裏面的咝校嗟捻樂}靈在我們裏面作膏油塗抹而有的教導，聖靈在我們裏面就得以更深廣的開展祂的
地位，生命在我們裏面也就更多的長進了。所以生命的長進，也就是聖靈的地位在我們裏面有了開展。
Growth of life is
the expanding of the ground of the Holy Spirit. We have also mentioned
that life not only is God, but it is Christ, and it is also the Holy
Spirit. We may say that to experience life is to experience the Holy
Spirit; therefore,to grow in life also means to allow the Holy Spirit to
gain more ground within us. When we pursue more urgently the working of
the Holy Spirit within us and give diligence in obeying the teaching of
the Holy Spirit within us as the anointing, the Holy Spirit can then
expand His ground extensively; thus, life within us will grow to a great
extent. Therefore, the growth of life means also that the ground of the
Holy Spirit has expanded within us.
生命的長進是人成分的減少。…一個信徒，如果他裏面神的成分加多了，基督的身量增長了，聖靈的地位開展了，就是他的生命長進了。這些都是就着神那一面而說
的。現在再就着我們這一面來說。第一，生命的長進，就是人成分的減少。
人成分的減少，就是人裏面亞當舊造成分的減少，也就是人的味道減少了，神的味道加多
了。有的弟兄很熱心，有的姊妹很溫柔，外表看來好像是在生命上有了長進，但都是人的成分，都是人的味道，並不能叫你摸着神的成分，感覺神的味道。
所以要看
一個弟兄，或是一個姊妹，他的生命是否有長進，不能只看他外表的行爲如何，敬虔如何，熱心如何，或是只看他的知識如何，恩賜如何，能力如何，必須
更看他這些東西裏面，到底神的成分有沒有加多？還是人的成分仍舊那樣多？人的成分減少，就是神的成分加多。
一個信徒，若真正在生命上有了長進，就無論他的
言語，行動，生活，工作，都必叫你感覺不是憑着他自己，乃是憑着神，不是靠着他自己的聰明，乃是靠着神的恩典，因此就少有人的味道，多有神的味道，也就是
人的成分減少了，神的成分加多了。所以生命的長進不只是神成分的加多，也是人成分的減少。
Growth of life is the decrease of the human element. The above three
points reveal that if in a believer the element of God is increased, the
stature of Christ is increased, and the ground of the Holy Spirit is
expanded, his life then has grown. All these points speak from God’s
side. Now we shall speak from our side. Firstly, the growth of life is
the decrease of the human element. The decrease of the human element is
the decrease of Adam, the old creation, in man, which also means the
decrease of the savor of man and the increase of the savor of God.
Some brothers are very enthusiastic, while some sisters are very gentle;
in outward appearance they seem to have grown in life, yet they are
full of human element, human savor; they cannot cause you to touch the
element of God or sense the savor of God. Therefore, if we wish to see
whether a brother or sister has grown in life, we cannot simply observe
how they behave outwardly, how devout and zealous they are, or how much
knowledge, gift, or power they have. Rather, we must discern whether
there is the increase of the element of God within these things, or, on
the other hand, still an abundance of human element. The decrease of the
human element is the increase of the divine element. If a believer has
really grown in life, his speech, actions, living, or working must all
impart the sense that they are not according to himself but according
to God; not of his own intelligence but by the grace of God; therefore,
they do not carry the savor of man but more the savor of God, which
also means that the human element has decreased and the element of God
has increased. Thus, the growth of life is not only the increase of the element of God but also the decrease of the element of man. (The Knowledge of Life, pp. 180-181)
參讀：生命的認識，第十二篇；再論生命的認識，第十八篇。
Further Reading: The Knowledge of Life, ch. 12; Further Talks on the Knowledge of Life, ch. 18
