罗五10『因为我们作仇敌的时候，且借着神儿子的死得与神和好，?已和好，就更要在他的生命里得救了。』
17『…那些受洋溢之恩，并洋溢之义恩赐的，就更要借着耶稣基督一人，在生命中作王了。』
罗马书头四章给我们看见神完整救恩在法理救赎的一面，后十二章给我们看见神完整救恩在生机拯救的一面。我们是借着基督的死得着救赎，也是借着他的死得着称 义，更是借着他的死得以与神和好；这些都是法理的一面。但是罗马书给我们看见，神的救恩不光有法理的一面，更有生机的一面。这个生机的救恩，就是五章十节 所说，更要在他的生命里得救。今天我们乃是在这生机救恩的过程中，经过种种过程，叫我们在生命里得救。从一方面来说，我们都得救了，从另一方面来说，我们 还继续在得救（经历神生机的救恩等於在基督的生命中作王，四四页）。
在生命中作王乃是对神生机救恩完满的经历。神完整的救恩是借着我们接受恩典与义；这完整救恩的结果，是使我们在生命中作王，这是神完整救恩的目标。罗马五 章所说的在生命中作王，乃是打开该书其余部分的钥匙。我们需要在这光中，来看六至十六章的每一件事。这是以全新的方式解释罗马书。
当我们在生命中作王时，我们就被神的圣别性情所浸透、充满，使我们在性情上得以圣别，并且我们调和的灵要扩展到我们的心思里，而更新我们的心思。当我们在 生命中作王时，我们就能被模成神长子的形像，并在我们一生之中，借着内住之灵的印涂而被荣化。当我们在生命中作王时，我们就在环境的艰难和苦难上得胜有 余，甚至向基督并向神忠信至死。我们也得着神的义，就是主观的基督，且享受神的丰富。当我们接受洋溢之恩并洋溢之义的恩赐，而在生命中作 王时，我们就正确的呼求主的名。当我们在生命中作王时，我们就活与基督接枝的生命。如果我们不在生命中作王，我们就不能有分於这些过程；但如果我们在生命 中作王，我们就能在这一切事上有分，并且能构成基督得胜的新妇，作他的满足、快乐和喜悦（罗马书中神完整的救恩结晶读经，三一至三二页）。
我们借着在神圣的生命中作王，就在基督神圣的生命中得救，脱离各样的不顺从。在生命中得救，使我们像王一样掌权。按照五章十七节，那些受洋溢之恩并洋溢之 义恩赐的人，就是那些得着称义的人，要在生命中作王。一个得着称义的人，应当作王，因为他有神圣的生命，王的生命，可凭以作王。…我们蒙基督救赎、罪得赦 免并蒙基督的血洗净时，我们就得着称义。不仅如此，我们蒙了神圣、属灵、属天、君王和君尊的生命所重生。因此，我们现今能像王一样，在生命中掌权。
今天一般所传扬的福音，不包括在生命中作王这件事。我们也许只听过，我们是罪人，我们若相信主耶稣，神就要赦免我们；然后我们就蒙救赎并得重生，好得着神 圣的生命。这是对的，但按照保罗在罗马书里的话，还有更多。保罗告诉我们，我们因着一个生命得救，这生命不仅是神圣的，也是君尊的、君王的生命。这是能作 王的生命（五17）。我们已经接受了一个生命，这生命不仅赐给我们能力，使我们成为属灵、属天且神圣的，也赐给我们能力作王。在这生命里，我们管理一切消 极的事物（罗马书中所启示在基督的生命里得救，四至五页）。
参读：经历神生机的救恩等於在基督的生命中作王，第四篇；罗马书中神完整的救恩结晶读经，第四篇。
Rom. 5:10 “For if we, being enemies, were
reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more we will be saved in
His life, having been reconciled.”
17 “...Much
more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness
will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.”
The first four chapters of Romans show
us the aspect of judicial redemption in God’s complete salvation; the remaining
twelve chapters show us the aspect of organic salvation in God’s complete
salvation. We were redeemed, justified, and reconciled to God through the death
of Christ. This
is on the judicial side. However, Romans shows us
that God’s salvation has not only the judicial aspect but also the organic
aspect. The organic salvation is referred to in 5:10....Today we are passing
through the processes of God’s organic salvation that we may be saved in His
life. On the one hand, we have been saved; on the other hand, we are still
being saved. (The Experience of God’s Organic Salvation Equaling Reigning in Christ’s Life,
p. 45)
Reigning in life is the full
experience of the organic salvation of God. God’s complete salvation is through
our receiving grace and righteousness, and this complete salvation issues in
our reigning in life as the goal of His complete salvation. Reigning in life in
Romans 5 is the key to open up the
rest of the book. We need to see everything in Romans
6 through 16 in this light. This is altogether a new way to interpret the book
of Romans.
When we are reigning in life, we are
being soaked and saturated with the holy nature of God for sanctification in
our disposition, and our mingled spirit spreads into our mind to renew our
mind. When we are reigning in life, we can be conformed to the image of God’s
firstborn Son and glorified through the sealing of the indwelling Spirit
throughout our entire life. When we are reigning in life, we more than conquer
the environmental hardships and sufferings, even being faithful to Christ and
to God unto death. We also gain the righteousness of God, which is the
subjective Christ, and we enjoy
the riches of God. It is when we receive the
abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness to reign in life that we
call on the Lord in a proper way. When we are reigning in life, we live a
grafted life with Christ. If we do not reign in life, we cannot participate in
these processes, but if we reign in life, we can be in all these things, and we
can be constituted Christ’s overcoming bride for His satisfaction, pleasure,
and delight. (Crystallization-study of the Complete Salvation of God in Romans,
p. 31)
We are saved in the divine life of
Christ, by reigning in the divine life, from all kinds of insubordination. To
be saved in life causes us to reign as kings. According to Romans 5:17, those
who receive the abundance of grace and the abundance of the gift of
righteousness, those who are justified, shall reign in life. A justified person
should reign because he has the divine life, a kingly life, with which to
reign....When we were redeemed by Christ, forgiven of our sins, and washed by
the blood of Christ, we were justified. In addition, we were regenerated with a
divine, spiritual, heavenly, kingly, and royal life. Thus, we are now able to
reign in life as kings.
The gospel which is commonly preached
today does not include the matter of reigning in life. We may have heard only
that we were sinners and that if we believed in the Lord Jesus, God would
forgive us; then we would be redeemed and regenerated in order to have the
divine life. This is right, but according to Paul’s word in Romans, there is
much more. Paul tells us that we were saved with a life which is not only
divine but also royal and kingly. It is a life which is able to reign (5:17).
We have received a life which not only gives us the ability to be spiritual,
heavenly, and divine, but also gives us the ability to reign. In this life we
reign over all the negative things. (To Be Saved in the Life of Christ as
Revealed in Romans, pp. 9-10)
Further Reading: The Experience of God’s
Organic Salvation Equaling Reigning in Christ’s Life, msg. 4;
Crystallization-study of the Complete Salvation of God in Romans, msg. 4
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