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保罗的完成职事(十九): 经过了过程的灵(经文)
1 神的灵经过了过程，我们的灵也经过了过程。
2 『那灵』一辞，不是仅仅指神的灵，乃是指终极完成的灵─那经过了成为肉体、
人性生活、钉十字架与复活等过程的灵；当基督在复活里得著荣耀之后，他就成了
赐生命的灵，就是『那灵』，也就是那终极完成的灵─约七 39，路二四 26，林前
十五 45 下。
3 我 们 的 灵 是 神 所 造 的（ 创 二 7， 箴 二 十27）；但由於亚当，这灵
堕落了，并且死了（弗二1）；然而，我们死了的灵由基督所赎回；既已赎回，就被
那重生我们的灵所复苏、点活（罗八 10）。
4 我们说『那灵同我们的灵』（16），意思就是说，终极完成的灵是同著信徒那被
造、得重生的灵，并且在信徒那被造、得重生的灵里。
5 『那灵同我们的灵』（16）乃是神生机救恩的秘诀；这二灵一起作工，就是一
切属灵事物，特别是神 生机救恩之各面的技巧、秘诀：
6 生殖的灵在我们被基督所复苏的灵里，重生我们，赐我们权柄，作神亲生的儿女
─约三6，一 12 ～13，罗八 10。
7 滋养的灵在我们为基督所顾惜的灵里，用主话中的灵奶□养我们，使我们长大以
致得救─弗五 29，林前三 2、6，彼前二 2 ～ 3。
8 圣别的灵从我们为基督所夺取的灵里，用神的性情圣别我们，使我们成圣归神─
弗一 4，五 26 ～27，帖前五 23，帖后二 13，罗六19、22，参林后二 12 ～ 14。
9 更新的灵在我们为基督所内住的灵里，更新我们，使我们藉著十字架的破碎，穿
上新人─弗四 23 ～ 24，多三 5，提后四 22。
10 变化的灵在我们被基督所充满的灵里，将我们变化成为基督荣耀的形像，作他
的彰显─林后三 18，罗十二 2，弗五 18。
11 建造的灵在我们为基督所据有的灵里，将我们建造成为神的家和基督的身体，
作他们的居所─二 21 ～22，四 16。
12 成熟的灵在我们由基督使其丰富的灵里，将我们模成作神众子模型之神长子基
督的形像─罗八 28 ～ 29，腓一 19。
13 印涂的灵在我们因基督而欢腾的灵里，用神的荣耀将我们渗透，并将我们带进
神的荣耀，使我们得荣耀─弗一 13，四 4、30，林后一 22，罗五 2。
14 以上各步都是『那灵同我们的灵』（八 16）联结『成为一灵』（林前六 17）
而完成的；若非如此，即使神的福音是有大能的（罗一 16），在信徒身上也一无所
能、一无所成，无法使他们在生命和性情上，但不在神格上，成为神，为著建造基
督的身体，就是三一神永远的心爱，和他最终的目的（太十六 18，弗一 9，四 16）。
15 基督能够活在我们里面，乃是因著他成了我们灵里的那灵；惟有藉著我们灵里
的那灵，保罗完成职事里的所有重点，才有效力。
16 在圣经中，有关那灵的启示是渐进的。
17 关于那灵，头一次说的是在创造里神的灵（创一 2）；其次是在神与人关系中
耶和华的灵（士三 10，撒上十 6）；而后是有关基督成孕并出生的圣灵（路一 35，
太一20）；再后是在主为人生活中耶稣的灵（徒十六 7）；然后是在主复活中基督
的灵（罗八 9）；以及耶稣基督的灵（腓一 19）。
18 耶稣基督的灵，就是约翰七章三十九节所说的『那灵』；这不仅是主成为肉体
前之神的灵，更是主复 活后之神的灵，就是具有神性的圣灵，与主的成为肉体（人
性）、十字架下的为人生活、钉十字架并 复活调和而成的：
19 在出埃及三十章二十三至二十五节，由橄榄油和四种香料调和而成的圣膏油，
是这复合之神的灵完满的豫表；现今这灵乃是耶稣基督的灵。
20 腓立比一章十九节不是说耶稣的灵（徒十六7），也不是说基督的灵（罗八
9），乃是说耶稣基督的灵：
21 耶稣的灵主要的是为著主的人性和为人生活，基督的灵主要的是为著主的复活。
22 我们要经历腓立比二章五至八节所描绘主的人性，就需要耶稣的灵。
23 我们要经历三章十节所说主复活的大能，就需要基督的灵。
24 使徒保罗在受苦时，经历了主在人性中的受苦并主的复活；因此，那灵对他乃
是耶稣基督的灵，就是三一神那复合、包罗万有、赐生命的灵。
25 对於像使徒那样经历并享受基督的为人生活和复活的人，这样一位灵有全备的
供应，甚至就是全备的供应。
26 至终，这复合的耶稣基督之灵，成了神的七灵，他是神宝座前的七盏火灯，在
地上完成神的行政，使神关乎召会的经纶得以成就；他也是羔羊的七眼，为要把他
一切的所是传输到召会里面─启一 4，四5，五 6。
27『那灵自己同我们的灵见证我们是神的儿女』（罗八 16）；『与主联合的，便是
与主成为一灵』（林前六 17）：
28 与主『联合』成为一灵，指信徒藉著信入主（约三 15 ～ 16，参提后四 22，
林后三17），与他有生机的联结；这联结可用枝子与葡萄树的联结（约十五 4 ～
5）说明.
29 保罗完成职事的极致，就是实行与主成为一灵。
30 照著灵而行并将心思置於灵，就是操练与主成为一灵─罗八 4、6。
31 那灵如今住在我们重生的灵里，与我们的灵联合成为一灵。
32 我们全人必须转向这联结的灵，并将全人置於其上─6 节下。
33 我们也必须照著这联结的灵生活行动─4节。
34 当我们因此活在这联结的灵里，我们就能活出基督的身体，而成为基督团体的
彰显─弗一 23。
2013 Memorial Day Conference
THE COMPLETING MINISTRY OF PAUL
1. The Spirit of God has passed through a process, and our spirit has also
passed through a process:
2. The term the Spirit does not merely refer to the Spirit of God but to
the consummated Spirit─the Spirit who has passed through the processes
of incarnation, human living, crucifixion, and resurrection; after
Christ was glorified in resurrection, He became the life-giving Spirit,
who is “the Spirit,” the consummated Spirit─John 7:39; Luke 24:26; 1 Cor.
15:45b.
3. Our spirit was created by God (Gen. 2:7; Prov. 20:27), but through Adam
it became fallen and deadened (Eph. 2:1); however, our deadened
spirit was redeemed by Christ, and having been redeemed, it has been quickened,
enlivened, by the Spirit, who regenerated us(Rom. 8:10).
4. When we speak of the Spirit with our spirit (v. 16), we mean that the
consummated Spirit is with and in the believers’ created and regenerated
spirit.
5. "The Spirit…with our spirit" (v. 16) is the secret of God's organic
salvation; these two spirits working together are the skillfulness, the
secret, of all spiritual things, especially of all the aspects of God’s
organic salvation:
6. The generating Spirit in our spirit, quickened by Christ, regenerates
us, giving us authorityto be the children of God, begotten of God─John
3:6; 1:12-13; Rom. 8:10.
7. The nourishing Spirit in our spirit, cherished by Christ, feeds us with
the spiritual milk of the Word that we may grow unto salvation─Eph. 5:29;
1 Cor. 3:2, 6; 1 Pet. 2:2-3.
8. The sanctifying Spirit from our spirit, captivated by Christ,
sanctifies us with the nature of God, making us holy unto God─Eph. 1:4;
5:26-27; 1 Thes. 5:23; 2 Thes. 2:13; Rom. 6:19, 22; cf. 2 Cor. 2:12-14.
9. The renewing Spirit in our spirit, indwelt by Christ, renews us that
we may put on the new man through the breaking of the cross─Eph. 4:23-24;
Titus 3:5; 2 Tim. 4:22.
10. The transforming Spirit in our spirit, filled by Christ, transforms
us into the glorious image of Christ for His expression─2 Cor. 3:18; Rom.
12:2; Eph. 5:18.
11. The building Spirit in our spirit, possessed by Christ, builds us into
the house of God and the Body of Christ for Their dwelling─2:21-22; 4:16.
12. The maturing Spirit in our spirit, enriched with Christ, conforms us
to the image of Christ, the firstborn Son of God─the model of
God’s sons─Rom. 8:28-29; Phil. 1:19.
13. The sealing Spirit in our spirit, exulting with Christ, saturates us
with and brings us into the glory of God for our glorification─
Eph. 1:13; 4:4, 30; 2 Cor. 1:22; Rom. 5:2.
14. The above steps are accomplished by the joining of "the Spirit…with
our spirit” (8:16) as " one spirit” (1 Cor. 6:17); if this were not so,
even though the gospel of God is powerful (Rom.1:16), it still would not
have any power or accomplish anything in the believers to make them God
in life and in nature but not in the Godhead for the building up of the
Body of Christ, which is the Triune God’s eternal heart’s desire and His
ultimate purpose (Matt.16:18; Eph. 1:9; 4:16).
15. Christ can live in us by His being the Spirit in our spirit; it is
only by the Spirit in our spirit that all the crucial points in Paul’s completing
ministry become prevailing.
16. The revelation in the Bible concerning the Spirit is progressive.
17. The Spirit is mentioned first as the Spirit of God, in relation to
the creation (Gen. 1:2); then, He is mentioned as the Spirit of Jehovah,
in the context of God’s relationship with man (Judg. 3:10; 1 Sam. 10:6);
as the Holy Spirit, in relation to the conception and birth of Christ (Luke
1:35; Matt. 1:20); as the Spirit of Jesus, in relation to the Lord’s human
living (Acts 16:7); as the Spirit of Christ, in relation to the Lord’s resurrection
(Rom. 8:9); and as the Spirit of Jesus Christ (Phil. 1:19).
18. The Spirit of Jesus Christ is “the Spirit” mentioned in John 7:39;
this is not merely the Spirit of God before the Lord’s incarnation but the
Spirit of God, the Holy Spirit with divinity, after the Lord’s resurrection,
compounded with the Lord’s incarnation (humanity), human living under
the cross, crucifixion, and resurrection:
19. The holy anointing ointment in Exodus 30:23-25, a compound of olive
oil and four kinds of spices, is a full type of the compound Spirit of God,
who is now the Spirit of Jesus Christ.
20. In Philippians 1:19 it is not the Spirit of Jesus (Acts 16:7) or the
Spirit of Christ (Rom. 8:9) but the Spirit of Jesus Christ:
21. The Spirit of Jesus is related mainly to the Lord’s humanity and human
living; the Spirit of Christ is related mainly to the Lord’s resurrection.
22. To experience the Lord’s humanity, as illustrated in Philippians 2:5-8,
we need the Spirit of Jesus.
23. To experience the power of the Lord’s resurrection, as mentioned
in 3:10, we need the Spirit of Christ.
24. In his suffering the apostle Paul experienced both the Lord’s suffering
in His humanity and the Lord’s resurrection; hence, the Spirit to him was
the Spirit of Jesus Christ, the compound, all-inclusive, life-giving Spirit
of the Triune God.
25. Such a Spirit has, and even is, the bountiful supply for a person
like the apostle, who was experiencing and enjoying Christ in His human
living and resurrection.
26. Eventually, this compound Spirit of Jesus Christ becomes the seven
Spirits of God, who are the seven lamps of fire before God’s throne to
carry out His administration on earth for the accomplishing of His economy
concerning the church, and who are the seven eyes of the Lamb for the transfusing
of all that He is into the church─Rev. 1:4; 4:5; 5:6.
27. "The Spirit Himself witnesses with our spirit that we are children
of God" (Rom. 8:16); "he who is joined to the Lord is one spirit" (1 Cor.
6:17):
28. To be "joined" to the Lord as one spirit refers to the believers' organic
union with the Lord through believing into Him (John 3:15-16; cf. 2 Tim.
4:22; 2 Cor. 3:17); this union is illustrated by that of the branches with
the vine (John 15:4-5):
29. To practice being one spirit with the Lord is the consummate point
of Paul's completing ministry.
30. To walk according to the spirit and to set our mind on the spirit
is to practice being one spirit with the Lord─Rom. 8:4, 6.
31. The Spirit now dwells in our regenerated spirit and is joined to our
spirit as one spirit:
32. We should have our whole being turned to and set on this joined spirit─
v. 6b.
33. We should also live and walk according to this joined spirit─v. 4.
34. When we thus live in this joined spirit, we can live out the Body
of Christ to become the corporate expression of Christ─Eph. 1:23.
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