林後三 16~18『但他們的心幾時轉向主，帕子就幾時除去了。而且主就是那靈；主的靈在那裡，那裡就有自由。但我們眾人既然以沒有帕子遮蔽的臉，好像鏡子觀看並返照主的榮光，就漸漸變化成為與他同樣的形像，從榮耀到榮耀，乃是從主靈變化成的。』
變化不是外面的改變和更正，乃是神的生命在信徒裡面新陳代謝的作用。變化不是從外面來矯正，乃是裡面有新陳代謝的作用，而顯在外面。
比方，一個人營養不良，面黃肌瘦，這不是擦擦粉就可以改善的，必須補充營養，身體好起來，面色自然會紅潤。路加十五章說到浪子回家，得着袍子遮身；但他面黃肌瘦，光有袍子還是不管用，還必須吃肥牛犢，連續吃幾天，裡面起新陳代謝的作用，身體自然壯起來，面色也就好看了。因此，靠外面擦粉而有的，不是真美麗；裡面新陳代謝而顯於外面的，才是真健康、真美麗（神救恩生機的一面，五三頁）。
信徒若肯在神聖的生命里長大，這神聖生命的成分，就得以在他們裡面增多，而起了新陳代謝的改變，使他們裡面的性情變質，更使他們外面的形像變形，就是變得和主的形像相同。這不像中國儒家反省改過的修行；那是他們自己的修行。但我們因觀看主而變成主的形像，不是我們自修的結果，乃是主靈，就是主基督在他復活的時候所變成賜生命之靈，在我們裡面的運行，借着神聖生命的成分，在我們裡面加多而有新陳代謝的改變（林後三 18）。這完全是主靈和神聖生命在我們裡面運行工作而有的變化。…我們要有這種的變化，首先必須借着轉向主而去掉在舊觀念上的種種帕子（16），更要用沒有帕子遮蔽的臉，仰望主而如鏡返照主的榮光（18）。猶太人的問題出在他們心上有很厚的帕子。我們若有帕子，就無法被變化；但我們的心幾時轉向主，帕子就幾時除去，我們就能以沒有帕子遮蔽的臉，好像鏡子觀看主。結果我們這鏡子上所顯出來的，就是主榮耀的形像。這樣，我們就漸漸變化成為與他同樣的形像，從一層榮耀到另一層榮耀，而彰顯他（神救恩生機的一面，五三至五四頁）。
變化是由主靈（是靈的基督）所完成，將信徒變化成為基督榮耀的形像（18）。變化所包括的新陳代謝，至終使我們變化成為基督榮耀的形像。…信徒應當以沒有帕子遮蔽的臉，好像鏡子觀看並返照主，以彰顯他。這給變化的靈有立場，也有路，將信徒全人變化成為基督榮耀的形像；他作為神的長子，彰顯神到極點。…信徒應當憑着靈活着、憑着靈而行（加五 16、25），並照着調和的靈而行（羅八 4 下），使基督神聖的生命有路規律他們，並將他們變化成為主在榮耀里的形像（神生機救恩的秘訣─『那靈自己同我們的靈』，四四至四五頁）。
參讀：哥林多後書生命讀經，第二十三至二十四篇。
2 Cor. 3:16-18 "But whenever
their heart turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. And the Lord is the
Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. But we all with unveiled
face, beholding and reflecting like
a mirror the
glory of the
Lord, are being transformed into the same image from
glory to glory, even as from the Lord Spirit."
Transformation is not an outward change or correction but the metabolic
function of the life of God in the believers. Transformation is not to make
some corrections from without; it is the function of metabolism from within and
is manifested without.
Suppose a person is undernourished and appears thin and sickly. He
cannot improve by merely applying some powder to his face. Rather, he needs to
be supplemented with nutrition; then his physical condition will improve and
his facial color will spontaneously become rosy. Luke 15 tells us that when the
prodigal son returned home, he had a robe put on him for his covering, yet he
still appeared thin and sickly. Merely to have the robe was not sufficient; he
still needed to eat the fattened calf for several days. When metabolism began
to work in him, he would naturally become strong and his facial color would
look pretty. Thus, the beauty that comes by applying powder is not genuine
beauty; only that which is expressed outwardly through the inward metabolism is
genuine health and real beauty. (The Organic Aspect of God's Salvation, pp.
52-53)
If the believers are willing to grow in the divine life, the element of
the divine life will increase in them and bring forth a metabolic change. Thus,
their inward disposition will be transformed, and their outward image will also
be transformed to be the same as the image of the Lord. This is not moral
cultivation by examining oneself and mending one's ways as taught by
Confucianism in China. That is man's own moral cultivation. When we are
transformed into the image of the Lord by beholding Him, this is not the result
of our self-cultivation, but it is the Lord Spirit, the life-giving Spirit who
the Lord Christ became in His resurrection, who moves within us to bring forth
a metabolic change through the increase of the element of the divine life in us
(2 Cor. 3:18). This is altogether a transformation brought forth by the moving
and working of the Lord Spirit and the divine life within us....If we desire to
have this kind of transformation, we must first remove the various kinds of
veils of our old concepts by turning to the Lord (2 Cor. 3:16) and by beholding
Him with an unveiled face and reflecting His glory like a mirror (v. 18). The
problem with the Jews was that they had a thick veil on their heart. If we are
veiled, we cannot be transformed. However, whenever our heart turns to the
Lord, the veil is taken away. Then we can behold the Lord with an unveiled face
like a mirror. Consequently, what is expressed through us as a mirror is the
glorious image of the Lord. In this way we are being transformed into the same
image as the Lord from one level of glory to another level of glory for His
expression. (The Organic Aspect of God's Salvation, p. 53)
Transformation is accomplished
by the Lord
Spirit (the pneumatic Christ), transforming the believers
into the image of the glory of Christ (2 Cor. 3:18). The metabolism involved in
transformation eventually transforms us into the image of the glory of
Christ....The believers should behold the Lord with an unveiled face and
reflect Him like a mirror to express Him. This gives the ground and the way for
the transforming Spirit to transform the believers' entire being into the
glorious image of Christ as the firstborn Son of God who expresses God to the
uttermost....The believers should live and walk by the Spirit (Gal. 5:16, 25)
and walk according to the mingled spirit (Rom. 8:4b), that the divine life of
Christ may have the way to regulate them and transform them into the image of
the Lord in glory. (The Secret of God's Organic Salvation─“the Spirit Himself
with Our Spirit," p. 41)
Further Reading: Life-study of 2
Corinthians, msgs. 23-24
