14很多基督徒对因信称义只有道理上的领会。按照他们的观念，基督是那义者，那在神面前、在宝座上公义的一位。当我们相信基督，神就算基督为我们的义。这种对称义的领会非常肤浅。我们要因信基督得称义，就需要因着珍赏主耶稣的宝贵而相信祂。当基督的宝贵借着福音的传扬注入我们里面时，我们自然而然就珍赏主，并呼求祂。这是真正的相信。借着这样的相信，我们与基督就成为一。所以，神必须算祂为我们的义。…我们听了福音，就开始觉得主的宝贵。这生发活的信，将我们生机地联于基督。从那时起，基督和我们就在生命和实际上成为一。所以，因信称义不仅仅是地位的事，也是生机的事，在生命里的事。借着我们珍赏基督所产生活的信，与祂生机的联结就自然而然得以完成。这就是借着信基督得称义（新约总论第十一册，三○至三一页）。
14Many Christians have a mere doctrinal understanding of justification by faith. According to their concept, Christ is the just One, the righteous One on the throne in the presence of God. When we believe in Christ, God reckons Christ to be our righteousness. This understanding of justification is very shallow. In order to be justified by faith in Christ, we need to believe in the Lord Jesus out of an appreciation of His preciousness. As Christ’s preciousness is infused into us through the preaching of the gospel, we spontaneously appreciate the Lord and call on Him. This is genuine believing. Through such a believing, we and Christ become one. Therefore, God must reckon Him as our righteousness. When we heard the gospel, we began to sense the Lord’s preciousness. This gave rise to the living faith that joined us to Christ organically. From that time onward, Christ and we became one in life and in reality. Therefore, justification by faith is not merely a matter of position. It is also an organic matter, a matter in life. The organic union with Christ is accomplished spontaneously through the living faith produced by our appreciation of Him. This is to be justified through faith in Christ. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, p. 3274)