12这些事实乃是记载在新约里。这新约乃是遗命,比一般的约定更坚实,也更美好。约定是一种类似合同的协议,但新约这遗命是指一些已经完成的事。…新约乃是遗命。这遗命说,经过过程的神如今在我们里面,祂是我们的分,祂也是构成我们的元素。…我们必须相信这个事实,正如我们相信自己是神的儿女一样。有时候魔鬼会说,“看看你自己,你是神的儿子么?你早晨还发了脾气,怎么能说你是神的儿子?”…我们应当说,“撒但,即使我发了许多次脾气,我还是神的儿子。发脾气不会改变我是神儿子的事实。撒但,我宣告这个事实,我要把你赶走。”(哥林多后书生命读经,九九至一○○页)
12The facts are recorded in the New Testament. This testament is a will, something stronger and better than a covenant. A covenant is an agreement similar to a contract. But a testament, a will, refers to something already accomplished… The New Testament is a will. This will says that the processed God is now in us, that He is our portion, and that He is the element with which we have been constituted… We need to believe this fact, just as we believe that we are children of God. Sometimes the devil says, “Look at yourself. Are you a son of God? How can you say you are a son of God when you lost your temper this morning?”… We should say, “Satan, even though I have lost my temper many times, I am still a son of God. Losing my temper does not change the fact that I am a son of God. Satan, with my declaration of this fact, I chase you away.” (Life-study of 2 Corinthians, p. 88)