17在这事上,道理、教训和劝勉都没有用。就一面说,甚至我们的祷告也没有功效,无法使我们借着恩典在生命中作王。唯一管用的就是来到神圣的源头,并从我们这人深处敞开自己,好被神这恩典充满。我们要被充满,就必须求主除去所有的绝缘体和阻挠。我们需要祷告:“主,我愿意把所有的拦阻除去。我要使自己直接向你敞开。主,以你自己作恩典完全充满我。”无论你在哪里,在工作中、在学校里、在车子里,要一直向主敞开,好被祂这恩典充满。……你这样领受恩典,就会被恩典充满,至终恩典会从你里面满溢出来。然后你会借着恩典在生命中作王,胜过罪、死和撒但。在你的经历中,这三个仇敌会完全被征服。……罪、死和撒但仍在我们里面作工。但我们若来到属天的源头,并彻底敞开自己,好被恩典充满,我们就会在生命中作王胜过这一切。这是我们今天在召会生活里的需要(罗马书生命读经,五九八至五九九页)。
17Doctrine, teaching, and exhortation are of no avail. In a sense, not even our prayer is effectual in enabling us to reign in life by grace. The only thing that works is to come to the divine source and open ourselves from the depths of our being to be filled with God as grace. In order to be filled, we must ask the Lord to remove all insulation and frustration. We need to pray, “Lord, I am willing for every hindrance to be removed. I want to keep myself directly open to You. Lord, fill me completely with Yourself as grace.” Wherever you are, at work, at school, or in your car, stay open to the Lord to be filled with Him as grace…As you receive grace in this way, you will be filled with grace and eventually grace will overflow from within you. Then you will reign in life by grace over sin, death, and Satan. In your experience these three enemies will be utterly subdued. Sin, death, and Satan are still working within us. But if we come to the heavenly source and open ourselves thoroughly to be filled with grace, we shall reign over them in life. This is our need today in the church life. (Life-study of Romans, pp. 509510)