7话就是圣经。但如果这话只是印出来的字句,就不是那灵,也不是剑。以弗所六章十七节的“话”,原文是rhema,雷玛,就是那灵在一切情况下,所说即时的话。当logos,娄格斯,圣经中常时的话,成了即时的“雷玛”时,这“雷玛”就是那灵。成为那灵的“雷玛”,就是砍碎仇敌的剑。譬如,我们也许对某一节经文一读再读,它仍然是“娄格斯”—字句的话。这样的话不能杀死任何东西。但有一天这经节对我们成了“雷玛”,就是应时、即时、活的说话,那时这“雷玛”就成了那灵。因此,主耶稣在约翰六章六十三节说,“我对你们所说的话,就是灵,就是生命。”原文在这里也用“雷玛”。即时、应时的话乃是那灵;这样的话就是剑。因此,剑、那灵和话,三者乃是一。不仅如此,使用这剑击杀仇敌的,不是那灵,乃是我们(以弗所书生命读经,六五八页)。
7The Word is the Bible. But if this Word is only printed letters, it is neither the Spirit nor the sword. The Greek for word in Ephesians 6:17 is rhema, the instant word spoken at the moment by the Spirit in any situation. When the logos, the constant word in the Bible, becomes the instant rhema, this rhema will be the Spirit. This rhema, which becomes the Spirit, is the sword that cuts the enemy to pieces. For example, we may read a particular verse again and again, only to have it remain the logos, a word in letters. Such a word cannot kill anything. But one day this verse becomes the rhema to us, the present, instant, living speaking. At that time this rhema becomes the Spirit. For this reason, in John 6:63 the Lord Jesus said, “The words which I have spoken to you are spirit and are life.” Here the Greek text also uses rhema. The instant, present word is the Spirit. This kind of word is the sword. Therefore, the sword, the Spirit, and the word are three that are one. Furthermore, we, not the Spirit, are the ones to use this sword to kill the enemy. (Life-study of Ephesians, 2nd ed., pp. 533-534)