10我们若活在天然的生命里,感觉就是死的,完全是在消极的一面。……我们若活在神圣的生命里,感觉就是生命的,完全是在积极的一面;于是我们有生命平安的感觉,同其一切积极的点。生命的感觉使我们知道我们是活在天然的生命里,或活在神圣的生命里。生命的感觉引导我们,支配我们,管制我们,并指引我们。……既然我们追求基督作我们的生命,我们就必须顾到这生命的感觉。我们若没有刚强、饱足、平安、安息、释放、活泼、滋润、明亮、舒服等积极的感觉,就必须知道,我们不是活在神圣的生命里;我们就必是活在天然的生命里。……活在天然的生命里是一件事,活在肉体里是另一件事。你也许认为天然的生命和肉体是一样的,但二者仍有一些不同。……绝无良善的肉体。但天然的生命有时候也许是良善的。天然的生命与神圣的生命相对,肉体与灵相对。
10If we are living in the natural life, the sense is of death and is entirely on the negative side…If we are living in the divine life, the sense is of life and is entirely on the positive side. Then we have the feeling of life and peace with all its positive points. The sense of life makes us know whether we are living in the natural life or in the divine life. The sense of life guides us, governs us, controls us, and directs us…Since we are seeking after Christ as our life, we must take care of this sense of life. If we do not have the positive sensations of strength, satisfaction, peace, rest, release, liveliness, watering, brightness, comfort, etc., we must realize that we are not living in the divine life; it must be that we are living in the natural life. To live in the natural life is one thing, and to live in the flesh is another thing. You may consider that these are one, but still there is a little difference…There is no good flesh. But the natural life sometimes may be good. The natural life is versus the divine life, and the flesh is versus the spirit.