8灵是我们最里面的部分,体是我们最外面的部分,而魂是我们这人的主要部分,处于灵、体之间。堕落的结果,使撒但这知识树进到人的肉体中。我们相信基督的结果,使神这生命树进到我们的灵里。因此,那从前在人身外园子中的两棵树,现今到了我们的里面,一棵在我们的肉体里,另一棵在我们的灵中。我们仔细读罗马七章,就会看到保罗说,在他的肉体中没有善,只有罪。罪实在就是撒但邪恶的性情。说罪住在我们的肉体中,意思就是说,撒但那邪恶者在我们的肉体中。八章十六节证明神在我们的里面。那里说,那灵自己同我们的灵见证。因此,每一个真正的基督徒都是伊甸园的缩影。你魂的心思代表你自己,你肉体中的罪代表撒但,而你灵中的那灵代表神。就像在伊甸园里,这三方在我们里面形成了三角的局面(创世记生命读经,二一七至二一八页)。
8The spirit is our innermost part, the body is our outermost part, and the soul, the main part of our being, stands between them. As a result of the fall, Satan as the tree of knowledge came into man’s flesh. As a result of our believing in Christ, God as the tree of life came into our spirit. Therefore, the two trees that were once in the garden outside of man are now within us, one in our flesh and the other in our spirit. If we read Romans 7 carefully, we will see that Paul said in his flesh nothing good dwells, only sin. Sin is actually the evil nature of Satan. To say that sin dwells in our flesh means that Satan, the evil one, is in our flesh. Romans 8:16, a verse which proves that God is in us, says that the Spirit of God witnesses with our spirit. Thus, every genuine Christian is a miniature garden of Eden. The mind of your soul represents your self, sin in your flesh represents Satan, and the Spirit in your spirit represents God. As in the garden of Eden, the three parties form a triangular situation within us. (Life-study of Genesis, p. 177)