18在我们重生的灵里,一切都是新的;在我们重生的灵里,没有别的,只有新样。旧样不是与我们重生的灵在一起,乃是与旧律法、旧规条和旧字句在一起。所以,我们不该在字句的旧样里服事主。保罗所说的“字句”〔罗七6〕,是指圣经中律法的成文条例。圣经里有许多规条、要求、规范。我们若没有那灵,而想要遵守这些规条、要求、规范,就是在死字句的旧样里服事神。我们需要领悟我们作为旧人,已经与基督同钉十字架;我们作为新人,已经脱离了旧人的律法,并且归与我们的新丈夫,就是复活的基督,使我们结果子给神,并在灵的新样里服事主(新约总论第十册,六三至六四页)。 18In our regenerated spirit there is nothing but newness. Oldness is not with our regenerated spirit; it is with the old law, the old regulations, and the old letters. Therefore, we should not serve in oldness of letter. By letter [Rom. 7:6] Paul means the code of the written law in the Bible. There are many ordinances, requirements, and regulations in the Bible. If we do not have the Spirit and instead desire to keep these ordinances, requirements, and regulations, we will serve God in the oldness of the dead letter. We need to realize that we, as the old man, have been crucified with Christ, and that we, as the new man, are freed from the old man’s law and have been married to our new Husband, the resurrected Christ, that we might bear fruit to God and serve the Lord in newness of spirit. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 3065-3066)