16保罗在罗马八章九节说,“神的灵若住在你们里面,你们就不在肉体里,乃在灵里了;然而人若没有基督的灵,就不是属基督的。”这节经文指明,基督的灵就是住在我们里面神的灵,使我们得以在灵里。……保罗交互使用这两个名称,指明二节的内住生命之灵,乃是整个三一神那包罗万有、赐生命的灵。九节提到神、那灵和基督,神格的三者。但在我们里面没有三位,只有一位,就是三一神的三一灵(约四24,林后三17,罗八11)。“神的灵”,含示这灵乃是属于从已过的永远就有,创造宇宙,为万有起源的那一位。“基督的灵”,含示这灵是基督那成为肉体者的化身和实际。这位基督完成了为实现神计划所需要的一切。祂不仅包括从永远就有的神性,也包括成为肉体所取的人性,并且包括为人生活、钉十字架、复活和升天。这是在复活里之基督的灵,就是基督自己,住在我们的灵里(10),将祂自己,就是经过种种过程之三一神的化身,分赐到我们里面作复活的生命和大能,以对付我们天性里的死(2)。因此,今天我们可以借着活在调和的灵里,而活在基督的复活里,也就是活在基督自己里面(新约总论第十册,七七页)。 16In Romans 8:9 Paul says, “You are not in the flesh, but in the spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Yet if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not of Him.” This verse indicates that the Spirit of Christ is the Spirit of God who dwells in us that we may be in the spirit…Paul used these titles interchangeably, indicating that the indwelling Spirit of life in verse 2 is the all-inclusive life-giving Spirit of the entire Triune God. God, the Spirit, and Christ—the three of the Godhead—are all mentioned in verse 9. However, there are not three in us; there is only one, the triune Spirit of the Triune God (John 4:24; 2 Cor. 3:17; Rom. 8:11). The Spirit of God implies that this Spirit is of the One who was from eternity past, who created the universe and is the origin of all things. The Spirit of Christ implies that this Spirit is the embodiment and reality of Christ, the incarnated One. This Christ accomplished everything necessary to fulfill God’s plan. He includes not only divinity, which He possessed from eternity, but also humanity, which He obtained through incarnation. He also includes human living, crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension. This is the Spirit of Christ in resurrection, that is, Christ Himself dwelling in our spirit (v. 10) to impart Himself, the embodiment of the processed Triune God, into us as resurrection life and power to deal with the death that is in our nature (v. 2). Thus, we may live today in Christ’s resurrection, in Christ Himself, by living in the mingled spirit. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 3076-3077)