21按照以弗所五章二十六节,基督为召会舍了自己,“好圣化召会,借着话中之水的洗涤洁净召会。”主耶稣在肉体里为我们舍了自己之后,祂复活了,并且在复活里成了赐生命的灵(林前十五45)。祂作为赐生命的灵,乃是说话的灵。凡祂所说的,都是洗涤我们的话。以弗所五章二十六节里的话,希腊原文不是logos,娄格斯,常时的话,乃是rhema,雷玛,指即时的话,就是主现在对我们所说的话。作为赐生命的灵,主不是静默的,祂不断地说话。如果你接受祂作人位,你会发现祂何等渴望在你里面说话。……我们怎能知道作我们人位的基督与我们同在?我们是借着祂的说话而知道。如果我们没有主在我们里面说话,我们就没有祂的同在。但我们若转向祂,认真地接受基督作我们的生命和人位,祂就又开始说话。祂所说的乃是活的话,活的话就是那灵,那灵就是我们奇妙的基督自己。祂这位说话的灵,是何等的实际、主观、亲密且真实! 21According to Ephesians 5:26, Christ gave Himself up for the church so that “He might sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing of the water in the word.” After the Lord Jesus gave Himself for us in the flesh, He was resurrected and in resurrection became the life-giving Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45). As the life-giving Spirit, He is the speaking Spirit. Whatever He speaks is the word that washes us. The Greek word rendered “word” in Ephesians 5:26 is not logos, the constant word, but rhema, which denotes the instant word, the word the Lord presently speaks to us. As the life-giving Spirit, the Lord is not silent; He is constantly speaking. If you take Him as your person, you will discover how much He desires to speak within you…How can we know that Christ as our person is present with us? We know it by His speaking. If we do not have His speaking within us, we do not have His presence. But if we turn to Him to mean business to take Christ as our life and our person, His speaking will begin again. His speaking is the living word, the living word is the Spirit, and the Spirit is our wonderful Christ Himself. How practical, subjective, intimate, and real He is as the speaking Spirit!