11恩典乃是神自己被我们享受,以帮助我们对付肉体的情形。……若不是为着肉体,神也许不需要给我们这么多的恩典。……根据希伯来四章十六节,我们可以得恩典来应付我们随时的需要。什么元素使我们需要恩典呢?主要的是肉体。……当我经过了人生的各种经历,我就认识我们是多在肉体里。……有一次我向主生气,对祂说,“主,你为什么不除去我的肉体?”后来祂给我看见,从某种意义说,我需要肉体,因为肉体乃是逼我到施恩宝座前的因素。我对这肉体实在无计可施,我所能作的只有来到施恩的宝座前。虽然我们不能作什么,但我们却有一个地方可去,就是施恩的宝座(创世记生命读经,四五五、四六一至四六二页)。
11Grace is God Himself enjoyed by us and helping us to face the situation of the flesh…If it were not for the flesh, probably God would not have to give us so much grace…According to Hebrews 4:16, we may find grace for timely help. What element causes us to need grace? It is mainly the flesh… As I passed through all the human experiences, I came to realize how much we are in the flesh…Once, I got mad at the Lord and said to Him, “Lord, why don’t You take away my flesh?” Eventually, He showed me that, in a sense, I needed the flesh, for the flesh is the very factor that compels me to come to the throne of grace. I cannot do anything with this flesh. All I can do is go to the throne of grace. Although there is nothing that we can do, yet there is somewhere that we can go—the throne of grace. (Life-study of Genesis, pp. 372, 377)