10我们重生之前，都是在善恶知识树的线上。当我们重生时，基督就将祂自己这生命树栽种到我们里面。然而，在我们实际的日常生活中，我们是在善恶知识树的线上，还是在生命树的线上？譬如，在我们的婚姻生活中，我们可能在知识树的线上；我们和配偶说话的方式，可能叫我们不但生长这棵树，更对它浇灌、施肥。那么，我们该怎么办？我们需要记住保罗在加拉太二章二十节的话—“现在活着的，不再是我，乃是基督在我里面活着”，而从知识树转向生命树。我们若如此行，就会活基督并生长基督这生命树。
10Before we were regenerated, we were in the line of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. When we were regenerated, Christ planted Himself into us as the tree of life. However, in our practical, daily living, are we in the line of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil or in the line of the tree of life? In our married life, for example, we may be in the line of the tree of knowledge, and by the way we talk with our spouse, we may not only grow this tree but also water it and fertilize it. What, then, should we do? We need to remember Paul’s word in Galatians 2:20—”It is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me”—and turn from the tree of knowledge to the tree of life. If we do this, we will live Christ and grow Christ as the tree of life.