11为了完成这事,神经过了过程,成了便利的生命之灵(罗八2)。……在祂经过过程以前,祂能创造世界,但祂不能进入祂的造物里面。虽然祂能在我们以外作许多事,但祂不能进入我们里面,直到祂经过了成为肉体、钉十字架和复活的完整过程。祂既经过过程,就成了便利的生命之灵,如今仍然是。现今祂像供人呼吸的空气一样(约二十22),很容易进到我们里面。……基督这赐生命的灵在我们里面,我们的灵就因义是生命(罗八10)。主借着重生,已使我们的灵成为生命。现今,祂是在我们灵里的生命之灵,正将祂自己从我们的灵扩展到我们的魂—我们的心思、情感和意志里。至终,祂甚至要扩展到我们必死的身体里。这样,神就以祂自己浸透我们;这浸透称为圣别。借着这浸透,神就将祂自己同祂圣别的性情作到我们全人里面,作到我们的灵、魂和体里面(帖前五23)。因此,我们全人将完全被祂圣别的性情弥漫、圣别。现今我们正经过这圣别的过程,这是神救恩的第二阶段。 11In order to accomplish this, God has been processed into the available Spirit of life (Rom. 8:2)…Before He was processed, He was able to create the world, but He was unable to enter into His creature. Although He could do many things outside of us, He could not come into us until He had passed through the complete process of incarnation, crucifixion, and resurrection. Since being processed, He has become and still is the available Spirit of life. Now, like the air for breathing (John 20:22), it is so easy for Him to enter into us…Since Christ, the life-giving Spirit, is in us, our spirit is life because of righteousness (Rom. 8:10). The Lord has made our spirit life by regeneration. Now, as the Spirit of life in our spirit, He is spreading Himself from our spirit into our soul—into our mind, emotion, and will. Eventually, He will even expand into our mortal body. In such a way God saturates us with Himself. This saturation is called sanctification. Through this saturation God works Himself with His holy nature into our entire being—into our spirit, soul, and body (1 Thes. 5:23). Thus, our whole being will be fully permeated, sanctified, with His holy nature. We are presently undergoing this process of sanctification, the second stage of God’s salvation.