16在公义的父眼中,没有什么比我们死在十字架上更义的了。我们若死了,我们在各方面就都是义的。但是我们若拒绝死,我们……可能不正直地对待人,或不合式地处理财物。因此,我们要在神面前成为义的,就不仅需要洗净,还需要死。我们死的时候,自然也就被称义了。……信徒若活在天然里,他就是不义的。但他若经历十字架的死,他就会在每一件事上,与每一个人,甚至在每一方面都是义的。〔基督〕死的时候,我们也……在祂里面死了。这个包罗万有的死,乃是为着满足神义的要求。因为神的义已经得着满足,神才能合乎义的将祂自己分赐到蒙祂救赎并钉十字架的人里面。
16In the eyes of the righteous Father, nothing is more righteous than for us to die on the cross. If we die, we are righteous in every way. However, if we refuse to die, we…may treat people unfairly, and we may fail to handle our [640] material possessions properly. Therefore, to be righteous before God, we not only need to be washed—we also need to die. When we die, we are spontaneously justified.… If a believer lives in a natural way, he will be unrighteous. But if he experiences the death of the cross, he will be righteous in everything, with everyone, and in every way. When He died, we…died in Him. This all-inclusive death was for the fulfillment of God’s righteous requirements. Because God’s righteousness has been satisfied, God is justified in dispensing Himself into His redeemed and crucified people.