18保罗在〔八章十一节〕里先说到耶稣,然后才说到基督。耶稣这名与祂的死有关,而基督这名与复活和生命的分赐有关。……耶稣的死是要满足神的公义,而基督的复活乃是为着神的圣别。公义是神的手续,作事的法则,而圣别是神的性情。……当神的义借着基督的死得维持时,神就有一个地位,能够借着基督的复活,将祂自己分赐到我们里面。复活的基督进到我们里面时,就将神的性情分赐到我们里面。……这个元素使我们有新生的起头,点活我们,然后又圣别我们。这就是圣别。圣别包括一段漫长的过程,开始于我们得救的时候,然后延续在我们基督徒的一生中。在这个过程里,我们被变化,甚至模成神长子的形像。
18In Romans 8:11 Paul first speaks of Jesus and then of Christ. The name Jesus is related to His death, and the title Christ is related to resurrection and the impartation of life. The death of Jesus was for the fulfillment of God’s righteousness, but the resurrection of Christ was for God’s holiness. Righteousness is God’s procedure, His way of doing things, whereas holiness is God’s nature…When God’s righteousness is upheld through the death of Christ, God is in a position to impart Himself into us through the resurrection of Christ. As the resurrected Christ comes into us, He imparts God’s nature into us…This element germinates us, enlivens us, and then sanctifies us. This is sanctification. Sanctification involves a long process that begins when we are saved and continues throughout our Christian life. In this process we are transformed and even conformed to the image of the firstborn Son of God.