7身为在基督里的信徒和神的儿女,我们不是人类,我们乃是神人类。领悟这点,会使我们改变,甚至有革命性的改变。当我们领悟我们是神人,我们会说,“主,你是第一位神人,我们是许多跟随你的神人。你过人性生活,不是凭你属人的生命,乃是凭神神圣的生命,以彰显祂。祂的属性成了你的美德。你活在这地上,每天都在死。你是被钉死而活着。主,今天你是我的生命,是我的人位,你就是我。所以我必须死。我需要模成你的死。我必须每天被钉死而死,以过神人的生活,人性的生活,但不是凭我属人的生命,乃是凭神圣的生命,以你的生命和你的性情作我的构成,彰显你神圣的属性,这属性成了我人性的美德。”这使我们不只成为基督徒,或在基督里的信徒,乃成为与神同类的神人。这是神福音的最高点。
7As believers in Christ and children of God, we are not mankind—we are God-man kind. To realize this is to be changed, even revolutionized. When we realize that we are God-men, we will say, “Lord, You are the first God-man, and we are the many God-men following You. You lived a human life not by Your human life but by God’s divine life to express Him. His attributes became Your virtues. You were here on this earth dying every day. You were crucified to live. Lord, You are my life today and You are my person. You are just me. I therefore must die. I need to be conformed to Your death. I have to be crucified to die every day to live a God-man’s life, a human life yet not by my human life but by the divine life, with Your life and Your nature as my constitution to express You in Your divine attributes, which become my human virtues.” This makes us not just a Christian or a believer in Christ but a God-man, one kind with God. This is the highest point of God’s gospel.