10罗马书这一段告诉我们,那灵同我们的灵见证我们是神的儿女(16)。十六节不是说儿子或后嗣,因为在儿子名分的第一阶段,我们只是借着神的生命得重生的小孩子。此后我们会长大。然后十四节说,“凡被神的灵引导的,都是神的儿子。”……我们能被那灵引导,意思是我们达到了某种生命的成长。我们已从儿女长到能接受那灵引导的儿子。这就是说,我们在第二阶段,变化的阶段。最终,我们要成为后嗣。……所以,罗马书这段有重生的儿女、变化的儿子,以及改变形状或得荣的后嗣。我们生为神的儿女,现在正长成神的儿子,且在等候我们完全成熟并依法被宣布为神法定后嗣的时候。……我们的身体改变形状,会使我们有资格作神圣产业的后嗣。这改变形状要借着得荣而完成。
10In this portion of Romans we are told that the Spirit witnesses with our spirit that we are children of God (v. 16). Verse 16 does not say “sons” or “heirs,” for in the first stage of sonship, we are simply little children who have been regenerated by the life of God. After this we will grow. Then verse 14 says that “as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.”…When we are capable of being led by the Spirit, it means that we have attained a certain growth in life. We have grown from children into sons who are able to take the leading of the Spirit. This means that we are in the second stage, the stage of transformation. Ultimately, we will become heirs…Therefore, in this portion of Romans we have children by regeneration, sons by transformation, and heirs by transfiguration, or glorification. We were born the children of God, we are growing up as the sons of God, and we are waiting for the time when we will be fully matured and legally declared to be the rightful heirs of God… The transfiguration of our body will qualify us to be the heirs of the divine inheritance. This transfiguration will be accomplished by glorification.