18基督借着成为肉体穿上了人性，因此祂有两种性情—神性和人性。基督借着复活并作为那灵进到我们里面，就将神性带到我们里面。因此，我们也有两种性情—人性与神性。我们因着从那灵而生，就有分于神的性情（彼后一4）。我们能说，“主，你如何有两种性情，我们也照样有两种性情。你有神性也有人性，我们有人性也有神性。阿利路亚，我们和你一样！……你是身体的头，我们是你身体上的肢体。主，你是神的儿子，我们也是神的儿子。”当我们这样向主说的时候，主会珍赏这话。当我们宣告，神不再只有一个儿子（独生子），乃是有许多的儿子，其中基督是长子，我们是神的众子这个事实的时候，主会享受这话。基督已经被标出为神的儿子，但我们还在被标出的过程中。有一天，这个过程要完成，我们就要和神的长子基督毕像毕肖，直到永远。罗马一章三至四节包含许多关键的辞句。三节有“按肉体”，四节有“按圣别的灵”。保罗在八章四节说到“照着灵”而不“照着肉体”生活行动。这是保罗在这卷书后面，再次使用一章三至四节中这些关键辞的一个例子（罗马书生命读经，六五○至六五一页）。 18Through incarnation Christ put humanity upon Himself and thereafter had two natures—the divine nature and the human nature. Through His resurrection and through coming into us as the Spirit, Christ has brought divinity into us. Therefore, we also have two natures—the human nature and the divine nature. By being born of the Spirit, we have become partakers of the divine nature (2 Pet. 1:4). We can say, “Lord, just as You have two natures, so we have two natures also. You are divine and human, and we are human and divine. Hallelujah, we are the same as You!…You are the Head of the Body, and we are the members of the Body. Lord, You are the Son of God, and we are sons of God also.” The Lord appreciates it when we speak to Him in this way. He enjoys it when we declare the fact that God no longer has just one Son, the only begotten Son, but many sons, Christ as the Firstborn and us as the many sons of God. Christ has already been designated the Son of God, but we are still in the process of designation. One day this process will be completed, and for eternity we will be the same as Christ, God’s firstborn Son. Romans 1:3 and 4 contain many key words. Verse 3 has the phrase according to the flesh, and verse 4, the phrase according to the Spirit. In 8:4 Paul speaks about walking “according to the spirit” and not “according to the flesh.” This is one example of how the key words in 1:3 and 4 are used again by Paul later in this book. (Life-study of Romans, pp. 535-536)