Complete and Effective Divinity

If we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection . . . —Romans 6:5

Co-Resurrection. The proof that I have experienced crucifixion with Jesus is that I have a definite likeness to Him. The Spirit of Jesus entering me rearranges my personal life before God. The resurrection of Jesus has given Him the authority to give the life of God to me, and the experiences of my life must now be built on the foundation of His life. I can have the resurrection life of Jesus here and now, and it will exhibit itself through holiness.

The idea all through the apostle Paul’s writings is that after the decision to be identified with Jesus in His death has been made, the resurrection life of Jesus penetrates every bit of my human nature. It takes the omnipotence of God— His complete and effective divinity— to live the life of the Son of God in human flesh. The Holy Spirit cannot be accepted as a guest in merely one room of the house— He invades all of it. And once I decide that my “old man” (that is, my heredity of sin) should be identified with the death of Jesus, the Holy Spirit invades me. He takes charge of everything. My part is to walk in the light and to obey all that He reveals to me. Once I have made that important decision about sin, it is easy to “reckon” that I am actually “dead indeed to sin,” because I find the life of Jesus in me all the time (Romans 6:11). Just as there is only one kind of humanity, there is only one kind of holiness— the holiness of Jesus. And it is His holiness that has been given to me. God puts the holiness of His Son into me, and I belong to a new spiritual order.

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道德上的神性

我們若在他死的形狀上與他聯合，也要在他復活的形狀上與他聯合。 （羅六5）

一同復活。要證明我的確已與耶穌同釘十字架，就是我明顯有像他的地方。耶穌的靈進入我裡面，重整了我向神的生命。耶穌的複活，使他有權柄把神的聖靈充滿我；而我這生命，是必須建造在他生命的根基上。我現在有耶穌復活的生命，在聖潔上可表明出來。

在使徒保羅的書信中，有個一貫的思想，就是決志－－作這道德上的抉擇，承認與耶穌同死後，耶穌復活的生命就充滿我每一部分。人在肉身活出神兒子的生命，必須有超人的能力才行。

聖靈絕不處於客人的地位，他是無孔不入的。我一旦決志讓舊人（罪的遺傳）與耶穌同死，聖靈就開始進襲我。他要管理一切，要我行在光中，要使我順服。我既對罪作了道德的判決，就很容易向罪死，因為耶穌的生命已經住在我裡面。

人性若只有一個印記，聖潔同樣也只有一個，就是耶穌的聖潔，而這聖潔正是他賜給我的。神把他兒子的聖潔放在我裡面，我就屬於一個新的屬靈族類。

祈禱◆噢，主啊，在這新的一天，以你的恩典幫助我完全感受到你的大能，並你在我周圍。讓我面對著你的榮耀，以致我可以[變成主的形狀，榮上加榮]。