【读圣经学英语】风随着意思吹

风，原文与灵同字。究竟意思是风还是灵，要看上下文而定。这里下文说到吹，又说到听见响声，指明这是风。重生的人像风一样，人可以认出，却无法理解；虽无法理解，仍是一个事实，一个实际。重生不是物质的事，乃是属灵的事，像风一样。你捉摸不到风，但是体验得到风。主对尼哥底母说，重生的灵王像风一样不是有形的、可捉摸的，而是看不见的、属灵的。

要彻底了解什么是重生，并不容易，因为重生的完成是靠圣灵，用圣灵，并在圣灵里的。我们也非常难以说明什么是圣灵。圣灵就在这里，你能说明祂吗？祂是现时、常时、实时、得时、又合时的。然而如果你要从那灵而生，有一些条件必须履行。第一个条件就是必须悔改，承认你是个罪人。然后你需要相信主耶稣，并呼求祂的名，你不该单用嘴唇、舌头、或喉咙呼喊，乃要从你这人的深处敞开，并从你灵的深处说，『主耶稣阿，我相信你。』当你这样作时，那神圣的灵就要立刻进到你里面。当祂进入你里面，就是基督进入你里面，也就是三一神进入你里面。圣灵一点不差就是基督自己。事实上圣灵一点不差就是三一神。父在子里，子今天就是那灵。（林后三17。）当那灵进入你里面，子与父也就都进入你里面。这样，从你重生之时起，父、子、灵就都在你里面了。这三一神就是神圣的生命。神圣的生命并不是与三一神分开的。从你重生的那一刻，你就有三一神在你灵里作你神圣的生命了。现今你有两个生命：在你肉体中人的生命，以及在你灵中神圣的生命。

The Greek word for wind, pneuma, is the same word as for spirit. Whether it means wind or spirit depends upon the context. The context here says that it blows and that the sound of it can be heard. This indicates that it is the wind. A regenerated person is like the wind, which can be realized, but which is beyond understanding. Regeneration is not a physical thing, but a spiritual thing, like the pneuma. It is like the wind. The wind is intangible. Although the wind is intangible, it can be realized. The Lord told Nicodemus that the regenerated spirit, like the wind, is not physical and tangible, but invisible and spiritual.

It is difficult to understand thoroughly what regeneration is because it is a matter accomplished by, with, and in the Holy Spirit. And it is difficult to define what is the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is here. Can you define Him? He is present, constant, instant, prevailing, and available. Nevertheless, if you are to be born of the Spirit, some conditions must be fulfilled. The first condition is that you must repent and confess that you are a sinner. Then you need to believe in the Lord Jesus and call on His name. You should not just call with your lips, tongue, or throat, but open up from the depths of your being and say from deep within your spirit, “O Lord Jesus, I believe in You.” When you do this, the divine Spirit will enter into you immediately. When He comes into you, it is Christ coming into you. It is also the Triune God coming into you. The Holy Spirit is nothing less than Christ Himself. In fact, the Holy Spirit is nothing less than the Triune God. The Father is in the Son, and the Son today is the Spirit (2 Cor. 3:17). When the Spirit comes into you, both the Son and the Father also come into you. Thus, from the time that you are born again, the Father, the Son, and Spirit are in you. This Triune God is the divine life. The divine life is not separate from the Triune God. From the very moment you are regenerated, you have the Triune God within your spirit as your divine life. Now you have two lives: the human life in your flesh and the divine life in your spirit.