耶和华的灵必安歇在祂身上
当基督这嫩条和枝子在这里时，灵也在这里。四福音给我们看见，无论耶稣在那里，灵就在那里。在四福音里有嫩条，有枝子，也有灵。这灵乃是耶和华的灵，就是智慧和聪明的灵，谋略和能力的灵，知识和敬畏耶和华的灵（赛十一2）。智慧和聪明的灵是为着心思，主要与人性有关。谋略和能力的灵指耶稣自己是奇妙的策士，藉着那灵一直给我们策略。那灵有谋略，也有能力。
那灵也是知识和敬畏耶和华的灵。敬畏耶和华是和正确的知识相联的。在我们得救以前，因着我们无知，我们一无所惧。从我们蒙主拯救时起，我们就一直接受属灵的教育，而得着属灵的知识。今天我们许多人能见证，我们不敢去电影院或其他属世或罪恶的地方。许多地方我们不敢去，因为我们敬畏耶和华。有人或许要我们作一件事，但我们不敢作，因为我们敬畏耶和华。我们不敢买有今世摩登样子的衣服，因为我们敬畏耶和华。我们敬畏耶和华，是由于属灵的认识。因为这灵有七个项目－耶和华、智慧、聪明、谋略、能力、知识、以及对耶和华的敬畏－我们可以说，祂是七倍加强的灵。这七个项目说出教会的光景。所以，这指明基督这嫩条和枝子是在这里与我们同在。那灵就是祂的同在。
关于基督是嫩条和枝子，二节接着说，“耶和华的灵必住在祂身上，就是智慧和聪明的灵，谋略和能力的灵，知识和敬畏耶和华的灵。”这里谋略和能力的灵，等于林前一章二十四节里的智慧与能力，那里告诉我们，基督是神的智慧，是神的能力。祂是那给人谋略的智慧，是那给人大能的能力。
耶和华的分枝全然是那灵的事
耶和华的分枝全然是那灵的事。基督从那灵而生，意即祂是由那灵作祂神圣的素质所构成。再者，祂乃是为那灵所浸，所膏。那灵一直与祂同在，与祂是一。祂凭那灵行动，过一种在那灵里、同着那灵、借着那灵、并经过那灵的生活。在祂的人性生活里，那灵带着本节所题的一切属性得以显出。因此，那灵乃是基督的实际。
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The Spirit of the Lord Will Rest Upon Him – Isa. 11:2
When Christ as the twig and the branch is here, the Spirit is here. The four Gospels show us that wherever Jesus is, the Spirit is. In the four Gospels, the twig is there, the branch is there and the Spirit is there. This Spirit is the Spirit of Jehovah, who is the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, and the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of Jehovah (Isa. 11:2). The Spirit of wisdom and understanding is for the mind and is mainly related to humanity. The Spirit of counsel and might points to Jesus himself as the Wonderful Counselor who gives us counsel all the time by the Spirit. The Spirit has both counsel and might.
The Spirit is also the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of Jehovah. The fear of Jehovah goes together with the proper knowledge. Before we were saved, we were afraid of nothing because we were ignorant. From the time we were saved by the Lord, we have been receiving a spiritual education and acquiring spiritual knowledge. Today many of us can testify that we would not dare go to a movie or to other worldly and sinful places. There are many places to which we dare not go, because we have the fear of Jehovah. Someone may ask us to do something, but we dare not do it, because we have the fear of Jehovah. We dare not buy certain clothes which have the modern appearance of this age, because we fear Jehovah. We fear Jehovah because of the spiritual knowledge. Because this Spirit is of seven items – Jehovah, wisdom, understanding, counsel, might, knowledge and the fear of Jehovah – we may say that he is the sevenfold intensified Spirit. These seven items depict the situation in the church. Therefore, this indicates that Christ as the twig and the branch is here with us. The Spirit is his presence.
Concerning Christ as the twig and the branch, verse 2 goes on to say, “The Spirit of Jehovah will rest upon Him, / The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, / The Spirit of counsel and might, / The Spirit of knowledge and the fear of Jehovah.” The Spirit of counsel and might here equals the wisdom and power in 1 Corinthians 1:24, which tells us that Christ is God’s wisdom and God’s power. He is the wisdom which gives counsel and the power which gives might.
The Branching out of Jehovah Is Altogether a Matter of the Spirit
The branching out of Jehovah is altogether a matter of the Spirit. Christ was born of the Spirit, meaning that he was constituted of the Spirit. Then he was baptized, anointed, with the Spirit. The Spirit was with him all the time and was one with him. He walked by the Spirit and lived a life in, with, by, and through the Spirit. The Spirit is manifested with all the attributes mentioned in this verse. Thus, the Spirit is the reality of Christ.