Grace is our enjoyment of our portion of the New Testament inheritance, which is actually the processed Triune God.

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彼后一章一节里第二个要点与我们的神和救主，耶稣基督的义有关。照一节看，宝贵的信分给我们，是因我们的神和救主，耶稣基督的义。“因我们的神和救主，耶稣基督的义，”直译，“在我们的神和救主，耶稣基督的义里。”这意思是：在我们的神和救主，耶稣基督之义的范围里。这奇妙的信，是在甚么范围里，或用甚么凭借分给了我们？乃是在我们的神和救主，耶稣基督之义的范围里分给了我们。这义含示主耶稣的义行，义的行为。（罗五18。）主的义行就是祂死在十字架上。主死在十字架上，是绝对顺从神，并成就神一切义的要求。所以，祂的死是神照着祂自己的义所重看的义行。基督顺从神而死在十字架上，这义行成就神的义，并且给祂这公义的神合法的地位，称义所有相信基督这义行的人。这义，神和我们救主耶稣基督的义，乃是范围，也是凭借，使神有自由和地位将祂自己分给我们，作我们的分。因这缘故，彼得在彼后一章一节说，我们是因我们的神和救主，耶稣基督的义，而分得同样宝贵的信。

在二节彼得说，“愿恩典与平安，因你们充分认识神和我们的主耶稣，繁增的归与你们。”本节也有两个要点。第一个与恩典、平安有关。因为奇妙的分─三一神自己─分给了我们，恩典与平安就临到我们。恩典是我们对自己新约产业之分的享受，这产业实际上就是经过过程的三一神。用简单的话说，恩典就是对三一神的享受。那么，平安是甚么？平安就是由恩典所产生、造成的光景。得着恩典与平安，就是得着对三一神的享受，以及这享受的结果。我们享受三一神，结果与神与人就有一种安宁的光景或情形。

The second crucial point in verse 1 is related to the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ. According to 1:1, the precious faith has been allotted to us in the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ. The Greek preposition translated "in" here means in the sphere of or by means of. In what sphere, or by what means, has this wonderful faith been allotted to us? It has been allotted to us in the sphere of the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ. This righteousness implies the righteous deed, the righteous act, of the Lord Jesus (Rom. 5:18). The Lord's righteous act was His death on the cross. The Lord's death on the cross was in absolute obedience to God and fulfilled all the requirements of God's righteousness. Therefore, His death is a righteous deed highly valued by God according to His own righteousness. Christ's righteous deed of dying on the cross in obedience to God fulfilled God's righteousness and gave Him, the righteous God, the legitimate position to justify all those who believe in this righteous deed of Christ. This righteousness, the righteousness of God and our Savior, Jesus Christ, is the sphere in which and also the means by which God has the liberty and position to allot Himself to us as our portion. This is the reason Peter says in verse 1 that we have been allotted the like precious faith in the righteousness of our God and Savior.

In 1:2 Peter says, "Grace to you and peace be multiplied in the full knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord." In this verse there are also two crucial points. The first is related to grace and peace. Because a wonderful portion--the Triune God Himself--has been allotted to us, grace and peace have come to us. Grace is our enjoyment of our portion of the New Testament inheritance, which is actually the processed Triune God. In simple terms, grace is the enjoyment of the Triune God. What, then, is peace? Peace is the condition that results from, issues from, grace. To have grace and peace is to have the enjoyment of the Triune God and the issue of this enjoyment. When we enjoy the Triune God, the result is a tranquil condition or situation with both God and man.