第三十週．週五

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晨興餧養

約十四１０～１１　『我在父裏面，父在我裏面，你不信麼？我對你們所說的話，不是我從自己說的，乃是住在我裏面的父作祂自己的事。你們當信我，我在父裏面，父在我裏面；即或不然，也當因我所作的事而信。』

事實上，今天某些基要派的聖經教師不知不覺間成了三神論者。這些教師不僅說父、子、靈有區別，也說祂們是分開的。我們能說父、子、靈有區別，但不能說祂們是分開的。我們無法將子從父分開，或將父和子從靈分開，因為三者都是同時存在、互相內在的。在約翰福音裏子說，祂在父裏面，父也在祂裏面。（十38，十四10～11。）既然子在父裏面，父也在子裏面，祂們怎能分開？主耶穌也說，祂與父原是一。（十30。）這進一步證明父與子雖然有區別，卻不能分開。父、子、靈有區別卻不分開，因為祂們是三卻又是一。（新約總論第一冊，三七頁。）

信息選讀

父與子雖然是『一』，〔約十30，〕二者卻仍然有『我』和『父』的分別。這一點不能忽略，因為一忽略了，就會成為形態論者（modalist）。形態論主張這一位神有三個時期，並且互不同時存在。但聖經給我們看見，父、子、靈三者是同時存在，並且是存在彼此裏面，所以父、子、靈三者是一，是一位神；但這一位神又是三，是父、子、靈。既是這樣，父、子、靈甚麼時候是一，甚麼時候是三？…我們只能照著聖經的話說，這一位神有父、子、靈三者的講究；這三者是絕對有分別的（distinct），卻也是絕對不能分開的（separate）；並且這三者也是互相內在的，第一位在第二位裏面，第二位又在第一位裏面，而第二位子與第三位靈又是一個。（林後三17。）因此，如果父、子、靈只是同時存在，就還有分開的可能；但是因為祂們又是互相內在，就沒有分開的可能。因這緣故，神纔是三一神。

你們必須認識、清楚這些重點。到今天為止，我們接續歷代聖徒所看見的，就是這麼多。神聖的三一乃是宇宙的奧祕，這個奧祕不是給我們在神學上爭論的，乃是給我們在實際經歷中享受的。（李常受文集一九八六年第三冊，四二四至四二五頁。）

聖經…啟示子就是父。〔賽九6。〕…在約翰十四章七至十一節，主清楚的向我們啟示祂與父是一的奧祕。（十30。）祂在父裏面，父在祂裏面；祂說話是父在作事；人看見祂，就是看見父；他們認識祂，就是認識父，因為祂就是父。

聖經也啟示子（末後的亞當）成了賜生命的靈。林前十五章四十五節下半說，『末後的亞當成了賜生命的靈。』末後的亞當，當然就是成為肉體的主耶穌；賜生命的靈，也當然就是聖靈。除了聖靈，不可能再有另一位賜生命的靈。主成為肉體，成了末後的亞當，後來經過死而復活，就成了賜生命的靈。（李常受文集一九九三年第二冊，七七頁。）

參讀：神的啟示和異象，第二篇；聖經中管制並支配我們的異象，第三篇。

WEEK 30 — DAY 5

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Morning Nourishment

John 14:10-11 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words that I say to you I do not speak from Myself, but the Father who abides in Me does His works. Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; but if not, believe because of the works themselves.

Certain of today’s fundamental Bible teachers are actually tritheistic, perhaps unconsciously. These teachers say not only that the Father, the Son, and the Spirit are distinct but also that They are separate. We can say that the Father, the Son, and the Spirit are distinct, but not that They are separate. We cannot separate the Son from the Father, or the Father and the Son from the Spirit, because all three coexist and coinhere. In the Gospel of John the Son said that He is in the Father and the Father is in Him (10:38; 14:10-11). Since the Son is in the Father and the Father is in the Son, how can They be separated? The Lord Jesus also said that He and the Father are one (John 10:30). This is further proof that the Father and the Son, although distinct, cannot be separated. The Father, the Son, and the Spirit are distinct but not separate, because they are three and yet one. (The Conclusion of the New Testament, pp. 31-32)

Todays Reading

Although the Father and the Son are one [John 10:30], between Them there is still a distinction of “I” and “the Father.” We must not disregard this point, because if we do, we would become modalists. Modalism advocates that God, who is one, has three manifestations in three different periods and that the three manifestations do not exist within each other at the same time. The Scriptures show us, however, that the three—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit—not only exist at the same time but also exist in one another. Therefore, the three—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit—are one; They are one God. However, this one God is also three; He is the Father, the Son, and the Spirit. Since this is the case, when are the Father, the Son, and the Spirit one, and when are They three?…According to what the Bible tells us, we can say only that God is one, yet He has the aspect of being three—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit. These three are distinct but inseparable. Furthermore, these three exist within one another: the first is in the second and the second is in the first, and the second, the Son, and the third, the Spirit, are one and the same (2 Cor. 3:17). Hence, if the Father, the Son, and the Spirit only exist at the same time, They may still be separated; however, because They also exist within one another, They are inseparable. This is why God is triune; He is the Triune God.

You must know and be clear about these main points. Continuing what the saints saw in the previous centuries, we have seen this much so far. The Divine Trinity is a mystery in the universe; this mystery is not for us to engage in theological debates but for us to enjoy in our practical experience. (CWWL, 1986, vol. 3, “The Revelation and Vision of God,” pp. 339-340)

The Holy Scriptures…reveal that the Son is the Father [Isa. 9:6; John 14:7- 11]. In these verses the Lord clearly revealed the mystery that He and the Father are one (10:30). He is in the Father, and the Father is in Him; when He speaks, it is the Father who works; when men see Him, they see the Father; when they know Him, they know the Father, because He is the Father.

The Scriptures also reveal that the Son (the last Adam) became a lifegiving Spirit. First Corinthians 15:45b says, “The last Adam became a lifegiving Spirit.” The last Adam, of course, is the incarnated Lord Jesus, and the life-giving Spirit, of course, is the Holy Spirit. There can never be another lifegiving Spirit besides the Holy Spirit. The Lord was made flesh and became the last Adam, and later, after death and resurrection, He became the lifegiving Spirit. (CWWL, 1993, vol. 2, “The Crucial Points of the Major Items of the Lord’s Recovery Today,” pp. 56-57)

Further Reading: CWWL, 1986, vol. 3, “The Revelation and Vision of God,” ch. 2; CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 2, “The Governing and Controlling Vision in the Bible,” ch. 3