8当主活在我们里面的时候,祂并非不再在父里面。一面,在约翰十四章二十节祂说,『我在父里面,』另一面祂说,『我也在你们里面。』主的确不是说,『我进入你们里面的时候,我就不再在父里面了。』反之,这里主似乎是说,『我进入你们里面的时候,乃是同著父进入你们里面;不仅我在父里面,父也在我里面。所以,我在你们里面的时候,在我里面的父也在你们里面。』对二十节这样的领会,由主在二十三节的话得著证实:『人若爱我,就必遵守我的话,我父也必爱他,并且我们要到他那里去,同他安排住处。』这里父与子同我们安排住处,等于二十节『我在你们里面』这句话。谁在我们里面?『我在你们里面,』这个『我』不仅是子,更是子同著父。但那灵如何?在约翰十四章二十六节主耶稣说到『保惠师,就是父在我的名里所要差来的圣灵。』子在父的名里来,(约五43,)因为子与父原是一。(约十30。)现在我们看见那灵在子的名里被差来,因为那灵与子也是一。(林后三17。)这是三一神!父、子、灵-成为那灵临到我们。因此,那灵来的时候,子与父也来了。我们将这些经节放在一起,就看见在我们里面的那一位并不简单。无疑的,这一位是子,但这子有父在祂里面,这子也同著灵而来。所以,至终我们看见,约翰十四章二十节的『我,』乃是三一神。
8As the Lord lives in us, He does not cease to be in the Father. On the one hand, in John 14:20 He says, “I am in My Father;” on the other hand, He says, “I in you.” The Lord certainly is not saying, “When I come into you, I shall cease to be in the Father.” On the contrary, here the Lord seems to be saying, “When I come into you, I shall come into you with the Father. Not only am I in the Father, but the Father also is in Me. Therefore, when I am in you, the Father who is in Me is also in you.” This understanding of verse 20 is proved by the Lord’sword in verse 23: “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word, and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make an abode with him.” Here the Father and the Son making an abode with us is equal to the phrase “I in you” in verse 20. Who is in us? The “I” who is in us is not only the Son, but the Son with the Father. But what about the Spirit? In John 14:26 the Lord Jesus speaks of “the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name.” The Son came in the Father’s name (John 5:43) because the Son and the Father are one (John 10:30). Now we see that the Spirit is sent in the Son’s name because the Spirit and the Son also are one (2 Cor. 3:17). This is the Triune God—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit— reaching us as the Spirit. Hence, when the Spirit comes, the Son and the Father also come. When we put these verses together, we see that the One who is within us is not simple. No doubt, this One is the Son, but this is the Son in whom the Father is, and also the Son who is coming with the Spirit. Therefore, eventually we see that “I” in John 14:20 is the Triune God