21耶稣、基督、父、子、生命的话、永远的生命,这些摆在一起乃是一个神圣的复合物。这六项都是那复合为单一之膏油的元素。在耶稣有人性,在父有神性,在基督有受膏者。在耶稣有成为肉体,在基督有复活,在子有生命。因此,在这些元素有复合膏油一切的成分:神性、人性、成为肉体、钉十字架、复活和生命。我们若将约翰一书这些经节,连同出埃及三十章复合膏油之元素的记载,摆在一起来研读,就会看见出埃及三十章一切的元素,在这几节里都有。当然,这里有橄榄油、没药、肉桂、菖蒲、桂皮,还有五和三这两个数字。(见出埃在约壹二章,我们确有复合的膏油,那包罗万有的灵。然而,在这里不是仅仅有客观的膏油,乃是有主观的膏油涂抹,就是膏油主观的运行并工作。这主观的膏油涂抹就是我们所经历,那经过过程的三一神。不仅如此,这膏油涂抹教导我们关于那经过过程之三一神的事。比方说,若有人说基督不在我们里面,我们应当回答:『我从膏油涂抹的经历,知道耶稣基督在我里面。』此外,若有人想教导你,父、子、灵是三个分开的身位,你可以说,『我里面没有三个分开的身位。我从膏油涂抹的经历,知道我里面只有一位,这一位就是父、子、灵。』
21Together Jesus, Christ, the Father, the Son, the Word of life, and eternal life are a divine compound. All these six are elements that have been compounded into a single ointment. In Jesus we have humanity, with the Father we have divinity, and with Christ we have the anointed One. With Jesus we have the incarnation, with Christ we have there surrection, and with the Son we have life. Therefore, with these elements we have all the ingredients of the compound ointment: divinity, humanity, incarnation, crucifixion, resurrection, and life. If we study these verses in 1 John along with the record of the elements of the compound ointment in Exodus 30, we shall see that all the elements in Exodus 30 are found in these verses. To be sure, here we have the olive oil, the myrrh, the cinnamon, the calamus, and the cassia. We also have the numbers five and three (see In chapter two of 1 John we certainly have the compound ointment, the all - inclusive Spirit. However, here we do not have the ointment merely in an objective way; instead, we have the subjective anointing, that is, the subjective moving and working of the ointment. This subjective anointing is the processed Triune God experienced by us. Furthermore, this anointing teaches us concerning the processed Triune God. For example, if someone should say that Christ is not in us, we should reply, “From my experience of the anointing I know that Jesus Christ is in me.” Moreover, if someone should try to teach you that the Father, the Son, and the Spirit are three separate Persons, you may say, “I don’th ave three separate Persons within me. From my experience of the anointing I know that I have only One in me, and this One is the Father, the Son, and the Spirit.”