约翰壹书生命读经 · 第36篇

神圣出生的美德

The Virtues of the Divine Birth

以胜过世界、死、罪、魔鬼和偶像（一）

to Overcome the World, Death, Sin, the Devil, and the Idols (1

1读经：约翰一书五章四至十三节。在约壹二章二十八节至五章二十一节，我们看见神圣出生的美德。首先，二章二十八节至三章十节上说到实行神圣的义。然后三章十节下至五章三节说到实行神圣的爱。我们要实行神圣的义，就需要一个基础，这基础就是神圣的出生。我们也需要一个凭藉，这凭藉就是神圣的生命。我们照著神圣的膏油涂抹，住在神圣的交通里，藉此实行神圣的义。我们要实行神圣的爱，就需要神圣的生命作神圣的种子，也需要神圣的灵。（约壹三10下～24。）然后我们需要试证诸灵，（约壹四1～6，）也需要那是至高之爱的神，以及

1Scripture Reading: 1 John 5:4-13 In 2:28—5:21 we see the virtues of the divine birth. First, in 2:28—3:10a we have the practice of the divine righteousness. Then in 3:10b—5:3 we have the practice of the divine love. In order to practice the divine righteousness we need a basis, and this basis is the divine birth. We also need a means. This means is the divine life. Through abiding in the divine fellowship according to the divine anointing, we have the practice of the divine righteousness. In order to practice the divine love, we need the divine life as the divine seed, and we also need the divine Spirit (3:10b-24). Then we need the proving of the spirits (4:1-6), and we also need God as the supreme love and the bountiful Spirit (4:7—5:3

2全备的灵。（约壹四7～五3。）

3神的经纶是要将祂自己作到我们里面。为此，我们需要从祂而生，也就是说，我们需要神圣的出生。这神圣的出生将神圣的生命连同神圣的性情带到我们里面。我们这些从神生的人，现今有三一神作膏油涂抹，在我们里面运行并工作。一天过一天，我们需要照著这膏油涂抹居住、住留在三一神的享受里。我盼望我们对这事实都有深刻的印象，就是三一神正在将祂自己作到我们这人里面。我们有祂那神圣的生命连同神圣的性情，作神圣的膏油涂抹，在我们里面运行并工作。现在我们只需要照著这神圣的膏油涂抹住在祂里面。我们在本篇信息里要来看神圣出生的美德以胜过世界、死、罪、魔鬼和偶像。（约壹五4～21。）我们胜过这些消极的事物，不是凭著我们自己、我们的所是、或我们所能作的，乃是凭著在子里的永远生命。胜过世界、死、罪、魔鬼和偶像，当然是神圣出生的一项美德。我们在本篇信息里要来看约壹五章四至十三节，这段话启示，我们能实际经历到胜过这五类消极的事物，乃是凭著在子里的永远生命。

3God’secon o my is to work Himself into us. For this, we need to be born of Him; that is, we need the divine birth. This divine birth brings into us the divine life with the divine nature. As those who have been born of God, we now have the Triune God moving and working within us as the anointing. Day by day we need to abide, dwell, in the enjoyment of the Triune God according to this anointing. I hope that we all shall be deeply impressed with the fact that the Triune God is working Himself into our being. We have Him as the divine life with the divine nature moving and working in us as the divine anointing. Now we simply need to dwell in Him according to this divine anointing. In this message we shall begin to consider the virtues of the divine birth to overcome the world, death, sin, the Devil, and the idols (5:4-21). Our overcoming of these negative things is not by ourselves, by what we are, or by what we can do, but by the eternal life in the Son. Surely the overcoming of the world, death, sin, the Devil, and idols is a virtue of the divine birth. First John 5:4-13, which we shall consider in this message, reveals that it is by the eternal life in the Son that we may have the practical experience of overcoming these five categories of negative things

我们的灵由神圣的生命所重生

OUR SPIRIT REGENERATED with the divine life

4约翰在五章四节说，『因为凡从神生之物，就胜过世界，胜过世界的，就是我们的信。』『凡从神生之物，』指每个从神生的人。但这样的说法，该是特指重生之人的灵，就是由神的生命所重生的部分。（约三6。）重生信徒的重生之灵不犯罪，(约壹三9，）并且胜过世界。他神圣的出生带著神圣的生命，乃是这种得胜生活的基本因素。约翰的福音和书信都强调神圣的出生；（约一13，三3，5，约壹二29，三9，四7，五1，4，18；）藉这出生，神的生命得以分赐到在基督里的信徒里面。（约三15～16，36，约壹五11～12。）这带来神圣生命的神圣出生，乃是一切关于神圣生命之奥秘－就如神圣生命的交通，（约壹一3～7，）神圣三一的膏油涂抹，（约壹二20～27，）住在主里面，（约壹二28～三24，）以及实行神圣的真理、（约壹一6、）神圣的旨意、(约壹二17、）神圣的义、(约壹二29，三7、）并神圣的爱，约壹三11，22～23，五1～3，）以彰显神圣人位（约壹四12）的神圣生活－的基本因素。神圣的出生带著神圣的生命，也是约壹五章四至二十一节这段话的基本因素。这神圣的出生向神所生的信徒保证，

4In 5:4 John says, “Because everything that has been begotten of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory which overcame the world — our faith.” The word “everything” refers to every person who has been begotten of God. Yet such an expression should refer especially to the part that has been regenerated with the divine life, that is, the spirit of the regenerated person (John 3:6). The regenerated spirit of the believer does not practice sin (1 John 3:9), and it overcomes the world. His divine birth with the divine life is the basic factor of such victorious living. Both John’s Gospel and Epistle stress the divine birth (John 1:13; 3:3, 5; 1 John 2:29; 3:9; 4:7; 5:1, 4, 18), through which the divine life is imparted into the believers in Christ (John 3:15-16, 36; 1 John 5:11-12). This divine birth that brings in the divine life is the basic factor of all the mysteries concerning the divine life, such as the fellowship of the divine life (1:3-7), the anointing of the Divine Trinity (2:20-27), the abiding in the Lord, (2:28 — 3:24), and the divine living that practices the divine truth (1:6), the divine will (2:17), the divine righteousness (2:29; 3:7), and divine love (3:10, 22-23; 5:1-3) to express the divine Person (4:12). The divine birth (with the divine life is also the basic factor of this section, from 5:4 through 5:21. It assures the God- begotten believers, giving them confidence in the ability and virtue of the divine life.

5使他们对神圣生命的能力与美德有把握。

6重生的信徒既有神圣生命的能力胜过世界，胜过属撒但有能力的世界系统，神的诫命对他们就不是沉重、难担的。（约壹五3。）重生乃是确实且专特的发生在我们的灵里。约翰三章六节说，从那灵生的，就是灵。这指明重生发生在我们的灵里。我们的灵既已蒙了重生，就不能犯罪。相反的，我们的灵能胜过一切消极的事物。

6Since regenerated believers have the capability of the divine life to overcome the world, the powerful satanic world system, the commandments of God are not heavy or burdensome to them (5:3). Regeneration takes place definitely and particularly in our spirit. John 3:6 says that that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. This indicates that regeneration takes place in our spirit. Because our spirit has been regenerated, it cannot sin. On the contrary, our spirit can overcome all negative things

7我们的灵已经由神圣的生命所重生，这就是说，神圣的生命已经分赐或注入到我们的灵里。但我们的身体还没有得著重生，我们的魂还留在神的生命之外。为这缘故，我们一旦在我们的灵里蒙了重生，就应当住在神圣的生命里，好叫这生命有自由的通道，扩展到我们的魂里。神圣的生命从我们重生的灵扩展到我们的魂里，在我们这人里面产生新陈代谢的改变，这种改变在新约里称为变化。藉此我们看见，我们在灵里重生以后，需要神圣的生命浸透我们的魂，使我们里面的人变化，就是使我们的魂有新陈代谢的改变。至终时候将到，我们的身体要被神圣生命的大能改变形状，成为荣耀的身体。

7Our spirit has been regenerated with the divine life. This means that the divine life has been imparted or infused into our spirit. However, our body has not been regenerated, and our soul still remains without the life of God. For this reason, once we have been regenerated in our spirit, we should dwell in the divine life so that it may have free course to spread into our soul. The spreading of the divine life from our regenerated spirit into our soul produces a metabolic change in our being, a change which is called transformation in the New Testament. By this we see that after regeneration in our spirit, we need the divine life to saturate our soul in order to cause the transformation of our inner being, the metabolic change of our soul. Eventually, the time will come when our body will be transfigured by the power of the divine life into a glorious body.

8我们人类有三部分：灵、魂、体。在神的救恩里有三个步骤：重生、变化、改变形状。我们相信主耶稣的时候，重生就在我们的灵里发生。现今我们若住在神圣生命的交通里，这就给神圣的生命开了路，得以扩展到我们的魂里，变化我们里面之人的各部分。当主耶稣回来的时候，祂要将我们的身体改变形状，我们就要完全在神圣的生命和神圣的荣耀里。今天我们的魂和身体都带给我们麻烦。我们若不住在神圣生命的交通里，我们的身体和魂就要为难我们。赞美主！我们有个盼望，我们麻烦的身体要改变形状。我们也感谢主，在我们的魂里有变化。所有的信徒已经经历了神救恩的初阶，就是重生。藉著重生，神圣的出生，我们得著了神圣的生命，就是在子里面永远的生命，这永远的生命实际上就是子自己。

8As human beings we have three parts: the spirit, the soul, and the body. In God’ss alvation there are three steps: regeneration, transformation, and transfiguration. Regeneration took place in our spirit when we believed in the Lord Jesus. Now if we abide in the fellowship of the divine life, this will open the way for the divine life to spread into our soul and to transform the parts of our inward being. When the Lord Jesus comes back, He will transfigure our bodies. Then we shall be fully in the divine life and in the divine glory. Today both our soul and body give us trouble. If we do not abide in the fellowship of the divine life, our body and soul will give us a difficult time. Praise the Lord for the hope that our troublesome body will be transfigured! We also thank the Lord for the transformation that is taking place in our soul. All believers have experienced regeneration, the initial step of God’ss alvation. Through regeneration, the divine birth, we received the divine life, the eternal life, which is in the Son. Actually, this eternal life is the Son Himself

重生的灵胜过世界

The regenerated spirit

OVERCOMING THE WORLD

9根据约壹五章四节所说，凡从神生之物，就胜过世界。我们已经看见，『凡从神生之物』是指人的灵。所以，胜过世界的乃是重生之人的灵。在胜过世界这件事上，我们不该信靠我们自己的能力或努力。我能从经历中见证，我们需要信靠我们的灵。我们的灵足能胜过撒但与世界那邪恶的系统，但我们在自己里面无法胜过世界。我们运用我们的灵，停留在我们的灵里，且凭著我们的灵生活行动，我们的灵就有生命的能力胜过一切消极的事物。这就是为甚么我们需要运用我们的灵与主有交通，并且为著享受主有祷告。我们也需要运用我们的灵，呼求主名并祷读主话。这种操练激发我们灵里的能力以胜过世界。

9According to 5:4, everything that has been begotten of God overcomes the world. We have seen that “everything” points to the human spirit. Therefore, it is the regenerated human spirit that overcomes the world. Regarding overcoming the world, we should not trust in our own ability or effort. From experience I can testify that we need to trust our spirit. Our spirit is well able to overcome Satan and the world, the evil system. But in ourselves we cannot overcome the world. When we exercise our spirit, stay in our spirit, and walk by our spirit, we shall see that our spirit has the life ability to overcome all negative things. This is why we need to exercise our spirit to have fellowship with the Lord and pray concerning the enjoyment of the Lord. We also need to exercise our spirit to call on the Lord’s name and to pray-read the Word. This exercise stirs up the ability in our spirit to overcome the world.

10有能力胜过邪恶、属撒但之世界的，乃是我们灵里神圣的生命。我们被试诱包围著，甚么能胜过试诱？我们灵里神圣的生命能胜过试诱。我们都需要看见，我们的灵与神圣的生命调和，这灵是能胜过世界的器官。

10It is the divine life in our spirit that has the ability to overcome the evil, satanic world. We are surrounded by temptations. What can overcome them? The divine life in our spirit can overcome temptation. We all need to see that our spirit is mingled with the divine life and is the organ that can overcome the world

我们的信

OUR FAITH

11约翰在五章四节下半说，『胜过世界的，就是我们的信。』这是指信耶稣是神的儿子，（约壹五5，）使我们从神而生，得著神圣生命的信，藉著这信我们就能胜过撒但所组织并霸占的世界。实际上，我们所信靠的，不该是我们的信本身。信的本身并不胜过世界。我们的信带我们进入一种生机的联结，胜过世界的乃是这种生机的联结。信并不直接胜过世界。我们可以用打开电流的开关作例子来说明。打开开关的行动不是电力本身，乃是凭藉，藉此电器就被带进与电的联结里。同样的，我们可以说，信是凭藉，让我们『打开开关』与三一神相通。藉著相信主耶稣，我们被带进与三一神生机的联结里；我们『打开开关』与祂相通，然后由信所产生的这种联结就胜过世界。

11In 5:4b John says, “And this is the victory which overcame the world—our faith.” This is the faith that believes that Jesus is the Son of God (5:5) that we may be begotten of God and have His divine life, by which we are enabled to overcome the Satan-organized-and- usurped world. Actually, our trust should not be in our faith itself. The faith by itself does not overcome the world. Our faith brings us into an organic union, and it is this organic union, not the faith directly, that overcomes the world. We may use switching on electrical current as an illustration. The act of switching on is not the power itself. It is the means by which appliances are brought into union with electricity. In a similar way, we may say that faith is the means for us to “switch on” to the Triune God. By believing in the Lord Jesus, we are brought into organic union with the Triune God; we “switch on” to Him. This union, produced by faith, then overcomes the world

那信耶稣是神儿子的

HE WHO BELIEVES THAT JESUS IS THE SON OF GOD

12约翰在五章五节接著说，『胜过世界的是谁？不就是那信耶稣是神儿子的么？』这样的信徒乃是从神而生，并得著神圣生命的人。（约一～13，三16。）这神圣的生命加给他力量，使他胜过由撒但加力推动的邪恶世界。智慧派和塞林则派并非这种信徒，他们仍是撒但邪恶系统下可怜的受害者。但我们相信耶稣是神的儿子，这带我们进入与子三一神的具体化身）生机的联结里。乃是这在子里与三一神生机的联结，胜过了世界。水、血、那灵约翰在五章六节接著说，『这藉著水与血来的，就是耶稣基督；不是单凭著水，乃是凭著水，又凭著血；并且作见证的就是那灵，因为那灵就是真理。』这耶稣基督来作神的儿子，使我们从神而生，并得著神圣的生命。（约十10，二十31。）神乃是在祂儿子里面，赐给我们永远的生命。约壹五11～13。）拿撒勒人耶稣被证实为神的儿子，乃是凭著祂受浸时所经过的水，（太三16～17，约一31，）凭著祂在十字架上所流的血，（约十九31～35，太二七50～54，）也是凭著祂所赐那没有限量的灵。（约一32～34，三34。）凭这三样，神已经见证耶稣就是所赐给我们神的儿子；（约壹五7～10；）我们因信入祂的名，就在祂里面得著永远的生命。（约壹五11～13，约三16，，二十31。）受浸的水藉著埋葬旧造的人，了结了他们；十字架上所流的血，救赎了神从旧造中所拣选的人；并且那灵，就是真理，也就是生命里的实际，（罗八2，）使那些神用祂的生命所重生，从旧造中赎出来的人有新生的起头。这样，他们从神而生，成为神的儿女，（约三5，，一12～13，）活出实行真理、（约壹一6、）神的旨意、（约壹二17、）神的义、（约壹二29、）并神的爱，（约壹三10～11，）使神得著彰显的生活。约翰在五章六节说，那灵作见证，因为那灵就是真理。那灵，就是那真理、实际的灵，(约十四16～17，十五26，）见证耶稣是神的儿子，在祂里面有永远的生命。藉著这样的见证，祂便将神的儿子分赐到我们里面，作我们的生命。（西三4。）六节的真理是指神的儿子基督一切所是的实际。(约十六12～15。）五章七、八节说，『作见证的原来有三，就是那灵、水与血，这三样也都归于一。』归于一，亦即归于在他们见证中的那件事、那个点或那个目的。五章六至八节说，神见证耶稣是神的儿子。神用三个步骤见证这事：凭著水、凭著血、凭著那灵。水是指主耶稣的受浸。根据四福音的记载，主从水里上来，天立刻开了，有声音宣告祂是神的爱子。那是神见证耶稣基督是祂的儿子，这乃是凭著水、凭著受浸所作的见证。三年半之后，主耶稣死在十字架上，流出祂的血。主死了以后，有人站在十字架旁边见证祂是神的儿子。那是神凭著血见证耶稣基督是神的儿子。在这之后有那灵的见证。基督在复活里成了赐生命的灵。

12In 5:5 John continues, “And who is he who overcomes the world but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?” Such a believer is one who has been begotten of God and has received the divine life (John 1:12-13; 3:16). The divine life empowers him to overcome the 12 evil world energized by Satan. Such believers are in contrast to the Gnostics and Cerinthians, who were not this kind of believer, but remained the pitiful victims of the evil satanic system. But our believing that Jesus is the Son of God brings us into an organic union with the Son, who is the embodiment of the Triune God. It (is this organic union with the Triune God in the Son that overcomes the world. THE WATER, THE BLOOD, AND THE SPIRIT In 5:6 John goes on to say, “This is He who came through water and blood, Jesus Christ; not in the water only, but in the water and in the blood; and the Spirit is He who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.” He, Jesus Christ, came as the Son of God so that we may be born of God and have the divine life (John 10:10; 20:31). It is in His Son that God gives us eternal life (1 John 5:11-13). Jesus, the Man of (Nazareth, was testified to be the Son of God by the water He went through in His baptism (Matt. 3:16-17; John 1:31), by the blood He shed on the cross (John 19:31-35; Matt. 27:50-54), and also by the Spirit He gave not by measure (John 1:32-34; 3:34). By these three, God has testified that Jesus is His Son given to us (1 John 5:7-10) so that in Him we may receive His eternal life by believing in His name (5:11-13; John 3:16, 36; 20:31). The water of baptism terminates people of the old creation by burying them; the 36 blood shed on the cross redeems those whom God has chosen from among the old creation; and the Spirit, who is the truth, the reality in life (Rom. 8:2), germinates those whom God has redeemed out of the old creation by regenerating them with the divine life. Thus they are born of God and become His children (John 3:5, 15; 1:12-13) to live a life that 15 practices the truth (1 John 1:6), the will of God (2:17), the righteousness of God (2:29), and the love of God (3:10-11) for His expression. In 5:6 John says that the Spirit testifies because the Spirit is the truth. The Spirit, who is the truth, the reality (John 14:16-17; 15:26), testifies that Jesus is the Son of God, in whom is the eternal life. By thus testifying, He imparts the Son of God into us to be our life (Col. 3:4). In verse 6 truth denotes the reality of all that Christ is as the Son of God (John 16:12-15). Verses 7 and 8 say, “Because there are three who testify, the Spirit and the water and the blood, and the three are for the one.” “For the one” also means unto the one, that is, unto the one thing, the one point or purpose in their testimony. First John 5:6-8 says that God testified that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. God testified this in three steps: by water, by the blood, and by the Spirit. The water refers to the baptism of the Lord Jesus. According to the record of the four Gospels, immediately after the Lord came up from the water, the heavens were opened and a voice declared that He is God’s beloved Son. That was God’s testimony that Jesus Christ is His Son, the testimony by water, by baptism. Three and a half years later, the Lord Jesus died on the cross, shedding His blood. Someone standing near the cross testified, after the Lord died, that He was God’sS on. That was the testimony of God by blood concerning Jesus Christ being the Son of God. Following this, we have the testimony of the Spirit. In resurrection Christ became a life-giving Spirit.

13我们若仔细读约壹五章六节，就会看见主耶稣藉著水与血而来，但这一节没有告诉我们祂藉著那灵而来。然后七、八节清楚告诉我们，作见证的有三，就是那灵、水与血。基督乃是藉著水、藉著血、并成为那灵而来。祂当然不是成为水或血而来，祂乃是至终在复活里成为那灵而来。不仅如此，照六节看，基督是凭著水，又凭著血而来。但这一节没有说祂是凭著那灵而来。这一节论到那灵有『就是』的思想，因为这一节告诉我们：『作见证的就是那灵。』所以，我们需要清楚看见，基督乃是藉著水、藉著血、并成为那灵而来。『藉著水与血，』是指祂职事开始的受浸，以及祂职事末了的钉十字架。在这之后，基督在复活里成了赐生命的灵，因此祂成为那灵而来。神的儿子藉著水与血而来，就是藉著祂的受浸与钉十字架而来。我们也可以说，祂是凭著水，又凭著血而来。然后，祂不是藉著那灵或凭著那灵而来，乃是成为那灵而来。受浸的水了结旧造，十字架上所流的血救赎凡神从旧造中所拣选的。然后那灵来了，使神所拣选并救赎的人有新生的起头。所以，这里有了结、救赎、并使人有新生的起头。我们是旧造，已经被了结；但我们是神所拣选的人，首先蒙了救赎，然后有新生的起头，成为新造。这新造是神儿女的组成。

13If we read 5:6 carefully, we shall see that the Lord Jesus came through water and through blood, but we are not told that He came through the Spirit. Then in verses 7 and 8 we are told clearly that there are three who testify, and that these three are the Spirit, the water, and the blood. Christ came through the water, through the blood, and as the Spirit. Of course, He did not come as the water or as the blood, but eventually, in resurrection, He came as the Spirit. Furthermore, according to verse 6, Christ came in the water and in the blood. But this verse does not say that He came in the Spirit. Concerning the Spirit, this verse has the thought of being, for we are told, “The Spirit is He who testifies.” Therefore, we need to see clearly that Christ came through the water, through the blood, and as the Spirit. The phrase “through water and blood” refers to the baptism at the beginning of His ministry and to crucifixion at the end of His ministry. After this, in resurrection Christ became the life-giving Spirit, and thus He came as the Spirit. The Son of God came through water and through blood, that is, through His baptism and through His crucifixion. We may also say that He came in the water and in the blood. Then He came not through the Spirit nor in the Spirit, but as the Spirit. The water of baptism terminates the old creation, and the blood shed on the cross redeems whatever God has chosen of the old creation. Then the Spirit comes to germinate what God has chosen and redeemed. Therefore, here we have termination, redemption, and germination. As the old creation, we have been terminated. But as God’s chosen ones we were first redeemed and then germinated to be the new creation. This new creation is a composition of God’s children

14耶稣基督凭著了结、救赎、使人有新生的起头这三个步骤，不仅已经被证实为神的儿子，也已经进到我们里面。藉著祂受浸的水、藉著祂十字架的血、并成为那灵，基督已经被证实为神的儿子。祂也凭著这三个步骤进到我们的灵里。这就是说，凭著了结、救赎、并使人有新生的起头，现今基督就在我们里面。阿利路亚，我们是被了结、蒙救赎、且有了新生起头的人！我们不再是旧造，乃是新造，带著新的出生和新的生命。因为我们是神的儿女，我们就有生命的能力以胜过世界和一切消极的事物。

14By these three steps of termination, redemption, and germination, Jesus Christ has not only been testified as the Son of God, but has also entered into us. Through the water of His baptism, through the blood of His cross, and as the Spirit, Christ has been testified as the Son of God. By these three steps He has also come into our spirit. This means that by termination, redemption, and germination, Christ is now within us. Hallelujah, we are a terminated, redeemed, and germinated people! We are no longer the old creation; we are the new creation with the new birth and a new life. Because we are the children of God, we have the life ability to overcome the world and all negative things.

神的见证

the testimony of God

15约翰在五章九节接著说，『我们若领受人的见证，神的见证更大，因为这是神为祂儿子所作的见证。』这里神的见证，乃是那凭著水、血与那灵，说出耶稣是神儿子的见证。这见证比人的见证更大。

15In 5:9 John goes on to say, “If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater; because this is the testimony of God that He has testified concerning His Son.” The testimony of God here is the testimony by water, blood, and the Spirit that Jesus is the Son of God. This testimony is greater than that of men

16十节说，『信入神儿子的，就有这见证在他里面。不信神的，就是将神当作说谎的，因他不信入神为祂儿子所作的见证。』神为祂儿子作见证，使我们可以信入祂的儿子，并得著神圣的生命。我们若信入祂的儿子，我们就领受祂的见证，且有祂的见证在我们里面；否则，我们就是不信入祂所作的见证，将祂当作说谎的。

16Verse 10 says, “He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony which God has testified concerning His Son.” God testified concerning His Son that we may believe in His Son and have His divine life. If we believe in His Son, we receive and have His testimony in ourselves. Otherwise, we do not believe what He has testified and make Him a liar

在子里永远的生命

eternal life in the Son

17约翰在五章十一、十二节接著说，『这见证就是神赐给我们永远的生命，这生命也是在祂儿子里面。人有了神的儿子，就有生命；没有神的儿子，就没有生命。』神的见证不仅说出耶稣是神的儿子，也说出祂将那在子里的永远生命赐给我们。祂的儿子乃是祂赐给我们永远生命的凭藉，这永远的生命就是祂对我们的目标。因为生命是在子里面，（约一4，）并且子就是生命，（约十一25，十四6，西三4，）

17In 5:11 and 12 John continues, “And this is the testimony, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.” The testimony of God is not only that Jesus is His Son, but also that He gives to us eternal life, which is in His Son. His Son is the means to give us His eternal life, which is His goal with us. Because the life is in the Son (John 1:4) and the Son is the life (John 11:25; 14:6; Col. 3:4), the Son and the life are one, inseparable

18所以子与生命乃是一，是分不开的。

19我们若有神的儿子，就有永远的生命，因为永远的生命是在子里面。我们可以说，子是永远生命的容器。我们藉著相信子而接受子，就有永远的生命。我们可以说，永远的生命，神圣的生命，是我们基督徒生活的『资本。』这永远的生命实际上就是子，子乃是三一神的具体化身。藉此我们看见，永远的生命是三一神。现今三一神乃是膏油涂抹，在我们里面运行并工作。这膏油涂抹也是永远生命的运行。永远的生命不是一样东西，乃是一个人位，就是三一神的具体化身。现今这人位在我们里面运行，用祂自己，就是用永远的生命连同这生命的素质三一神自己）膏抹我们。三一神是永远生命的内容，素质。所以，永远的生命膏抹我们，乃是用三一神来膏抹我们。这给我们基础与凭藉，叫我们的生活实行神圣的义，实行神圣的爱，胜过世界、死、罪、魔鬼和偶像。

19If we have the Son of God, we have eternal life, because eternal life is in the Son. We may say that the Son is a container of eternal life. When we receive the Son by believing in Him, we have eternal life. We may say that eternal life, the divine life, is the “capital” of our Christian life. Actually, this eternal life is the Son, and the Son is the embodiment of the Triune God. By this we see that eternal life is the Triune God. Now the Triune God is moving and working within us as the anointing. This anointing is also the moving of eternal life. Eternal life is not a thing; it is a Person who is the embodiment of the Triune God. Now this Person is moving within us to anoint us with Himself, that is, with eternal life and with the essence of this life, which is the Triune God. The Triune God is the content, the essence, of (eternal life. Therefore, when eternal life anoints us, it anoints us with the Triune God. This gives us the basis and the means to live a life that practices the divine righteousness, practices the divine love, and overcomes the world, death, sin, the Devil, and idols.

20孔子教导人，大学之道，在明明德。但神新约的经纶教导人，永远的生命是三一神的具体化身，这生命用三一神的素质膏抹我们。至终，藉著不断的膏抹，我们要在生命和性情上与三一神一样，祂的素质要成为我们的素质，使我们和祂一样。然后我们所过的生活，就要满了义和爱，并且自然胜过世界、死、罪、魔鬼和偶像。我们不需要努力去过这种生活，只要我们照著膏油涂抹住在永远生命的交通里，我们就自然的实行义和爱，同时胜过一切消极的事物。

20Confucius taught that the highest learning was to cultivate and develop what he called the bright virtue. But God’s New Testament economy teaches that eternal life is the embodiment of the Triune God and that this life is anointing us with the essence of the Triune God. Eventually, through continuous anointing, we shall become the same in life and nature as the Triune God, in that His essence will become ours, making us the same as He. Then we shall live a life full of righteousness and love, a life that spontaneously overcomes the world, death, sin, the Devil, and idols. There is no need for us to try to live such a life. As long as we dwell in the fellowship of eternal life according to the anointing, we shall spontaneously practice righteousness and love and simultaneously overcome all negative things

晓得我们有永远的生命

KNOWING THAT WE HAVE ETERNAL LIFE

21约翰在五章十三节说，『我将这些话写给你们信入神儿子之名的人，要叫你们晓得自己有永远的生命。』经上所写的话，乃是那些信入神儿子之名的信徒，有永远生命的确据。我们凭信而接受永远的生命乃是事实，圣经上的话就是这事实的确据；这些话是我们永远救恩的契据。藉此我们有了确据和凭质，知道只要我们信入神儿子的名，就有永远的生命。圣经的话乃是永远生命的凭质。圣经也是我们救恩的契据，这就是圣经称为约或遗命的原因。我们不仅有永远生命的事实，我们还有凭质、保证、契据，证明我们有永远的生命。赞美主！我们有救恩和永远的生命，并且有契据来证明。

21In 5:13 John says, “I write these things to you that you may know that you have eternal life, to you who believe in the name of the Son of God.” The written words of the Scriptures are the assurance to the believers, who believe in the name of the Son of God, that they have eternal life. Our believing to receive eternal life is the fact; the words of the Holy Writings are the assurance concerning this fact. They are the title deed of our eternal salvation. We are assured and have the pledge by them that because we believe in the name of the Son of God we have eternal life. The word of the Bible is the pledge of eternal life. The Bible is also the title deed of our salvation. This is why the Bible is called a covenant or testament. We not only have the fact of eternal life; we also have the pledge, the guarantee, the title deed, to prove that we have eternal life. Praise the Lord that we have salvation and eternal life and also the title deed to prove it