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林後十三14 願主耶穌基督的恩，神的愛，聖靈的交通，與你們眾人同在。
林前十二13 …我們不拘是猶太人或希利尼人，是為奴的或自主的，都已經在一位靈裏受浸，成了一個身體，且都得以喝一位靈。
父、子、靈三而一的神，乃是一個奧祕，且是一個奧祕中的奧祕！…許多關於生命的事，都是人沒有辦法明白得透的，只能知道一個大概。譬如我們人肉身的生命，就沒有一個人能講得透，因為生命是一個奧祕。我們人裏頭還有一個靈，這更是奧祕。人的生命是個甚麼東西？人的靈又是個甚麼東西？沒有一個人能講得透徹。所以不要說父、子、靈三而一的神這樣大的奧祕，就是我們人這個小奧祕，我們都瞭解不了！（李常受文集一九七○年第三冊，四○五頁）
信息選讀
聖經多次多方，說到神只有一位。在舊約，在新約，有許多地方，都說神只有一位。…林前八章四節：『神只有一位，再沒有別的神。』…以賽亞四十五章五節：『我是耶和華，再沒有別神；除了我以外沒有神。』〔參6、21~22，四六9，四四6、8〕…在這些經節中，神再三再四的說，『除了我以外，再沒有神。』祂不是說，『除了我們以外，再沒有神』，乃是說，『除了我以外，再沒有神。』『我』是單數的，只是一位。神這多次的宣言，強有力的證明，神只有一位。
神在以賽亞六章八節說，『我可以差遣誰呢？誰肯為我們去呢？』神稱自己一面作『我』，一面又作『我們』。這是證明『我』
就是『我們』，『我們』也就是『我』。那麼，神是單數的呢？還是多數的？你若說祂是多數的，祂說『我』；你若說祂是單數的，祂說『我們』。這就相當奧祕了，我們很難瞭解，只好照明文接受聖經的啟示。
還有，在創世記一章二十六節，三章二十二節，和十一章七節，神也都是自稱『我們』。那獨一的神，在祂的聖言中，竟多次稱祂自己作『我們』。這真是叫我們難解的奧祕！但我們應該相信，這必是由於神的三個身位—父、子、靈—的講究。
主在馬太二十八章十九節說，『將他們浸入父、子、聖靈的名裏。』主在這裏清楚的說出父、子、聖靈三者來。但主在這裏說到父、子、聖靈的名，所用的『名』字，在原文是單數的。這是說，父、子、聖靈雖是三者，名卻是一個。實在奧祕，三者一個名。這當然就是三而一。
主在這裏所說『父、子、聖靈的名』，這名是『父』呢，是『子』呢，還是『聖靈』？這實在是很難解答的問題。我們只好說，父、子、聖靈的名，就是『父、子、聖靈』。這一個名就包括父、子、聖靈三者。這就是說出神是三而一的，雖是一位神，卻有父、子、靈三者的講究。
主在約翰十四章二十三節說，『人若愛我，…我父也必愛他，並且我們要到他那裏去，同他安排住處。』又在十七章十一節說，『聖父阿，…使他們成為一，像我們一樣。』主在這兩處，都稱祂自己和父作『我們』，這必定也是出於父、子、聖靈的講究（李常受文集一九七○年第三冊，四○七至四○九頁）。
參讀：李常受文集一九七○年第三冊，關於父子靈三而一的神。
WEEK 4 — DAY 2
Morning Nourishment
2 Cor. 13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
1 Cor. 12:13 …In one Spirit we were all baptized into one Body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and were all given to drink one Spirit.
The Triune God—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit—is a mystery, in fact, a mystery of mysteries!…Many things relating to the matter of life are not within the comprehension of men; men can only have a general idea of them. For instance, though we have life in our physical body, no one can explain it thoroughly, for life is a mystery. Furthermore, there is a spirit within us—this is even more of a mystery. What is the life of man, and what is the spirit of man? No one can give a full explanation. We are not able to comprehend such a comparatively small mystery as man, to say nothing of the Triune God—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit. (CWWL, 1970, vol. 3, “Concerning the Triune
God—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit,” p. 287)
Today’s Reading
The Scriptures in many instances and in many ways tell us that God is uniquely one…: First Corinthians 8:4: “There is no God but one.” Isaiah 45:5: “I am Jehovah and there is no one else; / Besides Me there is no God” [see also vv. 6, 21-22; 46:9; 44:6, 8]. In these passages God repeatedly said, “There is no God besides Me.” He did not say, “There is no God besides Us,” but, “There is no God besides Me.” Me is singular, indicating only one. These repeated declarations of God strongly prove that God is uniquely one…We must stand absolutely on the scriptural revelation and believe that God is one.
In Isaiah 6:8 God said, “Whom shall I send? Who will go for Us?” God spoke of Himself on the one hand as “I” and on the other hand as “Us.” This proves that “I” is “Us” and “Us” is “I”; “I” and “Us” are identical. Then is God singular or plural? If you say that He is plural, He says “I.” If you say that He is singular, He says “Us.” This is rather mysterious and difficult to understand, so we just take the scriptural revelation as it is.
Furthermore, in Genesis 1:26; 3:22; and 11:7, God also spoke of Himself as “Us.” The unique God, in His divine words, has many times spoken of Himself as “Us.” This is really a mystery difficult to comprehend, but we must believe that this is due to the matter of the three persons of the Godhead—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit.
The Lord said in Matthew 28:19, “Baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” Here the Lord spoke clearly of the three persons—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit. But when He spoke here of the name of the Father, the Son, and the Spirit, the name is in the singular number in the original text. This means that though the Father, the Son, and the Spirit are three, yet the name is one. It is really mysterious—one name for three persons. This, of course, is what is meant by the expression three-in-one, or triune.
We may ask, Is this name Father, or Son, or Holy Spirit? It is difficult to answer. All we can say is that the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This name includes the three—the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit—and tells us that God is three-in-one. Although God is only one, yet there is the matter of the three persons—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit.
In John 14:23 the Lord said, “If anyone loves Me…My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make an abode with him.” Also, in 17:11 He said, “Holy Father…that they may be one even as We are.” In both of these places the Lord spoke of Himself and the Father as “We.” This must also be due to the matter of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. (CWWL, 1970, vol. 3, “Concerning the Triune God—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit,” pp. 288-290)
Further Reading: CWWL, 1970, vol. 3, “Concerning the Triune God—the Father, the Son, and the Spirit”
