耶十10 唯耶和华是真神，是活神，是永远的王。……

　　出三14 神对摩西说，我是那我是；又说，你要对以色列人这样说，那我是差我到你们这里来。

　　耶和华的意思是“那昔是今是以后永是者”。这名称基本上由“是”这个动词所组成。除了主以外，其他一切都是虚无。祂是唯一“是”的那一位，唯一具有存在之实际的那一位。除了祂以外，“是”这个动词不该应用于任何人或任何事物。祂是唯一的自有者。宇宙中的万有都是虚无。……希伯来十一章六节说，“到神面前来的人，必须信有神。”（有神，直译，神是）根据本节经文，神是，我们必须信祂是。神是，但我们不是。……“我是”这辞不是完整的句子，但在这里的作用是一个名字，甚至是一个独特的名字。……这名实际上就是“是”这个动词。只有神够资格把这个动词应用在祂的存在上，因为唯有祂是自有的。你我……不是自有的（出埃及记生命读经，六八至六九、七一页）。

　　Jer. 10:10 But Jehovah is the true God; He is the living God and the eternal King…

　　Exo. 3:14 And God said to Moses, I AM WHO I AM. And He said, Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, I AM has sent me to you.

　　Jehovah…means “He who was, who is, and who will be.” This title is composed basically of the verb to be. Apart from the Lord, all else is nothing. He is the only One who is, the only One who has reality of being. The verb to be should not be applied absolutely to anyone or anything except to Him. He is the only self-existent being. In the universe all things are nothing….Hebrews 11:6 says that “he who comes forward to God must believe that He is.” According to this verse, God is, and we must believe that He is. God is, but we are not. The words I Am are not a complete sentence, but function in Exodus 3:14 as a name, even a unique name,…[which] is actually the verb to be. Only God qualifies to have this verb applied to His being, for only He is self-existent. You and I…are not self-existent. (Life-study of Exodus, pp. 57, 59)

　　神是那“我是”，祂是我们所需要的一切。我们能在“我是”这辞之后加上我们所需要的一切。你疲倦么？这位“我是”就是你的安息。你饥饿么？祂是你的食物。你发死么？祂就是生命。在新约里，主用许多事物来描述祂自己：“我是真葡萄树”（约十五1），“我就是生命的粮”（六35），“我是……光”（八12）。神作为“我是”，祂乃是一切—天、地、空气、水、树木、鸟、牲畜。这不是泛神论—将神和物质的宇宙视为一的宗教信仰。我没有说每件事物都是神，但我的确宣告神是一切正面事物的实际。这含示神必须是你，甚至是你这个人的实际。我们能对祂说，“主，你就是我。”如果主不是我们，我们就一无所是，没有实际。这伟大的“我是”，包罗万有的一位，就是来呼召我们的那位。……我能作见证，在我五十多年的基督徒生活里，这位“我是”一直扶持着我。因着祂以祂的所是来扶持我，我从来没有退后。不仅如此，我还能持续在这个职事里四十多年之久（出埃及记生命读经，七一至七二页）。

　　我是！……你们觉得这个名字的宝贵么？……你们知道“神是……”么？……神说话顶希奇。神所说的，是顶希奇；神所不说的，也是顶希奇。神说得完全的，顶希奇；神说得不完全的，也顶希奇。神都说的，是顶希奇；神说一半的，也顶希奇。神直直爽爽说的，顶希奇；神吞吞吐吐说的，也顶希奇。神在这里不完全地说神是什么。祂只说我是……，内里意思是不完全的。

　　若神在“我是”之下加上“能力”两字，就祂不是“爱”了。若加上“爱”字，就祂是爱，而非“能力、智慧、义、圣别、救赎、安慰、保障、坚固台、避难所”了。神只说祂是……，而不说祂是什么，好让信祂的人自己在下面加上字眼（哦，不是字眼，乃是属灵的实际！）我们可以按着信心随便加上什么。我们若有需要，同时并有信心，我们就可以在“神是”之下加上我们所需要的，而得着神补满我们那个需要。我们需要安慰，神就是我们的安慰。我们需要避难所，神就是我们的避难所。我们需要坚固台，神就是我们的坚固台。我们需要得胜，神就是我们的得胜。我们需要圣别，神就是我们的圣别。我们需要办法，神就是办法—我就是道路（约十四6），原文也可作为办法。我们需要光，神就是我们的光。我们需要生命的粮，神就是我们生命的粮。你要什么，你都可以加上。我们不必怀疑，无论什么都可以加上（倪柝声文集第一辑第九册，六五至六六页）。

　　参读：倪柝声文集第一辑第九册，耶和华；创世记生命读经，第五十六篇；罗马书的结晶，第七篇。

　　As I Am, God is everything we need. To the words I Am we can add whatever we may need. Are you tired? The I Am is your rest. Are you hungry? He is your food. Are you dying? He is life. In the New Testament the Lord uses many things to describe Himself: “I am the true vine” (John 15:1), “I am the bread of life” (John 6:35), “I am the light” (John 8:12). As I Am, God is everything—heaven, earth, air, water, trees, birds, cattle. This is not pantheism, the religious belief that identifies God with the material universe. I do not say that everything is God, but I do declare that God is the reality of every positive thing. This implies that God must be you, even the reality of your very being. We can say to Him, “Lord, You are me.” If the Lord is not us, then we are nothing, and we have no reality. This great I Am, the all-inclusive One, is the One who has come to call us….I can testify that for the more than fifty years of my Christian life the I Am has been sustaining me. Because of His sustaining me with what He is, I have never backslidden. Furthermore, I have been able to continue in the ministry for more than forty years. (Life-study of Exodus, pp. 59-60)

　　I Am!…Do you see the preciousness in this name?…Do you realize that God is…? God’s word is most amazing. What He says is most amazing, and what He has not said is also most amazing. What God has fully said is amazing, and what He has not fully said is also amazing. What He has spelled out is most amazing, and what He has only half-uttered is also most amazing. What God has said forthrightly is amazing, and what He has said hesitantly is also most amazing. Here God does not say fully what He is. He merely says that He is….This implies that there is something not yet said.

　　If God adds the word power to the words I am, then He is not love. If He adds love to the first words, then He is only love and not power, wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, redemption, comfort, protection, a high tower, and shelter. God only says that He is, without saying what He is. This allows those who believe in Him to add in other terms; actually, they are not terms, they are spiritual realities! We can add in whatever we want by faith. If we have the need and faith, we can add whatever we need to the words God is and receive God’s answer to our need. If we need comfort, God is our comfort. If we need a shelter, God is our shelter. If we need a high tower, God is our high tower. If we need victory, God is our victory. If we need holiness, God is our holiness. If we need a way, God is our way (John 14:6). If we need light, God is our light. If we need the bread of life, God is our bread of life. Whatever you need can be added to His name. We should not have any doubt. We can add whatever we want to His name. (CWWN, vol. 9, p. 266)

　　Further Reading: CWWN, vol. 9, pp. 263-274; Life-study of Genesis, msg. 56; CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 1, “Crystallization-study of the Epistle to the Romans,” ch. 7