约八32 你们必认识真理，真理必叫你们得以自由。

　　36 所以神的儿子若叫你们自由，你们就真自由了。

　　约十七17 求你用真理圣别他们，你的话就是真理。

　　真理的第一种功用是叫我们得以自由。失丧了真理就必在辖制中，在奴役中；但认识真理就从奴役中得以释放，得以自由。真理的第二种功用见于约翰十七章十七节。……一面真理叫我们得以自由；另一面真理圣别我们。真理使我们被神的元素所浸透。得着真理是一件非常重要的事，因为真理使我们从一切消极的事物中得以自由，并且用神圣的元素浸透我们。……最终，真理将使我们彻底圣别，彻底变化。为着真理的功用，阿利路亚！（CWWL一九七八年第三册，四○七至四○八页）

　　John 8:32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.

　　36 If therefore the Son sets you free, you shall be free indeed.

　　17:17 Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.

　　The first function of the truth is to set us free. To be deprived of the truth is to be in bondage, in slavery, but to know the truth is to be released from slavery, to be freed. The second function of the truth is seen in John 17:17….On the one hand, the truth sets us free; on the other hand, it sanctifies us. It causes us to be saturated with the element of God. It is a very significant matter to have the truth, for it frees us from all negative things and saturates us with the divine element…. Eventually, the truth will cause us to be thoroughly sanctified and transformed. Hallelujah for the functions of the truth! (CWWL, 1978, vol. 3, “Truth Messages,” pp. 296-297)

　　为着一而圣别我们的真理，包含了主耶稣、实际的灵以及父的话。因此，三一神的三个身位都与真理有关。主耶稣—子—是真理；灵是实际（真理）的灵；而父的话是真理。在新约里，尤其在约翰福音，真理的意思不是道理，而是三一神的实际。

　　因为父的话是祂的发表，而且因为祂的话是真理，所以真理乃是父的发表。……我们需要对这事实有深刻的印象：圣经不仅仅是一本书，更是那发表神的话。……每一次我来读圣经，在我的深处都有一个感觉，我是来到神自己面前，而这一位神不是一位隐藏的神，隐蔽的神，乃是发表出来的神。借着圣经，我能遇见神，与祂交谈，并且听祂说话。

　　基督—子—也是真理。……父的话就是子，祂是神的发表。许多基督教教师曾正确地说过：圣经是写出来的话，子是活的话。我很同意这说法。圣经是外面的话，子是里面的话；外面的话和里面的话，这二者原为一。……这一切乃是借着灵神来实化。……父化身在子里，子实化成实际的灵。那灵乃是作为父具体化身之子的实化；因此，那灵乃是实际。那灵也是话。约翰六章六十三节说，话就是灵；以弗所六章十七节说，那灵就是话。阿利路亚！我们外面有话，里面有那灵。

　　每当我们带着敞开的心和敞开的灵来到主的话跟前，就立刻摸着了作为真理的话和那灵。我能见证，每次我敞开我的心和灵来到圣经跟前，我都遇见神。……我们每天需要有两三次来到主话的跟前。你很难离开主的话而在灵里来到主面前。……为着接触主，主的话是一种非常奇妙的工具！当我们灰心、下沉，里面感觉虚空时，我们可以敞开自己来到主的话跟前。读了一些时候，有些东西会在我们里面升起，我们就享受了主的同在。这就是对真理—实际—的经历。这是三一神在祂的话里分赐到我们里面。

　　父具体化身在子里，子实化为那灵，而那灵与话乃是一。当我们摸着话时，我们也摸着那灵，于是有些东西就灌输到我们里面的人里。凡这样灌输到我们里面的东西，就是真理。虽然这包含了圣经知识的获得，但在这种知识里有些东西是活的。这就是三一神被我们实化，并且借着话灌输到我们里面。这不仅仅是话；这乃是由三一神所调和、浸透的话，并且灌输到我们里面。这就是叫我们得以自由并圣别我们的真理（CWWL一九七八年第三册，四四六至四四八页）。

　　参读：真理信息，第一章。

　　The truth that sanctifies us for oneness involves the Lord Jesus, the Spirit of reality, and the word of the Father. Therefore, all three of the Triune God are related to the truth. The Lord Jesus, the Son, is the truth; the Spirit is the Spirit of truth; and the Father’s word is truth. In the New Testament, especially in the Gospel of John, truth does not mean doctrine; it means the reality of the Triune God.

　　Because the Father’s word is His expression, and because His word is truth, truth is the expression of the Father. We need to be deeply impressed with the fact that the Bible is not merely a book but a word that expresses God…. Every time I come to the Word, I have the sense deep within that I am coming to God Himself, and not to a hidden God or a concealed God, but to the God who is expressed. By means of the Bible I can meet with God, talk to Him, and listen to Him.

　　Christ, the Son, is also the truth….The Father’s word is the Son, who is the expression of God. Many Christian teachers have rightly said that the Bible is the written Word and that the Son is the living Word. I agree with this. The Bible is the word without, and the Son is the word within. But these two, the outer word and the inner word, are one. All this is realized through God the Spirit….The Father is embodied in the Son, and the Son is realized as the Spirit of reality. The Spirit is the realization of the Son as the embodiment of the Father. Therefore, the Spirit is the reality. The Spirit is also the word. John 6:63 says that the Lord’s word is spirit, and Ephesians 6:17 says that the Spirit is the word. Hallelujah, we have the Word without and the Spirit within!

　　Whenever we come to the Word with an open heart and an open spirit, we immediately touch both the Word and the Spirit as the truth. I can testify that every time I open my heart and spirit as I come to the Bible, I meet God….Two or three times every day we need to come to the Word. It is rather difficult to come to the Lord as the Spirit apart from the Word….What a wonderful instrument the Word is for contacting the Lord! When we are disappointed or depressed, feeling empty within, we can open ourselves and come to the Word. After reading for a while, something within us rises up, and we enjoy the presence of the Lord. This is the experience of the truth, the reality. It is the Triune God in His word being imparted into our being.

　　The Father is embodied in the Son, the Son is realized as the Spirit, and the Spirit is one with the word. When we touch the Word, we also touch the Spirit. Then something is infused into our inner being. Whatever is infused into us in this way is the truth. Although this involves the acquisition of biblical knowledge, there is something living inside this knowledge. This is the Triune God realized by us and transfused into us through the word. This is not merely the word. It is the word mingled and saturated with the Triune God and infused into our being. This is the truth that sets us free and sanctifies us. (CWWL, 1978, vol. 3, “Truth Messages,” pp. 325-327)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1978, vol. 3, “Truth Messages,” ch. 1