约三28~30 ……我不是基督，不过是奉差遣在祂前面来的，……娶新妇的，就是新郎；……祂必扩增，我必衰减。

　　十四2 在我父的家里，有许多住处……。

　　23 人若爱我，就必遵守我的话，我父也必爱他，并且我们要到他那里去，同他安排住处。

　　虽然约翰福音里没有“召会”这字眼，却有许多的子粒，许多的弟兄和许多的枝子。你们看这是不是召会？……你们再看，……施浸约翰对他的门徒说，“我曾说，我不是基督，……娶新妇的，就是新郎。”（三28~29）新郎是基督，新妇是谁呢？就是召会。这是团体的，不是单个的，是总体的一个新妇（CWWL一九七七年第三册，一六四页）。

　　John 3:28-30 …I am not the Christ, but I have been sent before Him. He who has the bride is the bridegroom;… He must increase, but I must decrease.

　　14:2 In My Father’s house are many abodes…

　　23 …If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word, and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make an abode with him.

　　Although the Gospel of John does not have the term church, it mentions the grains, the brothers, and the branches. Do these not signify the church?… In addition,…John the Baptist said to his disciples, “I said, I am not the Christ…. He who has the bride is the bridegroom” [John 3:28-29]. The Bridegroom is Christ. Then who is the bride? The bride is the church. This is corporate, not individual. This is one bride in totality. (CWWL, 1977, vol. 3, “The Subjective Truths in the Holy Scriptures,” p. 126)

　　在约翰福音里，“我父的家”这个辞共用了两次：头一次是在二章，那里“我父的家”（16）是指着殿（15）或基督的身体说的。既是如此，到了十四章，“我父的家”必定仍是指着殿或身体说的。解圣经必须用圣经的本文来解。十四章“我父的家”的定义必须根据二章。“我父的家”就是殿，就是身体，也就是今天的召会。

　　我们都要看见，在约翰福音里有五种说法说到召会。第一种，许多子粒磨成粉，作成一个饼。第二种，许多弟兄集其大成，成了召会。第三种，许多枝子联于树，成为一体。我们是祂身上的肢体，肢体虽多，仍是一个身体；正如枝子虽多，仍是一棵树。第四种，一个新妇。第五种，一个新妇就是神的家，“我父的殿”。这些说法乃是从不同的角度，不同的方面来描写召会是怎样一回事，但是不要忘记主要的点，就是召会的产生乃是由于我们对基督有主观的经历（CWWL一九七七年第三册，一六八至一六九页）。

　　（在约翰十二章）我们有三类的功用：服事、见证和爱。……这三样东西必须在召会生活中见到。每逢人来到我们这里，他们必须晓得，我们中间有为主的服事、对主的见证和倾倒在主身上的爱。……我们必须一直有服事。我们更必须有见证，见证主是我们复活的生命；在这一面的见证，无需我们劳苦。我们只需要复活的生命。我们与祂一同复活之后，就不必劳苦。我们只要和祂同坐，和祂同行，和祂同享筵席。……此外，我们对主必须表示绝对的爱。人进到我们中间，就该说，“哦，这些人不惜任何代价来爱主。他们在爱主的事上，肯付任何代价。在他们心中，没有什么东西像主自己这样贵重、这样有价值、这样可爱、这样宝贵了。”我们必须给人这样的印象。

　　我们都必须作召会中三角的肢体，我们必须有三个角。……在召会生活中，至少必须有三样东西：对主殷勤的服事、主复活生命活的见证以及倾倒在主身上绝对的爱。我们若真正实行召会生活，就必须有服事，有见证，有对主的爱。我们都必须是马大、拉撒路及马利亚。这样一个召会是主作我们生命的结果。……在这里我们能与别的圣徒一起享受主，主自己也能满意地居住、安息并坐席。这是主身体真正的彰显，这身体乃是盛装主并彰显主的器皿（约翰福音生命读经，三四五至三四七页）。

　　参读：约翰福音生命读经，第十、二十五篇；基督为父用神圣的荣耀所荣耀的结果，第四、六章。

　　The phrase My Father’s house is used twice in the Gospel of John. It is used the first time in 2:16, where it refers to the temple (v. 15), the Body of Christ. Based on this, My Father’s house in 14:2 must still refer to the temple, the Body of Christ. We must interpret the Scripture by the Scriptures. Therefore, the definition of My Father’s house in chapter 14 must be according to chapter 2. “My Father’s house” is the temple, the Body, and this is the church today.

　　We have to see that the Gospel of John refers to the church in five different ways. First, many grains are ground to powder to become one bread. Second, many brothers in totality become the church. Third, many branches joined to the vine become one entity. We are members of His Body, and though the members are many, they are one Body. This is similar to the branches; though they are many, they are still one vine. Fourth, there is one bride. Fifth, the one bride is the house of God, “My Father’s house.” All these different terms depict the church from different angles and aspects. However, the main point we should not forget is that the church is produced as a result of our subjective experience of Christ. (CWWL, 1977, vol. 3, “The Subjective Truths in the Holy Scriptures,” pp. 129-130)

　　[In John 12] we have three kinds of functions: serving, testifying, and loving….These three items must be found in the church life. Whenever people come to us, they must realize that among us are the service for the Lord, the testimony of the Lord, and the love poured out upon the Lord….We must have the service, serving all the time. Even more, we must have the testimony, testifying that the Lord is the resurrection life to us. There is no need for us to labor in this aspect of the testimony. We simply need resurrection life. After we have been resurrected with Him, it is unnecessary for us to labor. We simply sit with Him, go along with Him, and enjoy the feast with Him….Moreover, we must also have the absolute love shown to the Lord. When people come into our midst, they should say, “Oh, these people love the Lord at any cost. They will pay any price in loving the Lord. In their hearts nothing is so costly, so valuable, so lovable, and so precious as the Lord Himself.” We must give people this kind of impression.

　　We all must be a triangular member of the church. We must have three corners…. In the church life there must be at least three items: the diligent service for the Lord, the living testimony of the resurrection life of the Lord, and the absolute love poured out upon the Lord. If we are truly practicing the church life, we must have the service, the testimony, and the love toward the Lord. We all must be Martha, Lazarus, and Mary. Such a church is the result and issue of the Lord being life to us…. Here we can enjoy the Lord with other saints, and the Lord Himself can dwell, rest, and feast in satisfaction. This is the real expression of the Body of the Lord, which is a vessel to contain the Lord and to express Him. (Life-study of John, pp. 306-307)

　　Further Reading: Life-study of John, msgs. 10, 25; CWWL, 1994-1997, vol. 5, “The Issue of Christ Being Glorified by the Father with the Divine Glory,” chs. 4-6