约壹二24　　至于你们，务要让那从起初所听见的住在你们里面；那从起初所听见的若住在你们里面，你们也就住在子里面，并住在父里面。

　　三24　　遵守神诫命的，就住在神里面，神也住在他里面。在此我们就知道神住在我们里面，乃是由于祂所赐给我们的那灵。

　　我们也该是住在父里面的人。（约壹二24下。）我们有一位父，这实在是好！我们的父是全能的，…是永活的，…永不老旧。祂在每一面、每一事上都顾到我们。…神是我们的父，我们不是孤儿，乃是众子。我们不仅住在作三一神生机体的基督里，不仅住在主带着祂的主权里，并住在子带着祂儿子的名分里，我们也住在父带着祂一切的照顾里。当我们活在三一神里时，我们乃是作众子活着，不是作孤儿活着。我们有一位父。我们活在这位照顾我们者的里面。（李文集一九八八年第一册，四七三页。）

　　1 John 2:24 As for you, that which you heard from the beginning, let it abide in you. If that which you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father.

　　3:24 And he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And in this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He gave to us.

　　[We also need to abide in the Father (v. 24c).] How good it is to have a Father! Our Father is all capable. Our Father is always living [and] never gets old. He takes care of us in every way and in everything….Thank the Lord that God is our Father and that we are not orphans but sons. We are not only abiding in Christ as the organism of the Triune God, in the Lord with His lordship, and in the Son with His sonship, but we are also abiding in the Father with all His care. When we are living in the Triune God, we are living as sons, not orphans. We have a Father. We live in the One who takes care of us. (CWWL, 1988, vol. 1, “Living in and with the Divine Trinity,” pp. 341-342)

　　约壹二章二十四节提到住在子里面，也提到住在父里面。我们有了子，我们就有父，因为子与父是一。父在子里面，子也在父里面。（约十四10。）当我们住在子里面，我们就是住在父里面。我们的经历证实这个事实。当我们住在子里面时，我们感觉到父与我们同在。我们有主，我们也有父。我们有子同着父。当我们住在子里面，我们就享受父，因为父就在那里。

　　我们也该是住在神里面的人。（约壹三24上。）这一切不同的名称—主、子、父、神—都带着一定的意义。为了要明白住在神里面的意思，我们需要读约壹三章二十二至二十四节：“并且我们不论求什么，就从祂得着；因为我们遵守祂的诫命，也行祂看为可喜悦的事。神的诫命就是叫我们信祂儿子耶稣基督的名，并且照祂所赐给我们的诫命彼此相爱。遵守神诫命的，就住在神里面，神也住在他里面。在此我们就知道神住在我们里面，乃是由于祂所赐给我们的那灵。”神是赐诫命者。这些诫命就是要我们信祂的儿子，并要我们彼此相爱。我们需要有相信神儿子耶稣基督的信，我们也需要有爱众弟兄的爱。这就是住在神里面的意思。这是一种生活，包括了我们基督徒生活主要的事项。我们基督徒的生活是信基督并爱弟兄的生活。只要我们信基督并爱所有作我们弟兄的基督徒，我们就是完全的。…我们住在神里面，因为我们遵守祂所吩咐我们的诫命，就是要信祂的儿子，并爱祂儿子所有的弟兄。这就是要有信和爱。

　　在约翰一书里我们看见，我们需要住在主里面，住在子里面，住在父里面，并住在神里面。这陈明一幅活在三一神里面的完整图画。活在三一神里面，就是在作三一神生机体的基督里面，在主带着祂为首的身份并祂的主权里面，在子带着祂儿子的名分里面，在父带着祂为父的身份里面，在神带着祂要我们信祂儿子并爱祂所有众子的诫命里面，过日常的生活。这就是在我们日常生活中经历神圣三一的意思。…我们住在神里面，是由于神的灵。（三24下。）没有神的灵，我们和神之间就毫无关系。我们和神、父、子、主、基督之间的连结，联系，乃是那灵。这个“连结的灵”是在我们的灵里。我们若要享受住在神里面的生活，就必须操练我们的灵，转向我们的灵，摸着我们的灵，并运用我们的灵。这样，我们就会摸着连结的灵。（李文集一九八八年第一册，四七三至四七五页。）

　　参读：住在主里面，享受主生命，第一至三篇。

　　Our abiding in the Son and in the Father are both mentioned in 1 John 2:24. When we have the Son, we have the Father, because the Son and the Father are one. The Father is in the Son, and the Son is in the Father (John 14:10). When we abide in the Son, we abide in the Father. Our experiences confirm this fact. While we are abiding in the Son, we have the sensation that the Father is with us. We have the Lord, and we have the Father. We have the Son with the Father. When we abide in the Son, we enjoy the fatherhood because the Father is there.

　　We also need to be those who are abiding in God (1 John 3:24a). All these different titles—the Lord, the Son, the Father, and God—bear some significance. In order to understand what it means to abide in God, we need to read 1 John 3:22-24: “Whatever we ask we receive from Him because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight. And this is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ and love one another, even as He gave a commandment to us. And he who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. And in this we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He gave to us.” God is the One who gave the commandments. These commandments are that we have to believe in His Son and that we have to love one another. We need to have the faith in Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and we need to have the love to love all the brothers. This is what it means to abide in God. This is a living that includes the main things of our Christian life. Our Christian life is a life that believes in Christ and loves the brothers. As long as we believe in Christ and love all other Christians as our brothers, we are complete….We abide in God because we are keeping His commandments, which charge us to believe in His Son and to love all the brothers of His Son. This is to have faith and love.

　　In 1 John we see that we need to abide in the Lord, in the Son, in the Father, and in God. This presents a full portrait of living in the Triune God. To live in the Triune God is to have a daily life in Christ as the organism of the Triune God, in the Lord with His headship, with His lordship, in the Son with His sonship, in the Father with His fatherhood, and in God with His commandments of believing in His Son and of loving all His other sons. This is what it means to experience the Divine Trinity in our daily life. We abide in God by the Spirit of God (3:24b). Without the Spirit of God there is nothing between us and God. The linking, the connection, between us and God, the Father, the Son, the Lord, and Christ is the Spirit. This “linking Spirit” is in our spirit. If we are going to enjoy a life of abiding in God, we must exercise our spirit, turn to our spirit, touch our spirit, and use our spirit. Then we will touch the linking Spirit. (CWWL, 1988, vol. 1, “Living in and with the Divine Trinity,” pp. 342-343)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1983, vol. 3, “Abiding in the Lord to Enjoy His Life,” chs. 1-3