约十四17　　就是实际的灵，乃世人不能接受的，因为不见祂，也不认识祂；你们却认识祂，因祂与你们同住，且要在你们里面。

　　加五25　　我们若凭着灵活着，也就当凭着灵而行。

　　三一神经过成为肉体和复活的过程，好将祂自己分赐到我们里面。借着成为肉体，祂能成为在信徒外面的以马内利；但这只会部分的达成祂要与我们同在的心意。祂外面与我们同在，并没有达成祂要将自己分赐到我们里面的目的，所以祂必须经过另一个过程。这第二个过程就是祂的死与复活。在复活里，祂物质的形状成了属灵的形状。借着死与复活，祂这末后的亚当成了赐生命的灵。（林前十五45下。）作为赐生命的灵，祂就是以马内利，神圣三一的同在。这同在一直在我们的灵里，与我们同在，（提后四22，）不只天天，更是每时每刻与我们同在。（李文集一九九○年第一册，三七一页。）

　　John 14:17 Even the Spirit of reality, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not behold Him or know Him; but you know Him, because He abides with you and shall be in you.

　　Gal. 5:25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.

　　The Triune God passed through the processes of incarnation and resurrection in order to dispense Himself into us. Through incarnation He could be Emmanuel outside of His believers, but this would fulfill only part of His intention in being with us. His being with us outwardly does not fulfill His purpose to dispense Himself into our being, so He had to go through another process. The second process was His death and resurrection. In resurrection His physical form became a spiritual form. Through death and resurrection, He as the last Adam became the life-giving Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45b). As the life-giving Spirit, He is Emmanuel, the presence of the Divine Trinity. This presence is always with us in our spirit (2 Tim. 4:22), not only day by day but also moment by moment. (CWWL, 1990, vol. 1, “The Triune God to Be Life to the Tripartite Man,” p. 303)

　　马太福音这卷书是论到以马内利—神成为肉体来与我们同在。实际的以马内利，就是实际的灵。（约十四16~20。）当彼得与其他门徒听到主在马太十八章二十节和二十八章二十节的话时，他们可能不知道主要如何与他们同在。…他们可能认为主会继续在肉身上与他们同在，这会使他们非常快乐。但在约翰十四章，主耶稣说，“我要求父，祂必赐给你们另一位保惠师，叫祂永远与你们同在。”（16。）然后在十七至十八节，主指明祂要成为这一位保惠师。

　　马太二十八章二十节的“我”是以马内利；约翰十四章十八节那正往门徒这里来的“我”，乃是十七节里“实际的灵”。从马太福音到约翰福音，神圣的启示有一个进展。今天实际的灵就是以马内利。在使徒行传和书信里，实际的灵就是终极完成之三一神在我们灵里的同在。祂这位三一神与我们三部分人的同在，主要是内里的。三一神若在我们外面，就无法完成祂的目的，就是将祂自己分赐到我们这人里面。所以，祂与我们的同在必须是内里的。

　　我们必须领悟，我们终日都有另一位与我们同在。祂不仅是在外面与我们同在，更是在一天之中，分分秒秒在我们的灵里，内在的与我们同在。我们单独时，作事并说话是一个样子；但有别人与我们同在时，我们作事和说话就不一样了。…我们若更多经历以马内利，就不会作我们今天所作的许多事，诸如闲谈等等。…我们都必须领悟并认知，主耶稣是我们的救主，也是以马内利。祂是三一神与我们三部分的人同在。我们不该在自己里面或凭自己说什么或作什么，我们需要经历以马内利。

　　如果你每一天、每一刻都凭自己活着，你就是失败的。你必须领悟你不再是单独活着，乃是基督与你同活，并在你里面活着。当你有了这个认知，你整个生活就会有彻底的翻转。

　　与基督同活，我们仍然活着，但不是单凭我们自己，乃凭基督这以马内利与我们同活。以马内利这名称头一次被提到，是在以赛亚书。（七14，八8。）许多基督徒称主是耶稣，是基督，但很少基督徒称主是以马内利。我们必须学习称我们的主为“以马内利”。…以马内利是我们的生命和人位，我们是祂的器官；作为祂的器官，我们与祂同活如同一人。三一神与三部分的人一同活着。我们的得胜在于以马内利，耶稣的同在。（李文集一九九○年第一册，三七○至三七四页。）

　　参读：三一神作三部分人的生命，第九章；以赛亚书生命读经，第八篇。

　　Matthew is a book on Emmanuel—God incarnated to be with us. The practical Emmanuel is the Spirit of reality (John 14:16-20). When Peter and the other disciples heard the Lord’s word in Matthew 18:20 and 28:20, they may have wondered how the Lord would be with them….They may have considered that the Lord would continue to be with them physically, and this may have made them quite happy. But in John 14 the Lord Jesus said, “I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Comforter, that He may be with you forever” (v. 16). Then in verses 17 and 18 the Lord indicated that He would become this Comforter.

　　In Matthew 28:20 the “I” is Emmanuel. In John 14 the “I” who will come in verse 18 is the Spirit of reality in verse 17. There is a progression in the divine revelation from the Gospel of Matthew to the Gospel of John. Today the Spirit of reality is Emmanuel. In Acts and the Epistles, the Spirit of reality is the very presence of the consummated Triune God in our spirit. He, the Triune God, is with us, the tripartite man, mainly in an inward way. The Triune God cannot complete His intention to dispense Himself into our being outside of us. Therefore, His being with us must be inward.

　　We have to realize that all day long we have another One with us. He is not only with us outwardly but also with us inwardly in our spirit every minute of the day. We do and say things one way when we are alone, but when we have someone else with us, we do and say things differently. If we had more experience of Emmanuel, we would not do many of the things we do today, such as gossip….We all must have the realization and sensation that the Lord Jesus, who is our Savior, is also Emmanuel. He is the Triune God with us, the tripartite men. We should not say or do anything in ourselves or by ourselves. We need to experience Emmanuel.

　　If you live every day and every moment by yourself, you are defeated. You must realize that you are no longer living alone, but Christ is living with you and in you. When you have this sensation, it will revolutionize your entire life.

　　To live with Christ, we still live, yet not by ourselves alone but by Christ living with us as Emmanuel. The name Emmanuel is first mentioned in Isaiah (7:14; 8:8). Many Christians address the Lord as Jesus and Christ, but few address the Lord as Emmanuel. We must learn to call our Lord “Emmanuel.” Emmanuel is our life and person, and we are His organ. As His organ, we live together with Him as one person. The Triune God lives together with the tripartite man. Our victory depends upon Emmanuel, the presence of Jesus. (CWWL, 1990, vol. 1, “The Triune God to Be Life to the Tripartite Man,” pp. 302-305)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1990, vol. 1, “The Triune God to Be Life to the Tripartite Man,” ch. 9; Life-study of Isaiah, msg. 8