约十四17　……实际的灵，乃世人不能接受的，……你们却认识祂，因祂与你们同住，且要在你们里面。

　　加二20　　我已经与基督同钉十字架；现在活着的，不再是我，乃是基督在我里面活着；并且我如今在肉身里所活的生命，是我在神儿子的信里，与祂联结所活的，祂是爱我，为我舍了自己。

　　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（李文集一九九○年第一册，三七○页）。

　　John 14:17 …The Spirit of reality, whom the world cannot receive,…but you know Him, because He abides with you and shall be in you.

　　Gal. 2:20 I am crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live in faith, the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

　　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. (CWWL, 1990, vol. 1, “The Triune God to Be Life to the Tripartite Man,” pp. 302-303)

　　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。……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。

　　我们要与基督同活，就需要在祂神圣的同在里（加五25上）。这神圣的同在就是赐生命的灵。……这同在就是以马内利，祂是那真实、实际的耶稣，是三一神与三部分的人同在。……我们要凭作

　　 为赐生命之灵的基督而行，就必须与基督这人位，就是以马内利同活。今天以马内利乃是赐生命的灵，就是终极完成的三一神，时刻与我们同在。……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，内在地与我们同在。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。……我们若领悟有另一位与我们同在，我们所作的每一件事，譬如购物，就会改变。

　　很少基督徒行事、生活、说话、作事，是有另一位，就是以马内利，与他们同在。我们有以马内利的道理，却少有以马内利的经历。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。……主的同在改变我们的生活。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。

　　与基督同活就是：不再是我单独活着，乃是与那活在我里面的基督同活（二20）。……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。……与基督同活就是我们仍然活着，但不是凭自己单独活着，乃是凭那作以马内利与我们同活的基督而活。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，我们与祂一同生活如同一人。三一神与三部分的人一同活着。……我们若失去祂的同在，就会失败；但我们若有祂的同在，就会得胜（李文集一九九○年第一册，三七一至三七四页）。

　　参读：三一神作三部分人的生命，第九章。

　　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…The Triune God cannot complete His intention to dispense Himself into our being outside of us. Therefore, His being with us must be inward.

　　To live with Christ, we need to be in His divine presence (Gal. 5:25a),… [which] is the life-giving Spirit, [or]…Emmanuel, who is the real, practical Jesus, the Triune God with the tripartite man. In order to walk by Christ as the life-giving Spirit, we must live with Christ as a person, who is Emmanuel. Today Emmanuel is the very life-giving Spirit, who is the consummated Triune God as His presence with us moment by moment…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 realize that another One is with us, everything we do, such as shopping, will change.

　　There are very few Christians who walk, live, speak, and do things with Emmanuel as another One with them. We have the doctrine of Emmanuel, but we have very little experience of Emmanuel. If we had more experience of Emmanuel, we would not do many of the things we do today, such as gossip… The presence of the Lord changes our life. 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.

　　Living with Christ is not I living alone but with Christ living in me (2:20)… 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 Immanuel 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…If we lose His presence, we are defeated, but if we have His presence, we have the victory. (CWWL, 1990, vol. 1, “The Triune God to Be Life to the Tripartite Man,” pp. 303-305)

　　Further Reading: CWWL, 1990, vol. 1, “The Triune God to Be Life to the Tripartite Man,” ch. 9