只要我们有耶稣，一切宗教的事物就算不得什么；只要我们有耶稣，我们就有生命。让宗教同宗教的一切事物去吧。那些东西不能给我们生命，但耶稣能。耶稣将我们点活，耶稣给我们生命。生命带给我们喜乐，生命带给我们安息。生命带给我们亮光和我们所需要的一切。赞美主！

The death and resurrection of the Lord glorified God the Father because His death and resurrection released God’s divine element from within Him. 

这样吃祂的肉喝祂的血，就是相信祂在十字架上为我们所作成的，好在祂的救赎里，接受祂作生命和生命的供应。我们把这节与四十七节相比，就能看见，吃主的肉，喝主的血，等于相信祂，因为信或信入，就是接受。

On the one hand, we are the new creation, we are in God, and we are in the heavenlies.

什么是神的恩赐？如果你说神的恩赐就是基督，这个答案并不完全准确。神圣的生命才是神的恩赐，因为罗马六章二十三节说，神白白的恩赐乃是永远的生命。

所有的神迹、奇事和恩赐，都不过是我们藉以接触基督的见证。今天的问题是人虽然有了见证，却未接触主自己。人可能见到了神迹奇事，有了恩赐和圣经知识，却没有来接触主自己。只有主自己赐你生命。

Now we are in the zoe life under one shepherd to be one flock. This is not an organization; it is a flocking together in life. It is wonderful. Hallelujah! The flock is not a matter of religion, but of life.

Blindness indicates the lack of life. If you have life, then you have sight, for light opens your eyes. So, first of all, the Lord pointed out that the blind man needed the light of life.

The branches are in an intimate relationship with the vine

As long as we have eternal life, we have eternal security. What can be more secure than eternal life? I have the real insurance policy in my spirit. Not only do I have eternal life, but I have two hands—the Son’s hand of power and the Father’s hand of love.

This warns us that the real foot-washing is only for the people who are genuinely in the fellowship with the Lord.

The Spirit and the Word will bring us into the principle of life in resurrection. If we take Him in the Spirit and through the Word, we shall then be satisfied, enlightened, freed, and resurrected.

摩西被带到山上领受神的启示。（出二四12。）主耶稣去到山顶上，在那里变了形像。（太十七1～2。）使徒约翰也被带到山上，在超越的地位上看见关于新耶路撒冷那永远的异象。（启二一10。）

我们若要从基督得喂养，就必须超越撒但所败坏的世界，也超越神所创造的地。我们若要享受祂的喂养，就必须与祂同在山上。

If we all live by the Lord’s life as the source, in the Lord’s love as the condition, and for fruit-bearing as the goal, we surely will love one another.

John the Baptist pointed to Christ because the age of the sheepfold was over and a new age had begun. All of the chosen people of God had to give up the fold and come to Him.The testimony of John the Baptist was simply that of urging people to come out of the fold and to enter the pasture.

For us to maintain pleasant fellowship with the Lord and with one another we need spiritual foot-washing.