after His resurrection the Lord became the Spirit of reality. First Corinthians 15:45 confirms this.

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

The sheep are God’s chosen people. In eternity past, God with His foresight had chosen His people. In time, before Christ came, God put His chosen people into the custody of the law. After Christ came, He wanted all of His people to come out of the law’s custody.

Lord would prepare a place, accomplish redemption, open up the way, and make a standing for man to get into God.

今天的关键乃在于我们信或不信。

这里的『水』象征物质享受和属世娱乐的消遣。这些都不能解除人深处的干渴，人无论喝了多少物质和属世的『水，』还会再渴。这些『水』喝得越多，干渴越加增。比方说，在受教育的事上，人喜欢得更高的学位。在拿到学士学位之后，就想要硕士；拿到了硕士，又想要博士。

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.

If God was going to solve all the basic problems of man, He had to become a man Himself. Satan knows the importance of this. Satan was not afraid of the Lord Jesus being the Son of God. He was afraid of the Lord Jesus being a man. Therefore, Jehovah God became a man.

The Lord is not the way to bring the believers into heaven but the way to bring them into the Father.

约翰八章的事例，就是九件中的第七件，完全说到罪的问题。在整本圣经中，没有一章像约翰八章这样广泛、透彻的说到罪的问题。所有罪的问题，在这一章都有解答。

The central thought of this chapter is that we must believe into God.

七章的末日，是指我们一生中的许多末日。你所宝贵的那件衣服有末日，你的婚姻生活有末日，每样东西都有末日。在你节期的末日－在你欢乐并享受后，仍觉干渴时－你必须来到一这位耶稣这里，接受活水解你干渴。

我们必须使查考神的话和摸着主成为一件事。每逢我们读圣经，我们必须将我们的灵向主敞开。当我们的眼睛在阅读圣经的话，我们的心思在领会这些话时，我们的灵必须操练藉着圣经接触主。这样，我们不但在头脑里领会圣经上的白纸黑字，还在我们的灵中得到生命。

The whole Gospel of John also reveals that the Lord is the Word and the Spirit. There is such a thought throughout the whole Gospel. Once you see the wonderful person of the Lord in this Gospel, you will ask, “Where is He and how can I contact Him?” Praise the Lord that He is in the Word and in the Spirit, for He is the Word and He is the Spirit.

The Lord as a grain of wheat falling into the ground lost His soul-life through death that He might release His eternal life to the “many grains” in resurrection. We as the many grains must lose our soul-life through death that we may enjoy the eternal life in resurrection. This is to follow Him that we might serve Him, as mentioned in verse 26.

住棚节是在收割结束时，人已收藏了五谷和酒。（申十六13～14。）所有的庄稼都已收割了，人聚在一起守住棚节，与家人甚至仆人共享一切。我们必须知道，在住棚节时，人不再劳苦，因为工作已经完毕，庄稼都已收割，谷和酒都已收藏了。那是他们欢腾享受的时候，但他们仍是干渴！

What is the way for a grain of wheat to multiply? It is not by being welcomed or honored, but by falling into the ground to die. This is absolutely contrary to the human concept. Nevertheless, we must remember that this is the only way to bring the church into being and to increase it in life.