【读圣经学英语】当信入我

约翰福音-John 14 章 1 节

Enlightenment:

In verse 1 the Lord said to His disciples, “Let not your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me.” This verse reveals two very important points. The first is that the Lord is the same as God. If one believes in God, he must also believe in the Lord, for the Lord is the same as God Himself.

Just as God is without the elements of time and space, so He also was without these elements. Whether He went or stayed it was the same, for He, as God, was omnipresent. Since His going was actually His coming, their hearts did not need to be troubled by His going. He was the same as the God in whom they believed. If they believed in God, they also had to believe in Him because He was the same as the God who is always present. The Lord seemed to be telling His disciples, “I am omnipresent. If you believe in God, you must also believe in Me, for I am the same as God.”

The second important point in verse 1 is that believing God is different from believing into God. You may say that you believe God, but do you believe into God? In Greek the preposition in means “into,” that is, to believe into God. In other words, this is not an objective believing; it is a subjective believing. The basic thought of this chapter is that the Lord intends to help or instruct the disciples to be in God. We must remember that to believe God is objective but to believe into God is subjective. It is this kind of subjective believing that brings us into God. In effect, the Lord was saying, “If you believe into God, you must also believe into Me.” The preposition into is very important. It is regrettable that many have the wrong concept, thinking that to believe in God means to believe God. We must not miss the preposition. It is not a matter of believing the fact objectively; it is a matter of the subjective believing that brings us into God. The central thought of this chapter is that we must believe into God.

亮光

   在一节主对祂的门徒说，『你们心里不要受搅扰，你们信入神，也当信入我。』这节启示了两个非常重要的点。第一是主与神相同。人若信入神，也必信入主，因为主与神自己是相同的。

　因为祂是神，是无所不在的。既然祂的去实际上就是祂的来，他们的心就不必因祂的去受搅扰。祂与他们所信入的神是相同的。他们若信入神，也就当信入祂，因为祂与永在的神是一样的。主似乎告诉祂的门徒说，『我是无所不在的。你们若信入神，也当信入我，因为我和神是一样的。』

　一节第二个重要的点乃是：信神和信入神不同。你也许说你信神，但你是否信入神？在这里原文所用的介系词，意思就是『入』（into）。也就是信入神。换句话说，这不是客观的信，乃是主观的信。这章的基本思想乃是：主要帮助或教导门徒在神里面。我们必须记住，信神是客观的，信入神是主观的。乃是这种主观的信，将我们带到神里面。主实在是说，『你们若信入神，也当信入我。』 『入』字是很要紧的。可惜很多人都有错误的观念，以为信入神的意思就是相信神。我们不可遗漏这字。这里不是客观的相信事实，乃是主观的相信，将我们带进神里面。本章的中心思想就是我们必须信入神。