16因着我们爱子,子和父就到我们这里来,同我们安排住处。……当我们告诉主耶稣我们爱祂时,我们就感觉祂到我们这里来,同我们安排住处。我们若忽略对祂的爱,我们就会失去祂的显现,祂的显出。约翰二十一章记载,当彼得和别的门徒去打鱼时,他们以为他们失去了主的同在。……祂虽然与他们同在,但在他们打鱼的时候,他们没有祂的显现,祂的显出。我们若说,“主耶稣,我爱你”,我们就不仅有祂与我们同在,我们也有祂向我们显出,就是祂亲自向我们显现。祂到我们这里来,同我们安排住处,这就是祂的显出,祂的显现(李常受文集一九八八年第一册,四九七至四九八页)。
16The Son and the Father come to us and make an abode with us because of our loving the Son…When we tell the Lord Jesus that we love Him, we will sense His coming to us and making His abode with us. If we neglect our love toward Him, we will lose His manifestation, His appearing. When Peter and the other disciples went fishing, as recorded in John 21, they thought that they were absent from the Lord…He was with them, but at the time of their fishing they did not have His manifestation, His appearing. If we say, “Lord Jesus, I love You,” we will not only have Him with us but also have Him appearing to us, manifesting Himself to us. His coming to us and making an abode with us is His appearing, His manifestation. (CWWL, 1988, vol. 1, “Living in and with the Divine Trinity,” p. 358)