19什么时候我们享受了神,我们就不仅有恩典,也有实际。……我们越经历神,就越享受恩典,越领略实际。……恩典是神在子里给我们享受,实际是神在子里给我们实化。……恩典和实际都是随同耶稣来的。约翰一章十七节说,“因为律法是借着摩西赐的,恩典和实际都是借着耶稣基督来的。”律法照着神的所是要求人,恩典却以神的所是供应人,以应付神的要求。……我们多次享受神在基督里作我们的恩典,并且我们多次认识神在基督里真是生命、亮光、安慰、安息、忍耐、谦卑以及许多别的事物。这乃是神的实化(约翰福音生命读经,三三至三五、三七至四二页)。
19Whenever we enjoy God, we not only have grace but also reality…The more we experience God, the more we will enjoy grace and apprehend reality. Grace is God enjoyed by us in the Son; reality is God realized by us in the Son. Both grace and reality came with Jesus. John 1:17 says, “The law was given through Moses; grace and reality came through Jesus Christ.” The law makes demands on man according to what God is, but grace supplies man with what God is to meet what God demands…Many times we have enjoyed God in Christ as our grace, and many times we have realized that God in Christ is truly life, light, comfort, rest, patience, humility, and so many other things. This is the realization of God. (Life-study of John, 2nd ed., pp. 29-31, 33-36)