10约壹五章二十节所说到的悟性,与我们的心思、我们的灵以及实际的灵有关。照着我们天然的人,我们的灵是死沉的,我们的心思是黑暗的。……灵死沉、心思黑暗的人,怎能认识那不能看见的神?这是不可能的。……神的儿子主耶稣已经来到,且将悟性赐给我们,使我们可以认识那真正、真实的神。祂已经借着成为肉体、钉十字架和复活的步骤来到我们这里。祂为我们完成了救赎,当我们悔改相信祂的时候,我们就接受了祂。我们既已相信并接受祂,我们的罪就得了赦免,我们黑暗的心思就蒙了光照,我们死沉的灵也就活了过来。不仅如此,实际的灵,就是启示的灵,已经进到我们里面。这就是说,实际的灵已经加到我们被点活的灵里,已经照耀到我们的心思里,光照了我们的心思。我们现今有蒙光照的心思与被点活的灵,连同实际的灵,将属灵的实际启示给我们。结果,我们必定有悟性,能认识那真实者。我们得救以前没有这种悟性,但神的儿子已经来到,且将这悟性赐给我们,使我们可以认识神。
10The understanding spoken of in 1 John 5:20 involves our mind, our spirit, and the Spirit of reality. According to our natural being, our spirit is deadened, and our mind is darkened…How can someone with a deadened spirit and a darkened mind know the invisible God? This is impossible. The Lord Jesus, the Son of God, has come and has given us an understanding that we might know the genuine and real God. He has come to us by the steps of incarnation, crucifixion, and resurrection. He accomplished redemption for us, and when we repented and believed in Him, we received Him. Now that we have believed in Him and received Him, our sins have been forgiven, our darkened mind has been enlightened, and our deadened spirit has been enlivened. Furthermore, the Spirit of reality, who is the Spirit of revelation, has come into our being. This means that the Spirit of reality has been added to our quickened spirit and has shined into our mind to enlighten it. Now we have an enlightened mind and a quickened spirit with the Spirit of reality, who reveals spiritual reality to us. As a result, surely we have an understanding and are able to know the true One. Before we were saved, we did not have this understanding. But the Son of God has come to us and has given us this understanding so that we may know God.