9你若把圣经好好地读过，就看见神有一个脾气，就是不乐意显扬。祂不愿意在明处作事，祂喜欢在暗中作工。祂造了宇宙，祂就隐藏在宇宙中人所不知道的地方，以致人找不着祂。祂住在一个人里面，但几乎没有人认识那个人。人接触祂一次，不过看祂是一个称为拿撒勒人耶稣的人。再接触祂一次，就觉得祂是一个比常人更聪明的人。接触祂第三次，就想这必定是一个申言者。人再接触祂一次，就觉得这个人必定比申言者大多了。但要确切地找出祂是谁，不是容易的事。就连祂的门徒与祂同在三年半，还未能真正地认识祂。这在在告诉我们，祂是一直把自己隐藏着。有一刻祂把自己显出来，随后又隐藏回去（李文集一九五六年第二册，一三至一四页）。
9If you study the Scriptures carefully, you will see that God has the kind of temperament that dislikes ostentation. He likes to work secretly rather than openly. He created the universe and then hid Himself in it, until we do not know where to find Him. He took up His abode in a man, but that man was almost unknowable. On first meeting Him, men just saw a man called Jesus of Nazareth. On meeting Him a second time, they recognized in Him a man of more than average intellect; and on the third time of meeting, they thought that He must be a prophet. When they met Him still later, they felt, “This man is surely more than a prophet.” But to discover exactly who He was, was no easy matter. Even His disciples, during their three and a half years in His company, did not arrive at a true knowledge of Him. All of this tells us that He was continually hiding Himself. He would manifest Himself for a moment and then would conceal Himself again. (CWWL, 1956, vol. 2, “A God Who Hides Himself,” pp. 6-7)