Have you ever realized that from the day you received the Lord Jesus, you have been a mysterious person?

[jidong xiao]

约翰的著作乃是奥秘的。诸如神圣的生命和神圣的交通、（约壹一2～3、）膏油的涂抹、（约壹二27、）与神圣的出生（约壹三9）等事，确实是奥秘的。这样的事是神圣的，所以是奥秘的。

我们基督徒是奥秘的，因为我们有奥秘的神圣生命，连同奥秘的神圣性情。神圣的生命连同神圣的性情使我们成为奥秘的人。你知道甚么是基督徒？基督徒就是奥秘的人。因着我们是奥秘的，别人应当不容易了解我们。不仅如此，因着我们是奥秘的，有时我们会遭到误解。在召会生活和我们的家庭生活中，也该有奥秘的元素。我们是有神奥秘生命的奥秘人。

The writings of John are mysterious. Matters such as the divine life and the divine fellowship (1:2-3), the anointing (2:27), and the divine birth (3:9) certainly are mysterious. Such things are mysterious because they are divine. 

We Christians are mysterious because we have the mysterious divine life with the mysterious divine nature. The divine life with the divine nature makes us mysterious beings. Do you know what a Christian is? A Christian is a person who is mysterious. Because we are mysterious, others should not be able to understand us so easily. Furthermore, because we are mysterious, sometimes we shall be misunderstood. In the church life and in our family life, there should also be an element of mystery. We are mysterious persons with the mysterious life of God.