12月23日
個人怎樣有份於救贖？
但我斷不以別的誇口，只誇我們主耶穌基督的十字架。（加六14）
耶穌基督的福音總牽涉到意志的問題。我接受神在基督十字架上對罪的宣判嗎？我對耶穌的死有絲毫興趣嗎？我願意與他的死連合，對罪、對世界、對自己的興趣完全死去，以致除了他，將一切看為有損嗎？作門徒的最大權利，就是在十字架上簽上名字，表示對罪死了。你要單獨來到耶穌面前，對他說你不願意罪從你身上除淨，或對他說你願意不計代價，與他的死連合。只要你憑信與十架的主相遇，一種超然死的體驗隨即而生，你會有超乎知識的知識，告訴你“舊人”已經與基督同釘。舊人與基督同釘的明證，就是神在你裡面的生命，叫你順服主的聲音，如今是出奇的輕省容易。
有時候，主會讓我們看看沒有了他我們會怎樣，要證明他說：“離了我，你們就不能作什麼。”因此，基督教的基石是個人對主耶穌全心全意的愛慕效忠。我們往往以為初信主進入天國時那種驚喜之情，就是神的目的；其實他給我們這經歷，目的是要我們體會什麼是與主耶穌合一。
祈禱◆噢，主啊，為著你自己，和靠著你那無所不能的恩典，我學習進入你的同在中；我讚美你。願你的恩典、亮光和智慧觸摸我的身體和心靈；願你的觸摸帶來光明和生氣。
December
23 How Can I Personally Partake In The Atonement?
“But
God forbid that I should glory save in the cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Galatians 6:14
The Gospel
of Jesus Christ always forces an issue of will. Do I accept God’s verdict on
sin in the Cross of Christ? Have I the slightest interest in the death of
Jesus? Do I want to be identified with His death, to be killed right out to all
interest in sin, in worldliness, in self – to be so identified with Jesus that
I am spoilt for every thing else but Him? The great privilege of discipleship
is that I can sign on under His Cross, and that means death to sin. Get alone
with Jesus and either tell Him that you do not want sin to die out in you; or
else tell Him that at all costs you want to be identified with His death.
Immediately you transact in confident faith in what Our Lord did on the Cross,
a supernatural identification with His death takes place, and you will know
with a knowledge that passeth knowledge that your “old man” is crucified with
Christ. The proof that your old man is crucified with Christ is the amazing
ease with which the life of God in you enables you to obey the voice of Jesus
Christ.
Every now
and again, Our Lord lets us see what we would be like if it were not for
Himself; it is a justification of what He said – “Without Me ye can do
nothing.” That is why the bedrock of Christianity is personal, passionate devotion
to the Lord Jesus. We mistake the ecstasy of our first introduction into the
Kingdom for the purpose of God in getting us there; His purpose in getting us
there is that we may realize all that identification with Jesus Christ means.
