6月16日
标 题：圣灵同证
经 节：圣灵与我们的心同证我们是神的儿女；既是儿女，便是后嗣，就是神的后嗣，和基督同作后嗣。如果我们和祂一同受苦，也必和祂一同得荣耀。（罗马书八章16～17节）
刚重生的时候，我们不可能完全知道自己所承继的是什么，也不可能完全了解何为天堂。我们怎能完全理解，成为神的后嗣是怎么一回事呢？与基督同作后嗣的消息，令我们大吃一惊！靠着自己，我们甚至不能了解身为王的儿女所得的全部产业。圣灵使我们相信，我们真是神的儿女，并且帮助我们了解自己所继承的丰硕产业。
也许你的生身父亲并不慈爱，圣灵的角色是帮助你回应这位以完全的爱来爱你的天父，圣灵也会教导你如何过王的儿女的生活。也许你在贫穷困乏的环境中长大，圣灵会让你看到，身为神的儿女拥有取之不竭、用之不尽的丰盛资源。
倘若你仅仅宣告自己是神的儿女，而做什么事都是靠自己的力量，你不可能开始使用你所继承的产业。然而，天父已经赐下圣灵作你的导师。圣灵会引领你得到那宏大的应许和资源，这是当神收养你进入祂的家庭时，你所继承的产业。花时间默想神美妙的应许，这些应许正等着你去汲取。让圣灵使你信服自己真是神的儿女，与基督同作后嗣。
The Spirit Bears
Witness
The Spirit
Himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if
children, then heirs–heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we
suffer with Him, that we may also be glorified together. (Romans 8:16-18)
It is impossible to perceive all that became ours when we were born
again. There is no way we can understand all that heaven is like. How could we
ever comprehend all that is ours as fellow heirs with Christ? The knowledge
that we will share Christ’s inheritance with Him absolutely astounds us! Left
to our own, we could not begin to understand all that we received once we
became children of the King. The Holy Spirit convinces us that we are indeed
children of God and helps us understand the riches of our inheritance.
Perhaps you did not have a loving father. The Spirit’s role is to teach
you how to respond to a Father who relates to you only in perfect love and how
to live like a child of the King. Perhaps you grew up in poverty. The Spirit
will show you the inexhaustible riches available to you as a child of God.
If you were simply declared an heir and then left on your own, you could
not begin to use your inheritance. But the Father has given you His Spirit to
serve as your Guide and Teacher. The Holy Spirit will lead you to the
magnificent promises and resources that became available when God adopted you
into His family. Take time to meditate on the wonderful promises of God that
are available to you. Let the Holy Spirit convince you of the reality that you
are, indeed, a child of God and a fellow heir of Christ.
