一月二十一日
于是以色列全家都要得救。（罗11:26）
摩西看见以色列人都平安地过了红海，便快乐地向耶和华唱起歌来。海水成了峭壁，神的子民以色列人从海中行经干地，两边的水墙一滴也没有喷射下来，直到他们的脚完全踏到大海的彼岸。他们渡完之后海水迅即复归原处，可是他们还在海底时候，海水却老老实实地一点也不到神所指定它们的范围之外。他的诗歌中有一句说：“你凭慈爱领了你所赎的百姓。”在末时被选的人也要唱神仆人摩西的歌和羔羊的歌，那是耶稣所最得意的事，他说：“你所赐给我的人，我没有失落一个。”天堂上必然没有一个宝座空闲起来的。
“被选得众族类，必环聚宝座前，
齐称颂他恩德，并传扬他荣耀。”
凡神所选的，凡基督所赎的，凡圣灵所召的，凡信耶稣的，都必平安地渡过被分开的海。我们现在还没有上岸呢！
“有人已渡过大海，有的正在过渡。”
我们的先锋已经到了岸上。我们正行经深渊，我们今天正艰苦地跟着我们的首领行到海心。让我们放心：殿军不久也必到达先锋所到的地方，后来被选的人不久也必渡过大海，看到全军都平安稳妥时，就听到胜利的歌声。但若有一个不在——唉！若有一个被选得人遗失了——那末，被赎之人的歌声就不会那么和谐洪亮，乐园的琴弦就不再发出幽雅动听的曲调了。
January
21
“And
so all Israel shall be saved.” –Romans 11:26
Then Moses sang at the Red Sea, it was his
joy to know that all Israel were safe. Not a drop of spray fell from that solid
wall until the last of God’s Israel had safely planted his foot on the other
side the flood. That done, immediately the floods dissolved into their proper
place again, but not till then. Part of that song was, “Thou in thy mercy
hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed.” In the last time,
when the elect shall sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and of the Lamb,
it shall be the boast of Jesus, “Of all whom thou hast given me, I have
lost none.” In heaven there shall not be a vacant throne.
“For all the chosen race
Shall meet around the throne,
Shall bless the conduct of His grace,
And make His glories known.”
As many as God hath chosen, as many as
Christ hath redeemed, as many as the Spirit hath called, as many as believe in
Jesus, shall safely cross the dividing sea. We are not all safely landed yet:
“Part of the host have crossed the
flood,
And part are crossing now.”
The vanguard of the army has already reached the shore. We are marching
through the depths; we are at this day following hard after our Leader into the
heart of the sea. Let us be of good cheer: the rear-guard shall soon be where
the vanguard already is; the last of the chosen ones shall soon have crossed
the sea, and then shall be heard the song of triumph, when all are secure. But
oh! if one were absent–oh! if one of His chosen family should be cast away–it
would make an everlasting discord in the song of the redeemed, and cut the
strings of the harps of paradise, so that music could never be extorted from
them.
