五月十八日
因为神本性一切的丰盛，都有形有体地居住在基督里面，你们在他里面也得了丰盛。（西2：9-l0）
基督的神与人的一切属性都归于我们了。神本性一切的丰盛，无论这句奥秘的话语里包涵着什么，都是我们的，为的是使我们得以丰盛。他不能把神的属性赋于我们，但他却成就了他所能成就的，因为他用他的神权和神性为我们成就了救恩。他的全能、全智、全在，他的不改变，他的无错误，都是为了保护我们。信徒啊！起来，你看主耶稣以他整个的神性为轭，拉着救恩的车。他的恩典是多么洪大，他的信实是多么牢靠，他的不变是多么永恒，他的能力是多么无限，他的知识是多么无量呀！这一些，主耶稣都用以作为救恩之殿的栋粱，并且这一切的量度是不会减少的，都按约永远归于我们作为产业了。救主心中测不尽的爱，每一滴都是我们的；大能膀臂上的每一条筋肉，荣耀冠冕上的每一颗珍宝，神知的无边，神义的尊严，都是我们的，都要归我们使用。基督所有的神儿子高贵的属性，他都使我们得以丰丰富富地享受。他的智慧是我们的指引，他的知识是我们的训诲，他的能力是我们的护围，他的公义是我们的保障，他的爱是我们的安慰，他的恩怜是我们的抚慰，他的不变是我们的倚靠。他毫不保留地把神的山打开，叫我们发掘里面的宝藏。他说：“一切，一切，一切都是你们的，愿你们饱尝主的恩惠并满得他的善美。”仰望耶稣，凭信来寻求他的爱和能力是多么美好的一件事呀！我们所求的不过是他已经按著信实所应许的罢了。
May 18
“In Him dwelleth all
the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in Him.” —
Colossians 2:9, 10
All the attributes
of Christ, as God and man, are at our disposal. All the fulness of the Godhead,
whatever that marvellous term may comprehend, is ours to make us complete. He
cannot endow us with the attributes of Deity; but He has done all that can be done,
for He has made even His divine power and Godhead subservient to our salvation.
His omnipotence, omniscience, omnipresence, immutability and infallibility, are
all combined for our defence. Arise, believer, and behold the Lord Jesus yoking
the whole of His divine Godhead to the chariot of salvation! How vast His
grace, how firm His faithfulness, how unswerving His immutability, how infinite
His power, how limitless His knowledge! All these are by the Lord Jesus made
the pillars of the temple of salvation; and all, without diminution of their
infinity, are covenanted to us as our perpetual inheritance. The fathomless
love of the Saviour’s heart is every drop of it ours; every sinew in the arm of
might, every jewel in the crown of majesty, the immensity of divine knowledge,
and the sternness of divine justice, all are ours, and shall be employed for
us. The whole of Christ, in His adorable character as the Son of God, is by
Himself made over to us most richly to enjoy. His wisdom is our direction, His
knowledge our instruction, His power our protection, His justice our surety,
His love our comfort, His mercy our solace, and His immutability our trust. He
makes no reserve, but opens the recesses of the Mount of God and bids us dig in
its mines for the hidden treasures. “All, all, all are yours,” saith
He, “be ye satisfied with favour and full of the goodness of the
Lord.” Oh! how sweet thus to behold Jesus, and to call upon Him with the
certain confidence that in seeking the interposition of His love or power, we
are but asking for that which He has already faithfully promised.
