Daily Devotion - Dec 16 - ¥q¥¬¯u¨C¤éÆF­×(¤é) Morning by Morning

司布真每日靈修(日) Morning by Morning

十二月十六日

經文: 「可以到我這裡來。」（馬太福音十一：28）

基督教的信息，充滿了愛與溫柔的呼喚，耶穌說：「凡勞苦擔重擔的，可以到我這裡來，我就使你們得安息。」而猶太的律法常叫人生畏，「去，小心你走的每一步，若你犯了十誡的某一條，你就會滅亡，若你謹守遵行，才得存活。」律法誡命，像一根皮鞭一樣，常在後面威嚇著我們，但基督教的福音，卻是用愛來吸引我們。

耶穌是個好牧人，祂總是走在羊群前面，用慈聲呼喚羊兒跟隨祂。律法叫人知罪，讓人警覺上帝與人中間，隔著很深的鴻溝。但福音卻傳揚赦罪的真理，指出一條路，使人跨過鴻溝，得與上帝和好。

從你重生得救的那一刻開始，直到你進入榮耀裡，基督徒最常聽到的語詞，就是「來，來歸向我。」就像一位母親用手招呼著她的孩子：「來，來到媽媽這邊。」那穌也是這樣，祂常走在我們前頭，要我們跟隨祂。

耶穌如同我們的開路先鋒，在我們面前為我們舖設道路，只要你專心傾聽，並願順服，你會聽到上帝向你的指示，或向左或向右。若我們一生遵行，我們必走在正途，就是在臨終之際，我們也會聽到上帝的慈聲呼喚：「你們這蒙我父賜福的。」（太廿五：34）


Morning, December 16

Scripture: "Come unto me."(Matthew 11:28)

The cry of the Christian religion is the gentle word, "Come." The Jewish law harshly said, "Go, take heed unto thy steps as to the path in which thou shalt walk. Break the commandments, and thou shalt perish; keep them, and thou shalt live." The law was a dispensation of terror, which drove men before it as with a scourge; the gospel draws with bands of love. Jesus is the good Shepherd going before his sheep, bidding them follow him, and ever leading them onwards with the sweet word, "Come." The law repels, the gospel attracts. The law shows the distance which there is between God and man; the gospel bridges that awful chasm, and brings the sinner across it.

From the first moment of your spiritual life until you are ushered into glory, the language of Christ to you will be, "Come, come unto me." As a mother puts out her finger to her little child and woos it to walk by saying, "Come," even so does Jesus. He will always be ahead of you, bidding you follow him as the soldier follows his captain. He will always go before you to pave your way, and clear your path, and you shall hear his animating voice calling you after him all through life; while in the solemn hour of death, his sweet words with which he shall usher you into the heavenly world shall be—"Come, ye blessed of my Father."

Nay, further, this is not only Christ's cry to you, but, if you be a believer, this is your cry to Christ—"Come! come!" You will be longing for his second advent; you will be saying, "Come quickly, even so come Lord Jesus." You will be panting for nearer and closer communion with him. As his voice to you is "Come," your response to him will be, "Come, Lord, and abide with me. Come, and occupy alone the throne of my heart; reign there without a rival, and consecrate me entirely to thy service."


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