Daily Devotion - Dec 26 - ¥q¥¬¯u¨C¤éÆF­×(¤é) Morning by Morning

司布真每日靈修(日) Morning by Morning

十二月二十六日

經文: 「末後的亞當。」（哥林多前書十五：45）

耶穌是教會的頭，也就是所有被揀選的信徒之首，乃群羊之牧。而始祖亞當是人類第一個代表，其後裔在其所立的約上都有份，所以人類的原罪也由他遺傳而來。同理，第二個亞當，也就是耶穌基督，乃被贖之人的始祖，每個蒙救贖的子民，都在這愛的新約上有份。

保羅曾鄭重說明，亞伯拉罕向麥基洗德獻上十分之一時，那得祭司職份的利未子孫，已在先祖的身中（來七：10）；所以，活在基督耶穌裡的信徒，因著這位中保，也能在恩典的約上永遠有份。無論耶穌做麼，祂所做的都是為教會所有信徒的好處，為祂揀選之民的終極利益。

我們與耶穌同死，同埋葬（西二：10∼12）；更重要的是，與祂同復活，同坐在父上帝的右邊（弗二：6）。也就是因為這樣，教會是一群被寶血潔淨的人集合在一起，在愛子耶穌裡被接納。上帝把教會視為耶穌基督的身體，並沒有把教會的頭與身體分開來看，因為他們是流通著一樣的血。

因著耶穌基督是以色列的受膏救贖主，祂所做所為都是為著祂所愛的教會；這末後的亞當所擁有的一切，也完全屬於我們。既然祂是為首，是我們的代表，祂就成為我們得救的根源，與恩典之基礎。


Morning, December 26

Scripture: "The last Adam."(1 Corinthians 15:45)

Jesus is the federal head of his elect. As in Adam, every heir of flesh and blood has a personal interest, because he is the covenant head and representative of the race as considered under the law of works; so under the law of grace, every redeemed soul is one with the Lord from heaven, since he is the Second Adam, the Sponsor and Substitute of the elect in the new covenant of love. The apostle Paul declares that Levi was in the loins of Abraham when Melchizedek met him: it is a certain truth that the believer was in the loins of Jesus Christ, the Mediator, when in old eternity the covenant settlements of grace were decreed, ratified, and made sure for ever. Thus, whatever Christ hath done, he hath wrought for the whole body of his Church. We were crucified in him and buried with him (read Col. 2:10-13), and to make it still more wonderful, we are risen with him and even ascended with him to the seats on high (Eph. 2:6). It is thus that the Church has fulfilled the law, and is "accepted in the beloved." It is thus that she is regarded with complacency by the just Jehovah, for he views her in Jesus, and does not look upon her as separate from her covenant head. As the Anointed Redeemer of Israel, Christ Jesus has nothing distinct from his Church, but all that he has he holds for her. Adam's righteousness was ours so long as he maintained it, and his sin was ours the moment that he committed it; and in the same manner, all that the Second Adam is or does, is ours as well as his, seeing that he is our representative. Here is the foundation of the covenant of grace. This gracious system of representation and substitution, which moved Justin Martyr to cry out, "O blessed change, O sweet permutation!" this is the very groundwork of the gospel of our salvation, and is to be received with strong faith and rapturous joy.

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