Daily Devotion - Nov 22 - ¼}¦w¼w¯P¨C¤éÆF­× God's Best Secrets by Andrew Murray

慕安德烈每日靈修 God's Best Secrets by Andrew Murray

與上帝相交

經文: 「我們將所看見、所聽見的，傳給你們，使你們與我們相交，我們乃是與父並祂兒子耶穌基督相交的。」（約翰壹書一：3）

能與上帝相交來往，是福音中最為獨特的祝福。耶穌為我們而死，「藉此我們得與上帝和好。」同時我們也因而成為上帝的後嗣，享受天父的慈愛。藉著耶穌所流的寶血，一條又新又活的路為我們開闢，能夠進到祂面前，行在祂的大光中，並且整天默念祂的聖名為樂。我們可以操練每日與上帝同行，這是一種自然且享受的事，就像我們走在陽光中一般，這種能與上帝不斷相交團契、溝通來往的內在生活，就是福音。

與上帝相交來往，應是傳道的主要信息。若傳道人只傳講悔改、罪得赦免、死後有永生，這福音還不夠全備。傳道人應強調聖靈內住，與耶穌同行的內在生活，如此信徒才有聖潔喜樂的生活可言，這也是使徒約翰所傳的信息：「與上帝、神子相交的生活。」

與上帝相交來往，是傳道人活力的泉源，而且這樣的生命力滿溢到一個地步，他會忍不住向人分享這樣的信息，而他本身的生活就是活生生的見證，讓別人看出他身上所散發的耶穌基督馨香之氣，而令人興起欣羨之情，希望也能擁有那樣的生命。

上帝在我身上做的聖工，也一樣可以做在你身上。但願與天父、神子相交的內在生活，能成為我們過得勝生活的祕訣，首先始於每天安靜的靈修時間，其次顯露在我們每天的工作上，最後是吸引周圍的人，來認識福音的真理，享受與上帝同行的甘甜生活。


FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD

Scripture: "That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: yea, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ."—1 JOHN i. 3.

Fellowship with God is the unique blessing of the Gospel. Christ died for us "that He might bring us to God," that the prodigal son might return to the father's house, and to a life in his father's love. By His blood He dedicated for us a new and living way into the holy place where we may walk in the light of God. The promise is, "They shall walk, O Lord, in the light of Thy countenance. In Thy name shall they rejoice all the day." Our walk with God may be as natural and as joyful as a walk in the sunshine. A life of unbroken fellowship with God—this is the Gospel.

Fellowship with God is the preacher's theme. If preachers are content to speak only of conversion, forgiveness of sin, and safety after death, they will fail grievously in their work. Christians must be educated to practice the Presence of God, to have fellowship with God, thereby ensuring holy living. This was the Apostle John's message: Fellowship with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ.

Fellowship with God is the preacher's only source of power. If fellowship with God is the blessing of the Gospel, and the burden of the minister's preaching, then it follows the preacher must show in his own life the possibility and blessing of such a walk with God. Experiencing it himself, he is able to tell others of it as most blessed and full of joy. A life of close fellowship with the Father and with the Son, lived by the preacher, gives him the right to win others to the same joyous fellowship. What God can do for me He can do for you. May fellowship with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ be our daily life, first in the quiet hour, then in our daily duties, and finally in winning souls for Christ that they too may share this full salvation.


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