Daily Devotion - Dec 12 - ¥q¥¬¯u¨C¤éÆF­×(©]) Evening by Evening

司布真每日靈修(夜) Evening by Evening

十二月十二日

經文: 他們向耶和華行事詭詐。（何西阿書五：7）

信徒啊，這是一件令人擔憂的事實！你是主所愛，蒙祂的寶血救贖，藉恩典蒙召，在基督耶穌內得保守，被接納於愛我們的主之中，並向天國邁進的。但是，你卻以「詭詐」待上帝，祂是你的良友；以詭詐對耶穌，你應當是屬祂的；又以詭詐對聖靈，藉祂的幫助你能早日得到永遠的生命；還記得你起初的愛──你的靈命的春天嗎？那時，你與你的主是何等親密啊！你曾說：「在服事祂的工作中，我的腳步永不怠惰，我必不讓我的心被其它的愛吸引。在祂�面有充足的甜密。我要為我主耶穌的緣故放棄一切。」果真如此嗎？若你的良心能說話，它要說：「他的承諾眾多，行動卻寡，他的禱告常常稀少，簡短不甜美；簡單又不熱情。他忘記了與基督相交。他應該有屬天的思想，卻只關心肉體之事、世界的虛浮、和邪惡的念頭。他應該事奉，卻不願順服。他應當熱誠，卻不冷不熱；應當忍耐，卻諸多怨言；應當有信心，卻只對身邊的事有信心；應當作十字架的精兵，卻只是懦弱、不順從、甚至可恥地背棄主。」但願我們帶著悔罪的意念驅逐那些確實在我們�面的罪。祂永不忘記我們，更佩戴刻有我們的名字的胸牌侍立在永遠的寶座前，而我們竟以詭詐待祂，真是可恥啊！

Evening, December 12

Scripture: "They have dealt treacherously against the Lord."(Hosea 5:7)

Believer, here is a sorrowful truth! Thou art the beloved of the Lord, redeemed by blood, called by grace, preserved in Christ Jesus, accepted in the Beloved, on thy way to heaven, and yet, "thou hast dealt treacherously" with God, thy best friend; treacherously with Jesus, whose thou art; treacherously with the Holy Spirit, by whom thou hast been quickened unto life eternal! How treacherous you have been in the matter of vows and promises. Do you remember the love of your espousals, that happy time—the springtime of your spiritual life? Oh, how closely did you cling to your Master then! saying, "He shall never charge me with indifference; my feet shall never grow slow in the way of his service; I will not suffer my heart to wander after other loves; in him is every store of sweetness ineffable. I give all up for my Lord Jesus' sake." Has it been so? Alas! if conscience speak, it will say, "He who promised so well has performed most ill. Prayer has oftentimes been slurred—it has been short, but not sweet; brief, but not fervent. Communion with Christ has been forgotten. Instead of a heavenly mind, there have been carnal cares, worldly vanities and thoughts of evil. Instead of service, there has been disobedience; instead of fervency, lukewarmness; instead of patience, petulance; instead of faith, confidence in an arm of flesh; and as a soldier of the cross there has been cowardice, disobedience, and desertion, to a very shameful degree." "Thou hast dealt treacherously." Treachery to Jesus! what words shall be used in denouncing it? Words little avail: let our penitent thoughts execrate the sin which is so surely in us. Treacherous to thy wounds, O Jesus! Forgive us, and let us not sin again! How shameful to be treacherous to him who never forgets us, but who this day stands with our names engraven on his breastplate before the eternal throne.

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