Daily Devotion - Dec 22 - ¥q¥¬¯u¨C¤éÆF­×(©]) Evening by Evening

司布真每日靈修(夜) Evening by Evening

十二月二十二日

經文: 祂兒女的記號（The spot of his children）（譯者自行翻譯）（申命記三十二：5）

將上帝的兒女與世上的人分別開來的祕密記號是甚麼呢？我們若妄想自己來決定這點可就太大膽了。主告訴我們說：「凡接待祂的，就是信祂名的人，祂就賜他們權柄，作上帝的兒女。」（約一：12）我若已接受基督耶穌進入心中，那我就是上帝的孩子。我信耶穌基督的名，也就是我打心底相信那位曾被釘十架而現在已升天的救贖者。我就是至高者家庭中的一份子。若有了這些，我就有成為上帝兒女的特權。我們的主耶穌用另外一種方式說：「我的羊聽我的聲音，我也認識他們，他們也跟著我。」（約十：27）基督是祂自己羊群的牧者。只要祂一出現，祂的羊必馬上認出祂，他們信賴祂，準備隨時跟從祂。祂認識他們，他們也認識祂。他們之間有緊密的聯繫。如此一來，這記號、這確實的記號、重生與進入上帝家永不錯誤之記號，也就是對上帝所命定的救贖主之衷心信靠。你可以肯定自己已有上帝兒女的秘密記號了嗎？不要再浪費光陰了，願你現在就說：「上帝啊，求您鑒察我，知道我的心思。」（詩一三九：23）切勿輕忽與你永恆靈魂及其目的有關之事！

Evening, December 22

Scripture: "The spot of his children."(Deuteronomy 32:5)

What is the secret spot which infallibly betokens the child of God? It were vain presumption to decide this upon our own judgment; but God's word reveals it to us, and we may tread surely where we have revelation to be our guide. Now, we are told concerning our Lord, "to as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to as many as believed on his name." Then, if I have received Christ Jesus into my heart, I am a child of God. That reception is described in the same verse as believing on the name of Jesus Christ. If, then, I believe on Jesus Christ's name—that is, simply from my heart trust myself with the crucified, but now exalted, Redeemer, I am a member of the family of the Most High. Whatever else I may not have, if I have this, I have the privilege to become a child of God. Our Lord Jesus puts it in another shape. "My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me." Here is the matter in a nutshell. Christ appears as a shepherd to his own sheep, not to others. As soon as he appears, his own sheep perceive him—they trust him, they are prepared to follow him; he knows them, and they know him—there is a mutual knowledge—there is a constant connection between them. Thus the one mark, the sure mark, the infallible mark of regeneration and adoption is a hearty faith in the appointed Redeemer. Reader, are you in doubt, are you uncertain whether you bear the secret mark of God's children? Then let not an hour pass over your head till you have said, "Search me, O God, and know my heart." Trifle not here, I adjure you! If you must trifle anywhere, let it be about some secondary matter: your health, if you will, or the title deeds of your estate; but about your soul, your never-dying soul and its eternal destinies, I beseech you to be in earnest. Make sure work for eternity.

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