Daily Devotion - Dec 7 - ¥q¥¬¯u¨C¤éÆF­×(¤é) Morning by Morning

司布真每日靈修(日) Morning by Morning

十二月七日

經文: 「上帝也揀選了世上卑賤的，被人厭惡的。」（哥林多前書一：28）

夜幕低垂，華燈初上，但不知有多少罪惡，正在黑暗中進行，不僅監獄裡滿了罪犯，就是在街市鬧區，也到處充斥著暴力、色情與貪瀆。不信你打開報紙或電視，每天都有這類令人看了沮喪的報導。

就是因為人間「罪惡」的緣故，耶穌才來到世上，為罪人死。有人的地方，就有罪惡的問題，但耶穌來，為尋找世上的罪人。那愚拙卑微的，被人厭惡唾棄的，被人看為世間渣滓的，耶穌的愛臨到他，就拯救他、改變他。上帝的慈悲憐憫，使得浪子回頭，使窮兇惡極的敗類幡然轉悟，願洗心革面，重新做人，得以坐在聖餐桌旁。

所以，弟兄們，千萬別灰心喪志自暴自棄，仰望耶穌吧！祂正以無比關懷的淚眼注視著你，祂肋旁的傷口也向你湧出無比的愛。祂純全堅貞的愛，祂頑固無比的愛，有如慈繩愛索般環繞著你，吸引著你，你怎可視若無睹，或無動於衷呢？

弟兄姐妹們，信靠祂吧！上帝要拯救你。將你的靈魂交託在祂的手中，耶穌要帶你進入永恆，晉見天父的面，與祂永遠同在。


Morning, December 7

Scripture: "Base things of the world hath God chosen."(1 Corinthians 1:28)

Walk the streets by moonlight, if you dare, and you will see sinners then. Watch when the night is dark, and the wind is howling, and the picklock is grating in the door, and you will see sinners then. Go to yon jail, and walk through the wards, and mark the men with heavy over-hanging brows, men whom you would not like to meet at night, and there are sinners there. Go to the Reformatories, and note those who have betrayed a rampant juvenile depravity, and you will see sinners there. Go across the seas to the place where a man will gnaw a bone upon which is reeking human flesh, and there is a sinner there. Go where you will, you need not ransack earth to find sinners, for they are common enough; you may find them in every lane and street of every city, and town, and village, and hamlet. It is for such that Jesus died. If you will select me the grossest specimen of humanity, if he be but born of woman, I will have hope of him yet, because Jesus Christ is come to seek and to save sinners. Electing love has selected some of the worst to be made the best. Pebbles of the brook grace turns into jewels for the crown-royal. Worthless dross he transforms into pure gold. Redeeming love has set apart many of the worst of mankind to be the reward of the Saviour's passion. Effectual grace calls forth many of the vilest of the vile to sit at the table of mercy, and therefore let none despair.

Reader, by that love looking out of Jesus' tearful eyes, by that love streaming from those bleeding wounds, by that faithful love, that strong love, that pure, disinterested, and abiding love; by the heart and by the bowels of the Saviour's compassion, we conjure you turn not away as though it were nothing to you; but believe on him and you shall be saved. Trust your soul with him and he will bring you to his Father's right hand in glory everlasting.


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