Daily Devotion - Dec 8 - ¥q¥¬¯u¨C¤éÆF­×(¤é) Morning by Morning

司布真每日靈修(日) Morning by Morning

十二月八日

經文: 「然而在撒狄，你還有幾名是未曾污穢自己衣服的，他們要穿白衣與我同行，因為他們是配得過的。」（啟示錄三：4）

這兒所提的是稱義的人，也就是說是這些人因信稱義，在上帝與人面前，過著坦蕩無懼的生活，因為耶穌寶血已將他們的罪洗淨，成為新造的人，有如新下的雪那樣潔白。而這也與歡欣喜樂有關，因為猶太人在節日慶典時，都會穿上白衣慶祝，而這些未污染的外衣，也使得他們格外容光煥發。誠如所羅門王所說：「你只管歡歡喜喜吃你的飯，心中快樂喝你的酒，因為上帝已經悅納你的作為。」（傳九：7）

那些為上帝所發接納的人，在人生路上可以歡喜快樂地與上帝同行，但為什麼有許多基督徒，仍然憂愁滿面，悶悶不樂？那是因為他們被世俗牽絆，被罪惡污染，所以失去了救恩的喜樂。而那些常保衣服潔白的信徒，他們敬虔度日，過著一種說不出來的喜樂平安的內在生活，是人們心裡未曾想過的，每天每時每刻，他們都可到耶穌面前，暢飲那救恩活水之泉。


Morning, December 8

Scripture: "Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy."(Revelation 3:4)

We may understand this to refer to justification. "They shall walk in white"; that is, they shall enjoy a constant sense of their own justification by faith; they shall understand that the righteousness of Christ is imputed to them, that they have all been washed and made whiter than the newly-fallen snow.

Again, it refers to joy and gladness: for white robes were holiday dresses among the Jews. They who have not defiled their garments shall have their faces always bright; they shall understand what Solomon meant when he said "Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart. Let thy garments be always white, for God hath accepted thy works." He who is accepted of God shall wear white garments of joy and gladness, while he walks in sweet communion with the Lord Jesus. Whence so many doubts, so much misery, and mourning? It is because so many believers defile their garments with sin and error, and hence they lose the joy of their salvation, and the comfortable fellowship of the Lord Jesus, they do not here below walk in white.

The promise also refers to walking in white before the throne of God. Those who have not defiled their garments here shall most certainly walk in white up yonder, where the white-robed hosts sing perpetual hallelujahs to the Most High. They shall possess joys inconceivable, happiness beyond a dream, bliss which imagination knoweth not, blessedness which even the stretch of desire hath not reached. The "undefiled in the way" shall have all this—not of merit, nor of works, but of grace. They shall walk with Christ in white, for he has made them "worthy." In his sweet company they shall drink of the living fountains of waters.


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