Daily Devotion - Jan 1 - «H¤ßªº¤ä²¼Ã¯ Faith's check book

信心的支票簿 Faith's check book

聖經的第一個應許

經文: 「我又要叫你和女人彼此為仇；你的後裔和女人的後裔，也彼此為仇。女人的後裔要傷你的頭，你要傷他的腳跟。」(創世記三：15)

這是上帝對墮落的人類第一個應許。應許中涵蓋了全本的福音，也蘊藏著恩典之約的精髓。從創世到如今，這應許大半已經應驗了。女人的後裔，我們的救主耶穌祂的腳跟承受殘酷的傷害。未來在世界末日，蛇的後裔也會遭受最嚴厲的打擊。因著十架上的犧牲，耶穌除去我們的罪，得勝死亡，敗壞了撒但的權勢。如今我們仍等候耶穌第二次再來，並且盼望到那日這應許得到完全的應驗。

今日這應許彷彿預言一般提醒我們：因著自己卑劣的天性，我們的腳跟將受到傷害，但是靠著基督我們可以誇勝。因祂的腳正踩住蛇的頭，在這一整年，從實際生活中，藉著戰勝撒但的誘惑，克服抵擋者後裔的邪僻，我們來經歷這應許的前半段。同時且讓我們緊緊抓住這應許的後半段，好教我們不至沮喪。憑著信心，我們要人歡呼，因為靠著女人的後裔──耶穌基督，我們依然得勝掌權。


The Bible's First Promise

Scripture: "And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel"(Genesis 3:15).

This is the first promise to fallen man. It contains the whole gospel and the essence of the covenant of grace. It has been in great measure fulfilled. The seed of the woman, even our LORD Jesus, was bruised in His heel, and a terrible bruising it was. How terrible will be the final bruising of the serpent's head! This was virtually done when Jesus took away sin, vanquished death, and broke the power of Satan; but it awaits a still fuller accomplishment at our LORD's second advent and in the Day of Judgment. To us the promise stands as a prophecy that we shall be afflicted by the powers of evil in our lower nature, and thus bruised in our heel; but we shall triumph in Christ, who sets His foot on the old serpent's head.
Throughout this year we may have to learn the first part of this promise by experience, through the temptations of the devil and the unkindness of the ungodly, who are his seed. They may so bruise us that we may limp with our sore heel; but let us grasp the second part of the text, and we shall not be dismayed. By faith let us rejoice that we shall still reign in Christ Jesus, the woman's seed.

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