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愛你到底
經文: 主必不永遠離棄人。」(耶利米哀歌三：31)
上帝或許會轉臉不看我們一陣，但祂不會永久丟棄我們。女人或許會把她心愛飾品暫擱一處幾天，但不致永遠丟棄忘記。上帝對祂所愛的必愛到底，永不反悔。有些人以為上帝對人的恩典，就像人對衣著一般，可以喜新厭舊，見異思遷。絕非如此！上帝的愛遠超過這些，是嚴肅、認真、恆久常存的。
祂從創世之初就揀選我們，而且愛到一種地步，祂願為我們而死，由此可見，祂必愛我們到底。蒙受救恩的信徒，大可相信祂必不丟棄我們，就像榮耀之王不會脫下祂威嚴的王袍一樣。不會的，父母不會捨棄他乳養的孩子，父上帝更不會丟棄祂的兒女。
你是否以為上帝已丟棄你？快把這樣的念頭撇開，切勿沈溺於這種不信的惡習。「上帝並沒有棄絕祂預先知道的百姓。」（羅馬十一：2）
Scripture: "For the LORD will not cast off for ever"(Lamentations 3:31).
He may cast away for a season but not forever. A woman may leave off her ornaments for a few days, but she will not forget them or throw them upon the dunghill. It is not like the LORD to cast off those whom He loves, for "having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end." Some talk of our being in grace and out of it, as if we were like rabbits that run in and out of their burrows; but, indeed, it is not so. The LORD's love is a far more serious and abiding matter than this.
He chose us from eternity, and He will love us throughout eternity. He loved us so as to die for us, and we may therefore be sure that His love will never die. His honor is so wrapped up in the salvation of the believer that He can no more cast him off than He can cast off His own robes of office as King of glory. No, no! The LORD Jesus, as a Head, never casts off His members; as a Husband, He never casts off His bride. Did you think you were cast off? Why did you think so evil of the LORD who has betrothed you to Himself? Cast off such thoughts, and never let them lodge in your soul again. "The LORD hath not cast away his people which he foreknew" (Romans 11:2). "He hateth putting away" (Malachi 2:16).
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