Daily Devotion - Jan 14 - ¥q¥¬¯u¨C¤éÆF­×(¤é) Morning by Morning

司布真每日靈修(日) Morning by Morning

一月十四日

經文: 「以大能施行拯救。」(以賽亞書六十三：1)

從蒙恩稱義，到追求成聖的過程，拯救這個字詮釋了整個救恩的精粹。基督不僅有大能拯救悔改的人，也能叫人悔改。祂能將相信上帝的人帶往天上，不僅如此，祂更能改變人心，賜人信心；也能讓恨惡聖潔的人，變成喜愛聖潔的人；讓仇視耶穌的人，變成願意甘心屈膝在祂面前的人。信徒的生活就是一連串的奇蹟所組成，有如燃燒的荊棘，本身卻沒被燒毀。上帝既使祂的民聖潔，也必保守他們聖潔到底，直到他們回天家的那日。上帝拯救一個人後，不會就這麼袖手旁觀，讓他自行其是。祂開始的善工，必成就到底，直到大功告成。
<BR> 弟兄們，你一直在為你所愛的人禱告嗎？莫灰心！別停止禱告，�切地持續下去，因為基督要以「大能拯救」他們。或許你對那些叛逆之徒，無能為力，但我們的主卻是全能的。緊緊地抓住全能者的膀臂吧，祂要給你力量！你的問題正煩擾你嗎？別憂愁，祂的恩典是夠你用的。無論是他人身上，或是你自己身上的工作，上帝都有大能做成。你的得蒙救贖，且被保守至今，就是最佳的明證。


Morning, January 14

Scripture: "Mighty to save."(Isaiah 63:1)

By the words "to save" we understand the whole of the great work of salvation, from the first holy desire onward to complete sanctification. The words are multum in parro: indeed, here is all mercy in one word. Christ is not only "mighty to save" those who repent, but he is able to make men repent. He will carry those to heaven who believe; but he is, moreover, mighty to give men new hearts and to work faith in them. He is mighty to make the man who hates holiness love it, and to constrain the despiser of his name to bend the knee before him. Nay, this is not all the meaning, for the divine power is equally seen in the after-work. The life of a believer is a series of miracles wrought by "the Mighty God." The bush burns, but is not consumed. He is mighty to keep his people holy after he has made them so, and to preserve them in his fear and love until he consummates their spiritual existence in heaven. Christ's might doth not lie in making a believer and then leaving him to shift for himself; but he who begins the good work carries it on; he who imparts the first germ of life in the dead soul, prolongs the divine existence, and strengthens it until it bursts asunder every bond of sin, and the soul leaps from earth, perfected in glory. Believer, here is encouragement. Art thou praying for some beloved one? Oh, give not up thy prayers, for Christ is "mighty to save." You are powerless to reclaim the rebel, but your Lord is Almighty. Lay hold on that mighty arm, and rouse it to put forth its strength. Does your own case trouble you? Fear not, for his strength is sufficient for you. Whether to begin with others, or to carry on the work in you, Jesus is "mighty to save;" the best proof of which lies in the fact that he has saved you. What a thousand mercies that you have not found him mighty to destroy!

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