Daily Devotion - Jan 19 - ¥q¥¬¯u¨C¤éÆF­×(©]) Evening by Evening

司布真每日靈修(夜) Evening by Evening

一月十九日

經文: 於是耶穌開他們的心竅，使他們能明白聖經。（路加福音二十四：45）

那開啟聖經的也是開啟心竅的。許多人能將經文放在頭腦中，但是唯有主能將心竅開啟來接受經文。我們的主耶穌與一般教師迥異。一般教師的教導達於人耳，但是耶穌的教導深入人心。一般教師對付文字的表面，但是耶穌將真理的內函植於人心，以致我們感受其特質與精髓。當主耶穌藉著祂的聖靈將天國的奧秘向最無知識的人展示出來時，他們成為恩典學校中的學者。祂以聖膏澆灌，使他們得見那不可見的事物。多少有卓越成就的學者對永�的事物卻是如此無知!他們知道啟示中使人死的文字，卻不明白其中的精意。他們的心被一帕子蒙住，以致肉眼無法滲透。我們也曾像他們一樣盲目，真理於我們如同黑暗中的美景，不被注意、不被重視。若不是耶穌的大愛，我們仍在無知之中。若不是祂的恩典開啟我們的心竅，我們不可能獲得屬靈的知識，如同嬰兒無法攀登上金字塔一般。唯有在耶穌的學府中才可能學到上帝的真理。其他學校或許會教導我們該相信什麼，但是唯有基督能指導我們如何去相信。讓我們靜坐在耶穌的腳前，懇切祈求祂賜福，恩助我們，使我們軟弱的心智可以領受屬天的事物。

Evening, January 19

Scripture: "Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the Scriptures."(Luke 24:45)

He whom we viewed last evening as opening Scripture, we here perceive opening the understanding. In the first work he has many fellow-labourers, but in the second he stands alone; many can bring the Scriptures to the mind, but the Lord alone can prepare the mind to receive the Scriptures. Our Lord Jesus differs from all other teachers; they reach the ear, but he instructs the heart; they deal with the outward letter, but he imparts an inward taste for the truth, by which we perceive its savour and spirit. The most unlearned of men become ripe scholars in the school of grace when the Lord Jesus by his Holy Spirit unfolds the mysteries of the kingdom to them, and grants the divine anointing by which they are enabled to behold the invisible. Happy are we if we have had our understandings cleared and strengthened by the Master! How many men of profound learning are ignorant of eternal things! They know the killing letter of revelation, but its killing spirit they cannot discern; they have a veil upon their hearts which the eyes of carnal reason cannot penetrate. Such was our case a little time ago; we who now see were once utterly blind; truth was to us as beauty in the dark, a thing unnoticed and neglected. Had it not been for the love of Jesus we should have remained to this moment in utter ignorance, for without his gracious opening of our understanding, we could no more have attained to spiritual knowledge than an infant can climb the Pyramids, or an ostrich fly up to the stars. Jesus' College is the only one in which God's truth can be really learned; other schools may teach us what is to be believed, but Christ's alone can show us how to believe it. Let us sit at the feet of Jesus, and by earnest prayer call in his blessed aid that our dull wits may grow brighter, and our feeble understandings may receive heavenly things.

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