Daily Devotion - Jan 24 - ¼}¦w¼w¯P¨C¤éÆF­× God's Best Secrets by Andrew Murray

慕安德烈每日靈修 God's Best Secrets by Andrew Murray

基督十架

經文: 「我已經與基督同釘十字架。」（加拉太書二：20）

十字架是耶穌最大的榮耀，因為耶穌謙卑順服至死，且死在十架上，因此上帝就喜悅祂。十字架就是擊破撒旦罪惡的力量。

基督徒與耶穌同釘十字架，藉著聖靈耶穌得以住在我們心裡，使我們有份於祂的生命。若我們明白耶穌在十字架上的勇氣與犧牲，我們就可略知向世界、向罪惡死的滋味，那種勝過罪惡、死亡的能力，就能成為生活的實際。是的，這位釘十字架的救主，活在我們裡面。

耶穌對門徒說：「你要背起你的十字架跟從我。」他們知道這是什麼意思嗎？他們曾見過人背著十架上各各他山，所以門徒知道那是一種苦刑折磨。耶穌一生的目的——就是擔負世人的罪，背起自己的十字架，走向死地。每個基督徒都有他該背負的十字架，要想到自己本是個罪人，理當受死刑，如今我與耶穌同釘十字架，就相信這位釘十字架的主，就住在我裡面。「我的老我與耶穌同釘十字架」，「肉體的情慾都同釘十架」。當我們願意接納自己的十字架，就能像保羅那樣宣告：除了耶穌的十架，我別無可誇。

這是極深的屬靈真理，認真地禱告思想這經文，聖靈會教導我們，讓耶穌的謙卑、順服、捨己內化成形於我心中。因著我們在死的形狀上與祂連合，我們就知道釘死老我的滋味，同時也經歷耶穌復活的浩大能力。弟兄姐妹們，花時間等候在主面前，聖靈將會把釘十字架的耶穌啟示在我們心中。


THE CROSS OF CHRIST

Scripture: "I am crucified with Christ."—GAL. ii. 20.

The cross of Christ is His greatest glory. Because He humbled Himself to the death of the cross, therefore God hath highly exalted Him. The cross was the power that conquered Satan and sin.
The Christian shares with Christ in the cross. The crucified Christ lives in him through the Holy Spirit, and the spirit of the cross inspires him. He lives as one who has died with Christ. As he realizes the power of Christ's crucifixion, he lives as one who has died to the world and to sin, and the power becomes a reality in his life. It is as the crucified One that Christ lives in me.
Our Lord said to His disciples: "Take up your cross and follow me." Did they understand this? They had seen men carrying a cross, and knew what it meant, a painful death on the cross. And so all His life Christ bore His cross—the death sentence that He should die for the world. And each Christian must bear his cross, acknowledging that he is worthy of death, and believing that he is crucified with Christ, and that the crucified One lives in him. "Our old man is crucified with Christ." "He that is Christ's hath crucified the flesh with all the lusts thereof." When we have accepted this life of the cross, we will be able to say with Paul: "Far be it from me to glory save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ."
This is a deep spiritual truth. Think and pray over it, and the Holy Spirit will teach you. Let the disposition of Christ on the cross, His humility, His sacrifice of all worldly honour, His Spirit of self-denial, take possession of you. The power of His death will work in you, and you will become like Him in His death, and you will know Him and the power of His resurrection. Take time, O soul, that Christ through His Spirit, may reveal Himself as the Crucified One.


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