Daily Devotion - Jan 4 - ¥q¥¬¯u¨C¤éÆF­×(¤é) Morning by Morning

司布真每日靈修(日) Morning by Morning

一月四日

經文: 「你們卻要在我們主救主耶穌基督的恩典和知識上有長進。」(彼得後書三：18)

何謂在恩典上有長進？就是在信心、愛心、謙卑上不斷成長。換句話說，就是更牢牢地抓住上帝的應許，單純持續地站在不變的磐石上。此外，更多發揮我們的愛心，實際地影響我們每一個思想，每一句話，及每一件事。還有，在謙卑上，不斷領悟這道理，就能與上帝更親近，建立更美好的關係。願上帝的靈，加增你對耶穌基督的認識。那些不願多認識耶穌的人，平白失去許多祝福的機會，因為認識上帝不但有來生的盼望，更有今生的福份。與上帝同在就是天堂，反之，就是地獄。讓我們更深刻地體認上帝超然的神性，與人的關係，祂的受死、復活、升天，不但現今在天父面前為我們代求，將來更要從天降臨，接我們回天家。我們是否愛主更深，是否更明白上帝對我們純全的大愛，是我們有否在恩典上長進的極佳考驗。

Morning, January 4

Scripture: "Grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ."(2 Peter 3:18)

"Grow in grace"—not in one grace only, but in all grace. Grow in that root-grace, faith. Believe the promises more firmly than you have done. Let faith increase in fulness, constancy, simplicity. Grow also in love. Ask that your love may become extended, more intense, more practical, influencing every thought, word, and deed. Grow likewise in humility. Seek to lie very low, and know more of your own nothingness. As you grow downward in humility, seek also to grow upward —having nearer approaches to God in prayer and more intimate fellowship with Jesus. May God the Holy Spirit enable you to "grow in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour." He who grows not in the knowledge of Jesus, refuses to be blessed. To know him is "life eternal," and to advance in the knowledge of him is to increase in happiness. He who does not long to know more of Christ, knows nothing of him yet. Whoever hath sipped this wine will thirst for more, for although Christ doth satisfy, yet it is such a satisfaction, that the appetite is not cloyed, but whetted. If you know the love of Jesus—as the hart panteth for the water-brooks, so will you pant after deeper draughts of his love. If you do not desire to know him better, then you love him not, for love always cries, "Nearer, nearer." Absence from Christ is hell; but the presence of Jesus is heaven. Rest not then content without an increasing acquaintance with Jesus. Seek to know more of him in his divine nature, in his human relationship, in his finished work, in his death, in his resurrection, in his present glorious intercession, and in his future royal advent. Abide hard by the Cross, and search the mystery of his wounds. An increase of love to Jesus, and a more perfect apprehension of his love to us is one of the best tests of growth in grace.

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