Daily Devotion - Jan 8 - «H¤ßªº¤ä²¼Ã¯ Faith's check book

信心的支票簿 Faith's check book

手潔心清

經文: 「清心的人有福了！因他們必得見上帝。」(馬太福音五：8)

「心靈的潔淨」是首要追求的目標。我們內心藉著上帝的靈和話語得以潔淨，同時也藉著外在的順服與奉獻更加煉淨。我們深深明白：若我們愛罪惡，我們就不曉得何為美善；若我們內心污穢，眼睛也必昏暗。一個喜愛罪惡的人，怎能看得見聖潔的上帝呢？

能看到上帝在這裡是何等的恩寵！雖僅是一瞥，也必感覺在地如天！心靈潔淨的人，可以在耶穌�見到祂的真理、祂的愛、祂的信實、祂的主權、目的及祂自己。但有個先決條件，就是要摒除罪惡於心外。那些渴慕聖潔的人會這樣呼喊：「我的雙眼定睛在主身上。」摩西的心願──得見主的榮光，只有在我們潔淨自己才得以實現。嚮往與主同在的甘甜與企盼得見上帝的面，是我們追求聖潔的兩大動機。主啊，潔淨我的心，使我能見到您。


Purity of Heart and Life

Scripture: "Blessed are the are pure in heart: for they shall see God"(Matthew 5:8).

Purity, even purity of heart, is the main thing to be aimed at. We need to be made clean within through the Spirit and the Word, and then we shall be clean without by consecration and obedience. There is a close connection between the affections and the understanding: if we love evil we cannot understand that which is good. If the heart is foul, the eye will be dim. How can those men see a holy God who love unholy things?
What a privilege it is to see God here! A glimpse of Him is heaven below! In Christ Jesus the pure in heart behold the Father. We see Him, His truth, His love, His purpose, His sovereignty, His covenant character, yea, we see Himself in Christ. But this is only apprehended as sin is kept out of the heart. Only those who aim at godliness can cry, "Mine eyes are ever towards the LORD." The desire of Moses, "I beseech thee, show me thy glory," can only be fulfilled in us as we purify ourselves from all iniquity. We shall "see him as he is," and "every one that hath this hope in him purifieth himself." The enjoyment of present fellowship and the hope of the beatific vision are urgent motives for purity of heart and life. LORD, make us pure in heart that we may see Thee!


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