Daily Devotion - Mar 23 - 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

上帝的聖潔

經文: 「你們要聖潔，因爲我是聖潔的。」（利未記十一：45）「我耶和華你們的上帝是聖潔的。」（利未記十九：2）

利未記有九次重複出現這類經文，是的，「聖潔」是上帝至高榮耀的屬性，所以祂的百姓理當有份於這樣的性格，尤其那些敬虔的信徒，更是渴望如天父般的聖潔，例如祭司就需過與世俗有別的生活，爲要單單服侍上帝。�
<BR> 甚至做上帝發言人的先知，也需追求聖潔。以賽亞（第六章）說：「我見主坐在高高的寶座上。其上有撒拉弗侍立……彼此呼喊說：『聖哉、聖哉、聖哉萬軍之耶和華。』其聲莊嚴凜然。」�
<BR> 接著他說：「禍哉，我滅亡了。……因我眼見大君王萬軍之耶和華。」這是憂傷痛悔的語調。�
<BR> 有一撒拉弗用火剪從壇上取下紅炭，將炭沾我的口說：「看哪，這炭沾了你的嘴。你的罪孽便除掉，你的罪惡就赦免了。」這是充滿恩典的救贖之音。
<BR> 然後又聽見主的聲音說：「我可以差遣誰呢？誰肯&#29234;我們去呢？」以賽亞回答說：「我在這裡，請差遣我。」並用敬畏的心求上帝彰顯祂是聖潔的那一位。�
<BR> 「名&#29234;聖者的如此說，我住在至高至聖的所在，也與心靈痛悔謙卑的人同居。」（賽五十七：15）<BR> 要休息，當知道耶和華是上帝，花時間敬拜祂，恩想祂的榮耀，並經歷祂的內住，因祂是以馬內利，願與人同居的上帝。
<BR> 親愛的弟兄姐妹們，當你明白我們的天父是怎樣一位聖潔的上帝，這是何等大的恩典！因&#29234;「主的榮美要歸到我們身上。」（詩篇九十：17）


THE HOLINESS OF GOD (O. T.)

Scripture: &quot;Be holy, for I am holy.&quot; &quot;I am the Lord, that made you &quot;—LEV. xi. 45, xix. 2, xx. 7, 8, xxi. 8, 15, 23, xxii. 9, 16.

Nine times these words are repeated in Leviticus. Israel had to learn that as holiness is the highest and most glorious attribute of God, so it must be the marked characteristic of His people. He that would know God aright, and meet Him in secret, must above all desire to be holy as He is holy. The priests who were to have access to God had to be set apart for a life of holiness.
Even so also the prophet who was to speak for Him (Isa. vi.). Listen. "I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up. And the seraphs cried one unto another: 'Holy holy, holy is the Lord of Hosts.' " The voice of adoration; bow in deep reverence.
"Then said I: 'Woe is me, for I am undone; for mine eyes have seen the King, the Lord of Hosts.'" The voice of a broken, contrite heart.
Then one of the seraphim touched his mouth with a live coal from off the altar, and said; 'Lo, thine iniquity is taken from thee, and thy sin is purged.' " The voice of grace and full redemption.
Then follows the voice of God: "Whom shall I send?" And the willing answer is, "Here am I, send me." Pause with holy fear, and ask God to reveal Himself as the Holy One.
"Thus saith the high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy: 'I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit.'" (Isa. Ivii. 15).
Be still, and take time and worship God in His great glory, and in that deep condescension in which He longs and offers to dwell with us and in us.
Child of God, if you would meet your Father in secret, bow low and worship Him in the glory of His holiness. Give Him time to make Himself known to you.
It is indeed an unspeakable grace to know God as the Holy One.
"Ye shall be holy: for I the Lord your God am holy."
"Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Hosts."
"Worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness."
"Let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us" (Ps. xc. 17).


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