Daily Devotion - Mar 28 - ¥q¥¬¯u¨C¤éÆF­×(¤é) Morning by Morning

司布真每日靈修(日) Morning by Morning

三月二十八日

經文: 「知道這愛是過於人所能測度的。」（以弗所書三：19）

耶穌的愛是超過人所能測度的，人類的語言是無法描述得完全；就像蜻蜓點水，掠過湖面，所接觸到的只不過是千萬分之一的湖面，極為有限。若我們要了解耶穌大愛的全貌，我們必須了解祂榮耀的身份，但誰以能全然明白祂是萬王之王、萬主之主，在天上寶座有無比的威嚴尊貴？天上地下所有的萬物，都是藉祂而造，日月星辰也是靠祂能力托住，祂是宇宙的主宰，萬物的根源。眾天使、聖徒都圍繞著祂，高唱哈利路亞之歌；宇宙萬物也在祂腳前响應附合著讚美詩歌，祂是超乎萬有之上，配得永遠的頌讚與榮耀。
然而，另一方面，我們可曾想過祂居然肯降卑為人，而且甘願成為憂患之子，這簡直令人不可思議！貴為上帝的兒子，祂願為世人流血捨命，這是何等大的犧牲！這些肉體的受苦還不算什麼，那心靈所受的煎熬、傷痛與打擊，世人的排斥侮辱，唾棄，死亡的嘲笑羞辱，全然的孤單（因祂在十架上承受世人的所有罪孽，上帝只好暫時掩面不看祂。）更是超過我們能理解的程度。噢，上帝啊，您的大愛是超過人所能測度的。


Morning, March 28

Scripture: "The love of Christ which passeth knowledge."(Ephesians 3:19)

The love of Christ in its sweetness, its fulness, its greatness, its faithfulness, passeth all human comprehension. Where shall language be found which shall describe his matchless, his unparalleled love towards the children of men? It is so vast and boundless that, as the swallow but skimmeth the water, and diveth not into its depths, so all descriptive words but touch the surface, while depths immeasurable lie beneath. Well might the poet say,

"O love, thou fathomless abyss!"
for this love of Christ is indeed measureless and fathomless; none can attain unto it. Before we can have any right idea of the love of Jesus, we must understand his previous glory in its height of majesty, and his incarnation upon the earth in all its depths of shame. But who can tell us the majesty of Christ? When he was enthroned in the highest heavens he was very God of very God; by him were the heavens made, and all the hosts thereof. His own almighty arm upheld the spheres; the praises of cherubim and seraphim perpetually surrounded him; the full chorus of the hallelujahs of the universe unceasingly flowed to the foot of his throne: he reigned supreme above all his creatures, God over all, blessed for ever. Who can tell his height of glory then? And who, on the other hand, can tell how low he descended? To be a man was something, to be a man of sorrows was far more; to bleed, and die, and suffer, these were much for him who was the Son of God; but to suffer such unparalleled agony—to endure a death of shame and desertion by his Father, this is a depth of condescending love which the most inspired mind must utterly fail to fathom. Herein is love! and truly it is love that "passeth knowledge." O let this love fill our hearts with adoring gratitude, and lead us to practical manifestations of its power.


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