Daily Devotion - Apr 11 - ?}|w?w‾P‥C?eAF-× God's Best Secrets by Andrew Murray

慕安德烈每日靈修 God's Best Secrets by Andrew Murray 希伯來書的新約 經文: 「我要寬恕他們的不義，不再紀念他們的罪愆。」（希伯來書八：12） 耶穌基督被稱為更美之約的中保，這約原是憑更美之應許立的（來八：6），在耶穌裡兩造得以彼此成全。首先，祂赦免我們的罪，洗淨我們的不義，使罪不再轄制我們，且使人得與上帝和好，能進到祂的面前。其次，因著在耶穌基督裡，我們成為新造的人，有聖靈住進我們心裡，使我們得以脫離罪的權柄，不喜歡不義，只喜歡真理，且得著力量來遵行祂的旨意。 這約的兩部份是密不可分的，很可惜的是，很多人只認定前半部份，就是罪得赦免，卻忘記應用支取約的後半部——我們的心靈被潔淨後，聖靈就住進我們心裡，使我們得以成為上帝的子民，祂是我們的天父，祂也要賜下力量幫助我們能遵行祂的旨意。 耶穌是新約的中保，祂的寶血不但有能力洗淨我們的污穢罪惡，聖靈的能力也將上帝的律法銘刻在我們心版上。因此，我們確信我們的罪不但得以赦免，而且上帝確實能「將敬畏的心放在我們裡面，不致遠離祂。」而且我們也「樂意遵行祂的典章律令。」 可記得上帝對亞伯拉罕說的話？「我是全能的上帝。」「在我豈有難成的事？」祂也向耶利米提到這更美之約的寶貴應許，這需要我們有強烈的決心要過捨己順服的生活，這意味著要捐棄既有的成見，堅心相信上帝的全能，完全降服於中保救主耶穌，和祂同釘十字架，向著「世界，罪、和老我」，我算是死的，只單單不計代價地跟隨耶穌。 總之，捨己跟隨耶穌，意味著單單地、全心全意地接受信靠耶穌，與祂緊緊相連，其餘的部份就讓耶穌來做，因祂說：「我是上帝，我說了，就必做到。」 THE NEW COVENANT IN HEBREWS Scripture: "For I will be merciful to their iniquities, and their sins will I remember no more."—HEB. viii. 12. Chsist is called in this Epistle the Mediator of a better covenant, enacted upon better promises (viii. 6). In Him the two parts of the covenant find their complete fulfilment. First of all, He came to atone for sin, so that its power over man was destroyed, and free access to God's presence and favour was secured. And with that came the fuller blessing, the new heart, freed from the power of sin, with God's Holy Spirit breathing into it the delight in God's law, and the power to obey it. These two parts of the covenant may never be separated. And yet, alas, how many there are who put their trust in Christ for the forgiveness of sin, and yet never think of claiming the fulness of the promise—the new heart cleansed from sin, with the Holy Spirit breathing in it such love and delight in God's law, and such power to obey, that they have access to the full blessing of the new covenant, being God's people and knowing Him as their God. Jesus Christ is "the Mediator of the new covenant," with the forgiveness of sin in the power of His blood, and the law written in the heart in the power of His Spirit. Oh that we could understand that just as surely as the complete pardon of sin is assured, the complete fulfilment of the promises, "I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from Me"; "I will cause you to walk in My statutes, and ye shall keep them," may be expected too. But remember what God said to Abraham: "I am God Al¬mighty ... is anything too hard for the Lord?" He spoke that word to Jeremiah too in regard to the new covenant. It needs strong, whole-hearted desire for a life wholly given up to Him. It means to set aside all our preconceived opinions, and in faith to believe in the mighty power of God. It means a surrender to Jesus Christ as the Mediator of the new covenant, a willingness to accept our place with Him, crucified to the world and to sin and to self; it means a readiness to follow Him at any cost. In one word, it means a simple, whole-hearted acceptance of Christ as Lord and Master, heart and life wholly His. God hath said it, and will do it. "I the Lord have spoken it, and I will perform it." www.glorypress.com