Daily Devotion - Apr 14 - ?}|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 基督活在我裡面 經文: 「因為我活著，你們也要活著。」（約翰福音十四：19） 四福音書對耶穌生平的記載，以約翰福音最為與眾不同，因為約翰是耶穌親密的朋友，他比其他門徒更了解耶穌，他所記載耶穌的教訓，有很多是別的福音作者沒有提及的，例如約翰福音十三∼十七章，可謂新約中的精華篇。其他福音書作者提到悔改、罪得赦免，視其為新約的禮物，但對於上帝要賜下力量，使我們新生命成長這類話，卻甚少提及。 然而約翰卻記載耶穌的教訓，說祂的生命要成為我們的生命，只要我們能緊緊地與主相連，如同祂與天父緊緊相連一般。其他福音書作者把耶穌比喻做牧人，尋找拯救失喪的人；約翰卻說耶穌是好牧人，祂為羊捨命，把自己的命都傾倒給人。又說：「我來了，是要叫羊得生命，並且得的更豐盛。」（約十：10） 所以耶穌說：「我活著，所以你們也要活著。」門徒所要得自於耶穌的生命，不是舊有的生命，乃是耶穌從死裡復活的生命；是那位坐在天父上帝右邊的羔羊耶穌，祂願意住在人心，賜下那屬天永恆的新生命，凡憑信心接受這應許的，都能享用這福份。 很可惜，許多基督徒滿足於福音真理的開端，不肯進深追求那更豐盛的生命，他們以為這樣的生活是不可能的，怎麼可能讓耶穌時刻充滿我們的心？但是弟兄姐妹們，聖經不是一再提醒我們：「在人不能，在上帝凡事都能。」我懇求你，花時間等候在上帝面前，讓這應許完全佔有你的心！不得到那豐盛的祝福，就不肯罷休。「基督活在你裡面，你也活在祂裡面。」而且要確信這樣的生活，不是傳道人的專利，上帝要開放給一切相信接受這真理的人，只要你信，上帝就以奇妙的大能在你心裡面做工，過一個外人所不知的奇妙內在生活。 CHRIST'S LIFE IN US Scripture: "Because I live, ye shall live also."—JOHN xiv. 19. There is a great difference' in the teaching of the three first Evangelists and that of John. John was the bosom friend Of Jesus. He could understand the Master better than the others, and has recorded Christ's teaching, of which they say nothing. This makes John xiii.-xvii. the inmost sanctuary of the New Testament. The others could speak of repentance and the pardon of sin as the first great gift of the New Testament. But of the new life which the new covenant was to bring, with the new heart in which the law had been put as a living power, they say little. It is, John records, what Christ taught about His very own life really becoming ours, and our being united with Him just as He was with the Father. The other Evangelists speak of Christ as the Shepherd seeking and saving the lost. John speaks of Him as the Shepherd who so gives His life for the sheep, that His very life becomes theirs. "I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly" (John x. 10. R. V.). And so Christ says here, "I live, and ye shall live also." The disciples were to receive from Him, not the life He then had, but the resurrection life in the power of its victory over death, and of His exaltation to the right hand of God. He would from thenceforth ever dwell in them; a new, a heavenly, an eternal life; the life of Jesus Himself should fill them. And this promise is to all who will accept it in faith. Alas, how many there are who are content with the begin¬nings of the Christian life, but never long to have it in its fulness, the more abundant life! They do not believe in it; they are not ready for the sacrifice implied in being wholly filled with the life of Jesus. Child of God, the message comes again to you: "The things that are impossible with men are possible with God." I pray you, do take time, and let Christ's wonderful promise take possession of your heart. Be content with noth¬ing less than a full salvation, Christ living in you, and you living in Christ. Be assured that it is meant for everyone who will take time to listen to Christ's promises, and will believe that the Almighty power of God will work in him the mighty wonder of His grace—Christ dwelling in the heart by faith. www.glorypress.com