Daily Devotion - Apr 27 - ¥q¥?‾u‥C?eAF-×(c]) Evening by Evening

司布真每日靈修(夜) Evening by Evening 四月二十七日 經文: 耶和華永永遠遠為王。（詩篇十：16） 耶穌基督沒有專制地宣告祂神聖的權柄。但祂確實是耶和華的受膏者。「因為父喜歡叫一切的豐盛，在祂�面居住。」（西一：19）上帝賜祂所有的能力和權柄。祂是人子，是祂教會萬物之元首。祂統管天、地和陰間，祂握住生死之鑰。許多王子喜歡能眾望所歸而稱自己為王。我們的主耶穌基督在祂的教會中當然也有此盼望。倘若要以投票決定祂是否應作教會之王，每位信徒必從心中擁戴祂。我們將不計任何代價擁戴榮耀的基督。我們將視受苦為喜樂，視受損為獲得，只要能換取更明亮的冠冕來載在祂的頭上，使祂在人和天使面前得到更大的榮耀。是的，祂必作王！愛主的人，前進吧！在祂腳前跪拜，以你心愛的百合，感恩的玻瑰鋪在祂所行的路徑上。「以榮冠華冕擁戴祂為萬主之主」。我們的主耶穌戰勝一切作了錫安的王。祂重獲祂百姓的心，摧毀那捆綁他們的敵人。在祂自己寶血的紅海中，我們的救贖者淹沒了罪的法老，將我們從律法的咒詛和鐵軛下釋放出來。祂的劍將我們從黑暗的權勢下解救出來。誰能奪走祂手中的勝利？作王的耶穌是配受稱頌的。親愛的和平之君，願您永遠統治我心。 Evening, April 27 Scripture: "The Lord is King for ever and ever."(Psalm 10:16) Jesus Christ is no despotic claimant of divine right, but he is really and truly the Lord's anointed! "It hath pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell." God hath given to him all power and all authority. As the Son of man, he is now head over all things to his church, and he reigns over heaven, and earth, and hell, with the keys of life and death at his girdle. Certain princes have delighted to call themselves kings by the popular will, and certainly our Lord Jesus Christ is such in his church. If it could be put to the vote whether he should be King in the church, every believing heart would crown him. O that we could crown him more gloriously than we do! We would count no expense to be wasted that could glorify Christ. Suffering would be pleasure, and loss would be gain, if thereby we could surround his brow with brighter crowns, and make him more glorious in the eyes of men and angels. Yes, he shall reign. Long live the King! All hail to thee, King Jesus! Go forth, ye virgin souls who love your Lord, bow at his feet, strew his way with the lilies of your love, and the roses of your gratitude: "Bring forth the royal diadem, and crown him Lord of all." Moreover, our Lord Jesus is King in Zion by right of conquest: he has taken and carried by storm the hearts of his people, and has slain their enemies who held them in cruel bondage. In the Red Sea of his own blood, our Redeemer has drowned the Pharaoh of our sins: shall he not be King in Jeshurun? He has delivered us from the iron yoke and heavy curse of the law: shall not the Liberator be crowned? We are his portion, whom he has taken out of the hand of the Amorite with his sword and with his bow: who shall snatch his conquest from his hand? All hail, King Jesus! we gladly own thy gentle sway! Rule in our hearts for ever, thou lovely Prince of Peace. www.glorypress.com