After that, He appeared in another form to two of them . . . —Mark 16:12
Being saved and seeing Jesus are not the same thing. Many people who have never seen Jesus have received and share in God’s grace. But once you have seen Him, you can never be the same. Other things will not have the appeal they did before.
You should always recognize the difference between what you see Jesus to be and what He has done for you. If you see only what He has done for you, your God is not big enough. But if you have had a vision, seeing Jesus as He really is, experiences can come and go, yet you will endure “as seeing Him who is invisible” (Hebrews 11:27). The man who was blind from birth did not know who Jesus was until Christ appeared and revealed Himself to him (see John 9). Jesus appears to those for whom He has done something, but we cannot order or predict when He will come. He may appear suddenly, at any turn. Then you can exclaim, “Now I see Him!” (see John 9:25).
Jesus must appear to you and to your friend individually; no one can see Jesus with your eyes. And division takes place when one has seen Him and the other has not. You cannot bring your friend to the point of seeing; God must do it. Have you seen Jesus? If so, you will want others to see Him too. “And they went and told it to the rest, but they did not believe them either” (Mark 16:13). When you see Him, you must tell, even if they don’t believe.
O could I tell, you surely would believe it!
O could I only say what I have seen!
How should I tell or how can you receive it,
How, till He bringeth you where I have been?
我見過他麼?
這事以後,門徒中間有兩個人……耶穌變了形像向他們顯現。 (可十六12)
得救與看見耶穌,是兩回事。許多人在神的恩上有分,卻從未見過耶穌。但若見了耶穌,你就完全改觀了,其他事物再不像往日那樣吸引你。要時常分辨清楚,你看見的是耶穌本身,還是他為你成就的事。如果你只知道他為你做的事,那麼你的神還未夠偉大;要是你真看見耶穌本身,那麼,縱使經歷千變萬化,你仍能堅定不移,[如同看見那不能看見的主]。
那生來瞎眼的人,並不認識耶穌是誰,直等到主出現,又向他顯示,他才恍然大悟。耶穌為誰行事,就為誰顯現;只是我們不能規定他什麼時候顯現。他任何時刻都可能驀然出現;[如今我看見他! ]
耶穌不但向你顯現,也向你的朋友顯現:別人不能藉著你的眼睛看見耶穌。一個人看見主,另一個沒看見,隔膜就從此形成,除非神領你的朋友到他面前來。你見過耶穌麼?要是見過,你一定盼望別人也看見他。 [他們就去告訴其餘的門徒,其餘的門徒也是不信。 ]即使他們不信,你仍要去傳。
[啊,但願我能告訴你,你一定會相信的!
啊,但願我能說出我所見的!
我怎樣說才好?你怎樣才接納?
怎麼樣?除非他帶你去嘗受我所經歷的。 ]
祈禱◆噢,主啊,讓我今天聽見你榮耀的聲音。噢,對我說話,以你振興的大能,在我的心靈、思想和言語中,創造屬你的安寧。
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