His Resurrection Destiny

Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into His glory? —Luke 24:26

Our Lord’s Cross is the gateway into His life. His resurrection means that He has the power to convey His life to me. When I was born again, I received the very life of the risen Lord from Jesus Himself.

Christ’s resurrection destiny— His foreordained purpose— was to bring “many sons to glory” (Hebrews 2:10). The fulfilling of His destiny gives Him the right to make us sons and daughters of God. We never have exactly the same relationship to God that the Son of God has, but we are brought by the Son into the relation of sonship. When our Lord rose from the dead, He rose to an absolutely new life— a life He had never lived before He was God Incarnate. He rose to a life that had never been before. And what His resurrection means for us is that we are raised to His risen life, not to our old life. One day we will have a body like His glorious body, but we can know here and now the power and effectiveness of His resurrection and can “walk in newness of life” (Romans 6:4). Paul’s determined purpose was to “know Him and the power of His resurrection” (Philippians 3:10).

Jesus prayed, “. . . as You have given Him authority over all flesh that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him” (John 17:2). The term Holy Spirit is actually another name for the experience of eternal life working in human beings here and now. The Holy Spirit is the deity of God who continues to apply the power of the atonement by the Cross of Christ to our lives. Thank God for the glorious and majestic truth that His Spirit can work the very nature of Jesus into us, if we will only obey Him.

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他復活的目的

基督這樣受害，又進入他的榮耀，豈不是應當的麼？ （路二十四26）

主的十字架是進入生命的門：他的複活，表示他有能力把他的生命傳遞給我。我重生之後，就從復活的主接受他的生命。主復活的目的，為要領[許多兒子進入榮耀裡。他達成任務後，就有權柄叫我們成為神的兒女。我們從未有過神子與神的這種關係；但卻因著神子，獲得了兒子的位分。主從死裡復活，進入了一種嶄新的生命，這生命是他成肉身以前未曾有過的。他復活的生命是前所未有的；因此他的複活對我們來說，叫我們也有像他一樣復活生命，而不是我們舊有的生命。有一天，我們將有一個像他榮耀的身體。如今，我們也可享受他復活的效應，行事為人有新生的樣式，使我認識他復活的大能。

[正如你曾賜給他權柄，管理凡有血氣的，叫他將永生賜給你所賜給他的人。 ]（約十七2）在工作效果來說，[聖靈]一詞是指此時此地在人心中作工的永恆生命。聖靈就是那賜予能力的神，把救贖實現在我們的經歷裡。感謝神，只要我們順服聖靈，他就能在我們裡面陶鑄耶穌的性情，這是榮耀而嚴肅的確切事實。

祈禱◆噢，主啊，願你今天與我們真實地同在－－願聖靈同在的極大喜樂瀰漫我們。