Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me . . . —Matthew 11:29
Whom the Lord loves He chastens . . .” (Hebrews 12:6). How petty our complaining is! Our Lord begins to bring us to the point where we can have fellowship with Him, only to hear us moan and groan, saying, “Oh Lord, just let me be like other people!” Jesus is asking us to get beside Him and take one end of the yoke, so that we can pull together. That’s why Jesus says to us, “My yoke is easy and My burden is light” (Matthew 11:30). Are you closely identified with the Lord Jesus like that? If so, you will thank God when you feel the pressure of His hand upon you.
“. . . to those who have no might He increases strength” (Isaiah 40:29). God comes and takes us out of our emotionalism, and then our complaining turns into a hymn of praise. The only way to know the strength of God is to take the yoke of Jesus upon us and to learn from Him.
“. . . the joy of the Lord is your strength” (Nehemiah 8:10). Where do the saints get their joy? If we did not know some Christians well, we might think from just observing them that they have no burdens at all to bear. But we must lift the veil from our eyes. The fact that the peace, light, and joy of God is in them is proof that a burden is there as well. The burden that God places on us squeezes the grapes in our lives and produces the wine, but most of us see only the wine and not the burden. No power on earth or in hell can conquer the Spirit of God living within the human spirit; it creates an inner invincibility.
If your life is producing only a whine, instead of the wine, then ruthlessly kick it out. It is definitely a crime for a Christian to be weak in God’s strength.
誓不屈撓
你們當負我的軛，學我的樣式。 （太十一29）
[主所愛的他必管教。 ]我們為何常發怨言！主帶我們到一個地步，叫我們與他相交，我們卻唏噓悲嘆的說：[主啊，讓我像別人一樣吧！ ]耶穌要我們擔著軛的一頭－－[我的軛是容易的，來我這邊，我們一起挑吧。 ]你對主耶穌是否認同？若然，你會為他所加給你的壓力而感激神。
[軟弱的，他加力量。 ]神一來，就把我們從感情的枷鎖中釋放出來，使我們的怨聲化為頌讚。而唯一能認識神能力的，就是負主的軛，學他的樣式。
[因靠耶和華而得的喜樂是他們的力量。 ]聖徒的喜樂從何而來？我們若不認識某些聖徒，我們會以為：[哈，他（她）什麼重擔也沒有。 ]若把麵紗揭開，神的平安、喜樂赫然在他身上，就足以證明擔子也在那裡。
神所加給的擔子，會把葡萄壓榨成酒；但人多半只看見所榨出來的酒。天上地下沒有任何權勢，足以征服住在人心靈裡的聖靈。因那是內心的得勝者。你裡面若有怨嘆，要不留情地把它踢走。在神的能力上軟弱，簡直是一種罪行。
祈禱◆噢，主啊，在你面前，我就像一個具有人形，內裡卻是醜陋而不毛的曠野；然而，讚美你的名，因你能夠使[曠野和乾旱之地必然歡喜；……又像玫瑰花開。 ]
April 14, 2014
April 13, 2014
What To Do When Your Burden Is Overwhelming
Cast your burden on the Lord . . . —Psalm 55:22
We must recognize the difference between burdens that are right for us to bear and burdens that are wrong. We should never bear the burdens of sin or doubt, but there are some burdens placed on us by God which He does not intend to lift off. God wants us to roll them back on Him— to literally “cast your burden,” which He has given you, “on the Lord . . . .” If we set out to serve God and do His work but get out of touch with Him, the sense of responsibility we feel will be overwhelming and defeating. But if we will only roll back on God the burdens He has placed on us, He will take away that immense feeling of responsibility, replacing it with an awareness and understanding of Himself and His presence.
Many servants set out to serve God with great courage and with the right motives. But with no intimate fellowship with Jesus Christ, they are soon defeated. They do not know what to do with their burden, and it produces weariness in their lives. Others will see this and say, “What a sad end to something that had such a great beginning!”
“Cast your burden on the Lord . . . .” You have been bearing it all, but you need to deliberately place one end on God’s shoulder. “. . . the government will be upon His shoulder” (Isaiah 9:6). Commit to God whatever burden He has placed on you. Don’t just cast it aside, but put it over onto Him and place yourself there with it. You will see that your burden is then lightened by the sense of companionship. But you should never try to separate yourself from your burden.
擔子沉重，如何是好？
你要把你的重擔卸給耶和華。 （詩五十五22）
我們必須分辨什麼是我們所當負的擔子，又什麼是我們不當背負的。我們千萬不要背負罪與疑惑的擔子，但有些擔子卻是神放在我們身上的。神之所以不把擔子挪開，是要我們這些擔子卸給他。 [把他放在你身上的卸給他。 ]如果我們為神承擔一份工作，卻與他失去聯絡，那責任感會壓得你透不過氣來；但我們若懂得把神放在我們身上的，轉回給他，有他的同在，那責任感的擔子就得以卸下。
不少工人憑著一腔熱血，鼓起勇氣出去，卻與耶穌基督沒有親密的相交，所以不消多久，就受壓難當。他們不知如何應付重擔，結果便產生了厭倦。人們會說：[好一個開頭，落得如何淒涼的收場！]
[把重擔卸給神]－－你一向自負重擔，現在要把擔子的一端放在神的肩頭上。 [政權必擔在他肩頭上。 ]把神給你的委付與神；不是把它丟掉，而是把它連自己一起交給他，與神同工，擔子便變得輕省了。切勿讓自己與擔子分開。
祈禱◆主啊，求你呼喚我的名字，讓我因那奇妙的呼喚而振奮！你一次的呼喚、一次的接觸，將會帶來何等大的改變，我們都會在狂喜之中！噢，為何你不是經常這樣做呢？
We must recognize the difference between burdens that are right for us to bear and burdens that are wrong. We should never bear the burdens of sin or doubt, but there are some burdens placed on us by God which He does not intend to lift off. God wants us to roll them back on Him— to literally “cast your burden,” which He has given you, “on the Lord . . . .” If we set out to serve God and do His work but get out of touch with Him, the sense of responsibility we feel will be overwhelming and defeating. But if we will only roll back on God the burdens He has placed on us, He will take away that immense feeling of responsibility, replacing it with an awareness and understanding of Himself and His presence.
Many servants set out to serve God with great courage and with the right motives. But with no intimate fellowship with Jesus Christ, they are soon defeated. They do not know what to do with their burden, and it produces weariness in their lives. Others will see this and say, “What a sad end to something that had such a great beginning!”
“Cast your burden on the Lord . . . .” You have been bearing it all, but you need to deliberately place one end on God’s shoulder. “. . . the government will be upon His shoulder” (Isaiah 9:6). Commit to God whatever burden He has placed on you. Don’t just cast it aside, but put it over onto Him and place yourself there with it. You will see that your burden is then lightened by the sense of companionship. But you should never try to separate yourself from your burden.
擔子沉重，如何是好？
你要把你的重擔卸給耶和華。 （詩五十五22）
我們必須分辨什麼是我們所當負的擔子，又什麼是我們不當背負的。我們千萬不要背負罪與疑惑的擔子，但有些擔子卻是神放在我們身上的。神之所以不把擔子挪開，是要我們這些擔子卸給他。 [把他放在你身上的卸給他。 ]如果我們為神承擔一份工作，卻與他失去聯絡，那責任感會壓得你透不過氣來；但我們若懂得把神放在我們身上的，轉回給他，有他的同在，那責任感的擔子就得以卸下。
不少工人憑著一腔熱血，鼓起勇氣出去，卻與耶穌基督沒有親密的相交，所以不消多久，就受壓難當。他們不知如何應付重擔，結果便產生了厭倦。人們會說：[好一個開頭，落得如何淒涼的收場！]
[把重擔卸給神]－－你一向自負重擔，現在要把擔子的一端放在神的肩頭上。 [政權必擔在他肩頭上。 ]把神給你的委付與神；不是把它丟掉，而是把它連自己一起交給他，與神同工，擔子便變得輕省了。切勿讓自己與擔子分開。
祈禱◆主啊，求你呼喚我的名字，讓我因那奇妙的呼喚而振奮！你一次的呼喚、一次的接觸，將會帶來何等大的改變，我們都會在狂喜之中！噢，為何你不是經常這樣做呢？
April 12, 2014
Complete and Effective Dominion
Death no longer has dominion over Him. . . . the life that He lives, He lives to God. Likewise you also, reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God . . . —Romans 6:9-11
Co-Eternal Life. Eternal life is the life which Jesus Christ exhibited on the human level. And it is this same life, not simply a copy of it, which is made evident in our mortal flesh when we are born again. Eternal life is not a gift from God; eternal life is the gift of God. The energy and the power which was so very evident in Jesus will be exhibited in us by an act of the absolute sovereign grace of God, once we have made that complete and effective decision about sin.
“You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you . . .” (Acts 1:8)— not power as a gift from the Holy Spirit; the power is the Holy Spirit, not something that He gives us. The life that was in Jesus becomes ours because of His Cross, once we make the decision to be identified with Him. If it is difficult to get right with God, it is because we refuse to make this moral decision about sin. But once we do decide, the full life of God comes in immediately. Jesus came to give us an endless supply of life— “. . . that you may be filled with all the fullness of God” (Ephesians 3:19). Eternal life has nothing to do with time. It is the life which Jesus lived when He was down here, and the only Source of life is the Lord Jesus Christ.
Even the weakest saint can experience the power of the deity of the Son of God, when he is willing to “let go.” But any effort to “hang on” to the least bit of our own power will only diminish the life of Jesus in us. We have to keep letting go, and slowly, but surely, the great full life of God will invade us, penetrating every part. Then Jesus will have complete and effective dominion in us, and people will take notice that we have been with Him.
道德上的主權
死也不再作他的主了……他活是向神活著。這樣，他們向罪也當看自己是死的，向神在基督耶穌裡，卻當看自己是活的。 （羅六9-11）
同享永生。永生是耶穌基督以人的身份所表現的生命。若我們從神而生，在這必朽的肉身所彰顯的生命，正是這種生命，而非它的副本。永生不是從神而來的恩賜，乃是神把自己賜給我們。耶穌所彰顯出來的能力與權柄，在我們對罪作道德決判時，因著神的恩典，在我們身上彰顯出來。
[聖靈降臨在你們身上，你們就必得著能力。 ]以－－這能力並不是從聖靈而來得恩賜，乃是聖靈本身。換言之，這並不是聖靈所賜得什麼東西。我們一旦與他的死認同後，就藉著十字架得著耶穌的生命。若覺得與神和好是件難事，那就一定是我們對罪未肯作確定得判決。只要一作決定，神豐盛的生命就立即進來。耶穌來了，是要供應永恆的生命：[叫神一切所充滿的，充滿了你們。 ]
永生與時間原不相關，永生是耶穌在地上時的生命。生命唯一的源頭就是主耶穌基督。只要肯[放手]，最軟弱的信徒也能經歷神兒子的能力。我們舊我的能力，若有任何殘餘存在，都會叫耶穌的生命受阻。我們要慢慢的放手，讓神生命的洪流湧進我們每一部分，以致人就認出我們是耶穌的門徒。
祈禱◆主啊，我感到自己渴望你的同在，並得著你極之美好和滿有喜樂的賜福。主啊，我將此心願交給你，若你認為是好的話，請賜給我。
Co-Eternal Life. Eternal life is the life which Jesus Christ exhibited on the human level. And it is this same life, not simply a copy of it, which is made evident in our mortal flesh when we are born again. Eternal life is not a gift from God; eternal life is the gift of God. The energy and the power which was so very evident in Jesus will be exhibited in us by an act of the absolute sovereign grace of God, once we have made that complete and effective decision about sin.
“You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you . . .” (Acts 1:8)— not power as a gift from the Holy Spirit; the power is the Holy Spirit, not something that He gives us. The life that was in Jesus becomes ours because of His Cross, once we make the decision to be identified with Him. If it is difficult to get right with God, it is because we refuse to make this moral decision about sin. But once we do decide, the full life of God comes in immediately. Jesus came to give us an endless supply of life— “. . . that you may be filled with all the fullness of God” (Ephesians 3:19). Eternal life has nothing to do with time. It is the life which Jesus lived when He was down here, and the only Source of life is the Lord Jesus Christ.
Even the weakest saint can experience the power of the deity of the Son of God, when he is willing to “let go.” But any effort to “hang on” to the least bit of our own power will only diminish the life of Jesus in us. We have to keep letting go, and slowly, but surely, the great full life of God will invade us, penetrating every part. Then Jesus will have complete and effective dominion in us, and people will take notice that we have been with Him.
道德上的主權
死也不再作他的主了……他活是向神活著。這樣，他們向罪也當看自己是死的，向神在基督耶穌裡，卻當看自己是活的。 （羅六9-11）
同享永生。永生是耶穌基督以人的身份所表現的生命。若我們從神而生，在這必朽的肉身所彰顯的生命，正是這種生命，而非它的副本。永生不是從神而來的恩賜，乃是神把自己賜給我們。耶穌所彰顯出來的能力與權柄，在我們對罪作道德決判時，因著神的恩典，在我們身上彰顯出來。
[聖靈降臨在你們身上，你們就必得著能力。 ]以－－這能力並不是從聖靈而來得恩賜，乃是聖靈本身。換言之，這並不是聖靈所賜得什麼東西。我們一旦與他的死認同後，就藉著十字架得著耶穌的生命。若覺得與神和好是件難事，那就一定是我們對罪未肯作確定得判決。只要一作決定，神豐盛的生命就立即進來。耶穌來了，是要供應永恆的生命：[叫神一切所充滿的，充滿了你們。 ]
永生與時間原不相關，永生是耶穌在地上時的生命。生命唯一的源頭就是主耶穌基督。只要肯[放手]，最軟弱的信徒也能經歷神兒子的能力。我們舊我的能力，若有任何殘餘存在，都會叫耶穌的生命受阻。我們要慢慢的放手，讓神生命的洪流湧進我們每一部分，以致人就認出我們是耶穌的門徒。
祈禱◆主啊，我感到自己渴望你的同在，並得著你極之美好和滿有喜樂的賜福。主啊，我將此心願交給你，若你認為是好的話，請賜給我。
April 11, 2014
Complete and Effective Divinity
If we have been united together in the likeness of His death, certainly we also shall be in the likeness of His resurrection . . . —Romans 6:5
Co-Resurrection. The proof that I have experienced crucifixion with Jesus is that I have a definite likeness to Him. The Spirit of Jesus entering me rearranges my personal life before God. The resurrection of Jesus has given Him the authority to give the life of God to me, and the experiences of my life must now be built on the foundation of His life. I can have the resurrection life of Jesus here and now, and it will exhibit itself through holiness.
The idea all through the apostle Paul’s writings is that after the decision to be identified with Jesus in His death has been made, the resurrection life of Jesus penetrates every bit of my human nature. It takes the omnipotence of God— His complete and effective divinity— to live the life of the Son of God in human flesh. The Holy Spirit cannot be accepted as a guest in merely one room of the house— He invades all of it. And once I decide that my “old man” (that is, my heredity of sin) should be identified with the death of Jesus, the Holy Spirit invades me. He takes charge of everything. My part is to walk in the light and to obey all that He reveals to me. Once I have made that important decision about sin, it is easy to “reckon” that I am actually “dead indeed to sin,” because I find the life of Jesus in me all the time (Romans 6:11). Just as there is only one kind of humanity, there is only one kind of holiness— the holiness of Jesus. And it is His holiness that has been given to me. God puts the holiness of His Son into me, and I belong to a new spiritual order.
道德上的神性
我們若在他死的形狀上與他聯合，也要在他復活的形狀上與他聯合。 （羅六5）
一同復活。要證明我的確已與耶穌同釘十字架，就是我明顯有像他的地方。耶穌的靈進入我裡面，重整了我向神的生命。耶穌的複活，使他有權柄把神的聖靈充滿我；而我這生命，是必須建造在他生命的根基上。我現在有耶穌復活的生命，在聖潔上可表明出來。
在使徒保羅的書信中，有個一貫的思想，就是決志－－作這道德上的抉擇，承認與耶穌同死後，耶穌復活的生命就充滿我每一部分。人在肉身活出神兒子的生命，必須有超人的能力才行。
聖靈絕不處於客人的地位，他是無孔不入的。我一旦決志讓舊人（罪的遺傳）與耶穌同死，聖靈就開始進襲我。他要管理一切，要我行在光中，要使我順服。我既對罪作了道德的判決，就很容易向罪死，因為耶穌的生命已經住在我裡面。
人性若只有一個印記，聖潔同樣也只有一個，就是耶穌的聖潔，而這聖潔正是他賜給我的。神把他兒子的聖潔放在我裡面，我就屬於一個新的屬靈族類。
祈禱◆噢，主啊，在這新的一天，以你的恩典幫助我完全感受到你的大能，並你在我周圍。讓我面對著你的榮耀，以致我可以[變成主的形狀，榮上加榮]。
Co-Resurrection. The proof that I have experienced crucifixion with Jesus is that I have a definite likeness to Him. The Spirit of Jesus entering me rearranges my personal life before God. The resurrection of Jesus has given Him the authority to give the life of God to me, and the experiences of my life must now be built on the foundation of His life. I can have the resurrection life of Jesus here and now, and it will exhibit itself through holiness.
The idea all through the apostle Paul’s writings is that after the decision to be identified with Jesus in His death has been made, the resurrection life of Jesus penetrates every bit of my human nature. It takes the omnipotence of God— His complete and effective divinity— to live the life of the Son of God in human flesh. The Holy Spirit cannot be accepted as a guest in merely one room of the house— He invades all of it. And once I decide that my “old man” (that is, my heredity of sin) should be identified with the death of Jesus, the Holy Spirit invades me. He takes charge of everything. My part is to walk in the light and to obey all that He reveals to me. Once I have made that important decision about sin, it is easy to “reckon” that I am actually “dead indeed to sin,” because I find the life of Jesus in me all the time (Romans 6:11). Just as there is only one kind of humanity, there is only one kind of holiness— the holiness of Jesus. And it is His holiness that has been given to me. God puts the holiness of His Son into me, and I belong to a new spiritual order.
道德上的神性
我們若在他死的形狀上與他聯合，也要在他復活的形狀上與他聯合。 （羅六5）
一同復活。要證明我的確已與耶穌同釘十字架，就是我明顯有像他的地方。耶穌的靈進入我裡面，重整了我向神的生命。耶穌的複活，使他有權柄把神的聖靈充滿我；而我這生命，是必須建造在他生命的根基上。我現在有耶穌復活的生命，在聖潔上可表明出來。
在使徒保羅的書信中，有個一貫的思想，就是決志－－作這道德上的抉擇，承認與耶穌同死後，耶穌復活的生命就充滿我每一部分。人在肉身活出神兒子的生命，必須有超人的能力才行。
聖靈絕不處於客人的地位，他是無孔不入的。我一旦決志讓舊人（罪的遺傳）與耶穌同死，聖靈就開始進襲我。他要管理一切，要我行在光中，要使我順服。我既對罪作了道德的判決，就很容易向罪死，因為耶穌的生命已經住在我裡面。
人性若只有一個印記，聖潔同樣也只有一個，就是耶穌的聖潔，而這聖潔正是他賜給我的。神把他兒子的聖潔放在我裡面，我就屬於一個新的屬靈族類。
祈禱◆噢，主啊，在這新的一天，以你的恩典幫助我完全感受到你的大能，並你在我周圍。讓我面對著你的榮耀，以致我可以[變成主的形狀，榮上加榮]。
April 10, 2014
Complete and Effective Decision About Sin
. . . our old man was crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves of sin —Romans 6:6
Co-Crucifixion. Have you made the following decision about sin—that it must be completely killed in you? It takes a long time to come to the point of making this complete and effective decision about sin. It is, however, the greatest moment in your life once you decide that sin must die in you-not simply be restrained, suppressed, or counteracted, but crucified—just as Jesus Christ died for the sin of the world. No one can bring anyone else to this decision. We may be mentally and spiritually convinced, but what we need to do is actually make the decision that Paul urged us to do in this passage.
Pull yourself up, take some time alone with God, and make this important decision, saying, “Lord, identify me with Your death until I know that sin is dead in me.” Make the moral decision that sin in you must be put to death.
This was not some divine future expectation on the part of Paul, but was a very radical and definite experience in his life. Are you prepared to let the Spirit of God search you until you know what the level and nature of sin is in your life— to see the very things that struggle against God’s Spirit in you? If so, will you then agree with God’s verdict on the nature of sin— that it should be identified with the death of Jesus? You cannot “reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin” (Romans 6:11) unless you have radically dealt with the issue of your will before God.
Have you entered into the glorious privilege of being crucified with Christ, until all that remains in your flesh and blood is His life? “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me . . .” (Galatians 2:20).
對罪的道德判斷
因為知道我們的舊人，和他同釘十字架，使罪身滅絕，叫我們不再作罪的奴僕（羅六6）
同釘十字架。我對罪下過這決心麼？它在我裏面必須根除殺滅？我對罪所作的道德判決，是要花很長時間的。可是，這卻是我生命的轉捩點。我看準了，耶穌基督既為世人的罪而死，照樣地，罪也必須在我裡面死去。不是要把罪約制、壓抑或是抵擋，乃是要把它釘死在十字架上。沒有人可以使別人下這決心；我們也許會在宗教意識裡同意，但我們必須照保羅在此所強調的，作出決定。
要鼓起勇氣，振作起來，花時間與神單獨相對，作一個道德上的抉擇，對主說：[主阿，讓你的死成為我的死，直至我知道罪已在我裡面死去。 ]要斬釘截鐵，下定決心，把罪治死。
對保羅來說，這不是一種屬靈的期望，而是一個非常基本而肯定的經驗。我肯不肯讓神的靈鑑察我，直到我真知道罪的本相－－就是在我裡面與神的靈相爭的事物？若肯的話，我接受神對罪的判斷－－就是與耶穌同死嗎？我必須解決這個基本的意志問題，在神面前尋求清楚，否則不能算己[向罪死了]。
我有沒有進入與基督同釘的最高福祉裡，直到我血肉之軀，除了基督的生命以外，再無別的？ [我已經與基督同釘十字架，現在活著的，不再是我，乃是基督在我裡面活著。 ]
祈禱◆[我的靈在生病]－－何等適切地描述我今天的狀況！求你控制它，幫助我在當中起來和超越它。
Co-Crucifixion. Have you made the following decision about sin—that it must be completely killed in you? It takes a long time to come to the point of making this complete and effective decision about sin. It is, however, the greatest moment in your life once you decide that sin must die in you-not simply be restrained, suppressed, or counteracted, but crucified—just as Jesus Christ died for the sin of the world. No one can bring anyone else to this decision. We may be mentally and spiritually convinced, but what we need to do is actually make the decision that Paul urged us to do in this passage.
Pull yourself up, take some time alone with God, and make this important decision, saying, “Lord, identify me with Your death until I know that sin is dead in me.” Make the moral decision that sin in you must be put to death.
This was not some divine future expectation on the part of Paul, but was a very radical and definite experience in his life. Are you prepared to let the Spirit of God search you until you know what the level and nature of sin is in your life— to see the very things that struggle against God’s Spirit in you? If so, will you then agree with God’s verdict on the nature of sin— that it should be identified with the death of Jesus? You cannot “reckon yourselves to be dead indeed to sin” (Romans 6:11) unless you have radically dealt with the issue of your will before God.
Have you entered into the glorious privilege of being crucified with Christ, until all that remains in your flesh and blood is His life? “I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me . . .” (Galatians 2:20).
對罪的道德判斷
因為知道我們的舊人，和他同釘十字架，使罪身滅絕，叫我們不再作罪的奴僕（羅六6）
同釘十字架。我對罪下過這決心麼？它在我裏面必須根除殺滅？我對罪所作的道德判決，是要花很長時間的。可是，這卻是我生命的轉捩點。我看準了，耶穌基督既為世人的罪而死，照樣地，罪也必須在我裡面死去。不是要把罪約制、壓抑或是抵擋，乃是要把它釘死在十字架上。沒有人可以使別人下這決心；我們也許會在宗教意識裡同意，但我們必須照保羅在此所強調的，作出決定。
要鼓起勇氣，振作起來，花時間與神單獨相對，作一個道德上的抉擇，對主說：[主阿，讓你的死成為我的死，直至我知道罪已在我裡面死去。 ]要斬釘截鐵，下定決心，把罪治死。
對保羅來說，這不是一種屬靈的期望，而是一個非常基本而肯定的經驗。我肯不肯讓神的靈鑑察我，直到我真知道罪的本相－－就是在我裡面與神的靈相爭的事物？若肯的話，我接受神對罪的判斷－－就是與耶穌同死嗎？我必須解決這個基本的意志問題，在神面前尋求清楚，否則不能算己[向罪死了]。
我有沒有進入與基督同釘的最高福祉裡，直到我血肉之軀，除了基督的生命以外，再無別的？ [我已經與基督同釘十字架，現在活著的，不再是我，乃是基督在我裡面活著。 ]
祈禱◆[我的靈在生病]－－何等適切地描述我今天的狀況！求你控制它，幫助我在當中起來和超越它。
April 09, 2014
Have You Seen Jesus?
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。
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。
April 08, 2014
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.
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。
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.
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。
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