It came to pass, while He blessed them, that He was parted from them and carried up into heaven —Luke 24:51
We have no experiences in our lives that correspond to the events in our Lord’s life after the transfiguration. From that moment forward His life was altogether substitutionary. Up to the time of the transfiguration, He had exhibited the normal, perfect life of a man. But from the transfiguration forward— Gethsemane, the Cross, the resurrection— everything is unfamiliar to us. His Cross is the door by which every member of the human race can enter into the life of God; by His resurrection He has the right to give eternal life to anyone, and by His ascension our Lord entered heaven, keeping the door open for humanity.
The transfiguration was completed on the Mount of Ascension. If Jesus had gone to heaven directly from the Mount of Transfiguration, He would have gone alone. He would have been nothing more to us than a glorious Figure. But He turned His back on the glory, and came down from the mountain to identify Himself with fallen humanity.
The ascension is the complete fulfillment of the transfiguration. Our Lord returned to His original glory, but not simply as the Son of God— He returned to His father as the Son of Man as well. There is now freedom of access for anyone straight to the very throne of God because of the ascension of the Son of Man. As the Son of Man, Jesus Christ deliberately limited His omnipotence, omnipresence, and omniscience. But now they are His in absolute, full power. As the Son of Man, Jesus Christ now has all the power at the throne of God. From His ascension forward He is the King of kings and Lord of lords.
他的升天與我們的合一
正祝福的時候，他就離開他們，被帶到天上去了。 （路二十四51）
主登山變像之後的經歷，是我們沒法體驗的。從那時起，主的生命完全是為了代贖。登山之前，他過的是正常人的生活；登山之後，經過客西馬尼、十字架，以至復活，都不是我們所熟悉的。他的十字架，是人類進入神生命的門；他的複活，使他有賜人永生的權柄；他的升天，使天門為人敞開。
在升天的山上，登山變像的意義就明顯了。耶穌若在登山變像時升了天，他就是獨自而去，對我們只是一個榮耀的形像而已。可是，他紆尊降貴，從山上來，與墮落的人類等量齊觀。
升天是登山變像的實現，我們的主這時回到他原有的榮耀裡去；可是他不單是以神兒子的身分回去，也以人子的身分回到神那裡去。因為人子升天，人就有自由的通道直接去到神寶座前。
作為人子，耶穌故意限制了他的權能、全知，以及無所不在的自由；升天后卻全部在他掌管之中了。耶穌基督為人子，有著神寶座的一切權能，從他升天之日起直到今天，他是萬王之王，萬主之主。
祈禱◆主啊，我的每一方面，都徹底、完全和絕對需要你。我是一個等待你注滿的龐大潭穴，以你的榮耀和美善注滿我，直至湧流不息。
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May 17, 2014
April 05, 2014
His Agony and Our Access
Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples . . . . ’Stay here and watch with Me’ —Matthew 26:36, 38
We can never fully comprehend Christ’s agony in the Garden of Gethsemane, but at least we don’t have to misunderstand it. It is the agony of God and man in one Person, coming face to face with sin. We cannot learn about Gethsemane through personal experience. Gethsemane and Calvary represent something totally unique— they are the gateway into life for us.
It was not death on the cross that Jesus agonized over in Gethsemane. In fact, He stated very emphatically that He came with the purpose of dying. His concern here was that He might not get through this struggle as the Son of Man. He was confident of getting through it as the Son of God— Satan could not touch Him there. But Satan’s assault was that our Lord would come through for us on His own solely as the Son of Man. If Jesus had done that, He could not have been our Savior (see Hebrews 9:11-15). Read the record of His agony in Gethsemane in light of His earlier wilderness temptation— “. . . the devil . . . departed from Him until an opportune time” (Luke 4:13). In Gethsemane, Satan came back and was overthrown again. Satan’s final assault against our Lord as the Son of Man was in Gethsemane.
The agony in Gethsemane was the agony of the Son of God in fulfilling His destiny as the Savior of the world. The veil is pulled back here to reveal all that it cost Him to make it possible for us to become sons of God. His agony was the basis for the simplicity of our salvation. The Cross of Christ was a triumph for the Son of Man. It was not only a sign that our Lord had triumphed, but that He had triumphed to save the human race. Because of what the Son of Man went through, every human being has been provided with a way of access into the very presence of God.
他的痛苦與我們的相交
耶穌同門徒來到一個地方，名叫客西馬尼，就對他們說……你們在這裡等候，和我一同儆醒。 （太二十六36、38）
縱然我們無法體會主在客西馬尼的痛苦，但我們也不要誤解。這是神人一體面對罪惡的痛苦。因此就我們個人的經歷，是無法體會的。客西馬尼與各各他，是耶穌所專有的，叫我們得生命的門。
耶穌在客西馬尼，並不是因十架的死亡而恐懼；他曾強調說，他是為死而來的。他所恐懼的是不能以[人子]的身分過這一關。作為神子，耶穌絕對可以過關，撒但不能碰他分毫；但撒但要毀滅的，是他以一個孤獨的個體過這一關；就是說，使他不能成為救主。試以主受試探的情景去讀客西馬尼痛苦的禱告：[魔鬼暫時離開耶穌。 ]在客西馬尼，撒但最後向主以人子身份所施的襲擊，是在客西馬尼。
客西馬尼的痛苦，是神子為要完成他作世人救主的使命所忍受的痛苦。幔子裂開，顯示他付出何等的代價，為叫我們可以成為神的兒子。我們如此容易得救，是基於他的痛苦。基督的十字架，是人子的勝利。這不但表明我們的主已經得勝，而且帶來人類的拯救。如今人人可以來到神面前，完全因為[人子]所經歷的痛苦。
祈禱◆主啊，我對你的救贖和完全的救恩，是何其缺乏欣賞。主啊，驅使我產生豐富的感恩；讓我對主耶穌基督懷著永遠的愛。
We can never fully comprehend Christ’s agony in the Garden of Gethsemane, but at least we don’t have to misunderstand it. It is the agony of God and man in one Person, coming face to face with sin. We cannot learn about Gethsemane through personal experience. Gethsemane and Calvary represent something totally unique— they are the gateway into life for us.
It was not death on the cross that Jesus agonized over in Gethsemane. In fact, He stated very emphatically that He came with the purpose of dying. His concern here was that He might not get through this struggle as the Son of Man. He was confident of getting through it as the Son of God— Satan could not touch Him there. But Satan’s assault was that our Lord would come through for us on His own solely as the Son of Man. If Jesus had done that, He could not have been our Savior (see Hebrews 9:11-15). Read the record of His agony in Gethsemane in light of His earlier wilderness temptation— “. . . the devil . . . departed from Him until an opportune time” (Luke 4:13). In Gethsemane, Satan came back and was overthrown again. Satan’s final assault against our Lord as the Son of Man was in Gethsemane.
The agony in Gethsemane was the agony of the Son of God in fulfilling His destiny as the Savior of the world. The veil is pulled back here to reveal all that it cost Him to make it possible for us to become sons of God. His agony was the basis for the simplicity of our salvation. The Cross of Christ was a triumph for the Son of Man. It was not only a sign that our Lord had triumphed, but that He had triumphed to save the human race. Because of what the Son of Man went through, every human being has been provided with a way of access into the very presence of God.
他的痛苦與我們的相交
耶穌同門徒來到一個地方，名叫客西馬尼，就對他們說……你們在這裡等候，和我一同儆醒。 （太二十六36、38）
縱然我們無法體會主在客西馬尼的痛苦，但我們也不要誤解。這是神人一體面對罪惡的痛苦。因此就我們個人的經歷，是無法體會的。客西馬尼與各各他，是耶穌所專有的，叫我們得生命的門。
耶穌在客西馬尼，並不是因十架的死亡而恐懼；他曾強調說，他是為死而來的。他所恐懼的是不能以[人子]的身分過這一關。作為神子，耶穌絕對可以過關，撒但不能碰他分毫；但撒但要毀滅的，是他以一個孤獨的個體過這一關；就是說，使他不能成為救主。試以主受試探的情景去讀客西馬尼痛苦的禱告：[魔鬼暫時離開耶穌。 ]在客西馬尼，撒但最後向主以人子身份所施的襲擊，是在客西馬尼。
客西馬尼的痛苦，是神子為要完成他作世人救主的使命所忍受的痛苦。幔子裂開，顯示他付出何等的代價，為叫我們可以成為神的兒子。我們如此容易得救，是基於他的痛苦。基督的十字架，是人子的勝利。這不但表明我們的主已經得勝，而且帶來人類的拯救。如今人人可以來到神面前，完全因為[人子]所經歷的痛苦。
祈禱◆主啊，我對你的救贖和完全的救恩，是何其缺乏欣賞。主啊，驅使我產生豐富的感恩；讓我對主耶穌基督懷著永遠的愛。
May 17, 2013
His Ascension and Our Access
It came to pass, while He blessed them, that He was parted from them and carried up into heaven —Luke 24:51
We have no experiences in our lives that correspond to the events in our Lord’s life after the transfiguration. From that moment forward His life was altogether substitutionary. Up to the time of the transfiguration, He had exhibited the normal, perfect life of a man. But from the transfiguration forward— Gethsemane, the Cross, the resurrection— everything is unfamiliar to us. His Cross is the door by which every member of the human race can enter into the life of God; by His resurrection He has the right to give eternal life to anyone, and by His ascension our Lord entered heaven, keeping the door open for humanity.
The transfiguration was completed on the Mount of Ascension. If Jesus had gone to heaven directly from the Mount of Transfiguration, He would have gone alone. He would have been nothing more to us than a glorious Figure. But He turned His back on the glory, and came down from the mountain to identify Himself with fallen humanity.
The ascension is the complete fulfillment of the transfiguration. Our Lord returned to His original glory, but not simply as the Son of God— He returned to His father as the Son of Man as well. There is now freedom of access for anyone straight to the very throne of God because of the ascension of the Son of Man. As the Son of Man, Jesus Christ deliberately limited His omnipotence, omnipresence, and omniscience. But now they are His in absolute, full power. As the Son of Man, Jesus Christ now has all the power at the throne of God. From His ascension forward He is the King of kings and Lord of lords.
他的升天與我們的合一
正祝福的時候，他就離開他們，被帶到天上去了。 （路二十四51）
主登山變像之後的經歷，是我們沒法體驗的。從那時起，主的生命完全是為了代贖。登山之前，他過的是正常人的生活；登山之後，經過客西馬尼、十字架，以至復活，都不是我們所熟悉的。他的十字架，是人類進入神生命的門；他的複活，使他有賜人永生的權柄；他的升天，使天門為人敞開。
在升天的山上，登山變像的意義就明顯了。耶穌若在登山變像時升了天，他就是獨自而去，對我們只是一個榮耀的形像而已。可是，他紆尊降貴，從山上來，與墮落的人類等量齊觀。
升天是登山變像的實現，我們的主這時回到他原有的榮耀裡去；可是他不單是以神兒子的身分回去，也以人子的身分回到神那裡去。因為人子升天，人就有自由的通道直接去到神寶座前。
作為人子，耶穌故意限制了他的權能、全知，以及無所不在的自由；升天后卻全部在他掌管之中了。耶穌基督為人子，有著神寶座的一切權能，從他升天之日起直到今天，他是萬王之王，萬主之主。
祈禱◆主啊，我的每一方面，都徹底、完全和絕對需要你。我是一個等待你注滿的龐大潭穴，以你的榮耀和美善注滿我，直至湧流不息。
We have no experiences in our lives that correspond to the events in our Lord’s life after the transfiguration. From that moment forward His life was altogether substitutionary. Up to the time of the transfiguration, He had exhibited the normal, perfect life of a man. But from the transfiguration forward— Gethsemane, the Cross, the resurrection— everything is unfamiliar to us. His Cross is the door by which every member of the human race can enter into the life of God; by His resurrection He has the right to give eternal life to anyone, and by His ascension our Lord entered heaven, keeping the door open for humanity.
The transfiguration was completed on the Mount of Ascension. If Jesus had gone to heaven directly from the Mount of Transfiguration, He would have gone alone. He would have been nothing more to us than a glorious Figure. But He turned His back on the glory, and came down from the mountain to identify Himself with fallen humanity.
The ascension is the complete fulfillment of the transfiguration. Our Lord returned to His original glory, but not simply as the Son of God— He returned to His father as the Son of Man as well. There is now freedom of access for anyone straight to the very throne of God because of the ascension of the Son of Man. As the Son of Man, Jesus Christ deliberately limited His omnipotence, omnipresence, and omniscience. But now they are His in absolute, full power. As the Son of Man, Jesus Christ now has all the power at the throne of God. From His ascension forward He is the King of kings and Lord of lords.
他的升天與我們的合一
正祝福的時候，他就離開他們，被帶到天上去了。 （路二十四51）
主登山變像之後的經歷，是我們沒法體驗的。從那時起，主的生命完全是為了代贖。登山之前，他過的是正常人的生活；登山之後，經過客西馬尼、十字架，以至復活，都不是我們所熟悉的。他的十字架，是人類進入神生命的門；他的複活，使他有賜人永生的權柄；他的升天，使天門為人敞開。
在升天的山上，登山變像的意義就明顯了。耶穌若在登山變像時升了天，他就是獨自而去，對我們只是一個榮耀的形像而已。可是，他紆尊降貴，從山上來，與墮落的人類等量齊觀。
升天是登山變像的實現，我們的主這時回到他原有的榮耀裡去；可是他不單是以神兒子的身分回去，也以人子的身分回到神那裡去。因為人子升天，人就有自由的通道直接去到神寶座前。
作為人子，耶穌故意限制了他的權能、全知，以及無所不在的自由；升天后卻全部在他掌管之中了。耶穌基督為人子，有著神寶座的一切權能，從他升天之日起直到今天，他是萬王之王，萬主之主。
祈禱◆主啊，我的每一方面，都徹底、完全和絕對需要你。我是一個等待你注滿的龐大潭穴，以你的榮耀和美善注滿我，直至湧流不息。
April 05, 2013
His Agony and Our Access
Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples . . . . ’Stay here and watch with Me’ —Matthew 26:36, 38
We can never fully comprehend Christ’s agony in the Garden of Gethsemane, but at least we don’t have to misunderstand it. It is the agony of God and man in one Person, coming face to face with sin. We cannot learn about Gethsemane through personal experience. Gethsemane and Calvary represent something totally unique— they are the gateway into life for us.
It was not death on the cross that Jesus agonized over in Gethsemane. In fact, He stated very emphatically that He came with the purpose of dying. His concern here was that He might not get through this struggle as the Son of Man. He was confident of getting through it as the Son of God— Satan could not touch Him there. But Satan’s assault was that our Lord would come through for us on His own solely as the Son of Man. If Jesus had done that, He could not have been our Savior (see Hebrews 9:11-15). Read the record of His agony in Gethsemane in light of His earlier wilderness temptation— “. . . the devil . . . departed from Him until an opportune time” (Luke 4:13). In Gethsemane, Satan came back and was overthrown again. Satan’s final assault against our Lord as the Son of Man was in Gethsemane.
The agony in Gethsemane was the agony of the Son of God in fulfilling His destiny as the Savior of the world. The veil is pulled back here to reveal all that it cost Him to make it possible for us to become sons of God. His agony was the basis for the simplicity of our salvation. The Cross of Christ was a triumph for the Son of Man. It was not only a sign that our Lord had triumphed, but that He had triumphed to save the human race. Because of what the Son of Man went through, every human being has been provided with a way of access into the very presence of God.
他的痛苦與我們的相交
耶穌同門徒來到一個地方，名叫客西馬尼，就對他們說……你們在這裡等候，和我一同儆醒。 （太二十六36、38）
縱然我們無法體會主在客西馬尼的痛苦，但我們也不要誤解。這是神人一體面對罪惡的痛苦。因此就我們個人的經歷，是無法體會的。客西馬尼與各各他，是耶穌所專有的，叫我們得生命的門。
耶穌在客西馬尼，並不是因十架的死亡而恐懼；他曾強調說，他是為死而來的。他所恐懼的是不能以[人子]的身分過這一關。作為神子，耶穌絕對可以過關，撒但不能碰他分毫；但撒但要毀滅的，是他以一個孤獨的個體過這一關；就是說，使他不能成為救主。試以主受試探的情景去讀客西馬尼痛苦的禱告：[魔鬼暫時離開耶穌。 ]在客西馬尼，撒但最後向主以人子身份所施的襲擊，是在客西馬尼。
客西馬尼的痛苦，是神子為要完成他作世人救主的使命所忍受的痛苦。幔子裂開，顯示他付出何等的代價，為叫我們可以成為神的兒子。我們如此容易得救，是基於他的痛苦。基督的十字架，是人子的勝利。這不但表明我們的主已經得勝，而且帶來人類的拯救。如今人人可以來到神面前，完全因為[人子]所經歷的痛苦。
祈禱◆主啊，我對你的救贖和完全的救恩，是何其缺乏欣賞。主啊，驅使我產生豐富的感恩；讓我對主耶穌基督懷著永遠的愛。
We can never fully comprehend Christ’s agony in the Garden of Gethsemane, but at least we don’t have to misunderstand it. It is the agony of God and man in one Person, coming face to face with sin. We cannot learn about Gethsemane through personal experience. Gethsemane and Calvary represent something totally unique— they are the gateway into life for us.
It was not death on the cross that Jesus agonized over in Gethsemane. In fact, He stated very emphatically that He came with the purpose of dying. His concern here was that He might not get through this struggle as the Son of Man. He was confident of getting through it as the Son of God— Satan could not touch Him there. But Satan’s assault was that our Lord would come through for us on His own solely as the Son of Man. If Jesus had done that, He could not have been our Savior (see Hebrews 9:11-15). Read the record of His agony in Gethsemane in light of His earlier wilderness temptation— “. . . the devil . . . departed from Him until an opportune time” (Luke 4:13). In Gethsemane, Satan came back and was overthrown again. Satan’s final assault against our Lord as the Son of Man was in Gethsemane.
The agony in Gethsemane was the agony of the Son of God in fulfilling His destiny as the Savior of the world. The veil is pulled back here to reveal all that it cost Him to make it possible for us to become sons of God. His agony was the basis for the simplicity of our salvation. The Cross of Christ was a triumph for the Son of Man. It was not only a sign that our Lord had triumphed, but that He had triumphed to save the human race. Because of what the Son of Man went through, every human being has been provided with a way of access into the very presence of God.
他的痛苦與我們的相交
耶穌同門徒來到一個地方，名叫客西馬尼，就對他們說……你們在這裡等候，和我一同儆醒。 （太二十六36、38）
縱然我們無法體會主在客西馬尼的痛苦，但我們也不要誤解。這是神人一體面對罪惡的痛苦。因此就我們個人的經歷，是無法體會的。客西馬尼與各各他，是耶穌所專有的，叫我們得生命的門。
耶穌在客西馬尼，並不是因十架的死亡而恐懼；他曾強調說，他是為死而來的。他所恐懼的是不能以[人子]的身分過這一關。作為神子，耶穌絕對可以過關，撒但不能碰他分毫；但撒但要毀滅的，是他以一個孤獨的個體過這一關；就是說，使他不能成為救主。試以主受試探的情景去讀客西馬尼痛苦的禱告：[魔鬼暫時離開耶穌。 ]在客西馬尼，撒但最後向主以人子身份所施的襲擊，是在客西馬尼。
客西馬尼的痛苦，是神子為要完成他作世人救主的使命所忍受的痛苦。幔子裂開，顯示他付出何等的代價，為叫我們可以成為神的兒子。我們如此容易得救，是基於他的痛苦。基督的十字架，是人子的勝利。這不但表明我們的主已經得勝，而且帶來人類的拯救。如今人人可以來到神面前，完全因為[人子]所經歷的痛苦。
祈禱◆主啊，我對你的救贖和完全的救恩，是何其缺乏欣賞。主啊，驅使我產生豐富的感恩；讓我對主耶穌基督懷著永遠的愛。
May 17, 2012
His Ascension and Our Access
It came to pass, while He blessed them, that He was parted from them and carried up into heaven —Luke 24:51
We have no experiences in our lives that correspond to the events in our Lord’s life after the transfiguration. From that moment forward His life was altogether substitutionary. Up to the time of the transfiguration, He had exhibited the normal, perfect life of a man. But from the transfiguration forward— Gethsemane, the Cross, the resurrection— everything is unfamiliar to us. His Cross is the door by which every member of the human race can enter into the life of God; by His resurrection He has the right to give eternal life to anyone, and by His ascension our Lord entered heaven, keeping the door open for humanity.
The transfiguration was completed on the Mount of Ascension. If Jesus had gone to heaven directly from the Mount of Transfiguration, He would have gone alone. He would have been nothing more to us than a glorious Figure. But He turned His back on the glory, and came down from the mountain to identify Himself with fallen humanity.
The ascension is the complete fulfillment of the transfiguration. Our Lord returned to His original glory, but not simply as the Son of God— He returned to His father as the Son of Man as well. There is now freedom of access for anyone straight to the very throne of God because of the ascension of the Son of Man. As the Son of Man, Jesus Christ deliberately limited His omnipotence, omnipresence, and omniscience. But now they are His in absolute, full power. As the Son of Man, Jesus Christ now has all the power at the throne of God. From His ascension forward He is the King of kings and Lord of lords.
他的升天與我們的合一
正祝福的時候，他就離開他們，被帶到天上去了。 （路二十四51）
主登山變像之後的經歷，是我們沒法體驗的。從那時起，主的生命完全是為了代贖。登山之前，他過的是正常人的生活；登山之後，經過客西馬尼、十字架，以至復活，都不是我們所熟悉的。他的十字架，是人類進入神生命的門；他的複活，使他有賜人永生的權柄；他的升天，使天門為人敞開。
在升天的山上，登山變像的意義就明顯了。耶穌若在登山變像時升了天，他就是獨自而去，對我們只是一個榮耀的形像而已。可是，他紆尊降貴，從山上來，與墮落的人類等量齊觀。
升天是登山變像的實現，我們的主這時回到他原有的榮耀裡去；可是他不單是以神兒子的身分回去，也以人子的身分回到神那裡去。因為人子升天，人就有自由的通道直接去到神寶座前。
作為人子，耶穌故意限制了他的權能、全知，以及無所不在的自由；升天后卻全部在他掌管之中了。耶穌基督為人子，有著神寶座的一切權能，從他升天之日起直到今天，他是萬王之王，萬主之主。
祈禱◆主啊，我的每一方面，都徹底、完全和絕對需要你。我是一個等待你注滿的龐大潭穴，以你的榮耀和美善注滿我，直至湧流不息。
We have no experiences in our lives that correspond to the events in our Lord’s life after the transfiguration. From that moment forward His life was altogether substitutionary. Up to the time of the transfiguration, He had exhibited the normal, perfect life of a man. But from the transfiguration forward— Gethsemane, the Cross, the resurrection— everything is unfamiliar to us. His Cross is the door by which every member of the human race can enter into the life of God; by His resurrection He has the right to give eternal life to anyone, and by His ascension our Lord entered heaven, keeping the door open for humanity.
The transfiguration was completed on the Mount of Ascension. If Jesus had gone to heaven directly from the Mount of Transfiguration, He would have gone alone. He would have been nothing more to us than a glorious Figure. But He turned His back on the glory, and came down from the mountain to identify Himself with fallen humanity.
The ascension is the complete fulfillment of the transfiguration. Our Lord returned to His original glory, but not simply as the Son of God— He returned to His father as the Son of Man as well. There is now freedom of access for anyone straight to the very throne of God because of the ascension of the Son of Man. As the Son of Man, Jesus Christ deliberately limited His omnipotence, omnipresence, and omniscience. But now they are His in absolute, full power. As the Son of Man, Jesus Christ now has all the power at the throne of God. From His ascension forward He is the King of kings and Lord of lords.
他的升天與我們的合一
正祝福的時候，他就離開他們，被帶到天上去了。 （路二十四51）
主登山變像之後的經歷，是我們沒法體驗的。從那時起，主的生命完全是為了代贖。登山之前，他過的是正常人的生活；登山之後，經過客西馬尼、十字架，以至復活，都不是我們所熟悉的。他的十字架，是人類進入神生命的門；他的複活，使他有賜人永生的權柄；他的升天，使天門為人敞開。
在升天的山上，登山變像的意義就明顯了。耶穌若在登山變像時升了天，他就是獨自而去，對我們只是一個榮耀的形像而已。可是，他紆尊降貴，從山上來，與墮落的人類等量齊觀。
升天是登山變像的實現，我們的主這時回到他原有的榮耀裡去；可是他不單是以神兒子的身分回去，也以人子的身分回到神那裡去。因為人子升天，人就有自由的通道直接去到神寶座前。
作為人子，耶穌故意限制了他的權能、全知，以及無所不在的自由；升天后卻全部在他掌管之中了。耶穌基督為人子，有著神寶座的一切權能，從他升天之日起直到今天，他是萬王之王，萬主之主。
祈禱◆主啊，我的每一方面，都徹底、完全和絕對需要你。我是一個等待你注滿的龐大潭穴，以你的榮耀和美善注滿我，直至湧流不息。
April 05, 2012
His Agony and Our Access
Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples . . . . ’Stay here and watch with Me’ —Matthew 26:36, 38
We can never fully comprehend Christ’s agony in the Garden of Gethsemane, but at least we don’t have to misunderstand it. It is the agony of God and man in one Person, coming face to face with sin. We cannot learn about Gethsemane through personal experience. Gethsemane and Calvary represent something totally unique— they are the gateway into life for us.
It was not death on the cross that Jesus agonized over in Gethsemane. In fact, He stated very emphatically that He came with the purpose of dying. His concern here was that He might not get through this struggle as the Son of Man. He was confident of getting through it as the Son of God— Satan could not touch Him there. But Satan’s assault was that our Lord would come through for us on His own solely as the Son of Man. If Jesus had done that, He could not have been our Savior (see Hebrews 9:11-15). Read the record of His agony in Gethsemane in light of His earlier wilderness temptation— “. . . the devil . . . departed from Him until an opportune time” (Luke 4:13). In Gethsemane, Satan came back and was overthrown again. Satan’s final assault against our Lord as the Son of Man was in Gethsemane.
The agony in Gethsemane was the agony of the Son of God in fulfilling His destiny as the Savior of the world. The veil is pulled back here to reveal all that it cost Him to make it possible for us to become sons of God. His agony was the basis for the simplicity of our salvation. The Cross of Christ was a triumph for the Son of Man. It was not only a sign that our Lord had triumphed, but that He had triumphed to save the human race. Because of what the Son of Man went through, every human being has been provided with a way of access into the very presence of God.
他的痛苦與我們的相交
耶穌同門徒來到一個地方，名叫客西馬尼，就對他們說……你們在這裡等候，和我一同儆醒。 （太二十六36、38）
縱然我們無法體會主在客西馬尼的痛苦，但我們也不要誤解。這是神人一體面對罪惡的痛苦。因此就我們個人的經歷，是無法體會的。客西馬尼與各各他，是耶穌所專有的，叫我們得生命的門。
耶穌在客西馬尼，並不是因十架的死亡而恐懼；他曾強調說，他是為死而來的。他所恐懼的是不能以[人子]的身分過這一關。作為神子，耶穌絕對可以過關，撒但不能碰他分毫；但撒但要毀滅的，是他以一個孤獨的個體過這一關；就是說，使他不能成為救主。試以主受試探的情景去讀客西馬尼痛苦的禱告：[魔鬼暫時離開耶穌。 ]在客西馬尼，撒但最後向主以人子身份所施的襲擊，是在客西馬尼。
客西馬尼的痛苦，是神子為要完成他作世人救主的使命所忍受的痛苦。幔子裂開，顯示他付出何等的代價，為叫我們可以成為神的兒子。我們如此容易得救，是基於他的痛苦。基督的十字架，是人子的勝利。這不但表明我們的主已經得勝，而且帶來人類的拯救。如今人人可以來到神面前，完全因為[人子]所經歷的痛苦。
祈禱◆主啊，我對你的救贖和完全的救恩，是何其缺乏欣賞。主啊，驅使我產生豐富的感恩；讓我對主耶穌基督懷著永遠的愛。
We can never fully comprehend Christ’s agony in the Garden of Gethsemane, but at least we don’t have to misunderstand it. It is the agony of God and man in one Person, coming face to face with sin. We cannot learn about Gethsemane through personal experience. Gethsemane and Calvary represent something totally unique— they are the gateway into life for us.
It was not death on the cross that Jesus agonized over in Gethsemane. In fact, He stated very emphatically that He came with the purpose of dying. His concern here was that He might not get through this struggle as the Son of Man. He was confident of getting through it as the Son of God— Satan could not touch Him there. But Satan’s assault was that our Lord would come through for us on His own solely as the Son of Man. If Jesus had done that, He could not have been our Savior (see Hebrews 9:11-15). Read the record of His agony in Gethsemane in light of His earlier wilderness temptation— “. . . the devil . . . departed from Him until an opportune time” (Luke 4:13). In Gethsemane, Satan came back and was overthrown again. Satan’s final assault against our Lord as the Son of Man was in Gethsemane.
The agony in Gethsemane was the agony of the Son of God in fulfilling His destiny as the Savior of the world. The veil is pulled back here to reveal all that it cost Him to make it possible for us to become sons of God. His agony was the basis for the simplicity of our salvation. The Cross of Christ was a triumph for the Son of Man. It was not only a sign that our Lord had triumphed, but that He had triumphed to save the human race. Because of what the Son of Man went through, every human being has been provided with a way of access into the very presence of God.
他的痛苦與我們的相交
耶穌同門徒來到一個地方，名叫客西馬尼，就對他們說……你們在這裡等候，和我一同儆醒。 （太二十六36、38）
縱然我們無法體會主在客西馬尼的痛苦，但我們也不要誤解。這是神人一體面對罪惡的痛苦。因此就我們個人的經歷，是無法體會的。客西馬尼與各各他，是耶穌所專有的，叫我們得生命的門。
耶穌在客西馬尼，並不是因十架的死亡而恐懼；他曾強調說，他是為死而來的。他所恐懼的是不能以[人子]的身分過這一關。作為神子，耶穌絕對可以過關，撒但不能碰他分毫；但撒但要毀滅的，是他以一個孤獨的個體過這一關；就是說，使他不能成為救主。試以主受試探的情景去讀客西馬尼痛苦的禱告：[魔鬼暫時離開耶穌。 ]在客西馬尼，撒但最後向主以人子身份所施的襲擊，是在客西馬尼。
客西馬尼的痛苦，是神子為要完成他作世人救主的使命所忍受的痛苦。幔子裂開，顯示他付出何等的代價，為叫我們可以成為神的兒子。我們如此容易得救，是基於他的痛苦。基督的十字架，是人子的勝利。這不但表明我們的主已經得勝，而且帶來人類的拯救。如今人人可以來到神面前，完全因為[人子]所經歷的痛苦。
祈禱◆主啊，我對你的救贖和完全的救恩，是何其缺乏欣賞。主啊，驅使我產生豐富的感恩；讓我對主耶穌基督懷著永遠的愛。
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