每日讀經靈修: 信的奥秘 (2013年 7月18日) Daily Devotional: The Mystery Of Believing (Thursday, July 18, 2013) 他说，主啊，你是谁？（徒九5） And he said, Who art Thou, Lord? — Acts 9:5 救赎的奇跡，使大数的扫罗由一个认真、意志坚强的法利赛人，一刻之间变成主耶穌谦卑的忠仆。可以解释的事根本就无奇妙可言。可以解释的事便能控制，所以我们要求解释是极自然的。顺服并非自然的事；不顺服也并不一定有罪。除非我承认有一更高的权威指挥一切，否则顺服不算甚麼德行。对别人而言，不顺服可能是一种解放。一个人若对另一个人说：[你一定要这样。]他就伤害了那人的灵，这样的灵并不合神用。顺服的背后必须承认有一位圣洁的神，否则，只沦为顺服的奴隶。许多人要摆脱宗教的外壳，才能真正来到神面前。因为心里只有一位主人，这不是宗教，而是耶穌基督。倘若我见他，却对他说：[我不肯。]我就有祸了。他不会强求，但我已在心里神儿子的死亡证上签了字。我面对主耶穌，却对他说：[我不愿意。]他断不会坚持，但这样我就从救恩的再造大能中退后了。我若肯来就光，不管我怎样可恶，神的恩典总不会计较；我若不肯来到光中，就有祸了（参约三19-21）。 By the miracle of Redemption Saul of Tarsus was turned in one second from a strong-willed, intense Pharisee into a humble, devoted slave of the Lord Jesus. There is nothing miraculous about the things we can explain. We command what we are able to explain, consequently it is natural to seek to explain. It is not natural to obey; nor is it necessarily sinful to disobey. There is no moral virtue in obedience unless there is a recognition of a higher authority in the one who dictates. It is possibly an emancipation to the other person if he does not obey. If one man says to another – ‘You must,’ and – ‘You shall,’ he breaks the human spirit and unfits it for God. A man is a slave for obeying unless behind his obedience there is a recognition of a holy God. Many a soul begins to come to God when he flings off being religious, because there is only one Master of the human heart, and that is not religion but Jesus Christ. But woe be to me if when I see Him I say – I will not. He will never insist that I do, but I have begun to sign the death warrant of the Son of God in my soul. When I stand face to face with Jesus Christ and say – I will not, He will never insist; but I am backing away from the recreating power of His Redemption. It is a matter of indifference to God’s grace how abominable I am if I come to the light; but woe be to me if I refuse the light (see John 3:19-21). 完整文章 Full Article - 中文版: wellsofgrace/devotion/archives/1301 Eng Version: utmost.org/classic/the-mystery-of-believing-classic/
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