2009-12-11 Devotionals Today

知信行網上團契為各主內肢體提供的每日靈糧，歡迎訂閱，推介及奉獻支持。 《網絡天糧》查詢，請電郵：ccf@ccfellow.org 訂閱天糧 | 轉介天糧 | 修訂訂閱 | 奉獻支持 第67天 獲救之恩 「獲救」的人，內心充滿感激。讓我們時常記得自己「獲救」的事實，更不失掉感恩的心。 請您安靜地、慢慢地從心裡誦讀以下的經文。您可以重覆地誦讀，直到神的話語在您內心不斷回響。在朗讀時，請您特別留意「我們藉這愛子的血得蒙救贖，過犯得以赦免，乃是照他豐富的恩典」這一句話。 經文 以弗所書一7-9 我們藉這愛子的血得蒙救贖，過犯得以赦免，乃是照他豐富的恩典。這恩典是神用諸般智慧聰明，充充足足賞給我們的；都是照他自己所預定的美意，叫我們知道他旨意的奧秘…。   靈修指引 我想，當保羅說：「我們藉這愛子的血得蒙救贖，過犯得以赦免，乃是照他豐富的恩典」，他同時在回憶自身「獲救」的經驗，並再次向神感恩。…他所說的，不單是一個神學概念或命題，乃是信仰的經驗。基於他曾獲基督救贖的主觀經驗，保羅十分確定的說：我們，就是每一個信徒，都蒙基督救贖！… 保羅是一個熱衷猶太教信仰的律法師。律法師一直以優秀的信仰道德生活而知名。事實上，保羅並沒有做過甚麼傷天害理的事。但他曾因為要熱切地捍衛宗教而逼迫基督信徒，這件事使信主之後的保羅，時常感到遺憾。… 保羅信仰基督之後，用「愛」來衡量自己的生活為人。他不再只是關注有多少事情是做得正確，乃是檢討自己愛有多少。他發現自己身不由己，善的不能作，惡的卻去行；他承認，自己是罪人中的罪魁，無力自救，只是有幸地被神拯救，才免受罪惡的刑罰。保羅常為自己被主拯救而感恩。… 保羅告訴我們，每一個信仰基督的人都是「獲救」的。…讓我們想想，自己的「獲救」經驗又是怎樣的呢？在「獲救」經驗之前，您處在怎樣的光景？您是怎樣為人？基督怎樣使您「獲救」呢？… 我們曾經在怎樣的心靈狀態，怎樣的生活境況中經歷上主的拯救？…我們曾經感到極端無助、無望，甚至有喪命之危？…我們曾經在一個不安、混亂、空虛、困乏的境地中經歷主的拯救，獲得主的引領、陪伴，逐漸進入新的心靈及生活狀況？… 您最近經歷到主的拯救，是在甚麼時候？…您現在仍然感到「獲救」所帶來的自由、平安嗎？…抑或是您覺察到自己又正處於迷失的境況中？… 請您為曾有「獲救」之恩，再次獻上感謝：「基督，感謝你的救贖。」…如果您正需要主的拯救，請您時常在內心祈禱：「主啊！不要叫我遇見試探，救我脫離兇惡。」…邀請您在生活上為有「獲救」之恩而感謝，也邀請您在生活上為需要主的拯救而祈禱：「不要叫我遇見試探，救我脫離兇惡。」……   《誦禱心曲》版權屬譚沛泉博士所有，承蒙允許刊載。 音樂版權屬讚美之泉音樂事工所有     基督帶來的改變 粵語 國語 第11天 讀經：   路加福音十九章1至10節 昨天，我們讀到基督離開耶利哥時治好巴底買的經過；今天的故事要回到幾小時前，在城裡發生的一件事，這是否基督在世傳道時其中一個最為人所知的悔改故事──樹上的小個子男人? 耶利哥城似乎住了很多祭司和富裕的猶太人及羅馬人。它在耶路撒冷東北約二十五公里，它顯然是一個充滿罪惡的城市。基督正要前往耶路撒冷過逾越節，途中經過此城。但即便在耶利哥，仍有一大群人圍在基督身邊。 撒該很好奇，可惜他身量又矮，很難在人群中看見基督。他跑到前面，爬上路邊的一顆樹，這對他來說實在是頗失顏面！還從來沒有人像撒該所為表現出對耶穌的興趣，但遇見耶穌成為許多人一生的轉捩點。 基督直呼撒該的名字，然後到他的家中晚餐。要款待基督和祂的門徒吃飯，想必要花一段時間預備。我們推想門徒在他家一定很享受，撒該也可能認識門徒馬太，他從前也是稅吏。無疑在大家等候晚飯的時候，基督會跟撒該交談，因此撒該逐漸認識到自己是個罪人；而他家中這位特別的客人能夠也願意完全改變他的一生。 基督能夠做甚麼呢？祂能夠赦免撒該的過去、祂能夠改變他的現在，祂也能夠引導他的將來。這一切便在這一天發生在撒該的身上。證據就是撒該在第9節稱基督為「主」，並親口表明他要改變自己的人生態度和生活方式。基督的話也印證這點：「今天救恩到了這家。」接著，基督還再次表明祂的使命：「人子來，為要尋找拯救失喪的人。」祂的工作至今沒有改變。任何人來尋找基督，基督都會親近他/她，使其生命徹底改變。讚美主！ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE CHANGE CHRIST CAN MAKE Day 11 Bible Reading:   Luke 19:1-1 0 Yesterday we read the story of Bartimaeus being healed as Christ left Jericho. Today our story goes back a few hours and a short distance to inside the city itself. Is this one of the most well known conversions during Christ's earthly ministry - the little man up a tree? Jericho seemed to have been the home of many priests, wealthy Jews and Romans. It was about 25 kms (15 miles) north-east of Jerusalem. It appeared to have been a very wicked city. Christ was passing through on His way to Jerusalem for the Passover. But even in Jericho there was a crowd surrounding Christ. Zaccheus was curious but his lack of height was against him. It must have been quite undignified for him to run ahead of the crowd and then climb a convenient tree! But no one has ever shown an interest in Jesus the way Zaccheus did. Meeting Jesus has been a turning point in many people's lives. Christ called Zaccheus by name and then went home for dinner to his house. It would take time to prepare a dinner sufficient for Christ and His disciples. We wonder how comfortable the disciples were in that home and whether Zaccheus knew Matthew, another tax-collector. No doubt as they waited for the meal, Christ would have talked with Zaccheus. Somehow it gradually registered with Zaccheus that he himself was a sinner and that this special guest in his home could and would change his life completely. What could Christ do? He could redeem Zaccheus' past, He could transform the present, and He could re-direct the future. All that happened to Zaccheus that day. The evidence was in Zaccheus' own words in verse 9 when he called Christ "Lord" and declared his life and lifestyle were going to be different. This was confirmed in the words of Christ, "Today salvation has come to this house." Then He declared again His own mission, "I have come to do just this, to seek and to save the lost." That is still His work today. When any soul seeks Christ, Christ will meet him or her and change that life completely. Praise the Lord!

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