| 上帝的美善 | |
| 經文: 「上帝藉著聖靈向我們顯明了，因為聖靈參透萬事，就是上帝深奧的事也參透了。」（哥林多前書二：10） | |
| 上帝為什麼要創造？因為這位美善的上帝，一心就是渴望有個愛與溝通的對象，要把祂的美善傳送出去；所以祂對萬物沒有別的心意，就是要他們接受祂的美善，這就是祂起初創造宇宙萬物的動機。正如同燃燒的太陽，無怨無悔地將光熱傳送給大地一樣，上帝也是衷心誠意地，要將屬天的福份與美善，賞賜給祂的百姓。這位聖潔、三位一體的真神，絕不偏待人，只要你大大張口，祂就要將極其豐盛的榮耀，大大地滿足你。 這位樂意施恩的上帝，是永不枯竭愛的源頭，祂的愛長闊高深、無可測度，祂不斷將其美善向萬物湧流，不求任何回報；只巴望人把心歸向祂，並結出美善的果子，榮耀祂的名。這種神聖的愛是何等深刻滂薄、感人肺腑。任何有思想感性的人，若嚐過主恩美善的滋味，莫不思想如何回報這位偉大的愛！ 基督教的信仰是如此奇妙，讓我們發現到我們的存在，與造物主是何等息息相關，我們是多麼仰賴這個神聖的大愛而活。幾乎救贖過程的每一部份，都敘述著上帝無限的愛，從亞當犯罪，到耶穌死而復活，都一一敘述主愛的奧秘，就是那起初造天地和人類的愛。福音所有的奧秘都是主愛的證據，為要彰顯上帝的心意——除掉人類萬物的罪惡，讓神聖的愛得勝。 想像瑞士山頂的冬陽是何等溫暖人心！但很可惜，有多少上帝的兒女，懂得等候在祂的面前，讓祂的慈顏榮光照亮穿透我們的內心？有多少基督徒明白除非我們肯花足夠的時間，等候在上帝面前，我們就無法讓主的榮光照進我們的心坎，也無法讓祂的大愛充滿我們的心田。 「天父啊！求祢教導我們如何禱告，叫我們若不讓祢的愛充滿我們心田，就不得安息。奉主耶穌聖名，阿們！」 | |
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| THE GOODNESS OF GOD | |
| Scripture: "But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God."--1 Corinthians 2:10 | |
| "The goodness of God breaking forth into a desire to communicate good, was the cause and the beginning of the Creation. Hence it follows that to all eternity God can have no thought or intent towards the creature but to communicate good, because He made the creature for this sole end, to receive good. He must always will that to it which He willed at the creation of it. As the sun hath but one nature, and can give forth nothing but the blessings of life, so the holy triune God has but one nature and intent towards all the creation, which is to pour forth the riches and sweetness of the Divine perfection upon everything that is capable of them, and according to its capacity to receive them. "This is the amiable nature of God; He is the Good, the unchangeable overflowing fountain of good, that sends forth nothing but good to all eternity. He is Love itself, the unmixed immeasurable Love, doing nothing but from love, giving nothing but gifts of love to everything that He has made; requiring nothing of all His creatures but the spirits and fruits of that Love which brought them into being. Oh, how sweet is this contemplation of the heighth and depth of the riches of Divine Love! With what attractions must it draw every thoughtful man to return Love for Love to this overflowing fountain of boundless goodness! What charms has that religion which discovers to us our existence in relation to, and dependence upon, this ocean of Divine Love! View every part of our redemption, from Adam's first sin, to the resurrection of the dead, and you will find nothing but successive mysteries of that first love which created angels and men. All the mysteries of the Gospel are only so many marks and proofs of God's desiring to make His love triumph in the removal of sin and disorder from all nature and creatures." "With what joy an invalid on a winter's day yields himself to bask in the bright sunshine. What journeys are under¬taken to the heights in Switzerland where the sun gives its warmth best. And, alas! how little God's children understand that this is just the one thing they need, to wait before God in quiet till His light shines upon them, and into them, and through them. How little it is understood that unless we take time, time enough with God for His light to shine into the depths of our hearts, it is in vain for us to expect that His immeasurable love can enter our hearts and fill our lives. Oh, our Father, teach us, we pray Thee, to believe in Thy love, and not to rest until our hearts are filled with it! | |
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