10/1 慕安德烈每日靈修 God's Best Secrets by Andrew Murray

完全的愛

經文: 「這是上帝真實的話。」（啟示錄十九：9）「愛弟兄的，就是住在光明中。」（約翰壹書二：10）

「凡行不義的就不屬上帝，不愛弟兄的也是如此。我們應當彼此相愛，這就是你們從起初所聽見的命令。」（約壹三：10～11）；「我們因為愛弟兄，就曉得是已經出死入生了。」（三： 14）；「主為我們捨命，我們從此就知道何為愛；我們也當為弟兄捨命。」（三：16）；「上帝的命令就是叫我們信祂兒子耶穌基督的名，且照祂所賜給我們的命令彼此相愛。」（三：23）；「親愛的弟兄啊！我們應當彼此相愛，因為愛是從上帝來的。」（四：7）；「上帝既是這樣愛我們，我們也當彼此相愛。從來沒有人見過上帝，我們若彼此相愛，上帝就住在我們裡面，愛祂的心在我們裡面得以完全了。」（四：11～12）；「上帝愛我們的心，我們也知道也信。上帝是愛，住在愛裡面的，就是住在上帝裡面，上帝也住在他裡面。」（四：16）；「人若說，我愛上帝，卻恨他的弟兄，就是說謊話的；不愛他所看見的弟兄，就不能愛沒有看見的上帝。愛上帝的，也當愛弟兄，這是我們從上帝所受的命令。」（四：20～21）。         以上經文的每一句話都是活生生的種子，帶著屬天的能力，能夠在我們心中生根發芽、茁壯成長，並且開花結果。但就像種子成長需要澆水除草一樣，我們的心也當完全降服於上帝，並甘心樂意撥時間服事祂，如此上帝的道才能在我們心中生根、開花結果。         再次閱讀第三章廿三節：「照祂所賜給我們的命令彼此相愛」，必能體會要想得到救恩，必先有信心，基督徒要想靈命成長，也要先付出對弟兄姐妹的愛心，因為「愛上帝的，也當愛弟兄，這是我們從上帝所受的命令。」（四：21）

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PEREECT LOVE ACCORDING TO 1 JOHN

Scripture: "These are the true sayings of God."—REV. xix. 9. "He that loveth his brother abideth in the light."—1 JOHN ii. 10.

Whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. For this is the message which ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another" (iii. 10, 11). "We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren" (iii. 14). "Hereby know we love, because He laid down His life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren" (iii. 16). "And this is His commandment, That we should believe on the Name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another" (iii. 23). "Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God" (iv. 7). "Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. If we love one another, God abideth in us, and His love is perfected in us. We have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God in him" (iv. 11, 12, 16). "If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, cannot love God whom he hath not seen. And this commandment have we from Him, that he who loveth God love his brother also" (iv. 20, 21).         Each of these words is a living seed, and has within it a Divine power, which is able to take root, and grow and bear fruit in our hearts. But just as the seed requires the soil in which it grows to be kept free of all weeds, so the heart must be wholly surrendered to God and His service, that the seed of the Word may bear this heavenly fruit.         Read over again iii. 23. As necessary as faith is for our salvation, so necessary is love of the brethren. And (iv. 21) love to God and love to the brethren are inseparable.

9/29 司布真每日靈修(夜) Evening by Evening

九月二十九日

經文: 遇見我心所愛的，我拉住祂，不容祂走。（雅歌三：4）

當我們來到基督面前，祂是否接納我們，並且不顧我們過去所有的罪惡？祂是否因為我們先去尋求其它避難所而譴責我們？在世上有任何一人像祂？祂是否是所有人中最佳最美的？哦，讓我們來讚美祂吧！耶路撒冷的民哪，擊鼓彈琴歌頌祂！拋棄你所有的偶像，高舉主耶穌的聖名！將屬世的驕傲踐踏於腳下，將世人所反對並輕視的十字架高舉起來，讓我們的王永居高位。讓我的靈靜坐在祂的腳旁，親吻祂的雙腳，並以我的眼淚洗淨。哦，寶貴的基督！祂是如此豐滿、如此富足、如此滿足人心，我還要向何處去尋找喜樂和安慰？信徒阿，與你的心立約，永不離開祂！懇求祂保守你如同祂指頭上的戒指和手臂上的鐲子。求祂將你繫在身上如同新娘以珠寶裝飾她自己。我只求活在基督心中。我靈將永遠居住在那磐石的縫隙中。「萬軍之耶和華，我的王、我的上帝阿，在祢祭壇那裏，麻雀為自己找著房屋，燕子為自己找著菢雛之窩。」（詩八十四：3）主啊，我也渴望在祢裏面找到居所。但願祢的斑鴆的心不再四處遊蕩，能在祢的身旁築巢。耶穌啊，祢是我真正的、唯一的安息！

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Evening, September 29

Scripture: “I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go.”(Song of Solomon 3:4)

Does Christ receive us when we come to him, notwithstanding all our past sinfulness? Does he never chide us for having tried all other refuges first? And is there none on earth like him? Is he the best of all the good, the fairest of all the fair? Oh, then let us praise him! Daughters of Jerusalem, extol him with timbrel and harp! Down with your idols, up with the Lord Jesus. Now let the standards of pomp and pride be trampled under foot, but let the cross of Jesus, which the world frowns and scoffs at, be lifted on high. O for a throne of ivory for our King Solomon! Let him be set on high for ever, and let my soul sit at his footstool, and kiss his feet, and wash them with my tears. Oh, how precious is Christ! How can it be that I have thought so little of him? How is it I can go abroad for joy or comfort when he is so full, so rich, so satisfying. Fellow believer, make a covenant with thine heart that thou wilt never depart from him, and ask thy Lord to ratify it. Bid him set thee as a signet upon his finger, and as a bracelet upon his arm. Ask him to bind thee about him, as the bride decketh herself with ornaments, and as the bridegroom putteth on his jewels. I would live in Christ's heart; in the clefts of that rock my soul would eternally abide. The sparrow hath made a house, and the swallow a nest for herself where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God; and so too would I make my nest, my home, in thee, and never from thee may the soul of thy turtle dove go forth again, but may I nestle close to thee, O Jesus, my true and only rest.          “When my precious Lord I find,         All my ardent passions glow;         Him with cords of love I bind,         Hold and will not let him go.”

9/29 慕安德烈每日靈修 God's Best Secrets by Andrew Murray

學像基督

經文: 「我給你們作了榜樣，叫你們照著我向你們所做的去做。」（約翰福音十三：15）

耶穌死在十架為你為我，這就是祂愛的極致表現；這愛，不但是我們所盼望的救恩基礎，也是我們平日言語行為的準則。主耶穌清楚地對我們說：「你要效法我。」耶穌的愛是我們救恩的希望，行在祂愛的面光中，是最滿足的喜樂。         「我們各人務要叫鄰舍喜悅，使他得益處，建立德行。所以，你們要彼此接納，如同基督接納你們一樣。」（羅十五：2，7）上帝可以動工在我們心裡面，使我們做到彼此接納，如同耶穌接納我們一樣，對那些行動正直，用信心禱告的人，上帝總是全力幫助，傾聽他們的祈禱。         「你們該效法上帝，好像蒙慈愛的兒女一樣。也要憑愛心行事，正如基督愛我們，為我們捨了自己。」（弗五：1～2）這兒再次讓我們看到，愛是最大又超越一切的。我們必須明白耶穌愛我們到一個地步是願為我們捨命，使我們成為蒙慈愛的兒女，很自然地我就可行在祂愛的榮光中。因著我們對基督大愛的「信心」，上帝那不可測度的愛就使得祂的應許成為真實、實際——那些緊緊跟隨耶穌者，必要行在上帝愛的面光中。         「你們既是上帝的選民，聖潔蒙愛的人，就要存憐憫、恩慈、謙虛、溫柔、忍耐的心。……總要彼此包容，彼此饒恕；主怎樣饒恕了你們，你們也要怎樣饒恕人。在這一切之外，要存著愛心，愛心就是聯絡全德的。」（西三：12～14）這是何等蒙福的生活，同時也能經歷到耶穌復活的大能！能與耶穌同行談心，實在何等美妙！藉著聖靈引導，我們可以越來越模成神子耶穌的形像，處處宣揚祂馨香之氣。         「喔！我的上帝！愛我的天父，求祢每天堅固我們的心，用愛澆灌我們的心，使我們能彼此接納相愛，就像祢接納我們一樣。奉主耶穌聖名，阿們！」

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LIKE CHRIST

Scripture: "I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you." — JOHN xiii. 15.

The love of Christ, manifested in His death on the cross, is the ground, not only of our hope of salvation, but it is the only rule for our daily life and conduct. Our Lord says clearly : "Ye should do as I have done." The love of Christ is my only hope of salvation. A walk in that love is the way truly and fully to enjoy that salvation.         "Let each one of us please his neighbor for that which is good, unto edifying; for even Christ pleased not Himself. Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us" (Rom. xv. 2, 7). God will work the power within us to "receive one another, as Christ received us." He will do it for every upright soul, and for all who pray in confident faith.         "Be ye followers of God, as dear children; and walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given Himself for us" (Eph. v. 1, 2). Here, again, love is everything. We must realize that Christ loved us even unto death, and that we are now God's dear children. It follows naturally that we should walk in love. Faith in Christ's wonderful love, and in God's inconceivable love resting upon us, makes it not only possible, but certain, that those who keep close to Christ will walk in love.         "Put on therefore, as God's elect, holy and beloved, a heart of compassion; forbearing one another, and forgiving each other; even as the Lord forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on lore, which is the bond of perfectness" (Col. iii. 12-14). What a blessed life in the love and the power that we have in Christ! What a blessed walk in His fellowship, when we are led by the Holy Spirit, and strengthened for a life in His likeness !         O God, the Father of love, the Father of Christ, our Father, wilt Thou indeed strengthen us each day to love one another in Christ, even as He loved us !

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1Corinthians哥林多前書10:13
你們所遇見的試探、無非是人所能受的、　神是信實的、必不叫你們受試探過於所能受的．在受試探的時候、總要給你們開一條出路、叫你們能忍受得住。
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.

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詩篇 18:2
耶和華是我的巖石, 我的山寨, 我的救主, 我的神, 我的磐石, 我所投靠的. 他是我的盾牌, 是拯救我的角, 是我的高臺.
The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

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如 經 上 所 記 ： 神 為 愛 他 的 人 所 預 備 的 是 眼 睛 未 曾 看 見 ， 耳 朵 未 曾 聽 見 ， 人 心 也 未 曾 想 到 的 。(歌 林 多 前 書 2:9)

9/28 慕安德烈每日靈修 God's Best Secrets by Andrew Murray

祈求愛心

經文: 「願主叫你們彼此相愛的心，並愛眾人的心，都能增長，充足，如同我們愛你們一樣，好使你們當我們主耶穌同祂眾聖徒來的時候，在我們父上帝面前，心裡堅固，成為聖潔，無可責備。」（帖撒羅尼迦前書三：12～13）

多麼偉大的祈禱！主可以使我們滿溢主愛而彼此相愛，就像保羅愛他所帶領的信徒那樣：上帝可以保守他們的心在聖潔裡無可責備。若沒有愛，這是做不到的，藉著上帝的能力及弟兄姐妹們的愛，可以激勵信徒追求聖潔的生活，讓我們常常這樣禱告，為自己也為周圍的人。你為追求聖潔禱告嗎？那麼就向弟兄姐妹們顯出衷心誠懇的愛。         「每逢為你們眾人祈求的時候，常是歡歡喜喜的祈求。……我所禱告的，就是要你們的愛心在知識和各樣見識上多而又多，……靠著耶穌基督結滿了仁義的果子。」（腓一：4～11）使徒保羅不停地為眾信徒代求，以愛心的增長做為首要的訴求，讓我們效法保羅。         「我願意你們曉得，我為你們和……一切……的人，是何等的盡心竭力；要叫他們的心得安慰，因愛心互相聯絡，以致豐豐足足在悟性中有充足的信心。」（西二：1～2）保羅認為對上帝悟性的認識，與信徒彼此間愛心的聯絡，兩者是相輔相成的。上帝是愛——持續永不止息的愛，這樣的愛只有在基督徒間願彼此關懷扶持，且願為對方而活，而不是自私地僅為自己而活時，才能顯露出來。         保羅的這些禱告，可成為我們默想的題材，也是禱告的內容，讓我們常常深思這經文的涵意，存記在心反覆思想，就像草地經太陽光照、雨水滋潤，就發旺生長；上帝的話也像種子一般，深植在我們心田，經上帝大愛的澆灌，就要在我們心中長出新生命。         親愛的弟兄姐妹們，若你覺得自己不會禱告，把這些談到全能者「大愛」的經文，拿來反覆琢磨思想，你就會得著堅定的確據，喜樂的相信上帝為你所做的事，並知道上帝要用愛充滿你，且堅定你的信心，讓你能活在祂面前，活出愛主、愛人的見證。主啊！教導我們如此禱告！

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PRAY FOR LOVE

Scripture: "The Lord make you to increase and abound in lave one another, and toward all men, even as we also do toward you; to the end that He may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness."—1 THESS. iii. 12, 13.

What a prayer! That the Lord would make them to abound in love towards each other, even as Paul did towards them: that He would strengthen their hearts to be unblameable in holiness. Without love this was impossible. Their hearts would be strengthened for a life of true holiness through the love of the brethren, by the power of God. Let us use this prayer often, both for ourselves and for those around us. Do you pray for holiness? Then show it by a hearty love to the brethren!         In 2 Thess. iii. 5 we read: "The Lord direct your hearts into the love of God." Yes, that is what the Lord Jesus will do for us, give us a heart always directed to the love of God. Lord, by Thy great love, grant me a heart of love!         "Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy. I pray that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge . . . that ye may be filled with the fruits of righteousness" (Phil. i. 4-11). The Apostle, in his constant prayer for those in his charge, makes Love the chief thing. Let us do the same.         "I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, that your hearts may be comforted, being knit together in love, unto all riches of understanding" {Col. ii. 1, 2). Paul considers it indispensable for their growth in the knowledge of God that the hearts of the believers should be knit together in love. God is love—everlasting, endless love. That love can only be experienced when Christians are knit together in love, and live for others, and not only for themselves.         These four prayers of Paul give us abundant matter for meditation and prayer. Take time to let these heavenly thoughts grow m your heart. As the sun freely gives its light and heat to the grass and grain, that they may grow and bring forth fruit, so God is far more willing to give His love to us in ever-increasing measure. O Christian, if you feel as if you cannot pray, take these words of divine love, and ponder them in your heart. You will gain a strong and a joyous assurance of what God is able to do for you. He will make you to abound in love, and strengthen your heart to live before Him in holiness and love of the brethren, teach me so to pray!

9/27 司布真每日靈修(夜) Evening by Evening

九月二十七日

經文: 我的良人從門孔裏伸進手來，我便因祂動了心。（雅歌五：4）

我的心睡意大濃、天氣又寒冷，你雖敲門，我並不願意起來開門。但是祂恩典的觸摸使我靈甦崇。啊，看我「良人」所受的痛苦！祂因被關在門外而等候，我卻因自己的庸懶而貪睡。請看祂偉大的忍耐，一而再地敲門並呼喊，要我為祂開門！我怎能如此忍心拒絕祂！我的心因羞恥而下拜，看祂那極大的仁慈，親自摸到門閂將門打開。現在我明白除我主自己的大能，沒有其它能力可以將我從罪惡中拯救出來。宗教無益，甚至福音失效，直至祂的手向我伸出。除祂以外，別無他人能開啓我心。每當我思想祂為我所受的一切痛苦而我不慨然回應時，我靈就攪擾不安。我竟然讓我的感情徘徊遊蕩。我竟與祂為敵，我竟使祂憂傷。我所愛中最甜美最親愛的，我待祢竟如不忠之妻子對待她的丈夫！我殘忍的罪、我冷酷的自我啊！我當作什麼呢？眼淚不足表示我的懺悔，我整顆心因對自我憤怒而澎湃。我是何等邪惡，竟然對待我的主、我生命的喜樂，如同對待一位陌生人。耶穌啊，我明白祢願意饒恕我，但是這樣尚嫌不足，求祢阻止我以後別對祢不忠。求祢吻除我的淚，洗淨我心，將它繫住，讓我心不再徘徊流浪。

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Evening, September 27

Scripture: “My Beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.”(Song of Solomon 5:4)

Knocking was not enough, for my heart was too full of sleep, too cold and ungrateful to arise and open the door, but the touch of his effectual grace has made my soul bestir itself. Oh, the longsuffering of my Beloved, to tarry when he found himself shut out, and me asleep upon the bed of sloth! Oh, the greatness of his patience, to knock and knock again, and to add his voice to his knockings, beseeching me to open to him! How could I have refused him! Base heart, blush and be confounded! But what greatest kindness of all is this, that he becomes his own porter and unbars the door himself. Thrice blessed is the hand which condescends to lift the latch and turn the key. Now I see that nothing but my Lord's own power can save such a naughty mass of wickedness as I am; ordinances fail, even the gospel has no effect upon me, till his hand is stretched out. Now, also, I perceive that his hand is good where all else is unsuccessful, he can open when nothing else will. Blessed be his name, I feel his gracious presence even now. Well may my bowels move for him, when I think of all that he has suffered for me, and of my ungenerous return. I have allowed my affections to wander. I have set up rivals. I have grieved him. Sweetest and dearest of all beloveds, I have treated thee as an unfaithful wife treats her husband. Oh, my cruel sins, my cruel self. What can I do? Tears are a poor show of my repentance, my whole heart boils with indignation at myself. Wretch that I am, to treat my Lord, my All in All, my exceeding great joy, as though he were a stranger. Jesus, thou forgivest freely, but this is not enough, prevent my unfaithfulness in the future. Kiss away these tears, and then purge my heart and bind it with sevenfold cords to thyself, never to wander more.

9/27 慕安德烈每日靈修 God's Best Secrets by Andrew Murray

是一或是二

經文: 「就是那在以法蓮手中的，與猶大的杖一同接連為一，在我手中成為一根。」（以西結書卅七：19）

若你問我：「你相信那一個？」我會說：「兩個都信。」「為什麼？」「因為上帝就是這麼定意的。」有一百萬的非洲人民溶入三億人口的大英國協，這件事的發生都在上帝的安排之下，讓這兩條大川小河匯為一道主流。這兩個國家，無論大小，他們都有各自的歷史、各自的民族性，以及各自的優缺點，在上帝的計劃下，都有各自發展的空間。         我們為何要自找麻煩地問：這是一條河或是兩條河？人們不希望接受兩個種族混合的觀點，因有礙他們的權益，他們希望單純化以一族來統治。但他們忘記上帝所說：「上帝己將他們融合，人們不要插手干預。」         那些真正明白上帝心意，且願照祂旨意行的人，必定瞭解上帝的雙重呼召：既能忠實保存各民族的個別獨特性，又能兼顧較小民族的福祉，置此民族的命運在上帝旨意的蔭庇下。         上帝在這塊土地上，給祂的百姓一個神聖偉大的呼召，就是順服祂的旨意，藉著祂的大愛，尊嚴地做一個真正南非人；同時也能做一個忠心的大英國協子民，而我們對上帝的愛，和對眾人的愛，就是我們行為最佳的動機。         以法蓮和猶大的杖，在上帝的手中成為一根，仍保有各自的獨特性，彼此間的愛維繫了相互的合一。「以法蓮不嫉妒猶大，猶大也不眼紅以法蓮。」上帝要成就對我們的承諾，有一個條件，「就是我們要藉著禱告，將我們的百姓交在上帝的手中，因為在上帝的手中，就能合而為一。」是的，讓我們藉著祈禱，將我們的同胞放在上帝的手中，祂「能」也「肯」將那合一的愛放在我們每一個人的心中。

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ONE STREAM OR TWO STREAMS?

Scripture: "The stick of Ephraim, and the stick of Judah, I will make them one stick, and they shall be one in Mine hand."—EZER. xxx vii. 19.

If any one were to ask me: "In which of these two do you believe?" my answer would be: "In both." "And why?" "Because God has so willed it." When the small stream of the Africander people, with less than one million souls, was turned into the mighty stream of the British Empire, with its three hun¬dred millions, it was God's will that this should happen. It was His will that in the great stream there should be two streams, side by side. The two nationalities, the smaller as well as the greater, have each their own history, their own national characteristics, and their own special virtues and shortcomings. In God's plan and council there was room for both.         Why has there been such terrible strife and discord over the question: One Stream or Two Streams? Because people would not accept both viewpoints, and accord to each its right. They wanted one or the other, exclusively, in the foreground. They forgot that God had said: "What God hath joined together, let not man put asunder." One who is really desirous of knowing and doing God's will—in His dealings with our people—must try to understand his twofold calling: to be faithful in preserving his own nationality; and at the same time to show his love and appre¬ciation of the second nationality, with whom, under God's Providence, his lot has been cast.         God has given to His people, in this land, a great and holy calling, in submission to His will, and in the power of His love, to prove what it is to be a true Africander, and yet, at the same time, a faithful subject of the British Empire. Our love to God and to our neighbors will supply the right incentive.         When Ephraim and Judah became one in God's hand, the difference between the two was not destroyed. Each kept his own characteristics. But the oneness was that of true unity and mutual love. "Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim." God will fulfil this promise to us; but on one condition: We must place our people in God's hand by our prayers. "They shall be one in Mine hand." Let us, by means of intercession, place our people in God's hand. He can, and will, give the love and mutual forbearance that is needed.

9/26 司布真每日靈修(夜) Evening by Evening

九月二十六日

經文: 松樹阿，應當哀號，因為香柏樹傾倒。（撒迦利亞書十一：2）

在森林中若聽到橡樹倒下的聲音，就是伐木者正在工作的訊號。附近的每一棵樹都在戰慄，因為明日鋒利的斧頭可能臨到它身上。我們都像樹木被斧頭選中。一棵樹倒下，提醒我們，無論高大如香柏樹，或謙卑如松樹，指定的時刻將快速來臨。我們不應為了隨時有死亡發生而對死亡無動於衷，反之，應當視它為最沈重的事件，對它的臨近也應保持冷靜清醒。倘若我們的永恆目標已是岌岌可危，而仍然嬉戲作樂，那是何等愚蠢啊！劍已出鞘、刀刃鋒利，切勿玩弄它。不作好準備面對死亡的人，不只是愚蠢的，乃是近乎瘋癲。基督的僕人哪，隨時準備，不敬虔的世人極不盼望祂再來，而祂會突然降臨！留意，你必須在祂的事工中盡忠，否則墳墓是為你挖掘的。為人父母者當留神，鑒察自己曾否教導兒女敬畏上帝，因為他們總有一日成為孤兒。商人啊，也當留意，注意自是否循規蹈矩，並以全心事奉上帝。你在地上事奉的日子瞬間即逝，你將向主陳述所作的一切，無論是善是惡。但願我們各人皆準備面對偉大君王之審判，並得祂恩典讚許之賞賜；「好，你這又良善又忠心的僕人」！（太二十五：21）

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Evening, September 26

Scripture: “Howl, fir tree, for the cedar is fallen.”(Zechariah 11:2)

When in the forest there is heard the crash of a falling oak, it is a sign that the woodman is abroad, and every tree in the whole company may tremble lest to-morrow the sharp edge of the axe should find it out. We are all like trees marked for the axe, and the fall of one should remind us that for every one, whether great as the cedar, or humble as the fir, the appointed hour is stealing on apace. I trust we do not, by often hearing of death, become callous to it. May we never be like the birds in the steeple, which build their nests when the bells are tolling, and sleep quietly when the solemn funeral peals are startling the air. May we regard death as the most weighty of all events, and be sobered by its approach. It ill behoves us to sport while our eternal destiny hangs on a thread. The sword is out of its scabbard—let us not trifle; it is furbished, and the edge is sharp—let us not play with it. He who does not prepare for death is more than an ordinary fool, he is a madman. When the voice of God is heard among the trees of the garden, let fig tree and sycamore, and elm and cedar, alike hear the sound thereof.         Be ready, servant of Christ, for thy Master comes on a sudden, when an ungodly world least expects him. See to it that thou be faithful in his work, for the grave shall soon be digged for thee. Be ready, parents, see that your children are brought up in the fear of God, for they must soon be orphans; be ready, men of business, take care that your affairs are correct, and that you serve God with all your hearts, for the days of your terrestrial service will soon be ended, and you will be called to give account for the deeds done in the body, whether they be good or whether they be evil. May we all prepare for the tribunal of the great King with a care which shall be rewarded with the gracious commendation, “Well done, good and faithful servant”

9/26 慕安德烈每日靈修 God's Best Secrets by Andrew Murray

國家觀念

經文: 「祂從一本造出萬族的人。」（使徒行傳十七：26）

前任英國首相論及波爾戰爭時，提到保護幼小國家不被壓制的原則是應當的；也就是說，這國家所擁有的寶貴人民及黃金，都是上帝給這國的禮物，就像其他國家各自擁有她獨特的自然資源一樣，是上帝賜給這國的禮物，值得保有並發展，以福國利民及增益全民福祉。         這場戰爭將引起更強烈的種族觀念，和國家意識的抬頭，也燃起落後地區人民的希望，人們將逐漸明白國家民族的觀念取決於國民的性格，而國民的性格在於宗教。         在這種彼此傾軋的情況裡要和睦共處，無異是緣木求魚；但至少我們可以培養一種基督徒的情操，就是尊重接納那些與我們不同的人，不再以懷疑的眼光彼此猜忌，我們要相信與我們有差異的人的悔改，並肯花時間不厭其煩地去瞭解他們。         當世人大談國家民族意識，並視其為神聖權利時，我們必須了解，這僅是人類的情感驅力之一，仍在人的罪性控制之下。讓我們記得：「上帝所造的每一個人都是好的，因為藉著上帝的話和悔改的祈禱，都蒙潔淨。」若未經認罪悔改的程序，民族意識和愛國情操將膨脹為政治野心，成為種族歧視的來源，以致兩國互相仇視。         在耶穌基督裡，上帝己將所有的人安置在愛的律法之下，不但基督徒有此呼召，教會傳道人更要在聖靈的引導之下，導正民眾的愛國情緒於「勵精圖治，發奮上進」、「善待其他種族，使人類前途更祥和」的兩個途徑。

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NATIONAL FEELING

Scripture: "God hath made of one blood all nations of men."—ACTS xvii. 26.

A former Prime Minister of England said in regard to the Boer War, that it "served to maintain the principle that the smaller nationalities should not be oppressed. That is to say, that all these precious lives and the treasures of gold were offered up in vindication of nationality, which may be regarded as a gift of God, as the divine right of each nation, according to its special nature, to preserve and develop its individuality in the service of the common life of all the world. This war will develop national feeling more intensely, and will increase a national consciousness, and arouse hope amongst the peoples who have hitherto been considered the most backward in the world. People will slowly learn that national feeling depends on character, and character depends on religion.         "In a struggle such as this we cannot expect the breach to be healed at once; but we can cultivate a spirit of Christian sympathy with those who differ from us, and cease to regard each other with suspicion and distrust. We can trust the honesty of each other's convictions, and take more trouble to understand one another."         This extract speaks most strongly of the divine right of national feeling, yet we must also clearly understand that the feeling, as a merely human force, is under the power of sin. Let us remember "every creature of God is good, for it is sanctified by the Word and by prayer." Without that sanctifying process, national feeling may become the prey of ambition, and the source °fhatred, and aversion, and contempt for other nations. God has, in Christ, placed all men under the law of Heavenly Love. It is the holy calling of every Christian, and more especially of every minister of the Gospel, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, to point out to others the way by which national feeling may attain its twofold aim: (1) the development and uplifting of the people themselves, and (2) the right attitude to other peoples in the upbuilding of all mankind.

9/25 司布真每日靈修(夜) Evening by Evening

九月二十五日

經文: 上帝又使祂成為我們的智慧。（哥林多前書一：30）

人憑著聰明要探求安息，但是按照本性，人所探索的是偏離主耶穌基督的。即使已經信主的知識分子也常常缺乏尊崇和摯愛的心，小看基督的十字架。有精密思想並受高等教育的人常被誘惑以致偏離基督受死的簡單真理，去創造一套更理智的教義。這種作法導致早期的基督教會走上諾斯底主義（該主義自誇可以獲得一種特別的內在知識，遠於單純的「信靠」。──譯者註，參閱天道「大眾聖經百科全書」），以各種異端邪說混淆信徒。這也是萌生許多新哲學思想之根源，這些新哲學思想廣傳流行，迷惑了大群信徒。無論你是誰，無論你所受的教育為何，你若真正屬主，將無法哲學化的神學中尋得安息。你可能從一位偉人的思想家得到一些教條，從另外一位深奧的推理學者得到一些夢想。但是他們的思想言論與上帝的真純語話相比，不過是糠粃之於麥子。基督耶穌裏面蘊藏了一切智慧和知識（參閱西二：3），基督徒滿足於接受假教義的宗教體系所作的一切企圖必將失敗，因為那些假教義的宗教體系所作一切企圖必將失敗，因為那些假教義否認了耶穌基督的神性。天國的真正繼承者必須回到完全、簡單的真理，就是「基督耶穌降世為要拯救罪人」（提前一：15）。耶穌能滿足最高階層的知識份子，倘若他以信心接受祂；反之，偏離了耶穌，哲學家無法得到安息。「敬畏耶和華是知識的開端」（箴一：7）。「凡遵行祂命令的，是聰明人」（詩一一一：10）

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Evening, September 25

Scripture: “Who of God is made unto us wisdom.”(1 Corinthians 1:30)

Man's intellect seeks after rest, and by nature seeks it apart from the Lord Jesus Christ. Men of education are apt, even when converted, to look upon the simplicities of the cross of Christ with an eye too little reverent and loving. They are snared in the old net in which the Grecians were taken, and have a hankering to mix philosophy with revelation. The temptation with a man of refined thought and high education is to depart from the simple truth of Christ crucified, and to invent, as the term is, a more intellectual doctrine. This led the early Christian churches into Gnosticism, and bewitched them with all sorts of heresies. This is the root of Neology, and the other fine things which in days gone by were so fashionable in Germany, and are now so ensnaring to certain classes of divines. Whoever you are, good reader, and whatever your education may be, if you be the Lord's, be assured you will find no rest in philosophizing divinity. You may receive this dogma of one great thinker, or that dream of another profound reasoner, but what the chaff is to the wheat, that will these be to the pure word of God. All that reason, when best guided, can find out is but the A B C of truth, and even that lacks certainty, while in Christ Jesus there is treasured up all the fulness of wisdom and knowledge. All attempts on the part of Christians to be content with systems such as Unitarian and Broad-church thinkers would approve of, must fail; true heirs of heaven must come back to the grandly simple reality which makes the ploughboy's eye flash with joy, and gladens the pious pauper's heart—“Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners.” Jesus satisfies the most elevated intellect when he is believingly received, but apart from him the mind of the regenerate discovers no rest. “The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.” “A good understanding have all they that do his commandments.”

9/25 慕安德烈每日靈修 God's Best Secrets by Andrew Murray

愛的法則

經文: 「要愛人如己。你們若全守這至尊的律法才是好的。」（雅各書二：8）

有文士問主耶穌：「誡命中哪是第一要緊的呢？」（可十二：28）主耶穌回答：「你要盡心、盡性、盡意、盡力、愛主你的上帝。」接著祂又補充：「要愛人如己。」這兩條誡命的總綱就是「愛」，在天上或人間，愛是最高法則，也是超越一切的。         基督徒對弟兄姐妹之愛，為顯明幾個目的：         一、這顯示人的本性，有愛自己的天性，這也是上帝植於人心的本能，而上帝也呼召我們，用這樣的愛來愛我們的鄰舍；因此，我們心中就有愛鄰舍如同自己的律法，存在我們心中。         二、因為上帝愛我們，所以聖經也教導我們要愛鄰舍，無論某人多邪惡，他仍有份於上帝的愛與性情，因他是照著上帝的形像造的。我愛他不僅因為他是我的同胞，更是因為他擁有上帝的形像，而且上帝也愛他。也正因為上帝愛世人，不管惡人仇敵祂都愛，所以我也當效法祂，去愛所有人。「要慈悲憐憫，因為你天上的父是慈悲憐憫。」我們必須學像天父，知道如何去愛眾人。         三、基督徒對肢體或鄰舍之愛應該更多，因為在恩典中，上帝已藉著耶穌基督的贖罪，使我們與祂和好；因此上帝可以賜下祂的大愛與我們分享，這是上帝應許給每一位兒女的禮物：基督徒要用耶穌愛他們的愛，來愛他的鄰舍。         四、最後一個更超越的想法，就是耶穌為我們世人的罪死在十字架上，犧牲祂寶貴的生命，我們這些蒙受救恩，得著永生的信徒，豈不該也像耶穌那樣，將自己生命擺在祭壇上，求上帝來使用我們這個卑微的器皿，藉我們流露屬天的愛，來吸引周圍的人，帶領他們同蒙上帝的祝福與恩典。         弟兄姐妹們，這是支持我們為何要「愛人如己」的四個理由。這些理由豈不極具不可抗拒的說服力？來催逼上帝的兒女向弟兄姐妹流露上帝的愛，彰顯榮耀的愛。 願上帝將愛的律法，深深銘刻在我們心中。

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THE ROYAL LAW OF LOVE

Scripture: "If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou, shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well."—JAS. ii. 8.

When our Lord, in answer to the question, "Master, which is the great commandment in the law?" had answered: "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart," He added: "The second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." These two commandments both contain the one verb, love. In heaven, where God is, and on earth amongst men, love is the royal law, love is supreme.         The Christian's love for his fellow-men has more than one purpose:         1. It reveals to us our own nature, implanted by God, that we should love ourselves, and it calls us to love our neighbors with the same love. Thus we have in our hearts the law to love our neighbors as ourselves.         2. Christianity teaches us to love our neighbor because God loves him. Every man, howsoever vile, has a share in God's compassion and love, because he is made in God's image. I ought, then, to love my neighbor, not merely because he is a fellow-man, but because I see God's likeness in him, and because God loves him. As God loves all men, even His enemies, even so, not more, nor less, I must love all. "Be ye merciful, even as your Father is merciful." From my Father in heaven I must learn how to love.         3. The Christian love of all mankind may rise still higher. In the realm of grace, God has reconciled us to Himself, so that He can apportion to us His personal love. This is the law for each child of God; he must love his brother with the same love with which Christ has loved him.         4. And then comes the last and the highest thought, that even as Christ, in His great love, redeemed a world dying in misery and sin, so all those who have received this love should give themselves, even as Christ did, to love all men, and devote their lives to making others partakers of this great blessedness.         Child of God, here are four reasons why we should love our neighbors. Have they not a Divine authority and irresistible power, which will compel us to manifest this Christian love towards our brethren in fulness of beauty?         May God write the royal law of love deep in our hearts!

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猶大書 1:21
保守自己常在神的愛中, 仰望我們主耶穌基督的憐憫, 直到永生.
Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

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但 願 使 人 有 盼 望 的 神 ， 因 信 將 諸 般 的 喜 樂 、 平 安 充 滿 你 們 的 心 ， 使 你 們 藉 著 聖 靈 的 能 力 大 有 盼 望 。Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.(羅 馬 書 15:13)

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白 晝 ， 耶 和 華 必 向 我 施 慈 愛 ； 黑 夜 ， 我 要 歌 頌 禱 告 賜 我 生 命 的 神 。(詩 篇 42:8)
我 的 心 哪 ， 你 當 默 默 無 聲 ， 專 等 候 　 神 ， 因 為 我 的 盼 望 是 從 他 而 來 。(詩 篇 62:5)

9/23 司布真每日靈修(夜) Evening by Evening

九月二十三日

經文: 耶穌對他說，你若能信。（馬可福音九：23）

有一個人，他的兒子被啞吧鬼附著。他見門徒無能力醫治他的兒子，因此對基督也沒有了信心。耶穌吩咐他把孩子帶來時，他對主說：「祢若能作甚麼，求祢憐憫我們，幫助我們。」（可九：22）這位父親的問題中有一個若字，只是這可憐、戰慄的人將這個若字放錯了地方。耶穌的回答似乎是：「關於我的能力和我的意願，不應該有個若字。你若能信，在信的人，凡事都能！」此人的信心增強了，他謙卑地求主增加他的信心。耶穌斥責污鬼，將它趕了出來，並命令它再不要進入孩子的身體。我們也像這個人一般，常常知道主的應許是帶著條件的，但卻笨拙地將條件放在錯誤之處。耶穌若能幫助我，祂若能賜恩於我去勝過試探、祂若能饒恕我、祂若能使我成功。真理卻是，你若能信，在祂是既能又願意。你若能堅定信賴主，於基督凡事都能，於你也能。信心是堅立於上帝的能力中，並披上上帝莊嚴之外袍。以聖靈的榮耀大能束腰，在上帝的無所不能之中，信心成為敢做、敢想、敢受苦之能力。在信的人，凡事都能，並沒有限制。

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Evening, September 23

Scripture: “Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe.”(Mark 9:23)

A certain man had a demoniac son, who was afflicted with a dumb spirit. The father, having seen the futility of the endeavours of the disciples to heal his child, had little or no faith in Christ, and therefore, when he was bidden to bring his son to him, he said to Jesus, “If thou canst do anything, have compassion on us, and help us.” Now there was an “if” in the question, but the poor trembling father had put the “if” in the wrong place: Jesus Christ, therefore, without commanding him to retract the “if,” kindly puts it in its legitimate position. “Nay, verily,” he seemed to say, “there should be no ‘if’ about my power, nor concerning my willingness, the ‘if’ lies somewhere else.” “If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.” The man's trust was strengthened, he offered a humble prayer for an increase of faith, and instantly Jesus spoke the word, and the devil was cast out, with an injunction never to return. There is a lesson here which we need to learn. We, like this man, often see that there is an “if” somewhere, but we are perpetually blundering by putting it in the wrong place. “If” Jesus can help me—“if” he can give me grace to overcome temptation—“if” he can give me pardon—“if” he can make me successful? Nay, “if” you can believe, he both can and will. You have misplaced your “if.” If you can confidently trust, even as all things are possible to Christ, so shall all things be possible to you. Faith standeth in God's power, and is robed in God's majesty; it weareth the royal apparel, and rideth on the King's horse, for it is the grace which the King delighteth to honour. Girding itself with the glorious might of the all-working Spirit, it becomes, in the omnipotence of God, mighty to do, to dare, and to suffer. All things, without limit, are possible to him that believeth. My soul, canst thou believe thy Lord to-night?

9/23 慕安德烈每日靈修 God's Best Secrets by Andrew Murray 愛與禱告

愛與禱告

經文: 「你們要謹慎自守，警醒禱告。最要緊的是彼此切實相愛。」（彼得前書四：7～8）

聖經中「警醒禱告」與「火熱愛心」是密切相關，在屬靈的生活中也是如此，只為自己禱告的，會發現與上帝的關係不容易融洽；但是人心中若充滿了對別人火熱的愛心，在神面前就會不斷地為所愛的人禱告，甚至對我們看不順眼的人，我們也會誠心為他禱告。         若我們忽略禱告在追求愛心的成長中，所扮演重要的角色，這本談彼此相愛的書，就不夠完全了；因為這兩個果子是不可分割的，若你希望你的愛心越來越豐盛，就要忘記自己，迫切地為教會、為弟兄姐妹們，不斷迫切地禱告；若你希望你的禱告生活是活潑、充實有力，你就要不斷地去幫助周圍的人，分擔他們的痛苦，解決他們的需要。         在這個世代，我們多麼需要火熱、強有力的守望代禱勇士，這些常抱怨弟兄姐妹之間沒有足夠愛心的基督徒，當自我檢討，是否自己缺乏紮實的禱告生活？不常為肢體們禱告？我深信上帝渴望祂的兒女們，有互為肢體的體認，每天都來到施恩寶座前，求上帝降下聖靈的大能，祝福所有的聖徒。團結就是力量，天國也是如此，靈裡合一有助於我們忘記自我，無私地為上帝，為他人而活。就如同彼得所說：「要警醒禱告，彼此切實相愛。」         讓愛心逐日增長的最好方法，莫過於每日來到施恩寶座前，為眾弟兄姐妹們提名代禱，感受到靈裡相通的合一與喜樂。但願這本愛的小書也能成為禱告的書，當我們思念我們的弟兄姐妹們時，我們就驅使自己來到上帝面前禱告，為他們的需要向上帝懇求，這不是藉著閱讀或空想所能完成的，惟有藉著與上帝相親、向祂傾心吐意方能達成。         是的，愛與禱告是無法分割的，惟有靠著主耶穌的幫助，聖靈的同在，我們的禱告才可達到慈父的面前，蒙祂施恩祝福。

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LOVE AND PRAYER

Scripture: "Be sober, and watch unto prayer, above all things being fer¬vent in your love among yourselves."—1 PET. iv. 7, 8.

In our text, watching unto prayer and fervent love are closely linked. This is true, too, in the spiritual life. The man who prays only for himself will not find it easy to be in the right attitude towards God. But where the heart is filled with fervent love to others, prayer will continually rise to God for those whom we love, and even for those with whom we do not agree.         There would be a great defect in this little book on brotherly love if we neglected to indicate what an important place prayer holds in the life of love. These two fruits of the Spirit are inseparably connected. If you wish your love to grow and increase, forget yourself, and pray, pray earnestly, for God's children and His Church. And if you would increase in prayerfulness, give yourself in fervent love to the service of those around you, helping to bear their burdens.         What a great need there is, at this time, of earnest, powerful intercessors! Let those who complain that there is so little love among Christians, acknowledge that one of the chief signs of love is lacking in themselves, if they do not pray much and often for their brethren. I am deeply convinced that God desires His children, as members of one body, to present themselves each day before the Throne of grace to pray down the power of the Spirit upon all believers. Union is strength. This is true in regard to the Kingdom of Heaven. Real spiritual unity will help us to forget ourselves, to live unselfishly, wholly for God and our fellow-men. And the word of Peter will be applied to our lives— "watching in prayer—fervent in love."         There can be no surer way of growing in the spirit of love than by uniting daily at the Throne of grace, and finding our joy and life in the oneness of Spirit with the whole Body of Christ.         Let this little book on love be also a book on prayer. As we meditate on love to the brethren, we shall be constrained to have fellowship with God. And we shall attain this, not by reading or thinking, but by intercourse with the Father, and with the Lord Jesus through the Holy Ghost. Love impels to prayer; to believing prayer is vouchsafed the love of God.

9/22 English 慕安德烈每日靈修 God's Best Secrets by Andrew Murray 愛的順服 經文: 「你們若愛我，就必遵守我的命令。」（約翰福音十四：15）

天父上帝愛祂兒子的愛，是永不改變的，祂奇妙無比的愛已把一切所有的，毫無保留地都給了兒子；神子耶穌也將所有都獻給天父，以回報祂的愛，無論要付出多少代價，祂都願意遵守天父的命令，並住在祂的愛中。         耶穌基督以祂無比的愛愛我們，甚至犧牲自己的生命，受死釘十字架為做我們的贖價；而祂要求於我們的也很合理，就是遵守祂的命令以回報祂的愛。看看15、21、23節中，遵守主命令的信息再三被叮嚀提醒，而且有偉大的應許跟隨著，就如：「你們若愛我，就必遵守我的命令。」         然而基督徒常常因信心不足而產生無力感：「不可能的，我沒有辦法一直遵守主的命令。」他們藉著說這樣的話，讓自己良心稍安，不因沒遵守命令而內疚。然而，主耶穌的意思卻不是這樣，因為祂在被釘十字架前一個晚上，祂應許門徒，賜給他們一個新生命，在這新生命裡，聖靈將賜下能力幫助我們能過一個順服得勝的生活，遵行上帝的命令。         或許你會問：「那麼人罪惡的天性要怎麼對付？」因為經上也說：「在我裡頭，就是肉體之中，沒有良善。」（羅七：18）而這老我將隨著我，一直到生命的終了。別擔心，上帝的新生命在我們裡面，聖靈的大能將幫助我們治死老我，讓屬天的新生命佔上風，希伯來書十三章20，21節說到：「但願賜平安的上帝，就是那憑永約之血、使群羊的大牧人——我主耶穌從死裡復活的上帝，在各樣善事上成全你們，叫你們遵行祂的旨意；又藉著耶穌基督在你們心裡行祂所喜悅的事，願榮耀歸給祂，直到永永遠遠。」         弟兄們，聖經裡沒有一句多餘的話，「你們若愛我，就必遵守我的命令。」又說：「我父必愛他，且要與他同住。」我們要全心相信「聖靈能將耶穌的愛運行在我們心中，使我們能每時每刻整天住在上帝的愛中，並以喜樂的心遵行上帝的旨意。」如此你將明白：「上帝的愛能保守你遵行祂的旨意，並且祂的誡命不是難守的。」只要單單地相信——聖靈會賜下能力，幫助你活出充滿屬天大愛的人生。

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THE OBEDIENCE OF LOVE

Scripture: "If ye love Me, ye will keep My commandments."—JOHN xiv. 15.

The love wherewith the Father loved the Son was a wonderful, never-ending love. All that the Father was and had, He gave to the Son. The Son responded to this love by giving the Father all. Cost what it might, He kept the Father's commandments and abode in His love.         Christ, in His great love to us, sacrificed all; His life and death were wholly at our service, and He asks of us that which is only reasonable, that we, out of love, should keep His commandments. Read verses 15, 21, 23, and see how the words are repeated three times, together with the great promise that follows. And chapter xv., verses 7, 10, 14, speak three times of the rich blessing connected with the keeping of the commandments.         "If ye love Me, keep My commandments." This precept loses its power because Christians say: "It is quite impossible: I cannot always keep His commandments." And so conscience is quieted, and the commandments are not kept. Yet our Lord really meant it, for in the last night with His disciples He promised them definitely a new life, in which the power of the Spirit would enable them to live a life of obedience.         "But what becomes of man's sinful nature?" you ask. Man keeps his sinful nature to the end of life. "In me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing." The Holy Spirit is the power of God that works within us, both to will and to do, and so prevents the flesh from gaining the upper hand. Think of the text in Hebrews (xiii. 20, 21), "The God of peace . . make you perfect in every good thing to do His will, working in you that which is well-pleasing, through Jesus Christ."         O brother, these are no mere idle words: "If ye love Me, keep My commandments," and "My Father will love him, and We will make our abode with him." Believe that the Holy Spirit will cause the love of Christ to work in your heart in such power that you will be able to abide in the love of Jesus the whole day, and to keep His words with great joy. Then you will understand the saying: "This is the love of God. that we keep His commandments ; and His commandments are not grievous." Only believe—that the Holy Spirit will endue you with power to live this life of perfect love.

9/21 慕安德烈每日靈修 God's Best Secrets by Andrew Murray

愛的真諦

經文: 「如今常存的有信，有望，有愛這三樣，其中最大的是愛。」（哥林多前書十三：13）

這章全部都在談愛，前三節講到「愛」是信仰最重要的成份。「我若能說萬人的方言，並天使的話語，卻沒有愛，我就成了鳴的鑼，響的鈸一般。我若有先知講道之能，也明白各樣的奧祕，各樣的知識；而且有全備的信，叫我能夠移山，卻沒有愛，我就算不得什麼。我若將所有的賙濟窮人，又捨己身叫人焚燒，卻沒有愛，仍然與我無益。」（林前十三：1～3）         接著又提到何謂「愛」，何謂「沒有愛」（4至8節）——共有十五件事，最後又以「愛是不求自己的益處。」作總結，並再次強調「愛是永不止息。」知識、口才，預言的恩賜都會過去，甚至信心與盼望也會因事情成就而事過境遷，但愛卻和上帝一起存到永遠，愛是世界上最偉大的事。         我們應常常熟讀這章愛的篇章，將它牢記心頭，讓這偉大的信息：「不求自己的益處」深印腦海，經常思想並禱告。「愛是永不止息」，反覆琢磨這精意，並讓「愛」管理我們的生活。         上帝就是「愛」，「住在愛裡面的，就是住在上帝裡面，上帝也住在他裡面。」（約壹四：16）親愛的弟兄姐妹們，你住在一個自私自利、充滿罪惡仇恨的世界嗎？來，躲在上帝全能愛的蔭蔽下，讓祂永不止息的愛充滿你心，使你腹中湧出活水的泉源，不斷滋潤周圍的人。每天與上帝交談溝通，藉著聖靈將神聖的愛澆灌心中，正是擁有能力愛上帝及愛人的祕訣。

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A SONG OF LOVE

Scripture: "But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love."—1 Cor. xiii. 13.

This chapter is wholly devoted to the praise of love. The first three verses speak of the absolute necessity of love, as the chief thing in our religion. "If I speak with the tongues of angels, if I have the gift of prophecy, if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, and if I bestow all my goods on the poor, and if I give my body to be burned, but have not love"; then, three times repeated, "I am become sounding brass, I am nothing, it profiteth me nothing." If I have not love, it all profiteth me nothing.         Then follows the Song of Love (vs. 4-8). There are fifteen things said about love—what it is and what it is not. In this description one sentence sums up the whole nature of love: "It seeketh not its own." And again: "Love never faileth." Proph¬ecies, tongues, and knowledge shall vanish away. Even faith and hope shall be changed into sight. But Love abides to all eternity, as long as God endures. Love is the greatest thing in the world.         We should read this chapter oftener than we do, and commit the Song to memory; so that the great words are imprinted on our hearts: "Love seeketh not her own." Think over it and pray over it. "Love never faileth." Consider all that means. "The greatest of these is love." Let this love rule in your life.         God is love. "He that dwelleth in love, dwelleth in God, and God in him." O Christian, are you living in a world that is uncharitable and selfish, or full of bitterness and hatred? Take refuge under the wings of this everlasting love. Let your heart be filled with it, so that by God's almighty power you may be a witness to the transforming power of love. Thus you will be a fountain of blessing to all around you.         Live each day in fellowship with the triune love of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and you will learn the secret of how to love.

9/20 司布真每日靈修(夜) Evening by Evening

九月二十日

經文: 晚上也不要歇你的手。（傳道書十一：6）

夕陽西下，黃昏來臨，仍有許多為基督作見證的機會。整天勞碌的人們返家了，迫切爭取靈魂的工人有機會了，此時，正是向他們述說那穌之愛的時刻。我們是否在黃昏為耶穌作工？若沒有，也勿讓我環抱雙臂。有一工作需要付出極大的努力。罪人因缺乏知識而滅亡。閒蕩的人會發現他的雙手被滅亡靈魂的血所染紅。耶穌伸出雙手被釘。我怎能對祂的聖工袖手旁觀？祂夜以斷日為我辛勞、為我祈求。我怎能浪費分秒放縱自己貪圖肉體的暑華安逸？起來吧，怠惰的心！伸出你的手去作工或高舉雙手祈禱吧！天堂與地獄都在迫切工作。讓我也辛勤地工作，今晚為王播下一顆好種吧！生命是如此短促。無人能虛擲一日。倘若有一位國王在我們面前置放一堆金子，告訴我們只要數多少，就可以拿多少，我們必不停地從清晨數到夜盡。我們必然從晨曦微露開始，到黃昏降臨也不會歇手。贏取靈魂是更高貴的工作。為何我們這麼快就停工了呢？有人到了晚年仍然善用晚上的時光。若我能作到，我要用自己所有的才能去事奉我所稱頌的信實之主，直到最後一刻。靠著祂的恩典，我願在事奉中逝世，唯有當我的軀體躺下時，我才放下工作。晚上，我也不願歇手。

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Evening, September 20

Scripture: “In the evening withhold not thy hand.”(Ecclesiastes 11:6)

In the evening of the day opportunities are plentiful: men return from their labour, and the zealous soul-winner finds time to tell abroad the love of Jesus. Have I no evening work for Jesus? If I have not, let me no longer withhold my hand from a service which requires abundant labour. Sinners are perishing for lack of knowledge; he who loiters may find his skirts crimson with the blood of souls. Jesus gave both his hands to the nails, how can I keep back one of mine from his blessed work? Night and day he toiled and prayed for me, how can I give a single hour to the pampering of my flesh with luxurious ease? Up, idle heart; stretch out thy hand to work, or uplift it to pray; heaven and hell are in earnest, let me be so, and this evening sow good seed for the Lord my God.         The evening of life has also its calls. Life is so short that a morning of manhood's vigour, and an evening of decay, make the whole of it. To some it seems long, but a four-pence is a great sum of money to a poor man. Life is so brief that no man can afford to lose a day. It has been well said that if a great king should bring us a great heap of gold, and bid us take as much as we could count in a day, we should make a long day of it; we should begin early in the morning, and in the evening we should not withhold our hand; but to win souls is far nobler work, how is it that we so soon withdraw from it? Some are spared to a long evening of green old age; if such be my case, let me use such talents as I still retain, and to the last hour serve my blessed and faithful Lord. By his grace I will die in harness, and lay down my charge only when I lay down my body. Age may instruct the young, cheer the faint, and encourage the desponding; if eventide has less of vigorous heat, it should have more of calm wisdom, therefore in the evening I will not withhold my hand.

9/20 慕安德烈每日靈修 God's Best Secrets by Andrew Murray

切實相愛

經文: 「你們既因順從真理，潔淨了自己的心，以致愛弟兄沒有虛假，就當從心裡彼此切實相愛。」（彼得前書一：22）

在這章一開始，彼得闡釋我們對基督之愛的真理：「你們雖然沒有見過祂，卻是愛祂；如今雖不得看見，卻因信祂就有說不出來、滿有榮光的大喜樂。」（彼前一：8）這就是聖靈的果子。         這節經文裡，他提到「兄弟之愛」，「你們既因順從真理，潔淨了自己的心，以致愛弟兄沒有虛假。」在初代教會這道理是淺顯易懂的，一旦你歸順基督，隨之而來的承諾是愛弟兄沒有虛假；所以彼得繼續說：「就當從心裡彼此切實相愛。」藉由聖靈產生對弟兄真誠的愛，是真實悔改的最佳表徵。         在接下去的三章，我們看到彼得一談到這個主題，就再三地闡明解釋：「務要尊敬眾人，親愛教中的弟兄、敬畏上帝、尊敬君王。」（二：17）；「總而言之，你們都要同心，彼此體恤，相愛如弟兄，存慈憐謙卑的心。」（三：8）；又說：「你們要謹慎自守、警醒禱告。最要緊的是彼此切實相愛，因為愛能遮掩許多的罪。」（四：7～8）對弟兄火熱沒有虛假的愛，是真實信仰不可或缺的表徵。         上帝的話猶如一面鏡子，要照明我們的本相，看我們在日常生活中有否做個真基督徒，行出愛的教訓，若我們的心責備我們，我們就當立刻回到上帝面前，向祂承認我們的罪。讓我們相信愛的聖靈真實地內住我心，且要澆灌上帝的愛在我們心中，要潔淨我們的自私與恨意，使我們誠於中形於外，能活出上帝的形像。若我們還未做到完全降服耶穌的地步，就讓我們的心不得安息，好讓愛的聖靈能真正掌管我們全人及每天的生活。

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UNFEIGNED LOVE OF THE BRETHREN

Scripture: "Seeing ye have purified your souls through the Spirit, unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with o pure heart fervently."—1 PET. i. 22.

In the beginning of this chapter, Peter had expressed a wonderful truth about our love to Christ: "Whom having not seen, ye love; in Whom ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory" (ver. 8). This was the fruit of the Spirit.         In our text he speaks of "the love of the brethren." "Ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto the unfeigned love of the brethren." In the days of the Early Church it was clearly understood at conversion that, in con¬fessing Christ, the new convert also promised unfeigned love to the brethren. So Peter continues: "See that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently." Unfeigned, fervent love through the Spirit should be the chief token of a true conversion.         We see how much stress Peter lays on this point in the three next chapters, as he returns to the subject each time. (ii. 17), "Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king." (iii. 8), "Finally, be ye all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tender-hearted, humble-minded." These are all signs of the life of God in the soul. And then (iv. 7, 8), "Watch unto prayer, above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins." Unfeigned, fervent love of the brethren was the indispensable sign of true godliness.         God's Word is a mirror into which the Church and each individual member must look, to see that we are truly Christian, showing by our conduct that we take God's Word as our rule of life If our hearts condemn us, we must turn at once to God, confessing our sin. Let us believe that the Spirit of love does indeed dwell in us, and will shed abroad God's love in our hearts, and purify us from all hatred and selfishness, and restore the image of Christ within us. Let us not rest content until we have surrendered ourselves wholly to God, that His Spirit of love may reign and rule within us.

9/19 慕安德烈每日靈修 God's Best Secrets by Andrew Murray

切實相愛

經文: 「你們既因順從真理，潔淨了自己的心，以致愛弟兄沒有虛假，就當從心裡彼此切實相愛。」（彼得前書一：22）

在這章一開始，彼得闡釋我們對基督之愛的真理：「你們雖然沒有見過祂，卻是愛祂；如今雖不得看見，卻因信祂就有說不出來、滿有榮光的大喜樂。」（彼前一：8）這就是聖靈的果子。         這節經文裡，他提到「兄弟之愛」，「你們既因順從真理，潔淨了自己的心，以致愛弟兄沒有虛假。」在初代教會這道理是淺顯易懂的，一旦你歸順基督，隨之而來的承諾是愛弟兄沒有虛假；所以彼得繼續說：「就當從心裡彼此切實相愛。」藉由聖靈產生對弟兄真誠的愛，是真實悔改的最佳表徵。         在接下去的三章，我們看到彼得一談到這個主題，就再三地闡明解釋：「務要尊敬眾人，親愛教中的弟兄、敬畏上帝、尊敬君王。」（二：17）；「總而言之，你們都要同心，彼此體恤，相愛如弟兄，存慈憐謙卑的心。」（三：8）；又說：「你們要謹慎自守、警醒禱告。最要緊的是彼此切實相愛，因為愛能遮掩許多的罪。」（四：7～8）對弟兄火熱沒有虛假的愛，是真實信仰不可或缺的表徵。         上帝的話猶如一面鏡子，要照明我們的本相，看我們在日常生活中有否做個真基督徒，行出愛的教訓，若我們的心責備我們，我們就當立刻回到上帝面前，向祂承認我們的罪。讓我們相信愛的聖靈真實地內住我心，且要澆灌上帝的愛在我們心中，要潔淨我們的自私與恨意，使我們誠於中形於外，能活出上帝的形像。若我們還未做到完全降服耶穌的地步，就讓我們的心不得安息，好讓愛的聖靈能真正掌管我們全人及每天的生活。

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UNFEIGNED LOVE OF THE BRETHREN

Scripture: "Seeing ye have purified your souls through the Spirit, unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with o pure heart fervently."—1 PET. i. 22.

In the beginning of this chapter, Peter had expressed a wonderful truth about our love to Christ: "Whom having not seen, ye love; in Whom ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory" (ver. 8). This was the fruit of the Spirit.         In our text he speaks of "the love of the brethren." "Ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto the unfeigned love of the brethren." In the days of the Early Church it was clearly understood at conversion that, in con¬fessing Christ, the new convert also promised unfeigned love to the brethren. So Peter continues: "See that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently." Unfeigned, fervent love through the Spirit should be the chief token of a true conversion.         We see how much stress Peter lays on this point in the three next chapters, as he returns to the subject each time. (ii. 17), "Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king." (iii. 8), "Finally, be ye all like-minded, compassionate, loving as brethren, tender-hearted, humble-minded." These are all signs of the life of God in the soul. And then (iv. 7, 8), "Watch unto prayer, above all things being fervent in your love among yourselves; for love covereth a multitude of sins." Unfeigned, fervent love of the brethren was the indispensable sign of true godliness.         God's Word is a mirror into which the Church and each individual member must look, to see that we are truly Christian, showing by our conduct that we take God's Word as our rule of life If our hearts condemn us, we must turn at once to God, confessing our sin. Let us believe that the Spirit of love does indeed dwell in us, and will shed abroad God's love in our hearts, and purify us from all hatred and selfishness, and restore the image of Christ within us. Let us not rest content until we have surrendered ourselves wholly to God, that His Spirit of love may reign and rule within us.

9/18 司布真每日靈修(夜) Evening by Evening

九月十八日

經文: 他們也跟著我。（約翰福音十：27）

我們應當毫無遲疑地跟隨我們的主，如同羊群跟隨牧人一樣，因為祂有權利引導我們至祂所喜悅的地方。我們並不是自己的人，是祂重價買來的（參閱林前六：20）。但願我們都能承認救贖寶血的權利。士兵跟隨長官，僕人服從主人。我們必須跟從拯救我們的主。祂買贖我們成為祂的產業。我們若質問主的命令而承認自己是基督徒，不是真的基督徒。順服是我們的責任，抱怨是我們的羞恥。我們的主會對我們說，就如同祂當年對彼得所說的：「與你何干？你跟從我吧！」（約二十一：22）。耶穌無論領我們到何處，祂必行在我們前頭。有這樣的一位同伴，誰還畏懼途徑上的危險？路途可能漫長，但是有祂永遠的膀臂扶持我們直至終點。耶穌的同在就是永恆救恩的確據。因為祂活著，我們也能活著。我們只需以單純的信心跟隨基督，因為祂所引領的路徑導至榮耀和永生。路徑可能並不平順，但是導向那「有根基的城，就是上帝所經營所建造的」（來十一：10）。「凡遵守祂的約和祂法度的人，耶和華都以慈愛誠實待他。」（詩二十五：10）但願我們完全信靠我們的「領導者」。我們明白，無論是興旺、是災難；是疾病、是健康；是受歡迎、是被藐視；都是為了實現祂純潔完美的目的。較之那些安坐家中，藉世界的壁爐烤火取暖的人，祂的大愛更能使我們蒙福。無論登上山頂或下到獅子坑中，我們必跟隨至愛的主。

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Evening, September 18

Scripture: “And they follow me.”(John 10:27)

We should follow our Lord as unhesitatingly as sheep follow their shepherd, for he has a right to lead us wherever he pleases. We are not our own, we are bought with a price—let us recognize the rights of the redeeming blood. The soldier follows his captain, the servant obeys his master, much more must we follow our Redeemer, to whom we are a purchased possession. We are not true to our profession of being Christians, if we question the bidding of our Leader and Commander. Submission is our duty, cavilling is our folly. Often might our Lord say to us as to Peter, “What is that to thee? Follow thou me.” Wherever Jesus may lead us, he goes before us. If we know not where we go, we know with whom we go. With such a companion, who will dread the perils of the road? The journey may be long, but his everlasting arms will carry us to the end. The presence of Jesus is the assurance of eternal salvation, because he lives, we shall live also. We should follow Christ in simplicity and faith, because the paths in which he leads us all end in glory and immortality. It is true they may not be smooth paths—they may be covered with sharp flinty trials, but they lead to the “city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.” “All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant.” Let us put full trust in our Leader, since we know that, come prosperity or adversity, sickness or health, popularity or contempt, his purpose shall be worked out, and that purpose shall be pure, unmingled good to every heir of mercy. We shall find it sweet to go up the bleak side of the hill with Christ; and when rain and snow blow into our faces, his dear love will make us far more blest than those who sit at home and warm their hands at the world's fire. To the top of Amana, to the dens of lions, or to the hills of leopards, we will follow our Beloved. Precious Jesus, draw us, and we will run after thee.