| 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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