| 聖靈與禱告 | |
| 經文: 「你們若向主求什麼，祂必因我的名，賜給你們。」（約翰福音十六：23） | |
| 在最後的晚餐（約十三～十七）宴席上，耶穌流露出聖靈的愛與能力。聖靈降臨的最榮耀結果之一，就是藉著禱告將天上的祝福臨到眾人，聖經有七處重複這應許：「那奉我名祈求的，我必成就。」（約十四：13，14；十五：7，16；十六23，24，26）仔細查考這些經文，你將明白耶穌是多麼懇切地再三重複這有福的應許！ 藉著榮耀的天父，以及聖靈的澆灌與同在，耶穌成就了完備的救恩，而我們這些接受完備救恩的兒女，就可擁有這樣的權柄與身份，坦然無懼地來到施恩寶座前，將我們心願向主陳明，而我們所求的若合乎上帝的旨意，而非妄求，必蒙應允，因為經上明明記著說：「那奉我名祈求的，我必成就。」 在五旬節前十天，門徒真正經歷到這應許。回應門徒們同心合意的持續禱告的是：天開了，聖靈降下來，住在門徒心中，帶給他們屬天的勇氣與能力；因此他們敢面對上千人，傳揚天國的福音。這樣的能力，這樣的應許，到今天仍然有效，因為上帝是昔在、今在、永在的父上帝。若上帝的兒女們肯每天來到祂的面前，同心等候祂的應許，上帝能力的供應是無限無量的。 親愛的弟兄姐妺們，記得我們現在是處在新約聖靈的時代，也就是說聖靈要住在你的心裡，且要賜你屬天的力量，幫助你能為上帝作見證。另一方面，你也必須與上帝的兒女們，同心合意地迫切禱告，興旺福音，大膽地祈求上帝來成就更大更奇妙的事工，超過我們人心所能想像的。 | |
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| THE SPIRIT AND PRAYER | |
| Scripture: "Ferity, verily, I say unto you, If ye shall ask anything of the Father, in My Name, He will give it you."—JOHN xvi. 23. | |
| In our Lord's farewell discourse (John xiii. 17) He presented the life in the dispensation of the Spirit in all its power and attractiveness. One of the most glorious results of the day when the Holy Ghost should come, would be: the new power that man should have to pray down from heaven the power of God to bless the world. Seven times we have the promise repeated: "Whatsoever ye shall desire in My Name, that will I do (John xiv. 13, 14; xv. 7, 16; xvi. 23, 24, 26). Read these passages over, that you may come to understand fully how urgently and earnestly our Lord repeated the promise. In the power of the perfect salvation that Christ accom¬plished, in the power of His glory with the Father, in the power of the outpouring of the third Person of the Godhead—the Holy Spirit—to dwell in the hearts of His servants, they would have the unspeakable freedom to ask what they desired of the fulness of the will of God, and it should be done. Everything was included in these few words: "What ye desire, that will I do." During the ten days before Pentecost, the disciples put this to the proof. In response to their continuous united prayer, the heavens were opened, and the Spirit of God descended to earth to dwell in their hearts, filling them with His life-power. They received the power of the Spirit that they might impart it to thousands. That power is still the pledge for all time of what God will do. If God's children will agree with one accord to wait for the promise of the Father each day, there is no limit to what God will do for them. O Christian, remember that you are living in the dispensation of the Spirit. That means that the Holy Spirit will dwell in you with heavenly power, enabling you to testify for Him. But it also means that you may unite with God's children to ask in prayer greater and more wonderful things than the heart has conceived. | |
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