| 對弟兄之愛 | |
| 經文: 「你們要彼此相愛，像我愛你們一樣，這就是我的命令。」（約翰福音十五：12） | |
| 許多人壓根兒就認為要遵行這命令是不可能的，甚至連這樣的意圖都沒有。但如果你存禱告的心細讀這本書的最後兩章，就會發現其實上帝已經預備能力，讓我們能實踐這命令。 你將明白耶穌愛我們的大愛，也就是上帝愛耶穌的愛。天父在耶穌身上的愛，其實就是耶穌的化身，這層關係就如同耶穌與我們之間的關係一樣。因著祂愛我們，祂的愛就住在我們裡面，也就是耶穌祂自己住在我們裡面。 聖經上也說：「人若說，我愛上帝，卻恨他的弟兄，就是說謊話的。」（約壹四：20）因他若不能愛看得見的弟兄，怎能愛那看不見的上帝呢？對弟兄懷恨就顯示他不夠愛上帝，反之，愛弟兄，就顯示他愛上帝。 讓我們試著去了解，上帝給我們的命令不是唱高調，扔下一個不可能做到的任務給我們；耶穌道成肉身，來到人間，彰顯上帝的愛，就是最具體的明證。如今祂回到天上，把祂的愛留在世上，託付門徒要彼此相愛，就如祂愛門徒那般。 耶穌又應許說：藉著我所賜下的聖靈，我要住在你裡面，並幫助你能用我的愛來愛弟兄。我要住在每一位上帝兒女的心中，因著你去關懷其他的弟兄，弟兄的信心與愛心也因此滋長；因著你們彼此相愛，世人就看出上帝的愛，真是藉著你們流露出來。 上帝的兒女們，花時間跪在這位賜恩典的主面前，敬拜祂、歌頌祂、讚美祂，祂就要住在我們心中，使我們心中有耶穌的愛，可以來愛弟兄、愛眾人，藉此讓世人看到上帝真是活在我們當中。 | |
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| OUR LOVE TO THE BRETHREN | |
| Scripture: "This is My commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you."—JOHN xv. 12. | |
| So many people deem it quite impossible to keep this command, that they do not even attempt to keep it. But one who reads prayerfully and carefully the last two chapters of this book will see that the Lord has indeed made provision for the fulfilment of this command. The reader will learn that the great love wherewith the Father loved the Son is the love with which Christ loves us. Even as the love of the Father in the Son was His whole life, and worked with a divine power in Him, so the relationship between the Lord Jesus and ourselves is the same. As He loves us, His love comes to abide in us, because He Himself dwells within us. Even the world agrees that if a man says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? Hatred toward a brother is a sign that a man does not love God. Love toward a brother is an indication that he loves God. Let us try to understand what the Lord really means by this command. He came to earth to make known God's love to us. He was returning to the Father. He had revealed the love of God the Father, and would leave this love on earth in charge of His disciples. He said to them: "Love one another, as I have loved you." Remember that through the Holy Spirit, whom I will send, I am dwelling within you and will enable you to love the brethren with My own love. I dwell in each one of My disciples. As you love others in the power of My love, they will also grow strong to love. And this will be a powerful sign that My love is in you, when the world is convinced, that as in Me, so in you, the Father has shed abroad His love. Child of God, bow at the feet of your blessed Lord, and worship and adore Him for His wonderful grace, and He will take up His abode in your heart, in the love of the Father, and give you the love wherewith to love your brethren, and so prove to the world that God is truly in our midst. | |
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