| 親近上帝 | |
| 經文: 「我愛你們，正如父愛我一樣，你們要常在我的愛裡。」（約翰福音十五：9） | |
| 從上帝的角度來看，聖父、聖子、聖靈是截然不同，彼此獨立的位格，卻又是三位一體的上帝，祂樂意向人顯現祂自己，渴望人與祂相交來往。 正如同我們每一個人，都是獨立的個體，也知道自己與群體之間，彼此相屬的人倫關係，或親密、或疏遠。這位創造人的上帝，企盼與祂所造的人產生關係，因此能與這位造物主宰有連繫溝通，是我們一生最神聖的呼召。 雖然上帝極願與人溝通，但人的罪使得我們與上帝之間，有鴻溝相隔，無法跨越。甚至有些基督徒自以為頗認識上帝，其實他們對上帝還是很無知，個人與上帝的關係還是很疏遠。 很多人以為只要他們悔改，為上帝所接納，他們就可以上天堂，也可以行出上帝的旨意。他們不明白上帝盼望的是每天與我們有溝通，就像地上的父母，希望兒女們多多陪伴他們，與他們談話。 上帝賜下祂的兒子耶穌，好讓我們藉著耶穌，得以與祂親近，但條件是我們要與耶穌基督有親密的關係。我們愛耶穌，是因耶穌先以那無比的愛愛我們，我們才回應祂的愛。我們本身不會先愛耶穌，但聖靈可以在我們心中動工，幫助我們愛耶穌。但我們必須每天分別一段時間，安靜在上帝面前，讓祂將那豐盛的愛充滿在我們心中，如此我們也要以愛回應那慈愛的上帝。 親愛的弟兄姐妹們，默想這節經文：「愛我的必蒙我父愛他，我也要愛他。」（約十四：21）花時間培養與耶穌的關係，建立彼此的情誼，告訴祂你多麼愛祂，向祂說：「主啊，祢是這樣愛我，我也要將心歸祢，全然愛主！」 | |
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| FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD | |
| Scripture: "As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love."—JOHN xv. 9 | |
| The Three Persons in the Godhead are the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Each one knows himself as different from the others. God desires to reveal Himself as a Person. Each one of us is an individual, knowing himself as distinct from others, and standing in certain relations to others. God will reveal Himself to us as a Person, and it is our holy calling to enter into fellowship with Him. God greatly desires this intercourse with man. But sin has come between man and his God. Even in the Christian, who thinks he knows God, there is often great ignorance and even indifference to this personal relationship of love to God. People believe that at conversion their sins are forgiven, that God accepts them so that they may go to heaven, and that they should try to do God's will. But the idea is strange to them that even as a father and his child on earth have pleasure in intercourse, so they may and must each day have this blessed fellowship with God. God gave Christ His Son to bring us to Himself. But this is only possible when we live in close fellowship with Jesus Christ. Our relationship to Christ rests on His deep, tender love to us. We are not able of ourselves to render Him this love. But the Holy Spirit will do the work in us. For this we need to separate ourselves each day from the world, and turn in faith to the Lord Jesus, that He may shed abroad His love in our hearts, so that we may be filled with a great love to Him. Dear soul, meditate quietly on this thought. Read the words of Christ in John xiv. 21, "He that loveth Me shall be loved of my Father. I will love Him" Take time to believe in this personal fellowship. Tell Him of your love. Say to Him: "Lord, Thou hast loved me dearly; most earnestly do I desire to love Thee above all." | |
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