Chinese 1/30 司布真每日靈修(夜) Evening by Evening

一月三十日

經文: 我們也在祂裏面得了基業。（以弗所書一：11）

當耶穌為我們付出祂自己的時候，祂也把在祂裏面的權利並特權都給了我們。祂是永在的上帝，祂有基本的權利不與被造之物分享，然而，因著耶穌這位中保建立了恩典之約，使我們在祂的基業中完全有分。因著祂的順服以至於死所帶來的全部榮耀，讓所有在祂裏面的人也擁有了這榮耀。祂完成上帝的旨意乃是為我們的緣故。祂進入榮耀，這不單單為祂自己。經上記著：「作先鋒的耶穌……為我們進入幔內。」（來六：20），「如今為我們顯在上帝面前。」（來九：24）。憑你，並無權利進入天國；你的權利在基督裏面。你若被饒恕，是藉祂的寶血；你若稱義，是藉祂的公義；你若成聖，因為祂是你的聖潔；你若沒有跌倒，是因為你在基督耶穌裏蒙保守；你若最後成為完全，乃因你在祂裏面得以完全。我們能肯定得繼承產業，因為是在祂裏面得到的。每次祝福更為甜美，甚至天堂也似乎越來越明亮，因為藉著我們至愛的耶穌，我們能完全進入天堂。將基督的豐富放在天平上稱量，然後開始數算屬於眾聖徒的財富。「萬有是你們的……並且你們是基督的，基督又是屬上帝的。」（林前三：21，23）

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Evening, January 30

Scripture: “In whom also we have obtained an inheritance.”(Ephesians 1:11)

When Jesus gave himself for us, he gave us all the rights and privileges which went with himself; so that now, although as eternal God, he has essential rights to which no creature may venture to pretend, yet as Jesus, the Mediator, the federal head of the covenant of grace, he has no heritage apart from us. All the glorious consequences of his obedience unto death are the joint riches of all who are in him, and on whose behalf he accomplished the divine will. See, he enters into glory, but not for himself alone, for it is written, “Whither the Forerunner is for us entered.” Heb. 6:20. Does he stand in the presence of God?—“He appears in the presence of God for us.” Heb. 9:24. Consider this, believer. You have no right to heaven in yourself: your right lies in Christ. If you are pardoned, it is through his blood; if you are justified, it is through his righteousness; if you are sanctified, it is because he is made of God unto you sanctification; if you shall be kept from falling, it will be because you are preserved in Christ Jesus; and if you are perfected at the last, it will be because you are complete in him. Thus Jesus is magnified—for all is in him and by him; thus the inheritance is made certain to us—for it is obtained in him; thus each blessing is the sweeter, and even heaven itself the brighter, because it is Jesus our Beloved “in whom” we have obtained all. Where is the man who shall estimate our divine portion? Weigh the riches of Christ in scales, and his treasure in balances, and then think to count the treasures which belong to the saints. Reach the bottom of Christ's sea of joy, and then hope to understand the bliss which God hath prepared for them that love him. Overleap the boundaries of Christ's possessions, and then dream of a limit to the fair inheritance of the elect. “All things are yours, for ye are Christ's and Christ is God's.”