10/5 English 慕安德烈每日靈修 God's Best Secrets by Andrew Murray

上帝的管家

經文: 「人應當以我們為基督的執事，為上帝奧祕事的管家。所求於管家的，是要他有忠心。」（哥林多前書四：1～2）

管家是國王或主人所挑選最信任的人，將財產託負給他管理，將來由他來分配財產給繼承人。在地上基督徒就是上帝大愛——最珍貴資產——的管家，我們的責任就是要把主的愛，分給那些需要愛的人。福音執事是上帝奧祕事的管家，而最大的奧秘就是一切的福份，都是由上帝永恆的大愛流出。         所要求於管家的就是忠心，他需全心全意地投入，把所託負的事，視為終生的志業；在工作崗位上，無論是辦公室或家庭，都要盡心職守。所以上帝的管家，必須每天活在愛中，每天與上帝有美好的交通，不僅對上帝忠心，對周圍的人也要關心其全人的需要，適時又隨時地分享上帝的愛。上帝屬天的愛是個奧祕，它只住在那些專心為主，並以主愛為滿足的人心中，同時也要從他心中流出活水的泉源，滋潤賜福給周圍的人。         喔！上帝的兒女們，追求更深一層地認識「上帝的僕人」意謂著什麼？上帝愛的管家又是指什麼意思？要常常為上帝的僕人切切禱告，讓他們隱藏在全能者的蔭下，就能更多知道上帝愛的奧祕，並盡忠於上帝的家。 而你，我所親愛的弟兄們，別忘了為你釘十字架的耶穌所交付你的事，要常常為你認識的牧師、弟兄姐妹們禱告；因為教會的興旺與否，與你忠心的代禱有密切的關係。保持與上帝美好的關係，你就會有一顆喜樂的心，擁有聖靈的大能，將上帝的愛傳送給有需要的人。

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STEWARDS OF THE LOVE OF GOD

Scripture: "Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful."—1 COR. iv. 1, 2.

A Steward is the man to whom the king or master entrusts his treasures and goods, to apportion to those who have a right to them. God in heaven needs men on earth to make known the treasures of His love, and to give them to those who have need. The minister of the Gospel is a steward of the mystery of God, and above all of the deep mystery of His everlasting love, and all the blessings that flow from it.         It is required in stewards that a man be found faithful; he must devote himself wholly to his life task. He must be faithful at his work, and always at his post in the palace or house where the treasures are stored up. So the minister of the Gospel must himself be faithful, living each day in the love and fellowship of God. He must be faithful not only to God, but to his fellow-men, caring for the needs of the souls entrusted to him, and ready to recommend God's love, and to share it with others. This divine love is a mystery, and can only dwell in a heart set apart for God and satisfied with His love, which flows from Him as a stream of living water.         O child of God, seek to have a deeper insight into what the office of a servant of God means, as a steward of the wonderful love of God to sinners. Pray much and often for your ministers that God may hide them in the secret of His tabernacle, so that they may be faithful stewards of the mystery of God, and chiefly of the mystery of Divine Love.         And you, my beloved brethren, to whom the love of God in heaven, and of Christ on the cross, is entrusted, remember that your congregation, your Church, and your people are dependent on your faithfulness in living a heavenly life in fellowship with God. Then you will be able with joy, and in the power of the Holy Ghost, to pass on the love of God to souls that so greatly need it.

10/5 English 慕安德烈每日靈修 God's Best Secrets by Andrew Murray

上帝的管家

經文: 「人應當以我們為基督的執事，為上帝奧祕事的管家。所求於管家的，是要他有忠心。」（哥林多前書四：1～2）

管家是國王或主人所挑選最信任的人，將財產託負給他管理，將來由他來分配財產給繼承人。在地上基督徒就是上帝大愛——最珍貴資產——的管家，我們的責任就是要把主的愛，分給那些需要愛的人。福音執事是上帝奧祕事的管家，而最大的奧秘就是一切的福份，都是由上帝永恆的大愛流出。         所要求於管家的就是忠心，他需全心全意地投入，把所託負的事，視為終生的志業；在工作崗位上，無論是辦公室或家庭，都要盡心職守。所以上帝的管家，必須每天活在愛中，每天與上帝有美好的交通，不僅對上帝忠心，對周圍的人也要關心其全人的需要，適時又隨時地分享上帝的愛。上帝屬天的愛是個奧祕，它只住在那些專心為主，並以主愛為滿足的人心中，同時也要從他心中流出活水的泉源，滋潤賜福給周圍的人。         喔！上帝的兒女們，追求更深一層地認識「上帝的僕人」意謂著什麼？上帝愛的管家又是指什麼意思？要常常為上帝的僕人切切禱告，讓他們隱藏在全能者的蔭下，就能更多知道上帝愛的奧祕，並盡忠於上帝的家。 而你，我所親愛的弟兄們，別忘了為你釘十字架的耶穌所交付你的事，要常常為你認識的牧師、弟兄姐妹們禱告；因為教會的興旺與否，與你忠心的代禱有密切的關係。保持與上帝美好的關係，你就會有一顆喜樂的心，擁有聖靈的大能，將上帝的愛傳送給有需要的人。

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STEWARDS OF THE LOVE OF GOD

Scripture: "Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful."—1 COR. iv. 1, 2.

A Steward is the man to whom the king or master entrusts his treasures and goods, to apportion to those who have a right to them. God in heaven needs men on earth to make known the treasures of His love, and to give them to those who have need. The minister of the Gospel is a steward of the mystery of God, and above all of the deep mystery of His everlasting love, and all the blessings that flow from it.         It is required in stewards that a man be found faithful; he must devote himself wholly to his life task. He must be faithful at his work, and always at his post in the palace or house where the treasures are stored up. So the minister of the Gospel must himself be faithful, living each day in the love and fellowship of God. He must be faithful not only to God, but to his fellow-men, caring for the needs of the souls entrusted to him, and ready to recommend God's love, and to share it with others. This divine love is a mystery, and can only dwell in a heart set apart for God and satisfied with His love, which flows from Him as a stream of living water.         O child of God, seek to have a deeper insight into what the office of a servant of God means, as a steward of the wonderful love of God to sinners. Pray much and often for your ministers that God may hide them in the secret of His tabernacle, so that they may be faithful stewards of the mystery of God, and chiefly of the mystery of Divine Love.         And you, my beloved brethren, to whom the love of God in heaven, and of Christ on the cross, is entrusted, remember that your congregation, your Church, and your people are dependent on your faithfulness in living a heavenly life in fellowship with God. Then you will be able with joy, and in the power of the Holy Ghost, to pass on the love of God to souls that so greatly need it.

10/4 司布真每日靈修(夜) Evening by Evening

十月四日

經文: 若有人犯罪，在父那裏我們有一位中保，就是那義者耶穌基督。（約翰壹書二：1）

我們雖然犯罪，但仍有一位中保。約翰沒有說：「若有人犯罪，他就喪失了這位中保。」雖然我們是罪人，我們有一位中保。信徒不論犯了甚麼罪，都不能毀壞他與主耶穌基督的關係，祂是中保。主的名字──耶穌──在此是富有很深含意的。祂是我們所需要的中保，因為耶穌就是一位以拯救為工作和喜樂的上帝。「你要給祂起名叫耶穌，因祂要將自己的百姓從罪惡裏救出來。」（太一：21）其次，祂的名是耶穌基督──受膏者。這一名字表示祂有為我們代求的權柄。基督有懇求的權利，因為祂是父上帝親自指派的中保和親自揀選的祭司。上帝所指派的這一位是大有能力的，我們可以安心將困難交給祂，因上帝已指派祂來幫助我們。祂是基督；所有祂有權柄；祂是基督，所以祂有資格；因為受膏已使祂完全滿足祂的工作的要求。祂能不停地懇求以致感動了上帝的心達到目的。當受膏者站立為我懇求時，祂的話語是何等溫柔，句子是何等動人！祂還有一個名──那義者耶穌基督。倘若那義者作我的中保，那麼我的案件就有絕對的優勢，否則祂不會接受。祂以公義的懇求代替我不公義的控告。祂宣告以自己作我的替身，卻將祂的順服歸在我的名下。信徒有這樣一位完全配作中保的良友。信徒啊，將你自己完全交在祂的手中吧！

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Evening, October 4

Scripture: “If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.”(1 John 2:1)

“If any man sin, we have an advocate.” Yes, though we sin, we have him still. John does not say, “If any man sin he has forfeited his advocate,” but “we have an advocate,” sinners though we are. All the sin that a believer ever did, or can be allowed to commit, cannot destroy his interest in the Lord Jesus Christ, as his advocate. The name here given to our Lord is suggestive. “Jesus.” Ah! then he is an advocate such as we need, for Jesus is the name of one whose business and delight it is to save. “They shall call his name Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.” His sweetest name implies his success. Next, it is “Jesus Christ”—Christos, the anointed. This shows his authority to plead. The Christ has a right to plead, for he is the Father's own appointed advocate and elected priest. If he were of our choosing he might fail, but if God hath laid help upon one that is mighty, we may safely lay our trouble where God has laid his help. He is Christ, and therefore authorized; he is Christ, and therefore qualified, for the anointing has fully fitted him for his work. He can plead so as to move the heart of God and prevail. What words of tenderness, what sentences of persuasion will the anointed use when he stands up to plead for me! One more letter of his name remains, “Jesus Christ the righteous.” This is not only his character BUT his plea. It is his character, and if the Righteous One be my advocate, then my cause is good, or he would not have espoused it. It is his plea, for he meets the charge of unrighteousness against me by the plea that he is righteous. He declares himself my substitute and puts his obedience to my account. My soul, thou hast a friend well fitted to be thine advocate, he cannot but succeed; leave thyself entirely in his hands.

10/4 慕安德烈每日靈修 God's Best Secrets by Andrew Murray

超過婦女的愛

經文: 「我兄約拿單哪，我為你悲傷！我甚喜悅你，你向我發的愛情奇妙非常，過於婦女的愛情。」（撒母耳記下一：26）

上帝造人是為彰顯何為愛，因為人在為朋友捨命時，最能顯示愛的力量；尤其祂賜給女人溫柔、忍耐的特質，使她在為別人犧牲時，顯出愛的崇高與偉大。小嬰孩需要媽媽的照顧，而媽媽也為了愛，做自我犧牲的訓練，就如經上所說：「只要以裡面存著長久溫柔、安靜的心為妝飾；這在上帝面前是極寶貴的。」（彼前三：4） 現今的趨勢是講究兩性平等，女性意識的普遍抬頭倒無可厚非；但別忘了，女人有一顆長久溫柔的心是最美的妝飾，這在上帝面前極為寶貴；對男人而言，溫柔的女性更是家庭的福份。母親這雙推動搖籃的手，以無比的愛不斷地合掌禱告，為兒女們忍受苦難，這將帶給家庭無限的幸福，以及民族無盡的希望。         親愛的姐妹們，好好地持守上帝所交付給你的這顆珍寶——用溫柔悲憫的情懷，返照上帝愛的光輝。「慈母怎樣照顧孩子，我也照樣照顧你。」但願讀者能花時間默想主的愛，並存謙卑領受的心，渴慕上帝的愛，這將帶給家庭無限的影響，不但感化丈夫和小孩，也要造福鄰舍親友，成為上帝愛的見證人，將福音散佈各處。         想想在主耶穌復活的早晨，耶穌向馬利亞和另外幾個婦女顯現，都是因為她們平常所流露對主、對人的愛，使她們有這樣的恩寵，得以最先看到主耶穌復活的形像，並把這消息轉告耶穌的門徒。         上帝祝福全地的母親、妻子，與女兒們，願這些女性誠如大衛時代就流傳下來的話：「婦女的愛何等奇妙偉大！」願上帝的兒女們，都擁有這樣的愛！

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PASSING THE LOVE OF WOMEN

Scripture: "My brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women." —2 SAM. i. 26.

God created man in order to show what the power of love is, when a man strives for the welfare of others, and even gives up his life for them. He created woman to show what tenderness and quiet endurance are, when she sacrifices herself for the sake of others. A little child, during the first years of its life, is dependent on the mother. It is not only that the child may learn to love its mother, but that the mother herself may be trained in the school of self-sacrificing love, for her greatest adorning is "the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price" (1 Pet. iii. 4).         The tendency nowadays in public life is to place woman on an equal footing with man. This is only right in many cases. But one must not forget that the best ornament of a woman is a meek and quiet spirit, which is of great price in the sight of God, and of man, and which makes her a blessing in her home. It is the suffering, prayerful, all-conquering love of the wife and the mother which secures the happiness of a people.         Dear sisters, preserve as a great treasure the precious jewel which God has entrusted to you—to reflect the love of God in all its tenderness and sympathy. "As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you." Let each one, as she reads this book, take time to meditate on God's wonderful love, and pray for it earnestly in a receptive spirit. This will give her a heavenly influence and power over her husband and children, and in her dealings with her neighbors she will be a living witness to what the love of God can do.         Think of Mary, the woman who loved much, and the other women to whom the Lord revealed Himself on the resurrection morning. It was the love of these women that gave them the right to be the first to meet the Lord, and to take the message to the disciples.         God bless the mothers and wives and daughters of our land! May they prove in their lives how beautiful and powerful the love of women is! And the words from the time of David will still be true: "Wonderful as the love of women" is the love of God's children.

10/3 司布真每日靈修(夜) Evening by Evening

十月三日

經文: 祂自己……被試探而受苦。（希伯來書二：18）

耶穌被試探，思想這句簡單的話，對那些疲倦的心靈有很大的鼓舞作用，就如蜜般甘甜。這句話你可能已聽過多次了，但你是否能領悟其中意義呢？你可能正行過死蔭幽谷，這條路主耶穌過去曾經走過。你可能正在打一場艱辛的戰爭，主耶穌也曾面對這相同的敵人。讓我們振作起來吧。基督在我們之前已背負過重擔。耶穌曾被試探，只是祂沒有犯罪。因此，我也不必要犯罪。耶穌曾經降世為人，祂忍受過試探卻沒有犯罪。在祂的能力之內，祂的肢體也可以停止犯罪。一些開始過基督徒生活不久的人以為被試南絕不可能不犯罪，事實上他們錯了。被試探本身不是罪，但是向試探讓步就是罪。主耶穌雖然被試探，卻光榮地得勝了。這對受試探的人是一大安慰。因為祂得勝了，跟隨祂的人也必然得勝，因為耶穌是祂百姓的代表。元首得勝了，肢體也分享祂的勝利。毋需懼怕，因為基督與我們同在，祂全副武裝為了保衛我們。祢救主的胸懷是我們的安全港。試探也許能驅使我們更親近祂。風將我們吹入救主愛之港，是何等大的福氣！傷口教我們尋求親愛的醫生，這是可喜的！你被試探嗎？快到曾經被試探的救主跟前吧！祂能感受你的軟弱，祂撫摸並安慰每一顆被試驗的疲倦心靈。

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Evening, October 3

Scripture: “He himself hath suffered being tempted.”(Hebrews 2:18)

It is a common-place thought, and yet it tastes like nectar to the weary heart—Jesus was tempted as I am. You have heard that truth many times: have you grasped it? He was tempted to the very same sins into which we fall. Do not dissociate Jesus from our common manhood. It is a dark room which you are going through, but Jesus went through it before. It is a sharp fight which you are waging, but Jesus has stood foot to foot with the same enemy. Let us be of good cheer, Christ has borne the load before us, and the blood-stained footsteps of the King of glory may be seen along the road which we traverse at this hour. There is something sweeter yet—Jesus was tempted, but Jesus never sinned. Then, my soul, it is not needful for thee to sin, for Jesus was a man, and if one man endured these temptations and sinned not, then in his power his members may also cease from sin. Some beginners in the divine life think that they cannot be tempted without sinning, but they mistake; there is no sin in being tempted, but there is sin in yielding to temptation. Herein is comfort for the sorely tempted ones. There is still more to encourage them if they reflect that the Lord Jesus, though tempted, gloriously triumphed, and as he overcame, so surely shall his followers also, for Jesus is the representative man for his people; the Head has triumphed, and the members share in the victory. Fears are needless, for Christ is with us, armed for our defence. Our place of safety is the bosom of the Saviour. Perhaps we are tempted just now, in order to drive us nearer to him. Blessed be any wind that blows us into the port of our Saviour's love! Happy wounds, which make us seek the beloved Physician. Ye tempted ones, come to your tempted Saviour, for he can be touched with a feeling of your infirmities, and will succour every tried and tempted one.

10/3 慕安德烈每日靈修 God's Best Secrets by Andrew Murray

肉體的事

經文: 「情慾的事都是顯而易見的，就如姦淫、污穢、邪蕩、拜偶像、邪術、仇恨、爭競、忌恨、惱怒、結黨、紛爭、異端、嫉妒、醉酒、荒宴等類。」（加拉太書五：19～21）

在這三節經文中，保羅提到十七件可怕的事，這都屬「情慾的事」，其中有九件是違背愛心的，他在以弗所書四章31節又說：「一切苦毒、惱恨、忿怒、嚷鬧、毀謗，並一切的惡毒，都當從你們中間除掉。」這兒我們看到為何基督徒當中，愛為何這麼少，這麼難對別人有愛心，這一切都因為「情慾的發作」所帶出的結果。         即使很熱心的信徒，也會落在肉體當中，保羅說：「我肉體之中，沒有良善。」（羅七：18），因為「肉體的本質就是與上帝為敵」。想要藉自己的努力達成愛的生活是不太可能的，經上說：「你們當順著聖靈而行，就不放縱肉體的情慾了。」（加五：16）聖靈能幫助我們將肉體放在聖靈掌管之下，聖靈的果子就是上帝的愛充滿在我們心中所結出來的果子。保羅又補充說：「因為賜生命聖靈的律，在基督耶穌裡釋放了我，使我脫離罪和死的律了。」（羅八：2）上帝的恩典使我們能靠著聖靈行事，而不是靠著肉體血氣行事。         讓我們謹記三個教訓：一、我們無法憑自己的力量愛上帝、愛人。二、基督徒當中沒有愛反而充滿苦毒，是因為憑血氣行事，不依靠聖靈行事。三、確知住在愛裡，能全心全意愛上帝、愛人的方法，就是完全地降服於聖靈，每天都求聖靈來引導我們的生活行動；因為惟有藉著聖靈，上帝的愛才能澆灌充滿在我們心中。         上帝的兒女們啊！謹記這一項真理，就是聖靈可以完全地掌管我們，不斷地動工在我們心中，使我們過一個愛上帝、愛人的生活，為這樣的領悟不斷地禱告，直到它深深地印在我們心中，並掌管我們全人的生活。

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THE WORKS OF THE FLESH

Scripture: "The works of the flesh are manifest; witchcraft, hatred, strife, jealousies, wrath, envyings, murders, and such like."—GAL. v. 19-21.

Paul in these three verses mentions seventeen of the terrible "works of the flesh." Nine of these are sins against love. And he says, elsewhere (Eph. iv. 31), "Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice." He here answers the question, why there is so little love amongst Christians, and why it is so hard to arouse such love. All these sins are "works of the flesh."         Even the earnest Christian is still in the flesh. Paul says: "In me, that is in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing"; "Because the mind of the flesh is enmity against God." It is quite impossible for a Christian by his own efforts to lead a life of love. Scripture says: "Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lusts of the flesh." The Spirit will enable us to keep the flesh always in subjection. The "fruit of the Spirit" will be Christ's love poured into our hearts as a fountain of love. Paul adds to what was quoted above: "The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin." The grace of God will enable the Christian to walk, not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.         Learn these three great lessons: 1. The Christian cannot in his own strength love God and his fellow-man. 2. The great reason of so much bitterness, and want of love, is that the Christian walks after the flesh. 3. The only sure way to abide in this life of love, to love God, and Christ, with the whole heart, to love the brethren fervently, and to have a tender compassionate love for all who do not yet know Christ—is an absolute surrender to the Holy Spirit, to be led and guided by Him each day of our lives. It is through the Holy Spirit that this love is shed abroad in our hearts.         Child of God, learn the lesson that the Holy Spirit will take entire possession of you, and will work continually within you a life of love to Christ and to all men. Pray over this thought, until it gains control of your whole being!

鉛筆素描插畫:關乎記憶中的情感

鉛筆素描插畫:關乎記憶中的情感

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