12/23 慕安德烈每日靈修 God's Best Secrets by Andrew Murray

面對面見上帝

經文: 「我面對面見了上帝，我的性命仍得保全。」（創世記卅二：30）

雅各變成以色列（與上帝同在的王子）後，他說了以上這幾句話，我們可以看出他禱告的生活是多麼活潑，有內涵——與上帝面對面。這也教導我們一個功課，我們可以面對面摸著主，經驗到祂大能的幫助，使我們得釋放。         常聽到基督徒抱怨，禱告時間味同嚼蠟，不但感受不到上帝的同在，也看不到祂的慈顏榮光，他們已盡力想進入狀況，想聽聽上帝的聲音，但結果卻是一無所獲，令人失望。         親愛的弟兄姐妹們，上帝多麼渴望你親近祂，祂極為樂意施恩，以榮光照耀你，或許雅各說的這句話，會幫助你確信上帝是喜歡與人同在的。若你能發現什麼阻擋著你，使你與上帝之間有隔闔，事情就好辦了，如此你就可想辦法解決這攔阻，使你密室的禱告生活，恢復為馨香的祭壇。惟有在你知道面對面見到上帝是什麼意思，以及在你確實感到上帝祝福的存在時，上帝的愛才會被你體驗到。         每天以這樣的禱告開始：「上帝阿！求祢使我們回轉，使祢的臉發光，我們便要得救。」（詩篇八十：19）然後默想這經文，用心體會這話語的真理與能力，直到你能像雅各一般的說：「我面對面見了上帝，我的性命仍得保全。」可記得雅各又是如何回應他內心的領悟？他說：「祢不給我祝福，我就不容祢去！」（創三十二：26）你看，他緊緊抓住上帝的應許，惟有這樣強烈的渴慕與企圖心，上帝才將自己顯現。

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PENIEL: FACE TO PACE

Scripture: "I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved."— GEN. xxxii. 30.

In these words of Jacob, uttered after he had become Israel, a Prince with God, we find expression of that which prayer meant to him. The words show us what each child of God, through the grace of God, and the power of the Holy Ghost, may experience each day. God will cause His face to shine upon us; •we shall see Him face to face, and be delivered.         How often Christians complain that they have so little expe¬rience of what it means to meet with God in prayer, and to feel the light of His countenance upon them. They have done their best, but it seems of no avail. The thoughts of the inner chamber bring a feeling of self-reproach and shame; and yet they feel quite unable' to overcome this disappointment.         Dear children of God, I bring you the message that your Father in heaven is not only willing, but greatly desirous, that the light of His countenance shall rest upon you. Perhaps the words of this book may be a help to you, by giving you that assurance. If we can find out what the reason is that you cannot break through in your prayers that you may see God face to face, then we shall know what you need in order to make your inner chamber a true Peniel. Only there will you realize what it is to meet with God, to see His face, and to feel how certain and blessed it is that His love rests upon you.         Begin with the prayer: "Turn us again, O Lord God of hosts, cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved" (Ps. Ixxx. 19), and meditate on the words. Believe firmly that you may know the power and truth of this text—only then will you be able to say with Jacob: "I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved." Remember how Jacob reached this point. He had learned to say: "7 will not let Thee go, except Thou bless me." Persevering prayer is needed to bring the soul into the steadfast conviction that God will really make Himself known.

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他 將 要 生 一 個 兒 子 ， 你 要 給 他 起 名 叫 耶 穌 ， 因 他 要 將 自 己 的 百 姓 從 罪 惡 裡 救 出 來 。這 一 切 的 事 成 就 是 要 應 驗 主 藉 先 知 所 說 的 話 ，說 ： 必 有 童 女 懷 孕 生 子 ； 人 要 稱 他 的 名 為 以 馬 內 利 。 （ 以 馬 內 利 翻 出 來 就 是 神 與 我 們 同 在 。 ）(馬 太 福 音 1:21-23)

12/22司布真每日靈修(夜) Evening by Evening

十二月二十二日

經文: 祂兒女的記號（The spot of his children）（譯者自行翻譯）（申命記三十二：5）

將上帝的兒女與世上的人分別開來的祕密記號是甚麼呢？我們若妄想自己來決定這點可就太大膽了。主告訴我們說：「凡接待祂的，就是信祂名的人，祂就賜他們權柄，作上帝的兒女。」（約一：12）我若已接受基督耶穌進入心中，那我就是上帝的孩子。我信耶穌基督的名，也就是我打心底相信那位曾被釘十架而現在已升天的救贖者。我就是至高者家庭中的一份子。若有了這些，我就有成為上帝兒女的特權。我們的主耶穌用另外一種方式說：「我的羊聽我的聲音，我也認識他們，他們也跟著我。」（約十：27）基督是祂自己羊群的牧者。只要祂一出現，祂的羊必馬上認出祂，他們信賴祂，準備隨時跟從祂。祂認識他們，他們也認識祂。他們之間有緊密的聯繫。如此一來，這記號、這確實的記號、重生與進入上帝家永不錯誤之記號，也就是對上帝所命定的救贖主之衷心信靠。你可以肯定自己已有上帝兒女的秘密記號了嗎？不要再浪費光陰了，願你現在就說：「上帝啊，求祢鑒察我，知道我的心思。」（詩一三九：23）切勿輕忽與你永恆靈魂及其目的有關之事！

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Evening, December 22

Scripture: “The spot of his children.”(Deuteronomy 32:5)

What is the secret spot which infallibly betokens the child of God? It were vain presumption to decide this upon our own judgment; but God's word reveals it to us, and we may tread surely where we have revelation to be our guide. Now, we are told concerning our Lord, “to as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to as many as believed on his name.” Then, if I have received Christ Jesus into my heart, I am a child of God. That reception is described in the same verse as believing on the name of Jesus Christ. If, then, I believe on Jesus Christ's name—that is, simply from my heart trust myself with the crucified, but now exalted, Redeemer, I am a member of the family of the Most High. Whatever else I may not have, if I have this, I have the privilege to become a child of God. Our Lord Jesus puts it in another shape. “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.” Here is the matter in a nutshell. Christ appears as a shepherd to his own sheep, not to others. As soon as he appears, his own sheep perceive him—they trust him, they are prepared to follow him; he knows them, and they know him—there is a mutual knowledge—there is a constant connection between them. Thus the one mark, the sure mark, the infallible mark of regeneration and adoption is a hearty faith in the appointed Redeemer. Reader, are you in doubt, are you uncertain whether you bear the secret mark of God's children? Then let not an hour pass over your head till you have said, “Search me, O God, and know my heart.” Trifle not here, I adjure you! If you must trifle anywhere, let it be about some secondary matter: your health, if you will, or the title deeds of your estate; but about your soul, your never-dying soul and its eternal destinies, I beseech you to be in earnest. Make sure work for eternity.

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上帝的恩典

經文: 「那些受洪恩又蒙所賜之義的，豈不更要因耶穌基督一人在生命中作王嗎？」（羅馬書五：17）

讓我們深入思想恩典寶座，對我們有何意義。因著耶穌在生命中作王，我們就可以勝過地上罪惡的權勢。         正如我們所知，得救後的生活不該起伏過大；上帝的心意是要祂的孩子們做個得勝者，而不是個軟弱的基督徒。當然，首要的條件，就是天天來到祂施恩寶座前蒙恩典。我們再看看下列的經文，就更清楚了，「律法本是外添的，叫過犯顯多，只是罪在那裡顯多，恩典就更顯多了。」（羅五：20）你看，過犯雖然多，恩典卻更大！因著讀經，我知道罪惡的勢力很大，但我確知，我心中的上帝，比罪的勢力更大。         「就如罪作王叫人死，照樣，恩典也藉著義作王，叫人因我們的主耶穌基督得永生。」（羅五：21）無論我心中惡魔的力量有多大，或是環境中罪惡的引誘有多強，我知道恩典的能力都大過這一切——「靠著愛我們的主，在這一切的事上，已經得勝有餘。」（羅八：37）這是聖經的保證，是的，那些讓耶穌在心中掌權作王的人，必過得勝的生活。         你有沒有注意到這點？那些飽得聖靈能力供應的信徒，都是天天來到施恩寶座前親近耶穌的人。喔！巴不得上帝的兒女，都能夠經歷到上帝的祝福與能力，並臨到信徒手中所作的每一件聖工上，使祂的名得榮耀。

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THE REIGN OF GRACE

Scripture: "They that receive the abundance of grace shall reign in life through Jesus Christ."—ROM. v. 17.

Let us once more think what the Throne of Grace can be to us. The grace that reigns through Jesus Christ enables us to gain the victory over sin in our life here below.         Salvation does not, as many think, mean a life of falling and rising again. No, it is God's will that His children should be con¬querors in their life here upon earth. But on one condition—that they should day by day live in the abundance of grace that is to be obtained at the Throne of Grace. Let us read again the words in which the reign of grace is revealed to us. In the verses which follow on our text this point is made clear (Rom. v. 20, 21). "The law came in beside, that the trespass might abound; but where sin abounded, grace did abound more exceedingly." Is it not won¬derful, that although sin abounds, grace is always greater and more abundant than sin can ever be. I may, by reading God's Word, have an overpowering sense of the great power of sin, but I have also the assurance that grace, as the life-power of God within me, is far more abundant and powerful.         Then these words follow: "As sin reigned in death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Whatever I may know or feel of the power of sin in the world, or in myself, I know too that grace is stronger, grace always has the victory over sin—"We are more than conquerors through Him that loved us." This is a sure word. They that receive the abundance of grace reign already in this life through Jesus Christ.         Do you not see how everything depends on appearing daily before the Throne of Grace with a deep sense of need, but fully assured that abundant grace, as the power to conquer sin, will be given us ? Oh, that God's children would realize that the footstool of the Throne of Grace is the place where each one may experience that "God is able to make all grace abound unto us, that we, always having all sufficiency in everything, may abound unto every good work!"

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因 有 一 嬰 孩 為 我 們 而 生 ； 有 一 子 賜 給 我 們 。 政 權 必 擔 在 他 的 肩 頭 上 ； 他 名 稱 為 奇 妙 策 士 、 全 能 的 神 、 永 在 的 父 、 和 平 的 君 。(以 賽 亞 書 9:6)

在 至 高 之 處 榮 耀 歸 與 神 ！ 在 地 上 平 安 歸 與 他 所 喜 悅 的 人 （ 有 古 卷 作 ： 喜 悅 歸 與 人 ） ！(路 加 福 音 2:14)

12/21 慕安德烈每日靈修 God's Best Secrets by Andrew Murray

屬天的生活

經文: 「在城裡有上帝和羔羊的寶座，祂的僕人都要事奉祂；也要見祂的面，祂的名字必寫在他們的額上。」（啟示錄廿二：3～4）

許多基督徒常來到上帝面前，為求自己的需要與好處，但他們報告完他們的難處就走掉，並沒有好好在上帝面前等候，直到上帝的恩典充滿在他們心中；因此他們也沒有經歷到上帝的榮耀權能，這如何能幫助他們晝夜行在光中呢？         但對那些具有信心眼睛的人，他們知道靠著羔羊寶血，他們已來到天國的耶路撒冷城（來十二：22～24）——對他們而言，聖經的應許已成就，世上的生活，只不過是未來天國生活的預備。         「祂的僕人都要事奉祂。」雖然尚未見到祂的榮耀，但上帝的僕人，憑信心先踏出一步，甘心服事那看不見的主，就好像整天都活在上帝的容光中。那無所不在的全能上帝，也要保守祂的僕人，在祂同在的愛裡。         這兒還有進一步的應許——祂的名字必寫在他們額上。若順服上帝的命令，上帝同在的榮光，將大大影響你的性格，甚至你的容貌。因此在凡事都能尋求主的旨意，順服祂的心意而行，自然而然就結出聖靈果子，散發耶穌基督馨香之氣，別人可以從你身上看出耶穌的形像，祂的名字也要印在你的額上。         親愛的弟兄姐妹們，每天最重要的事，就是來到施恩寶座前領受祂的恩典，同樣一件重要的事，就是因著我們專心仰望羔羊耶穌，祂的榮光就會返照在我們臉上，讓我們一整天都行在祂的光中。是的，當我們的心常默念主的名，額上銘刻著聖靈的印記，我們就要被改變成祂的形像，榮上加榮。         上帝恩准我們在祂聖潔的榮光中，認識羔羊寶座的奧秘。「祂的僕人都要事奉祂，也要見祂的面，祂的名字必寫在他們的額上。」

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THE HEAVENLY LIFE

Scripture: "The Throne of God and of the Lamb shall be therein: and His servants shall do Him service; and they shall see His face; and His name shall be on their foreheads."—REV. xxii. 3, 4.

Many Christians seek the Throne of Grace that they may find grace sufficient for their need, but they do not tarry until the grace from the Throne of God and of the Lamb fills their entire life, and enables them to walk night and day in its light, and experience the full impress of its glory.         To those who have faith in the unseen life, and know that they have come to the heavenly Jerusalem, and the blood of sprinkling (Heb. xii. 22-24)—to them the promises in our text are fulfilled. The earthly life becomes an actual experience of prepara¬tion for the heavenly life.         "His servants shall do Him service"; at first without the sight of His glory. The faithful soul finds a reward and goes a step farther, "They shall see His face." It becomes possible to walk in the light of His countenance, and to rejoice in Him the whole day. The Omnipresent One is the Almighty One, and His presence abides with His servant.         There is a further promise—"His Name shall be on their foreheads." Obedience to God's commandments, the abiding in the light of His countenance, has an influence on the character and even the appearance of the children of God. As the fruit and reward of seeking to do all in the Name of Jesus (Col. iii. 17), the likeness to His image is seen in them, and His Name is visible on their foreheads.         Dear Christian, it is a great thing to approach the Throne of Grace and to receive grace for each day. But there is a still greater blessing when the face of God and of the Lamb are revealed to our earnest gaze, and we walk each day in their light. When the Name of Christ is engraved upon our hearts and upon our foreheads, then we are changed into His image, from glory to glory, as by the Spirit of the Lord.         God grant that we may all know the Throne of Grace in its holy and sanctifying influence! "His servants shall do Him ser¬vice; and they shall see His face; and His Name shall be on their foreheads."

    

Chinese 12/20 English 慕安德烈每日靈修 God's Best Secrets by Andrew Murray 上帝與羔羊的寶座

上帝與羔羊的寶座

經文: 「天使又指示我在城內街道當中一道生命水的河，明亮如水晶，從上帝和羔羊的寶座流出來。」（啟示錄廿二：1）

這道生命河水是指什麼？當然意謂著聖靈，而這聖靈要在羔羊坐寶座後才出現。這河要往那裏流？它要流向全地，就如同經上所應許的，上帝要按信徒信心的大小、渴慕的程度，讓這活水的泉源，在信徒腹中湧出，且要湧到永生。這生命活泉是環繞著我們，但常因我們的遲鈍，以及俗事的干擾，使得我們沒有察覺到它的存在，來享用它的甘甜美好。         或許我們可用一個實例，將這真理闡釋得更明白。當馬可尼議員發現了無線電報，他發現這電訊可以傳到世界各個角落，無遠弗屆。他第一次使用電報，從英國打到義大利，這電訊橫越整個法國版圖，但那兒上百萬的百姓完全不知曉，惟有義大利的接收站才接獲這電訊。         同理，生命活泉環繞著我們，我們卻完全不知情；屬天的恩典與能力也籠罩著我們，我們也一無所知。馬可尼花了好幾年的時間瞭解無線電報的祕密，我們也只有在專心一致尋求耶穌時，我們心眼才得以打開，感受到生命活泉正從寶座羔羊處源源不絕地流出，環繞著我們，供應我們每日所需。         喔！親愛的弟兄姐妹們，「花時間」在寶座前敬拜這位羔羊，你心中將充滿榮光，也會感受到聖靈像生命活泉一樣，從你寧靜飽滿的心中湧出，不但供應你個人的需要，也賜下能力，在你助人時，不虞匱乏。這是多麼美好奇妙的生活，羔羊寶座要不斷流洩出生命活泉，滋潤我們的心靈，供應我們需要，直到永生。

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THE THRONE OF GOD AND OF THE LAMB

Scripture: "He showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the Throne of God and of the Lamb."—REV. xxii. 1.

What does the river of water of life signify? Nothing less than the Holy Spirit, which was not given until the Lamb was in the midst of the Throne.         Where does the river of the water of life flow? Through the whole earth. It gives us according to our faith and desire that which Christ has promised, a fountain springing up to eternal life. It gives streams of living water to each one who believes in Him fully. It surrounds us all, but through slowness and worldliness we are unable to grasp it and enjoy it.         This may be made clear to us by means of a parable. When Senator Marconi discovered the means for wireless telegraphy, he found that waves of ether were streaming through the whole world. He discovered that he could entrust a message to these waves, and it would be conveyed to distant places. When he sent his first message from England to Italy, it passed through France, where there were millions of people who had no idea that any such message was passing. The message was heard and understood only when it reached the reception station which had been prepared for it in Italy.         Just so are we surrounded by the waves of the river of the water of eternal life without being aware of it. Yes, the waves of heavenly grace, of life and power, of love and joy, surround us, and we know it not. Marconi spent years in trying to learn the secret of wireless telegraphy. It is only as we seek with an undivided heart that our eyes will be opened, to see that the waves of the life-stream flowing from the throne of God and the Lamb really do surround us, and are for our daily use.         O Christian, take time to worship God and the Lamb in the midst of the Throne, and to be filled with their glory, and you will realize that the Holy Spirit as a stream of living water sur¬rounds you each day, and will be in you a fountain springing up to eternal life, and as a stream flowing from you in blessing to others. How wonderful it will be to see the Lamb in the midst of the Throne of God, and the water of life, that flows from beneath the Throne.