經文: 「基督是我們的生命，祂顯現的時候，你們也要與祂一同顯現在榮耀裡。」— (聖經·歌羅西書 3章4節)
始祖亞當犯罪後，「死」就進入亞當及他的後裔，但上帝應許將有一人為女子所生，祂要打敗撒但、征服死亡。這人就是上帝的兒子，聖經中稱祂為第二個亞當 -「亞當乃是那以後要來之人的預像。」(聖經·羅馬書 5章14節) 這第二個亞當在各方面都像極第一個亞當。
第一個亞當不僅帶來罪惡與死亡的咒詛，也遺傳給後代原罪的特性，這活潑、頑強的老我天性，使得人類無法脫離罪惡的權勢。同樣的，第二個亞當耶穌基督藉著祂的死，毀壞死亡的權勢，祂自己也進到被贖之人的心中，成為祂兒女的新生命，幫助他們戰勝罪惡的挾制。
我們常以為基督耶穌住在天上，從那兒觀看眷顧祂地上的子民。但祂在離世前的最後一個晚上，教訓祂的門徒說：「我父怎樣在我身上做工，我照樣在你們心中做工。」整個福音的本質可用以下的話涵蓋：「基督是我的生命。」「基督活在我裡面。」你不覺得耶穌活在你心中嗎？
許多基督徒忘記這一點，他們相信耶穌為人類死在十字架上，現在坐在天堂為他們禱告，但他們很難相信耶穌正活在他們心中，以致靈命軟弱，教會的光景冷淡。若要教會復興，福音興旺，首先我們必須要明白全能的上帝是住在我們心裡，我們能夠經歷祂復活的大能。我們要學習明白何謂毫無保留地將自己完全獻上，讓我們與祂完全地相契合，祂就藉由我們這器皿，來完成祂的聖工。「對我而言，活著就是基督，基督也活在我裡面。」
—《 神 的 心 意 》
(每日靈修 11月7日)
作者：慕安德烈
編輯：榮華興
『 GOD’s Plan of Salvation 』
Scripture: “When Christ, who is our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with Him be manifested in glory.” — ( Colossians 3:4)
After Adam had sinned, and brought death upon himself and his descendants, God gave the promise that a man born of woman should conquer the power of Satan and Sin. This Man, who was the Son of God, the Bible calls the Second Adam – ” Adam, who is the figure of Him that was to come.” (Rom. 5:14) The second Adam was in every respect to be like the first.
Adam not only brought the curse of sin and death upon his descendants, but actually bequeathed to them a life which was the cause of their being wholly dominated by evil. In this way, the old sinful nature of Adam survived in his descendants. The old nature lived in them and held sway. Likewise Christ by His death not only delivered us from the power of sin and death, but He Himself lives in each of His redeemed ones and is their life.
We are too apt to think of Christ as in Heaven, and from there living for and through us; but the last night He was on earth He taught that as His Father lived and worked in Him here on earth, even so would He dwell in us and work in us. The full Gospel is contained in these words: “Christ is our life.” “Christ lives in me.” “Know ye not that Jesus Christ is in you?”
Many Christians forget this. They believe Christ died on the cross for them, and lives in Heaven for them, but hardly that Christ is in them. The powerlessness of the Church is mainly due to this. We do not realize that the Almighty Christ dwells in us. We must know and experience and testify to this great truth if there is to be a real and lasting revival in the Church of Christ. Then we shall know what it means to give ourselves wholly to Christ, always to abide in fellowship with Him, that His work may be accomplished through us. “Christ liveth in me, To me to live is Christ.”
— God’s Best Secrets by Andrew Murray
「 7 November 」
