經文: 「耶穌進前來，對他們說：天上地下所有的權柄都賜給我了。」— [聖經·馬太福音 28章18節]
耶穌吩咐門徒往普天下傳福音之前，祂向門徒們顯明祂是與全能的上帝同工。憑藉信心，門徒可從耶穌那裡得能力，大膽地去傳福音；並且門徒們也經歷到上帝復活的大能，那是可戰勝死亡與罪惡的浩大能力。是的，在上帝沒有難成的事，因為萬物都伏在祂的腳下，門徒們也有份於上帝的能力與生命。
若想不隨從世界的思潮，有份於上帝的勝利，信徒們需要時間、信心及聖靈的幫助，全心委身於救主耶穌，如同作祂的僕人，行祂所吩咐的事，並經歷到「靠主堅強穩固」，堅信上帝必照祂所應許的，賜給那信靠祂的人勇氣力量，模造成聖經所要求的那個樣式。
想想耶穌的門徒們，從耶穌身上所看到所學到的事情，這些神蹟能力的表彰，其實還不算什麼；聖經應許耶穌現在要藉著信靠祂的人，作更大的事。祂能在軟弱的人身上，顯出祂大能的作為；祂能化腐朽為神奇；祂能將敵人作為手中的工具；君王的心在祂的手中，也如隴溝的水隨意流轉；總之，在上帝眼中沒有難成的事，沒有祂推不動的石頭。
但我們要搞清楚，這能力並非「神仙棒」，我們想要怎麼支配，就怎麼支配；惟有當耶穌住在我們心裡，作工在我們裡面，我們所傳的道、所做的見證，才帶有能力，才能感動人心。就如同耶穌對保羅說的：「我的能力，是在人的軟弱上顯得完全。」(哥林多後書 12章9節)；因此保羅也能說出：「因我什麼時候軟弱，什麼時候就剛強了。」（哥林多後書 12章10節)身為耶穌的門徒，當了解一切的能力，都來自於耶穌，離了祂我們就不能作什麼。我們時時刻刻都需要耶穌，同時也能夠經驗到上帝寶貴應許的實際：「我就常與你們同在，直到世界的末了。」(馬太福音 28章20節)，阿們。
—《 神 的 心 意 》
[每日靈修 7月7日]
作者：慕安德烈
編輯：榮華興
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『 The Omnipotence of Christ 』
Scripture: “And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.” — [Matthew 28:18]
Before Christ gave His disciples their Great Commission to begin that great world conquest which should aim at bringing His Gospel to every creature. He first revealed Himself in His divine power as a partner with God Himself, the Almighty One. It was the faith of this that enabled the disciples to undertake the work in all simplicity and boldness. They had begun to know Him in that mighty resurrection power, which had conquered sin and death; there was nothing too great for Him to command or for them to undertake.
Every disciple of Jesus Christ who desires to take part in the victory that overcometh the world needs time, and faith, and the Holy Spirit, to come under the full conviction that it is as the servant of the omnipotent Lord Jesus that he is to take his part in the work. He is to count literally upon the daily experience of being “strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.” The word of promise gives the courage to obey implicitly the word of command.
Just think of what the disciples had learned to know of the power of Christ Jesus here on earth. And yet that was but a little thing as compared with the greater works that He was now to do in and through them. He has the power to work even in the feeblest of His servants with the strength of the Almighty God. He has power even to use their apparent impotence to carry out His purposes. He has the power over every enemy and every human heart, over every difficulty and danger.
But let us remember that this power is never meant to be experienced as if it were our own. It is only as Jesus Christ as a living Person dwells and works with His divine energy in our own heart and life that there can be power in our preaching as a personal testimony. It was when Christ had said to Paul, “My strength is made perfect in weakness,” that he could say, what he never learned to say before, “When I am weak, then am I strong.” It is the disciple of Christ who understands aright that all the power has been entrusted to Him, to be received from Him hour by hour, who will feel the need and experience the power of that precious word: “Lo, I am with you alway.” the Almighty One.
— God’s Best Secrets by Andrew Murray
「 7 July 」
