💜《神的心意-God’s Best Secrets》20211129『重價買贖-You are Bought with A Price』— 慕安德烈(Andrew Murray)

經文: 「豈不知你們的身子就是聖靈的殿麼？這聖靈是從上帝而來，住在你們裡頭的。並且你們不是自己的人。因為你們是重價買來的，所以要在你們的身子上榮耀上帝。」— (聖經·哥林多前書 6章19-20節)

有人問：「聖靈對我們有何期望？」我們的身體是聖靈的殿，上帝的殿是神聖的，是為祂所用，我們的身體不再是屬我們自己，我們無權放縱肉體，因為我們是用耶穌寶血重價買贖回來的，聖靈有絕對的主權管理我們的身體，所以我們必須以我們的身心榮耀上帝。上帝的靈是聖潔的，祂也要我們聖潔，祂希望我們完全地順服祂。

讓我深思默想這些話語，好使我清楚明白聖靈與我之間的關係，以及祂在我身上的主權。

為了還上帝及耶穌的債，我必須在行動上順服聖靈，也就是說我們要在各樣的事上順服聖靈的帶領，因為上帝在我們身上有絕對的主權，祂希望我們每天早上來到祂面前說：「主啊，僕人在聆聽，請吩咐，我全心順服我內心的聲音。」是的，祂要求絕對的順服。

還有，祂希望我能每天花時間和祂溝通談心，我的一生全然降服於祂，祂也要使我全然成聖，結出榮耀的果子。

祂更期望我靠祂的能力，為耶穌基督作見證，並願時時都要傳福音，視鄰人歸主為己任。我們的身體是耶穌寶血重價買贖歸回的，是上帝的殿，我們理當從內心不斷湧出歌頌，一生一世讚美這位永生的上帝。

—《 神 的 心 意 》
(每日靈修 11月29日)
作者：慕安德烈
編輯：榮華興

『 You are Bought with A Price 』

Scripture: “Know ye not that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit which is in you, which ye have from God? and ye are not your own; for ye are bought with a price: glorify God, therefore, in your body.” — (1 Corinthians 6:19-20)

Here you have the reply to the question: What does the Spirit expect of me ? Your body is His temple. The temple of God is holy, devoted to His service. You are not your own, you have no right to please yourself. You have been dearly bought with the blood of Christ. The Spirit has absolute right to your whole life. Therefore you must glorify God in your body and your spirit, which are God’s. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God’s holiness, He comes to make me holy. He expects me to obey Him fully.

Let me dwell upon these words that I may comprehend clearly what the relationship must be between the Spirit and me, and what it is He has a right to expect of me. He asks that I, as one dearly bought “with the blood of Christ, and no longer my own, shall seek in all things to please Him and to follow His leading. All that I owe to God, and to the Lord Jesus, must be shown in my conduct towards the Holy Spirit. I must in all things be guided by Him, for as God He has absolute right to me. He expects me to say each morning, “Speak, Lord, Thy servant hear-eth, I yield myself to obey the prompting of Thy voice within me.” He expects absolute obedience.

Furthermore He expects that I shall keep in close touch with Him by taking time each day to renew the bond between Him and me. My whole life must be yielded to Him, that He may bring to perfection in me all His glorious fruits.

He also expects that in His strength I shall witness for Jesus Christ, and consider it my work to help to bring the souls around me to the Lord Jesus. The Spirit expects that my body, which has been dearly bought, shall be a temple of God from which adoration and praise to God the Father and His Son Jesus Christ shall continually arise.

— God’s Best Secrets by Andrew Murray
「 29 November 」