你必得能力-第13章

  1月12日 赐生命的汁浆

你必得能力-第13章

  Life-giving Sap, January 12

你必得能力-第13章

  “亚波罗在哥林多的时候，保罗经过了上边一带地方，就来到以弗所，在那里遇见几个门徒，问他们说：‘你们信的时候受了圣灵没有？’他们回答说：‘没有，也未曾听见有圣灵赐下来’”（徒19:1,2）。[1]

你必得能力-第13章

  And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples, he said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost.Acts 19:1, 2.{YRP 20.1}[1]

你必得能力-第13章

  今日也有许多人像以弗所人一样，不知道圣灵的工作；但是在上帝的话中所教导的真理没有比这更为清楚了。众先知和使徒都曾详细论述这个题目。基督曾亲自叫我们注意植物的生长来说明圣灵维持属灵生活的力量。葡萄树的液汁怎样从树根上升，传到枝梢，维持树的生长并使之开花结果，照样，圣灵赐生命的能力发源于救主，而充满我们的心灵，更新我们动机和情感，使我们所有的心思意念都顺服上帝的旨意，并使我们能结出圣洁行为的宝贵果实来。{YRP 20.1}[2]

你必得能力-第13章

  There are today many as ignorant of the Holy Spirit’s work upon the heart as were those believers in Ephesus; yet no truth is more clearly taught in the Word of God. Prophets and apostles have dwelt upon this theme. Christ Himself calls our attention to the growth of the vegetable world as an illustration of the agency of His Spirit in sustaining spiritual life. The sap of the vine, ascending from the root, is diffused to the branches, sustaining growth and producing blossoms and fruit. So the life-giving power of the Holy Spirit, proceeding from the Saviour, pervades the soul, renews the motives and affections, and brings even the thoughts into obedience to the will of God, enabling the receiver to bear the precious fruit of holy deeds.{YRP 20.2}[2]

你必得能力-第13章

  这种属灵生活的创始者是人眼所看不见的，而且赐人这种生命和维护这种生命的一定方法，也不是人类的哲学所能解释的。但圣灵的运行是与上帝的话相符的。肉体的生命怎样，属灵的生命也是怎样。肉体的生命时时刻刻蒙上帝能力的保守，但不是由于直接的神迹，而是藉着充分运用我们所能得到的恩典来维持的。照样，属灵的生命也是藉着上帝所已经供给我们的方法来维持的。如果基督的门徒愿意“长大成人，满有基督长成的身量”（弗4:13），他就必须吃生命的粮，喝救恩的水。他必须警醒，祈祷，作工，并在万事上注意上帝在圣经中的教训。（AA 284）{YRP 20.2}[3]

你必得能力-第13章

  The Author of this spiritual life is unseen, and the exact method by which that life is imparted and sustained, it is beyond the power of human philosophy to explain. Yet the operations of the Spirit are always in harmony with the written Word. As in the natural, so in the spiritual world. The natural life is preserved moment by moment by divine power; yet it is not sustained by a direct miracle, but through the use of blessings placed within our reach. So the spiritual life is sustained by use of those means that Providence has supplied. If the follower of Christ would grow up “unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ” (Ephesians 4:13), he must eat of the bread of life and drink of the water of salvation. He must watch and pray and work, in all things giving heed to the instructions of God in His Word.—The Acts of the Apostles, 284, 285.{YRP 20.3}[3]

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