0402 无与伦比的荣耀
…就是耶稣,打发我来叫你能看见,又被圣灵充满。《使徒行传 9:17》
当保罗恢复视力时,他也得到了对耶稣基督位格的属灵洞察力;从那时起,他整个生命和传道都完全被耶稣基督所充满——「因为我曾定了主意,在你们中间不知道别的,只知道耶稣基督并他钉十字架。」(林前 2:2)。除了耶稣基督的面容,保罗再也没有容让任何事物吸引和抓住他的思想和灵魂的注意力。
我们必须学会在我们生活中保持强大的品德,甚至达到在我们对耶稣基督的异象中所揭示的水平。
属灵人持久的特质是能够正确理解主耶稣基督在他生命中的意义,以及能够向他人解释神的旨意;他生命中最主要的激情是耶稣基督。每当你在一个人身上看到这种品质时,你就会感觉到他确实是一个合神心意的人(见使徒行传13:22)。
永远不要让任何事物转移你对耶稣基督的洞察力。这是你是否属灵的真正考验。不属灵意味着其他事物对你越来越有吸引力。
自我眼睛认定耶稣,
世界一切已无睹,
仰望悬挂十架恩主,
祂已充满我眼目。
[都归耶稣]圣诗第三段
来自章伯斯的智慧
圣经是唯一一本向我们指明罪的真实本质以及来源的书。《罪的哲学》
0402 The Glory That’s Unsurpassed
…the Lord Jesus…has sent me that you may receive your sight… —Acts 9:17
When Paul received his sight, he also received spiritual insight into the Person of Jesus Christ. His entire life and preaching from that point on were totally consumed with nothing but Jesus Christ— “For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified” (1 Corinthians 2:2). Paul never again allowed anything to attract and hold the attention of his mind and soul except the face of Jesus Christ.
We must learn to maintain a strong degree of character in our lives, even to the level that has been revealed in our vision of Jesus Christ.
The lasting characteristic of a spiritual man is the ability to understand correctly the meaning of the Lord Jesus Christ in his life, and the ability to explain the purposes of God to others. The overruling passion of his life is Jesus Christ. Whenever you see this quality in a person, you get the feeling that he is truly a man after God’s own heart (see Acts 13:22).
Never allow anything to divert you from your insight into Jesus Christ. It is the true test of whether you are spiritual or not. To be unspiritual means that other things have a growing fascination for you.
Since mine eyes have looked on Jesus,
I’ve lost sight of all besides,
So enchained my spirit’s vision,
Gazing on the Crucified.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
The Bible is the only Book that gives us any indication of the true nature of sin, and where it came from. –The Philosophy of Sin, 1107 R