0529 无忧的关系
到那日，你们要奉我的名祈求…父自己爱你们… 《约翰福音16:26-27》
「到那日，你们要奉我的名求……」，即在「我的」本性中，不是「你将把我的名字当作某种神奇魔法之词来使用」，而是「你将与我如此亲密，以至于你与我合而为一」。「那日」，不是来世的某一日，而是在此时此地的日子。 「因为父自己爱你们」——天父的爱是我们与耶稣完全和绝对合一的证据。我们的主并不是说我们的生活会免于外在的困难和不确定性，而是正如祂认识天父的心意一样，我们也可以借着圣灵的洗礼被祂提升到天上，这样祂就可以向我们揭示神的教导。
「…你们奉我的名向父求什么…」（约翰福音 16:23）。 「那日」是平安之日，也是神与祂的圣徒之间无忧无虑的关系之日。正如耶稣站在祂的父面前毫无瑕疵、纯洁一样，我们凭借圣灵洗礼的大能和效力，也可以被提升到那关系中，「使他们合而为一，像我们合而为一。」（约翰福音 17:22）。
「…祂必赐给你们。」（约翰福音 16:23）。耶稣说，因着祂的名，神会认出并回应我们的祷告。何等伟大的挑战和邀请——奉祂的名祷告！借着耶稣复活和升天的大能，并借着祂所差来的圣灵，我们可以被提升到这样的关系中。一旦处于这种美妙的位置，被耶稣基督安置于此地位上，我们就可以奉耶稣的名——按照祂的本性——向神祷告，这是透过圣灵赐给我们的礼物。耶稣说：「…你们奉我的名，无论向父求什么，祂必赐给你们。」耶稣基督至高无上的品德，是被祂自己的话语所检验和证明。
来自章伯斯的智慧
信心永远不知道它被引导到哪里，但它热爱并认识那位引领者。《竭诚为主》，3月19日
0529 Untroubled Relationship
In that day you will ask in My name…for the Father Himself loves you… —John 16:26-27
“In that day you will ask in My name…,” that is, in My nature. Not “You will use My name as some magic word,” but— “You will be so intimate with Me that you will be one with Me.” “That day” is not a day in the next life, but a day meant for here and now. “…for the Father Himself loves you…”— the Father’s love is evidence that our union with Jesus is complete and absolute. Our Lord does not mean that our lives will be free from external difficulties and uncertainties, but that just as He knew the Father’s heart and mind, we too can be lifted by Him into heavenly places through the baptism of the Holy Spirit, so that He can reveal the teachings of God to us.
“…whatever you ask the Father in My name…” (John 16:23). “That day” is a day of peace and an untroubled relationship between God and His saint. Just as Jesus stood unblemished and pure in the presence of His Father, we too by the mighty power and effectiveness of the baptism of the Holy Spirit can be lifted into that relationship— “…that they may be one just as We are one…” (John 17:22).
“…He will give you” (John 16:23). Jesus said that because of His name God will recognize and respond to our prayers. What a great challenge and invitation— to pray in His name! Through the resurrection and ascension power of Jesus, and through the Holy Spirit He has sent, we can be lifted into such a relationship. Once in that wonderful position, having been placed there by Jesus Christ, we can pray to God in Jesus’ name— in His nature. This is a gift granted to us through the Holy Spirit, and Jesus said, “…whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you.” The sovereign character of Jesus Christ is tested and proved by His own statements.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
Faith never knows where it is being led, but it loves and knows the One Who is leading. 《竭诚为主》, March 19, 761 L