0529 無憂的關係
到那日，你們要奉我的名祈求…父自己愛你們… 《約翰福音16:26-27》
「到那日，你們要奉我的名求……」，即在「我的」本性中，不是「你將把我的名字當作某種神奇魔法之詞來使用」，而是「你將與我如此親密，以至於你與我合而為一」。「那日」，不是來世的某一日，而是在此時此地的日子。 「因為父自己愛你們」——天父的愛是我們與耶穌完全和絕對合一的證據。我們的主並不是說我們的生活會免於外在的困難和不確定性，而是正如祂認識天父的心意一樣，我們也可以藉着聖靈的洗禮被祂提升到天上，這樣祂就可以向我們揭示神的教導。
「…你們奉我的名向父求什麼…」（約翰福音 16:23）。 「那日」是平安之日，也是神與祂的聖徒之間無憂無慮的關係之日。正如耶穌站在祂的父面前毫無瑕疵、純潔一樣，我們憑藉聖靈洗禮的大能和效力，也可以被提升到那關係中，「使他們合而為一，像我們合而為一。」（約翰福音 17:22）。
「…祂必賜給你們。」（約翰福音 16:23）。耶穌說，因着祂的名，神會認出並回應我們的禱告。何等偉大的挑戰和邀請——奉祂的名禱告！藉着耶穌復活和昇天的大能，並藉着祂所差來的聖靈，我們可以被提升到這樣的關係中。一旦處於這種美妙的位置，被耶穌基督安置於此地位上，我們就可以奉耶穌的名——按照祂的本性——向神禱告，這是透過聖靈賜給我們的禮物。耶穌說：「…你們奉我的名，無論向父求什麼，祂必賜給你們。」耶穌基督至高無上的品德，是被祂自己的話語所檢驗和證明。
來自章伯斯的智慧
信心永遠不知道它被引導到哪裡，但它熱愛並認識那位引領者。《竭誠為主》，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. 《竭誠為主》, March 19, 761 L