《基督是我們生命的訣要》第六日 永遠同在的生命

  

    「父要另外賜給你們一位保惠師，叫祂永遠與你們同在.....因祂常與你們同在，也要在你們裏麵。」（約十四：16，17） 

    我們通常想到主耶穌內住的應許，因基督清清楚楚的說：「你們要常在我裏麵，我也常在你們裏麵。」「常在我的愛裏。」（約十五章）這些「常在」，內住之意的應許為聖靈在我們心中證明及實現。我們再看一次這段經文，基督內住在我們心裏，我們在祂裏麵——「你們在我裏麵，我在你們裏麵」——同依靠在聖靈的內住，所以我們領悟聖靈永遠內住是最重要的課題。 

    我們唯一能做的，就是每天在永遠內住的聖靈裏，藉著更新無罪信心來朝見神，這位保惠師是當耶穌無法以肉身與門徒同在時來遞補祂的地位，在任何時候以屬天的安慰來安慰我們，藉著聖靈耶穌住在我們心裏，賜給我們生活有力量，教導我們使我們靠祂行事。這是屬於我們的應許，自然我們天天在基督裏與神親近，如此就能重新得力去影響並賜福別人。 

    哦！我的弟兄！把今天獻給三而一的神，花時間去敬拜父神和基督，把自己完全交托給聖靈，讓祂管理，讓祂在你身上完成那大工，使基督內住在你裏麵。

“The Father shall give you another Comforter, that He may be with you for ever... He abideth with you, and shall be in you.” ---JOHN xiv. I6, I7. 

We usually think of the abiding Presence of the Lord Jesus as promised to us. Christ distinctly says, “Abide in Me and I in you,” “Abide ye in My love” (John xv.). In to-day’s text He speaks of “abiding” as evidence of the indwelling and work of the Holy Spirit. Read the text over again, and you will see that Christ abiding in us and our abiding in Him –“ye in Me, and I in you” –is altogether dependent upon the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Therefore it is of the greatest importance that we rightly grasp the fact of the ever-abiding indwelling of the Holly Spirit.

    This can only be done, each day as we appear in God’s Presence, by renewing and confessing our faith in the ever-abiding indwelling of the Spirit. It was as the Comforter that He was to compensate the disciples for the absence of Christ’s physical Presence, and with this heavenly comfort He comforts us each hour. It is through Him we have Christ in our hearts, a living mighty force, animating and enlightening us and filling our lives. This can be ours if we come into touch with God in Christ each day, thus receiving fresh power to influence and bless others.

    Oh, my brother! Begin the day with the Triune God. Take time to worship God in Christ. Take time to yield yourself to the Holy Spirit, and to count upon Him to accomplish a great work in you by making Christ ever present in you.