《基督是我們生命的訣要》第十六日 與神相交

    「我們將所看見所聽見的傳給你們，使你們與我們相交，我們乃是與父並祂兒子耶穌基督相交。」（約壹一：3）

 

    與神相交是福音獨特的福份，基督為我們死了，「把我們帶到神麵前」，正如浪子回到父家，他的生命也就住在父親的愛中。基督獻出了寶血，為我開了一條又新又活的路，使我們來到至聖所，我們能在父神的光中行走，祂給我們的應許是：「他們要在主的光中行走，整天因著祂的名而喜樂。」與神同行，自然能喜樂，也正如在陽光中行走，一個與神相交不間斷的生命—這就是福音。

      與神相交是傳道人的主題，如果傳道人僅以傳講有關悔改、罪得赦免以及死後的穩妥的真理為滿足，那他的工作可算是可悲的失敗。基督徒必須要經歷與神相交的真理，藉此得到經歷聖潔生活的保證，約翰使徒的信息是：與父神並祂兒子耶穌基督相交。

      與神相交是傳道人唯一能力的來源，假如與神交通是福音中的福份，這就是傳道人傳講的負擔，然後傳道人一定會跟著以自己的生活指出這是可能的事，並說到與神同行所蒙的福，隻有自己來經歷才知道這是最蒙福並有完全的喜樂，一個與父神並祂兒子相交的人，使以生活來見證，並與他人有相同喜樂的交通，神能幫助你我如此做。每天首先找一段安靜的時間，與父神並祂兒子耶穌基督交通，然後做一天的工作，並領人歸向基督，這樣你也在全備福音的事工上獻上一份力量。

SIXTEENTH DAY. Fellowship with God.

“That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: yea, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ.” –I JOHN i. 3.

 Fellowship with God is the unique blessing of the Gospel. Christ died for us “that He might bring us to God,” that the prodigal son might return to the father’s house, and to a life in his father’s love. By His blood He dedicated for us a new and living way into the holy place where we may walk in the light of God. The promise is, “They shall walk, O Lord, in the light of Thy countenance. In Thy name shall they rejoice all the day.” Our walk with God may be as natural and as joyful as a walk in the sunshine. A life of unbroken fellowship with God—this is the Gospel.

    Fellowship with God is the preacher’s theme. If preachers are content to speak only of conversion, forgiveness of sin, and safety after death, they will fail grievously in their work. Christians must be educated to practice the Presence of God, to have fellowship with God, thereby ensuring holy living. This was the Apostle John’s message: Fellowship with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ.

    Fellowship with God is the preacher’s only source of power. If fellowship with God is the blessing of the Gospel, and the burden of the minister’s preaching, then it follows the preacher must show in his own life the possibility and blessing of such a walk with God. Experiencing it himself, he is able to tell others of it as most blessed and full of joy. A life of close fellowship with the Father and with the Son, lived by the preacher, gives him the right to win others to the same joyous fellowship. What God can do for me He can do for you. May fellowship with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ be our daily life, first in the quiet hour, then in our daily duties, and finally in winning souls for Christ that they too may share this full salvation.