是归化还是重生? | 生命供应 | | 国度总是与生命有关。植物国度与植物生命有关；动物国度与动物生命有关。你若要有分于某种国度，你首先需要那个国度的生命。只有鸟才能有分于鸟的国度，因为只有鸟才有鸟的生命。照样，只有人才能有分于人的国度，因为只有人才有人的生命。因此，若无神的生命，我们怎能有分于神的国？…我们需要神圣的生命，我们需要重生。重生是进入神的国惟一的路，惟一的入门。 神圣的生命把我们带进神的国。我们都是生入人的国的。从无一人是归化到人的国中的。比方一只狗出生，就立刻在狗的国中。它知晓一切狗的事，无需人教导它作狗，说，"小狗，你必须知道你是狗，你是在狗的国中，从今以后你必须天天吠叫。"狗是在狗的国中，从出生就知道一切狗的事。这就是何以主耶稣对尼哥底母说，他必须生入神的国。我们不能借学习或归化而进入神的国。你也许可以归化为某一国的公民，但你永远不可能归化进入一个国。狗不能归化进入猫的国。假定有人对狗说，"小狗，我喜欢你，我想改一改你的国籍。从前你生入了狗的国，但是我要把你归化进入猫的国。"你若想要这样作，就会为猫的国带来极大的难处。要把狗带进猫的国，正确的办法就是用猫的生命重生狗。 我们一重生，就被迁入神的国。歌罗西一章十三节说，神"拯救了我们脱离黑暗的权势，把我们迁入祂爱子的国里。"我们是借着重生而迁入的，如今我们是在神的国里。当我们呼喊主的名，那神圣的灵就进到我们里面，重生我们，把我们生入了神的国。虽然你对神国的事知道得很少，在你里面的灵却知道这国的事。（约翰福音生命读经，一二一至一二三页。） | | 请我们先祷告 | | 主，感谢你为我们创造了人的灵，在你生机的拯救里所作的头一件事，就是重生我们的灵。至终，你使我们与你成为一灵！ | | | 我生命有何等 | 奇妙的大改变， | | | 自基督来住在我心； | 神荣耀的光辉， | | | 照耀在我魂间， | 自基督来住在我心； | | | 自基督来住在我心， | 自基督来住在我心； | | | 喜乐潮溢我魂， | 如海涛之滚滚， | | | 自基督来住在我心。 | | | 今日经节及注解： 约四27～54 | | 重点经节 | | | 耶稣回答说，我实实在在的告诉你，人若不重生，就不能见神的国。 耶稣回答说，我实实在在的告诉你，人若不是从水和灵生的，就不能进神的国。 从肉体生的，就是肉体；从那灵生的，就是灵 。 | | 问答: | 1、 重生的真义为何？（参读 约三2注1。） 2、 请说明从那灵生的就是灵？（参读 约三6注2。） 3、 我们该如何敬拜神？（参读 约四24注3。） | | Let's Pray: | | Lord, You have created for us a human spirit, and You regenerated our spirit. Eventually, Lord, You put Yourself as such a Spirit in our spirit and mingled with our spirit. Lord, we praise you. | | ¡¡ | What a wonderful change in my life has been wrought
Since Jesus came into my heart!
I have light in my soul for which long I had sought,
Since Jesus came into my heart!
Since Jesus came into my heart!
Since Jesus came into my heart!
Floods of joy o'er my soul like the sea billows roll,
Since Jesus came into my heart! | | Today's Verses and Footnotes: John 4:27-54 | | Key Verse: | | John 3:3 | Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, Unless one is born anew, he cannot see the kingdom of God. | | John 3:5 | ... Unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. | | John 3:6 | That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. | | Life Supply: | | A kingdom is always related to life. The vegetable kingdom is related to the vegetable life, and the animal kingdom is related to the animal life. If you want to share in a certain kind of kingdom, you first need the life of that kingdom. Only birds can partake of the bird kingdom because only they have the life of a bird. Likewise, only men can participate in the human kingdom because only they have a human life. So, without the life of God, how could we ever share the kingdom of God? .. We need the divine life. We need to be born again. Regeneration is the only way, the unique entrance, into the kingdom of God. The divine life brings us into the kingdom of God. We were all born into the human kingdom. No one has ever been naturalized into the kingdom of man. For example, when a dog is born, he immediately finds himself in the dog kingdom. He knows everything about being a dog. There is no need for anyone to teach him to be a dog, saying, "Little dog, you must know that you are a dog, that you are in the dog kingdom, and that from now on you must bark every day." A dog is in the dog kingdom and knows all about being a dog by birth. This is why the Lord Jesus told Nicodemus that he had to be born into the kingdom of God. We cannot enter into the kingdom of God by learning or by being naturalized. Although you may be naturalized to be a citizen of a particular nation, you can never be naturalized into a kingdom. A dog cannot be naturalized into the cat kingdom. Suppose someone would say to a dog, "Little dog, I like you. I want to change your nationality. You were born into the dog kingdom, but I want to naturalize you into the cat kingdom." If you try to do this, you will cause the cat kingdom a great deal of trouble. The correct way to bring a dog into the cat kingdom is to regenerate the dog with the life of a cat. When we were regenerated, we were translated into the kingdom of God. Colossians 1:13 says that God "delivered us out of the authority of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love." We were translated by being regenerated and now we are in the kingdom of God. When we called on the name of the Lord, the divine Spirit came into us, regenerating us and causing us to be born into the kingdom of God. Although you may know very little about the kingdom of God, your spirit within you knows about the kingdom. (Life-Study of John, pp. 107-109) | | Tomorrow: Having Passed out of Death Into Life |
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