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恩典与记号
经文: 「耶和华──你上帝必将你心里和你后裔心里的污秽除掉，好叫你尽心尽性爱耶
和华──你的上帝，使你可以存活。」（申命记卅︰6 ）
这里我们看到真正的割礼；只有主自己可以除去我们心中的污秽，好叫我们尽
心尽性爱主我的上帝。这件事本身就是一个奇迹，若非圣灵动工，是无法做到这地步；
若人未能达到这般境界，我们内心便不得满足。
注意，这割礼是在人的内心，而非肉体。这是恩典之约最基本的标记。对上帝
的爱慕是被拣选的族类应有的记号；有了这印记，我们的名字会被列在生命册上。我们
要留意，我们对上帝的爱，不在于遵守外在仪文的规范，而是内心圣灵所施行的割礼。
这带出来的结果是什么﹖ 「使你可以存活」，若我们体贴肉体，我们就死亡
；若我们攻克己身，叫身服我，我就得着生命与平安。若我们思念上面的事，就得以存
活。喔，耶和华，我主我的上帝，愿祢浩大的恩典，不断造就我内在的生命，让祢成为
我一生完全奉献的对象。
Mark of Covenant Grace
Scripture: "And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart
of thy seed, to the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul
that thou mayest live" (Deuteronomy 30:6).
Here we read of the true circumcision. Note the author of it: "The
LORD thy God." He alone can deal effectually with our heart and take away
its carnality and pollution. To make us love God with all our heart and soul
is a miracle of grace which only the Holy Ghost can work. We must look to
the LORD alone for this and never be satisfied with anything short of it.
Note where this circumcision is wrought. It is not of the flesh but
of the Spirit. It is the essential mark of the covenant of grace. Love to
God is the indelible token of the chosen seed; by this secret seal the
election of grace is certified to the believer. We must see to it that we
trust in no outward ritual but are sealed in heart by the operation of the
Holy Ghost.
Note what the result is-"that thou mayest live." To be carnally
minded is death. In the overcoming of the flesh, we find life and peace. If
we mind the things of the Spirit, we shall live. Oh, that Jehovah, our God,
may complete His gracious work upon our inner natures, that in the fullest
and highest sense we may live unto the LORD. |
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