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不以主名为耻
经文: 「凡在人面前认我的，我在我天上的父面前也必认他。」（马太福音十︰32）
何等宝贵的应许！承认主名是何等喜悦的事。无论我是如何地不完全，但我绝
不以承认耶稣为羞耻，或是不敢宣告祂在十字架上所成就的大工。喔，主啊，我愿把我
心中对祢公义的认知表彰出来。
这应许所呈现在我面前的画面是何等甜美！仇敌或许会打击我，朋友或许会遗
弃我，但是主是永远不会离弃祂的仆人。无疑地，主现在已承认我是属祂的人，但更宝
贵的，将来有一天，我要站在天父的宝座前，到那时，耶稣要在上帝面前称许我︰「这
人是真正信靠我的人，为我名的缘故他甘愿受逼迫，所以我要认他是我的人。」若一个
人成为一位伟大的骑士，能荣膺女王所赐的勋章，这是何等的光荣；但若比起我能在上
帝面前被耶稣承认这件事，骑士的光就微不足道。主啊，切莫让我如此懦弱，在人面前
沉默，不敢在人前认祢。想想祢都乐意认我是属祢的羊，我难道更不该以夸祢的名为荣？
Never Ashamed
Scripture: "Whosoever therefore shall confess Me before men, him will I
confess also before My Father which is in Heaven" (Matthew 10:32).
Gracious promise! It is a great joy to me to confess my LORD.
Whatever my faults may be, I am not ashamed of Jesus, nor do I fear to
declare the doctrines of His cross. O LORD, I have not hid Thy righteousness
within my heart.
Sweet is the prospect which the text sets before me! Friends forsake
and enemies exult, but the LORD does not disown His servant. Doubtless my
LORD will own me even here and give me new tokens of His favorable regard.
But there comes a day when I must stand before the great Father. What bliss
to think that Jesus will confess me then! He will say, "This man truly
trusted Me and was willing to be reproached for My name's sake; and
therefore I acknowledge him as Mine." The other day a great man was made a
knight, and the Queen handed him a jeweled garter; but what of that? It will
be an honor beyond all honors for the LORD Jesus to confess us in the
presence of the divine Majesty in the heavens. Never let me be ashamed to
own my LORD. Never let me indulge a cowardly silence or allow a fainthearted
compromise. Shall I blush to own Him who promises to own me? |
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