双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：6月22日 重生得救

6月22日

重生得救

“耶稣回答说：「我实实在在地告诉你，人若不重生，就不能见神的国。」”

约翰福音3:3

我们无法解释肉体生命的奥秘，但是我们接受生命的事实。是什么阻止我们接受基督属灵生命这一事实呢？

正如神将生命细胞植入一粒微小的橡树种子使它长成一棵参天大树，使母腹中的婴儿产生心跳，使天体星宿有序地运转，祂也将属灵的生命种植在一切因着耶稣基督而热切寻求祂的人心中。

这并不是假设，而是事实。但是，这是否在你身上发生了呢？你是否得到了重生呢？如果还没有，你不仅不能进天国，你也在欺骗自己，错失了人类最重要、最伟大的经验。

这个重生是一种永生。圣经说，“你们蒙了重生，不是由于能坏的种子，乃是由于不能坏的种子，是借着神活泼常存的道。”（彼得前书1:23）我们肉身的生命在死亡时得已完成，但是如果我们重生，死亡就成为永恒那光明的开端。

有位不知名的作家说过：“倘若没有重生，倒不如从未出生。”阿们。

今日祷告：

天父，感谢祢赐予我们耶稣的新生命。我们祈求祢用祢的圣灵引导我们过正义的生活；奉耶稣的名，阿们。

June 22

THE NECESSITY OF THE NEW BIRTH

Jesus answered him,“Truly,truly,I say to you,unless one is born anew,he cannot see the kingdom of God.”John 3:3,RSV

We cannot explain the mystery of our physical birth,but we accept the fact of life.What is it that keeps us from accepting the fact of spiritual life in Christ?

Just as surely as God implants the life cell in the tiny seed that produces the mighty oak,and as surely as He instills the heartbeat in the life of the tiny infant yet unborn,as surely as He puts motion into the planets,stars,and heavenly bodies,He implants His divine life in the hearts of men who earnestly seek Him through Christ.

This is not conjecture;it is a fact.But has it happened to you?Have you been twice born?If you have not been,you are not only unfit for the kingdom of God-you are cheating yourself out of the greatest,the most revolutionary experience known to man.

This new birth is an eternal birth.The Bible says,“Being born again,not of corruptible seed,but of incorruptible,by the word of God,which liveth and abideth forever”(I Peter 1:23).Our physical birth in life is consummated at death;but if we have been born again,death becomes the bright threshold of eternity.

That unknown writer who said,“Better never to have been born at all,than never to have been born again,”never uttered a truer statement.

Pray for the Day:

Father,thank You for the new life that is in Jesus.We pray that You will lead us by Your Holy Spirit to lead righteous lives;in Jesus’Name.