双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：6月26日 神是个灵

6月26日

神是个灵

“神是个灵，所以拜祂的必须用心灵和诚实拜祂。”

（约翰福音4:24）

圣经说，神是个灵。约翰福音记载，耶稣在叙加井边与一位妇女谈道。祂直接明了地讲述了神，祂说：“神是个灵。”你也许立刻会想到一团模糊的雾气，但那不是神的写照。

如果想知道灵是什么，我可以从基督复活后所说的话找到答案：“摸我看看；魂无骨无肉，你们看我是有的。”所以我知道，灵是没有形体的。换句话说，灵是“非肉体的”。灵与肉体是相对的，灵不受肉体限制和束缚，灵与肉体不同，是不可穿戴的，也不能像肉体一样可以改变。

圣经说，神是个灵，不受肉体的限制：祂不受外形、力量、界限的限制，是绝对不可测度，是有限的肉眼无法分辨的。圣经说，因为神没有这样的限制，所以祂可以于同一时间无所不在。

我在北卡罗来纳州夏洛特的一个长老会小教会里长大。十岁之前，我的母亲让我背诵“简要教义问答”。在那问答中，我们被要求对神下一个定义。我们得到的答案是：“神是个灵——无限、永恒、不变。”

这三个词完美地描述了神：祂是无限的——不受肉体束缚；祂是永恒的——祂无始无终、自有永有；祂是不变的——“在祂并没有改变，也没有转动的影儿。”（雅各书1:17）。

人会变，时尚会变，条件和环境会变，但神永不改变。耶稣基督昨日、今日、直到永远，都不会改变。

今日祷告：

天父，祢永不改变，所以我们倚靠祢。我们知道祢是信实的，祢永远真实。祷告奉主耶稣基督的名，阿们。

June 26

GOD IS A SPIRIT

God is a Spirit;and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.John 4:24

The Bible declares God to be Spirit.In the gospel of John,Jesus is talking to a woman at the well of Sychar.He makes a straightforward statement about God;He says simply,“God is a Spirit.”Immediately you imagine a sort of cloudy vapor.But that is not a picture of God.

If I want to know what a spirit is,I can find out from these words of Christ after His resurrection:“Come and touch Me and see,for a spirit has no flesh and bones such as ye see Me have.”So I know that spirit is incorporeal-in other words,it is“unbody.”Spirit is contrary to body.Spirit is opposite to body.Spirit is something that is not limited by a body.Spirit is not bound in a body.Spirit is not wearable as a body.Spirit is not changeable as a body.

The Bible declares that God is Spirit,that He is not limited to body:He is not limited to shape;He is not limited to force;He is not limited to boundaries or bonds;He is absolutely immeasurable and indiscernible to eyes that are limited to physical things.The Bible declares that because God has no such limitations He can be everywhere at the same time.

I was reared in a small Presbyterian church in Charlotte,North Carolina.Before I was ten years of age my mother made me memorize the“shorter catechism.”In that catechism we were asked to define God.The answer we learned was,“God is a Spirit-infinite,eternal,and unchangeable.”

Those three words beautifully describe God.He is infinite-not body-bound.Eternal-He has no beginning and no ending.He is the one forever self-existent.The Bible declares that He never changes-that there is no variableness or shadow of tuning with Him(James 1:17).

People change,fashions change,conditions and circumstances change,but God never changes.Jesus Christ is the same yesterday,today,and forever.

Pray for the Day:

Father,You are always the same,and so we rely on You.We know that You are faithful and that You are always true;in Jesus’Name.