双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：9月15日 道成肉身

9月15日

道成肉身

我已经与基督同钉十字架；现在活着的，不再是我，乃是基督在我里面活着；并且我如今在肉身活着，是因信神的儿子而活，祂是爱我，为我舍己。

加拉太书2:20

耶稣不仅是基督，祂还是“神，和我们的救主”（提多书2:13）。这是一个多么令人震惊、难以理解的真理：神亲自以祂独生子的身份降临到这个地上，耶稣的道成肉身和完全的神性是基督信仰的根基。耶稣基督不仅是一位伟大的导师或神圣的宗教领袖，祂是神在人肉身中活着——完全的神和完全的人。

耶稣自己也经常见证祂的独特性和神性。祂对反对祂的人说：“还没有亚伯拉罕，就有了我”（约翰福音8:58）；这些人立即意识到这话是明显把自己当神，便试图以亵渎神为由用石头打祂。还有一次，耶稣说：“我与父原为一”（约翰福音10:30），敌对祂的人再次想用石头打祂，因为祂说：“你是个人，反将自己当作神”（约翰福音10:33）。此外，祂还展示了只有神才能有的权柄，比如赦罪（马可福音2:1-12）。在受审时，人对祂的指控是“他以自己为神的儿子”（约翰福音19:7）；当被问到祂是不是神的儿子时，祂回答说：“你们所说的是”（路加福音22:70）。

爱任纽说得好：“神的道，耶稣基督，因着祂对人的大爱，取了我们的形象，使我们能成为祂的形象。”这是一个多么发人深省、振奋人心的思考啊！

今日祷告：

天父，我感谢祢！让耶稣降临，使我成为义，像祂自己一样。我祈求祢，用祢的圣灵充满我，引导我的生活；奉耶稣的名祷告，阿们。

September 15

GOD CAME DOWN

I am crucified with Christ:nevertheless I live:yet not I,but Christ liveth in me:and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith of the Son of God,who loved me,and gave himself for me.Galatians 2:20

Jesus is not only the Christ,He is also“God,our Lord and Savior”(Titus 2:13).This is a staggering,almost incomprehensible truth:God Himself has come down on this planet in the Person of His only Son.The incarnation and the full Deity of Jesus are the cornerstones of the Christian faith.Jesus Christ was not just a great teacher or a holy religious leader.He was God Himself in human flesh-fully God and fully man.

Jesus Himself gave frequent witness to his uniqueness and divine nature.To His opponents He declared,“Before Abraham was,I am”(John 8:58).They immediately recognized this as a clear claim to divinity and tried to stone Him for blasphemy.On another occasion Jesus stated,“I and my father are one”(John 10:30),and again His enemies tried to stone him“because that thou,being a man,makest thyself God”(John 10:33).Furthermore,He demonstrated the power to do things that only God can do,such as forgive sins(Mark 2:1-12).The charge brought against Him at His trial was that‘he made himself the Son of God”(John 19:7);and when asked if He was the Son of God,He replied,“You are right in saying I am”(Luke 22:70,NIV).

Irenaeus said it well when he wrote,“The Word of God,Jesus Christ,on account of his great love for mankind,became what we are in order to make us what he is himself.”What a sobering-and exhilarating-thought that should be!

Pray for the Day:

Father,I thank You that Jesus came and made me righteous,like He Himself is.I pray that You will fill me with Your Holy Spirit and lead me in my life;in Jesus’Name,Amen.