双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：9月18日 信徒标志

9月18日

信徒标志

全律法都包在“爱人如己”这一句话之内了。

加拉太书5:14

当人归向神时，神就赐给他们agape的爱——于是他们就爱邻舍，不管肤色、处境如何。这就是神赐给我们的礼物——爱，它是从住在我们心里的圣灵而生的。

基督徒要彼此相爱。“你们若有彼此相爱的心，众人因此就认出你们是我的门徒了”。我们有彼此相爱的心吗？你知道使徒保罗是怎么说的吗？他在哥林多前书13章中说：“我虽能说万人的方言，并天使的话语……”用天使的方言说话！

想想成为全宇宙最伟大的演说家吧！用一千种方言，用一千种语言，用最伟大的演说家的口才说话！保罗说，除非我们有爱，agape的爱——神赐给我们的圣爱，否则我们就只是“鸣的锣或响的钹”。

假如我理解圣经，有布道的恩赐，有预言的恩赐，并且是有史以来最伟大的传道人。保罗说，若我没有爱，“就与我无益”。假如我明白各样的奥秘和知识，每天读圣经，每天把它夹在腋下，相信所有的信条。保罗说，若没有爱，我就算不得什么。

假如我有全备的信，叫我能够移山。你会说那是多么伟大的信心啊！若没有爱，我就算不得什么。

假如我把我所有的钱全部捐给慈善机构，你会说我是一个伟大的人、一个基督徒。但保罗说，若没有爱，我就算不得什么。你有这种爱吗？若没有耶稣基督在你心里，若没有圣灵在你心里，你就不能有这种爱。除非藉着圣灵的能力，否则就无法产生这种爱。这就是为什么你必须接受基督的原因，当你接受基督时，祂就要藉着圣灵赐给你能力和力量来产生这种爱。

乔治·斯威廷说：“生命减去爱等于零！”

今日祷告：

天父，藉着祢圣灵的大能，让祢的爱充满我；奉耶稣的名，阿们。

September 18

THE MARK OF A CHRISTIAN

All the law is fulfilled in one word,even in this;Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.Galatians 5:14

When men turn to God,God gives them agape love-and then they love their neighbor no matter what the color of his skin,no matter what his circumstances.This is the love that God gives as a gift,and it is produced in the heart by the Holy Spirit who lives there.

The Christian is to love fellow Christians.“By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples,if ye have love one to another.”Do we have love for one to another?Do you know what the apostle Paul said about it?He said in 1 Corinthians 13,“Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels…”Speak with the tongues of angels!

Think of being the greatest orator in all the universe!Speaking with a thousand tongues in a thousand languages with the eloquence of the greatest speakers of all time!Paul said unless we have love,agape love-the divine love that only God can give-we are only“sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal.”

Suppose I understand the Bible,have the gift of preaching,the gift of prophecy,and am the greatest preacher who ever lived.Paul said unless I have love“it profiteth me nothing.”Suppose I understand all mysteries and all knowledge,read the Bible every day,carry it under my arm every day,believe in all the creeds.Unless I have love,Paul said I am nothing.

Suppose I have such faith that I could remove mountains.You say what great faith that is!That’s nothing,unless I love.

Suppose I give all the money that I have to charity.You would say I was a great man-a Christian man.But Paul said unless I have love it is nothing.Do you have this love?Without Jesus Christ in your heart,without the Holy Spirit in your heart,you can’t have this love.You can’t produce this love except with the power of the Holy Spirit.That’s the reason why you must receive Christ,and when you do He gives you the power and the strength,through the Holy Spirit,to produce this love.

George Sweeting says,“Life minus love equals nothing!”

Pray for the Day:

Father,fill me with Your love,by the power of Your Holy Spirit;in Jesus’Name,Amen.