双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：10月8日 救恩概要

10月8日

救恩概要

既有人的样子，就自己卑微，存心顺服，以至于死，且死在十字架上。

腓立比书2:8

基督福音的核心在于道成肉身和赎罪，在于十字架和复活。耶稣是为死而生，藉着十字架和复活为人类做到了人类自己无法做到的事。

今天，我们寻找人造的哲学妙方。每个学术中心都在研讨和辩论，寻找终极智慧及其带来的幸福，但还是没找到解决的方法。我们仍在纠结于柏拉图和亚里士多德所关注的哲学问题。

我们正寻找摆脱困境的出路，而看到的普遍标志是“没有出路”。但在我们的困境中十字架是我们唯一的希望。在这里，我们发现了神的公义得到了完全的满足——神的怜悯临到罪人身上——神的爱满足每个需要——神的能力应对了每个急难——神的荣耀彰显于每个场合。这是足以改变人性和改变世界的能力。

1661年去世的伟大的苏格兰神学家和牧师塞缪尔·卢瑟福说得好：“基督的十字架，就其长度而言，指向天与地，使二者和解；就其宽度而言，指向以前的世代和随后的世代，对二者都是同样的救恩。”使徒保罗确实给了我们救赎的纲要，他写道：“祂既有人的样子，就自己卑微，存心顺服，以至于死，且死在十字架上。”（腓立比书2:8）

今日祷告：

天父，感谢祢！差遣祢的儿子耶稣为我们而死，使我们得以存活。我们祈愿跟随耶稣，向自己死，向基督活；奉耶稣的名，阿们。

October 8

THE SUMMARY OF SALVATION

And being found in fashion as a man,be humbled himself,and became obedient unto death,even the death of the cross.Philippians 2:8

The heart of the Christian Gospel with its incarnation and atonement is in the Cross and the resurrection.Jesus was born to die.Jesus did for man what man cannot do for himself.He did it through the Cross and the resurrection.

Today we look for man-made philosophical panaceas.Discussions and debates go on in every center of learning in a search for ultimate wisdom and its resultant happiness.No solution has been found.We still wrestle with the same philosophical problems that concerned Plato and Aristotle.

We are searching for a way out of our dilemma,and the universal sign we see is“no exit.”But the Cross presents itself in the midst of our dilemma as our only hope.Here we find the justice of God in perfect satisfaction-the mercy of God extended to the sinner-the love of God covering every need-the power of God for every emergency-the glory of God for every occasion.Here is power enough to transform human nature.Here is power enough to change the world.

Samuel Rutherford,the great Scottish theologian and pastor who died in 1661,put it well when he wrote,“The cross of Christ,on which He was extended,points,in the length of it,to heaven and earth,reconciling them together;and in the breadth of it,to former and following ages,as being equally salvation to both.”The apostle Paul indeed gave us the summary of salvation when he wrote,“And being found in fashion as a man,he humbled himself,and became obedient unto death,even the death of the cross.”

Pray for the Day:

Father,thank You for sending Your Son Jesus to die so that we can live.We pray that we will follow Jesus and die to ourselves and continue to live for You;in Jesus’Name,Amen.