双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：10月29日 新的维度

10月29日

新的维度

因为知道我所信的是谁。

提摩太后书1:12

人为自己的罪悔改，凭信心接受基督，这有效用吗？我只能告诉你，这在我的生命中是很有效用的。有些事情确实在我身上发生，我并没有变得完美，但我的生活方向改变了。

我在北卡罗来纳州的一个农场长大，没有受过最好的教育。在大萧条时期，我父母无法给我今天年轻人所拥有的优越。我在一个基督教家庭长大，但到15岁时，我完全背叛宗教的一切——叛逆神、圣经、教会。长话短说，有一天，我决定将自己的生命献给耶稣基督。不是说要当一名牧师，无论我将会当什么，先求神的国。

结果，我发现了生命的新维度，我发现了一种新的爱的能力，是我以前从未有过的。就在种族问题上，我对其他背景的人在态度上也明显改变了。我们归向基督的那一刻，并不是所有困难都得到解决，但归信确实意味着我们可以用新的态度和力量来处理我们的问题。

在那之前，我是个学习差的学生，但很快我的成绩就提高了。我并不是建议你为了得到更好成绩而归信基督，而是要告诉你，在基督里的生命是有效用的。我在世界各地都看到了它的效用。我见过那些归信基督的人，可以把他们归类为知识分子；但他们必须像小孩子一样来到主面前。我们对自己的孩子说，“要像大人一样”；但耶稣对大人们说，“要像小孩子一样”。你来到十字架前，不是带着哲学博士或法学博士的身份，而只是一个普通人；你的生命就能得到改变。

今日祷告：

天父，我邀请祢进入我的生命，掌管我，带领我；奉耶稣的名，阿们。

October 29

LIFE’S NEW DIMENSION

I know whom I have believed.2 Timothy 1:12

Does it work when a man comes,repenting of his sins,to receive Christ by faith?I can only tell you that it worked in my own life.Something did happen to me.I didn’t become perfect,but the direction of my life was changed.

I was reared on a farm in North Carolina and did not have the best of education.During the Depression period my parents were unable to give me the advantages that young people have today.I grew up in a Christian home,but by the time I was fifteen,I was in full revolt against all religion-against God,the Bible,the church.To make a long story short,one day I decided to commit my life to Jesus Christ.Not to be a clergyman but,in whatever I was to be,to seek the Kingdom of God first.

As a result,I found a new dimension to life.I found a new capacity to love that I have never known before.Just in the matter of race,my attitude toward people of other backgrounds changed remarkably.All of our difficulties are not solved the moment we are converted to Christ,but conversion does mean that we can approach our problems with a new attitude and in a new strength.

I was a poor student until that time,but immediately my grades picked up.I am not suggesting that you should come to Christ in order to get better grades,but I am telling you that the life in Christ works.I have seen it work all over the world.I have seen those converted whom I might classify as intellectuals;but they have to come as children.We say to our children,“Act like grown-ups,”but Jesus said to the grown-ups,“Be like children.”You are not to come to the Cross as a doctor of philosophy,nor as a doctor of law,but simply as a human being;and your life can be changed.

Pray for the Day:

Father,I invite You into my life to rule and to lead,in the Name of Jesus,Amen.