双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：12月8日 有力证据

12月8日

有力证据

耶稣已经进入天堂，在神的右边；众天使和有权柄的，并有能力的，都服从了他。

彼得前书3:22

耶稣提供了什么证据证明祂确实是神，以人的样式来到世上呢？

第一，有证据说明祂有完美的一生。祂可以问：“你们中间谁能指证我有罪呢？”（约翰福音8:46）——没有人能回答，因为祂的生活是完美的……他能够面对撒但的所有试探，却不向罪屈服；“祂也曾凡事受过试探，与我们一样；只是祂没有犯罪”（希伯来书4:15）。

第二，有证据显示祂大有能力。祂的能力是全能神的能力——只有神才拥有的能力……祂平静加利利的风和海……祂叫死人复活，病得医治，叫瞎眼的看见，瘸子行走。祂的神迹见证了祂是万有的主宰：“因为万物都是靠祂造的……祂在万有之先，万有也靠祂而立”（歌罗西书1：16-17）。

第三，有预言应验的证据。在祂降生之前几百年，旧约先知就准确地预言祂将要出生的地点（弥迦书5：2）以及祂的死和埋葬的方式（诗篇22，以赛亚书53）。先知们预言了祂一生中无数的细节，而这些预言都一一应验了。

第四，有证据显示祂从死里复活。耶稣基督“按圣善的灵说：因从死里复活，以大能显明是神的儿子”（罗马书1：4）。世上各种非基督教的宗教创始人都曾活过、死去并埋葬；在某些情况下，人们仍然可以去参观他们的坟墓。但基督还活着！祂的复活是事实！祂的坟墓是空的——这是一个令人信服的核心证据，证明了祂道成肉身的独特神性。

第五，有证据显明祂有改变生命之能。历史生动地说明了圣经所明确指出的：“人心比万物都诡诈，坏到极处，谁能识透呢？”（耶利米书17:9）。教育和纪律只能磨去人自私的棱角，但只有基督，神的圣子，才有改变人心的能力。祂确实做到了。基督可以让罪恶滔天、最为自私、邪恶的人得到赦免和新生。

这就是我相信基督神性的五个证据。

今日祷告：

天父，我相信耶稣是主——主神，世界的救主——耶稣已经从死里复活了。哈利路亚！奉耶稣的名，阿们。

December 8

POWERFUL PROOFS

Who is gone into heaven,and is on the right hand of God;angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.1 Peter 3:22

What proofs did Jesus offer that He was truly God come in human form?

First,there was the proof of His perfect life.He could ask,“Which of you convinceth me of sin?”(John 8:46)-and no one could answer,because His life was perfect…He was able to confront the full fury of Satan’s temptations and yet not yield to sin;He“was in all points tempted like as we are,yet without sin”(Hebrews 4:15).

Second,there was the evidence of His power.His power was the power of God almighty-the power only God has…He could quiet the storms on the sea of Galilee…He raised the dead,healed the sick,restored sight to the blind,and made the lame walk.His miracles were a witness to the fact that He is Lord of all nature:“For by him were all things created…And he is before all things,and by him all things consist”(Colossians 1:16-17).

Third,there was the evidence of fulfilled prophecy.Hundreds of years before His birth the prophets of the Old Testament spoke precisely of the place where He would be born(Micah 5:2)and of the manner of His death and burial(Psalm 22,Isaiah 53).Uncounted details of His life were foretold by the prophets,and in every instance these prophecies were fulfilled.

Fourth,there was the evidence of His resurrection from the dead.Jesus Christ was“declared to be the Son of God with power,according to the spirit of holiness,by the resurrection from the dead”(Romans 1:4).The founders of the various non-Christian religions of the world have lived,died,and been buried;in some instances it is still possible to visit their graves.But Christ is alive!His resurrection is a fact!His tomb is empty-and this is a compelling and central proof of His unique divine nature as God in human flesh.

Fifth,there is the proof of changed lives.History vividly illustrates what the Bible clearly affirms:“The heart is deceitful above all things,and desperately wicked:who can know it?”(Jeremiah 17:9).Education and discipline can do no more than rub off the rough edges of human selfishness-but Christ alone,the divine Son of God,has power to change the human heart.And He does.Christ can take the most sin-laden,Selfish,evil person and bring forgiveness and new life.

There are only five of the proofs on which I base my belief in the divinity of Christ.

Pray for the Day:

Father,I believe that Jesus is Lord—Lord God,Savior of the world—and that Jesus has risen from the dead.Hallelujah!in Jesus’Name,Amen.