《基督是我们生命的诀要》第八日 聖靈與基督

    「祂要榮耀我，因為祂要將受於我的告訴你們。」（約十六：14）

     我們已經看過耶穌所說聖靈的恩賜也就是在基督裏信心所結的果子，相信基督的人有聖靈從祂那裏流出來。今天我們要一同來思想此項真理的另一方面，聖靈的湧流出自基督，聖靈也是啟示基督，這是很重要的一課，你是否想有聖靈同在？要在基督裏有信心，因為神賜下祂的靈，你要擁有基督，就得讓聖靈對你啟示基督，聖靈是被基督從榮耀的天堂差遣而來，要將基督的榮耀教導在地上的人，如此基督就能在我們心中得到榮耀。

     我們已經看到父神完全的住在基督裏，同樣地在神相同生命的基督也以大能大力住在我們裏面。

     聖靈指教我們神的生命和慈愛都在基督裏，我們全部的生命都與基督聯合，正如葡萄枝連在樹上，我們在基督裏，基督也在我們裏面。每天清晨我們首先要知道基督住在我們裏面，聖靈要促使這種內住成為事實，讓聖靈在你心中做那安靜而且看不見的工作。

     哦！基督徒！這真理如此的深，如此的屬靈，幾乎不是可用我們有限的領悟力來瞭解的，聖靈——祂本是神——要把這個真理向我們啟示，好像小孩一般的信靠神，深信聖靈要安靜地在你裏面运行，基督籍着你对祂的信心内住在你里面。每天用下面的话祷告：“父神啊！求你籍着圣灵的大能加添我们里面之人的力量。主啊！求祢因著我的信心住在我裏面。」把你心對準釘十字架的基督，坐寶座的基督，像小孩一般的信靠基督，祂要藉聖靈在你心中做啟示的工作，使你可自信的說：「基督活在我裏面——祂是我的生命。」

“He shall glorify Me: for He shall take of Mine, and shall declare it unto you.” ---JOHN xvi. 14.

 We have seen that Christ spoke of the gift of the Spirit as the fruit of faith in Christ. The Spirit would flow as a river from those who believed in Christ. To-day we have the other side of the truth; the Spirit flows from Christ; the Spirit reveals Christ and imparts Him. This is a lesson of deep importance. Do you desire the Spirit? Have faith in Christ who bestows His Spirit. Do you desire Christ? Rely upon the Spirit to reveal Christ to you. The Spirit is sent from Christ glorified in Heaven to impart Christ glorified to us upon earth, that Christ may be glorified in our hearts.

    We have seen that the fulness of the Godhead dwelt in Christ in order that Christ as the life of God might dwell in us. All the life and love of God which the Spirit imparts to us is in Christ. Our whole life consists in Union with Christ. As the branch is in the vine, so are we in Christ and He in us. Our first requirement each new day is to know that Christ lives in us and that the Holy Spirit will make this an abiding reality. Count upon the quiet unseen working of the Holy Spirit in your heart.

    Oh, Christian, this truth so deep and so divine is almost beyond our finite grasp. The Holy Ghost, who is God, will reveal it to us. Cling in childlike trust to Christ, confident that the Holy Spirit is working silently within you, so that Christ may dwell in your heart by faith. Make it a matter of prayer every day that “the Father may grant you to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your heart by faith.” Fix your heart upon Christ on the Cross; upon Christ on the throne, in childlike trust that while you do so Christ will be revealed in your heart by the Holy Ghost, and you may confidently say: “Christ liveth in me—Christ is my life!”