靈命日糧 - 2005年3月22日
讀經: 士師記13章15-23節

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金句: 「上帝既在古時……多次多方地曉諭列祖，就在這末世，藉著他兒子曉諭我們。」（希伯來書1章1-2節）

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全年讀經: 士師記13-15章  

今天的經文，是關乎一位無法測度、令人敬畏的使者，向瑪挪亞和他的妻子顯現（參孫的父母）。
當瑪挪亞問祂：「你是誰？」這位使者並未直接回答他的問題，反而有「火燄從壇上往上升」（士師記13章17-20節），瑪挪亞這才知道祂是耶和華的使者。

誰能瞭解如此全能的上帝──祂在每個人體細胞的遺傳基因（DNA）的分子結構上寫下30億個字的軟體密碼？有誰能完全理解這位上帝？祂通曉萬事，即使是我們內心的想法。但是許多舊約聖徒知道並熱愛這位上帝。他們經歷過祂的恩典和赦罪的喜樂，即便他們不盡明白；這位聖潔的上帝是怎樣能赦免他們的罪。

身為基督徒，我們也要敬畏地站立在全能、奧秘和無法測度的上帝面前。然而我們擁有一個有利的條件，因為我們看到祂以耶穌的形像顯現，祂曾說：「人看見了我，就是看見了父」（約翰福音14章9節）。當主耶穌被釘在十字架上，祂顯出上帝的憐憫和愛心，因祂是為我們而死的。

不可思議嗎？是的，但能認識這無法測度的上帝的愛，是何等美好！HVL


永生神就是靈，智慧廣無邊，
深居在光明中，肉眼不能見；
極豐富，極榮美，亙古至永遠，
至權能，永勝利，我眾樂頌讚。Smith


要完全瞭解上帝是不可能的，敬拜祂卻是必要的。
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Our Mysterious God



Read:Judges 13:15-23
God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past . . . , has in these last days spoken to us by His Son. —Hebrews 1:1-2


Bible In One Year: Judges 13-15

In today's Scripture, we read that a mysterious and awesome visitor appeared to Manoah and his wife (Samson's parents). When Manoah asked, "What is Your name?" the visitor didn't answer the question directly but instead "ascended in the flame of the altar" (Judges 13:17-20). Then Manoah knew he had seen God in human form.

Who can understand such a God—the God who wrote the 3-billion-letter software code in the DNA molecule of every human cell? Who can fully comprehend the God who knows everything, even our inner thoughts? Yet many Old Testament saints knew and loved this God. They experienced the joy of His grace and forgiveness, even though they didn't completely understand how a holy God could forgive their sins.

As Christians, we too stand in awe before the majesty and mystery of an incomprehensible God. But we have a great advantage because we see Him revealed in Jesus, who said, "He who has seen Me has seen the Father" (John 14:9). And when Jesus hung on the cross, He revealed God's compassion and love, for He died there for us.

A mystery? Yes. But how wonderful that we can know the love of this incomprehensible God! —Herb Vander Lugt


Immortal, invisible, God only wise,
In light inaccessible hid from our eyes,
Most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days,
Almighty, victorious—Thy great name we praise. —Smith

To understand God is impossible—to worship Him is imperative.





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這是我的身體,為你們捨的,你們應當如此行,為的是記念我。路加22:19
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