灵命日粮 - 2005年3月22日
读经: 士师记13章15-23节

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金句: 「上帝既在古时……多次多方地晓谕列祖，就在这末世，藉着他儿子晓谕我们。」（希伯来书1章1-2节）

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全年读经: 士师记13-15章  

今天的经文，是关乎一位无法测度、令人敬畏的使者，向玛挪亚和他的妻子显现（参孙的父母）。
当玛挪亚问祂：「你是谁？」这位使者并未直接回答他的问题，反而有「火焰从坛上往上升」（士师记13章17-20节），玛挪亚这才知道祂是耶和华的使者。

谁能了解如此全能的上帝──祂在每个人体细胞的遗传基因（DNA）的分子结构上写下30亿个字的软体密码？有谁能完全理解这位上帝？祂通晓万事，即使是我们内心的想法。但是许多旧约圣徒知道并热爱这位上帝。他们经历过祂的恩典和赦罪的喜乐，即便他们不尽明白；这位圣洁的上帝是怎样能赦免他们的罪。

身为基督徒，我们也要敬畏地站立在全能、奥秘和无法测度的上帝面前。然而我们拥有一个有利的条件，因为我们看到祂以耶稣的形像显现，祂曾说：「人看见了我，就是看见了父」（约翰福音14章9节）。当主耶稣被钉在十字架上，祂显出上帝的怜悯和爱心，因祂是为我们而死的。

不可思议吗？是的，但能认识这无法测度的上帝的爱，是何等美好！HVL


永生神就是灵，智慧广无边，
深居在光明中，肉眼不能见；
极丰富，极荣美，亘古至永远，
至权能，永胜利，我众乐颂赞。Smith


要完全了解上帝是不可能的，敬拜祂却是必要的。
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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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这是我的身体,为你们舍的,你们应当如此行,为的是记念我。路加22:19
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