4月27日 我们属天的呼召
我们属天的呼召
神将祂圣洁的形像印刻在你的灵魂之上，这美丽的属性，使我们最像神。
把世上一切财富与尊荣堆在一个人身上，并不能使这人成为基督徒；而把这一切堆在一个基督徒身上，也不会使这名基督徒变得更属灵。反过来说，即便剥夺了他的一切，让他赤身露体，他依然是基督徒，甚至可能是一个更敬虔的基督徒。
若撒旦只是攻击圣徒的外在享受，牠其实很难伤及这名圣徒的根本，因为这些东西与他的属灵产业相比，根本算不得什么。事实上，撒旦若攻击一个基督徒在地上的财物，就像一个强盗在那儿对着衣服一顿乱打，而衣服的主人早已金蝉脱壳。只要恩典之灵在心中掌权，圣徒就已经脱下了对世俗的贪恋。因此，撒旦真正觊觎的“战利品”是你的属天财宝：你的本性、职分与盼望。
基督徒的本性是属天的，因为他是“从上头生”的。正如基督是从天上来的主，祂一切的后裔也都是属天的。基督在你里面所彰显的圣洁，会让撒旦想起牠在最初失去的地位。那是牠永远失去的荣美，于是这个彻底的叛教者便竭力要毁掉你里面的这份圣洁。
神将祂圣洁的形像印刻在你的灵魂之上；这美丽的属性，使我们最像神。神何等渴望在祂儿女身上看见祂自己的样式，而祂的真儿女也何等渴慕像祂！撒旦深知这一点，所以才不知疲倦地毁损这神的形像。玷污基督徒的本性，不仅是令圣徒蒙羞，更是通过扭曲“神的样式”来羞辱神。 面对这样一个企图毁灭那使我们像神自己的仇敌，我们难道不该不惜代价与其争战吗？
麦琴（麦克谦）读经计划进度
家庭敬拜：民4章，诗38章，
个人灵修：歌2章，来2章
APRIL 27, MONDAY
OUR DIVINE CALLING
God stamps His image of holiness on theface of your soul. This attribute of beautyis what makes us most like God
Heap all the riches and honors of the world upon a man—they will not make him a Christian. Heap them on a Christian—they will not make him a better Christian. Again, take them all away. When stripped and naked, he will still be a Christian, and perhaps a better one.
Satan could do the sincere saint little harm if he directed his forces only against his outward enjoyments, because they mean nothing to him in comparison with his spiritual inheritance. Indeed, Satan’s attack on a Christian’s earthly possessions should do him no more harm than a robber does to a man if he strips him naked and then proceeds to beat the man’s clothes as they lie on the ground in a heap! Insofar as the spirit of grace prevails in a saint’s heart, he has put off his desire for the things of the world. Therefore, his heavenly treasure is the booty Satan waits for: his nature, his occupation, and his hopes.
The Christian’s nature is heavenly, born from above. As Christ is the Lord from heaven, so all His offspring are heavenly. The holiness of Christ in you reminds Satan of his own first estate. He has lost the beauty of holiness for ever, and how, like a true apostate, he endeavors to ruin it in you.
God stamps His image of holiness on the face of your soul. This attribute of beauty is what makes us most like God. How God longs to see His clear likeness reflected in His children, and His true children long to be like Him! Satan knows this and works tirelessly to disfigure the divine image. Marring the Christian’s nature brings shame to the saint and pours contempt upon God in distorting His likeness. Is it not worth risking life and limb against this enemy who would annihilate that which makes us like God Himself?