7月18日 敬拜中的纯洁
敬拜中的纯洁
圣灵有时在某些属灵本分中赐下比其他本分更多的福气，为要使基督徒得着格外的更新与舒畅。
那向我们显明神存在的光，也同样向我们显明祂必须在圣洁中受敬拜。在律法之下，神对敬拜的每一个细节都极其严谨。例如，会幕必须用最上等的材料建造，工匠必须被赋予罕见的才干，只有最完美的祭物才蒙悦纳，而那些服事主的人也必须以一种特别的方式成为圣洁。神在祂的敬拜中真是奇妙可畏！
你要在一切蒙恩管道上保持一致。神恨恶偏袒，尤其恨恶人在敬拜的蒙恩管道上有所偏废，因为这一切都源于祂。神既然选择某些事物作为赐福祂儿女的途径，我们就绝不可拒绝。祂以奇妙而丰富的方式将自己交通给我们，为要使我们的心得着鼓励。新妇在家中的隐秘处寻找她的良人，却没有寻见；于是她来到公共场合，就遇见了她“心所爱的”（歌3:4）。
毫无疑问，但以理常常来到施恩的宝座前；但直到但以理在祷告中加上禁食，神才向他倾注丰盛的慈爱，并向他开启某些奥秘。直到那时，神才从天上差遣使者，使但以理明白祂的心意。
圣灵有时在某些属灵本分中赐下比其他本分更多的福气，为要使基督徒得着格外的更新与舒畅。有时婴孩吃完这一侧的奶，又吃另一侧的奶。大卫默想的时候，属天的火热在他心里燃起，直到烈火最终点燃并蔓延开来。太监正在诵读神的话语时，神就差遣腓利上前去贴近他的马车。基督在使徒擘饼的时候向他们显现。祂也在往以马忤斯路上的两个门徒彼此交通时，亲自与他们同行。哥尼流在家中祷告的时候，从天上来的异象就指引了他当行的道路。
麦琴（麦克谦）读经计划进度
家庭敬拜：士1章，徒5章，
个人灵修：耶14章，太28章
JULY 18, SATURDAY
PURITY IN WORSHIP
The Holy Spirit sometimes gives more blessing in some duties than He does in others, to fill the Christianwith extraordinary refreshment.
The same light which shows us there is a God shows us He must be worshiped in holiness. Under the law, God was particular about every facet of worship. The tabernacle, for example, had to be made of the best materials; the workmen were gifted with rare talent; only the most excellent sacrifices were acceptable; and the persons who ministered to the Lord had to be holy in a peculiar way. God is wonderful in His worship!
Be consistent in all ordinances. God hates partiality, especially in ordinances of worship, all of which have their origins in Him. And surely we must not reject anything God chooses as a blessing to His children. He communicates Himself with amazing variety to keep our hearts encouraged. The spouse looks for her Beloved in secret at home but does not find him; so she goes to the public places and meets him whom her “soul loveth” (Song of Solomon 3:4).
No doubt Daniel had been to the throne of grace often, but God reserved the fullness of His love, and the opening of some mysteries to him, when he added fasting to his prayers. Only then did God send a messenger from heaven to let Daniel know His mind and heart.
The Holy Spirit sometimes gives more blessing in some duties than He does in others, to fill the Christian with extraordinary refreshment. Sometimes the baby takes milk from one breast and then from the other. While David was meditating, a heavenly heat kindled in his heart until at last the fire caught and spread. The eunuch was reading the Word when God sent Philip to join his chariot. Christ revealed Himself to the apostles as they were breaking bread. And He joined the two disciples on the road to Emmaus as they were having fellowship with each other. Cornelius was praying in his house when a vision from heaven directed him in the way he should walk.