11月24日 世界的救主
11月24日，周一
世界的救主
父差遣子作世人的救主，这是我们见过的，并且现在作见证。（约翰壹书4:14）
“救主”这个称呼在整本圣经中的意义，可以这样来理解：基督之所以是救主，是因为祂亲自完成了一件事。我们必须彻底放弃那种错误观念——以为我们才是主动者、行动者，而耶稣基督不过是在旁边给予我们一些鼓励。事实完全不是这样！圣经所呈现的是：神差祂的儿子到世上来，为要成就一件事；我们之所以得救，是因为祂完成了一件与我们自己、与我们的努力或行为完全无关的工作。是祂采取了行动，而祂的行动带来了救恩，为我们开辟了脱离罪与死亡的道路。
这是真理中最根本、最首要的事实。若在这点上不能达成共识，其他一切关于救恩的讨论都将失去意义。照新约的教导——例如在《歌罗西书》第一章，我们可以看到一个完美的救恩图景——救恩完全是由主耶稣基督独自完成的。救恩临到人身上，成为人所得着的白白的恩赐；他们所要做的，只是藉着恩典凭信心领受这份礼物。救恩是一件已经成就的事，是神的义被赐下给人的结果。
在所有经文中，没有一句话能比主耶稣在十字架上所说的那句伟大而荣耀的话更完全地表达这一切：“成了！”（约 19:30）主耶稣几乎是用最后一口气在宣告：“我已经完成了！我已经做完了祢所托付给我的工。”救恩是祂亲自完成的，我们的得救全然来自祂，源于祂那一次就永远为我们成就的救赎之工。
默想主题：
照新约的教导，救恩完全是由主耶稣基督独自完成的。
麦琴（麦克谦）读经计划进度
家庭敬拜：代上19-20章，彼前1章
个人灵修：拿3章，路8章
November 24, Monday
THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD
And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. （1 JOHN 4:14）
The whole biblical meaning of this particular term should be put like this: Christ is the Savior as the result of something that He has done. We must get rid once and forever of the idea that we are the actors or doers and merely receive encouragement from Him. Not at all! The biblical representation is that God sent Him into the world to do something, and that we are saved as the result of something He has done quite apart from ourselves and our own action. He has acted, and it is His action that produces salvation and the way of escape for us.
Now here is something that is utterly fundamental and primary, and unless we are agreed with this statement there is really no point or purpose in proceeding any further. Salvation, according to the New Testament—take, for instance, Colossians 1 where you have a perfect illustration of salvation—is something that is entirely worked out by the Lord Jesus Christ. It is something that has come to men and women as a free gift to them, and they have nothing to do but to receive this gift. It is something provided; it is the righteousness of God that is given.
That is something that is surely basic, and of course there is no phrase, perhaps, that puts all this more perfectly than that great and glorious phrase that was uttered by our Lord Himself upon the cross when He cried out, “It is finished” (John 19:30). With His last breath, as it were, He cried out, “I have done it! I have completed the work that You gave Me to do.” It is He who saves, and our salvation comes from Him and is derived from something He has done once and forever on our behalf.
A Thought to Ponder: Salvation, according to the New Testament, is something that is entirely worked out by the Lord Jesus Christ.