五月十八日

因為神本性一切的豐盛，都有形有體地居住在基督裡面，你們在他裡面也得了豐盛。（西2：9-l0）

基督的神與人的一切屬性都歸於我們了。神本性一切的豐盛，無論這句奧秘的話語裡包涵著什麼，都是我們的，為的是使我們得以豐盛。他不能把神的屬性賦於我們，但他卻成就了他所能成就的，因為他用他的神權和神性為我們成就了救恩。他的全能、全智、全在，他的不改變，他的無錯誤，都是為了保護我們。信徒啊！起來，你看主耶穌以他整個的神性為軛，拉著救恩的車。他的恩典是多麼洪大，他的信實是多麼牢靠，他的不變是多麼永恆，他的能力是多麼無限，他的知識是多麼無量呀！這一些，主耶穌都用以作為救恩之殿的棟粱，並且這一切的量度是不會減少的，都按約永遠歸於我們作為產業了。救主心中測不盡的愛，每一滴都是我們的；大能膀臂上的每一條筋肉，榮耀冠冕上的每一顆珍寶，神知的無邊，神義的尊嚴，都是我們的，都要歸我們使用。基督所有的神兒子高貴的屬性，他都使我們得以豐豐富富地享受。他的智慧是我們的指引，他的知識是我們的訓誨，他的能力是我們的護圍，他的公義是我們的保障，他的愛是我們的安慰，他的恩憐是我們的撫慰，他的不變是我們的倚靠。他毫不保留地把神的山打開，叫我們發掘裡面的寶藏。他說：“一切，一切，一切都是你們的，願你們飽嘗主的恩惠並滿得他的善美。”仰望耶穌，憑信來尋求他的愛和能力是多麼美好的一件事呀！我們所求的不過是他已經按著信實所應許的罷了。

May 18

"In Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye are complete in Him." -- Colossians 2:9, 10

All the attributes of Christ, as God and man, are at our disposal. All the fulness of the Godhead, whatever that marvellous term may comprehend, is ours to make us complete. He cannot endow us with the attributes of Deity; but He has done all that can be done, for He has made even His divine power and Godhead subservient to our salvation. His omnipotence, omniscience, omnipresence, immutability and infallibility, are all combined for our defence. Arise, believer, and behold the Lord Jesus yoking the whole of His divine Godhead to the chariot of salvation! How vast His grace, how firm His faithfulness, how unswerving His immutability, how infinite His power, how limitless His knowledge! All these are by the Lord Jesus made the pillars of the temple of salvation; and all, without diminution of their infinity, are covenanted to us as our perpetual inheritance. The fathomless love of the Saviour's heart is every drop of it ours; every sinew in the arm of might, every jewel in the crown of majesty, the immensity of divine knowledge, and the sternness of divine justice, all are ours, and shall be employed for us. The whole of Christ, in His adorable character as the Son of God, is by Himself made over to us most richly to enjoy. His wisdom is our direction, His knowledge our instruction, His power our protection, His justice our surety, His love our comfort, His mercy our solace, and His immutability our trust. He makes no reserve, but opens the recesses of the Mount of God and bids us dig in its mines for the hidden treasures. "All, all, all are yours," saith He, "be ye satisfied with favour and full of the goodness of the Lord." Oh! how sweet thus to behold Jesus, and to call upon Him with the certain confidence that in seeking the interposition of His love or power, we are but asking for that which He has already faithfully promised.