週 四、五 Day Four , Five
肆 信徒的信乃是神的救恩在實行上的質實 ─ 來Heb. 11:1:
IV. The faith of the believers is the substantiation of God’s salvation practically:
一 信徒的信實際上不是他們自己的信,乃是基督進到他們裏面作他們的信 ─ 羅Rom. 1:12; 3:22 and footnote 1; 加Gal. 2:16 and footnote 1。
A. The faith of the believers is actually not their own faith but Christ entering into them to be their faith.
二 我們的信入基督是我們對祂的珍賞,作為我們對祂的吸引所起的反應 ─ 羅Rom. 10:17;來Heb. 12:1-2上,參cf. 徒Acts 14:27。
B. Our believing into Christ is our appreciation of Him as a reaction to His attraction.
三 信是由於聽見話;我們來到寫出來的話(聖經)中那活的話(基督)這裏,祂對我們就成為應用的話(那靈),就是信的話 ─羅Rom. 10:8, 17; 加Gal. 3:2; 參cf. 來Heb. 3:12。
C. Faith comes out of the hearing of the word; when we come to the living Word (Christ) in the written word (the Bible), He becomes the applied word (the Spirit) of faith to us.
四 人聽見基督,認識祂,欣賞祂,寶貴祂,祂就在人裏面生發出信,而成了人裏面能相信祂的信 ─12:2上,羅Rom. 10:17;加Gal. 3:2, 5; 5:6。
D. When man hears Christ, knows Him, appreciates Him, and treasures Him, He causes faith to be generated in man, becoming the faith in man that enables man to believe in Him.
五 信乃是信神是,我們不是;祂必須在凡事上是惟一的一位,獨一的一位,我們必須在凡事上甚麼也不是 ─ 來Heb. 11:1,5-6。
E. Faith is to believe that God is and we are not; He must be the only One, the unique One, in everything, and we must be nothing in everything.
週 五 Day Five 晨興餧養 Morning Nourishment 來11:1 信就是所望之事的質實,是未見之事的確證。 Heb. 11:1 Now faith is the substantiation of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. 來11:5 以諾因著信被接去,不至於見死,人也找不著他,因為神把他接去了;原來他被接去以前,已經得了蒙神喜悅的見證。 Heb. 11:5 By faith Enoch was translated so that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God had translated him. For before his translation he obtained the testimony that he had been well pleasing to God. 來11:6 人非有信,就不能得神的喜悅;因為到神面前來的人,必須信有神,且信祂賞賜那尋求祂的人。 Heb. 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to Him, for he who comes forward to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.