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七月十三日

「我們原是祂的工作，在基督耶穌里造成的，為要叫我們行善，就是神所預備叫我們行的。」（弗2:10）

以上經文的第一句話，亦可翻作「我們原是祂的杰作。」教會是神以大能所產生的最美杰作，她絕不能再加改善。我們舉目環顧，所見到處破敗荒涼，我們不禁惊問：「教會怎能達到那完美境地呢？我告訴你，她不是要去達到什么，她乃是已經達到了。我們不用向前去發現她的目標，我們只要回頭一看創世以前，神在基督里早已達到了祂的目的，便可知道了。當我們在那永遠事實的亮光中与主同行時，我們現今就能見證這一榮耀事實的漸進彰顯。在羅馬書第八章卅節里，保羅告訴我們，那些神所預先定下的人，祂又召他們來，所召來的人，又稱他們為義，所稱為義的人，又叫他們得榮耀。所以在神的心意中、一切屬乎祂的人，都已經在基督里得著榮耀了！由于在基督里那完美的目標早已達到，所以教會在屬靈實際上也早已被帶進榮耀中了。

July 13

"For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance that we should walk in." (Ephesians 2:10 NIV)

The first sentence of the above Bible verse can also be translated as "We are His masterpiece." The church is the most beautiful masterpiece produced by God's power.    She can never be improved. We looked around and saw desolation and desolation everywhere, and we couldn't help asking, "How can the church reach so perfection? Let me tell you, she is not trying to achieve something, she has already   been   achieved it. We don't have to go forward to find her goal, only to need looking backward  for sknowing  God's creation of the world,  He has already achieved His purpose in Christ. When we walk with the Lord in the light of the eternal events, we can now witness the truth of this glorious fact Progressive manifestation. In Romans 8:30, Paul told us that those whom God predestined, He also called, and those whom He called, He also justified, and those whom He justified, He also Let them be glorified. Therefore, in God's mind, all those who belong to Him have been glorified in Christ! Since the goal of perfection in Christ has already been achieved, the church has already been honored spiritually to bring into glory.