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七月二十四日

「倒要像從死里复活的人，將自己獻給神，并將肢體作義的器具獻給神。」（羅6:13）

許多人以為「獻給」二字的涵義是奉獻，而沒有留心注意它的內容。當然它的意思是奉獻，但卻不是我們所想象的那個意思。不是將我們自己的「舊人」，連同「舊人」的本能、資源、天然的智慧、能力和其它恩賜等，奉獻給神使用。從上面經文「倒要像從死里复活的人」那句話，我們可以清楚了解奉獻的真意。奉獻的起點，是開始于「從死里复活」。因為我們所獻上的，不是屬乎舊造的東西，乃是那經過死亡而复活的。這里所說的「獻給」，乃是我知道我的舊人已与基督同釘十字架，并算自己「在基督耶穌里向神是活著」而產生的結果。先是「知道」，然后「算」，末了「獻給」，這三者是一項神圣的次序。

July 24

"..... but   rather offer      yourselves to God,  as those  who  have been  brought  from death  to life;   and offer the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness.   " (Romans 6:13)

Many people think that the word "dedication" means dedication, but they don't pay attention to its content. Of course it means consecration, but not in the way we think it means. It is not to dedicate our own "old man", together with the "old man's" instincts, resources, natural wisdom, abilities and other gifts, etc., for God's use. We can clearly understand the true meaning of consecration from the above verse, "Be like those who have been raised from the dead." The starting point of consecration is the "resurrection from the dead". For what we offer is not something of the old creation, but what has passed through death and has been resurrected. The "consecration" mentioned here is the result of knowing that my old man has been crucified with Christ, and counting myself as "alive to God in Christ Jesus". First "knowing", then "reckoning", and finally "dedicating", these three are a divine order.