536 中翻英 (236) Lord will baptize you with the Holy Spirit. 主要用圣靈給你們施浸. 9/29/2023

 536 中翻英 (236)     Lord will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.  主要用圣靈給你們施浸.                                                                                           9/29/2023

九月廿九

「但那在我以后來的，能力比我更大，........ 祂要用圣靈与火給你們施浸。」（太   3:11 新國際版）

神只把上好的禮物送給祂的儿女們。不幸得很，因著它們非常丰富，我們反而輕看這些美好的恩物。舊約里的圣徒沒有我們這樣蒙恩，卻比我們更加樂意珍視圣靈澆灌下來的寶貴恩賜。在他們的日子里，這恩賜只給与少數特選的人，就如祭司、士師、君王和先知等。而現在卻是每一個神的儿女所共享的，請你想想，我們這些微不足道的人，因著信靠基督，便可以享受這位圣靈，就是在以往世代，神的朋友摩西，蒙愛的君王大衛，和大有能力的先知以利亞所得著的那一位圣靈。難怪主耶穌說：「凡婦人所生的，沒有一個興起來大過施浸約翰的，然而天國里最小的，比他還大！」（太   11:11）。

September 29

"But he who is coming after me is more powerful than I, and he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire." (Matthew 3:11)

God gives only the best gifts to His children. Unfortunately, because they are so abundant, we despise these wonderful gifts. The saints in the Old Testament were not as blessed as we are, but they were more willing than we to cherish the precious gifts poured out by the Holy Spirit. In their days, this gift was given only to a select few, such as priests, judges, kings, and prophets. But now it is shared by every child of God. Please think about it. We, the insignificant people, can enjoy this Holy Spirit because of our faith in Christ. In the past generations, God’s friend Moses and the beloved king The Holy Spirit received by David and the powerful prophet Elijah. No wonder the Lord Jesus said: “No one born of woman has risen greater than John the Baptist, but the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he!” (Matthew 11:11).