我們如何將一些東西認定為「實存」？事實上，我們每天都在認定一些東西是實存。我們不能在一個沒有「實存」的東西世界里生存。一件「物質」必定是一個實存的物體，是在我面前的某些東西，雖然它可能像聲音或顏色那樣，是我們所無從触摸的，「實存」就是在我身上有了某种視听的官能，將那些不能触摸得出的「物質」，成為我所能感應或辨認得出來的實存東西。例如：黃的顏色是十分實在的，但如果我們閉著眼睛，那么，黃色就在我們眼前消失了，并且是全然消失——至少是暫時的, 我們對它的顏色無法捉摸, 但它是實存的。但借著視覺的功用，我們以具備的視覺官能去捉摸它的「實存」，那么黃色實在是「實存」的了。不只是那顏色呈現在我面前，并且它在我的意識里也成為實存了。哦！神賜給我的視覺，真是多么的寶貝！
但我們在基督里「所盼望」的事物，比那些触摸不著的聲音、或顏色更加「實存」，因為它們是永存不朽的，所以就更「實存」的了。同時神已賜給我一個很寶貴的官能，得以將那永存的事物見證為「實存 'reality'」。信心——神儿子的信心，就是這個寶貴的官能。信心將那屬靈的事物，在我的經歷中成為我生命里的「實存」。信心安定在上帝的的「實存」上，就能將我在盼望中而未見的事物驗證「實存」了。
[註:] 編輯者第二次到德國研習水利工程是在德國當時對泥沙研究特別著名的達姆城工科大學(Darmstadt Hochsuchle), 在大學附近約10哩左右有達姆城瑪利姊妹會(Darmstadt Mary Sister Evangelish Christian association), 主持人: Mother Basilea Schlink(施寧院母)寫了一本非常著名的屬靈著作: Realities of Faith (信心的實存) . 主旨說明她們的生活所需, 及教堂的建造完全憑她們的信. 編輯者已翻譯成中文. 編輯者整整一年都在她們的教堂參加敬拜上帝. 可以見證她們的信心能將其盼望中祈求而尚未見到的事物驗證為「實存」。
November 22
“Reality of faith are things hoped for.” (Hebrews 11:1 編輯者另譯)
How do we "materialize" something? In fact, we materialize something every day. We cannot live in a world without "materialization". A "matter" must be an object, something in front of me. Although it may be something we can't touch like sound or color, "substantiation" means having some sense of sight and hearing in me, turning those intangible "matters" into actual things that I can sense or recognize. For example: the color yellow is very real, but if we close our eyes, then yellow loses its reality to me and disappears completely - at least I no longer have the feeling of its existence. But through the function of vision, I use my visual sense to "materialize" it, and then yellow becomes concrete for me. Not only did the color appear before me, but it also became a reality in my consciousness. oh! The vision God gave me is such a treasure!
But the things we "hope for" in Christ are more real than those intangible sounds or colors. Because they are eternal, they are more practical. At the same time, God has given me a very precious faculty to "materialize" eternal things. Faith—the faith of the Son of God is this precious gift --- our mind. It can let us see spiritual things realities in my life and experience. Our faith can anchore in God’s faithfulness “realized” the things we have hoped for but not yet seen.
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