309 中翻英(49) My ears had heard of You but now my eyes have seen You. ... 我從前風聞有祢, 現在我親眼看見祢.....(約伯記 42:5) 2/26/2023

 309   中翻英(49)            My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You. ...                                                                       我從前風聞有祢, 現在我親眼看見祢.....(約伯記  42:5)        2/26/2023

親愛的訪友, 編輯者的基督信仰不是道聽途說, 而是親身經歷。約伯記的這段記載是編輯者永遠可以向你們作見證的。耶穌基督仍然活著, 祂活在我的心裡。

還記得1955年在台大法學院應考時, 若不是恩師鄧岳宗英文老師收留我寄住他家兩天(他家距台大法學院只有五,六分鐘的徒步行程)是不會記起那繁難的數學不等式(inequality)的証明, 就得不到數學62分, 英文72分(只有作文與翻譯兩種題目)考進台大。朋友, 這絕不是偶然, 這上帝的安排。

 二月二十六日的曠野筵席是信心的大餐。千萬請來享有。若沒有信心的真實(the   reality   of   Faith),   你就無法進入。

「并將万有服在祂的腳下，而且將祂賜与教會，作為超乎一切的元首。教會是祂的身體，是那充滿万有者的丰滿。」（弗  1:22-23直譯）

不要把屬天的基督看為高不可攀，還居天上而需要你去憧憬，去達到的一种理想。要看見祂是神所已經賜給你的禮物。你常感屬世事物的吸引，把你拉下去。其實它們如不能把基督拉下去，也照樣不能拉你下去，你不信嗎？讓我舉一個比喻：在我的寫字台上有一些黃花，我在進入房間之際，無需口中喃哺不絕，反复地說「台上必定有黃花，台上必定有黃花，」然后由于這种「自我暗示」，那些黃花才魔術化地出現。不！不是這樣！那些黃花是早已經在那里，我只要張開雙眼便欣賞到它們。

我們的信心不是拼湊出來的，乃是扎根于神在基督里所已經成功永遠的事實，我們若肯放膽把我們的信心投在這些事實上面，圣靈必立刻出來顯明它們的真确。只要你看見你是在基督里（是千真万确的事實），那么，你便不只不會被拉下來，反而被祂的大能托上去。

February 26

"And God placed all things under His feet and appointed Him to be head of everything for the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills everything in every way." (Ephesians 1:22-23 literally NIV).

You don’t regard the heavenly Christ as an unattainable ideal, an ideal that you need to dream of , and to achieve because you still live in heaven. You have to see Him as a gift that God has given you. You are often attracted by worldly things and pull you down. In fact, if they cannot pull Christ down, they cannot pull you down either, don't you believe? Let me give you an analogy: There are some yellow flowers on my desk, and when I enter the room, I don’t need to murmur and repeat, “There must be yellow flowers on the desk, there must be yellow flowers on the desk,” and then because of this "Self-suggestion", those yellow flowers appeared magically. No! It's not like that! Those yellow flowers are already there, I just need to open my eyes to see them.

Our faith is not like the fragments to put together, but rooted in the eternal facts of what God has accomplished in Christ. If we are bold enough to put our faith on these facts, the Holy Spirit will immediately come out to reveal their reality. As long as you find that you are in Christ (which is a reality), then instead of being pulled down, you will be lifted up by His power.