524 中翻英 (224) How great God's power are. 上帝的能力浩大. 10/18/2023

524 中翻英 (224)        How great God's power are.     上帝的能力浩大.                  10/18/2023        

九月十八日

「并知道祂向我們這信的人所顯的能力，是何等浩大。」（弗   1:19 新國際版）

這能力實在是大的。大到一個地步，若不是神開我們的眼睛，我們就看不見是多大；大到一個地步，連在以弗所的圣徒都不知道有多大；大到一個地步，憑你自己怎么想也想不出有多大，要保羅為他們禱告，要保羅求神賜給他們智慧和啟示的靈，照明他們心中的眼睛，才能使他們知道有多大。我們沒有方法說出這能力有多么大，總是比我們所想的還要大，總是比我們所知道的還要大。

到底這個能力是何等浩大呢？保羅說：「就是照祂在基督身上所運行的大能大力。」我們特別注意這一個「照」字。我們要看見祂向信的人所顯的能力，就是照祂在基督身上所運行的大能大力。換句話說，神在基督身上所運行的大能大力是何等浩大，神在教會身上所運行的能力也是何等浩大，神在基督身上所運行的能力是何等浩大，神在我們這信的人身上所運行的能力也是何等浩大，一點沒有兩樣。

September 18

"And His incompareably great power for us who believe.  ....." (Ephesians 1:19 NIV )

This power is really great. It’s so great that unless God opens our eyes, we can’t see how great it is; so great that even the saints in Ephesus don’t know;  so great that no matter what you think about it, you can’t imagine. They couldn't imagine how great it was, so they would have ask Paul to pray for them; and to ask God giving them the spirit of wisdom and revelation to enlighten  their hearts' eyes, so that they could know how great it was. We have no way of saying how great this power is, it is always greater than we think and know.

How great does this power really is?  Paul said,  "According to the mighty power that God worked in Christ." We have to pay special attention to this short phrase "according to". We need to see the power that He displays toward those who believe, according to the mighty power He exercises in Christ. In other words, how great is the power of God working in Christ, how great is God's power working in the church, the same great power of God working in Christ, will working on us who believe Him, there is no difference at all.