2006-12-07 21:28:18Jacky
奇異恩典
讀 經：以弗所書2章1－10節
金 句：「要將他極豐富的恩典，就是他在基督耶穌裡向我們所施的恩慈，顯明給後來的世代看。」以弗所書2章7節
全年讀經：以弗所書1－3章
楊腓力（Philip Yancey）在他的書《恩典的奇妙之處》中說：「整個世界渴望恩典卻不自知。」他寫道：「令人驚訝的是，在詩歌'奇異恩典'創作完成兩百年後，仍被選入十大金曲之列。」
詩歌的作者約翰‧紐頓（John Newton），曾一度不信上帝且從事販賣奴隸，卻一直對恩典非常渴望。在他發現上帝的恩典之後，他對恩典的驚異未曾停止過。人們也從未停止唱他的歌《奇異恩典》。
但什麼是恩典呢？保羅將它無數的優點總結起來，稱為「極豐富的恩典」（以弗所書2章7節）。他在以弗所書第2章將一些豐盛的恩典概括成：上帝的慈愛給予死在過犯罪惡之中的人（第1節）、上帝的救贖大能給予每個信他之人（第 8節）、上帝的靈性供給我們分享（5－6節）、上帝的創造力影響和裝備信徒們去實現他的目的（第10節）。
上帝的恩典不僅是如此令人驚訝的豐富，也是免費的。楊腓力指出，「恩典之所以是免費的，只因施恩者本身承擔了救贖的代價。」
讓我們接受上帝的奇異恩典，並把這個恩典分送到飢渴的世界去。JEY
奇異恩典！何等甘甜－
我罪已得赦免！
前我失喪今被尋回，
瞎眼今得看見。Newton
上帝的恩典是取之不盡的甘泉。
金 句：「要將他極豐富的恩典，就是他在基督耶穌裡向我們所施的恩慈，顯明給後來的世代看。」以弗所書2章7節
全年讀經：以弗所書1－3章
楊腓力（Philip Yancey）在他的書《恩典的奇妙之處》中說：「整個世界渴望恩典卻不自知。」他寫道：「令人驚訝的是，在詩歌'奇異恩典'創作完成兩百年後，仍被選入十大金曲之列。」
詩歌的作者約翰‧紐頓（John Newton），曾一度不信上帝且從事販賣奴隸，卻一直對恩典非常渴望。在他發現上帝的恩典之後，他對恩典的驚異未曾停止過。人們也從未停止唱他的歌《奇異恩典》。
但什麼是恩典呢？保羅將它無數的優點總結起來，稱為「極豐富的恩典」（以弗所書2章7節）。他在以弗所書第2章將一些豐盛的恩典概括成：上帝的慈愛給予死在過犯罪惡之中的人（第1節）、上帝的救贖大能給予每個信他之人（第 8節）、上帝的靈性供給我們分享（5－6節）、上帝的創造力影響和裝備信徒們去實現他的目的（第10節）。
上帝的恩典不僅是如此令人驚訝的豐富，也是免費的。楊腓力指出，「恩典之所以是免費的，只因施恩者本身承擔了救贖的代價。」
讓我們接受上帝的奇異恩典，並把這個恩典分送到飢渴的世界去。JEY
奇異恩典！何等甘甜－
我罪已得赦免！
前我失喪今被尋回，
瞎眼今得看見。Newton
上帝的恩典是取之不盡的甘泉。
Grace Is Amazing
Read: Ephesians 2:1-10
. . . that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace. –Ephesians 2:7
Bible In One Year:
Ephesians 1-3
In his book What's So Amazing About Grace? Philip Yancey says that "the world thirsts for grace in ways it does not even recognize." He writes, "Little wonder the hymn 'Amazing Grace' edged its way onto the Top Ten charts two hundred years after composition."
The hymn's composer John Newton, who was once an infidel and slave trader, had been thirsty for grace. After he discovered the grace of God, he never ceased to be amazed. And people have never ceased singing his song, "Amazing Grace."
But what is grace? Paul summed up its countless virtues by calling them "exceeding riches" (Eph. 2:7). He spelled out some of those riches in Ephesians 2. Grace is: God's favor bestowed on undeserving people (v.1); God's instrument for bringing salvation to each believer (v.8); God's provision of spiritual fellowship with others (vv.5-6); and God's creative influence, equipping the believer to fulfill His purposes (v.10).
God's grace is not only amazingly rich, it's also free. Yancey points out, "Grace is free only because the giver Himself has borne the cost."
Let's drink deeply of God's amazing grace so that we will be grace-dispensers to a thirsty world. –JEY
Amazing grace! How sweet the sound–
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind but now I see. –Newton
God's grace is always sufficient.
FOR FURTHER STUDY
Read: Ephesians 2:1-10
. . . that in the ages to come He might show the exceeding riches of His grace. –Ephesians 2:7
Bible In One Year:
Ephesians 1-3
In his book What's So Amazing About Grace? Philip Yancey says that "the world thirsts for grace in ways it does not even recognize." He writes, "Little wonder the hymn 'Amazing Grace' edged its way onto the Top Ten charts two hundred years after composition."
The hymn's composer John Newton, who was once an infidel and slave trader, had been thirsty for grace. After he discovered the grace of God, he never ceased to be amazed. And people have never ceased singing his song, "Amazing Grace."
But what is grace? Paul summed up its countless virtues by calling them "exceeding riches" (Eph. 2:7). He spelled out some of those riches in Ephesians 2. Grace is: God's favor bestowed on undeserving people (v.1); God's instrument for bringing salvation to each believer (v.8); God's provision of spiritual fellowship with others (vv.5-6); and God's creative influence, equipping the believer to fulfill His purposes (v.10).
God's grace is not only amazingly rich, it's also free. Yancey points out, "Grace is free only because the giver Himself has borne the cost."
Let's drink deeply of God's amazing grace so that we will be grace-dispensers to a thirsty world. –JEY
Amazing grace! How sweet the sound–
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind but now I see. –Newton
God's grace is always sufficient.
FOR FURTHER STUDY