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28  Pastor Chris克雷斯牧师

CONTINUE IN HIS LOVE

一直在祂的爱里

As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love (John 15:9).

我已经爱了你们，正如父已经爱了我一样；你们要一直在我的爱里。（约翰福音15:9）

Before His ascension, Jesus said to His disciples, “…continue ye in my love,” as we see in our opening verse. The love of Christ is real. If you ever experience the love of Christ, it’s beyond anything in this world. The Bible says, “And I pray that Christ will be more and more at home in your hearts as you trust in him. May your roots go down deep into the soil of God's marvelous love. And may you have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love really is. May you experience the love of Christ, though it is so great you will never fully understand it. Then you will be filled with the fullness of life and power that comes from God” (Ephesians 3:17-19 NLT).

耶稣在升天以先，对祂的门徒们说：“……你们要一直在我的爱里”，就是我们在开篇经文中所看见的。基督的爱是真实的。如果你曾经体验过基督的爱，就会知道祂的爱超越这世界的一切。圣经说：“借着信心，基督可以住在你们心里，叫你们在爱里有根有基，能和众圣徒一起明白基督的爱是何等阔、长、深、高；并知道基督的爱，是越过了知识，叫你们可以被神的一切的丰盛充满。”（以弗所书3:17-19 NLT）

Therefore, for us, carrying out the work of the ministry, doing the work of the Lord, is as a result of the compelling force of His love. That way, our service to the Lord in the ministry of the Gospel isn’t a job, even though in a sense it’s a job; rather, in reality, serving in the ministry is walking in fellowship with the Lord, and living in His love. In addition, because you’re living in His love, you’re ever renewed, ever refreshed, your vision is ever expanding, and your life forever moves forward; and always making progress. 

因此，我们作服侍的工作，能做主的工都是因祂大爱的推动力所产生的结果。这样，我们在福音事工上服侍主就不是一件工作，虽然在某种意义上它是一件工作；事实上，在事工中服侍是与主团契同行，是活在祂的爱中。另外，因为你是在祂的爱中而活，你就永远被更新、被恢复、你的异象总是被扩张，你的生命永远向前发展；并总是会取得进步。

In Him, you’re on a journey of ever-increasing glory; you never have to think about staying strong, finishing strong, or hoping that you fulfil your destiny in Him; no. Rather, you’re just so fulfilled and thrilled that you’re in Him, and He’s in you; He’s your glory, your success, and your vitality; and all you care about is to know Him more, please Him, and love Him more. Every day becomes another beautiful opportunity to relish His love, enjoy His blessedness, and bask in His glory, with more love in your heart for Him. Hallelujah. 

在祂里面，你是行在永远荣上加荣的旅途中。你永远不需要思考要保持坚强，持续坚强，或希望自己可以成就在祂里面的命定。不，你只是为自己在祂里面，祂又在你里面而如此满足、如此激动。祂是你的荣耀，你的成功，你的生命力。你只想要更多认识祂，讨祂的喜悦，更加爱祂。每一天成为又一个美好的机会，心中带着对祂更深的爱，享受祂的爱，享受祂的祝福，沐浴在祂的荣耀中。

Prayer

祷告

Loving Father, I’m forever grateful for your love in my spirit that causes my work in the Gospel to be seamless, fulfilling, fruitful and exciting. I’m compelled and motivated by your love to reach out to sinners and win them to Christ, turning them from sin unto righteousness, and translating them from the kingdom of darkness into the glorious liberty of the sons of God, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.

慈爱的父啊，我永远感恩，因你的爱在我的灵里，使我在福音上的工作天衣无缝、充实、富有成效、使人兴奋。我被你的爱推动、激励去接触罪人，为基督赢回他们，使他们脱离罪，进入义；使他们从黑暗的国度中转回归到神众子荣耀的自由中。在耶稣的名里，阿们。

Further Study

参考经文

John 15:35

约翰福音15:35

Romans 5:5

罗马书5:5

1 John 3:14

约翰一书3:14