衪升到天上

作者:每日箴言   来源:普世佳音

“主耶稣和他们说完了话,后来被接到天上,坐在神的右边。” - 可 16:19

“(衪)升天。”那些相信耶稣基督的人,历代历世以来都在诵念这句话。

例如,我们可以在使徒信经和尼吉亚信经找到这句话,你大概听过这些教会的信仰宣言吧,这些信经都是以圣经的教导为根据的,它们提醒我们一个既奇妙简单、又令人震惊和伟大的真理:耶稣的肉身已经来到神面前了!

那么,这个真理意味着什么?我们这样相信,有什么重要性呢?主要是说,这位为我们的罪受死、然后从死里复活的耶稣,现今正与父神一起在天上一同作王了。然而,藉着在我们心里活着和作工的圣灵,耶稣也仍然时常和我们一起。耶稣的升天,叫这一切都成为事实了。

在未来的几个星期,让我们一起思想耶稣升天的意义吧。耶稣为什么回到天上?衪怎样预备衪的门徒和我们明白衪在天上作王的事实?既知道我们的救主现今在天上坐在神的右边,我们又应该怎样过生活呢?

基督教信仰嘱吩我们,要谨记一个简单的真理:耶稣已升天了;它更邀请我们,靠着这位升到天上的主,叫我们的信心日渐增长。在这几个星期里,惟愿我们学习怀着赞叹和兴奋这样说:“祂升天了!”

祷告

升到天上的主,你是我们的救主和万有的君王。求你藉着你的灵对我们说话和引领我们,好叫我们能敬拜和尊崇你。求你赐我们力量去事奉你,又与人分享你一切的作为。阿们。

 

马可福音 16:19-20

19主耶稣和他们说完了话,后来被接到天上,坐在神的右边。
20门徒出去,到处宣传福音。主和他们同工,用神迹随着证实所传的道。阿们。

He Ascended Into Heaven

“After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and he sat at the right hand of God.” - Mark 16:19

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“He ascended to heaven.” People who believe in Jesus Christ have been reciting these words for many centuries. We find these words in the Apostles’ Creed and the Nicene Creed, for example. Maybe you have heard of these creeds of the church. Based on the teachings of the Bible, they remind us of something that is both wonderfully simple and astoundingly great: Jesus has gone bodily to be in the very presence of God!

But what does this mean? What is the significance of this belief? The main thing is that Jesus, who rose from the dead after dying to pay for all our sin, now lives and rules with God the Father in heaven. And yet Jesus is also with us always—through the Spirit of God, who comes to live and work in our hearts. Jesus’ ascension made all of this possible.

Over the next few weeks, let us reflect together on the meaning of the ascension. Why did Jesus return to heaven? How did he prepare his disciples—and us—for his heavenly reign? And how are we to live in light of our Savior’s role in heaven at God’s right hand?

The Christian faith calls us to remember a simple truth: Jesus ascended. But it also invites us to grow in our faith in the ascended Lord. In these coming weeks, may we learn to say with wonder and excitement, “He ascended!”

Prayer

Ascended Lord, you are our Savior and King over all things. By your Spirit, speak to us and guide us, that we may worship and honor you. Give us power to serve you and to share with others all you have done. Amen.

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发布日期:2019-05-01