在基督里渐渐成熟
正如昨天我们被提醒的，我们是唯独靠着神的恩典，唯独在基督里得救的。然而经历神奇妙的救恩会改变我们到一个程度，使我们愿意献上自己，像基督一样生活。
在今天的经文中，保罗进一步肯定说，要明白这一切并保持平衡，需要在属灵上有一定成熟度。
有人曾说，新约就像一滩水；一方面，它很浅，婴儿可以在其中安全嬉戏。但另一方面，一个熟练的潜水员可以潜到深处，思想神救恩的微妙之处。换句话说，福音是简单的，又是相当深奥的。
保罗在他的信中都在敦促信徒不要仅仅满足于简单的道理。圣经在另一处使用另一个比喻教导说，我们不能满足于一直简单地喝福音的奶，而是需要成熟起来，进入更深入的教导之中（来 5:13-14）
正如保罗在信中阐明的，神的灵会帮助我们。但我们得不断地探索，不断地成长，逐渐成熟。保罗在说，我们到了什么地步，就当照着什么地步行，但同时我们要不断前进，进入有关神和耶稣基督更高的真理中！
亲爱的神，愿我们尽心、尽性、尽意、尽力地爱祢。求祢将真理显明，好使我们每天都为之欢庆，并将它分享给他人。奉基督的名，阿们。
腓立比书 3:15-16
15 所以我们中间凡是完全人，总要存这样的心；若在什么事上存别样的心，神也必以此指示你们。
16 然而我们到了什么地步，就当照着什么地步行。
Maturing In Christ
"All of us, then, who are mature should take such a view of things. . . . Only let us live up to what we have already attained." — Philippians 3:15-16
As we were reminded yesterday, we are saved by God’s grace alone in Christ alone. But experiencing God’s amazing salvation changes us so much that we devote ourselves to Christlike living.
In today’s passage Paul confirms that there is a measure of spiritual maturity required to understand all this and keep it in balance.
Someone once said that the New Testament is like a body of water: on the one hand, it is shallow enough that a baby could splash around in it safely. But, on the other hand, a skilled diver could descend to great depths in pondering the subtleties of God’s salvation. In other words, the gospel is simple, and yet it is amazingly complex.
Throughout his letters, Paul urges believers not to be satisfied with only what is simple. Using another metaphor, the Bible teaches elsewhere that we cannot be satisfied forever with the simple milk of the gospel but need to mature and move on to its meatier teachings (Hebrews 5:13-14).
God’s Spirit will help us with this, as Paul makes clear in this letter. But the idea is to keep exploring, keep growing, keep maturing. Let’s keep what we have already attained, says Paul, but let’s also keep moving forward into ever greater truths about God and Jesus Christ!
Let us love you, dear God, with all our heart, soul, strength, and mind. Show us your truths so that we can celebrate them and tell others of them every day. In Christ, Amen.
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