2021-02-15
經文：伯 Job 28:1-11
鑰節：人為黑暗定界限，查究幽暗陰翳的石頭，直到極處。（伯 Job 28:3）
根據科學家的研究，當人長時間在黑暗中，若突然遇到強光，不能立刻適應。剛開始會有暈眩，需要等一會兒，眼球才能準確捕捉形像傳送到大腦進行分析。這就是科學術語中所說的「調節」。
今天的信息是關於基督的先知性啟示。約伯說神必終止黑暗和死亡的陰翳。這話在耶穌基督身上得到了應驗，祂是世界的光，藉著十字架打敗魔鬼，終止了黑暗權勢和死亡的作為，並賜權柄給人。「生命在他裡頭，這生命就是人的光。」（約1:4） 這節經文向我們啟示了一些基要真理。第一，沒有基督，這個世界的道德與靈性就完全黑暗。第二， 每個生在世界的人都是生在黑暗的世界，被魔鬼所統治。第三，耶穌是唯一照亮人生命的光，向他們指明走出黑暗國度的道路。
基督的使命就是拯救接待祂的人，從黑暗的生命進入光明喜樂的生命。「神的兒子顯現出來，為要除滅魔鬼的作為。」（約一3:8）
那些讓基督成為自己生命之主的人已經成為光明之子，已經從黑暗國度中分別出來。黑暗之子的生活不會在意神的話或自己永恆的命運，而我們應當時刻意識到自己全新、特殊的地位。你邀請祂進入你的生命了嗎？如果是的話，就要興起傳揚這道，讓還在黑暗中的人透過你看見神的拯救之光。
今日思想：耶穌是將人從黑暗中解救出來的真光。
一年讀經計劃：《馬可福音》14-16章
Daily Manna 2021
DATE: Mon, Feb 15, 2021
TOPIC: THE LIGHT THAT LIBERATES
TEXT: Job 28:1-11
1. Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it.
2. Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.
3. He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection; the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
4. The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot; they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
5. As for the earth, out of it cometh bread; and under it is turned up as it were fire.
6. The stones of it are the place of sapphires; and it hath dust of gold.
7. There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen;
8. The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
9. He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots.
10. He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing.
11. He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.
KEY VERSE:
「He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.」 - (Job 28:3)
MESSAGE:
Based on research, scientists have established the fact that when someone who has stayed long in darkness suddenly encounters a bright light, he does not immediately adjust. At first, he seems dazzled. It takes a while before his eyeballs properly capture the images sent to the brain for interpretation. This is what scientific parlance calls 「accommodation」.
The passage today is a prophetic revelation about Christ. Job stated that God would put an end to darkness and the shadow of death. This statement was fulfilled in Jesus Christ, the Light of the world who ended the work of darkness and death by His defeat of the devil at Calvary and gave authority to man. 「In him was life; and the life was the light of men」 (John 1:4). This verse reveals some fundamental truths to us. One, without Christ, the world would be in total moral and spiritual darkness. Two, everyone born into the world would be born into the world of darkness, whose ruler is the devil. Three, Jesus is the only Light that illuminates the lives of men and shows them the way out of the kingdom of darkness.
Christ’s mission is to deliver everyone who receives Him, from a life of darkness into a life of light and gladness. 「...For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil」 (1 John 3:8).
Those who have made Christ the Lord of their lives have become children of light; they are separated from the kingdom of darkness. While the children of darkness live without any regard for God’s word or their eternal destiny, we should live in constant awareness of our new and unique status. Have you invited Him into your life? If yes, then arise and spread the Word. Let the people who are still in darkness see the light of God’s salvation through you.
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:Jesus is the Light that liberates from darkness.
THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:Mark 14-16