2012 禁食日记 – 第20天: “朋友” 2012 Fasting Diary – Day 20: “Friend”

 

 

第二十天(26/08/12)

耶和华说:“我所要做的事,岂可瞒着亚伯拉罕呢?”
~ 创 18:17 ~

上帝不只看亚伯拉罕是他的仆人,他确实把亚伯拉罕当作朋友,这是何等大的荣幸!如果一个很有名、很有势力的人把我们当作朋友,我们可感到多特别和满足,更何况是上帝!耶稣也告诉我们身为朋友的身份和感情的特殊点:

14 你们若遵行我所吩咐的,就是我的朋友了。 15 以后我不再称你们为仆人,因仆人不知道主人所做的事。我乃称你们为朋友,因我从父所听见的,已经都告诉你们了。”(约15:14-15)

他所指的这个要我们遵行的这吩咐,其实是叫我们身为他门徒的要彼此相爱,这样你也可以成为神的朋友了。。。

 

Day 20 (26/08/12)

Then the Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?”
~ Genesis 18:17 ~

God did not just regard Abraham as a servant, He did indeed regard Abraham as a friend, this is such a great honour! If a very famous and powerful person regards us as a friend, we would feel so special and satisfied, what more to say if it is God! Jesus also told us the uniqueness of having the identity and relationship of a friend:

14 You are my friends if you do what I command. 15 I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.”
(John 15:14-15)

The “command” here that Jesus wants us, His disciples to do is this: to love one another, if you could do that, you can become a friend of God…