《今日靈修默想》:「那召你們的既是聖潔,你們在一切所行的事上也要聖潔。」(彼前1:15)

默想一:基督徒為什麼要過聖潔的生活?因為召我們的神是聖潔的。我們因信基督成為上帝的子民,享有作神兒女的尊貴地位。但我們蒙神選召,就是要我們從世界中過分別為聖的生活,活出上帝的聖潔。上帝給人的命定只有一個,就是成為聖潔。祂唯一的目標,就是讓人變成聖徒。聖潔,不單是上帝給你的禮物,更是你要用生命把上帝所賞賜之禮物給活出來。

默想二:基督徒如何在「一切所行的事上」過聖潔的生活?就是在凡事上以神為中心,以神的聖潔為我們的絕對標準。我們要謹防任何人假借情況倫理或處境倫理來挑戰甚至扭曲神的聖潔標準,神的標準是永不改變的。我們不能靠自己成為聖潔,但神賜下聖靈來幫助我們,賜我們力量勝過罪惡。

禱告:天父上帝,感謝袮在耶穌基督裡所成就的大恩,因著祂我才可以親近聖潔的神。我們正處在每況愈下的世風和亂象,求袮加添我力量,讓我敢於跟世界不同,不效法這世界的標準、潮流。袮說:「你們要聖潔,因為我是聖潔的」(彼前1:16)。我願意過「心意更新而變化」的生活。奉耶穌基督的聖名禱告,阿們!

《Today’s spiritual meditation》:  “But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do” (1Pe 1:15)

Meditation one: Why do Christians have to live a holy life? It is because the God who called us is holy. We become God’s people because we believe in Christ and receive the honorable status of being children of God. God calls us is to want us to live a sanctified life in this world and live out the holiness of God. God only gives us one demand, which is to be holy. His only goal is to make people become saints. Holiness is not only a gift from God to you, but also needs you to live out the gift given by God through your life.

Meditation two: How can Christians live a holy life in “all you do”? It is to have God as the center in all things and to keep God’s holiness as our absolute standard. We must guard against anyone using circumstances ethics or situation ethics to challenge or even manipulate God’s standards of holiness. God’s standards will never change. We cannot be holy by ourselves, but God has given the Holy Spirit to help us and empower us to overcome transgressions.

Prayer: God heavenly Father, thank You for the abundant grace You have accomplished in Jesus Christ. Through Him I can draw near to the holy God. We are in a chaos of deteriorating world. Please increase my strength so that I can be different from this world and not follow the standards and trends of this world. You said: “Be holy, because I am holy” (1Pe 1:16). I am willing to live a life that is “transformed by the renewing of the mind”. I pray in the holy name of Jesus Christ, Amen!

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