6.16_每日靈修：聖靈的能力

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聖靈的能力

The Power Of The Holy Spirit

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路加福音 1:26-38

2 Corinthians 1:26-38

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……「聖靈要臨到你身上，至高者的能力要蔭庇你，因此所要生的聖者，必稱為　神的兒子……」

—路 1:35

…"The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God."

—Luke 1:35

天使加百列向馬利亞宣告，她將會受聖靈感孕，成為耶穌的母親。在這個宣告中，有許多關於聖靈的重要真理。聖靈是神，在神拯救世人的計劃中，聖靈扮演著重要的角色。祂以超乎尋常的方法，使馬利亞受孕成了基督耶穌的母親。

可是，這段經文也引出一個有關聖靈能力的重要問題：是否聖靈會壓制 (overpower)人呢？經文說：至高者的能力要蔭庇你，這裡有一個關鍵的觀念——「蔭庇」。「蔭庇」一詞讓我們回想到，耶和華曾以「雲柱」的形式盤旋在曠野的會幕之上（參出 40:38）。後來，耶穌和門徒登山變像時，也有代表神同在的雲彩在他們上面盤旋（參太 17）。

聖靈蔭庇，彰顯了神的同在，然而又並非支配控制了馬利亞或任何其他人。當馬利亞感受到聖靈所帶來神奇妙的同在時，她願意放下自己，順服神的旨意。

今天，當聖靈在你生命中作工時，願你記起馬利亞的話：「我是主的使女」，然後盡心、盡意、儘力、盡性地去侍奉神。

In the angel Gabriel"s announcement that Mary would bear God"s Son, we learn several important things about the Holy Spirit. We discover that the Holy Spirit is God. We also learn that the Holy Spirit plays an integral role in God"s plan of salvation for humankind. The Spirit miraculously initiates the conception of Jesus, the Christ, in Mary"s womb.

But this passage also raises an important question about the power of the Holy Spirit: Does he overpower people? The key concept here is "overshadow." The idea of "overshadowing" reminds us of the Lord"s presence hovering over the tabernacle as a "pillar of cloud" in the wilderness (Exodus 40:38). It also looks forward to the cloud that hovers over Jesus and the disciples on the Mount of Transfiguration as a sign of God"s presence (Matthew 17).

So the Holy Spirit overshadows in the sense of demonstrating God"s presence, but not in the sense of dominating Mary, or anyone else. Mary, in the awesome presence of God in the person of the Holy Spirit, bends her will to do God"s will.

When the Holy Spirit presents himself in your life today, remember Mary"s words, "I am the Lord"s servant," and serve God with all of your heart, soul, strength, and mind.

禱告 · Prayer

聖靈啊，求禰蔭庇我們，與我們同在，幫助我們放下自己的意願，來順服禰的旨意。奉耶穌的名祈求，阿們。

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