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第24天

基督乃公义之王

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以赛亚书十一章1至5节

1从耶西的本（原文是墩）必发一条；从他根生的枝子必结果实。

2耶和华的灵必住在他身上，就是使他有智慧和聪明的灵，谋略和能力的灵，知识和敬畏耶和华的灵。

3他必以敬畏耶和华为乐；行审判不凭眼见，断是非也不凭耳闻；

4却要以公义审判贫穷人，以正直判断世上的谦卑人，以口中的杖击打世界，以嘴里的气杀戮恶人。

5公义必当他的腰带；信实必当他胁下的带子。

信息分享

这是以赛亚为耶稣基督勾勒的另一幅重要写照。在第七章，他指出基督就是「以马内利」──即神与我们同在。在第九章，他为我们列出基督的一些名字，以及有关祂降生的应许。在我们今天选读的经文中，他指出基督乃公义之王。今天的经文虽然只有五节，但它们却丰富地论及基督的降生、事奉、能力和属性。

第1节指出，在一个已枯死的树墩将发出一根嫩芽，它将会结出果实。基督虽然是神的儿子，却存心卑微地降世为人。祂在大卫家最衰落的时期，在一个穷苦的家庭出生。

基督甘愿放下祂的荣耀和能力，来到世上服侍人，并最终按着神的心意受死，完全是出于祂对人类的大爱。神的灵住在祂的身上，以致祂靠着圣灵的能力去服侍人(2、3节)。当基督在世的时候，父神以及圣灵均与祂同在。

请再读第2节。留意作者如何描述神的灵(即圣灵)。圣灵今天仍与我们同在，同样将各样美好的恩赐赐给神的儿女。你希望得到智慧吗？圣灵可以赐给你。你渴望得到能力吗？圣灵正在等候将祂的能力赐给你。求圣灵让你经历祂的真实吧！基督时代的圣灵，也就是今天的圣灵。无论我们置身在人生的甚么境况，祂都愿意帮助我们。

请再留意第3节。当圣灵在我们的心中工作，我们将会出现甚么转变呢？我们将会用积极的眼光去看别人和看自己的境遇。我们会更懂得爱人。只要我们接受圣灵的工作，圣灵便会进入我们生命的每一部分来改变我们。

祷告：

愿圣灵活在我的心里，让我在每一方面都能过圣洁的生活，像主耶稣一样。

Day 24

CHRIST-THE KING OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

Isaiah 11:1-5

1 There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse,
And a Branch shall grow out of his roots.

2 The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him,
The Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
The Spirit of counsel and might,
The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.

3 His delight is in the fear of the Lord,
And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes,
Nor decide by the hearing of His ears;

4 But with righteousness He shall judge the poor,
And decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
He shall strike the earth with the rod of His mouth,
And with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked.

5 Righteousness shall be the belt of His loins,
And faithfulness the belt of His waist.

Message

This is another of the great pictures Isaiah has given us of Jesus Christ. In chapter 7 he speaks about Immanuel-God with us. In chapter 9 he gives us some of the names of Christ as well as the promise of his birth. In these verses he tells us about Christ, the king of righteousness. There are only five verses in our reading but they are wonderfully full of thoughts concerning Christ, his coming, his ministry, his power and his character.

The first verse mentions a small green shoot coming from what had been a dead stump. It would be very small to begin with but would keep on growing. Christ's coming into this world was a very humble beginning for the Son of God. He was born into a poor family at a time when David's race was possibly at its lowest level.

This was all part of the love of Christ in setting aside his own glory and power and coming into this world to serve and to die in God's will. He ministered through the power of the Spirit of God (v. 2, 3). The Spirit of God rested on him in a remarkable way. The Father was with him and the whole of the Godhead was there when Christ walked this earth.

Read verse 2 again. Notice all the ways in which the Spirit of God is described. The same Holy Spirit is with us today and can supply for God's children those same wonderful gifts. Do you need wisdom? The Spirit has that for you. Do you need advice and strength? The Holy Spirit is waiting to give them to you. Count on him for these things. Ask him to make them real in your life. He is still the same as in Christ's day. He still waits to help each of us in all the circumstances of our lives.

Notice verse 3 also. See what the result of the Spirit's work in our hearts will be. It will mean a new appreciation of people and circumstances. It will mean greater love for others and greater respect for all of God's children. The work of the Spirit will reach into every part of our lives as we allow him to do the work he came to do.

A PRAYER:

Blessed Holy Spirit live through me today, I would be like Jesus pure in every way.