【双语灵修】我是神拣选的资产I AM GOD’S CHOSEN POSSESSION

以弗所书 1:3-6

愿颂赞归于我们主耶稣基督的父神！他在基督里曾赐给我们天上各样属灵的福气，就如神从创立世界以前在基督里拣选了我们，使我们在他面前成为圣洁，无有瑕疵；又因爱我们，就按着自己意旨所喜悦的，预定我们藉着耶稣基督得儿子的名分，使他荣耀的恩典得着称赞。这恩典是他在爱子里所赐给我们的。

5月27日

我是神拣选的资产

“就如神从创立世界以前在基督里拣选了我们，使我们在他面前成为圣洁，无有瑕疵。” - 弗 1:4

《圣经》解释说，信徒是由神自由慷慨地拣选的。这个拣选不是基于我们的外貌、聪明、性格、地位或任何其他因素。这个拣选并非是我们赚取或当得的，反而完全是一个恩慈之举。

神在衪的大爱中启动了救赎的进程。因着衪的主权和善意，神决定要拯救我们，使每一个按衪形象所造的，都可以得到拯救和救赎（创世记 1:26-27）。虽然我们深陷在罪中，然而耶稣受死，救我们脱离罪和死的咒诅，使我们在神眼中成为圣洁。

被神拣选是一个极大的福气，因此我们满有谦卑，它帮助我们看到我们是没有骄傲和自夸余地的。它同时向我们浇灌安全感和信心，因为我们明白我们得救不是基于自己在宗教上的表现。反而，作为神拣选的产业，我们是属于衪的。身体和灵魂——无论是生是死——我们是属衪的，谁也不能把我们从衪手里夺去（约翰福音 10:28-30）。

蒙宇宙中至高神的拣选、喜悦和看重——这是何等令人振奋的荣誉啊。

祷告

恩慈的神，感谢你拣选了我们。感谢你为我们的信心创始，使之完美、成终。你应许必定会完成在我们心里动了的善工，惟愿我们带着这个确据去生活。奉耶稣的名祈求，阿们。

Ephesians 1:3-6

TUESDAY, MAY 27

I AM GOD’S CHOSEN POSSESSION

“He chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight.” — Ephesians 1:4

The Bible explains that believers have been freely and generously chosen by God. This choosing is not based on our appearance, intelligence, personality, status, or anything else. It’s not something we earn or deserve. Instead, it’s a purely gracious act.

God, in his great love, initiates the process of salvation. By his sovereign will and good pleasure, God has decided to save us, making rescue and redemption possible for all who have been made in his image (Genesis 1:26-27). Even though we were ensnared in sin, Jesus died to deliver us from the curse of sin and death to make us holy in God’s sight.

Being chosen by God is an overwhelming blessing that fills us with humility and helps us see that there is no room for pride or boasting. It also instills in us a sense of security and confidence, recognizing that our salvation is not based on our religious performance. Instead, as God’s chosen possession, we belong to him. Body and soul—in life and in death—we are his, and nothing can snatch us from his hand (John 10:28-30).

What an exhilarating honor—to be chosen, wanted, and valued by the most significant being in the universe!

Gracious God, thank you for choosing us. Thank you for being the author, perfecter, and finisher of our faith. May we live with the assurance that you will complete the good work you have begun in us. For Jesus’ sake, Amen.