【双语灵修】一张全家福A FAMILY PICTURE

使徒行传 2:41-47

于是，领受他话的人就受了洗，那一天，门徒约添了三千人； 都恒心遵守使徒的教训，彼此交接、掰饼、祈祷。

众人都惧怕，使徒又行了许多奇事神迹。 信的人都在一处，凡物公用， 并且卖了田产、家业，照各人所需用的分给各人。 他们天天同心合意恒切地在殿里，且在家中掰饼，存着欢喜、诚实的心用饭， 赞美神，得众民的喜爱。主将得救的人天天加给他们。

4月14日

一张全家福

“都恒心遵守使徒的教训，彼此交接……” - 使徒行传 2:42

在我们家里，壁炉上方的墙上挂着一张全家福。照片里那些微笑着的人之所以在那里，是因为他们出生在这个家庭，或者是通过婚姻进入了这个家庭。

在今天《使徒行传》第2章的经文中，我们发现了另一张全家福。这是一个新建立的家庭，而且正焕发出勃勃生机。这里的人正如使徒所教导的那样委身于耶稣，并且他们也彼此委身，形成了一个耶稣跟随者的团契。他们成为这个新家庭的一员，不是因为自然出生或婚姻关系，而是因为他们在基督里重生了。他们已经重生，藉着圣灵的工作而被带进基督的信仰中。

这正是耶稣与尼哥底母谈话时所指的（《约翰福音》3章）。耶稣当时说，人必须重生，被圣灵感动而信主，才能见神的国。在《使徒行传》第2章的这张全家福中，我们看到了一群早期的重生之人，他们一同吃饭、分享和敬拜。

你在那幅图画里看到你自己了吗？虽然那时你并不在耶路撒冷，但如果你信耶稣，你也属于那个家庭的一份子。作为信徒，你已经藉着圣灵重生，这个家就是你的家。像那些信徒一样，你是一个新造的人，也是神持续恢复祂整个受造界工作的记号！

祷告

神啊，靠着你的恩典，我们也成为了你家里的一员。求你帮助我们珍惜这个家，并像你一样投入心力去建造它。奉耶稣的名，阿们。

Acts 2:41-47

TUESDAY, APRIL 14

A FAMILY PICTURE

They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship. . . . —Acts 2:42

In our home we have a family picture on the wall above our fireplace. All of the smiling people in it are there because they were born into our family or they married into it.

In our text today from Acts 2, we find another family picture. It’s a new kind of family, and it is just springing to life. The people here are devoted to Jesus, as taught by the apostles, and they are devoted to one another, forming a fellowship of Jesus’ followers. They are a part of this new family not because they were born or married into it but because they have been reborn in Christ. They have been born again, brought to faith in Christ by the work of the Holy Spirit.

That is what Jesus was talking about when he spoke with Nicodemus (John 3). Jesus said then that a person must be born again, moved to faith in the Lord by the Holy Spirit, in order to see the kingdom of God. And in the family picture here in Acts 2 we see an early crowd of these born-again people, eating, sharing, and worshiping together.

Do you see yourself in that picture? Although you weren’t there in Jerusalem at that time, you too are a part of that family if you believe in Jesus. As a believer, you have been born again by the Holy Spirit, and this family is your family. Like those believers, you are a new creation and a sign of God’s continuing work to restore his whole creation!

By your grace, O God, we too are a part of your family. Help us to cherish this family and to invest in its life, as you do. In Jesus’ name, Amen.