【双语灵修】葡萄树THE VINE
约翰福音 15:1-8
“我是真葡萄树，我父是栽培的人。 凡属我不结果子的枝子，他就剪去；凡结果子的，他就修理干净，使枝子结果子更多。 现在你们因我讲给你们的道，已经干净了。 你们要常在我里面，我也常在你们里面。枝子若不常在葡萄树上，自己就不能结果子；你们若不常在我里面，也是这样。 我是葡萄树，你们是枝子。常在我里面的，我也常在他里面，这人就多结果子；因为离了我，你们就不能做什么。 人若不常在我里面，就像枝子丢在外面枯干，人拾起来扔在火里烧了。 你们若常在我里面，我的话也常在你们里面，凡你们所愿意的，祈求，就给你们成就。 你们多结果子，我父就因此得荣耀，你们也就是我的门徒了。
10月16日
葡萄树
“我是葡萄树，你们是枝子；常在我里面的，我也常在他里面，这人就多结果子……” - 约翰福音 15:5
在我结婚之前，我没有车。我不知道怎么修车，也不会安装水管（现在还是不会）。但结了婚之后，我一下子能通过丈夫获得所有这些资源。
与耶稣联合也是如此—而且更胜一筹。耶稣把自己比作葡萄树，说我们就像枝子—与祂紧密相连，并在祂里面享有丰盛生命的一切福分。
约翰·加尔文曾写道：藉着基督，所有属天的恩赐都流向我们。从祂那里，我们得着生命、公义、圣洁和每一项真实的福分。你想想看！耶稣的喜乐、平安、力量和赏赐都归给我们。一首古老的圣诗宣告：“我们在基督里所拥有的神圣恩惠是何等浩大！”
在今天所读经文的开头，耶稣称自己为“真葡萄树”。除此以外，再没有谁能让我们拥有这样丰盛的关系。离了祂，我们就不能结果子，所以我们需要常住在耶稣里面。
“常住”是什么样子的？我曾看过一个视频，叫《如果我们像对待手机一样对待圣经…》。视频里，一个男人早晨一醒来就翻开《圣经》；他刷牙时读，煎蛋时读，在跑步机上跑步时也读，甚至一整天都在不停地查看《圣经》。
我们很清楚手机“常驻”的意思，也许住在基督里也是如此。我们需要随时随地，都与祂保持亲近。
祷告
主耶稣，我们能与你联合是何等有福！求你帮助我们在一切所行的事上常在你里面，使我们能为你多结果子。阿们。
John 15:1-8
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16
THE VINE
“I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit. . . .” —John 15:5
Before I married, I did not own a car. I did not know how to fix vehicles or install plumbing. (Still don’t.) But with a vow, suddenly I had access to all those riches through my husband.
Being united to Jesus works in a way like that—only better. Jesus describes himself as a vine, and he says we are like branches—deeply connected to him and blessed with all the benefits of life in him.
John Calvin wrote that through Christ all heavenly gifts flow to us. From him we get life, righteousness, holiness, and every true blessing. Imagine! Jesus’ joy, peace, strength, and reward. An old hymn proclaims: “How vast the benefits divine that we in Christ possess!”
At the beginning of our reading for today, Jesus calls himself “the true vine.” There really is no other with whom we can have this flourishing relationship. Apart from him, we cannot bear fruit, so we need to remain in Jesus.
What does “remaining” look like? I saw a short video called “If we treated our Bibles like our phones. . . .” As soon he woke in the morning, a man opened his Bible; he read it as he brushed his teeth, cooked his eggs, and ran on a treadmill. He even kept checking his Bible throughout the day.
We know what it means to “remain” with our phones. Perhaps remaining in Christ looks something like that? We need to stay close with him, all day long.
Lord Jesus, how blessed we are to be united in you! Help us to remain in you always, in all we do, that we may bear your fruit. Amen.