1114 – Are You Living the Abundant Life? 你活出丰盛的生命吗?

Exodus 3:8 (NKJV) So I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites.

Joshua 14:9 (NKJV) So Moses swore on that day, saying, ‘Surely the land where your foot has trodden shall be your inheritance and your children’s forever, because you have wholly followed the Lord my God.’

In the Old Testament, the Israelites obtained the promises given by God when they entered the Promised Land. With regards to us taking hold of the promises given to us in the abundant life, there are four categories of people.

Some have never heard of the Gospel and are wandering in the wilderness in spite of their success in life. Then there are those who have heard the Gospel, but have chosen not to accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour, and thus will die in their sins despite having had the opportunity to call upon the name of the Lord to be saved. Next, there are those who have accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour, but because they choose to allow the world and its values to remain in their hearts, they fail to enjoy the promises of the abundant life by living in carnality and a life that differs very little from the people of the world. Lastly, there are those who allow the Lord to rule and reign in their lives as King and work with Him to overcome the flesh, thus claiming the promises in the Bible and are enjoying the abundant life now.

God heard the cry of His people when they were in slavery in the land of Egypt, unable to set themselves free. Their lives became so difficult that God raised up Moses to deliver His people from slavery. God is our deliverer, and He listens to our cries regarding all the struggles that we are facing in our lives.

The Promised Land is an inheritance given to the children of Israel by the Lord—a land flowing with milk and honey. The nature of God is to ensure that His people and creation are well provided for, as in the Garden of Eden and in the Promised Land. Likewise, God’s desire for his children, whose lives have been restored by the finished work of Jesus Christ, is that they would be very different from the past. While the Israelites have inherited a physical land, we have a spiritual inheritance and an abundant life!

Sermon Series: You Are in the Hall of Faith! (Part 4)


你活出丰盛的生命吗?

出埃及记3:8 我下来是要救他们脱离埃及人的手,领他们出了那地,到美好宽阔、流奶与蜜之地,就是到迦南人、赫人、亚摩利人、比利洗人、希未人、耶布斯人之地。

约书亚记 14:9 当日摩西起誓说:‘你脚所踏之地定要归你和你的子孙永远为业,因为你专心跟从耶和华我的神。

在旧约中,以色列人在进入应许之地时,就得着了 神所应许的。对于如何得着神应许给予我们的丰盛的生命,有着四种不同的人群。

有些人从未听说过福音,尽管生活成功,却一生在旷野漂流。有些人听过福音,但他们选择不接受耶稣基督作为他们的主和救主,尽管他们有机会呼求主的名来得救,他们仍将在罪中死去。 接着,有的人接受了耶稣基督作为他们的主和救主,但选择让世界和它的价值观占据他们的心,因此没有享受到丰盛生命的应许。他们活在肉体的私欲中,他们的生命与世人无异。最后,有的人让主作王掌管他们的生命,并与祂同工,战胜肉体,得着圣经中的应许,现在就享受着丰盛的生命。

当神的百姓在埃及地为奴,没法从中得解脱的时候,神听到了他们的呼求。他们的生活变得如此艰难,于是 神兴起摩西来救祂的百姓脱离奴役。 神是我们的拯救者,祂倾听我们生命中面临的所有挣扎的呼喊。

应许之地是主赐予以色列儿女的产业,那是流奶与蜜之地。 神的本性是要确保祂的百姓和祂所造的万物得到良好的供应,就像在伊甸园和应许之地一样。同样, 神也希望祂的儿女,他们的生命因耶稣基督成就的事工而恢复,能与过去大不相同。以色列人继承了一块土地,我们却有属灵的基业和丰盛的生命!

讲章系列:你在信心的殿中(第四部分)