結出果子Producing Fruit
[每日靈修] 9/2/2018, 駱鴻銘編譯
聖靈所結的果子，就是仁愛、喜樂、和平、忍耐、恩慈、良善、信實、溫柔、節制。這樣的事沒有律法禁止。（加五22～23）
基督徒不可能不結果子。誠然，所有的基督徒都會在某種程度上結出聖靈所有的果子（譯按：請注意，這裏的果子是單數的。因為加拉太書提到聖靈的果子雖有九重，但是卻只有一個果子。那是聖靈果子的九重表現，不是九個果子）。不是一個人領受了愛的果子，而另一個人則領受了喜樂的果子。所有的基督徒都會表現出所有的果子。
每個基督徒彰顯聖靈果子的程度會有不同，甚至個別的基督徒，在人生不同時期也會有不同程度的表現。產生果子的是聖靈。聖靈果子是聖靈成聖工作的一部分。成聖不是神單方面的工作（monergistic work），而是人與神共同的工作（synergistic）：它涉及到、也需要信徒的合作。我們正在作成得救的功夫，與此同時，神也在我們心裏運行（譯按：腓二13）。
若不是神在我們心裏運行，我們在成聖過程中所作的一切努力都不會結出果子。最終，這是基督的果子，因為祂是果子的來源和動力。但是結出豐盛的聖靈果子需要我們的努力。我們不應該只是隨意地、偶然地作成我們得救的功夫，而是應該在恐懼戰兢中完成我們的工作。
活在神的面光中（在神面前禱告）：
神在你心裏運行。你是否與神同工呢？
進一步研讀：
加六22～23；腓二13；來十10、14；林前六11。
Producing
Fruit
One
cannot be a Christian and have no fruit. Indeed, all Christians yield some
measure of all the fruit of the Spirit. It is not that one receives the fruit
of love and another the fruit of joy. All the fruit is to be manifest in all
Christians.
The
degree of the manifestation of the fruit of the Spirit may vary from Christian
to Christian, and even episodically in the individual Christian’s life. The
Holy Spirit produces the fruit. The fruit of the Spirit is part of the Spirit’s
work of sanctification. Sanctification is not a monergistic work; it is
synergistic: It involves and requires the cooperation of the believer. We are
working out our salvation while at the same time God is working within us.
All
of our labor in sanctification would yield no fruit if God were not working in
us. Ultimately, it is His fruit in that He is the source of it and power for
it. But the full measure of the fruit of the Spirit requires that we work. We
are to work not casually or occasionally. Our labor is to be done in fear and
trembling.
Coram
Deo
God
is at work within you. Are you cooperating?
Passages
for Further Study
Hebrews
10:10 Hebrews 10:14 1 Corinthians 6:11
