採納基督的態度Adopting Christ’s Attitude
[每日靈修] 12/26/2018, 駱鴻銘編譯
「各人不要單顧自己的事，也要顧別人的事。你們當以基督耶穌的心為心： 他本有神的形像，不以自己與神同等為強奪的；反倒虛己，取了奴僕的形像，成為人的樣式； 既有人的樣子，就自己卑微，存心順服，以至於死，且死在十字架上。」（腓二4～8）。
在這裏，榮耀的屬性歸屬於三位一體的三個成員。這種榮耀因此被確認為是一種永恆的榮耀。這不是耶穌在地上生活和事奉中的某個時刻才增添或取得的東西。祂在一開始就擁有這種榮耀，並將永遠擁有這種榮耀：
「所以，神將祂升為至高，又賜給祂那超乎萬名之上的名。叫一切在天上的、地上的，和地底下的，因耶穌的名無不屈膝， 無不口稱『耶穌基督為主』，使榮耀歸與父神。」（腓二9～11）。
雖然僕人的樣式覆蓋在耶穌身上，祂的一生卻以一種自願的降卑為標誌，然而在祂的事奉中卻有一些時刻，祂屬神的榮耀突然爆發出來。正是這些時刻引起約翰寫道：「我們也見過祂的榮光」（約一14）。
活在神的面光中（在神面前禱告）：
求上帝不斷對你顯明祂的榮耀。
進一步研讀：
約一14 道成了肉身，住在我們中間，充充滿滿的有恩典有真理。我們也見過他的榮光，正是父獨生子的榮光。
腓二4～11 各人不要單顧自己的事，也要顧別人的事。你們當以基督耶穌的心為心： 他本有神的形像，不以自己與神同等為強奪的；反倒虛己，取了奴僕的形像，成為人的樣式； 既有人的樣子，就自己卑微，存心順服，以至於死，且死在十字架上。所以，神將他升為至高，又賜給他那超乎萬名之上的名。叫一切在天上的、地上的，和地底下的，因耶穌的名無不屈膝， 無不口稱「耶穌基督為主」，使榮耀歸與父神。
Adopting
Christ’s Attitude
“Each
of you should look not only to your own interests but also to the interests of
others. Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: Who, being in
very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in
human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled Himself and
became obedient to death—even death on the cross!” (Phil. 2:4–8, NIV).
Here
the attribute of glory is ascribed to all three members of the Trinity. This
glory is then confirmed as a glory that is eternal. It is not something added
to or acquired by Jesus at some point in His earthly life and ministry. He held
this glory at the beginning and will possess it for eternity:
“Therefore
God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name that is above every
name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth
and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the
glory of God the Father” (Phil. 2:9–11, NIV).
Though
the form of servanthood covered Jesus and His life was marked by a willing
humiliation, nevertheless there were moments in His ministry where the glory of
His deity burst through. It was these moments that provoked John to write, “And
we beheld His glory” (John 1:14).
Coram
Deo
Ask
God for an ever-increasing revelation of His glory.
Passages
for Further Study
Philippians
2:5–9