Month of Praising - Day 19

第 19 天 西 1:15-22
15 愛子是那不能看見之神的像，是首生的，在一切被造的以先。
16 因為萬有都是靠他造的，無論是天上的，地上的；能看見的，不能看見的；或是有位的，主治的，執政的，掌權的；一概都是藉着他造的，又是為他造的。
17 他在萬有之先；萬有也靠他而立。
18 他也是教會全體之首。他是元始，是從死裏首先復生的，使他可以在凡事上居首位。 19 因為父喜歡叫一切的豐盛在他裏面居住。
20 既然藉着他在十字架上所流的血成就了和平，便藉着他叫萬有－無論是地上的、天上的－都與自己和好了。
21 你們從前與神隔絕，因着惡行，心裏與他為敵。
22 但如今他藉着基督的肉身受死，叫你們與自己和好，都成了聖潔，沒有瑕疵，無可責備，把你們引到自己面前。

Day 19 Colossians 1:15-22
15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation.
16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him.
17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.
18 And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.
19 For it pleased the Father that in Him all the fullness should dwell,
20 and by Him to reconcile all things to Himself, by Him, whether things on earth or things in heaven, having made peace through the blood of His cross.
21 And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled
22 in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight.

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Praise the Lord for His wonderful works on the cross! By Him all things were created. But also by His blood, and Him only, we are reconciled to the perfect and pure God. Can you imagine that… the day that we are blameless in all things and all of ours sins, no matter how great or how small, forgiven? In fact, we are to be presented “...holy, and blameless, and above reproach” in God’s sight. This can only be by the blood of Jesus - our Lord, our Savior, the preeminent in all things, the giver of peace that the world cannot give. Now, being reconciled to God, let us lift up our holy hands and praise Him! For He is worthy!

感謝神為我們在十字架上所成就的奇妙的救恩！萬物都是藉著祂被造。我們更是藉著祂的寶血，祂的自己，得以與完美而聖潔的神和好。你能想像有一天，你我會毫無瑕疵，所犯的所有罪，無論大小，都已被神赦免了嗎？實際上，我們在神的眼中是“聖潔，沒有瑕疵，無可責備”的兒女，全都在乎耶穌的寶血。祂是我們的救主，是超越一切，賜世界所不能給予的平安的神。現在我們既已與神和好，都該高舉我們的神聖的雙手來敬拜祂！因祂是配得的！