七月十二日
被父神所分別爲聖。（改譯）（猶：1）；在基督耶穌裏成聖。（林前1：2）；藉著聖靈得成聖潔。（彼前1：2）
要注意三位一體的神在一切恩工上是合作一致的。有一些信徒的說話常偏重三位中的一位，這是很不聰明的事；他們以爲耶穌是全然可愛，滿有恩惠的；他們認爲父乃是嚴正的，所以忽略了他的恩慈。但那些只看重神的誡命、子的替贖，而忽視聖靈的人，也一樣地犯了嚴重的錯誤。救恩的大功，三位一體中的任何一位都不能獨成其事。他們在工作上聯合一起，正像他們在存在上是一樣的。他們對待被選之人的愛是一致的，而從他們流露出來的愛的行動，也是不可分割的。我們從成聖的工作上特別能看出這一點。我們若說成聖是聖靈的工作雖或沒有錯誤，但是我們也必須出乎承認父和子也有份在這工作上。成聖的工作乃是父、子和聖靈共同所作的工作。
耶和華說：“我們要照著我們的形象，按著我們的樣式造人。”因此，“我們原是他的工作，在基督耶穌裏造成的，爲要叫我們行善，就是神所預備叫我們行的。”神很看重聖潔，所以三位一體的神共同使教會“毫無玷污、皺紋等類的病”。
信徒啊！你既是跟從基督的人，也必須高看聖潔的價值——生活要清潔，話語要虔敬。要把基督的血當作你盼望的根源，但也不要忽視聖靈的工作，那是你在光明中與衆聖徒所當得的基業。今天讓我們在生活中能彰顯出三位一體的神在我們心中所作的工作。
“求你用真理使他們成聖，你的道就是真理。”
July 12
“Sanctified by God the Father.” — Jude 1
“Sanctified in Christ Jesus.” –1 Corinthians 1:2 “Through
sanctification of the Spirit.” –1 Peter 1:2
Mark the union of the
Three Divine Persons in all their gracious acts. How unwisely do those
believers talk who make preferences in the Persons of the Trinity; who think of
Jesus as if He were the embodiment of everything lovely and gracious, while the
Father they regard as severely just, but destitute of kindness. Equally wrong
are those who magnify the decree of the Father, and the atonement of the Son,
so as to depreciate the work of the Spirit. In deeds of grace none of the
Persons of the Trinity act apart from the rest. They are as united in their
deeds as in their essence. In their love towards the chosen they are one, and
in the actions which flow from that great central source they are still undivided.
Specially notice this in the matter of sanctification. While we may without
mistake speak of sanctification as the work of the Spirit, yet we must take
heed that we do not view it as if the Father and the Son had no part therein.
It is correct to speak of sanctification as the work of the Father, of the Son,
and of the Spirit. Still doth Jehovah say, “Let us make man in our own
image after our likeness,” and thus we are “his workmanship, created
in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should
walk in them.” See the value which God sets upon real holiness, since the
Three Persons in the Trinity are represented as co-working to produce a Church
without “spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing.” And you, believer, as
the follower of Christ, must also set a high value on holiness–upon purity of
life and godliness of conversation. Value the blood of Christ as the foundation
of your hope, but never speak disparagingly of the work of the Spirit which is
your meetness for the inheritance of the saints in light. This day let us so
live as to manifest the work of the Triune God in us.
