4月5日 他的痛苦与我们的相交

耶稣同门徒来到一个地方，名叫客西马尼，就对他们说……你们在这里等候，和我一同儆醒。（太二十六36、38）

纵然我们无法体会主在客西马尼的痛苦，但我们也不要误解。这是神人一体面对罪恶的痛苦。因此就我们个人的经历，是无法体会的。客西马尼与各各他，是耶稣所专有的，叫我们得生命的门。

耶稣在客西马尼，并不是因十架的死亡而恐惧；他曾强调说，他是为死而来的。他所恐惧的是不能以“人子”的身分过这一关。作为神子，耶稣绝对可以过关，撒但不能碰他分毫；但撒但要毁灭的，是他以一个孤独的个体过这一关；就是说，使他不能成为救主。试以主受试探的情景去读客西马尼痛苦的祷告：“魔鬼暂时离开耶稣。”在客西马尼，撒但最后向主以人子身份所施的袭击，是在客西马尼。

客西马尼的痛苦，是神子为要完成他作世人救主的使命所忍受的痛苦。幔子裂开，显示他付出何等的代价，为叫我们可以成为神的儿子。我们如此容易得救，是基于他的痛苦。基督的十字架，是人子的胜利。这不但表明我们的主已经得胜，而且带来人类的拯救。如今人人可以来到神面前，完全因为“人子”所经历的痛苦。

祈祷◆主啊，我对你的救赎和完全的救恩，是何其缺乏欣赏。主啊，驱使我产生丰富的感恩；让我对主耶稣基督怀着永远的爱。

April 5 His Agony And Our Fellowship

“Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, tarry ye here, and watch with Me.” Matthew 26:36, 38

We can never fathom the agony in Gethsemane, but at least we need not misunderstand it. It is the agony of God and Man in one, face to face with sin. We know nothing about Gethsemane in personal experience. Gethsemane and Calvary stand for something unique; they are the gateway into Life for us.

It was not the death on the cross that Jesus feared in Gethsemane; He stated most emphatically that He came on purpose to die. In Gethsemane He feared lest He might not get through as Son of Man. He would get through as Son of God – Satan could not touch Him there; but Satan’s onslaught was that He would get through as an isolated Figure only; and that would mean that He could be no Saviour. Read the record of the agony in the light of the temptation: “Then the devil leaveth Him for a season.” In Gethsemane Satan came back and was again overthrown. Satan’s final onslaught against our Lord as Son of Man is in Gethsemane.

The agony in Gethsemane is the agony of the Son of God in fulfilling His destiny as the Saviour of the world. The veil is drawn aside to reveal all it cost Him to make it possible for us to become sons of God. His agony is the basis of the simplicity of our salvation. The Cross of Christ is a triumph for the Son of Man. It was not only a sign that Our Lord had triumphed, but that He had triumphed to save the human race. Every human being can get through into the presence of God now because of what the Son of Man went through.