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经文: 有晚上、有早晨，这是头一日。（创世记一：5）
“暗”为夜，“光”为昼。但是这两样合在一起，就被认为日──那是单单给光的名字！在属灵的经验中，有恰恰相同的类比。每一信徒心中都有黑暗和光明，但是他并不因有罪而被称为罪人，反被称为圣徒，因为他有某种程度的圣洁。有人问：“在我里面有这么多的黑暗，我能被称为上帝的孩子吗？”对于这些人，以上的想法是最能使他得安慰的了。是的，像“日”，你并没有以夜晚命名，却从白昼得名。按上帝的话来说，似乎你现在已完全成圣了，正如你不久以后就要成圣那样。虽然在你里面有黑暗，你仍被称为光明的儿女。在上帝的眼光中，你根据占优势的品格被命名，它有一日也将成为唯一存留的品格。请注意是先有夜。按天性，我们也是先在黑暗中。在我们的悲惨的忧虑中，先有的总是幽暗，以致我们以深切卑微之声呼喊：“上帝啊，可怜我这个罪人！”白昼是次有的。恩典战胜恶时，天才破晓。本仁约翰说：“后来的，持续到永远。”时机成熟，首先的要让路给末后的，但是末后的后面不再有任何东西。虽然你的本性是黑暗的，在主里面，你成为光明以后，就不再有黑夜跟随。“日头不再下落。”（赛六十：20）这生命中的头一日是有黑夜、有白昼。但是第二日，当我们永远与上帝同在，不再有黑夜，唯有一个神圣的、高贵的、永远为正午的日子。
Evening, July 10
Scripture: “And the evening and the morning were the first day.”(Genesis 1:5)
The evening was “darkness” and the morning was “light,” and yet the two together are called by the name that is given to the light alone! This is somewhat remarkable, but it has an exact analogy in spiritual experience. In every believer there is darkness and light, and yet he is not to be named a sinner because there is sin in him, but he is to be named a saint because he possesses some degree of holiness. This will be a most comforting thought to those who are mourning their infirmities, and who ask, “Can I be a child of God while there is so much darkness in me?” Yes; for you, like the day, take not your name from the evening, but from the morning; and you are spoken of in the word of God as if you were even now perfectly holy as you will be soon. You are called the child of light, though there is darkness in you still. You are named after what is the predominating quality in the sight of God, which will one day be the only principle remaining. Observe that the evening comes first. Naturally we are darkness first in order of time, and the gloom is often first in our mournful apprehension, driving us to cry out in deep humiliation, “God be merciful to me, a sinner.” The place of the morning is second, it dawns when grace overcomes nature. It is a blessed aphorism of John Bunyan, “That which is last, lasts for ever.” That which is first, yields in due season to the last; but nothing comes after the last. So that though you are naturally darkness, when once you become light in the Lord, there is no evening to follow; “thy sun shall no more go down.” The first day in this life is an evening and a morning; but the second day, when we shall be with God, for ever, shall be a day with no evening, but one, sacred, high, eternal noon.