福音的能力─活在复活、升天的基督里
当时这班加利利人，虽然仅仅是在耶路撒冷的楼房上，但在他们的感觉里，他们是和主耶稣一同升到天上了。
有时我们爱一个人，想念一个人，这个人在什么地方，我们就觉得好像自己也在那个地方。比方有的人到了美国，想家时，他们的观念、感觉，就觉得自己好像还在家里。门徒们是亲身跟过主耶稣三年半；他们和主耶稣的感情以及感觉，乃是深到一个地步，实在难以分开；并且他们亲眼看见主耶稣死过、埋葬过，又复活、升天了。主耶稣活生生的与他们同在，并在他们眼前升天；请想想看，他们还有什么心留在地上？他们所有的心都到天上去了。虽然他们人是在地上，但我们应该相信，他们的心是完全到天上去了。就他们的心而论，他们实在是一班属天的人。
在这里我们必须看见，他们的罪已得了赦免，他们也脱开了世界，他们是在复活里的人，他们的心是到天上去了。他们是一班属天的子民，活在天的境界里。
福音的生活─祷告，活在神的同在中
不仅如此，我们进一步看见，他们这些人所过的生活，乃是祷告的生活。什么叫作祷告的生活？祷告的生活，就是在神面前的生活，在神里面的生活，在神面光中的生活。我们要懂得祷告的生活，必须先明白什么是祷告。祷告不像一般人以为的，仅仅为着什么事向神祈求。祷告，从浅的意义说，乃是人来到神面前；从深的一面说，乃是人进到了神里面，活在神的面光中。
基督徒多少都懂得一点祷告的意思。祷告在初期，开头的时候，是你进到神面前；最终，你就感觉好像进到神里面去了。每天早晨，或者别的时间，当你安静下来祷告时，刚开始你会觉得，你是来到神面前。等你祷告到实在摸着主，摸着祷告的实际，你这个人就如同进到神里面，摸着了神的心意。
那十天之久，门徒们在耶路撒冷的楼房那里，同心合意的恒切祷告。“恒切”原文意思是继续不停。他们在那十天之内所过的生活，就是一个祷告的生活。这种祷告的生活，乃是进到神面前，甚至进到神里面，在神面光中的生活。十天之久，他们所过的生活，不仅是在天上，并且是在神里面，最低限度是在神的面光中。唯有这种生活，才能接受福音的托付，生发福音的能力。
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The Power and Life of the Gospel – Acts 1:14
The Power of the Gospel: Living in the Resurrected and Ascended Christ
At that time, though these Galileans were physically in an upper room in Jerusalem, they felt as though they had ascended to heaven with the Lord Jesus.
When we deeply love someone and think about them often, we may feel as though we are where they are. For example, someone who has moved to America but misses home might feel as if they are still back home. The disciples had followed the Lord Jesus for three and a half years. Their bond with Him was so profound that it was almost impossible to separate. They had witnessed Jesus’ death, burial, resurrection, and ascension with their own eyes. The living Lord had been with them and had ascended before their very eyes. Imagine how they could have remained attached to earthly things after such an experience! Their hearts were wholly directed toward heaven. While they were physically on earth, their hearts had fully ascended to heaven. From their perspective, they were truly heavenly people.
We need to recognize here that their sins had been forgiven, they had been freed from the world, and they were people living in resurrection. Their hearts were in heaven. They were heavenly citizens, living in a heavenly realm.
The Life of the Gospel: Prayer, Living in God’s Presence
Moreover, we see that the life they lived was a life of prayer. A life of prayer is a life lived before God, in God and in His light. Prayer is not merely asking God for things as many people might think. On a surface level, prayer is coming before God; on a deeper level, it is entering into God and living in His presence.
Most Christians have some understanding of prayer. In the beginning stages of prayer, you may feel that you are coming before God. But as you deepen in prayer, touching the reality of the Lord, you begin to feel as though you have entered into God Himself. Daily, whether in the morning or at another time, as you quiet yourself in prayer, you might initially sense that you are approaching God. But as your prayer continues and deepens, you find yourself truly entering into God and touching His heart.
During those ten days, the disciples were in the upper room in Jerusalem, praying together with one accord steadfastly. The original meaning of “steadfast” is to continue without ceasing. Their life during those ten days was a life of unceasing prayer. This life of prayer was one in which they came before God, even entered into God and lived in His presence. For those ten days, their lives were not only heavenly but also deeply rooted in God. At the very least, they were living in the light of His presence. Only such a life can receive the commission of the gospel and generate the power of the gospel.