在亚伯拉罕身上，我们看见蒙神呼召、凭信而活、因信称义、与神交通这些属灵的特点。在以撒身上，我们看见他的特点就是承受。一切都是父亲给他的，不是他自己作成的。亚伯拉罕跋山涉水才到达迦南地，以撒却生在迦南地。亚伯拉罕虽蒙祝福，得昌大，但他也受了不少苦。以撒却享受一切，圣经中没有记载他多多受苦，反而启示他总是安息，这由他在田间默想得到证明。如果我们仔细读以撒的历史，会发现无论他住在那里，都有一口井作他的享受，井说明他享受水泉。他也得着合意的新妇（创二四61-67），并得着双生子（二五20-21，26），他是一个享受的人，一直享受恩典的供备。享受是他的定命。他从恩典而生，在恩典里长大，在恩典里顺从，也在恩典里成为承受者，从他父亲承受一切。以撒一生所有的一切，都是享受和接受。他的一生，是安息与享受的一生。
什么是恩典？恩典的意思就是享受。新约告诉我们，恩典是藉着耶稣基督来的（约一17）。虽然基督已经来了，恩典也随着祂来了，并且我们已经被带进所站的这恩典中，但这恩典最大的阻挠乃是我们自己。因此，在我们能有以撒的经历之前，需要代表生命经历第一面的亚伯拉罕。亚伯拉罕的生活显明，我们若要享受神的恩典，全享神的丰富，就必须受对付，受割礼，被除去。必须先有亚伯拉罕的经历，才有以撒的承受恩典。我们必须先除去己，才能享受恩典。然而若只有亚伯拉罕，没有以撒，我们会觉得灰心。但亚伯拉罕所有消极的经历，都是为着以撒积极的享受。亚伯拉罕受苦是为着以撒得益处。我们不仅是亚伯拉罕，经历神的呼召，凭信而活，除去肉体，与神交通。我们也是以撒，学习什么也不作，享受基督从神临到我们，作我们的恩典和供应。今天恩典就是神把祂自己作到我们里面，作我们的享受。这恩典就是三一神自己，如今与我们的灵同在，住在我们的灵里，作我们的享受，使我们享受神作我们的生命和一切，甚至作我们的生活。
每日一问：以撒一生最大的特点是什么？和亚伯拉罕有什么不同？
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The Characteristics of Isaac – 1 John 1:16-17
In Abraham, we see the spiritual characteristics of being called by God, living by faith, being justified by faith, and having fellowship with God. In Isaac, we see that his characteristic is that of inheriting. Everything was given to him by his father; it was not something he produced himself. Abraham traveled over mountains and rivers to reach the land of Canaan, but Isaac was born in the land of Canaan. Although Abraham was blessed and became great, he also suffered quite a bit. Isaac, however, enjoyed everything; the Bible does not record that he suffered much, but rather reveals that he was always at rest, which is proven by his meditation in the field. If we read Isaac’s history carefully, we will find that wherever he lived, there was a well for his enjoyment; the well signifies that he enjoyed the fountain of water. He also obtained a suitable bride (Gen. 24:61-67) and obtained twin sons (25:20-21, 26). He was a person of enjoyment, always enjoying the supply of grace. Enjoyment was his destiny. He was born of grace, grew up in grace, obeyed in grace, and became an heir in grace, inheriting everything from his father. Everything in Isaac’s life was enjoyment and reception. His life was a life of rest and enjoyment.
What is grace? Grace means enjoyment. The New Testament tells us that grace came through Jesus Christ (John 1:17). Although Christ has come, and grace has come with Him, and we have been brought into this grace in which we stand, the greatest obstacle to this grace is ourselves. Therefore, before we can have the experience of Isaac, we need to represent the first aspect of life experience—Abraham. Abraham’s life reveals that if we want to enjoy God’s grace and fully enjoy the riches of God, we must be dealt with, circumcised, and removed. We must first have the experience of Abraham to have Isaac’s inheritance of grace. We must first remove the self to enjoy grace. However, if there is only Abraham and no Isaac, we will feel discouraged. But all of Abraham’s negative experiences were for Isaac’s positive enjoyment. Abraham’s suffering was for Isaac’s benefit. We are not only Abraham, experiencing God’s calling, living by faith, removing the flesh, and having fellowship with God. We are also Isaac, learning to do nothing, but enjoying Christ coming from God to us, to be our grace and supply. Today, grace is God working Himself into us to be our enjoyment. This grace is the Triune God Himself, now dwelling with our spirit, living in our spirit, to be our enjoyment, causing us to enjoy God as our life and everything, and even as our living.
Daily Question: What is the greatest characteristic of Isaac’s life? How is it different from Abraham?