一个人如果没有无数次与耶稣接触，就无法读懂怀爱伦的灵感作品。耶稣呈现在她浩瀚的文学作品中。在每一个角落，在每一个隐秘处，耶稣的出现都会让读者想起怀爱伦对救主深深的爱，以及她宣扬祂的始终不渝的愿望。 JNN 5.1
在这本晨钟课里，你将遇见怀爱伦所熟悉的耶稣。她对基督的长篇描述不同于以往或现在的任何其他基督教作家。阅读怀爱伦的勉言会让人时常感受到，她过着以基督为中心、在耶稣面前的生活。 JNN 5.2
耶稣在怀爱伦的生活和工作中占有中心地位，这绝不是一蹴而就的。年轻时，她害怕“永远燃烧着烈焰的地狱”(LSMS 30)，但在母亲的鼓励下，她向接受复临信仰的卫理教会牧师利瓦伊·斯托克曼做了短时间的咨询。斯多克曼遇到的这个少女是一个挣扎、孤独的信徒，对自己的救赎完全不确定。怀爱伦后来写到那次拜访：“他确知我藉着耶稣的爱还是有希望的”(同上40页)。“我对于上帝的大爱和温慈的怜悯所得到的认识，比我以往从一切讲道与劝勉之中所领受的还多”(同上41页)。从那一刻起，笼罩着怀爱伦日益增长之信心的黑暗消散了。当她瞻仰基督时，她的属灵生活发生了变化。 JNN 5.3
怀爱伦对她救赎主的爱日益加深，这可以从她出版作品中对耶稣的多种提法中看出——她总共用了840多个。篇幅不允许将包含所有提法的阅读材料都收录在内，因此这里只列了365个最佳的提法。仔细研究怀爱伦著作的人，对于如此庞大丰富的提法，只能得出一个结论:怀爱伦是受圣灵感动的。 JNN 5.4
当你阅读《耶稣——超乎万名之名》的时候，你也会遇到耶稣。怀爱伦依靠祂来完成她独特的使命。1892年，她称祂为“我的试炼之石”，也许是因为她在澳大利亚的旅居之初所面临的挑战。在其他的著作中，耶稣是阿拉法和俄梅戛，天地的创造主，一切完美礼物的施给者，和我们重担的承担者。对于我们中间分心的人，她写到祂是吸引的伟大中心。对于那些因罪而伤心的人，她说祂是完备的救主，伟大的代祷者，全能的中保，以及拯救我们的元帅。怀爱伦所描述的耶稣，满足每一需求! JNN 5.5
在这本晨钟课中，每篇文章后都附有一个思考题，以帮助读者将当日的信息应用到他或她的生活中去。此外，当“男人”、“兄弟”、“他”、“他的”等词被用来代表整个人类时，我们改变了其中的许多表达方式，使其更具包容性，同时保留了怀爱伦的原意和信息。 JNN 5.6
如果你还没有遇见为你舍命的耶稣，我们希望这篇晨钟课能把你介绍给祂。如果你已经感受到救主爱的抚摸，我们相信每一天的阅读都会丰富你与祂同行的旅程。分享耶稣是怀爱伦生活和服务的最大动力。我们祈祷这份遗产在你身上延续下去，直到所有人都求告耶稣——超乎万名之名。JNN 6.1
怀爱伦著作托管委员会
2020年，太平洋出版社
One cannot read the inspired writings of Ellen G. White without experiencing numerous encounters with Jesus. In the wide expanse of her literary output He is there. Around every corner and in every hidden place, glimpses of Jesus remind readers of Ellen White’s deep love for the Saviour and her constant desire to make Him known. JNN 5.1
In this devotional you will meet the Jesus whom Ellen White knew intimately. Her voluminous descriptions of Christ represent an anthology unlike that of any other Christian writer—past or present. Reading Ellen White’s counsels gives one the abiding sense that she lived a Christ-centered life and did so in the presence of Jesus. JNN 5.2
That Jesus would become so central to Ellen White’s life and work was by no means a foregone conclusion. As a young teenager she feared having to “endure the flames of hell forever” (Life Sketches of Ellen G. White, 30, 31), but at the urging of her mother, she counseled briefly with Levi Stockman, a Methodist minister who had accepted Millerism. The teenager Stockman met was a struggling, forlorn believer, completely unsure of her salvation. Ellen White later wrote of that visit, “He knew there was hope for me through the love of Jesus” (Ibid., 36). “I had obtained more knowledge on the subject of God’s love and pitying tenderness, than from all the sermons and exhortations to which I had ever listened” (Ibid., 37). From that moment, the darkness smothering Ellen White’s growing faith lifted. Her spiritual life became transformed as she beheld Christ. JNN 5.3
Ellen White’s deepening love for her Redeemer can be seen through the amazing variety of names by which she referred to Jesus in her published writings—more than 840 in total. Space does not permit the inclusion of readings in which all the names are mentioned, so 365 of the best are captured here. The careful student of Ellen White’s writings can come to but one conclusion as to the Source of such a powerful collection of appellations: Ellen White was inspired. JNN 5.4
As you read Jesus, Name Above All Names, you will also meet the Jesus on whom Ellen White depended to fulfill her unique calling. In 1892 she called Him “my Tried Stone,” perhaps owing to the challenges she faced at the beginning of her sojourn in Australia. In other writings Jesus is the Alpha and Omega, Creator of Heaven and Earth, Giver of Every Good and Perfect Gift, and our Great Burden Bearer. To the distracted among us she wrote of One who is the Great Center of Attraction. To those broken by sin she offers the Complete Saviour, Great Intercessor, All-Powerful Mediator, and Captain of Our Salvation. For every need Ellen White has a Jesus! JNN 5.5
In this devotional, each reading features a reflection thought or question to help the reader apply to his or her life that day’s message. In addition, when words such as man, men, brethren, he, him, and his have been used as generic representations for the whole of humanity, we have changed many of these expressions to be more inclusive, while preserving Ellen White’s meaning and message. JNN 5.6
It is our hope that this devotional will introduce you to Jesus if you have yet to meet the One who gave His life for you. If you have already felt the loving touch of the Saviour, we are certain that each day’s reading will enrich your walk with Him. Sharing Jesus was the great heartbeat of Ellen White’s life and ministry. Our prayer is that this legacy will continue through you, until all call on Jesus—the name above all names. JNN 6.1
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