箴言25:16 你得了蜜麼，只可喫夠而已，恐怕你過飽就嘔吐出來。
閱讀經文：箴言 25:16-18
16你得了蜜麼，只可喫夠而已，恐怕你過飽就嘔吐出來。17你的腳要少進鄰舍的家，恐怕他厭煩你，恨惡你。18作假見證陷害鄰舍的，就是大槌、是利刀、是快箭。
夠了是祝福
「你得了蜜麼，只可喫夠而已，恐怕你過飽就嘔吐出來。」(箴言二十五：16)
知道夠了，是給自己的野心，有道截止線。知道夠了，是在金錢追逐裡蒙保守。知道夠了，是在權力爭逐中有保護。知道夠了，是在情慾引誘時，免去堕落。知道夠了，是上帝我們心中的警戒線。否則就要吐出，嘔吐也是保守。
我們要知道，夠了的底線在哪裡。感謝主，給一支常勝的球隊，失去衛冕賽。給一個高股價的公司，有深跌。給一個專制者，有敵人。給一個愛在路上亂看的人，有 老花。給愛吃東西的人，腸胃有些不好。給愛賺錢的人，有環球不景氣。給什麼都要爭第一名的人，有失敗。給自認有能力的人不成就，以免他們太自信。
期待學習一個寶貴的功課，「夠」就可以，「夠」就夠了，「夠」就夠感恩。
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Romans 8:9-17. Let’s go!
Romans 8:9 (NIV)
9 You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ.
On verse 9: Here in Romans Paul uses the names “Spirit”, “Spirit of God”, “Spirit of Christ” and “His Spirit” interchangeably since they are all referring to the same thing, the Holy Spirit. How do you know if you have the Holy Spirit? You believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross for your sins, that He rose again and is alive today, and you’ve trusted Jesus to be your Saviour. If that’s you, then the Bible says that the Holy Spirit lives inside you (1 Corinthians 6:19; 2 Corinthians 5:5) and you have the Holy Spirit.
箴言25:15 柔和的舌頭，能折斷骨頭。
閱讀經文：箴言 25:14-15
14空誇贈送禮物的，好像無雨的風雲。15柔和的舌頭，能折斷骨頭。
期待與落空
「空誇贈送禮物的，好像無雨的風雲。」(箴言25:14)
與人交往，不要如乾旱地的風雲，給人期待，沒有實踐，不過是無雨的風，不過是天空的浮雲，過去了無痕，逝去無踪跡。
這世界有太多無雨的風雲，像是政客的承諾，商標的虛假，廣告的不實，泡沫的市場，虛有其名的人，只肯享受的人，追求成就不在教育的老師，賣假牛肉的牛肉店老板等。
願我們給人的承諾不是空包彈，給人的禮物不是說說而已，是帶著滋潤的雨，給人供應，對人有實際的幫助。
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Romans 8:1-8. Let’s go!
Romans 8:1 (NIV)
1 Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus,
On verse 1: The word “therefore” in verse 1 connects what Paul was talking about in Romans 7 with what we’re now reading in Romans 8. In other words, when we, like Paul in Romans 7, struggle with sin, we must remember that “there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” (v1). In other words, in Jesus Christ we are not condemned as sinners; rather we are justified (declared righteous) by God’s undeserved kindness. To think that our biggest mistakes do not change who we are in Christ. That’s not to downplay the size of our mistakes. That’s recognizing just how powerful and unshakeable is our identity in Jesus Christ. Praise God! As Paul will write later on in Romans 8, nothing can separate us from His love – not even our worst mistakes or our biggest regrets.
箴言25:11 一句話說得合宜，就如金蘋果在銀網子裡。
閱讀經文：箴言 25:10-13
10恐怕聽見的人罵你，你的臭名就難以脫離。11一句話說得合宜，就如金蘋果在銀網子裡。12智慧人的勸誡在順從的人耳中，好像金耳環和精金的裝飾。13忠信的使者叫差他的人心裡舒暢，就如在收割時有冰雪的涼氣。
為什麼好用律師爭勝之徒，有臭名？
「恐怕聽見的人罵你，你的臭名就難以脫離。」(箴言25:10)
不要以為法律的審判，會還人清白；不要認為法庭勝訴，可以證明自己無辜。許多用律師，經常法庭得勝的人，擁有的是欺壓別人的臭名，或是苛刻尖酸的惡名。
愛用律師是民主制度的陷阱，許多律師為了找案子，樂意成為富人的寵臣，合法的打手，為他排除垃圾的清潔工，為他搬走阻礙的馬前卒。形成法律行業，與企業財團的貪婪共同體。結果合法，卻不合情，一直得勝的背後，是臭名。
不要好訴訟，不要好打官司，法庭掀開的資料，有時我們不如自己想像的那麼美好。雙方互揭瘡疤時，我們也會惹得一身臭。
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Romans 7:14-25. Let’s go!
Romans 7:14-25 (NIV)
14 We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.
15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.
16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good.
17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me.
18 I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
19 For what I do is not the good I want to do; no, the evil I do not want to do–this I keep on doing.
20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.
On verses 14-25: In describing his struggle with sin, is Paul talking about what his experience was like before he became a Christian or his experience even after he became a Christian? While arguments can be made for both sides, I believe in the final analysis it is best to see Romans 7:14-25 as Paul sharing very candidly his own personal struggle with sin and temptation even after he became a Christian and all the way till the time he as an apostle was writing Romans.
箴言25:8 不要冒失出去與人爭競，免得至終被他羞辱，你就不知道怎樣行了。
閱讀經文：箴言 25:7-9
7寧可有人說「請你上來」，強如在你覲見的王子面前叫你退下。8不要冒失出去與人爭競，免得至終被他羞辱，你就不知道怎樣行了。9你與鄰舍爭訟，要與他一人辯論，不可洩漏人的密事。
知道要退下
「寧可有人說請你上來，強如在你覲見的王子面前，叫你退下。」(箴言二十五：7)
上帝知道我們的軟弱，喜歡滯留在權力的位上，退不下來。喜歡留在高處，但不守望。喜歡與有錢人相處，不看望窮人。喜歡人生一直往上爬，不願有下台的階梯。受人歡迎的那幕戲，喜歡一直演下去，永不落幕。
上帝啊，只有祢永遠配坐寶座，不是我。求主不要讓我們為了維持業績，而駐留在高處。忘了要關起門，進入隱密之處與祢見面。忘了走到野外，靜看小花小草的美，靜聽蟲聞鳥叫的美意。忘了成功亮麗戲台的底下，有許多灰塵也需要掃一掃。
不要以為成功的見證，才是一生焚燒的祭壇。上帝啊，讓我一生單純的事奉祢。
箴言25:4 除去銀子的渣滓、就有銀子出來、銀匠能以作器皿。
閱讀經文：箴言 25:3-6
3天之高，地之厚，君王之心也測不透。4除去銀子的渣滓就有銀子出來，銀匠能以做器皿；5除去王面前的惡人，國位就靠公義堅立。6不要在王面前妄自尊大，不要在大人的位上站立。
天高地厚也藏不了
「天之高，地之厚，君王之心也測不透。」(箴言25:3)
有許多事，我們可以看清楚，但是人心，我們測不透。我們的聰明有極限，我們的邏輯有不邏輯。上帝在此告訴我們，人的心很複雜，放在高處，如同天上的雲端，我們抓不到資料；放在地下的深處，有如許多防火牆、防爆庫，又加密鎖碼，加上層層的保護。
我們寧願像小孩子，帶顆單純的心思，來到上帝面前，不要像君王，有一堆重裝備，貼身保鑣，掩藏自己，卻不來到上帝面前。上帝可以開啟人的雲端資料，可以鑽取人隱藏的密碼，可以比維基解密更爆料。
上帝現在讓稗子與麥子一起長，稗子自以為了不起，可以混得不著邊際。稗子忘了，有一天上帝會分出稗子，用火焚燒。
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Romans 7:7-13. Let’s go!
Romans 7:7-13 (NIV)
7 What shall we say, then? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed I would not have known what sin was except through the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”
8 But sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, produced in me every kind of covetous desire. For apart from law, sin is dead.
9 Once I was alive apart from law; but when the commandment came, sin sprang to life and I died.
10 I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life actually brought death.
11 For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, deceived me, and through the commandment put me to death.
12 So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous and good.
13 Did that which is good, then, become death to me? By no means! But in order that sin might be recognized as sin, it produced death in me through what was good, so that through the commandment sin might become utterly sinful.
箴言25:2 將事隱祕乃神的榮耀，將事察清乃君王的榮耀。
閱讀經文：箴言 25:1-2
1以下也是所羅門的箴言，是猶大王希西家的人所謄錄的。2將事隱祕乃神的榮耀，將事察清乃君王的榮耀。
隱藏的文字工作者
「以下也是所羅門的箴言，是猶大王希西家的人所謄錄的。」(箴言25:1)
我們不知道這個隱名的謄錄員是誰，也不知道他在何種狀況下發現所羅門王剩餘的箴言，所羅門作王965-925B.C.，希西家作猶大王在715-687B.C.，這位隱名的謄寫員，是在所羅門作王後約250-238年，他抄錄下未被發表的箴言，公佈給世人。
將被人遺忘在古老灰塵裡的羊毛皮卷，或是莎草紙裡寶貴的啟示，重新抄寫，讓人閱讀，這是文字工作者的服事，沒有人知道他是誰，上帝知道他就可以了。每個世代，都是遺忘的世代，屬上帝的寶貴見證，復興的信息，總被人有意或無意的埋在灰塵裡，沙堆下。感謝主，有忠心的僕人默默地挖掘，耐心的尋找，仔細的重抄， 無私的發表。
何等羨慕如此的服事，重現古老的見證，讓人知道在每個世代中，都有上帝的作為。
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