箴言30:19 就是鹰在空中飞的道，蛇在磐石上爬的道，船在海中行的道，男与女交合的道。
阅读经文：箴言 30:18-20
18 我所测不透的奇妙有三样，连我所不知道的共有四样， 19 就是鹰在空中飞的道，蛇在磐石上爬的道，船在海中行的道，男与女交合的道。 20 淫妇的道也是这样，她吃了把嘴一擦，就说：「我没有行恶。」
在这世上有哪些事让你想不透呢？你再想想，就会发现不止是三样或四样。所以亚古珥是抛砖引玉，要让我们思想神的作为何等超乎人的智慧，人的罪性又何等愚妄自欺。“我所测不透的奇妙”，《现代中文译本》译为：神祕莫测的事，《思高译本》译为：令我称奇的事，《吕振中译本》译为：奇妙事超乎我的智力之外。
我们现在有Discovery （探索频道）出的视频，向我们解释很多生物界的奇妙现象。但是以前的人没有这样方便的管道，因此要想破头也无法明白。有个人住在香港一间公寓的37楼，经常会看到大麻鹰在空中盘旋。经过长期的观察，他发现麻鹰的飞行方法很像一只纸鸢。
箴言30:15 蚂蟥有两个女儿，常说：「给呀！给呀！」有三样不知足的，连不说够的共有四样。
阅读经文：箴言 30:15-17
15蚂蟥有两个女儿，常说：「给呀！给呀！」有三样不知足的，连不说够的共有四样，16就是阴间和石胎，浸水不足的地，并火。(新译本：就是阴间、不能生育的妇人、水源不足之地和总不说『够了』的火。)17 戏笑父亲，藐视而不听从母亲的，他的眼睛必为谷中的乌鸦啄出来，为鹰雏所吃。
蚂蟥世代
「蚂蟥有两个女儿，常说，给呀给呀。」(箴言三十：15)
蚂蟥是水蛭，吸血维生，经常在溪流、水田等潮溼的地方活动。吸血的方式是口部有两个吸孔，贴住动物或人的表皮，从微血管吸血。蚂蟥吸血容量，可到身体的4-5倍，能将身体吸到胀起来。吸一次血，可维持2-3个月的食物量，甚至撑半年，再等下一次的机会。
上 帝在此提醒我们，与人相处，不是像蚂蟥，将人吸干，自己得饱足。有些媒体就像蚂蟥，抓到一个人，将其吸干，毁了对方才放掉，媒体的暴力本质，比所放的暴力 节目更血腥。可怕的是，观众也像蚂蟥推导媒体朝这方向去，变成一堆蚂蟥在吸媒体，媒体又去找猎物，供大家病态式的取乐，情绪性的满足。
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Mark 1:29-39. Let’s go!
Mark 1:29-31 (NIV)
29 As soon as they left the synagogue, they went with James and John to the home of Simon and Andrew.
30 Simon’s mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they told Jesus about her.
31 So he went to her, took her hand and helped her up. The fever left her and she began to wait on them.
On verses 29-31: In Mark 1:21-22, we saw Jesus’ power to teach God’s Word. In Mark 1:23-27 we saw Jesus’ power to drive out evil spirits. Now in Mark 1:29-34 we see Jesus’ power to heal the sick, beginning with Simon’s mother-in-law.
Notice how Simon’s mother-in-law responded after Jesus healed her: “she began to wait on them” (v31), that is, to serve Jesus and his team. The same should be our response to Jesus as well after we witness and experience Jesus’ power in our lives. May we not be consumers who just keep wanting more and more things from Jesus, treating him like our servant. Rather, like Peter’s mother-in-law, may our response be to serve Jesus and His followers rather than always wanting to be served.
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Mark 1:21-28. Let’s go!
Mark 1:21-22 (NIV)
21 They went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach.
22 The people were amazed at his teaching, because he taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the law.
On verses 21-22: Jesus was far more than just a teacher, but what a teacher he was. There was something about Jesus’ teachings that carried weight and “authority” that other teachers of the time did not have (v22). Not only did Jesus amaze people with His teachings when Jesus walked this earth, but two thousand years later no one else’s teachings have ever come close to having the impact that Jesus’ teachings have had and still have. When it comes to our sins, Jesus is our sacrificial lamb, and when it comes to teaching humanity, Jesus is the G.O.A.T. (greatest of all time). So when you open your Bible and read Jesus’ teachings, remember that you are reading the most precious, brilliant and powerful teachings that there have ever been. The most important and powerful words you can cling to are Jesus’ words.
箴言30:10 你不要向主人谗谤仆人，恐怕他咒诅你，你便算为有罪。
阅读经文：箴言 30:10-14
10你不要向主人谗谤仆人，恐怕他咒诅你，你便算为有罪。11有一宗人，咒诅父亲，不给母亲祝福。12有一宗人，自以为清洁，却没有洗去自己的污秽。13有一宗人，眼目何其高傲，眼皮也是高举。14有一宗人，牙如剑，齿如刀，要吞灭地上的困苦人和世间的穷乏人。
新译本： “不要向主人诽谤他的仆人，恐怕他咒诅你，你就判为有罪。有一种人咒诅父亲，又不给母亲祝福。有一种人自以为清洁，却没有洗去自己的污秽。有一种人眼目多么高傲，他们的眼睛，长在顶上。 有一种人牙如剑，齿如刀，要吞灭地上的困苦人和世人中的贫穷人。
在这段经文里，亚古珥让我们看到五种人，这五种人有一个共通的特点，便是自私自利和自以为是，应该可以说就是以自我为中心。第一种人向主人诽谤他的仆人，也就是打小报告。这种人觉得别人做得不好，深怕主人不知道，便打小报告，要让主人以为他很为主人着想。他也是仆人，但是要踩着别人的脊梁往上爬，不是靠实力，而是靠告发他人，以赢取上司的喜悦。他在背后踩人，人家自然讨厌他，咒诅他。在神的面前，这种人算为有罪。
Hi GAMErs!
Today we begin the Gospel of Mark. Though the author does not identify himself in this gospel, early church writers unanimously claim Mark (also known as John Mark – see for example Acts 12:12, 25) as the author, which in some respects would be a strange choice if it were not true. Mark was a close co-worker of Jesus’ disciple Peter, whom Peter even calls “my son” (1 Peter 5:13). Thus many scholars believe that Mark wrote his gospel based at least in part on the eyewitness testimony of Peter. It is also believed by many scholars that Mark wrote this gospel while in Rome between approximately 57 and 63 A.D. (although some scholars have suggested an earlier date). Shortly after this Emperor Nero would begin his severe persecution of the church in Rome, which as tradition holds is where Peter eventually would die a martyr’s death.
Many scholars agree that the gospel of Mark was probably the first of the New Testament gospels to be written and was an important reference book for Matthew and Luke to refer to when they wrote their gospels.
Today’s passage is Mark 1:1-20. Let’s go!
箴言30:8 求祢使虚假和谎言远离我；使我也不贫穷也不富足，赐给我需用的饮食。
阅读经文：箴言 30:7-8
7我求你两件事，在我未死之先不要不赐给我：8求你使虚假和谎言远离我；使我也不贫穷也不富足，赐给我需用的饮食。9恐怕我饱足不认你，说：「耶和华是谁呢？」又恐怕我贫穷就偷窃，以致亵渎我神的名。
托尔斯泰曾经写了一个寓言收在《呆子伊凡》这本故事集里，名字叫做〈魔鬼与农夫〉。话说有个老魔鬼看到人的生活实在太幸福了，便想去扰乱一下，尽尽做魔鬼的本份。他派了一个小魔鬼去打一个农夫，因为那个农夫每天殷勤工作，所得却甚少，却十分快乐满足。
小魔鬼就去把农夫的田地变硬，让农夫挖土挖得很辛苦。但是农夫并未因此而抱怨，只是更殷勤地敲打地，小魔鬼失败地走了。大魔鬼派第二个小魔鬼去，小魔鬼心想农夫不怕工作辛苦，但是没有体力就不行了吧？于是牠偷走农夫的面包跟水。没想到农夫找不到面包跟水，说：“不晓得哪个可怜的人比我更需要那块面包跟水？如果这些东西就能让他得温饱的话，那就好了。”于是小魔鬼又逃走了。
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Daniel 12:1-13. (For those of you who own a printed GAME booklet, please note that we will begin the Gospel of Mark 1:1-20 tomorrow.) Let’s go!
Daniel 12:1 (NIV)
1 “At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people–everyone whose name is found written in the book–will be delivered.
On verse 1: Chapter 12 continues the message that the angel was giving to Daniel in chapter 11. The angel notes that “at that time” (meaning the end times) there will be great distress unlike anything that has ever been seen, but that “everyone whose name is found written in the book” (likely meaning those written in God’s book of life in Revelation; see for example Revelation 21:27) will be delivered from that time of distress. Verse 1 suggests that the archangel Michael will play a role in protecting and delivering those people whose names are written in the book. How does one get their name written in God’s book of life? By believing that Jesus died on the cross for our sins.
箴言30:5 神的言语句句都是炼净的，投靠祂的，祂便做他们的盾牌
阅读经文：箴言 30:5-6
5神的言语句句都是炼净的，投靠祂的，祂便做他们的盾牌。6祂的言语你不可加添，恐怕祂责备你，你就显为说谎言的。
5 Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.6 Do not add to His words, Lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar..(NKJV)
The believer replied, “Every promise of God proves true; he protects everyone who runs to him for help. So don’t second-guess him; he might take you to task and show up your lies.” 《The Message》
你有没有想过，为何有那么多人把他们的生命投资在一本《圣经》之上？神的话为何那样特别？当世人都在为自己的生活汲汲忙碌时，却有一批神所拣选的人，情愿挑灯日攻夜战，逐字翻译神的话语，让他们的青春年华在书桌旁一点一滴地消失。为了使神的话语可以深入到每个族群，这些人必须远离家乡和亲人，去陌生的环境里学习适应当地的生活，当地的语言，从而把自己已有的希伯来文、希腊文和英文等学识应用在翻译上面。这样的工作，没有雄厚的经济报酬，反而都是清茶淡饭，才能维持每日的基本所需。
箴言30:4 谁升天又降下来？谁聚风在掌握中？谁包水在衣服里？谁立定地的四极？他名叫什么？他儿子名叫什么？你知道吗？
阅读经文：箴言 30:1-4
1雅基的儿子亚古珥的言语，就是真言。2 这人对以铁和乌甲说：我比众人更蠢笨，也没有人的聪明。 3 我没有学好智慧，也不认识至圣者。 4 谁升天又降下来？谁聚风在掌握中？谁包水在衣服里？谁立定地的四极？他名叫什么？他儿子名叫什么？你知道吗？
“雅基的儿子亚古珥的言语，就是真言”这节经文在《吕振中译本》译为：“雅基的儿子亚古珥的话、是神托之言”。《思高译本》译为：“玛撒人雅刻之子阿古尔的格言”。玛撒人是以实玛利的后裔（创25:13-14），以智慧著称。“以铁和乌甲”（1下），不知何许人也，很可能是亚古珥的朋友或是他的学生。这两人是亚古珥写作的对象。
亚古珥的自谦：“我比众人更蠢笨，也没有人的聪明。我没有学好智慧，也不认识至圣者。 谁升天又降下来？谁聚风在掌握中？谁包水在衣服里？谁立定地的四极？他名叫什么？他儿子名叫什么？你知道吗？”
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