传道书10:12 智慧人的口说出恩言，愚昧人的嘴吞灭自己。
阅读经文：传道书10:12-15
12智慧人的口说出恩言，愚昧人的嘴吞灭自己。13他口中的言语起头是愚昧，他话的末尾是奸恶的狂妄。14愚昧人多有言语，人却不知将来有什么事，他身后的事谁能告诉他呢？15凡愚昧人，他的劳碌使自己困乏，因为连进城的路他也不知道。
雅各说：“舌头在百体里是最小的，却能说大话；它能污秽全身，也能从地狱中把生命的轮子点起来”（雅3:5-6）。一句话可以令人笑，一句话也可以令人跳，一句话可以让人飘飘欲仙，也可以把人逼死。所以当智慧人口说恩言，恩言是指什么？恩言的反面是什么，且称之为绝句吧，因为它会让人跳，让人叫，让人气到浑身发抖。
有一个人把夫妻间的恩言和绝句写了下来，您且看看对不对？恩言如下：「你好厉害哦！」「我好喜欢跟你在一起。」 「你今天看起来好帅 / 漂亮哦！」 「我真庆幸能嫁给 / 娶到你！」「辛苦你了！」 「我有荣幸帮助你吗？」 「谢谢你为我祷告。」「对不起！我不是故意的。」 「我好爱你哦！」 「我好想念你哦！」等等。
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Mark 15:33-41. Let’s go as we take a verse by verse look at Jesus’ death on the cross.
Mark 15:33 (NIV)
33 At the sixth hour darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.
On verse 33: The sixth hour to the ninth hour would be from 12pm to 3pm. Mark describes how there was supernatural darkness that came over the whole land as Jesus hung on the cross and neared death. Truly these were three of the darkest hours in human history. One can only imagine what was going on in heaven when Jesus, heaven’s darling, was hanging on the cross.
传道书10:8 挖陷坑的自己必掉在其中，拆墙垣的必为蛇所咬。
阅读经文：传道书10:8-11
8挖陷坑的自己必掉在其中，拆墙垣的必为蛇所咬。9凿开石头的必受损伤，劈开木头的必遭危险。10铁器钝了，若不将刃磨快，就必多费气力，但得智慧指教便有益处。11未行法术以先蛇若咬人，后行法术也是无益。
华人常喜欢说一命二运三风水。何谓“命”？就是指你出生的环境，是没得选择的。出生在富贵人家或出生穷苦人家都不是自己可以决定，这就是命。“运”是指机遇。有话说好运来时挡都挡不住，运来时避也避不掉。“风水”就是环境及各种形成的因素。因此有许多人觉得自己无法把握人生的趋势，所以总想从算命或看星座去看看自己的将来如何，也因而经常受骗。
《圣经》里告诉我们，生命是神赐给我们的，祂是掌管生命的神。因此不管我们出生在怎样的家庭，碰上怎样的机遇，只要相信神，把事情交托给祂，祂就必成全。人生难料，但是只要抓住神的手往前行，就可以走入一条神为我们预备的路。我们的前途在神的手中，但我们也有自己必须承担的责任。所以所罗门王告诉我们：“掌权者的心若向你发怒，不要离开你的本位，因为柔和能免大过”（传10:4）。一个因为不满上司而经常换工作的人，可能永远没有办法学到当学的功课。奇美集团的董事长许文龙说：“跌倒的时候，不要马上爬起来，先看看地上有没有什么宝贝可以捡”。
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Mark 15:16-32. Let’s go!
Mark 15:16-20 (NIV)
16 The soldiers led Jesus away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium) and called together the whole company of soldiers.
17 They put a purple robe on him, then twisted together a crown of thorns and set it on him.
18 And they began to call out to him, “Hail, king of the Jews!”
19 Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him. Falling on their knees, they paid homage to him.
20 And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him out to crucify him.
On verses 16-20: After enduring the extreme physical torture of flogging (v15), Jesus is brought into the palace to be abused psychologically and emotionally by the soldiers.
All the things Jesus legitimately deserved – to be robed in royal robes, to be crowned with many crowns, to be bowed down before, to be honoured and praised – the soldiers took and applied to Jesus in the most mocking, humiliating and violent way. (By the way, I believe people do something of the same today when they use the name of Jesus as a curse word, spoken out of frustration and irreverence.)
传道书10:4 掌权者的心若向你发怒，不要离开你的本位，因为柔和能免大过。
阅读经文：传道书10:4-7
4掌权者的心若向你发怒，不要离开你的本位，因为柔和能免大过。5我见日光之下有一件祸患，似乎出于掌权的错误，6就是愚昧人立在高位，富足人坐在低位。7我见过仆人骑马，王子像仆人在地上步行。
读了第十章的第二节之后，不知有没有人刻意检查一下，自己的心脏长在左边，还是右边？很不幸，虽然医学史上也有一两个人的心脏是长在右边，但大多数人的心脏都长在左边。可见我们都很需要从神来的智慧。若没有从神来的智慧，我们所选择的道路往往通向灭亡，或关系的破裂，而不是关系的重建。因为人的心都很刚硬，不柔和。今天的图片是2020年5月30日在美国佛州拍的。因为46岁非裔美国男子佛洛伊德（George Floyd）在明尼苏达州遭白人警察压颈在地，期间曾多次求救，仍不幸身亡. 此事在全美掀起一阵暴力示威，全美有26个城市实施宵禁、13州部署国民兵协助执法。但佛州珊瑚墙市的抗议场面大不相同，来自不同警局的员警单膝跪地，与抗议群众一同祈祷。他们没有选择以暴制暴，而是用最柔和谦卑的方法来安抚民众。
掌权者代表的就是有权力管理我们的人。他们的决定和作法不一定有智慧，但他们的话，我们却不能不听。因而很多人经常处在愤怒的情绪中，觉得一个比我蠢的人，怎么会坐在比我高的位置上。就好像巧妇常伴拙夫眠，很多妻子觉得她比丈夫灵巧聪明，但是神却把丈夫立为妻子的头，让妻子很受不了。
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Mark 15:1-15. Let’s go!
Mark 15:1-5 (NIV)
1 Very early in the morning, the chief priests, with the elders, the teachers of the law and the whole Sanhedrin, reached a decision. They bound Jesus, led him away and handed him over to Pilate.
2 “Are you the king of the Jews?” asked Pilate. “Yes, it is as you say,” Jesus replied.
3 The chief priests accused him of many things.
4 So again Pilate asked him, “Aren’t you going to answer? See how many things they are accusing you of.”
5 But Jesus still made no reply, and Pilate was amazed.
On verses 1-5: “As a lamb before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth” (Isaiah 53:7). That’s Jesus for you. In the face of so many accusations, Jesus remained silent. Why? It’s not because Jesus was guilty of any sin or crime. This was Jesus submitting to God’s will, and in so doing fulfilling the prophecy about him in Isaiah 53:7.
传道书10:1 死苍蝇使做香的膏油发出臭气，这样，一点愚昧也能败坏智慧和尊荣。
阅读经文：传道书10:1–3
1死苍蝇使做香的膏油发出臭气，这样，一点愚昧也能败坏智慧和尊荣。2智慧人的心居右，愚昧人的心居左。3并且愚昧人行路显出无知，对众人说他是愚昧人。
想起「膏油」，便想起祭司用的膏油，这膏油可使物件成圣（利8:10），特别能启动会幕，把它变为圣洁，因而有圣化的功能。然而，这节经文却提到死苍蝇使膏油发出臭气，似乎指出膏油未能圣化死苍蝇，反而让死苍蝇的不洁污秽了名贵的膏油。
幸好，经文清楚地说出这比喻的意思，指出死苍蝇代表愚昧，膏油象征智慧和尊荣，而原文直译是：「一点的愚昧胜过智慧和尊荣」，这并非代表智慧和尊荣变了质，而是代表一点的愚昧所带来的破坏力远远掩盖了智慧和尊荣所带来的正能量。当一个愚昧人出现在一班智慧人当中，这一点的愚昧能足以让整个群体发臭。好名声需要年日建立，但只需要一次的跌倒便化为乌有。
这便是〈传道书〉所提及的虚空。
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Mark 14:66-72. Let’s go!
Mark 14:66-72 (NIV)
66 While Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant girls of the high priest came by.
67 When she saw Peter warming himself, she looked closely at him. “You also were with that Nazarene, Jesus,” she said.
68 But he denied it. “I don’t know or understand what you’re talking about,” he said, and went out into the entryway.
69 When the servant girl saw him there, she said again to those standing around, “This fellow is one of them.”
70 Again he denied it. After a little while, those standing near said to Peter, “Surely you are one of them, for you are a Galilean.”
71 He began to call down curses on himself, and he swore to them, “I don’t know this man you’re talking about.”
72 Immediately the rooster crowed the second time. Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken to him: “Before the rooster crows twice you will disown me three times.” And he broke down and wept.
On verses 66-72: Earlier that day, Peter said to Jesus in front of the other disciples, “Even if all fall away, I will not…Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you.” (Mark 14:29, 31) Yet hours later, that very night, Peter finds himself disowning Jesus three times.
传道书9:17 宁可在安静之中听智慧人的言语，不听掌管愚昧人的喊声。
阅读经文：传道书9:13-18
13我见日光之下有一样智慧，据我看乃是广大。14就是有一小城，其中的人数稀少，有大君王来攻击，修筑营垒，将城围困。15城中有一个贫穷的智慧人，他用智慧救了那城，却没有人记念那穷人。16我就说：「智慧胜过勇力。」然而那贫穷人的智慧被人藐视，他的话也无人听从。17宁可在安静之中听智慧人的言语，不听掌管愚昧人的喊声。18智慧胜过打仗的兵器，但一个罪人能败坏许多善事。
在台湾放连假时，若是天气晴朗，很多民众会携家带眷出游。有次在连假结束后，高铁各站挤满北返的乘客。因为人潮拥挤，有些乘客几度爆发口角，局面十分混乱。正当恶劣的情绪快要把人弄得失去理性时，有一位高铁女列车长站出来讲了一句话，瞬间让整节车厢乘客都安静下来。你猜猜看她说了什么？换了你是列车长，你会说什么？
她说：“你们放4天假，我上4天班”。这句话让吵闹和发怨言的人都不好意思了。自己玩了四天，难道连这一点辛苦都不能忍吗？我想，这算是很智慧地解决了当时混乱局面的问题。因为假如大家都心烦气燥地抱怨个不停，不仅吵架，到最后失去控制，可能会打架，甚至闹出人命。所以一句话能让大家都冷静下来，实在了不起。
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Mark 14:53-65. Let’s go!
Mark 14:53-59 (NIV)
53 They took Jesus to the high priest, and all the chief priests, elders and teachers of the law came together.
54 Peter followed him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest. There he sat with the guards and warmed himself at the fire.
55 The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death, but they did not find any.
56 Many testified falsely against him, but their statements did not agree.
57 Then some stood up and gave this false testimony against him:
58 “We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this man-made temple and in three days will build another, not made by man.'”
59 Yet even then their testimony did not agree.
On verses 53-59: As much as the chief priests and the Sanhedrin (the Jewish ruling council) tried, they could not find any dirt on Jesus that would justify putting him to death.
You’ll never find anything to incriminate Jesus. Through and through Jesus is blameless and holy. We, on the other hand, are guilty of so much sin. As Psalm 130:3-4 says, “If you, O LORD, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness; therefore you are feared.”
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