詩篇 119:105-112
105 祢的話是我腳前的燈，是我路上的光。
106 祢公義的典章，我曾起誓遵守，我必按誓而行。
107 我甚是受苦，耶和華啊，求祢照你的話將我救活。
108 耶和華啊，求祢悅納我口中的讚美為供物，又將祢的典章教訓我。
109 我的性命常在危險之中，我卻不忘記祢的律法。
110 惡人為我設下網羅，我卻沒有偏離祢的訓詞。
111 我以祢的法度為永遠的產業，因這是我心中所喜愛的。
112 我的心專向祢的律例，永遠遵行，一直到底。
Nun 祢的話是我腳前燈、路上光（詩119:105-112）
生命在他裡頭，這生命就是人的光。光照在黑暗裡，黑暗卻不接受光。…那光是真光，照亮一切生在世上的人。（約1:4-5, 9）
我到世上來，乃是光，叫凡信我的，不住在黑暗裡。（約12:46）
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is Acts 20:13-24. As usual, I encourage you to read the passage yourself first and see what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help, then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!
Acts 20:13-16 (NIV)
13 We went on ahead to the ship and sailed for Assos, where we were going to take Paul aboard. He had made this arrangement because he was going there on foot.
14 When he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and went on to Mitylene.
15 The next day we set sail from there and arrived off Kios. The day after that we crossed over to Samos, and on the following day arrived at Miletus.
16 Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, for he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.
On verses 13-16: When I read these verses I get the sense that Paul is engaged in a race against time, as if every second counts and every moment matters. As he travels from place to place, he doesn’t take the scenic route. Nor does he stop to veg out. Instead, Paul goes from Troas on foot to Assos, then takes a ship to Mitylene. The next day he sails to Kios (v15), the day after to Samos, the following day to Miletus. He skips past Ephesus so that he can get to Jerusalem as soon as possible.
詩篇 119:97-104
97 我何等愛慕你的律法，終日不住地思想。
98 你的命令常存在我心裡，使我比仇敵有智慧。
99 我比我的師傅更通達，因我思想你的法度。
100 我比年老的更明白，因我守了你的訓詞。
101 我禁止我腳走一切的邪路，為要遵守你的話。
102 我沒有偏離你的典章，因為你教訓了我。
103 你的言語在我上膛何等甘美，在我口中比蜜更甜！
104 我藉著你的訓詞得以明白，所以我恨一切的假道。
Mem祂使我們有智慧、能通達、更明白（詩119:97-104）
一生的學習在於神，祂使我們有智慧、能通達、更明白：
常存神的命令，使我比我的仇敵有智慧；
思想神的法度，使我比我的師傅更通達；
遵守神的訓詞，使我比年老的更加明白。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is Acts 20:1-12. As usual, I encourage you to read the passage yourself first and see what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help, then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!
Acts 20:1 (NIV)
1 When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples and, after encouraging them, said good-by and set out for Macedonia.
On verse 1: When all the chaos and upheaval in Ephesus (see Acts 19) had died down, Paul meets with the Christians in Ephesus (possibly in a secure hiding place) and encourages them before leaving for Macedonia. This might have been the last time that Paul saw most of the Christians in Ephesus.
詩篇 119:89-96
89 耶和華啊，祢的話安定在天，直到永遠。
90祢祢的誠實存到萬代，你堅定了地，地就長存。
91 天地照祢的安排存到今日，萬物都是祢的僕役。
92 我若不是喜愛祢的律法，早就在苦難中滅絕了。
93 我永不忘記祢的訓詞，因祢用這訓詞將我救活了。
94 我是屬祢的，求祢救我，因我尋求了祢的訓詞。
95 惡人等待我，要滅絕我，我卻要揣摩祢的法度。
96 我看萬事盡都有限，唯有祢的命令極其寬廣。
Lamed 神的話安定在天，堅定了地，信實存到萬代（詩119:89-96）
神的話語安定在天，直到永遠，堅定了地，地就長存；神的誠實存到萬代。
在苦難中，我喜愛神的律法，不致被滅絕，我記得神的訓詞，得以被救活。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is Acts 19:28-41. As usual, I encourage you to read the passage yourself first and see what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help, then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!
Acts 19:28 (NIV)
28 When they heard this, they were furious and began shouting: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
On verse 28: Artemis was believed to be the many breasted goddess of fertility and should not be confused with Artemis, the Greek goddess of the hunt. According to the New American Commentary, the temple of Artemis was located in Ephesus and was very large at over 50,000 square feet (about 165 feet by 345 feet). Ephesus was thus the centre for the worship of Artemis and Ephesus’ economy was closely connected with Artemis worship.
詩篇 119:81-88
81 我心渴想祢的救恩，仰望祢的應許。
82 我因盼望祢的應許眼睛失明，說：「祢何時安慰我？」
83 我好像煙薰的皮袋，卻不忘記祢的律例。
84 祢僕人的年日有多少呢？祢幾時向逼迫我的人施行審判呢？
85 不從祢律法的驕傲人，為我掘了坑。
86 祢的命令盡都誠實，他們無理地逼迫我，求祢幫助我。
87 他們幾乎把我從世上滅絕，但我沒有離棄祢的訓詞。
88 求祢照祢的慈愛將我救活，我就遵守祢口中的法度。
Kaf 受逼迫中，遵守神的法度，渴想神的救恩與應許（詩119:81-88）
「煙薰的皮袋」意指黝黑、乾皺、不柔軟，甚至即將破裂的外貌。
受逼迫中，我們渴想神的救恩，仰望神的應許，盼望神的安慰；我們的年日雖有限，幾乎從世上被滅絕，但我們沒有離棄神的訓詞、法度，我們相信神將照祂豐盛的慈愛與憐憫將我們救活！
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is Acts 19:13-27. As usual, I encourage you to read the passage yourself first and see what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help, then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!
Acts 19:13-17 (NIV)
13 Some Jews who went around driving out evil spirits tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were demon-possessed. They would say, “In the name of Jesus, whom Paul preaches, I command you to come out.”
14 Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.
15 [One day] the evil spirit answered them, “Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”
16 Then the man who had the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. He gave them such a beating that they ran out of the house naked and bleeding.
17 When this became known to the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, they were all seized with fear, and the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.
On verses 13-17: Throughout Acts we see the power of Jesus’ name to heal sickness and to drive out demons. So why in Acts 19:13-16 were the seven sons of Sceva unable to drive out an evil spirit even though they invoked the name of Jesus?
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is Acts 19:1-12. As usual, I encourage you to read the passage yourself first and see what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help, then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!
Acts 19:1-7 (NIV)
1 While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul took the road through the interior and arrived at Ephesus. There he found some disciples
2 and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They answered, “No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”
3 So Paul asked, “Then what baptism did you receive?” “John’s baptism,” they replied.
4 Paul said, “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”
5 On hearing this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
6 When Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.
7 There were about twelve men in all.
On verses 1-7: Here Apollos and Paul end up switching places. Apollos goes to Corinth and Paul goes to Ephesus. In Ephesus Paul finds 12 men who had received “John’s baptism”, which is probably referring to a baptism where the person being baptized says, “I am turning from my sins and I wait for God’s Messiah to come”.
詩篇 119:73-80
73 祢的手製造我，建立我，求祢賜我悟性，可以學習祢的命令。
74 敬畏祢的人見我就要歡喜，因我仰望祢的話。
75 耶和華啊，我知道祢的判語是公義的，祢使我受苦是以誠實待我。
76 求祢照著應許僕人的話，以慈愛安慰我。
77 願祢的慈悲臨到我，使我存活，因祢的律法是我所喜愛的。
78 願驕傲人蒙羞，因為他們無理地傾覆我，但我要思想祢的訓詞。
79 願敬畏祢的人歸向我，他們就知道祢的法度。
80 願我的心在祢的律例上完全，使我不致蒙羞。
Yod 求神塑造我，建立我，賜我悟性來學習祂的命令（詩119:73-80）
耶和華說：「以色列家啊，我待你們，豈不能照這窯匠弄泥嗎？以色列家啊，泥在窯匠的手中怎樣，你們在我的手中也怎樣。我何時論到一邦或一國說，要拔出、拆毀、毀壞；我所說的那一邦，若是轉意離開他們的惡，我就必後悔，不將我想要施行的災禍降與他們。我何時論到一邦或一國說，要建立、栽植；他們若行我眼中看為惡的事，不聽從我的話，我就必後悔，不將我所說的福氣賜給他們。（耶18:6-10）
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