耶利米書2:3a 那時以色列歸耶和華為聖，作為土產初熟的果子，凡吞吃他的必算為有罪，災禍必臨到他們。
閱讀經文：2:1-3
1耶和華的話臨到我說： 2 「你去向耶路撒冷人的耳中喊叫說：『耶和華如此說：你幼年的恩愛，婚姻的愛情，你怎樣在曠野，在未曾耕種之地跟隨我，我都記得。 3 那時以色列歸耶和華為聖，作為土產初熟的果子，凡吞吃他的必算為有罪，災禍必臨到他們。』這是耶和華說的。」
這是神給耶利米的第一個信息中的一部份。神沒有以嚴厲的指責開始，而是希望以色列人回想起初的情形，而能夠回轉歸向神。起初的愛是非常寶貴而單純的，你記得當年和妻子或丈夫初見面的情形，怎樣開始交往的經過嗎？
在〈啟示錄〉第二章裡，神讚美以弗所教會：“我知道你的行為、勞碌、忍耐，也知道你不能容忍惡人。你也曾試驗那自稱為使徒卻不是使徒的，看出他們是假的來。你也能忍耐，曾為我的名勞苦，並不乏倦。你恨惡尼哥拉一黨人的行為，這也是我所恨惡的。”但是神責備她：“然而，有一件事我要責備你，就是你把起初的愛心離棄了。”以弗所教會有各樣的好處，卻失去了起初的愛心，這有什麼關係嗎？
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Galatians 5:13-18. Let’s go!
Galatians 5:13-18 (NIV)
13 You, my brothers, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature; rather, serve one another in love.
14 The entire law is summed up in a single command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
15 If you keep on biting and devouring each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.
16 So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature.
17 For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want.
18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law.
On verses 13-18: We must choose what we will do with the freedom Jesus has given us. Either we can choose to indulge the sinful nature (also called our flesh) or we can choose to love (v13). Here Paul identifies the struggle that every Christian experiences, the struggle between doing what is loving, just and honourable and doing what pleases our sinful nature (also called our flesh). This struggle between the Spirit and the flesh is an ongoing one in every Christian’s heart and mind (v17).
耶利米書1:19 他們要攻擊你，卻不能勝你，因為我與你同在，要拯救你。」這是耶和華說的。
閱讀經文：1:11-19
11 耶和華的話又臨到我說：「耶利米，你看見什麼？」我說：「我看見一根杏樹枝。」 12 耶和華對我說：「你看得不錯，因為我留意保守我的話，使得成就。」
13 耶和華的話第二次臨到我說：「你看見什麼？」我說：「我看見一個燒開的鍋，從北而傾。」 14 耶和華對我說：「必有災禍從北方發出，臨到這地的一切居民。」 15 耶和華說：「看哪，我要召北方列國的眾族。他們要來，各安座位在耶路撒冷的城門口，周圍攻擊城牆，又要攻擊猶大的一切城邑。 16 至於這民的一切惡，就是離棄我，向別神燒香，跪拜自己手所造的，我要發出我的判語，攻擊他們。
約西亞王八歲登基，聖經的作者記載他行耶華眼中看為正的事。當約西亞十六歲時，他開始尋求大衛的神；廿歲時（約西亞第12年）開始除去猶大國裡的偶像。約西亞第13年，神呼召耶利米作先知；約西亞王26歲（約西亞第18年）時，他的改革工作到達巔峰。
雖然如此，但是上有政策下有對策。約西亞的改革只獲得了表面的成功，百姓們虛與委蛇，並沒有真正的悔改，依然在私底下拜偶像。神興起耶利米就是要讓百姓知道，神看中的是屬靈的實際，切實的悔改，而不是應付王的表面工作。
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Galatians 5:1-12. Let’s go!
Galatians 5:1-2 (NIV)
1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
2 Mark my words! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.
On verses 1-2: Throughout his letter to the Galatians, Paul has been making this point to the Galatian Christians: you used to be slaves to the idea that you need to work for your righteousness, but now Jesus has set you free from that slavery, giving you a righteousness that is not earned by your works but received by faith in God’s promise. Here in verse 1 Paul reminds the Christians in Galatia why Christ set them free in the first place: so that they could stay free (v1). What is the point of Christ setting us free if we choose to go back to being enslaved again? Yet by trying to add circumcision as a pre-condition to being fully accepted by God, the believers in Galatia were going back to a “works by righteousness” slavery and in so doing, treating Christ as if he is “of no value to you at all” (v2).
耶利米書1:5 我未將你造在腹中，我已曉得你；你未出母胎，我已分別你為聖。我已派你做列國的先知。
閱讀經文：1:4-10
4 耶利米說：耶和華的話臨到我說： 5 「我未將你造在腹中，我已曉得你；你未出母胎，我已分別你為聖。我已派你做列國的先知。」 6 我就說：「主耶和華啊！我不知怎樣說，因為我是年幼的。」 7 耶和華對我說：「你不要說『我是年幼的』，因為我差遣你到誰那裡去，你都要去，我吩咐你說什麼話，你都要說。
在〈詩篇〉139篇，大衛王說：“我的肺腑是祢所造的，我在母腹中，祢已覆庇我。 我要稱謝祢，因我受造奇妙可畏；祢的作為奇妙，這是我心深知道的。我在暗中受造，在地的深處被聯絡，那時我的形體並不向祢隱藏。 我未成形的體質，祢的眼早已看見了；祢所定的日子，我尚未度一日，祢都寫在祢的冊上了”（13-16節）。而神對耶利米說：“我未將你造在腹中，我已曉得你；你未出母胎，我已分別你為聖。”這兩處的經文讓我們明白，神和我們的關係何等密切。祂是造我們的神，祂認識我們，對我們的人生都有特別的計劃。
約西亞王在位的第十三年，耶和華的話語臨到耶利米，使他作神的先知。那時他回應神：“我是年幼的。”年幼不是孩童的意思，這詞的希伯來文是拿阿（naar），是指一個在社會中尚無地位之人，特別是還未結婚的年輕人，可能是在16-20歲之間，由此推斷他是在瑪拿西王統治的末期出生的。
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Galatians 4:21-31. Let’s go!
Galatians 4:21-31 (NIV)
21 Tell me, you who want to be under the law, are you not aware of what the law says?
22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman.
23 His son by the slave woman was born in the ordinary way; but his son by the free woman was born as the result of a promise.
On verses 21-31: What is Paul talking about in Galatians 4:21-31? Remember that Paul is writing to people who think that in order to be justified (that is, in order for God to see you as blameless and worthy to have a relationship with Him), it’s not enough to believe in Jesus; it also depends on how well you obey the Jewish law. So the goal of Paul’s entire letter to the Galatians is to show that we are not justified by our efforts to obey God’s law; rather we are justified by faith in Christ’s power to save us and to forgive our sins. We need to seek justification by faith, not justification by our works.
耶利米書1:2 猶大王亞們的兒子約西亞在位十三年，耶和華的話臨到耶利米。
閱讀經文：1:1-3
1便雅憫地亞拿突城的祭司中，希勒家的兒子耶利米的話記在下面。 2 猶大王亞們的兒子約西亞在位十三年，耶和華的話臨到耶利米。 3 從猶大王約西亞的兒子約雅敬在位的時候，直到猶大王約西亞的兒子西底家在位的末年，就是十一年五月間耶路撒冷人被擄的時候，耶和華的話也常臨到耶利米。
你可曾對生活的環境不滿意？對政局感到極大的無奈和憤怒？對工作感到沮喪，因社會對你的歧視和排斥而時常悲哀？你的人生裡是否一片灰色和陰影？當你以為跟隨主的人生必然有所不同時，在教會或事奉的環境裡，卻感受到更多的失望和痛苦？在《聖經》裡，神把祂的一位先知放在這樣的境遇裡，讓我們知道，神全然明白我們的處境。但也就是在這樣的黑暗裡，這位先知說出了一句名言：“祢信實何廣大！”這位先知就是耶利米。
耶利米先知又被稱為“流淚的先知”，表明他一生絕大部份的時間在痛苦的淚水中度過。神卻讓他的眼淚化為一顆顆閃亮的鑽石，在黑暗的世道裡發光，帶領後人繼續去體會神的信實；在全然敗壞的光景裡看見神要給人的，那不能抹滅的希望。現在讓我們先來認識一件這位偉大先知的一些背景。
以賽亞書66:22 耶和華說：我所要造的新天新地怎樣在我面前長存，你們的後裔和你們的名字也必照樣長存。
閱讀經文：66:18-24
18 「我知道他們的行為和他們的意念。時候將到，我必將萬民萬族[a]聚來，看見我的榮耀。 19 我要顯神蹟在他們中間，逃脫的，我要差到列國去，就是到他施、普勒、拉弓的路德和土巴、雅完，並素來沒有聽見我名聲，沒有看見我榮耀遼遠的海島。他們必將我的榮耀傳揚在列國中。
本段信息一開始，上帝以「我知道他們的行為和他們的意念」來宣示祂的全知。這一句宣示，乃是針對66:17當中所述的那些隱藏的拜偶像者所發出的回應，指出人一切偏差的行為與意念，都逃不過上帝的法眼。上帝要將一切虛假的惡人完全除去，而卻要「將萬民萬族聚來看見我的榮耀，我要顯神蹟」。這乃是一段的預言，其中所揭開的奧祕，乃是指耶穌基督將要在十字架上被舉起來，就要吸引萬人來歸向祂所說的。神聚集萬民萬族，不再利用旗幟的號召（例如興起亞述、巴比倫、波斯等國成為懲罰悖逆百姓的工具），而是利用祂犧牲的愛。
當一切的惡人（假信徒）都被除去之後，接著先知引導我們看到幾幅美好的景象，先知說這完全是出於耶和華神的作為（66:18）。
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Galatians 4:12-20. Let’s go!
Galatians 4:12-20 (NIV)
12 I plead with you, brothers, become like me, for I became like you. You have done me no wrong.
13 As you know, it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you.
14 Even though my illness was a trial to you, you did not treat me with contempt or scorn. Instead, you welcomed me as if I were an angel of God, as if I were Christ Jesus himself.
15 What has happened to all your joy? I can testify that, if you could have done so, you would have torn out your eyes and given them to me.
16 Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth?
On verses 12-20: In Galatians 4:12-20 we see an emotional and passionate Paul writing to the churches he helped to build in Galatia. Using very emotional language, Paul describes the roller coaster of emotions he experienced with his churches in Galatia:
– the joy and comfort Paul felt at first when, because of an illness, Paul got to preach the gospel to them and was taken care of by them (v12-15);
– the heartbreak Paul felt when these same Christians scorned him and distanced themselves from him because they became infatuated with another group who convinced them that Paul’s gospel was wrong and that their circumcision-based “gospel” was correct (v16-17);
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