〈箴言〉10:28 义人的盼望必得喜乐，恶人的指望必致灭没。
阅读经文：
27敬畏耶和华使人日子加多，但恶人的年岁必被减少。28义人的盼望必得喜乐，恶人的指望必致灭没。29耶和华的道是正直人的保障，却成了作孽人的败坏。30义人永不挪移，恶人不得住在地上。31义人的口滋生智慧，乖谬的舌必被割断。32义人的嘴能令人喜悦，恶人的口说乖谬的话。
「义人的盼望，必得喜乐」(箴言十:28)。因为有喜乐的主，我们会喜乐。请不要让我们工作，多到添皱纹。
我们的盼望，是因为有盼望的主。请不要让苦难挪走所有的盼望，即使无望之望，主耶稣仍是我们的盼望。我们的眼界有限、思想有限、体力有限、日子有限、爱心有限，只有祂是无限。人生是行在有限的路上，过到无限的主。
如果你问海边的沙子：「一粒沙子的盼望是什么？」沙子会喜乐的说：「我是蒙上帝赐福的一粒沙，因为上帝曾应许『论福，我必赐大福给你…如同天上的星、海边的沙』(创世纪二十二:17)。渺小的沙，可以类比天上的星，是上帝计福的单位。」
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Acts 21:26-40. Let’s go!
Acts 21:26-36 (NIV)
26 The next day Paul took the men and purified himself along with them. Then he went to the temple to give notice of the date when the days of purification would end and the offering would be made for each of them.
27 When the seven days were nearly over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,
28 shouting, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against our people and our law and this place. And besides, he has brought Greeks into the temple area and defiled this holy place.”……
On verses 26-36: Now we see why it was such a dangerous and risky idea for Paul to go to Jerusalem, and why others tried to discourage him from going. Paul was a wanted man in Jerusalem, with many people bent on taking his life. The violent opposition Paul faced in Jerusalem is reminiscent of what Jesus faced in Jerusalem. Both Jesus and Paul knew that danger awaited them in Jerusalem. In Luke 13, when people tried to discourage Jesus from going to Jerusalem, Jesus himself said, “In any case, I must keep going today and tomorrow and the next day–for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem!” (Luke 13:33). Jesus even laments over the people of Jerusalem in the next verses when he says:
〈箴言〉10:25 暴风一过，恶人归于无有，义人的根基却是永久。
阅读经文：
20 义人的舌乃似高银，恶人的心所值无几。21义人的口教养多人，愚昧人因无知而死亡。22耶和华所赐的福使人富足，并不加上忧虑。23愚妄人以行恶为戏耍，明哲人却以智慧为乐。24恶人所怕的必临到他，义人所愿的必蒙应允。25暴风一过，恶人归于无有，义人的根基却是永久。26懒惰人叫差他的人如醋倒牙，如烟薰目。
「义人的舌，乃似高银。」(箴言10:20)。「高银」是经过多次精炼，才挑选出的银。这比喻好的讲道，来自如火的苦难，精炼而得。
在自然界，银的含量非常稀少，即使是银矿，银的含量低于重量的千分之一。因此炼银需要一炼再炼，才能去除杂质，显出银的洁白。自古以来，纯银很贵。上帝说好的讲道，如特选的纯银。有苦难的粹炼，背后有上帝的保守。
历经火炼的传讲者，是上帝的高银。他们是银口传道人，上帝国度美好的珍宝。
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我在1973年1月信耶稣，教会的牧者是陈中明牧师。他经常分享，讲〈罗马书〉。他容易流汗，边讲边擦汗。他的声音沙哑，有时气喘不过似的。但是，他每次都讲〈罗马书〉，我们私底下称他是「罗马书的传道人」。感谢主，这位牧师将圣经核心的真理，放在我的心中。
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Acts 21:15-25. Let’s go!
Acts 21:15-25 (NIV)
15 After this, we got ready and went up to Jerusalem.
16 Some of the disciples from Caesarea accompanied us and brought us to the home of Mnason, where we were to stay. He was a man from Cyprus and one of the early disciples.
17 When we arrived at Jerusalem, the brothers received us warmly.
18 The next day Paul and the rest of us went to see James, and all the elders were present……
On verses 15-20: Paul and his team finally reach Jerusalem. The Jerusalem church elders, including James, praise God after hearing Paul’s reports about what God did among the Gentiles through Paul’s ministry. However, while Paul was away from Jerusalem, a new concern had arisen for the Jerusalem church. According to the ancient historian Josephus, the mid 50s were a time of intense nationalism and anti-Roman sentiment among the Jewish people in Jerusalem, as evidenced by numerous revolts that the Jews launched against the Roman empire. Thus many Jews in Jerusalem did not like the idea that Paul was reaching non-Jewish people throughout the Roman empire. Even more, they thought that Paul was teaching Jewish Christians living outside of Jerusalem to completely disregard the law of Moses.
〈箴言〉10:12 恨能挑起争端，爱能遮掩一切过错。
阅读经文：
11义人的口是生命的泉源，强暴蒙蔽恶人的口。12恨能挑起争端，爱能遮掩一切过错。13明哲人嘴里有智慧，无知人背上受刑杖。14智慧人积存知识，愚妄人的口速致败坏。15富户的财物是他的坚城，穷人的贫乏是他的败坏。16义人的勤劳致生，恶人的进项致死。17谨守训诲的乃在生命的道上，违弃责备的便失迷了路。18隐藏怨恨的有说谎的嘴，口出谗谤的是愚妄的人。19多言多语难免有过，禁止嘴唇是有智慧。20义人的舌乃似高银，恶人的心所值无几。
The Massage（信息圣经）是毕德生牧师Eugene Peterson用了十二年时间，直接从希伯来文和希腊文直接意译的圣经，从他的译文里，有时我们可以得到更清楚的带领。例如第11节：The mouth of a good person is a deep, life-giving well, but the mouth of the wicked is a dark cave of abuse.这是有对比的。义人的口是生命的泉源，诡诈人的口则好像是充满恶虐的黑洞。我们可以想像，从生命的泉源出来的，必使人的生命受到造就，得到鼓励；但是从黑心的洞出来的，必然是令人痛苦的咒诅和恶毒，使人沮丧痛苦的言语。
这一段经文让我们明白，心里有什么，就会从口里流露出来。所以我们要留心，自己的意念是善或恶。第12节：Hatred starts fights, but love pulls a quilt over the bickering.恨是从争吵开始的，但是爱像一张毯子遮掩所有的争吵。这句话说得真好，每一个关系的破坏都不是没有原因的，往往起自于口角，一点小事就可以导致关系的破裂。很多人离婚之后都深深后悔，若当时不意气用事，可能也不致于一拍两散。
〈箴言〉10: 9 行正直路的步步安稳，走弯曲道的必致败露。
阅读经文：1智慧之子使父亲欢乐，愚昧之子叫母亲担忧。2不义之财毫无益处，唯有公义能救人脱离死亡。3耶和华不使义人受饥饿，恶人所欲的他必推开。4手懒的要受贫穷，手勤的却要富足。5夏天聚敛的是智慧之子，收割时沉睡的是贻羞之子。6福祉临到义人的头，强暴蒙蔽恶人的口。7义人的纪念被称赞，恶人的名字必朽烂。8心中智慧的必受命令，口里愚妄的必致倾倒。9行正直路的步步安稳，走弯曲道的必致败露。10以眼传神的使人忧患，口里愚妄的必致倾倒。
人生就是一连串的选择。从一早醒来，你就要选择吃不吃早餐？吃什么样式的早餐？中午在外面吃或是带便当，或回家吃。穿什么衣服出门，穿哪双鞋，配什么颜色的袜子？再来就是心情的选择，要和颜悦色和人说话，或是粗声恶气地回答，你可以选择让自己和别人都有一个好的开始，也可以有一个愤怒的开始。一天，就在不断地选择中开始。
在一天当中，你要做更多的选择。今天有人送来一个农历七月诸事不宜，何事要小心的短讯。我可以置之不理，但我选择提醒他：信耶稣的人不宜和这些事挂钩。虽然是玩笑性质，但我们最好不要成为撒旦的工具。我们不害怕，但也不必嘲笑害怕的人。在小事上做出选择，要做神的儿女。箴言第十章看起来好像太多主题，实际上是在告诉我们，我们的选择决定了我们要成为怎样的人。
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Acts 21:1-14. Let’s go!
Acts 21:1-6 (NIV)
1 After we had torn ourselves away from them, we put out to sea and sailed straight to Cos. The next day we went to Rhodes and from there to Patara.
2 We found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, went on board and set sail.
3 After sighting Cyprus and passing to the south of it, we sailed on to Syria. We landed at Tyre, where our ship was to unload its cargo.
4 Finding the disciples there, we stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they urged Paul not to go on to Jerusalem.
5 But when our time was up, we left and continued on our way. All the disciples and their wives and children accompanied us out of the city, and there on the beach we knelt to pray.
6 After saying good-by to each other, we went aboard the ship, and they returned home.
On verses 1-6: Paul believed that the Holy Spirit was leading him to go to Jerusalem (see Acts 20:22). Yet in verse 4 we read that “[t]hrough the Spirit” Christians in Tyre “urged Paul not to go to Jerusalem”. Was the Holy Spirit giving contradictory directions? I don’t think so. God is not double-minded, so I think the best way to understand verse 4 is that the Holy Spirit had moved Paul’s heart to go to Jerusalem and at the same time impressed it upon the Christians in Tyre to warn Paul that great hardship lay ahead of him if he were to go.
阅读经文：9:10 敬畏耶和华是智慧的开端，认识至圣者便是聪明。
The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom. Proverbs 9:10
正确的事情，一定有个正确的起头，所有能够存在永远的，一定有个来自永恒的源头。正如一幢伟大的建筑必需立在一块安放精确的房角石上，作其根源；一条源远 流长的大河，必定来自一股永不枯竭的水泉；而优秀的学生，最重要的是心中有一个正确与求真的态度。这是怎么来的？总要有一个开端。
科学与艺术的开端
这种认识开端的学问是怎么来的？上帝在创造的开始，就放在人的心中，或是脑海的深处。因此物理学家发现只要认识移动物质基本的能量，就能讲述天下间各种 光、电、声、热等现象；化学家发现只要认识基本粒子间的作用力，就能推展到世界许多生命界与物质界的反应；生物学家只要认识细胞的基本组成与功能，就能了 解许多保护人类生命与管理大自然各样被造之物的道理。这如同生物化学之父海尔蒙特(Jan Helmont,1580-1644)所说的：「上帝创造生命的法则，仍像是一组隐藏的语言，仍然存在细胞里。」，伟大的学问，人类文明的精华，总有一个 开端。
不只是科学，艺术也是如此。音乐家只要把几个音符放在五线谱的正确位置上，人听了就会感动，就会拍掌，就会起舞；艺术家只要把几个颜色，正确的涂染在画布 上，使光线的角度显出，人看了就会快乐，就得鼓舞，就会成为脑海中一幅美好的印象。音乐之父巴赫(Johann Bach,1685-1750)写道：「音乐是把人隐藏在深处的感情，用最简单的方式抒发出来。」不朽的乐曲与画作，人类艺术的精髓，总有一个开端。
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Acts 20:25-38. Let’s go!
Acts 20:25-38 (NIV)
25 “Now I know that none of you among whom I have gone about preaching the kingdom will ever see me again.
26 Therefore, I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of all men.
27 For I have not hesitated to proclaim to you the whole will of God.
28 Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood.
29 I know that after I leave, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock……
On verses 25-38: Here Paul continues his final charge to the elders of the church in Ephesus, knowing that this would be the last time he ever sees them. From this address in the verses that follow we will learn from Paul some of the characteristics that make an excellent leader and lover of God’s church. Since you and I were made to be excellent leaders and lovers of God’s church, I pray that you and I would be intentional about displaying these characteristics as well.
〈箴言〉9:10 敬畏耶和华是智慧的开端，认识至圣者便是聪明。
阅读经文：〈箴言〉9 章 1-18节
在约旦的瓦迪拉姆保护区，靠近沙乌地阿拉伯边界，有个沙漠景观被称为“智慧七柱”，取名于〈箴言〉九章第一节，因为这座山好像是由七根柱子组成。〈箴言〉九章第一节的七根柱子，有人以为是宇宙论的暗喻，指七根柱子代表神创造的七天（包括安息日）；当然也有其他不同的说法。在九章的智慧人格化，呼叫人来领受智慧，表示城中充满愚蒙、无知、亵慢的恶人。当我们读每天的新闻时，便会有类似的感受。我们需要智慧来建立自己的人生，不要围绕着钱转，不要被钱当杖使，不要变成钱的奴隶，我们要晓得如何掌握自己的生活。
这一章里有两种筵席。第一种筵席是智慧建造房屋后，邀请城里的愚蒙人和无知的人参加，为了使他们舍弃愚蒙，得以存活，走光明的道。第二种筵席是愚蒙的妇人所预备的，她也同样邀请愚蒙的人和无知的人，但是她所宴请的食物都是偷来的，人去到她那里，就进入了阴间的深处。今年八月3日（农历七月）开始，是台湾人说鬼门关大开的日子，因此有许多命理师出来宣扬怎样才不会得罪鬼魂的方法。有很多人在八月不敢动手术，有很多患者都要求提早或延后开刀，害怕撞到鬼会有闪失。但是有一项追踪十年的统计，农历七月开刀的存活率竟高于农历八月，反而是害怕有闪失而不敢医治的病人，延后开刀的后果堪虞。这是光明的道和阴间道的极大不同之处。
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