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何谓真福?
2021-02-12 in 每日亲近神, 每日亲近神-2021 /by meiling论物资的多寡与人生的奋斗力
上帝将丰富的资源给予某些地区,将较少的物资给予另一些地区。这使我发现人挣扎求存的潜在能实在大的不得了。拥有最少自然资源之人的奋斗力往往远远超过那些拥有最多自然资源的人。在自然资源特别丰盛的地区,有着许多懒惰、缺乏奋斗精神的民族或人种。这些社会现象都使我们重新思考上帝待人的方式究竟是如何。
一、以加拿大机场为例
我几次冬天时到加拿大讲道。我住在接近赤道、气候炎热的印尼,却要在冬天到靠近北极、冰天雪地的加拿大讲道,来来回回要换好几套衣服,辛苦的不得了。当地筹委会向我解释:「唐牧师,加拿大人夏天的时候都出去玩,圣诞节没有地方去,比较容易来听道。」
纽约冬天时冰天雪地,纷飞的大雪使机场运作停顿、飞机停飞。但同样的情况、同样的天气在多伦多就不会发生这种情形。即使天气再坏,陆地被冰雪封住,多伦多的机场照样运作、飞机照飞。多伦多比纽约地处更北、气候更冷,为什么机场仍不受影响呢?经过一番查问,原来加拿大政府在冰雪覆蓋的多伦多机场底下,提供千万瓦电力的传热设备,使落下的冰雪得以自动溶解。但一般的道路没有这种设备,只有飞机场是如此。
我再问当地人:「那么,该怎么解决路上的积雪呢?」他们傻眼,说:「多伦多每天要用二百多万美金的盐解决陆地的积雪问题」。我更感到奇怪了。我小时候在中国厦门买冰,为了使冰不容易溶解,人们把盐撒在冰上,冰就会冷、不容易溶解。但加拿大放盐,雪就溶掉了。我才知道冰与雪不是表兄弟。冰遇到盐就凝结起来,雪遇到盐就溶解了。
Jesus and the Father
2021-02-12 in GAMEtime Sharing /by meilingHi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is John 5:19-30. Let’s go!
John 5:19-23 (NIV)
19 Jesus gave them this answer: “I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.
20 For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, to your amazement he will show him even greater things than these.
21 For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son gives life to whom he is pleased to give it.
22 Moreover, the Father judges no one, but has entrusted all judgment to the Son,
23 that all may honor the Son just as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, who sent him.
On verses 19-23: Here Jesus describes how intricately entwined he and the Father are:
– Jesus the Son can do nothing by himself but only does what he sees his Father doing (v19);
– Whatever the Father does Jesus the Son also does (v19);
– “For the Father loves the Son” (v20): It’s a love relationship between the Father and Jesus the Son;
为要叫你得福
2021-02-11 in 每日亲近神, 每日亲近神-2021 /by meiling〈申命记〉 10:12 以色列啊,现在耶和华─你 神向你所要的是甚么呢?只要你敬畏耶和华─你的 神,遵行祂的道,爱祂,尽心尽性事奉祂,遵守祂的诫命律例,就是我今日所吩咐你的,为要叫你得福。
以色列人是悖逆的百姓,神却因为祂的恩召而不忍弃绝他们。我们也都是活在过犯中不知悔改的人,神的慈绳爱索却也未曾弃绝我们。
神依然赐下十诫,吩咐摩西:「你起来引导这百姓,使他们进去得我向他们列祖起誓应许所赐之地。」祂也依然赐下独生子耶稣基督,为我们的过犯被钉上十字架,使我们的罪得赦免;又为我们复活,使我们得永生。又赐下圣灵,把神的话语放在我们心中, 使我们的石心变为肉心。
那么,神向我们要的是什么呢?
摩西说:以色列啊,现在耶和华─你 神向你所要的是甚么呢?只要你敬畏耶和华─你的 神,遵行他的道,爱他,尽心尽性事奉他,遵守他的诫命律例,就是我今日所吩咐你的,为要叫你得福。
你们要将心里的污秽除掉,不可再硬著颈项。
你们要怜爱寄居的,因为你们在埃及地也作过寄居的。
敬畏耶和华─你的 神,事奉祂,专靠祂,也要指着祂的名起誓。
摩西说,天和天上的天,地和地上所有的,都属耶和华─你的 神;并且祂单单拣选以色列人。现在,祂也单单拣选那些肯接受耶稣完成的救恩之人。
Restored to God’s Presence
2021-02-11 in GAMEtime Sharing /by meilingHi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is John 5:10-18. For context we’ll start by looking at verse 9. Let’s go!
John 5:9-10 (NIV)
9 At once the man was cured; he picked up his mat and walked. The day on which this took place was a Sabbath,
10 and so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath; the law forbids you to carry your mat.”
On verses 9-10: In the Ten Commandments, God commanded His people to honour the Sabbath day by resting and not doing work on that day (Exodus 20:8-9). The religious elite among the Jews would interpret this command in an extreme and overly strict way, such that they considered carrying one’s mat from one place to another on a Sabbath day to be a violation of the command to honour the Sabbath day. By focusing on these technicalities, the religious elite missed the purpose and heart of God’s commands. All of a sudden, a command that was meant to bring joy, refreshing and rest became a burden.
What can we learn from this? When thinking about the details, don’t lose sight of the big picture. When thinking about how to apply God’s commands, don’t lose sight of why God gave us those commands in the first place.
自从我认识你们以来
2021-02-10 in 每日亲近神, 每日亲近神-2021 /by meiling〈申命记〉 9: 5 你进去得他们的地,并不是因你的义,也不是因你心里正直,乃是因这些国民的恶。
有一位犹太人的拉比说,他很喜欢听他的祖父母讲以前的故事。他的祖父母是二次大战后的幸存者,他们做了一个家谱,并且告诉子孙们,那些长辈和亲戚的名字有何特别的意义。他从不认识那些亲人,但是在回忆那些亲人时,他的祖父母仿佛就因而得到很大的安慰。他自己也因而得到很奇妙的鼓励,因为他终于有「家族的故事」,可以让他的儿女或子孙们知道他们的先祖是哪些人,是怎样的人。他说,犹太人的习俗教导他们要知道过去的历史,才能明白前面要走的方向。因此他们在过节时,往往有一段述史的时间,提醒他们和神的关系。
有的人问,神为何拣选以色列人,不拣选中国人?在这一章里,神提到祂为何拣选了以色列人,并把迦南地赐给他们。不是因为以色列人比别人好,而是因为迦南人的罪恶满盈,以及神要坚定向以色列人的列祖所起的誓。换句话说,我们有可能是输在起跑点。人家的祖先亚伯拉罕可以拒绝偶像崇拜,我们的祖先却去拜女神女娲。传说中,她与伏羲为兄妹,也有说是配偶,他们曾炼五色石以补天,并抟土造人,制嫁娶之礼,延续人类生命,造化世上生灵万物。女娲据传是人首蛇身。因为天穹如伞,女娲善于补天,因此女娲亦成为台湾雨伞和绣补业者所祀奉的职业神。伏羲据说是龙身人首或蛇身人首,因为制造八卦,人奉之为神,尊其为八卦祖师。我们的祖先放弃了原先尊崇的一神论里的一神,耶和华神,转而去拜人首蛇身的女娲和伏羲,所以不蒙拣选的原因就在此吧。所以,知道我们的过去,对我们将来要走的方向也很有帮助啊!
摩西说:「自从我认识你们以来,你们常常悖逆耶和华。」(申9:24)
Attitude Matters
2021-02-10 in GAMEtime Sharing /by meilingHi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is John 5:1-9. Let’s go!
John 5:1-3 (NIV)
1 Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for a feast of the Jews.
2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades.
3 Here a great number of disabled people used to lie–the blind, the lame, the paralyzed.
On verses 1-3: John’s Gospel now shifts to Jesus in Jerusalem where he visits the pool of Bethesda where disabled people were known to congregate. Apparently some people believed that an angel stirred the waters of the pool of Bethesda and that the first person to enter the pool after the waters were stirred would be healed.
By the way, why is verse 4 missing? If you read the King James version of John’s Gospel, you will see verses 3b and 4 which mention this idea of an angel coming to stir the pool waters. However, this was apparently a later addition into Scripture and has been omitted from more current versions of the Gospel of John.
得货财的力量
2021-02-09 in 每日亲近神, 每日亲近神-2021 /by meiling〈申命记〉 8:18 你要记念耶和华─你的 神,因为得货财的力量是祂给你的,为要坚定祂向你列祖起誓所立的约,像今日一样。
曾有一则新闻说到在厦门有座桥上,有许多人跪在那里低头认错。在这些人面前有一张纸,上面写着他们的姓名、年记,以及做了什么错事。有一个43岁的男人说,他没有达到销货的目标;有一个39岁的男人写:我必须在桥上跪一个小时,因为我没有完成我的工作。这些纸上没有说明他们来自哪个公司。但是用这样羞辱的方法来惩罚员工还真是少见。幸好我们的神不因为我们不守祂的诫命,就羞辱我们。圣灵的管教总是在个人的生命里进行,以建造为目的。当然,神也会把隐藏的罪显露出来,免得我们犯罪之后还洋洋得意。但祂的目的是管教,不是羞辱。
在本章的第十节,摩西说:「你吃得饱足,就要称颂耶和华你的神,因祂将那美地赐给你了。」但是事实上,当我们生活平稳,不愁吃穿时,是否记得称颂我们的神?神为何要以色列人时时刻刻记得祂呢?有的人觉得不好意思在人前做饭前祷告。但是摩西告诉我们,当我们有饭吃时,就要称颂神,因为神把这美地赐给我们了。
唐朝李绅写了一首〈悯农诗〉:「春种一粒粟,秋收万颗子;四海无闲田,农夫犹饿死。 锄禾日当午,汗滴禾下土;谁知盘中飧,粒粒皆辛苦。」后半段大家都很熟,不过全诗都是在说明农夫种田之不易,但若不是神赐时雨甘露,农夫再辛苦,也无法有收成,所以我们当存感恩的心。每餐前做饭前祷告,就是感恩的表达。
在过圣诞节之前,有一首歌是唱给孩子们听的:「你要小心囉,你最好别乱叫,也别乱脾气。让我告诉你为什么,因为圣诞老人要进城了。他在写圣诞礼物的单子,不管你是睡着或醒著,他都知道你乖不乖,所以你要做个好小孩….」所以过完圣诞节,这首歌就不灵了。礼物已经到手了,不是吗?可以重新顽皮,让爸妈头痛了。
A Big Reason God Allows That Trouble in Your Life
2021-02-09 in GAMEtime Sharing /by meilingHi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is John 4:43-54. Let’s go!
John 4:43-45 (NIV)
43 After the two days he left for Galilee.
44 (Now Jesus himself had pointed out that a prophet has no honor in his own country.)
45 When he arrived in Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him. They had seen all that he had done in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, for they also had been there.
On verses 43-45: After spending two days in Samaria, Jesus heads for Galilee (v43). Why does John mention here that Jesus said “a prophet has no honor in his own country” (v44), especially if Jesus just left Samaria where many put their faith in Him (v41) and was going to Galilee where the Galileans welcomed him (v45)? Scholars have different theories on why. Here’s my thought on why: perhaps John mentions Jesus’ famous saying about a prophet having no honour in his own country because no matter how popular Jesus became in one place (like Samaria), Jesus knew he had to move on to the next until his work was done. In other words, Jesus’ goal wasn’t to build his own kingdom and to chase his own “honor” while on the earth. Rather his goal was to be faithful to his Father’s will, even if it meant foregoing immediate opportunities to be honored, knowing that the honour and glory would come later. Like Jesus, may our goal not be chasing our own honour or building our own kingdom, but may it simply to be faithful to what God called us to do on the earth.
祂是信实的神
2021-02-08 in 每日亲近神, 每日亲近神-2021 /by meiling〈申命记〉 7:9-11所以,你要知道耶和华你的神,祂是神,是信实的神:向爱祂守祂诫命的人守约施慈爱,直到千代;向恨祂的人当面报应他们,将他们灭绝——凡恨祂的人,必报应他们,决不迟延。所以,你要谨守遵行我今日所吩咐你的诫命、律例、典章。
2004年,有一个六岁的美国男孩发生了一宗可怕的车祸。当他从昏迷状态中醒过来之后,他告诉家人,他去过天堂,见到了耶稣、撒旦和天使,等等。在2009年,他的父亲帮他出了一本书:《The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven》(从天堂回来的男孩),这本书被热卖到上百万本,成为当时的畅销书之一。但是在出书后五年,也就是2009年一月13日,他亲自写一封信给美国基督教出版商和书店:「请原谅我因为身体的限制,只能简略地说明,我并没有死去,也没有去过天堂。我说去过天堂,因为我想引起人们对我的注意。当我说我去过天堂时,那时我根本没读过《圣经》。
很多人从谎言中获利,并且还会有更多人这样做。人们应该去读《圣经》,因为那就足够了。《圣经》是真理唯一的来源,任何人写的东西都不可能万无一失。唯有悔改和相信耶稣是神的儿子,祂为你的罪死在十字架上(虽然祂并没有犯罪),你才能够得到神的赦免。你需要从《圣经》去明白何谓天堂,而不是从人写的书去明白天堂。我希望全世界都知道,只要有《圣经》就足够了。卖这类书的人都应该悔改,并且只要有《圣经》就够了。在基督里,亚历斯。 」
亚历斯在车祸后因为伤到脑部、脊柱和颈而四肢瘫痪,在2009年他接受了一个像克里斯托弗·里夫(演超人的演员,因受伤而四肢瘫痪)那样的手术,让他可以自由地呼吸,不必使用助吸器;同年,他开始使用支撑架站起来,并且可以在别人的帮助下,开始在跑步机上走路。从他的信里,很明显的,他信主了,也读了《圣经》,因此才会有这样的悔过和自白。在他没有读过《圣经》时,他可以编谎言编得很自得其乐,但是信主后,读了《圣经》,圣灵就不允许他继续让这个谎言存在了。他希望让全世界的人知道,《圣经》是唯一真理的来源。人若想要认识天堂,就要明白神说的天堂,而不是人写的天堂。这也是为何神要摩西一次又一次地,向以色列人复述律例和典章的原因,因为人是何等容易被迷惑啊!
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