马太福音12: 1_8人子是安息日的主
1那时，耶稣在安息日从麦地经过。他的门徒饿了，就掐起麦穗来吃。 2 法利赛人看见，就对耶稣说：「看哪，你的门徒做安息日不可做的事了。」 3 耶稣对他们说：「经上记着大卫和跟从他的人饥饿之时所做的事，你们没有念过吗？ 4 他怎么进了神的殿，吃了陈设饼？这饼不是他和跟从他的人可以吃的，唯独祭司才可以吃。 5 再者，律法上所记的，当安息日祭司在殿里犯了安息日还是没有罪，你们没有念过吗？ 6 但我告诉你们：在这里有一人比殿更大。 7 『我喜爱怜恤，不喜爱祭祀』，你们若明白这话的意思，就不将无罪的当做有罪的了。 8 因为人子是安息日的主。」
安息日在犹太人的眼中是个大日，每周去敬拜神的大日子。为了这个日子，他们必须在几天前就开始准备，不管是吃的喝的或工作，都要先安排好，以便在安息日什么都不做。因为从摩西开始就订下了很严格的律法，若在安息日工作，不管是大或小，都要被石头打死。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Kings 16:29-34. Let’s go!
1 Kings 16:31 (NIV)
31 He not only considered it trivial to commit the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, but he also married Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and began to serve Baal and worship him.
On verses 29-33: These verses summarize the 22 year reign of Ahab as king of Israel, although we will read about Ahab again in later chapters of 1 Kings. One can make the argument that Ahab was the most wicked king in Israel’s history. According to the writer of 1 Kings, Ahab “did more evil in the eyes of the LORD than any of those before him” (v30) and “did more to provoke the Lord to anger than did all the kings of Israel before him” (v32).
马太福音11: 28_30劳苦担重担的人
28 凡劳苦担重担的人，可以到我这里来，我就使你们得安息。 29 我心里柔和谦卑，你们当负我的轭，学我的样式，这样你们心里就必得享安息。 30 因为我的轭是容易的，我的担子是轻省的。
在每一天的生活里都充满了无数的变化。有的人早上很开心地出门上班，晚上回家时却碰到车祸，车子报销了，自己也一身伤；有的人早上送孩子上学，以为可以安心做自己的事情，不料老师却打电话来说孩子出麻疹了，必须带回家隔离；有的人快快乐乐地去坐游轮，却没想到游轮到了半途开始进海水，船身慢慢倾斜，到最后要找直升机来把游客一个个救上岸；更有的人一家三代高高兴兴地回老家寻根，不料飞机起飞后六分钟，全家和全机的人都烟消云灭。这些事在新闻上屡见不鲜。
每一天我们都会遇到许多变数，不在计划之内。而有些人过著一成不变地生活，上班下班，煮饭吃饭，起床睡觉，似乎非常沉闷，因而有了忧郁症。所以耶稣问我们：你累吗？你感到疲乏吗？你对于自己的信仰是否感到沉闷，你是否被宗教的要求压得透不过气？世界上有各种各样的劳苦重担压在人的身上，使人觉得过了廿岁之后的生活，就好像老牛耕田，日复一日，无法得到解脱?
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Kings 16:21-28. Let’s go!
On verses 21-28: These verses summarize the 12 year reign of Omri. From a political and military standpoint, Omri was an impressive king. Omri outlasted his opponent Tibni in a six year civil war (v21-22). Omri built a new capital city for Israel called Samaria. Ancient Assyrian records even refer to Israel as “the land of Omri”. So from a secular perspective, Omri was an effective king.
However, from a spiritual perspective, Omri was a failure. As verses 25 and 26 say, “Omri did evil in the eyes of the Lord and sinned more than all those before him. He followed completely the ways of Jeroboam…so that they aroused the anger of the Lord, the God of Israel, by their worthless idols.”
What can we learn from this? When measuring a person’s success, the criteria God focuses on is different from what most people focus on.
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Kings 16:8-20. Let’s go!
1 Kings 16:9-10 (NIV)
9 Zimri, one of his officials, who had command of half his chariots, plotted against him. Elah was in Tirzah at the time, getting drunk in the home of Arza, the man in charge of the palace at Tirzah.10 Zimri came in, struck him down and killed him in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah. Then he succeeded him as king.
On verses 8-14: Elah’s two year reign as king of Israel is cut short when Elah gets drunk and is killed by one of his officials Zimri.
What can we learn from this? “Don’t get drunk on wine,” Paul says in Ephesians 5:18,”but be filled with the Holy Spirit”. Too much alcohol dulls one’s senses, clouds one’s judgment, and makes you vulnerable to attack. In contrast, being filled with the Holy Spirit sharpens your senses, improves your judgment, and equips you to defend yourself against attack.
马太福音11: 25_27天地旳主和子
25 那时，耶稣说：「父啊，天地的主，我感谢祢！因为祢将这些事向聪明通达人就藏起来，向婴孩就显出来。 26 父啊，是的，因为祢的美意本是如此。 27 一切所有的，都是我父交付我的。除了父，没有人知道子；除了子和子所愿意指示的，没有人知道父。
在耶稣责备百农等城的人对福音的默不关心和缺乏反应时，本来是很沉重的话题，耶稣却突然开始祷告，转向跟天上的父神谈话。有时我们也会这样做吧，觉得世上的事实在是无理可讲，亲友让你感到灰心时，也只能跟神讲。但是主耶稣不是抱怨，也不是诉屈，祂却发出感谢。在众人拒绝时，祂发出感谢。
耶稣称呼耶和华神是祂的父，是天地的主。因为耶稣知道祂祷告的对象。当我们祷告时，也要知道我们祷告的对象是谁。若我们知道祷告的对象是天上的父，是天地的主，我们的祷告还能没有信心吗？有什么事父不为我们着想? 有何事是天地的主能力所不及呢？当我们认清祷告的对象时，心里自然涌出感谢，因为很自然感到蒙福，不管何时何地，我们都能坦然无惧地来到祂的面前寻求帮助和带领，有一位这样爱我们的神与我们同在。
马太福音11: 20_24当审判的日子
20 耶稣在诸城中行了许多异能，那些城的人终不悔改，就在那时候责备他们说：21 「哥拉汛哪，你有祸了！伯赛大啊，你有祸了！因为在你们中间所行的异能，若行在推罗、西顿，他们早已披麻蒙灰悔改了。 22 但我告诉你们：当审判的日子，推罗、西顿所受的比你们还容易受呢！ 23 迦百农啊，你已经升到天上，将来必坠落阴间！因为在你那里所行的异能，若行在所多玛，它还可以存到今日。 24 但我告诉你们：当审判的日子，所多玛所受的比你还容易受呢！」
在每一个世代，人们都希望神按着他们想要的来改变。例如在我们这个世代，同性恋者强调神也爱他们，这句话没有错，但问题是，他们爱神吗?愿不愿意为神而持守而改变？人只要神的爱和祝福，却不要神的原则和律法。神却不因为人的自私而改变祂的律法和教导，因为祂知道什么对人才是好的。
耶稣在自己的家乡附近的城镇行了许多神蹟奇事，那些人都高兴地领受了医治和帮助，但是对于耶稣所要求的悔改却不理会，让耶稣十分地懊恼。耶稣岂不爱他们吗？但是耶稣绝不溺爱，祂要求我们在接受了祂的救恩之后也要有相对的回应。
推罗是古时候一个很大的地中海海港城巿，也是大商埠，因为十分繁华，犯罪甚多，神藉先知预言这两个城巿必被毁灭。后来果然被巴比伦所破，又被希腊催毁，重建后又被回教军攻击，终于完全消失。今天的古推罗仍是一块供渔夫晒网的净光盘石。圣经的预言完全应验。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Kings 16:1-7. Let’s go!
On verses 1-7: The reason God decided that the kingship of Israel would no longer go through Jeroboam’s family line and the reason God wiped out Jeroboam’s house entirely was because Jeroboam had turned away from the Lord to worship idols of his own making and led all of Israel to do the same. Baasha must have realized this at some point. Yet even after being the very instrument God used to wipe out Jeroboam’s house, Baasha becomes the new king and commits the very same sins Jeroboam committed. Following in Jeroboam’s footsteps, Baasha worships idols and causes the Israelites to do the same. Failing to learn from the mistakes of his predecessors, Baasha receives a message from God through the prophet Jehu: just like God wiped out the house of Jeroboam for their sins, God would also wipe Baasha and his house (v3-4).
What can we learn from this?
1. We are to honour those who go before us but we also need to be aware of what mistakes they made so that we do not repeat them.
马太福音11: 15_19智慧之子总以智慧为是
15 有耳可听的，就应当听！ 16 我可用什么比这世代呢？好像孩童坐在街市上招呼同伴说： 17 『我们向你们吹笛，你们不跳舞！我们向你们举哀，你们不捶胸！』 18 约翰来了，也不吃也不喝，人就说他是被鬼附着的。 19 人子来了，也吃也喝，人又说他是贪食好酒的人，是税吏和罪人的朋友。但智慧之子总以智慧为是。
耶稣在这段经文里谈到传福音的辛苦，主要是因为人对福音莫不关心。说实在话，每个人最关心的还是自己的事。所以说事不关己，关己则乱。人们关心的大多是物质上的需要，而不是对永生的盼望。耶稣所形容的世代其实跟我们现在的世代也很像。
耶稣用当时的孩童在巿集玩游戏做为比喻，当犹太人结婚时就会吹笛跳舞，但是当孩童招呼同伴玩游戏时，他们吹笛，朋友却不理睬，不肯随着音乐起舞，让人很扫兴!孩童看大家不喜欢玩结婚的游戏，就邀请大家玩举丧出殡的游戏，在举哀时人们都要捶胸痛苦哭，可是还是没有人理他，也不捶胸。
毕德生牧师用一个现代家庭的例子来解释，他说：那些人就像小孩跟父母吵着要跳绳，但是父母说太累了，不能陪他们玩；当孩子们想跟父母谈心时，父母又总是太忙。耶稣用这样的比喻来说明社会的麻木不仁，没有反应。
他们看到施洗约翰不吃不喝地禁食，就说他被鬼附着；而看到耶稣与门徒又吃又喝，就说他们贪食好酒，是税吏和罪人的朋友。这就是人的本相，总喜欢批评，却不去寻求事实和真相，看到表面就很自大地说东道西，眨低别人，以致于永远浮游在真理周围，自绝于福音的门外。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Kings 15:25-34. Don’t Get Blindsided by an Inside Job + How Do You Want God to use Your Life
Let’s go!
1 Kings 15:25-28 (NIV)
25 Nadab son of Jeroboam became king of Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years.
26 He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, walking in the ways of his father and in his sin, which he had caused Israel to commit.
27 Baasha son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar plotted against him, and he struck him down at Gibbethon, a Philistine town, while Nadab and all Israel were besieging it.
28 Baasha killed Nadab in the third year of Asa king of Judah and succeeded him as king.
On verses 25-28: These verses summarize the short 2 year reign of Nadab king of Israel. The writer of 1 Kings does not find anything noteworthy about Nadab except two things. First is how Nadab followed his father Jeroboam in worshiping idols and doing evil in God’s sight. Second is the way Nadab died: while Nadab is in foreign territory trying to capture the Philistian city of Gibbethon, another unsuspecting enemy — in this case, Baasha, an Israelite and a member of Nadab’s own kingdom — strikes Nadab down and becomes the new king of Israel.
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