马太福音5:9_使人和睦的人有福了！
9 使人和睦的人有福了！因为他们必称为神的儿子。
9 “You’re blessed when you can show people how to cooperate instead of compete or fight. That’s when you discover who you really are, and your place in God’s family.
使人和睦的人在英文又叫Peacemaker, 制造和平的人。毕牧师的译文是：当你教人怎样合作而不是因竞争而产生纠纷时，你就有福了。当你真正地认识自己时，就会发现自己在神家里的位置。
因为只有当我们认识自己时，我们待人处事的方向才会不一样。我有个朋友在两个加拿大的大银行工作过，最近她很有感触，因为以前的上司只看他们的业绩，他们必须不停地赶业绩，连吃饭的时间都很紧张。但是现在的上司很注重团队的合作，并且注意到他们的情绪和需要，她非常感恩，因为她的健康也因而有了起色。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is Hosea 6:1-11. Let’s go!
Hosea 6:1-2 (NIV)
1 “Come, let us return to the LORD. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds.
2 After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in his presence.
On verses 1-2: For the rest of our lives on earth, we can be sure that whenever God allows us to go through difficulties or defeats, it’s not because He is cruel or indifferent. It’s because His ultimate purpose is to revive us, to restore us, to make us stronger than we were before, and to know Him more intimately, “that we may live in His presence” (v2).
马太福音5:8_清心的人有福了！
8 清心的人有福了！因为他们必得见神。
8 “You’re blessed when you get your inside world—your mind and heart—put right. Then you can see God in the outside world.
清心是什么意思？我们不如从反面来思考。不清心是什么意思？很快你就有答案了，不清心就是心里乱七八糟的，被一大堆俗事杂事给堵住了。不清，或者还有肮脏的意思，也就是在心里骂人、看不起他人，性幻想，嫉妒或是苦毒，甚至想谋害人。不清就是浊，当我们的心好像污水那样混浊时，我们连自己都看不见了，更别说要看见神了。
Today’s passage is Hosea 5:1-15. Let’s go! Here are 3 short points to share with you from Hosea 5:1-15.
Hosea 5:3 (NIV) I know all about Ephraim; Israel is not hidden from me. Ephraim, you have now turned to prostitution; Israel is corrupt.
On verse 3: In case you’re wondering who Ephraim is, Ephraim here is another name for the nation of Israel. Ephraim was one of the 12 tribes of Israel, but later was often used by the Old Testament prophets to refer to Israel as a whole.
马太福音5:7_怜恤人的人有福了！
7 怜恤人的人有福了！因为他们必蒙怜恤。
7 “You’re blessed when you care. At the moment of being ‘care-full,’ you find yourselves cared for. (MSG)
当你看到“怜恤”这词时，是否心里会闪过许多同义词？例如：同情, 怜悯,可怜，等等，诸如此类的。仿佛自己高人一等，所以施舍一下几个小钱。但是我想那不是主耶稣的原意。主耶稣讲过一个谁是你的隣舍的故事。
祂说有一个人在山路上被抢劫，并且被打伤了。有两个路人经过，一个是祭司，一个是利未人，他们都看见他，却绕道而行。只有一个撒玛利亚人经过时，看见他就动了慈心，替他包裹伤处，又送他到旅店休养(路10:30-37)。耶稣说，这位照顾被强盗打伤的人便是伤者的隣舍，因为他怜悯那位伤者。这就是耶稣说的怜悯，也就是在别人的不幸上看到自己的责任。
Hosea 4:1-2 (NIV)
1 Hear the word of the LORD, you Israelites, because the LORD has a charge to bring against you who live in the land: “There is no faithfulness, no love, no acknowledgment of God in the land. 2 There is only cursing, lying and murder, stealing and adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
Here in Hosea 4 Joel describes the way God saw the people of Israel and their priests — as nothing but sinners (v1-2), given to unfaithfulness and idolatry (v12-13, v17), hurt and hurting one another, lovers of evil (v18), unsatisfied (v10), stubborn (v16), stumbling (v5), rejected by God (v6), and wasting away (v3). Let this chapter be a reminder that until Jesus Christ came and reversed our fortunes, Hosea 4 was our destiny too. If it were not for Jesus, Hosea 4 is a perfect description of how God would see us today.
马太福音5:6_饥渴慕义的人有福了！
6 饥渴慕义的人有福了！因为他们必得饱足。
6 “You’re blessed when you’ve worked up a good appetite for God. He’s food and drink in the best meal you’ll ever eat.(MSG)
饥渴，在信息圣经里是指good appetite好胃口；慕义，是指for God。有很多人试着解释这个“义”字，但是我觉得再没有比“神”这个解释更好的了。有的人把这个义解释为公义，但我想这个义是指神本身，因为只有神才担得起这个“义”字。当一个人在寻找神时，他的心态就是渴求神的临在，神必然亲近他，满足他。至于公义，那是人对神的期待，盼望神在他们的生命中给他们一个公平。
Today’s passage is Hosea 3:1-5. It contains a powerful lesson for us as we begin our fast together. Open your Bible, click on the above Scripture link or check out your GAME booklet to read today’s passage. Let’s go!
First, God’s love for you is unconditional (v1). We see God’s unconditional love in verse 1 where it says “the Lord loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes” (v1).
To illustrate His unconditional love, God tells the prophet Hosea to love his wife, though she had cheated on him, with that same unconditional love: “Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another man and is an adulteress. Love her as the Lord loves the Israelites” (v1).
马太福音5:5_温柔的人有福了！
5 温柔的人有福了！因为他们必承受地土。
5 “You’re blessed when you’re content with just who you are—no more, no less. That’s the moment you find yourselves proud owners of everything that can’t be bought.
有很多人喜欢毕德生牧师的信息圣经The Message，也有不少人批评他翻译得不像圣经。毕牧师翻译圣经的动机来自他的教学经验。当他在教〈加拉太书〉时，他发现学生完全不能从英文的圣经里感受到保罗写信的那份心情。所以他开始用第一手的翻译来写圣经，为了让读经的人可以真正地理解经文里的含意，而有丰富的收获。
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