马太福音7: 28-29_带着权柄的教导
28 耶稣讲完了这些话，众人都稀奇他的教训， 29 因为他教训他们正像有权柄的人，不像他们的文士。
在今年的2月19日，有一位搭机要去昆明的乘客，为求保平安，在登机过程中把两枚一元硬币扔向机身方向。结果真的很平安，因为飞机不能起飞了。工作人员在绕机检查时在左发动机区域附近发现两枚硬币，为防有硬币落进发动机，只好停航检查几个小时。在去年也有一位80岁的老妇在飞往广州之前，朝着飞机引擎狂投掷硬币，导致引擎内装满了异物，必须停下重新检察，该航班就这样延误了5个小时。她投硬币的原因也是为了祈福。
在一些有水池的地方，人都可看到池底满是硬币，因为人都以为这样做可以祈福保平安，但是主耶稣说什么是福呢？虚心的人有福了！哀恸的人有福了！温柔的人有福了！ 饥渴慕义的人有福了！真正的福气和平安，不是到处投掷硬币可得，乃是要在主耶稣的救恩里才能得到。所以当耶稣讲完登山宝训时，人人都稀奇祂的教训，因为祂的教导像有权柄的人。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Kings 2:28-46. Let’s go!
On verses 28-35: For many years Joab was the ruthless commander of King David’s army. Joab’s ruthlessness was never more manifest than when he unsuspectingly murdered two high ranking Israelite officials, Abner (in 2 Samuel 3) and Amasa (in 2 Samuel 20:9-10), possibly for fear that they would one day replace him. Joab also killed Absalom, David’s son, specifically against David’s orders. Yet for some reason David always spared Joab’s life. David literally let Joab get away with murder. (Why? Some scholars believe it’s because Joab was one of the few who knew the secret that David had ordered the murder of one of his own brave soldiers, Uriah the Hittite, and that David was scared that Joab would expose him.)
Hi GAMErs,
There are many lessons we can learn from today’s passage, 1 Kings 2:13-27. Let’s go!
1 Kings 2:17 (NIV)
17 So he continued, “Please ask King Solomon–he will not refuse you–to give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”
On verses 13-18: Here Adonijah goes to Bathsheba the king’s mother with a request: he asks for Abishag the Shunammite as his wife. Why? It’s not because Adonijah was in love with Abishag, as beautiful as she was. Rather it was a political move. Remember that Abishag was effectively David’s last concubine. Abishag lived with David, took care of David, slept in the same bed as David, though she never had sexual relations with David (see 1 Kings 1:3-4). Back in David’s time, whoever controlled the king’s harem was viewed as controlling the kingdom.
马太福音7: 24-27_梦想成真
24 「所以，凡听见我这话就去行的，好比一个聪明人，把房子盖在磐石上。 25 雨淋，水冲，风吹，撞著那房子，房子总不倒塌，因为根基立在磐石上。 26 凡听见我这话不去行的，好比一个无知的人，把房子盖在沙土上。 27 雨淋，水冲，风吹，撞著那房子，房子就倒塌了，并且倒塌得很大。」
在这世界上有许多人希望自己的梦想成真。有的人靠着白手起家，有的人想走捷径发财，有的人天天去买彩票，希望只要有钱在手就可以梦想成真。但是真的有钱就能使梦想成真吗？轻易得来的钱财虽然可以使一个人的梦想成真，但是那种梦也破灭得特别快。
有一位爱尔兰妇人在六年前中了彩票，一夕之间摇身一变为三间公司的老板。但是因为不善经营，不但公司倒闭，之后的她比先前更加潦倒。我有时也梦想一朝醒来，手指仿佛被点了神仙水，可以在钢琴键盘上飞翔奔跑，所过之处都蹦跳出美丽的音乐。幸好我的梦想没有成真，不然很多钢琴老师都要气坏了，没有学生上门，大家都作梦去了。
神不给我们这样的满足，靠着暴财或梦想或短暂的努力就可以梦想成真。祂要我们脚踏实地，经过艰难和持续的努力，才能梦想成真。为何说，小时了了，大未必佳呢？为何说，起初速得的产业，终久却不为福(箴20:21)？
马太福音7: 15-23_假牧者和教师
15 「你们要防备假先知。他们到你们这里来，外面披着羊皮，里面却是残暴的狼。 16 凭着他们的果子就可以认出他们来。荆棘上岂能摘葡萄呢？蒺藜里岂能摘无花果呢？ 17 这样，凡好树都结好果子，唯独坏树结坏果子。 18 好树不能结坏果子，坏树不能结好果子。 19 凡不结好果子的树就砍下来，丢在火里。 20 所以，凭着他们的果子就可以认出他们来。 21 凡称呼我『主啊，主啊』的人不能都进天国，唯独遵行我天父旨意的人才能进去。 22 当那日，必有许多人对我说：『主啊，主啊，我们不是奉你的名传道，奉你的名赶鬼，奉你的名行许多异能吗？』 23 我就明明地告诉他们说：『我从来不认识你们。你们这些作恶的人，离开我去吧！』
最近不仅是天主教的神父和圣职人员多有性丑闻，基督教的牧者也不遑多让。更可怕的是在这些领袖做了恶事之后，其他的领袖知道后不但不严惩，反而包庇掩盖，要求当事人原谅了事。让受害者承受诸多方面的压力和痛苦，得不到公义的对待。而那些戴着羊面具的狼就继续吞噬可怜，不受保护的羊。
耶稣在这里警告我们，不是每一个牧者或教师都是属祂的人。有一位性侵教友长达数年的牧者，甚至在受访时宣称终止教内性骚扰是他的第一要务。这些牧者或教师都是大声奉主名传道，有的还奉主名赶鬼，行异能，表现得很有能力，仿佛是神重用的仆人，使人不敢不听他的话。但是他们暗中所行的，主都知道。保罗说像这样的人暗中所行的，提起来也是可耻的(弗5:12)。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Kings 2:1-12. Let’s go!
1 Kings 2:2-3 (NIV)
2 “I am about to go the way of all the earth,” he said. “So be strong, show yourself a man,
3 and observe what the LORD your God requires: Walk in his ways, and keep his decrees and commands, his laws and requirements, as written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you go,
On verses 1-3: Here David is on his deathbed. David’s last words to King Solomon his son are “be courageous, be a man, and obey God’s commands.” (v2-3) After all the experiences David had accumulated over his lifetime — his unprecedented victories, his heartbreaking losses, and all the lessons he learned from both his successes and his mistakes — the most important lesson David could tell Solomon is: trust and obey God. “Do this,” David says, “so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you go” (v3).
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 1 Kings 1:41-53. How Do You Know Who Your True Friends Are (Plus, Don’t Make Promises You Can’t Keep) Let’s go!
On verses 41-49: Having heard that King David has officially made Solomon king instead of Adonijah, all of Adonijah’s guests — who were supposedly Adonijah’s closest friends and supporters — disperse and flee from Adonijah.
What can we learn from this? It’s in the tough times when you can especially tell who your real friends are. When things are going well for you, everyone is happy to be your friend. But it’s in the tough times that you tend to notice which of your friends are truly loyal and truly love you for you, and which friends are friendly toward you for a more selfish reason.
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