马太福音1:24-25 约瑟醒了，起来，就遵著主使者的吩咐把妻子娶过来， 25 只是没有和她同房，等她生了儿子，就给他起名叫耶稣。
约瑟在圣经里是一个非常安静的人，我们甚至找不到他讲过话的记载，但是他在沉默里所做的每一件事，却都可以成为我们的典范。
第一， 他在得知马利亚怀孕后，就想暗暗的把她休了，让她不再受婚约的束缚。他关心的是希望把伤害减到最低。这是他对人的善良。
第二， 当神的使者在梦中传话之后，他就遵著主使者的吩咐把妻子娶过来。不再疑神疑鬼，怀疑马利亚不贞。这是他对神的相信。
第三， 他和马利亚结婚了，却在她生儿子之前，都没有和她同房。这是对神和对马利亚的尊重。
第四， 他按著神的吩咐，给婴孩取名耶稣。这是对神的顺服。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 2 Samuel 10:1-19. As usual, I encourage you to open your Bible and read the passage yourself first. See what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help. Then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!
2 Samuel 10:1-4 (NIV)
1 In the course of time, the king of the Ammonites died, and his son Hanun succeeded him as king.
2 David thought, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent a delegation to express his sympathy to Hanun concerning his father. When David’s men came to the land of the Ammonites,
On verses 1-4: In 2 Samuel 9, David showed God’s kindness to Mephibosheth, and Mephibosheth is both humbled and overwhelmed. Now here in 2 Samuel 10, David shows kindness to Hanun leader of the Ammonites when his father died. But rather than responding with gratitude, in return Hanun, influenced by his skeptical nobles, treats David poorly. Hanun publicly humiliates the messengers whom David had sent to pay his family respect.
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 2 Samuel 9:1-13. As usual, I encourage you to open your Bible and read the passage yourself first. See what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help. Then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!
2 Samuel 9:1-13 (NIV)
1 David asked, “Is there anyone still left of the house of Saul to whom I can show kindness for Jonathan’s sake?”
2 Now there was a servant of Saul’s household named Ziba. They called him to appear before David, and the king said to him, “Are you Ziba?” “Your servant,” he replied.
3 The king asked, “Is there no one still left of the house of Saul to whom I can show God’s kindness?” Ziba answered the king, “There is still a son of Jonathan; he is crippled in both feet.”
On verses 1-13: Back in 1 Samuel 20:14-17 David made a promise to his best friend Jonathan that he would show kindness to Jonathan’s family. David asks who is left from Saul’s household and Ziba, a servant in Saul’s household, tells David about Mephibosheth, Jonathan’s son who was crippled in both feet. Faithful to his promise to Jonathan, David reaches out to Mephibosheth. At the time Mephibosheth is living in Lodebar (literally, “a pastureless place”), probably hiding for fear that David’s troops would hunt him down. Could you imagine the fear that Mephibosheth must have felt when David’s troops found him?
马太福音1:22-23 这一切的事成就，是要应验主藉先知所说的话说： 23 「必有童女怀孕生子，人要称他的名为以马内利。」（「以马内利」翻出来就是「神与我们同在」。）
以赛亚书7:13-14 以赛亚说：「大卫家啊，你们当听！你们使人厌烦岂算小事？还要使我的神厌烦吗？ 14 因此，主自己要给你们一个兆头，必有童女怀孕生子，给他起名叫以马内利。
天使又接着对约瑟说：这一切的事成就，是要应验主藉先知所说的话。这事不是空穴来风，不是编造的，也不是神突然起意，来个即兴活动，而是神在创世时就己经订下的计划。祂又借着以赛亚先知预告：「必有童女怀孕生子，人要称祂的名为以马内利。」以赛亚是犹大南国的先知，大约与耶稣相距七百年。神的话没有一句不应验，人会忘记，神却不会忘记。
这一切的事成就，是要应验主藉先知所说的话。因为祂是信实的神。神来告诉约瑟，我以前派以赛亚先知说过的话，现在我要成全了。这是见证神蹟的时刻。
这个神蹟就是童女生子。童女怎么会生孩子呢？在人不能，在神凡事都能。
这个孩子不仅要起名为耶稣，人还要称祂另一个名字为以马内利。
马太福音 1:18-20
18 耶稣基督降生的事记在下面：他母亲马利亚已经许配了约瑟，还没有迎娶，马利亚就从圣灵怀了孕。 19 她丈夫约瑟是个义人，不愿意明明地羞辱她，想要暗暗地把她休了。 20 正思念这事的时候，有主的使者向他梦中显现，说：「大卫的子孙约瑟，不要怕，只管娶过你的妻子马利亚来，因她所怀的孕是从圣灵来的。
为什么约瑟被称为义人呢？在圣经里被称为义的人不多，约瑟是其中的一个。他的“义”是从何事上表明的呢？
亚伯拉罕被称为义，是因为他相信神(创15:6)；挪亚被称为义人，是因为他与神同行，在当时的世代里被认为是个完全人(创6:9)；罗得是义人，因为他常为恶人的淫行忧伤(彼后2:7)；耶稣说「为义受逼迫的人是有福的，因为天国是他们的。」这里的义，指的是为神的国或福音。那么约瑟在何事上被称为义？
在当时的世代里未婚先孕，是一件大事。按照旧约的律法，在婚约之外与人行淫，是可以用石头打死的(申22:23-27)；而对犹太人来说，除了离婚和死亡之外，无法推翻婚姻的誓约。
马利亚己经许配给约瑟，在众人眼中就是公认的一对了，只差迎娶和圆房成为正式的夫妻。但是马利亚有身孕了？! 对约瑟而言，是一个沉重的打击，表明了马利亚别有新欢，以及对他的背叛。对一个男人而言，这是一个极大的耻辱。在婚约中任何一方面的出轨，对另一方都是沉重的打击。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 2 Samuel 8:1-18. As usual, I encourage you to open your Bible and read the passage yourself first. See what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help. Then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!
2 Samuel 8:1-18 (NIV)
1 In the course of time, David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and he took Metheg Ammah from the control of the Philistines.
2 David also defeated the Moabites. He made them lie down on the ground and measured them off with a length of cord. Every two lengths of them were put to death, and the third length was allowed to live. So the Moabites became subject to David and brought tribute.
On verses 1-14: In the previous chapter (2 Samuel 7), God gives David some powerful promises regarding his future — that God would raise up a descendant of David to succeed David as king, that God would establish this descendant’s kingdom for all time and that through this descendant, David’s house, kingdom and throne would reign forever (2 Samuel 7:12-16). Now in these verses (v1-14), David, as king of Israel, scores victory after victory over a long list of Israel’s opponents: the Philistines (v1), the Moabites (v2), Hadadezer (v3-4, 7-8), the Arameans of Damascus (v5-6), the Edomites (v12), the Ammonites (v12), and the Amalekites (v12).
马太福音 1:18-20
18 耶稣基督降生的事记在下面：他母亲马利亚已经许配了约瑟，还没有迎娶，马利亚就从圣灵怀了孕。 19 她丈夫约瑟是个义人，不愿意明明地羞辱她，想要暗暗地把她休了。 20 正思念这事的时候，有主的使者向他梦中显现，说：「大卫的子孙约瑟，不要怕，只管娶过你的妻子马利亚来，因她所怀的孕是从圣灵来的。
为什么约瑟被称为义人呢？在圣经里被称为义的人不多，约瑟是其中的一个。他的“义”是从何事上表明的呢？
亚伯拉罕被称为义，是因为他相信神(创15:6)；挪亚被称为义人，是因为他与神同行，在当时的世代里被认为是个完全人(创6:9)；罗得是义人，因为他常为恶人的淫行忧伤(彼后2:7)；耶稣说「为义受逼迫的人是有福的，因为天国是他们的。」这里的义，指的是为神的国或福音。那么约瑟在何事上被称为义？
在当时的世代里未婚先孕，是一件大事。按照旧约的律法，在婚约之外与人行淫，是可以用石头打死的(申22:23-27)；而对犹太人来说，除了离婚和死亡之外，无法推翻婚姻的誓约。
马利亚己经许配给约瑟，在众人眼中就是公认的一对了，只差迎娶和圆房成为正式的夫妻。但是马利亚有身孕了？! 对约瑟而言，是一个沉重的打击，表明了马利亚别有新欢，以及对他的背叛。对一个男人而言，这是一个极大的耻辱。在婚约中任何一方面的出轨，对另一方都是沉重的打击。
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 2 Samuel 7:18-29. As usual, I encourage you to open your Bible and read the passage yourself first. See what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help. Then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!
2 Samuel 7:18a (NIV)
18 Then King David went in and sat before the LORD
On verse 18a: Notice how David responds after hearing the powerful promises God spoke to him through the prophet Nathan. David doesn’t say, “That’s interesting” and walk away. Rather David responds by getting into God’s presence and sitting before the Lord. When God speaks to you, don’t just go, “That’s nice” and walk away. Take time to sit in God’s presence and let your soul digest what you have received. Then you can respond to God in an appropriate way. One of the most powerful things you can do any day is to sit in God’s presence and be still. When I sit down in God’s presence, I experience His peace, receive insight for my situation and direction for what to do next.
Hi GAMErs,
Today’s passage is 2 Samuel 7:1-17. As usual, I encourage you to open your Bible and read the passage yourself first. See what you can glean with the Holy Spirit’s help. Then read the GAME sharing below. Let’s go!
2 Samuel 7:1-2 (NIV)
1 After the king was settled in his palace and the LORD had given him rest from all his enemies around him,
2 he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am, living in a palace of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”
On verses 1-2: When God had given David rest from all his enemies around him, David’s heart was still restless for God. David restlessly dreamed of building a house for the Lord. You can tell what is in a person’s heart by what stirs their heart even when their circumstances are peaceful. Like David, I believe God has placed a dream in your heart to do something significant for His glory. That dream will keep you awake and gnaw at you even when – or especially when – life seems relatively peaceful.
马太福音 1:18 耶稣基督降生的事记在下面：他母亲马利亚已经许配了约瑟，还没有迎娶，马利亚就从圣灵怀了孕。
路加福音 1:26-38
26 到了第六个月，天使加百列奉神的差遣往加利利的一座城去，这城名叫拿撒勒； 27 到一个童女那里，是已经许配大卫家的一个人，名叫约瑟，童女的名字叫马利亚。 28 天使进去，对她说：「蒙大恩的女子，我问你安，主和你同在了！」29 马利亚因这话就很惊慌，又反复思想这样问安是什么意思。 30 天使对她说：「马利亚，不要怕，你在神面前已经蒙恩了。 31 你要怀孕生子，可以给祂起名叫耶稣。
在这段短短的经文里，我们看到了一个神话故事，神的话应验的故事。两千年前的某天，有位天使去犹大地看一个犹大妙龄少女，告诉她，她己经从圣灵怀孕了。而这个少女马利亚，竟然很快乐地接受了这件事。她只是好奇，没有结婚的我，怎能生孩子？
天使回答：「圣灵要临到你身上，至高者的能力要荫庇你。因此，所要生的圣者必称为神的儿子。」这句话至关重要。因为很多人质疑耶稣的无罪性，既然是从马利亚出生，怎么可能没有原罪？「圣灵要临到你身上」，这句话就是指道成肉身的真相，圣灵亲自成为一个受精卵进入了马利亚的子宫；然后「至高者的能力要荫庇你」，换句话说其他的事神会亲自成就。假如神能创造人，祂岂不能使马利亚的身体可以因为从圣灵受孕，而开始有各方面的变化吗？当然可以，那就是神的能力荫庇马利亚的实证。
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