2020年2月28日星期五

身体是圣灵的 Temple of Holy Spirit

人看不到魔鬼或听不到它是因为被它蒙蔽了双眼,被它捂住耳朵了。魔鬼不要让我们看到真理,就用谎言千方百计地欺骗我们,让我们上当又犯罪。

属灵的战争是一辈子的事,每天我们都要问自己,到底我们的大脑想的是什么?是积极的思想还是消极的,如果我们不去留意就会失守。我们必须选择积极的思想,摒弃消极的思想,无论面对什么人,遇到什么事,关于这点我们可以祷告,把思想交托给上帝,让祂来掌管。圣经有说:你要保守你心,胜过保守一切(或作“你要切切保守你心”),因为一生的果效,是由心发出。4:23 Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life.4:24 你要除掉邪僻的口,弃绝乖谬的嘴。4:24 Put away from you a deceitful mouth And put devious speech far from you.

你的眼目要向前正看,你的眼睛(原文作“皮”)当向前直观。4:25 Let your eyes look directly ahead And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you.4:26 要修平你脚下的路,坚定你一切的道,4:26 Watch the path of your feet And all your ways will be established.4:27 不可偏向左右,要使你的脚离开邪恶。4:27 Do not turn to the right nor to the left; Turn your foot from evil. (箴言(Proverbs) )

你们要将一切的忧虑卸给神,因为他顾念你们。5:7 casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.5:8 务要谨守、警醒,因为你们的仇敌魔鬼,如同吼叫的狮子,遍地游行,寻找可吞吃的人。5:8 Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.5:9 你们要用坚固的信心抵挡它,因为知道你们在世上的众弟兄也是经历这样的苦难。5:9 But resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brethren who are in the world.

那赐诸般恩典的神曾在基督里召你们,得享他永远的荣耀,等你们暂受苦难之后,必要亲自成全你们,坚固你们,赐力量给你们。5:10 After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you. 彼得前书(1 Peter) )

我们的身体是圣灵的殿,心灵也是。所以我们要让圣灵充满,不要让邪灵干扰(有机可乘),不要听信撒旦/魔鬼的谎言,要这么做就必须常常读圣经,用神的话充满我们的头脑(灵修),不要让自己有犯罪/错的机会。

人在没有事情发生或挑战时是看不出一个人的品格的,当环境的考验来临时就可以知道这个人是如何应对,行为怎样,有没有信靠神。小罪如贪心、自私、骄傲、自大、嫉妒、说谎、恼怒、怀恨也是罪,所以不要以为只有杀人放火才是罪。天堂是圣洁的地方,是容不下任何的罪恶的,人只有信了耶稣才没有罪,只有主耶稣的宝血才可以洗净我们的罪(耶稣已经代替我们成为罪),当然首先我们也必须要认罪悔改。

你的话是我脚前的灯,是我路上的光。119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path. (诗篇(Psalm) 119:105)

不从恶人的计谋,不站罪人的道路,不坐亵慢人的座位,1:1 How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers!1:2 惟喜爱耶和华的律法,昼夜思想,这人便为有福。1:2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord, And in His law he meditates day and night.

他要像一棵树栽在溪水旁,按时候结果子,叶子也不枯干。凡他所作的尽都顺利。1:3 He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, Which yields its fruit in its season And its leaf does not wither; And in whatever he does, he prospers.1:6

因为耶和华知道义人的道路,恶人的道路却必灭亡。1:6 For the Lord knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the wicked will perish. (诗篇(Psalm) )

你们是属神的,并且胜了他们,因为那在你们里面的,比那在世界上的更大。4:4 You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.4:6 我们是属神的,认识神的就听从我们;不属神的,就不听从我们。从此我们可以认出真理的灵和谬妄的灵来。4:6 We are from God; he who knows God listens to us; he who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.4:7 我们应当彼此相爱,因为爱是从神来的。凡有爱心的,都是由神而生,并且认识神。4:7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.

没有爱心的,就不认识神,因为神就是爱。4:8 The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love.4:12 从来没有人见过神。我们若彼此相爱,神就住在我们里面,爱他的心在我们里面得以完全了。4:12 No one has seen God at any time; if we love one another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us.4:13 神将他的灵赐给我们,从此就知道我们是住在他里面,他也住在我们里面。4:13 By this we know that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.4:15 凡认耶稣为神儿子的,神就住在他里面,他也住在神里面。4:15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.

这样,爱在我们里面得以完全,我们就可以在审判的日子坦然无惧。因为他如何,我们在这世上也如何。4:17 By this, love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment; because as He is, so also are we in this world.4:18 爱里没有惧怕;爱既完全,就把惧怕除去,因为惧怕里含着刑罚,惧怕的人在爱里未得完全。4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love.4:19 我们爱,因为神先爱我们。4:19 We love, because He first loved us.4:20 人若说,“我爱神”,却恨他的弟兄,就是说谎话的;不爱他所看见的弟兄,就不能爱没有看见的神(有古卷作“怎能爱没有看见的神呢?”)。4:20 If someone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.4:21 爱神的,也当爱弟兄,这是我们从神所受的命令。4:21 And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should love his brother also. (约翰一书(1 John) )

2020年2月24日星期一

做人的道理 The Way of Being Good

凡自高的,必降为卑;自卑的,必升为高。23:12 Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.23:13 “你们这假冒为善的文士和法利赛人有祸了!因为你们正当人前,把天国的门关了,自己不进去,正要进去的人,你们也不容他们进去。(有古卷在此有23:13 “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut off the kingdom of heaven from people; for you do not enter in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.

“你们这假冒为善的文士和法利赛人有祸了!因为你们将薄荷、茴香、芹菜献上十分之一,那律法上更重的事,就是公义、怜悯、信实,反倒不行了。这更重的是你们当行的,那也是不可不行的。23:23 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others.23:26 你们这瞎眼的法利赛人,先洗净杯盘的里面,好叫外面也干净了。23:26 You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that the outside of it may become clean also.

你们这假冒为善的文士和法利赛人有祸了!因为你们好像粉饰的坟墓,外面好看,里面却装满了死人的骨头和一切的污秽。23:27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness.23:28 你们也是如此,在人前、外面显出公义来,里面却装满了假善和不法的事。23:28 So you, too, outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness.

你们这些蛇类、毒蛇之种啊!怎能逃脱地狱的刑罚呢?23:33 You serpents, you brood of vipers, how will you escape the sentence of hell?23:34 所以我差遣先知和智慧人并文士到你们这里来,有的你们要杀害,要钉十字架;有的你们要在会堂里鞭打,从这城追逼到那城,23:34 “Therefore, behold, I am sending you prophets and wise men and scribes; some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city,23:36 我实在告诉你们:这一切的罪都要归到这世代了。”23:36 Truly I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation. (马太福音(Matthew))

你们若真与基督一同复活,就当求在上面的事,那里有基督坐在神的右边。3:1 Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.3:2 你们要思念上面的事,不要思念地上的事。3:2 Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.3:3 因为你们已经死了,你们的生命与基督一同藏在神里面。3:3 For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.3:4 基督是我们的生命,他显现的时候,你们也要与他一同显现在荣耀里。3:4 When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.

要治死你们在地上的肢体,就如淫乱、污秽、邪情、恶欲和贪婪,贪婪就与拜偶像一样。3:5 Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry.3:6 因这些事,神的忿怒必临到那悖逆之子。3:6 For it is because of these things that the wrath of God will come(Two early mss do not contain upon the sons of disobedience) upon the sons of disobedience,3:7 当你们在这些事中活着的时候,也曾这样行过。3:7 and in them you also once walked, when you were living in them.

现在你们要弃绝这一切的事,以及恼恨、忿怒、恶毒(或作“阴毒”)、毁谤,并口中污秽的言语。3:8 But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth.3:9 不要彼此说谎,因你们已经脱去旧人和旧人的行为,3:9 Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its evil practices,3:10 穿上了新人,这新人在知识上渐渐更新,正如造他主的形像。3:10 and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him—(歌罗西书(Colossians))

谦卑的人有智慧,诚实的人懂得真理,有辩论的能力,因为真理可以带来自由。上帝只会帮助寻求祂(谦卑和诚实)的人,就如圣经上写:“你们祈求,就给你们;寻找,就寻见;叩门,就给你们开门。7:7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. (马太福音(Matthew))

撒旦/魔鬼是消极的(凶残的),它说的话我们不要听;神的话/圣经的话是积极的(充满爱的),所以我们要听,因为对我们有帮助,只要我们清楚这点就可以战胜世界,迈向成功。神能将一切不好的事转变成好的结局,苦难是化了妆的祝福。

当我们认罪悔改并接受救主耶稣时,圣灵就住进我们的内心,掌管我们的心,改善我们的行为,使我们的行为越来越好,可以为主做见证,让别人的灵魂也能得救。

我们要悔改,不要学魔鬼一样撒谎和骄傲,这样我们才能得救。撒旦/魔鬼的下场是被丢进火湖,谁喜欢听从它的话的也和它一起下地狱,因为人离开神的结局就是死(灵魂的死,第二次的死)。我们要有耐心,放慢速度,不要烦躁,静思生力(冷静思考,产生力量),反复思量,努力不懈、持之以恒,就能达到目的。

你们要先求他的国和他的义,这些东西都要加给你们了。6:33 But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.6:34 所以,不要为明天忧虑,因为明天自有明天的忧虑;一天的难处一天当就够了。”6:34 “So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.(马太福音(Matthew))

你若遇见困难,可以放胆求上帝的帮助,因为上帝亲口说:“在患难之日求告我,我必搭救你。”(诗五十:15)神是我们的避难所,是我们的力量,是我们在患难中随时都可得到的帮助。(诗篇46:1)

佛教是哲学,基督是真理。佛教做的是给人看,基督徒是为耶穌基督。佛教徒教导是讲到做不到,因为没有圣灵在内心,所以他们都是虚空。

佛教教人行善是好的,但是佛教只是一种教导,不能拯救灵魂。人都是有罪的,无法自救,只有靠主耶稣的宝血才可以拯救灵魂,帮神从魔鬼手中抢我们的灵魂回来,不让魔鬼带我们下火狱。因为只有耶稣是圣洁无罪的,才有资格做中保,替我们赎罪,使不义的成为义。

新人/重要的事 Renew Life / Important

你们若真与基督一同复活,就当求在上面的事,那里有基督坐在神的右边。3:1 Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God.3:2 你们要思念上面的事,不要思念地上的事。3:2 Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth.3:3 因为你们已经死了,你们的生命与基督一同藏在神里面。3:3 For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.3:4 基督是我们的生命,他显现的时候,你们也要与他一同显现在荣耀里。3:4 When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory.


要治死你们在地上的肢体,就如淫乱、污秽、邪情、恶欲和贪婪,贪婪就与拜偶像一样。3:5 Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry.3:6 因这些事,神的忿怒必临到那悖逆之子。3:6 For it is because of these things that the wrath of God will come(Two early mss do not contain upon the sons of disobedience) upon the sons of disobedience,3:7 当你们在这些事中活着的时候,也曾这样行过。3:7 and in them you also once walked, when you were living in them.


现在你们要弃绝这一切的事,以及恼恨、忿怒、恶毒(或作“阴毒”)、毁谤,并口中污秽的言语。3:8 But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth.3:9 不要彼此说谎,因你们已经脱去旧人和旧人的行为,3:9 Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its evil practices,3:10 穿上了新人,这新人在知识上渐渐更新,正如造他主的形像。3:10 and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him—(歌罗西书(Colossians))


谦卑的人有智慧,诚实的人懂得真理,有辩论的能力,因为真理可以带来自由。上帝只会帮助寻求祂(谦卑和诚实)的人,就如圣经上写:“你们祈求,就给你们;寻找,就寻见;叩门,就给你们开门。7:7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. (马太福音(Matthew))


撒旦/魔鬼是消极的(凶残的),它说的话我们不要听;神的话/圣经的话是积极的(充满爱的),所以我们要听,因为对我们有帮助,只要我们清楚这点就可以战胜世界,迈向成功。神能将一切不好的事转变成好的结局,苦难是化了妆的祝福。


当我们认罪悔改并接受救主耶稣时,圣灵就住进我们的内心,掌管我们的心,改善我们的行为,使我们的行为越来越好,可以为主做见证,让别人的灵魂也能得救。


我们要悔改,不要学魔鬼一样撒谎和骄傲,这样我们才能得救。撒旦/魔鬼的下场是被丢进火湖,谁喜欢听从它的话的也和它一起下地狱,因为人离开神的结局就是死(灵魂的死,第二次的死)。我们要有耐心,放慢速度,不要烦躁,静思生力(冷静思考,产生力量),反复思量,努力不懈、持之以恒,就能达到目的。


你们要先求他的国和他的义,这些东西都要加给你们了。6:33 But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.6:34 所以,不要为明天忧虑,因为明天自有明天的忧虑;一天的难处一天当就够了。”6:34 “So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.(马太福音(Matthew))


你若遇见困难,可以放胆求上帝的帮助,因为上帝亲口说:“在患难之日求告我,我必搭救你。”(诗五十:15)神是我们的避难所,是我们的力量,是我们在患难中随时都可得到的帮助。(诗篇46:1)


佛教是哲学,基督是真理。佛教做的是给人看,基督徒是为耶穌基督。佛教徒教导是讲到做不到,因为没有圣灵在内心,所以他们都是虚空。


佛教教人行善是好的,但是佛教只是一种教导,不是救恩,不能拯救灵魂。人都是有罪的,无法自救,只有耶稣的宝血可以拯救灵魂,帮神从魔鬼手中抢我们的灵魂回来,不让魔鬼带我们下火狱。因为只有耶稣是圣洁无罪的,才有资格替我们赎罪。





2020年2月23日星期日

最重要的事 The Most Important Thing

谦卑的人有智慧,诚实的人懂得真理,有辩论的能力,因为真理可以带来自由。

撒旦/魔鬼是消极的,它说的话我们不要听;神的话/圣经的话是积极的,所以我们要听,因为对我们有帮助,只要我们清楚这点就可以战胜世界,可以成功。

当我们认罪悔改并接受救主耶稣时,圣灵就住进我们的内心,掌管我们的心,改善我们的行为,使我们的行为越来越好,可以为主做见证,让别人的灵魂也得救。

我们要悔改,不要学魔鬼一样撒谎和骄傲,这样我们才能得救。撒旦/魔鬼的下场是被丢进火湖,谁喜欢听它的话也和它一起下地狱,因为人离开神就是死。我们要有耐心,放慢速度,努力不懈,持之以恒,才能达到目标。

你们要先求他的国和他的义,这些东西都要加给你们了。6:33 But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.6:34 所以,不要为明天忧虑,因为明天自有明天的忧虑;一天的难处一天当就够了。”6:34 “So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.(马太福音(Matthew))

你若遇见困难,可以放胆求上帝的帮助,因为上帝亲口说:“在患难之日求告我,我必搭救你。”(诗五十:15)神是我们的避难所,是我们的力量,是我们在患难中随时都可得到的帮助。(诗篇46:1)

佛教是哲学,基督是真理。佛教做的是给人看,基督徒是为耶穌基督。佛教徒教导是讲到做不到,因为没有圣灵在内心,所以他们都是虚空。

佛教教人行善是好的,但是佛教只是一种教导。人都是有罪的,无法自救,只有耶稣可以拯救灵魂,帮神从魔鬼手中抢我们的灵魂回来,不让魔鬼带我们下火狱。因为只有耶稣是圣洁无罪的,才有资格替我们赎罪。

2020年2月22日星期六

人为什么会生病?Why are we sick?

悔改与复兴

“叫你们的信心既被试验,就比那被火试验仍然能坏的金子更显宝贵,可以在耶稣基督显现的时候得著称赞、荣耀、尊贵。”(《彼前》1:7)

当然,世界上苦难的产生,整体来说是人犯罪,地受咒诅的结果。我们不该轻易地判定因果,把自己放在审判者的宝座上,来指责任何人。

基督徒应该站在罪人的地位,当苦难来临时向神发出悔改的祷告,求神怜悯医治,也求神改变自己,然后尽心尽力去帮助在苦难中的人。

我们相信万事若没有神的许可,不会发生。

虽然罪恶,灾害,瘟疫带来的苦难,不是出于神,但是万事互相效力,神使用所有的坏事,带来美好的结果。虽然魔鬼使用苦难来摧毁人的信心,神却在苦难中塑造祂百姓的灵性,带来真正的复兴。

平安与医治

“因祂受的刑罚,我们得平安;因祂受的鞭伤,我们得医治。”(《赛》53:5)

在这瘟疫流行的艰难时刻,让我们回到基督的面前,认罪悔改,求祂的赦免,拯救与医治。并且献上自己,成为活祭,一生跟随祂。


愿圣法兰西斯的祷告,成为我们的祷告:

主啊!使我作你和平之子,

在憎恨之处播下你的爱。在伤痕之处播下你宽恕,在怀疑之处播下信心。

在绝望之处播下你盼望。在幽暗之处播下你光明,在忧愁之处播下欢乐。

哦主啊!使我少为自己求,少求受安慰但求安慰人,

少求被了解但求了解人。少求爱但求全心付出爱。

主啊!使我作你和平之子,在赦免时我们便蒙赦免。

在舍去时我们便有所得,迎接死亡时我们便进入永生。奉耶稣之名,阿们。

注:基列 Gilead 是目前发现冠状病毒有效的药物 Remdsivir 的药厂名。网上有人翻译 Gilead为“积了德”,Remdsivir 为“人民的希望”。


原题:当瘟疫的日子来到(吕保罗)2020.02.13
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