靈命日糧 2011-01-18
敞開的書
讀經 : 耶利米書 31 : 31~34 Jeremiah 31 : 31~34
31:31 耶和華說：「日子將到，我要與以色列家和猶大家另立新約，
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
31:32 不像我拉著他們祖宗的手，領他們出埃及地的時候，與他們所立的約。我雖作他們的丈夫，他們卻背了我的約。這是耶和華說的。」
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD: although...: or, should I have continued an husband unto them?
31:33 耶和華說：「那些日子以後，我與以色列家所立的約乃是這樣：我要將我的律法放在他們裡面，寫在他們心上。我要作他們的神，他們要作我的子民。
But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
31:34 他們各人不再教導自己的鄰舍和自己的弟兄說：『你該認識耶和華』，因為他們從最小的到至大的都必認識我。我要赦免他們的罪孽，不再記念他們的罪惡。這是耶和華說的。」
And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
哥林多後書 3 : 3 2 Corinthians 3 : 3
3:3 你們明顯是基督的信，藉著我們修成的。不是用墨寫的，乃是用永生神的靈寫的；不是寫在石版上，乃是寫在心版上。
Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart.
全年讀經 : 創世記 43~45章
Genesis Chapter 43~4512:24 但法利賽人聽見，就說：「這個人趕鬼，無非是靠著鬼王別西卜啊。」
馬太福音 12 : 24~50
Matthew 12 : 24~50
But when the Pharisees heard it , they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. Beelzebub: Gr. Beelzebul
12:25 耶穌知道他們的意念，就對他們說：「凡一國自相紛爭，就成為荒場；一城一家自相紛爭，必站立不住；
And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand:
12:26 若撒但趕逐撒但，就是自相紛爭，他的國怎能站得住呢？
And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?
12:27 我若靠著別西卜趕鬼，你們的子弟趕鬼又靠著誰呢？這樣，他們就要斷定你們的是非。
And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.
12:28 我若靠著神的靈趕鬼，這就是神的國臨到你們了。
But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.
12:29 人怎能進壯士家裡，搶奪他的家具呢？除非先捆住那壯士，才可以搶奪他的家財。
Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.
12:30 不與我相合的，就是敵我的；不同我收聚的，就是分散的。」
He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad.
12:31 所以我告訴你們：「人一切的罪和褻瀆的話都可得赦免，惟獨褻瀆聖靈，總不得赦免。
Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men.
12:32 凡說話干犯人子的，還可得赦免；惟獨說話干犯聖靈的，今世來世總不得赦免。」
And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
12:33 「你們或以為樹好，果子也好；樹壞，果子也壞；因為看果子就可以知道樹。
Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
12:34 毒蛇的種類！你們既是惡人，怎能說出好話來呢？因為心裡所充滿的，口裡就說出來。
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
12:35 善人從他心裡所存的善就發出善來；惡人從他心裡所存的惡就發出惡來。
A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
12:36 我又告訴你們，凡人所說的閒話，當審判的日子，必要句句供出來；
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
12:37 因為要憑你的話定你為義，也要憑你的話定你有罪。」
For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
12:38 當時，有幾個文士和法利賽人對耶穌說：「夫子，我們願意你顯個神蹟給我們看。」
Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.
12:39 耶穌回答說：「一個邪惡淫亂的世代求看神蹟，除了先知約拿的神蹟以外，再沒有神蹟給他們看。
But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
12:40 約拿三日三夜在大魚肚腹中，人子也要這樣三日三夜在地裡頭。
For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
12:41 當審判的時候，尼尼微人要起來定這世代的罪，因為尼尼微人聽了約拿所傳的就悔改了。看哪，在這裡有一人比約拿更大！
The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
12:42 當審判的時候，南方的女王要起來定這世代的罪，因為她從地極而來，要聽所羅門的智慧話。看哪！在這裡有一人比所羅門更大。」
The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
12:43 「污鬼離了人身，就在無水之地過來過去，尋求安歇之處，卻尋不著。
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.
12:44 於是說：『我要回到我所出來的屋裡去。』到了，就看見裡面空閒，打掃乾淨，修飾好了，
Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
12:45 便去另帶了七個比自己更惡的鬼來，都進去住在那裡。那人末後的景況比先前更不好了。這邪惡的世代也要如此。」
Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.
12:46 耶穌還對眾人說話的時候，不料他母親和他弟兄站在外邊，要與他說話。
While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
12:47 有人告訴他說：「看哪，你母親和你弟兄站在外邊，要與你說話。」
Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.
12:48 他卻回答那人說：「誰是我的母親？誰是我的弟兄？」
But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?
12:49 就伸手指著門徒，說：「看哪，我的母親，我的弟兄。
And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!
12:50 凡遵行我天父旨意的人，就是我的弟兄姊妹和母親了。」
For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
由於我是個作家，偶爾會有朋友對我說：「我哪天也要寫本書。」
「這是值得去做的事。」我回答：「我希望你真的能寫出一本書，但是，如果你能將自己的生命變成一本書，會比寫一本更好。」
因為我想到使徒保羅所說的話：「你們明顯是基督的信……不是用墨寫的，乃是用永生上帝的靈寫的；不是寫在石版上，乃是寫在心版上。」（哥林多後書3章3節）
英國國王詹姆斯一世的主教路易斯貝理，在其著作《敬虔的實踐》中提及「想以寫作帶來正面影響的人」會發現他「能影響的層面非常少……因此最有力量的宣揚良善工具就是身教……千裡挑一的人能寫本書影響鄰居……但每一個人都能成為旁人活生生的美好典範。」
基督在信徒心中所做的工，其產生的影響能遠超過他們所寫的書。經由上帝的話語寫在他們的「心上」（耶利米書31章33節），主展現了祂的慈愛與良善，並讓所有的人都能看見。
身為基督徒，你也許永不會寫出一本書，但因著為上帝而活，你就成了一本敞開的書、一封「基督的信」，讓所有的人可閱讀。DHR
我的生活就像書，
身邊眾人能閱讀；
未信之人能看見，
悔改歸向主耶穌。Anon.
若閱讀你生命之書，是否能在字裡行間找到耶穌？
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