顺从谁就是谁的奴仆(JK25111001)

犯罪的代价就是死亡,所以罪成了死亡的毒刺,但是没有律法又无法定罪,所以有律法才有了罪,才知道什么是罪。但是主耶稣基督的恩典已经胜过罪,胜过律法,使所有信祂的人不在律法之下而在恩典之下。罪在哪里增多,恩典就在哪里格外增多。

那我们可以仗着无限的恩典而一直犯罪吗?绝对不可,不是犯罪而是得胜。

经上说“顺从谁就是谁的奴仆”,顺从罪就是罪的奴仆,所以这是我们的一个生死选择,我们完全可以选择,有能力选择,也有能力得胜,因为圣灵必然得胜!

那就选择不要让罪在我们会死的身体上掌权,使我们顺从身体的私欲。所以我们不应该畏惧罪和死亡而是依靠恩典和圣灵抵制并胜过各种私欲的引诱,胜过罪和死亡。

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正如经上所说:

“死亡啊!你的胜利在哪里?死亡啊!你的毒刺在哪里?”死亡的毒刺就是罪,而罪的权势就是律法。但感谢神,他藉着我们的主耶稣基督,赐给我们胜利!( 哥林多前书 15:55-57 标准译本 )

O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting? ”For sin is the sting that results in death, and the law gives sin its power. But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ.( 1 Corinthians 15:55-57 NLT )

每一个人受试探,都是被自己的私欲所勾引诱惑的。 私欲怀了胎,就生出罪;罪长成了,就产生死亡。( 雅各书 1:14-15 新译本 )

Temptation comes from our own desires, which entice us and drag us away. These desires give birth to sinful actions. And when sin is allowed to grow, it gives birth to death.( James 1:14-15 NLT )

所以,不要让罪在你们会死的身体上掌权,使你们顺从身体的私欲; ……这样,罪就不能辖制你们了,因为你们不在律法之下,而在恩典之下。那又怎么样呢?难道因为我们不在律法之下而在恩典之下,就可以犯罪吗?绝对不可! 你们难道不知道吗?你们把自己献上做奴仆去顺从谁,那么,顺从谁就是谁的奴仆:或做罪的奴仆,以至于死;或做顺从的奴仆,以致称义。 感谢神!虽然你们过去是罪的奴仆,但现在却从心里顺从了所传给你们的教导内容, 从罪中得了释放,成为义的奴仆。 因着你们肉体的软弱,我就按照人的说法来讲,那就是,你们从前怎样把身体的各部分献给污秽和罪恶做奴仆,以致罪恶;现在也要照样把你们身体的各部分献给义做奴仆,以致分别为圣。 原来,你们做罪的奴仆时,不受义的管束; 那么,在你们现在看为羞耻的那些事上,你们当时到底得了什么果子呢?那些事的结局就是死。 但如今,你们既从罪中得了释放,成为神的奴仆,就得了果子,以致分别为圣,那结局就是永恒的生命。 因为罪的工价就是死;但神的恩赐,在我们的主基督耶稣里,却是永恒的生命。( 罗马书 6:12,14-23 标准译本 )

就如罪作王叫人死;照样,恩典也藉着义作王,叫人因我们的主耶稣基督得永生。 (罗马书 5:21 和合本)

律法出现,为要使过犯增多;可是,罪在哪里增多,恩典就在哪里格外增多。 这样,就像罪藉着死亡掌权,恩典也照样藉着义掌权,使人藉着我们的主耶稣基督进入永恒的生命。( 罗马书 5:20-21 标准译本 )

God’s law was given so that all people could see how sinful they were. But as people sinned more and more, God’s wonderful grace became more abundant. So just as sin ruled over all people and brought them to death, now God’s wonderful grace rules instead, giving us right standing with God and resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.( Romans 5:20-21 NLT )

智慧与生活(JK25110901)

我们每天与不同的人交往,但是与人交往要有智慧,要有什么样的智慧呢?智慧体现在言行举止之中;智慧意味着要充满恩赐,良善,温和,包容;而不是尖酸,刻薄,寡恩,苦毒,争竟;所以,爱惜光阴,充满智慧,就是把握日常生活中与人交往的机会来活出神的形象来,这是最正确的活法,不是随随便便的活法,而是生活的见证!

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正如经上所记:

你们要把握机会,对外面的人靠智慧行事。 你们的话语总要带着恩惠,像用盐调和过的,好使你们知道该怎样回答每一个人。( 歌罗西书 4:5-6 标准译本 )

Live wisely among those who are not believers, and make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be gracious and attractive so that you will have the right response for everyone.( Colossians 4:5-6 NLT )

一句话说得合宜,就像金苹果镶在银的器物上。( 箴言 25:11 新译本 )

Timely advice is lovely, like golden apples in a silver basket.( Proverbs 25:11 NLT )

如果你们饶恕别人的过犯,你们的天父也必饶恕你们。 如果你们不饶恕别人,你们的父也必不饶恕你们的过犯。( 马太福音 6:14-15 新译本 )

“If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you.But if you refuse to forgive others, your Father will not forgive your sins.( Matthew 6:14-15 NLT )

如果一个人对另一个人怀有不满,总要彼此容忍,互相饶恕。正如主饶恕了你们,你们也当如此。 在这一切之上,还要穿上爱——爱就是成熟境界的联结。 ( 歌罗西书 3:13-14 标准译本 )

Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony. ( Colossians 3:13-14 NLT )

轻看今生,盼望永生(JK25110801)

如果我们在基督里只在今生有盼望,就比所有人更可怜了。是的,在基督里的不应该单单对今生有盼望还要对永生有盼望,我们在今世只是寄居的。这些经文阐述了信徒在世上的身份和使命,即作为客旅和寄居者,要克制肉体的欲望,淡泊物质享受,将最终的归宿放在天上。在日常生活中时刻提醒自己客旅和寄居者的身份,不被世俗的繁华和诱惑所迷惑。

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正如经上所记:

基督若没有复活,你们的信就是徒然,你们仍在你们的罪里。 那么,在基督里睡了的人也就灭亡了。 如果我们在基督里只在今生有盼望,就比所有人更可怜了。现在基督已经从死人中复活,成为睡了的人初熟的果子。 死既藉着一人而来,死人复活也藉着一人而来。 在亚当里众人都死了,照样,在基督里众人也都要复活; ( 哥林多前书 15:17-22 新译本 )

And if Christ has not been raised, then your faith is useless and you are still guilty of your sins. In that case, all who have died believing in Christ are lost! And if our hope in Christ is only for this life, we are more to be pitied than anyone in the world.But in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead. He is the first of a great harvest of all who have died.So you see, just as death came into the world through a man, now the resurrection from the dead has begun through another man. Just as everyone dies because we all belong to Adam, everyone who belongs to Christ will be given new life. ( 1 Corinthians 15:17-22 NLT )

亲爱的,我劝你们作客旅和寄居的人,要禁戒肉体的私欲,这私欲是与灵魂争战的。 ( 彼得前书 2:11 新译本 )

Dear friends, I warn you as “temporary residents and foreigners” to keep away from worldly desires that wage war against your very souls. ( 1 Peter 2:11 NLT )

其实敬虔而又知足,就是得大利的途径, 因为我们没有带什么到世上来,也不能带什么去。 只要有衣有食,就应当知足。 ( 提摩太前书 6:6-8 新译本 )

Yet true godliness with contentment is itself great wealth. After all, we brought nothing with us when we came into the world, and we can’t take anything with us when we leave it. So if we have enough food and clothing, let us be content.( 1 Timothy 6:6-8 NLT )

生死之间:敬畏与谦卑(JK25110701)

傲慢者要灭亡,敬畏者要兴旺;这可是生与死之间的差距,我相信聪明人都想得到兴旺,平安,医治等等各种祝福,那就鉴察己心,仔细看看心中存留的是骄傲还是敬畏吧!

敬畏!敬畏!谦卑!谦卑!

切记!警醒!

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正如经上所说:

万军之耶和华说:“看哪!那日子将要来到,燃烧如火炉;所有傲慢的和作恶的都必成为麦秸,那要来的日子必把他们烧尽,不留下一根一枝。 至于你们这些敬畏我名的人,必有公义的太阳为你们升起,它的光线带来痊愈;你们必出来跳跃,像圈里的牛犊。” ( 玛拉基书 4:1-2 标准译本 )

The LORD of Heaven’s Armies says, “The day of judgment is coming, burning like a furnace. On that day the arrogant and the wicked will be burned up like straw. They will be consumed—roots, branches, and all.“But for you who fear my name, the Sun of Righteousness will rise with healing in his wings. And you will go free, leaping with joy like calves let out to pasture. ( Malachi 4:1-2 NLT )

敬畏耶和华的,无论大小尊卑,他都必赐福。( 诗篇 115:13 新译本 )

He will bless those who fear the LORD , both great and lowly.( Psalms 115:13 NLT )

敬畏耶和华是智慧的开端;认识至圣者便是聪明。(箴言 9:10 和合本)

敬畏耶和华就是生命的泉源,可以使人离开死亡的网罗。(箴言 14:27 和合本)

少有财宝,敬畏耶和华,强如多有财宝,烦乱不安。(箴言 15:16 和合本)

敬畏耶和华心存谦卑,就得富有、尊荣、生命为赏赐。(箴言 22:4 和合本)

艳丽是虚假的,美容是虚浮的;惟敬畏耶和华的妇女必得称赞。(箴言 31:30 和合本)

爱的真谛(JK25110601)

爱是行动,爱是付出,爱是舍己,爱是包容,爱是饶恕,爱是医治,爱是没有私心,爱是永恒,爱是神的形象!

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正如经上所记:

亲爱的,我们应当彼此相爱,因为爱是从 神那里来的。凡是爱人的,都是从 神生的,并且认识 神。 不爱人的,就不认识 神,因为 神就是爱。 …… 神对我们的爱,我们已经明白了,而且相信了。 神就是爱;住在爱里面的,就住在 神里面, 神也住在他里面。 ( 约翰一书 4:7-8,16 新译本 )

But anyone who does not love does not know God, for God is love….We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them. ( 1 John 4:8,16 NLT )

爱的颂歌:

我若能说世人和天使的方言,却没有爱,我就成了鸣的锣、响的钹一样。 我若有先知讲道的恩赐,也明白各样的奥秘,各样的知识;并且有全备的信,叫我能够移山,却没有爱,我就算不得什么。 我若把一切所有的分给人,又舍己身被人焚烧,却没有爱,对我仍然毫无益处。爱是恒久忍耐,又有恩慈。爱是不嫉妒,不自夸,不张狂; 不作失礼的事,不求自己的益处,不轻易动怒,不计较人的过犯; 不喜欢不义,只喜欢真理。 爱是凡事包容,凡事相信,凡事盼望,凡事忍耐。爱是永存不息的。先知的讲道终必过去,方言终必停止,知识终必消失。 ……现在常存的有信、望、爱这三样,其中最大的是爱。( 哥林多前书 13:1-8,13 新译本 )

If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing. If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing.Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.Prophecy and speaking in unknown languages and special knowledge will become useless. But love will last forever! …Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love.( 1 Corinthians 13:1-8,13 NLT )

千年如一日

亲爱的,这一件事你们不可忘记:在主看来,一日如千年,千年如一日。 主决不耽延他的应许,像有些人以为他是耽延的一样;其实他是宽容你们,不愿有一人灭亡,却愿人人都悔改。 但主的日子必要像贼一样来到。在那日,天必轰然一声地消失,所有元素都因烈火而融化;地和地上所有的,都要被烧毁(“被烧毁”有不少古抄本作“被发现”)。 ( 彼得后书 3:8-10 新译本 )

But you must not forget this one thing, dear friends: A day is like a thousand years to the Lord, and a thousand years is like a day. The Lord isn’t really being slow about his promise, as some people think. No, he is being patient for your sake. He does not want anyone to be destroyed, but wants everyone to repent. But the day of the Lord will come as unexpectedly as a thief. Then the heavens will pass away with a terrible noise, and the very elements themselves will disappear in fire, and the earth and everything on it will be found to deserve judgment.( 2 Peter 3:8-10 NLT )

个人定位(JK25110401)

每个人都要找到自己的职责和定位,这必定是自己最适合,最擅长的,也是真心喜爱的,也是不得不去做的事,因为这是一个人活着的意义和使命。

你找到了吗?

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我传福音原是没有可夸的,因我不能不传。如果不传福音,我就有祸了。 ( 哥林多前书 9:16 新译本 )

Yet preaching the Good News is not something I can boast about. I am compelled by God to do it. How terrible for me if I didn’t preach the Good News!( 1 Corinthians 9:16 NLT )

成功的本质(JK25110301)

简简单单的信靠反而能够得救,苦心经营殚精竭虑的奔波付出反而不能成功,这世界上的成败得失和智慧/聪明/勤劳完全不能划等号。

人能不能成功靠运气和机遇左右,不是靠自己。而机遇正是在神的恩典祝福分配之中。人的智慧和聪明在神面前是极有限的,过于依靠自己就等于是高看自己,这样的人如果成功了反而不是好事,会变得更加骄傲自大,目中无人也无神。

所以那些不信的人富足的人想得救就更难了,正如经上说:骆驼穿过针眼,比有钱的人进神的国还容易呢!” ( 马可福音 10:25 新译本 )

世上有财主,也有穷人,两者都是耶和华所造的。所以,穷人和富人都是神创造的一部分,神首先按照自己的意思把机会/恩典给到众人,然后才有人的成功和祝福。所以每个人都不能骄傲自大,忘恩,否则只能证明自己的无知和不信。

正如经上所记:心存谦卑、敬畏耶和华,就有财富、荣耀和生命为赏赐。( 箴言 22:4 标准译本 )。反之则反。鉴察己心吧,谦卑虚己吧,愿主怜悯恩待我们!

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参考经文:

世上有财主,也有穷人,两者都是耶和华所造的。( 箴言 22:2 新译本 )

The rich and poor have this in common: The LORD made them both.( Proverbs 22:2 NLT )

我又看见在日光之下,跑得快的未必得奖,勇士未必战胜,智慧的未必得粮食,精明的未必致富,博学的未必得人赏识,因为时机和际遇左右众人。 ( 传道书 9:11 新译本 )

谦卑和敬畏耶和华的赏赐,就是财富、荣耀和生命。( 箴言 22:4 新译本 )

True humility and fear of the LORD lead to riches, honor, and long life.( Proverbs 22:4 NLT )

因为在 神的智慧里,世人凭自己的智慧,既然不能认识 神, 神就乐意藉着所传的愚笨的道理,去拯救那些信的人。 ( 哥林多前书 1:21 新译本 )

Since God in his wisdom saw to it that the world would never know him through human wisdom, he has used our foolish preaching to save those who believe. ( 1 Corinthians 1:21 NLT )

但是 神却拣选了世上愚笨的,使那些有智慧的羞愧。他也拣选了世上软弱的,使那些刚强的羞愧。 他也拣选了世上卑贱的和被人轻视的,以及算不得什么的,为了要废弃那些自以为是的, 使所有的人在 神面前都不能自夸。 ( 哥林多前书 1:27-29 新译本 )

Instead, God chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And he chose things that are powerless to shame those who are powerful. God chose things despised by the world, things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important. As a result, no one can ever boast in the presence of God.( 1 Corinthians 1:27-29 NLT )

信心的本质(JK25110201)

信心从来不是出于逻辑分析和经过自己的大脑过滤之后再选择信或不信,而是出于承认自己的不足,怀谦卑虚己敬畏之心愿意来到上主面前寻求祂。所以,各种罪人都可能得救,唯有内心骄傲,玩梗的人不可能得救,因为他们内心认为自己聪明过于众人和上帝不需要对外寻求也不承认自己的不足。

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正如经上所记:

因为十字架的道理,对走向灭亡的人来说是愚笨的,但对我们这些得救的人,却是 神的大能。 因为经上记着说:“我要灭绝智慧人的智慧,废弃聪明人的聪明。”( 哥林多前书 1:18-19 新译本 )

The message of the cross is foolish to those who are headed for destruction! But we who are being saved know it is the very power of God. As the Scriptures say, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and discard the intelligence of the intelligent.”( 1 Corinthians 1:18-19 NLT )

凡高抬自己的,必被降卑;凡自己谦卑的,必被升高。( 马太福音 23:12 新译本 )

But those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.( Matthew 23:12 NLT )

真正信靠祂的人必不致失望(JK25102902)

看吧,所有真正信靠主的人,最终不至于失望;这里不分是什么人,不分民族,不分善恶,信靠祂才是最重要的,最难得的。然而,在世上还找得到这种坚定的信心吗?

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正如经上所说:

我告诉你们,他要快快地给他们伸冤。然而人子来的时候,在世上找得到这种信心吗?”( 路加福音 18:8 新译本 )

I tell you, he will grant justice to them quickly! But when the Son of Man returns, how many will he find on the earth who have faith?”( Luke 18:8 NLT )

经上说:“所有信靠他的人,必不致失望。” ( 罗马书 10:11 新译本 )

As the Scriptures tell us, “Anyone who trusts in him will never be disgraced.”( Romans 10:11 NLT )

所有仰望耶和华的人,你们都要刚强,坚固你们的心。( 诗篇 31:24 新译本 )

So be strong and courageous, all you who put your hope in the LORD !( Psalms 31:24 NLT )