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不要高估罪 Do Not Overestimate Sin
这样，你们向罪也当看自己是死的；向神，在基督耶稣里，却当看自己是活的。所以，不要容罪在你们必死的身上做王，使你们顺从身子的私欲。 罗马书 6:11-12 So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. Romans 6:11-12 有人说，我们绝不能低估罪的力量。这说得对。罪是阴险又强烈的，即使在那些真正重生圣徒的生活中也是如此。由于罪，合神心意的大卫王成为奸淫者和杀人犯。由于罪，最有智慧的所罗门王在晚年间变成愚昧人，在众多妻子的影响下开始敬拜偶像。因此，使徒保罗说，“自己以为站得稳的须要谨慎，免得跌倒”（林前十12）。罪不应该被低估。 It is rightly said that we must not underestimate the power of sin. Sin is an insidious and potent reality,…
星光 Starlight
火球虚中浮，遥远里灭亡；我以为如此。孩子更正我，教我宇宙学：天被戳了洞。我仰望觉悟，夜里藏永昼。黑顶将撕裂，揭晓恐怖光。 Fiery orbs float in nothing, distant and dying, or so I thought. A child provided me with a more accurate cosmology: Somebody poked holes, he says, in the sky. I looked and, sure enough, there it was—the eternal day peeking in from behind that brittle black dome, which will soon rip and unveil the…
旦 Dawn
日出天地醒，祂恩之下我活了，即开始贪恋。 Day and earth awake, as do I, within His grace; I start to covet.
地毯朋友 The Doormat Friend
身为 “地毯朋友” 是特权。地毯朋友就是那位经常被忽视、被当作隐形的朋友。基本上，大家对他只有 “说”，没有 “听”。在朋友圈子里，地毯朋友就是不特别有魅力、没什么个性，却又很乐意把自己的时间、精力、心肠献给其他人的那位朋友。他常为圈子里的和平牺牲自己的意愿。地毯朋友可靠，你需要的时候他会在。但最重要的秘密都不会告诉他。想起朋友圈子时，他是你最后才会想起的那一位。 It is a privilege to be the “doormat friend,” the friend who is often unnoticed and invisible to others, the friend who is always talked at and rarely listened to. The doormat friend is that person in the group who is usually not very charismatic or interesting but freely gives…
祷告的危险 The Danger of Prayer
为什么 “不住地祷告”（帖前五17）那么困难？ Why is it so difficult to “pray without ceasing” (1 Thess. 5:17)? 我们可以给很多的原因（或借口），但其中一个最根本的障碍就是因为我们心里深处知道，真心的祷告其实就是彻底的任由上帝带领我们。并且我们知道上帝的引领是一件危险、可怕的事情。 We could give many reasons (or excuses), but one of the most fundamental obstacles is what we know about prayer: we know that true prayer opens us up to God’s leading. And God’s guidance is often a dangerous and scary…
圣经为故事 Scripture as Story
若有负担想要为基督作见证，那该学习如何擅长讲故事。 If one feels burdened to be a witness for God in the world, he might want to become a better storyteller. 圣经几乎一半的内容都属于叙述。我们也看见许多圣经人物传讲真理的时候都以讲故事的形式来呈现。先知拿单代表神谴责大卫王时，他用了一个比喻，说一个富人欺压穷人的故事，使大卫立刻看清自己的罪恶。在使徒行传里，我们看见彼得、司提反和保罗，在传福音的时候也一样，无论是阐述以色列历史或者作个人见证，主要的表达方式是叙述。最重要的，主耶稣自己讲道的时候用了诸多的比喻与故事，以致门徒能够明白天国的道理。 Almost half of the Bible’s contents are narratives. When people in the Bible sought to preach the truth, they often did so in the form of a story. When the prophet Nathan…
The Soul’s Civil War
22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: 23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. 24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body…
What is a Spiritual Body?
A Brief Reflection on the Resurrection So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: it is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual…
Rest
A Brief Devotional on Heaven There remains therefore a rest for the people of God. Hebrews 4:9 For those of us who believe, we experience a profound rest in putting our trust in Christ’s righteousness. But that is not what the writer of Hebrews points to in this verse. Here, he is referring to our…
The Meaning of Passion
Regarding the quest for life’s purpose and meaning: pursue your passion, some say. What they mean by that is, “Find out what you love to do, and do it!” Now, I agree that it’s a wonderful thing when your interests and responsibilities match up. But such an ideal often becomes a burden, especially for people…
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