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发表于 15-3-2014 18:32:50|来自:北京 | 显示全部楼层 |阅读模式
上帝的祝福
大利拉使参孙枕着她的膝睡觉,叫了一个人来剃除他头上的七条发绺。于是大利拉克制他,他的力气就离开他了。大利拉说:“参孙哪,非利士人拿你来了。”参孙从睡中醒来,心里说:“我要像前几次出去活动身体。”他却不知道耶和华已经离开他了(士师记16:19-20
亲爱的弟兄姊妹们,有些“爱”会很快变成“痛苦”。因为,我们经常把“性欲”错误地当成是“爱”,并且这种“爱(性欲)”通常会引起强大的怨恨,甚至抹杀掉最初所认为的“爱”(读经:撒母耳下13:1-15
而参孙的灵命跌落得如此之低,乃至无法分辨上帝的同在与离开。然而,上帝的圣灵绝不会离开基督里的信徒,但是祂的祝福会离开那些不服从祂的信徒。所以,上帝的祝福是否会离开我们,这就取决于我们是否服从上帝。服从上帝的教导,永远都会为我们带来祝福!
Judges 16:19-20 Then Delilah lulled Samson to sleep on her knees, and called for a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his head. Then she began to torment him, and his strength left him. And she said, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" So he awoke from his sleep, and said, "I will go out as before, at other times, and shake myself free!" But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him.
Dear Brothers n Sisters,
How quickly some "love" turns to "torment"! Very often our "lust" is mistaken as "love" and this kind of "love (lust)" often generates feelings of hatred more potent than the earlier feeling of "love" (read Scripture - 2 Sam 13: 1-15).
Samson had fallen so low spiritually that he could not tell the difference between the LORD's presence and HIS absence. While GOD's SPIRIT will never leave believers in CHRIST, GOD's blessings may. That hinges on our obedience. Obeying GOD's teachings will always bring blessings!
发表于 16-3-2014 20:03:24|来自:北京 | 显示全部楼层
小狮租房
昼夜受痛苦,直到永远
那兽被擒拿,那在兽面前曾行奇事,迷惑受兽印记和拜兽像之人的假先知,也与兽同被擒拿。他们两个就活活的被扔在烧着硫磺的火湖里(启示录19:20
亲爱的弟兄姊妹们,有些传道人教导人说,人被扔进地狱就灭亡了。但是,那“兽”和“假先知”被扔进火湖里,直到一千年以后,撒旦被审判的时候,他们仍活着(那迷惑他们的魔鬼,被扔在硫磺的火湖里,就是兽和假先知所在的地方。他们必昼夜受痛苦,直到永永远远---启示录20:10)。
Rev. 19:20 But the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who had performed the signs on its behalf. With these signs he had deluded those who had received the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Some preachers teach that those who wind up in hell are annihilated, but the "beast" and "false prophet" who get thrown into the lake of fire are still there one thousand years later when Satan is judged (Rev. 20:10 And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever).

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发表于 17-3-2014 16:12:34|来自:北京 | 显示全部楼层
显露无遗



天使把撒旦扔在无底坑里,将无底坑关闭,用印封上,使他不得再迷惑列国。等到那一千年完了,以后必须暂时释放他(启示录20:3)



亲爱的弟兄姊妹们,也许你会问:“为什么撒旦被关了那么久后,必须被释放?”因为,上帝用撒旦“过滤”人心,使那些毫无悔改、假装爱上帝的人显露无遗(那一千年完了,撒但必从监牢里被释放,出来要迷惑地上四方的列国,就是歌革和玛各,叫他们聚集争战。他们的人数多如海沙,他们上来遍满了全地,围住圣徒的营与蒙爱的城。就有火从天上降下,烧灭了他们。那迷惑他们的魔鬼被扔在硫磺的火湖里,就是兽和假先知所在的地方。他们必昼夜受痛苦,直到永永远远---启示录20:7-10),然后撒旦将会受到最终的审判。



Rev.20:3 and he (the angel) cast him (Satan) into the bottomless pit, and shut him (Satan) up and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while.



Dear Brothers and Sisters,



You may ask, "Why must Satan be released after his long imprisonment?" GOD uses Satan to reveal the unconverted hearts of those who pretend to love GOD (Rev.20:7-9  When the thousand years are over, Satan will be released from his prison and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth - Gog and Magog - and to gather them for battle. In number they are like the sand on the seashore. They marched across the breadth of the earth and surrounded the camp of GOD's people, the city he loves. But fire came down heaven and devoured them. And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night for ever and ever). And then Satan meets his final judgment.


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发表于 18-3-2014 18:17:07|来自:北京 | 显示全部楼层
全球各界所有基督的真信徒,同有传扬福音的
大使命
马太福音28:16-20十一个门徒往加利利去,到了耶稣约定的山上。他们见了耶稣就拜祂,然而还有人疑惑。耶稣进前来对他们说:“天上地下所有的权柄都赐给我了,所以你们要去,使万民作我的门徒,奉父子圣灵的名给他们施洗。凡我所吩咐你们的都教训他们遵守,我就常与你们同在,直到世界的末了。”  
没有一个耶稣基督的真信徒,应该把时间或精力浪费在琐事上,以致未能轰轰烈烈地成就上帝的旨意。上帝呼召我们,并不是让我们过一个舒适的普通生命,而是一个甘愿牺牲自己、完完全全顺服上帝的生命。你要回应上帝的呼召,带领各族各国的人民充满上帝的国度。
我第一次分享上帝的话语,是被教会吩咐以教派的教材授课。然而,这样做令我很困惑:第一,我们为何要研究“教派”关于圣经的书籍,而不是直接研究圣经?第二,我所讲的,好像对听道者的生命没有好的改变的作用【因为当时我被告知,必须遵守教会的特定准则讲课,就是绝对不能讲任何让听众不爱听的道,要专挑人们爱听的讲,例如“一次得救永远得救”,就是只要你在我们教派“受洗”,忠心地给我们教会奉献你收入的十分之一,每个星期都来我们的教会(建筑物)聚会并慷慨捐献,那么你的名字就会写在羔羊的生命册上。即使你仍旧活在罪里,不用悔改,保证你能进上帝的国】。
但是,我们却需要有好的改变!于是,我开始思索到底应该传讲什么。“回想上帝是怎么吩咐我的”,这个念头突然进入我的脑里,不管怎样,很明显它是出自上帝,我希望你确信这一点,并知道去哪一章节里找:“凡我所吩咐你们的都教训他们遵守”。从此,我开始停止按照教派的宗旨传道,而只是忠于上帝的话语。我相信,上帝需要我们普遍知道的,都在经书里;如果我们活在顺服上帝旨意的生命中,那么需要我们特别知道的,在特定的情况下,祂会供应我们知道,使我们能够完成祂的旨意。
关于主耶稣的命令(凡我所吩咐你们的都教训他们遵守),现在有一个关键的问题:如果门徒被吩咐要教训万民遵守主耶稣所有的命令,那么门徒本身不也被命令要遵守祂所有的命令吗?进一步思考:作为主耶稣的门徒,我们该怎样学习服从祂所有的命令呢?我不记得曾听到过有布道,专题讲过这个课题【凡我(主耶稣)所吩咐你们的都教训他们遵守】,【反而我听到的都是教派教导人遵守“奉父子圣灵的名给他们施洗”和“奉献你收入的十分之一”。他们为什么这么做,我相信所有教派的传道人、牧师和教师心里都清楚】。的确,在我开始撰写“窄门和窄路”(约翰福音14:6 耶稣说:“我就是道路、真理、生命,若不借着我,没有人能到父那里去”)的文章之前,“服从主耶稣吩咐的所有命令”很少被传讲。所以我猜想,很多基督徒从未认真思考要行出主耶稣所有的命令。
主耶稣赐下的命令是绝不可否认的,没有任何余地来争论:若服从祂每一个命令会得到什么、拒绝服从会发生什么。照我看来,当我们悔改时,主耶稣就会赦免我们的罪。如果我们拒绝服从任何一个主耶稣所吩咐的命令,那么我们就是在拒绝悔改;若我们拒绝服从祂的命令,我想我们就是迷失了,我们根本就不能得救,因为主耶稣在路加福音13:3里说:“我告诉你们,不是的,你们若不悔改都要如此灭亡。”这里的意思是:如果我们拒绝悔改,就是被地狱所捆绑。
以前,我们没有很好地将基督的全部命令教训众人(大使命),那现在我们就努力,尽可能地完成全部使命。但最大的问题是:你愿意降服于基督,谦卑地学习服从祂的每一个命令吗?如果你的回答是“愿意”,那么上帝的旨意将透过你被成就,或许这个博客里的教材能够帮助你行在成就上帝旨意的道路上。我们的工作是帮助你学习,而不是教导你,因为上帝才是老师。
马太福音11:28-29凡劳苦担重担的人,可以到我这里来,我就使你们得安息。我心里柔和谦卑,你们当负我的轭,学我的样式,这样你们心里就必得享安息。   
约翰福音16:13-14只等真理的圣灵来了,祂要引导你们明白一切的真理,因为祂不是凭自己说的,乃是把祂所听见的都说出来,并要把将来的事告诉你们。祂要荣耀我,因为祂要将受于我的告诉你们。
约翰福音14:26但保惠师,就是父因我的名所要差来的圣灵,祂要将一切的事指教你们,并且要叫你们想起我对你们所说的一切话。
约翰福音6:45在先知书上写着说“他们都要蒙 神的教训”,凡听见父之教训又学习的,就到我这里来。
可能我们在这里所写的是错的(我祈祷不是),然而,若是我们错了,我们也真诚祷告上帝,求祂亲自教导你祂的真理。也许上帝会促使你研读圣经,让你自己从中找到准确的真理。若我们的工作只是带领你寻找更好的真理教材、获得更多的真理知识,那么我们已经完成了上帝赐给我们的任务。
主耶稣说:“你们为甚么称呼我‘主阿、主阿’,却不遵我的话行呢?凡称呼我‘主阿、主阿’的人不能都进天国,惟独遵行我天父旨意的人才能进去”(马太福音7:21-23,路加福音6:45-49
马太福音7:21-23 凡称呼我‘主阿、主阿’的人不能都进天国,惟独遵行我天父旨意的人才能进去。当那日必有许多人对我说:‘主阿、主阿,我们不是奉你的名传道、奉你的名赶鬼、奉你的名行许多异能么?’我就明明的告诉他们说:‘我从来不认识你们,你们这些作恶的人,离开我去吧。’  
路加福音6:45-49 善人从他心里所存的善就发出善来,恶人从他心里所存的恶就发出恶来。因为心里所充满的,口里就说出来。你们为甚么称呼我‘主阿、主阿’,却不遵我的话行呢?凡到我这里来,听见我的话就去行的,我要告诉你们他像甚么人,他像一个人盖房子,深深的挖地,把根基安在磐石上。到发大水的时候,水冲那房子,房子总不能摇动,因为根基立在磐石上。惟有听见不去行的,就像一个人在土地上盖房子,没有根基,水一冲,随即倒塌了,并且那房子坏的很大。   
若我们竭力谨慎遵守基督和祂使徒的全部教导,那我们面对的就是极窄的路和门。然而,主耶稣告诉我们:“你们要努力(竭尽全力)进窄门,才得以进上帝的国。因为引到灭亡,那门是宽的,路是大的,进去的人也多;引到永生,那门是窄的、路是小的,找着的人也少。”
马太福音7:13-14你们要进窄门。因为引到灭亡,那门是宽的,路是大的,进去的人也多;引到永生,那门是窄的、路是小的,找着的人也少。  
路加福音13:24耶稣对众人说:“你们要努力进窄门。我告诉你们,将来有许多人想要进去,却是不能。”  
难道只有少数人才能进上帝的国吗?在挪亚时代的洪水中,幸存的有多少人呢?逃出埃及的犹太人中,最后得以进入应许之地的又有多少人呢?所以,答案是:只有极少数的人。
这就是为何,教派的牧师们不教导他们教会的信徒,服从上帝、基督和祂门徒所有的命令。因为上帝的门和路对于那些信徒们来说太窄了,信徒们感到困难,就会因此不再去他们的教会,那就意味着,他们就失去了十分之一奉献、捐献和金钱。
马太福音7:15 你们要防备假先知。他们到你们这里来,外面披着羊皮,里面却是残暴的狼。  
7:16 凭着他们的果子,就可以认出他们来。荆棘上岂能摘葡萄呢?蒺藜里岂能摘无花果呢?
7:17 这样,凡好树都结好果子,惟独坏树结坏果子。  
7:18 好树不能结坏果子,坏树不能结好果子。  
7:19 凡不结好果子的树,就砍下来,丢在火里。  
7:20 所以凭着他们的果子,就可以认出他们来。  
这些假传道人会引用使徒保罗所讲的“我们得救是出于上帝的恩典,不是因我们的行为”(以弗所2:8你们得救是本乎恩,也因着信,这并不是出于自己,乃是 神所赐的),以此说服他们教会的信徒,不用服从基督所有的教导和命令。然而,这些假传道人的实际意思是:“服从基督”并不是得救的【必要】因素。其实,这些假传道人应该继续读完保罗接下来所讲的两节经文:“我们原是祂的工作,在基督耶稣里造成的,为要叫我们行善,就是 神所预备叫我们行的”(以弗所2:10)。作为使徒的雅各教导说:“行为是信心的凭据。若我们不遵从基督的教导和命令,那我们就没有信祂。”
希伯来11:6 人非有信,就不能得 神的喜悦。因为到 神面前来的人,必须信有神,且信祂赏赐那寻求祂的人。
雅各2:14 我的弟兄们,若有人说自己有信心,却没有行为,有甚么益处呢?这信心能救他么?  
2:15 若是弟兄或是姐妹,赤身露体,又缺了日用的饮食,  
2:16 你们中间有人对他们说“平平安安的去吧,愿你们穿得暖吃得饱”,却不给他们身体所需用的,这有甚么益处呢?
2:17 这样,信心若没有行为就是死的。  
2:18 必有人说:“你有信心,我有行为。你将你没有行为的信心指给我看,我便借着我的行为,将我的信心指给你看。”  
2:19 你信 神只有一位,你信的不错,鬼魔也信,却是战惊。  
2:20 虚浮的人哪,你愿意知道没有行为的信心是死的么?  
2:21 我们的祖宗亚伯拉罕,把他儿子以撒献在坛上,岂不是因行为称义么?  
2:22 可见信心是与他的行为并行,而且信心因着行为才得成全。  
2:23 这就应验经上所说“亚伯拉罕信 神,这就算为他的义”,他又得称为 神的朋友。  
2:24 这样看来,人称义是因着行为,不是单因着信。  
2:25 Ji~NV喇合接待使者,又放他们从别的路上出去,不也是一样因行为称义么?
2:26 身体没有灵魂是死的,信心没有行为也是死的。   
当一个人靠着圣灵的帮助和祂的大能、并热切渴望服从上帝的旨意、甘心乐意背起自己的十字架来跟从主耶稣、受教而诚恳,那么我相信,上帝会专门教导他懂得自己的旨意。我从未念过圣经学院或神学院之类的学校,但是根据那些受过这些教育的人所讲的,我怀疑那些教派的教会派人去圣经学校和神学院学习,是为了灌输和教导他们怎样维护本教会特有的教派传统和惯例。
我们应该更加注重教导下一代信徒懂得基督的真理,而不是教导他们学习教派的传统知识。
我们要一直学习保持自己的意念始终向上帝敞开,我们越多用时间来追随上帝,就越多地能够认识上帝的爱和祂的旨意,我们要一直学习跟从主耶稣基督的道路和真理而行。
愿主耶稣基督的恩惠和上帝的慈爱、并圣灵的带领与你们同在。阿们。
在此,我们夫妻感谢上帝,我们主耶稣基督的父,赐给我们美好的一天,也赐给我们你们这些忠心于主的弟兄姊妹们。
(以上所写的,你们可以用来建造耶稣基督的国度)
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发表于 19-3-2014 16:04:21|来自:北京 | 显示全部楼层
得胜的,就是 神的后嗣
得胜的,必承受这些为业。我要作他的 神,他要作我的儿子(启示录21:7
亲爱的弟兄姊妹们,作为上帝的养子(因爱我们,就按着自己意旨所喜悦的,预定我们借着耶稣基督得儿子的名分---以弗所1:4-5),我们既是儿女,便是后嗣,就是 神的后嗣,和基督同作后嗣。如果我们和祂一同受苦,也必和祂一同得荣耀(罗马书8:17
Rev. 21:7 “He who overcomes shall inherit all things and I will be his GOD and he shall be MY son.”
My dear Brothers and Sisters,
As the adopted children of GOD (Eph. 1: 4-5 In love HE predestined us for adoption to sonship through JESUS CHRIST, in accordance with HIS pleasure and will—), Romans 8: 17 Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of GOD and co-heirs with CHRIST, if indeed we share in HIS sufferings in order that we may also share in HIS glory.

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发表于 20-3-2014 15:13:48|来自:北京 | 显示全部楼层
将一切都更新
“看哪! 神的帐幕在人间。祂要与人同住,他们要作祂的子民; 神要亲自与他们同在,作他们的 神。 神要擦去他们一切的眼泪,不再有死亡,也不再有悲哀、哭号、疼痛,因为以前的事都过去了。” 坐宝座的说:“看哪!我将一切都更新了”(启示录21:3-5
亲爱的弟兄姊妹们,天国里最美好的事情,不是用精金做的街道、或是用珍珠做的门、或是与信主的亲人团聚,天国里最美好的事情是上帝要亲自擦去我们的眼泪,不再有死亡、悲哀、哭号、疼痛,也不再有罪恶。
我们永恒的家园里决不会存有从前的旧事物,因为上帝承诺会将万有更新,永在的上帝喜爱的是新的事物:【新心】,“我也要赐给你们一个新心,将新灵放在你们里面,又从你们的肉体中除掉石心,赐给你们肉心”(以西结36:26);【新歌】,“向耶和华唱新歌…”(以赛亚42:10);【新天新地】,“但我们照祂的应许,盼望新天新地,有义(就是完全服从上帝)居在其中”(彼得后书3:13);【新生命】,“我们借着洗礼归入死,和祂一同埋葬,原是叫我们一举一动有新生的样式,像基督借着父的荣耀从死里复活一样”(罗马书6:4
Rev. 21: 3-5 “Behold, the tabernacle of GOD is with men, and HE will dwell with them and they shall be HIS people. GOD HIMSELF will be with them and be their GOD. And GOD will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.” Then HE WHO sat on the throne said “Behold, I make all things new” . . . . .
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
The best part of heaven will not be the streets of gold or the pearly gates, or even the happy reunions we will enjoy with believing loved ones. The best thing about heaven is the loving presence of GOD HIMSELF who will wipe away every tear from our eyes and there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying, nor pain, nor sin.
Our eternal home will never grow old, because GOD promises to make all things new. The ETERNAL ONE loves new things; new hearts (Ezek. 36:26 I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.), new songs (Is. 42:10 Sing to the LORD a new song, . . . . . ), new heavens and a new earth (2 Pet. 3: 13 But in keeping with his promise we are looking forward to a new heaven and a new earth, where righteousness dwells), new life (Rom. 6:4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life).

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发表于 21-3-2014 14:17:09|来自:北京 | 显示全部楼层
永久写在生命册上
我又看见死了的人,无论大小,都站在宝座前。案卷展开了,并且另有一卷展开,就是生命册。死了的人都凭着这些案卷所记载的,照他们所行的受审判。若有人名字没有记在生命册上,他就被扔在火湖里(启示录20:12,15
亲爱的弟兄姊妹们,那些不倚靠基督救恩的人,将会“照他们所行的受审判”。因为世人都犯了罪,罪的工价乃是死,所以他们将受应得的工价,就是第二次的死。
那些在基督耶稣里有坚固信心的人(不是靠行善得救,而是以服从上帝而行善作为信心的明证),他们的名字被永久写在羔羊的生命册上(凡不洁净的,并那行可憎与虚谎之事的,总不得进那城,只有名字写在羔羊生命册上的才得进去---启示录21:27)。那些凭自己的努力要进天国的人,反而活在火湖里。
Rev. 20:12 - And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before GOD, and books were opened which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. 15 And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire.
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Those who do not depend on CHRIST for their salvation will be judged "according to their works." Since all have sinned, and the wages of sin is death, they will all receive the wages they earned: the second death.
Those who place their faith in JESUS CHRIST have their names permanently written in the LAMB's BOOK of LIFE (Rev. 21:27 - Nothing impure will ever enter it, nor will anyone who does what is shameful or deceitful, but only those whose names are written in the LAMB's BOOK of LIFE.) Those who depend on their own efforts to reach heaven will instead find themselves in the lake of fire.
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发表于 22-3-2014 19:37:26|来自:北京 | 显示全部楼层
主耶稣呼召门徒
耶稣在加利利海边行走,看见弟兄二人,就是那称呼彼得的西门和他兄弟安得烈,在海里撒网;他们本是打鱼的。耶稣对他们说:“来,跟从我!我要叫你们得人如得鱼一样。” 他们就立刻舍了网,跟从了祂。从那里往前走,又看见弟兄二人,就是西庇太的儿子雅各和他兄弟约翰,同他们的父亲西庇太在船上补网,耶稣就招呼他们。他们立刻舍了船,别了父亲,跟从了耶稣(马太福音4:18-22
亲爱的弟兄姊妹们,当主耶稣呼召祂的门徒时,他们立即就放下所有的事情跟从了祂。可能我们会想,这些基督徒的生活,肯定比我们的生活简单。当主耶稣前行时,他们就紧随其后。正如主耶稣所教导的:他们听见了祂的声音。在当时,门徒们通过留心观察主耶稣如何待人,从而学习祂的榜样。可是,对现今的我们来说,该怎样跟从主耶稣的榜样而行呢?因为,祂已经不在地球上了?我们无法与那时的门徒们一样,能够亲手摸到、亲眼见到或亲耳听到主耶稣和祂的教导。
当基督离开地球时,曾向祂的门徒承诺,将会赐给他们一位与他们永在的保惠师。事实上,这位保惠师是住在他们里面的(我要求父,父就另外赐给你们一位保惠师,叫祂永远与你们同在,就是真理的圣灵,乃世人不能接受的,因为不见祂,也不认识祂;你们却认识祂,因祂常与你们同在,也要在你们里面---约翰福音14:16-17)。今天我们跟从主耶稣,是透过听从并关注住在我们里面的圣灵的带领,这是我们能够永远拥有的、最亲密的带领。
圣灵为我们所做的一切,与基督为祂的门徒们所做的是一样。圣灵引导我们前行的每一步,并教导我们上帝的真理。然而,祂的工作事实上却远超过这些。圣灵由内到外改变我们,使我们能够侍奉并服从上帝;祂还帮助我们懂得上帝对我们生命的旨意,然后赐给我们热切的渴望和力量,来跟从上帝对我们的旨意而行。我们所要做的,就是跟从。
跟从主耶稣的基本要求,就是要很敏锐地听从圣灵的声音。当你越能够放弃自我而服从圣灵的带领---祂是透过上帝的话语和祷告来对你讲话,你灵命的听力就会越强。听从圣灵的声音,是你基督徒的生命能有进展的惟一途径。
Jesus Calls His First Disciples
Matthew 4:18-22
18 As JESUS was walking beside the Sea of Galilee, HE saw two brothers, Simon called Peter and his brother Andrew. They were casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. 19 “Come, follow me,” JESUS said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” 20 At once they left their nets and followed HIM.
21 Going on from there, HE saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, preparing their nets. JESUS called them, 22 and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed HIM.
Dear Brothers and  Sisters,
When Jesus called His disciples, they immediately dropped everything and followed Him. We might think, The Christian life must have been simpler for them than for us. When Jesus started walking, they fell in line behind Him. As He taught, they heard His voice. By watching His interactions with people, they learned from His example. But how are we to follow Jesus, since He's no longer on earth? We can't touch, see, or hear Him the way they (the Disciples) could.
When Christ was about to leave this earth, He promised His disciples that He would send them a HELPER who would never leave them. In fact, this HELPER would actually live within them (John 14:16-17 And I will ask the FATHER, and HE will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever—  the SPIRIT of truth. The world cannot accept HIM, because it neither sees HIM nor knows HIM. But you know HIM, for HE lives with you and will be in you). Today we follow JESUS by hearing and heeding HIS indwelling HOLY SPIRIT—that's the closest guidance we can ever have.
The SPIRIT does for us all the things CHRIST did for HIS disciples. HE guides us each step of the way and teaches us the truths of GOD. But HIS work actually goes beyond that. The HOLY SPIRIT transforms us from the inside out and enables us to serve and obey the LORD. HE helps us discover GOD's will for our lives and then give us the desire and strength to follow the path HE's planned for us. All we have to do is follow.
An essential requirement for following JESUS is sensitivity to the HOLY SPIRIT's voice. The more yielded you are to HIS guidance as HE speaks to you through GOD's WORD and during prayer, the greater your spiritual hearing will become. Hearing HIM is the only way you'll ever progress in your Christian life.

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