【停止亵渎上帝的名】

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基督徒们，停止亵渎上帝的名

我却顾惜我的圣名，就是以色列家在所到的列国中所亵渎的（以西结36:21）

平安弟兄姊妹们！作为基督徒，从我们的言行举止中就能反映出我们爱上帝的多少（约翰福音14:15你们若爱我，就必遵守我的命令；约翰一书5:3我们遵守 神的诫命，这就是爱祂了，并且祂的诫命不是难守的），并且也会吸引那些不认识上帝的人们，使他们或因看到我们的好行为而被领到上帝面前，或因看到我们败坏的行为而拒绝认识上帝。我们关联着上帝，所以我们应该尽职分带领众人归向上帝。

Christians, stop acting in ways that profane the name of GOD!

Ezek. 36:21 - "But I had concern for MY holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations wherever they went."

Shalom Brothers n Sisters,

As Christians, our behavior not only reflects how much or how little we love GOD (John 14:15 - If you love ME, keep MY commandments. ; 1 John 5:3 - For this is the love of GOD, that we keep HIS commandments. And HIS commandments are not burdensome.), but it also either attracts or repels those who do not yet know GOD. Our connection to GOD should draw others to GOD.

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正如你的灵兴盛一样

亲爱的兄弟啊，我愿你凡事兴盛、身体健壮，正如你的灵魂兴盛一样（约翰三书1:2）  

亲爱的弟兄姊妹们，一旦你开始相信上帝的旨意是要使你兴盛，那么你不禁会想，祂会怎样运作呢？祂会寄一张支票吗？还是会从树上飘下20美元的钞票？

不，都不是，上帝会兴盛你的灵。祂会将兴盛的种子，种在你的心里、意念里和情绪中，并且随着种子生长起来，就会产出丰盛的财政收获。

对于我所讲的，创世纪里约瑟的事迹就是最好的证明。

当约瑟被卖到埃及为奴时，他手里没有一分钱，甚至失去了自由。虽然他被卖为奴，但正是在他作奴隶的时候，上帝赐给他莫大的智慧和才能，使约瑟让他的主人得到了兴盛，结果主人让约瑟管理一切所有的。

后来，约瑟被陷害坐牢。在监牢里是没有什么晋升的机会，对吗？但是上帝赐给约瑟聪敏的洞察力，是埃及不曾有人拥有的。就是这个洞察力，使约瑟登上了法老宰相的职位。他不再作奴隶，而是在法老一人之下，作全国最荣耀的人。

约瑟坐在法老的副车上，众民都下跪在他前面。在全地的饥荒中，约瑟管理所有的粮食，这不就是兴盛吗！

那么，上帝是如何成就这一切的呢？是通过兴盛约瑟的灵。不论约瑟的处境变得有多悲惨，不论他的困境有多艰难，上帝都能显明灵的奥秘，为约瑟的成功打开大门。

这就是上帝运作兴盛的法则，多么地令人振奋！兴盛的运作随时随地又无处不在，它也会运作在地球上最贫困的国家，就像运作在美国、新加坡和世界其他地方一样。你可以确信，当你以有行动的信心爱上帝并服从祂时，兴盛的法则也会为你而运作。

研经：创世纪39章

As Your Soul Prospers

"Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth."

(3 John 1:2)

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Once you begin to believe it is GOD's will to prosper you, you can't help but wonder how He is going to do it. Is He going to put a check in the mail? Or start floating $20 bills down from the trees?

No. HE's going to do it by prospering your soul. HE's going to plant the seeds of prosperity in your mind, will and emotions, and as they grow, they'll produce a great financial harvest.

Go to the book of Genesis and read the story of Joseph. It's a perfect demonstration of what I'm talking about.

When Joseph was sold as a slave to the Egyptians, he didn't have a dime to his name. He didn't even have his freedom. He'd been sold as a slave. But, right in the middle of his slavery, GOD gave Joseph such wisdom and ability that he made his owner prosper. As a result, the man put Joseph in charge of all his possessions.

Later, Joseph was put in prison. There's really not much opportunity for advancement in prison, is there? But GOD gave him insight that no other man in Egypt had. That insight landed him a position on Pharaoh's staff. Not as a slave but as the most honoured man in the entire country next to Pharaoh himself.

He rode along in a chariot and people literally bowed down before him. During a worldwide famine, Joseph was in charge of all the food. Now that's prosperity!

How did GOD accomplish all that? By prospering Joseph's soul. No matter how dismal his situation became, no matter how impossible his problems, GOD was able to reveal the spiritual secrets that would open the door of success for him.

That's what makes GOD's method of prospering so exciting. It works anywhere and everywhere. It will work in the poorest countries on the face of this earth just like it works here in the United States, Singapore and other parts of the world. And you can be sure that it will work for you too when you love and obey HIM in faith.

Scripture Study: Genesis 39

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荣耀和颂赞属于上帝

我必从各国收取你们，从列邦聚集你们，引导你们归回本地（以西结36:24）

平安弟兄姊妹们！上帝带领祂的子民归回本地，透过所赐他们的恩典，洁净他们成为圣洁，装备他们能够侍奉自己，“这乃是为了上帝自己的名，因为祂的子民在列国中亵渎了祂的圣名”（以西结36:22）。“我必用清水洒在你们身上，你们就洁净了。我要洁净你们，使你们脱离一切的污秽，弃掉一切的偶像”（以西结36:25节）。

保罗看出上帝对以色列家的作为，对非犹太人的基督徒来说是一个极大的佳音。“若他们（以色列家）的过失，为天下的富足，他们的缺乏，为外邦人的富足，何况他们的丰满呢？”（罗马书11:12）

Glory and honor be to GOD

Ezek. 36:24 - "For I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land."

Shalom Brothers n Sisters,

GOD is bringing HIS people back into their own land so that HE would sanctify them, by giving them HIS grace and fitting them for HIS service; and this is for HIS own name's sake, because HIS people have profaned HIS holy name among the nations wherever you went (V.22). Then I will sprinkle clean water on you and you shall be clean; I will cleance you from all your filthiness and from all your idols (V25).

And Paul saw what GOD did to the house of Israel, was a tremendous good news for the Gentile Christians; Now if their (the house Israel) fall is the riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more their fullness! (Rom. 11:12).

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新心和新灵

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）

请注意：能够拥有一个新心和新灵，不是靠我们自己做到的，乃是出于上帝神圣的恩典赐给我们的，所以我们要以爱和服从来回应上帝。

保罗在以弗所2:8-9里说：“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；也不是出于行为（行律法），免得有人自夸。”

平安弟兄姊妹们！虽然我们得救是本乎恩，也因着信，但是光有信心，没有信心的行为，怎能使我们被上帝接纳呢？对上帝有信心，善行是至关重要的结果，也是生命有上帝同在的确据。“主耶稣为我们舍了自己，要赎我们脱离一切罪恶，又洁净我们，特作自己的子民，热心为善”（提多书2:14）。善行，是我们对上帝有信心的确据。

首先，保罗把重点集中在每个人，基督为人类偿还了罪债，把他们从罪恶里释放出来；其次，他把重点集中在基督洁净教会：“你们作丈夫的，要爱你们的妻子，正如基督爱教会，为教会舍己。要用水借着道，把教会洗净，成为圣洁，可以献给自己，作个荣耀的教会，毫无玷污皱纹等类的病，乃是圣洁没有瑕疵的”（以弗所5:25-27）

所以，最后的结论就是：我们要怀着新心和新灵、以有行动的信心爱并服从基督！

New heart . . . New Spirit

Ezek. 36:26 - "I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh."  

Take note that; this is GOD's divine initiative and not human attainment that we are able to respond to GOD with love and obedience.

Paul said in Eph 2:8 - For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of GOD; not of works (work of the laws), lest anyone should boast.

Shalom Brothers n Sisters,

While it is true that we are save by grace through faith and only faith, not works, can bring us acceptance with GOD! But good works are the vital consequence and evidence of life with GOD. JESUS gave HIMSELF for us, that HE might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for HIMSELF HIS own special people, zealous for 'good works' (Titus 2:14). Good works are the evidence of our faith in GOD.

Paul's first point focuses on the individual that CHRIST paid the price necessary to free people from their sins. And Paul's second point focuses on CHRIST purifying the church: "Husbands, love your wives, just as CHRIST loved the church and gave HIMSELF up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the WORD, and to present her to HIMSELF as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless" Eph. 5: 25-27.

New heart . . . New Spirit . . . Faith in CHRIST.

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胜利的赞美

约沙法既与民商议了，就设立歌唱的人颂赞耶和华，使他们穿上圣洁（祭司）的礼服，走在军前赞美耶和华，说：“当称谢耶和华，因祂的慈爱永远长存。”（历代志下20:21）   

亲爱的弟兄姊妹们，赞美在胜利之先！

我们从历代志下20章里就可以看到一个生动的例子：当敌人大举进攻以色列时，以色列无力抵挡，他们也根本不知道该怎样做，所以他们禁食祷告，直至得到上帝的话语：“不要因这大军恐惧惊惶，因为胜败不在乎你们，乃在乎 神”（历代志下20:15）

你知道后来他们怎么回应上帝的话语吗？他们一起歌唱赞美上帝！没错，就是这样，他们设立歌唱和赞美的人，差派他们行在军队前面。当众人方唱歌赞美的时候，“耶和华就派伏兵击杀那来攻击犹大人的亚扪人、摩押人和西珥山人，他们就被打败了。”（历代志下20:22）

这场战争结束后，以色列没有一人倒下，而敌军没有一人逃脱，并且当以色列人收取敌人的掠物时，发现了许多牲畜、财物、衣服和珍宝，他们足足收取了三天。

现在胜利了！而这个胜利是从赞美上帝开始的。

今天你在寻求胜利吗？那就站起来、高呼“赞美上帝！”毕竟你的境况跟那些以色列人一样，你也面对敌军的大举攻击，但是主耶稣已经准备好击败他们，就在祂复活的黎明已经为你赢得了战争。

而你要做的就是信靠祂，并且赞美祂。就在今天，发出赞美之声，高呼赞美之词，唱歌赞美，在敌人（撒旦）面前大声宣告赞美上帝。一旦撒旦听到你赞美上帝，他就知道他不再有立足的机会。

服从上帝的话语，永远都会带来祝福。

研经：历代志下20:1-29

Victorious Praise

"When he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers to sing to the Lord and praise Him in their holy [priestly] garments as they went out before the army, saying, Give thanks to the Lord, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever!" (2 Chronicles 20:21)

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Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Praise precedes victory!

You can see a graphic example of that in 2 Chronicles 20. There, the Bible tells us that a multitude of forces were marching against Israel. The army of Israel was so outnumber, they literally didn't know what to do. So they fasted and prayed until they received a word from God. ". . . . . Be not afraid or dismayed at this great multitude; for the battle is not yours but God's." (2 Chron. 20:15)

Do you know what they did in response to that word? They put together a praise choir! That's right. They appointed singers and praisers and sent them out in front of the army! And when that choir began to sing, the Word tells us that "the Lord set ambushes against the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were slaughtered." (2 Chron. 20: 22)

When it was all over, not one Israelite had fallen and not one of their enemies had escaped. What's more, when they came to take the spoil, they found so many cattle, goods, garments and other precious things, it took them three whole days to haul it all home.

Now, that's victory! And it all began with praise.

Are you looking for that kind of victory today? Then stand up and shout, "Glory!" After all, you're in the same situation those Israelites were in. You have an army marching against you, but Jesus has already defeated it. He won that battle for you on Resurrection Morning.

All that's left for you to do is trust Him and begin to praise. Sound out those praises today. Speak them, sing them, declare them in the face of your enemy (Satan). Once he hears them, he'll know he doesn't even stand a chance.

Obedience to GOD’s WORD will always bring blessing.

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Scripture Study: 2 Chronicles 20:1-29