【说谎Lies】

sky5107 · 发表于 14-11-2014 18:46:56|来自：北京

说谎

亲爱的弟兄姊妹们，说谎是上帝所恨恶的七样之一。

箴言6:16-19

6:16 耶和华所恨恶的有六样，连祂心所憎恶的共有七样，

6:17 就是高傲的眼、撒谎的舌、流无辜人血的手、

6:18 图谋恶计的心、飞跑行恶的脚、

6:19 吐谎言的假见证、并弟兄中布散分争的人。

上帝清楚我们说谎的所有原因，有时是出于玩笑，有时是为利益，但大多数时候是为了遮掩我们的羞耻行为。然而，根据圣经所讲，任何理由的说谎都是决对地犯罪。事实上，说谎会直接影响我们与上帝的关系，因为说谎不仅会导致我们灵上成为不义、不洁净，更使我们再也不能称自己为上帝的儿女。

歌罗西3:9-10

3:9不要彼此说谎，因你们已经脱去旧人和旧人的行为，

3:10 穿上了新人。这新人在知识上渐渐更新，正如造他主的形象。

当保罗提醒歌罗西教会，要脱去他们旧我罪恶的品行时，（哥林多后书5:17若有人在基督里，他就是新造的人，旧事已过，都变成新的了）保罗是要说，基督徒说谎就像脱下干净衣服又穿回脏衣服一样，是不合宜的。当我们说谎时，就是再次穿回了旧我和旧我的罪恶，所以说谎是不适宜的，因为我们要作基督耶稣里新造的人。

毫不夸张地说，魔鬼是说谎之父，第一个谎言就是出自他。当他对夏娃说，如果夏娃吃了上帝禁止他们吃的那棵树上的果子，他们就能变得跟上帝一样。正因为魔鬼歪曲真理，所以就将疾病、不幸、苦难和永死带入了上帝所造的完美世界。

主耶稣说，说谎者就是魔鬼的儿女（约翰福音8:44你们是出于你们的父魔鬼。你们父的私欲，你们偏要行，他从起初是杀人的，不守真理，因他心里没有真理。他说谎是出于自己，因他本来是说谎的，也是说谎之人的父）。因为当我们歪曲真理时，就是重蹈魔鬼在伊甸园的覆辙。当我们说谎时，就是在执行魔鬼的旨意，那我们就不能再称上帝为我们的天父。

启示录21:8惟有胆怯的、不信的、可憎的、杀人的、淫乱的、行邪术的、拜偶像的和一切说谎话的，他们的分就在烧着硫磺的火湖里．这是第二次的死。

我们选择说谎，就是选择不在上帝的拣选之列，因为我们选择的生活方式不符合上帝对我们的呼召，而是选择作魔鬼的儿女。圣经告诉我们，即使一个听起来无足轻重的谎言，也必会对我们与上帝同行带来负面的影响。遗憾地是，我们所有人都会在某种情况下说谎，甚至成为重生的基督徒之后也是如此，还好圣经告诉我们一个好消息，就是如果我们悔改，不再犯同样的罪，那么上帝就会宽恕我们。

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）

Lies

Dear Brothers and Sisters

Lying is one of the seven abominations to GOD.

Proverbs 6:16-19

16 These six things the Lord hates,

Yes, seven are an abomination to Him:

17 A proud look,

A lying tongue,

Hands that shed innocent blood,

18 A heart that devises wicked plans,

Feet that are swift in running to evil,

19 A false witness who speaks lies,

And one who sows discord among brethren.

GOD knows we lie for different reasons. Some times for fun, some times for gains but most of the time for covering our shameful deeds. According to the scripture however all forms of lying are absolute sin. The lies we tell actually affect our relationship with GOD because lying makes us spiritually uncircumcised and unclean. Lies brings us to a state that we cannot call ourselves GOD’s children anymore.

Colossians 3:9-10

9 Do not lie to one another, since you have put off the old man with his deeds, 10 and have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of HIM who created him,

When Paul says to the church of Colossi when they have put off the old self with its sinful practices, (2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in CHRIST, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.) Paul intends to say that lying is like taking their clean clothes off and putting back on that are dirty which is inappropriate. When we lie we put on our old and sinful self once again. It’s not appropriate for us because we are a new creation in CHRIST JESUS.

It is not exaggeration to say that the Devil is the father of lies. He uttered the first lie when he told Eve she will become like GOD if she eat from the tree that GOD forbade them to eat from. He distorted the truth that it brought sickness, sorrows, sufferings and eternal death into the perfect world GOD created

JESUS said all liars are Devil’s offspring (John 8:44 You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.) Because when lie we distort the truth like the Devil did back in the Garden of Eden. When we lie we carry out Devil’s will and we can no longer say that GOD is our heavenly FATHER.

Revelation 21:8

8 But the cowardly, unbelieving, abominable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”

Because in lying we chose to not belong with GOD’s chosen, we adopted a lifestyle that does not fit our calling and chose to be children of the Devil. The Bible tells us a single lie that may even sound innocent sometimes will always have such a negative impact on our walk with GOD. Unfortunately all of us have lied at some point even after becoming born again Christians. Well, the good news is the Bible also says, GOD will forgive us if we repent and sin no more.

We give thanks to GOD, the FATHER of our LORD JESUS CHRIST, for this day and for you, faithful brothers and sisters.

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sky5107 · 发表于 15-11-2014 23:23:41|来自：北京

不要被魔鬼的谎言欺骗

他（魔鬼）从起初是杀人的，不守真理。因他心里没有真理，他说谎是出于自己，因他本来是说谎的，也是说谎之人的父（约翰福音8:44）

亲爱的弟兄姊妹们，有些人发现难以相信上帝的应许，因为他们看到在物质世界发生的很多事情，好像都是与上帝的应许相矛盾。他们看到那些忠心耿耿地捐献教会十分之一的基督徒，生活却变得更加窘困；他们看到生病的基督徒，却无法获得治愈。

更准确地讲，实际上他们是相信亲眼所见的。你知道，因为这世界有个骗子在行骗。这个骗子从伊甸园开始到如今，一直忙于一件事，就是欺骗人类相信上帝的话不是真的。

于是行骗数千年之后，他就成了谎言的主。试想一下，如果下一次他又设法使事情看起来像是上帝的话语没有为你运作，让你看到所有的希望好像都破灭了，那么你就要对他讲：“我不会在意事情的表相，我只会对上帝的话语坚信不疑。”

让我给你解释我的意思。你看过一个魔术吗？就是有个人躺在一个箱子里，然后箱子和人一起被锯开，这是你双眼看到的情形。这个人的脚伸出箱子一端，而头从另一端探出来，显然箱子是被锯成了两半。然后，魔术师推动箱子，把两半的箱子重新组合在一起，而被锯开的人又整身跳出箱子。

现在告诉我，你真的相信那个人被锯成了两半吗，哪怕是片刻地相信？你当然不会相信！因为你知道你看到的只是一个特技、一个骗术，当某些事物呈现为一面时，其实它整体上却另一种形式。你可能不知道这个魔术是怎么做到的，也解释不清，但是你知道一个人不可能被锯成两半又组合一起，所以你会拒绝相信你的眼睛。

对上帝的话语，这正是你需要做的。你要学会信靠上帝的话语、倚赖上帝的话语，以至于当撒旦给你看到物质世界里的某些事情看似与上帝的话语相矛盾时，你仍能确信地说：“是，我看到了，但是我不会愚蠢到相信它是真的，我只会坚定地信靠上帝的话语。”

如果你这么做，那么谎言之父就永远不能骗到你。

研经：诗篇119:89-104

119:89 耶和华阿，你的话安定在天，直到永远；

119:90 你的诚实存到万代。你坚定了地，地就长存。

119:91 天地照你的安排存到今日，万物都是你的仆役。

119:92 我若不是喜爱你的律法，早就在苦难中灭绝了。

119:93 我永不忘记你的训词，因你用这训词将我救活了。

119:94 我是属你的，求你救我，因我寻求了你的训词。

119:95 恶人等待我，要灭绝我，我却要揣摩你的法度。

119:96 我看万事尽都有限，惟有你的命令极其宽广。

119:97 我何等爱慕你的律法，终日不住地思想。

119:98 你的命令常存在我心里，使我比仇敌有智慧。

119:99 我比我的师傅更通达，因我思想你的法度。

119:100 我比年老的更明白，因我守了你的训词。

119:101 我禁止我脚走一切的邪路，为要遵守你的话。

119:102 我没有偏离你的典章，因为你教训了我。

119:103 你的言语在我上膛何等甘美，在我口中比蜜更甜。

119:104 我借着你的训词得以明白，所以我恨一切的假道。

Do not let the Devil put his lies over on You.

John 8: 44 . . . . . . He (Devil) was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Some people find it difficult to believe GOD's promises because they've seen so many things in the natural world that seem to contradict them. They've seen faithful tithers go broke. They've seen sick Christians fail to receive their healing.

In reality, it would be more accurate to say that they think they've seen those things. Because, you see, there's a deceiver at work in the world. A deceiver who's busily doing the same thing he's been doing ever since the Garden of Eden: tricking mankind into believing GOD's WORD isn't true.

And, after working on it for thousands of years, he's a master at it. Think about that the next time he tries to make things look as though GOD's WORD is not going to work for you, when he makes it look like all hope is lost. Say, "I don't care about appearances. I believe the WORD and I refuse to doubt it."

Let me show you what I mean. Have you ever seen a magic show where someone crawls inside a box and then is sawn in half? You can see it with your own two eyes. The guy's feet are sticking out one end of the box and his head is poking out the other, and the box is plainly cut in two. Then the magician slides the two halves back together and the sawed-apart fellow jumps out of the box in one piece.

Now tell me, did you really believe, even for a moment, that fellow was truly cut in half? Of course not! You knew that you'd seen a trick, a deception, something that appeared one way when, in reality, it was a different way altogether. You may not have known how it was done. You may not have been able to explain it. But you knew a person couldn't be sawn in half, then put back together, so you refused to believe your eyes.

That's exactly the way you need to be where the WORD of GOD is concerned. You need to learn to trust it and rely on it to such an extent that when Satan shows you something in the natural world that appears to contradict it, you just say, "Well, I saw that, but I'm not going to be gullible enough to believe it. I'm just going to stick with the WORD."

If you'll do that, the father of lies will never be able to put one over on you.

Scripture Study: Psalm 119:89-104

89 Your WORD, LORD, is eternal; it stands firm in the heavens.

90 YOUR faithfulness continues through all generations; YOU established the earth, and it endures.

91 YOUR laws endure to this day, for all things serve YOU.

92 If YOUR law had not been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction.

93 I will never forget YOUR precepts, for by them YOU have preserved my life.

94 Save me, for I am YOURS; I have sought out YOUR precepts.

95 The wicked are waiting to destroy me, but I will ponder YOUR statutes.

96 To all perfection I see a limit, but YOUR commands are boundless.

97 Oh, how I love YOUR law! I meditate on it all day long.

98 YOUR commands are always with me and make me wiser than my enemies.

99 I have more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on YOUR statutes.

100 I have more understanding than the elders, for I obey YOUR precepts.

101 I have kept my feet from every evil path so that I might obey YOUR WORD.

102 I have not departed from YOUR laws, for YOU YOURSELF have taught me.

103 How sweet are YOUR words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

104 I gain understanding from YOUR precepts; therefore I hate every wrong path.

sky5107 · 发表于 16-11-2014 18:13:42|来自：北京

一颗为上帝的心，留给世界一个愿景

有时我喜欢在墓地散步，阅读碑上的碑文，饶有兴趣地看这些文字是如何概括一个人的一生。也许这样做看起来像是一个病态的消遣，而实际上这是重新审视自我生命的一个好方式。我们死时都想给生者留下某些见证，为此你是否好奇过，你所爱的人会怎样撰写你的墓志铭？你希望你的碑文用什么样的词语来描述你的一生？

在今天的章节里（使徒行传13:16-22），使徒保罗告诉我们上帝对大卫的评价：他是合上帝心意的人，凡事都遵行上帝的旨意（22节）。蒙上帝认可，这是多么了不起的生命见证，实在不枉此生！上帝不是在描述一个完美的人，而是一个用整个生命来追求上帝的悦纳和心意的人。

大卫的很多诗篇都证明了这个事实，他把与上帝的关系放在生命中最重要的位置。他热爱服从上帝并遵行上帝的旨意，可是即便如此，也不代表他永远不会犯罪，谁都不会忘记他与拔示巴所犯的罪。然而，当他犯了通奸和谋杀的罪后，他的心仍然屈向上帝。事后，通过他的认罪并谦卑悔改再次证明：在他的生命中，与上帝的关系仍然是首位。

如果上帝总结你的生命，祂会怎样评价你呢？你是与上帝同心，还是随从这个世界的快乐和追求呢？除非我们殷切追求与上帝的关系，否则我们会离上帝越来越远。

亲爱的弟兄姊妹们，也许此刻就该纠正你的生命方向了，要殷切追求与上帝的亲密关系。

使徒行传13:16-22

13:16 保罗就站起来，举手说：“以色列人和一切敬畏神的人请听：

13:17 这以色列民的神拣选了我们的祖宗，当民寄居埃及的时候抬举他们，用大能的手领他们出来。

13:18 又在旷野容忍他们约有四十年。

13:19 既灭了迦南地七族的人，就把那地分给他们为业。

13:20 此后，给他们设立士师，约有四百五十年，直到先知撒母耳的时候。

13:21 后来他们求一个王，神就将便雅悯支派中基士的儿子扫罗，给他们作王四十年。

13:22 既废了扫罗就选立大卫作他们的王，又为他作见证说‘我寻得耶西的儿子大卫，他是合我心意的人，凡事要遵行我的旨意。’”

A Heart for GOD A Vision for the World

I sometimes like to walk through a cemetery and read the epitaphs on the tombstones. It's interesting to see what words are used to sum up a person's life. This may seem like a morbid pastime, but it's actually a great way to reassess our own lives. We're each going to leave a testimony of some kind when we die. Have you ever wondered what your loved ones will write on your gravestone? What words do you want inscribed there?

In our passage today (Acts 13:16-22), the apostle Paul tells us GOD's evaluation of David: HE described him as "a man after MY heart, who will do all MY will" (v. 22). What an awesome testimony of a life well lived! The LORD wasn't describing a perfect man, but one whose life was centred on GOD's interests and desires.

David's many psalms attest to the fact that his relationship with the LORD was the most important aspect of his life. His passion was to obey GOD and carry out HIS will. However, that doesn't mean he was always obedient. Who can forget his sin with Bathsheba? But even when he sinned by committing adultery and murder, his heart was still bent toward GOD. The conviction he felt and his humble repentance afterward proved that his relationship with the LORD was still his top priority.

If GOD was writing a summary of your life, how would HE describe you? Does your heart align with HIS, or have you let it follow the pleasures and pursuits of this world? Unless we diligently pursue our relationship with the LORD, we will drift away from HIM.

Dear Brothers and Sisters, maybe it's time for a course correction: To diligently pursue our relationship with the LORD.

Acts 13:16 Standing up, Paul motioned with his hand and said: “Fellow Israelites and you Gentiles who worship GOD, listen to me! 17 The GOD of the people of Israel chose our ancestors; HE made the people prosper during their stay in Egypt; with mighty power HE led them out of that country; 18 for about forty years he endured their conduct] in the wilderness; 19 and HE overthrew seven nations in Canaan, giving their land to HIS people as their inheritance. 20 All this took about 450 years.

“After this, GOD gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet. 21 Then the people asked for a king, and HE gave them Saul son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled forty years. 22 After removing Saul, HE made David their king. GOD testified concerning him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse, a man after MY own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.’

sky5107 · 发表于 17-11-2014 19:00:44|来自：北京

苦难中要感恩

亲爱的弟兄姊妹们，我们通常会在感恩节为上帝的赐福而向祂感恩，可是你是否思考过，发生某些看起来不像祝福的事情时也同样感谢上帝（例如经受逆境：疾病、财政危机等），希望上帝把逆境挪去或者改善？如果发生某些事，以人的角度看不能使我们向上帝感恩，但是我们仍旧感恩，那么这颗感恩之心对上帝而言是非常宝贵的。作出以下四个基本决定，我们就能看到，以感恩上帝来回应逆境的重要。

1）相信并信靠上帝。只有从圣经的角度来看生命，才能使我们在逆境考验中懂得上帝的旨意，并信靠祂的智慧。

2）把一切处境都视为来自上帝（凡事都必经上帝的允许才能发生，有的是直接出于上帝，有的是经祂允许才会发生），所以欣然接受。如果我们真的相信上帝是为我们的益处而运作（罗马书8:28-29我们晓得万事都互相效力，叫爱神的人得益处，就是按祂旨意被召的人。因为祂预先所知道的人，就预先定下效法祂儿子的模样，使祂儿子在许多弟兄中作长子），那么我们就能把每一个困难看作是出于上帝的慈爱之手，而选择接受。然后，我们就能说出：“感谢您，上帝。”

3）在任何处境中都降服于上帝。虽然我们可能不喜欢所处境况，但是我们深知上帝“本为善，所行的也善”（诗篇119:68你本为善，所行的也善，求你将你的律例教训我），祂准许我们充满对祂的信心，生活在祂至高权柄之下。

4）从上帝获得忍耐的力量。没有人有能力能以感恩之心来忍受苦难，只有跟从我们的主，倚靠祂的力量才能以感恩之心通过一切逆境。

现在思考你想要改变的处境，然后以一个新的心态来向上帝献上祷告：“主啊，我把我的处境视为来自于您，所以我选择欣然接受。靠着对您的信心，我将自己降服在您慈爱的至高权柄之下，从您获得我需要的忍耐力量，使我能够满怀感恩地通过一切逆境。”阿们。

研经：诗篇119:65-72

119:65 耶和华阿，你向来是照你的话善待仆人。

119:66 求你将精明和知识赐给我，因我信了你的命令。

119:67 我未受苦以先走迷了路，现在却遵守你的话。

119:68 你本为善，所行的也善，求你将你的律例教训我。

119:69 骄傲人编造谎言攻击我，我却要一心守你的训词。

119:70 他们心蒙脂油，我却喜爱你的律法。

119:71 我受苦是与我有益，为要使我学习你的律例。

119:72 你口中的训言与我有益，胜于千万的金银。

Gratitude in Affliction

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

At Thanksgiving, we typically express gratitude for GOD's blessings. But did you ever consider thanking HIM for something that doesn't seem like a blessing—such as a trying circumstance: sickness, financial down fall accident etc. you want HIM to remove or change? A grateful heart is most precious to GOD when, humanly speaking, our situations don't warrant giving thanks. By making four foundational decisions, we can begin to see the value of our adversities and respond with appreciation.

1）Believe and trust the LORD. Only by viewing life from a scriptural perspective can we understand HIS purposes in our trials and trust HIS wisdom in allowing them.

2）Accept the situation as coming from GOD—either directly sent or permissively allowed. If we truly believe HE's working for our good (Rom 8: 28 And we know that in all things GOD works for the good of those who love HIM, who have been called according to HIS purpose. 29 For those GOD foreknew HE also predestined to be conformed to the image of HIS SON, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters.), we can choose to receive each difficulty as coming from HIS loving hand. Then we can say "Thank You, LORD"

3）Submit to GOD in all circumstances. Although we may not like the situation, knowing that GOD "is good and does good" (Psalm 119: 68 YOU are good, and what YOU do is good; teach me YOUR decrees.) allows us to confidently place our lives under HIS authority.

4）Draw from HIM the strength to endure. No one has the ability within himself to endure hardships with gratefulness. Only by relying on our LORD can true followers go through adversity with an appreciative heart.

Now, think about that circumstance you would like changed, and with a new mindset, offer this prayer to GOD: "LORD, I accept all situations as coming from You. In faith and trust, I place myself under YOUR loving authority, and draw from YOU the strength I need to endure with gratitude." Amen.

Psalm 119:65-72

65 Do good to your servant

according to YOUR word, LORD.

66 Teach me knowledge and good judgment,

for I trust YOUR commands.

67 Before I was afflicted I went astray,

but now I obey YOUR WORD.

68 YOU are good, and what YOU do is good;

teach me YOUR decrees.

69 Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies,

I keep YOUR precepts with all my heart.

70 Their hearts are callous and unfeeling,