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戏笑穷人是辱没造他的主

戏笑穷人的，是辱没造他的主；幸灾乐祸的，必不免受罚（箴言17:5）

平安弟兄姊妹们！上帝是按照自己的形象造出我们每一个人，当我们因任何事，就如贫穷，而嘲笑任何人时，就是在侮辱上帝。上帝说“总会有穷人存在”【申命记15:11 原来那地上的穷人永不断绝。所以我吩咐你说：“总要向你地上困苦穷乏的弟兄（基督徒）松开手。”马太福音26:11 常有穷人和你们同在……】，所以我们要帮助他们，而不是嘲笑他们（主耶稣在约翰福音15:12里对我们说：“你们要彼此相爱，像我爱你们一样，这就是我的命令”）

He who mocks the poor reproaches his MAKER

Pro. 17:5 – He who mocks thepoor reproaches his MAKER; He who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.

Shalom Brothers n Sisters,

GOD made us all in HIS image,and to mock anyone for something like poverty is to mock GOD. GOD said the poorwould always exist (Deut. 15:11 - There will always be poor people in the land.Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your fellow Israelites[Christians] who are poor and needy in your land. Matt. 26:11 - The poor youwill always have with you,. . . . ); we are to help them, not mock them.(JESUStold us in John 15:12 - My command is this: Love each other as I have lovedyou).

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上帝恨恶人的自尊

平安弟兄姊妹们！圣经明确写道：上帝恨恶人的自尊。经文中远超过三次，讲道了上帝是怎样地恨恶人的自尊：①雅各4:6明确地说：“ 神阻挡骄傲的人，赐恩给谦卑的人”；②箴言3:34：“上帝讥诮那好讥诮的人，赐恩给谦卑的人”；③彼得前书5:5：“你们年幼的，也要顺服年长的。就是你们众人，也都要以谦卑束腰，彼此顺服。因为 神阻挡骄傲的人，赐恩给谦卑的人。”

圣经也将自尊列在上帝所恨恶的四件事之中，箴言8:13：“敬畏耶和华在乎恨恶邪恶。那骄傲、狂妄、并恶道，以及乖谬的口都为我所恨恶。”

上帝所恨恶的七件事中也能找到自尊，箴言6:17-19：“高傲的眼，撒谎的舌，流无辜人血的手，图谋恶计的心，飞跑行恶的脚，吐谎言的假见证，并弟兄中布散分争的人”。事实上，上帝视自尊与谋杀同类。

为什么上帝如此恨恶人的自尊呢？因为这个罪使我们远离上帝，以致上帝无法使用我们来成就祂的旨意。当我们只按己意行事时，就不可能服从上帝的旨意。自尊致使我们在上帝的国里，毫无用处。当我们忘了上帝不是为我们而存在，我们是为上帝而存在时，我们就成了自尊的牺牲品。

GOD hates human pride

Shalom Brothers n Sisters,

The Bible makes it very clear that GOD hates human pride. More than three times in the Scripture states how GOD hates human pride: (1) James 4:6 states very clearly, “GOD resists the proud, but gives graces to the humble.” (2) Pro. 3:34 “Surely HE scorns the scornful , but gives grace to the humble.” (3)1 Pet. 5:5 “Likewise you younger people, submit yourselves to your elders. Yes, all of you be submissive to one another, and be clothed with humility, for ‘GOD resists the proud , but gives grace to the humble.’

The Bible also lists pride among four things that the LORD hates – Pro 8: 13 “The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way and the perverse mouth I hate.”

Pride also finds a place among seven things (sins) that are an abomination to GOD: Pro.6: 17-19 “A proud look ,A lying tongue ,Hands that shed innocent blood ,A heart that devises wicked plans ,Feet that are swift in running to evil , A false witness who speaks lies ,And one who sows discord among brethren. In effect, GOD puts pride in the same category with murder!

Why does GOD hate human pride so much? Because it is the one sin that keeps us from allowing GOD to use us for HIS purposes. When we commit ourselves to doing things our way, we are in no position to do things GOD’s way. Pride renders us useless in the kingdom of GOD. We fall prey to pride when we forget that GOD does not exist for us, but we exist for HIM.

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骄傲在败坏以先，狂心在跌倒之前

骄傲在败坏以先，狂心在跌倒之前（箴言16:18）

平安弟兄姊妹们！不是所有的毁灭都因为自尊，但是自尊永远都会导致毁灭，而且我们通常会迷失在那些令自己极为自豪的事情中，就如所获得的、所赚得的、所拥有的、所实现的。如果世界所有的领袖都能放下他们的自尊和骄傲，谦卑降服在上帝面前，那么国与国、族与族之间就将不会再有战争或冲突。

让所有自称基督徒的人都谦卑降服在上帝的跟前，并以谦卑对待基督里的弟兄姊妹们。永远都要牢记：上帝不是为我们而存在，我们是为上帝而存在。

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall

Pro. 16:18 “Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.”

Shalom Brothers and Sisters,

While not all destructions are caused by pride, but pride always ends in destruction – and usually, we lose the very thing we feel most proud about having achieved, earned, owned, or accomplished. When all the leaders of the world can put down their pride and humble themselves before GOD, then there will be no wars or strife between nations and races.

Let all who call themselves Christian humble before GOD and towards all brothers and sisters in CHRIST. And always remember that “GOD does not exist for us, but we exist for HIM.”

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所有的荣耀和颂赞都属于上帝

平安弟兄姊妹们！所有的荣耀和颂赞都属于我们的上帝，因为祂是万有的创造者，我们不能分享祂的荣耀。当我们说“看看我实现的！看看我的成功！看我，所有的成就都是因为我的努力和我的聪明才智”时，实质上是试图把上帝的荣耀归给自己。我们这样做，就是在否定是上帝授予我们，并且使我们能够成就一切事。我们有任何的美好，都是因为上帝的设计和救赎；我们能在任何方面成为卓越，也都是出于上帝的旨意。没有上帝将祂的美善赋予我们，我们根本没有一点好的地方，正如保罗在罗马书3:23里告诉我们：“因为世人都犯了罪，亏缺了 神的荣耀。”

All glory and honor belongs to our LORD

Shalom Brothers n Sisters,

All glory and honor belongs to our LORD, because HE is the CREATOR of all things, and we cannot share HIS glory. When we seek to take HIS glory for ourselves – saying, in effect, “Look at what I have accomplished! Look at my success! Look at who I am, all because I work hard and work smart!” – we deny that everything we accomplish comes about because GOD enables and empowers us to accomplish it. Any good in us is by HIS design and redemption. Anything noteworthy that we become, we become because HE wills it. We have no goodness part from GOD’s goodness imparted to us. Paul tells us in Rom.3:23 – “. . . for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.”

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默想于心

愚昧人若静默不言，也可算为智慧；闭口不说，也可算为聪明（箴言17:28）

平安弟兄姊妹们！当我们必须开口讲话的时候，就要适时开口（以斯帖4:14“此时你若闭口不言，犹大人必从别处得解脱、蒙拯救，你和你父家必至灭亡。焉知你得了王后的位分，不是为现今的机会吗？”使徒行传18:9夜间主在异象中对保罗说：“不要怕，只管讲，不要闭口”）。而在更多的时候，我们是应当保持静默（诗篇4:4“你们应当畏惧，不可犯罪。在床上的时候，要心里思想，并要肃静”）

Meditate within your heart

Pro. 17:28 – Even a fool is counted wise when he holds his peace; when he shuts his lips, he is considered perceptive.

Shalom Brothers n Sisters,

There are times when we must speak up (Esth. 4:14 – “For if you remain completely silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”; Acts 18:9 -Now the Lord spoke to Paul in the night by a vision, “Do not be afraid, but speak, and do not keep silent.”) but there are vastly more times when we should keep silent. “Be angry, and do not sin. Meditate within your heart on your bed, and be still.” (Ps. 4:4).