【学会接受指正Learn to Take Correction】

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学会接受指正

不要责备亵慢人，恐怕他恨你；要责备智慧人，他必爱你。 教导智慧人，他就越发有智慧；指示义人，他就增长学问（箴言8:8-9）

亲爱的弟兄姊妹们，你能够做一件事，这件事几乎比任何事更能加速你的灵命成长，就是学会接受指正---来自上帝的灵或上帝拣选的人的指正。

然而，好像很少有基督徒能够这样做。通常都是，如果他们的传道士站在讲道台上，传讲的是令大众感到高兴、舒适又容易做的，是大众信服的歪曲的真理时【例如：只要受洗、定期来教会奉献，你就能蒙福得救（断章取义自：马拉基3:8-12；哥林多后书9:5-7；马可福音12:42-44）；只要相信，不用付诸相应的行动，靠着恩典你就能得救（断章取义自：罗马书1:6；以弗所2:8-9）。而主耶稣却反复警示说：“我告诉你们，不是的，你们若不悔改，都要如此灭亡。（路加福音13:5）你们要结出果子来，与悔改的心相称。现在斧子已经放在树根上，凡不结好果子的树，就砍下来丢在火里。”（路加福音3:8 -9）又说：“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）你们若爱我，就必遵守我的命令。有了我的命令又遵守的，这人就是爱我的。爱我的必蒙我父爱他，我也要爱他，并且要向他显现。人若爱我，就必遵守我的道。我父也必爱他，并且我们要到他那里去，与他同住。（约翰福音14:15,21,23）”】，他们就认为他很棒，会很喜欢他，因为他使他们感觉很好。但是，如果传道士勇敢地站出来，传讲真道，指正他们做得不符合圣经教导的地方时，他们的反应就是立刻生气。

上帝说那样做是愚蠢的，祂在箴言1:7说，只有愚妄人才会抨击或藐视指正。

所以，你不要那样做。当你的牧师或基督肢体中的任何人，对你有指正的话时，你要充满感恩地接受，感激那些与你分享上帝智慧的人。当有人指出你有不符合上帝教导的地方时，你不是要反对他们，而是要自我省察，说：“是这样吗？他的指正与上帝的话语一致吗？我在那一点上需要作出改正吗？”

如果回答是“肯定的”，那么你就需要按照对你的指正来改变你的生命。

我知道这样做起来不容易，因为没有一个人喜欢被指正。可是，如果你立定心志，无论怎样都要谦卑地接受指正，那么在我们主的眼里，你就是受教的，你能够继续在灵命上更加快速地成长。

有人说：“如果你认为你已经到终点了，那么你就不会再前进了。”记住，下一次当有人指正你时，你要爱那个人，并且感谢他使你的灵命能够更快地进步。如果每次你都这样去做，你就会取得更大的进步。

研经：箴言3:11-24

3:11 我儿，你不可轻看耶和华的管教〔或作惩治〕，也不可厌烦祂的责备。  

3:12 因为耶和华所爱的，祂必责备，正如父亲责备所喜爱的儿子。  

3:13 得智慧、得聪明的，这人便为有福。  

3:14 因为得智慧胜过得银子，其利益强如精金；  

3:15 比珍珠〔或作红宝石〕宝贵，你一切所喜爱的，都不足与比较。  

3:16 祂右手有长寿，左手有富贵。  

3:17 祂的道是安乐，祂的路全是平安。  

3:18 祂与持守祂的作生命树，持定祂的俱各有福。  

3:19 耶和华以智慧立地，以聪明定天，  

3:20 以知识使深渊裂开，使天空滴下甘露。  

3:21 我儿，要谨守真智慧和谋略，不可使祂离开你的眼目。  

3:22 这样，祂必作你的生命、颈项的美饰。  

3:23 你就坦然行路，不至碰脚。  

3:24 你躺下，必不惧怕；你躺卧，睡得香甜。  

Learn to Take Correction

Proverbs 9:8-9(NLT)

8 So don’t bother correcting mockers;

    they will only hate you.

But correct the wise,

    and they will love you.

9 Instruct the wise,

    and they will be even wiser.

Teach the righteous,

    and they will learn even more.

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

There is one thing you can do that will accelerate your spiritual growth more than almost any other thing: learn to take correction--from the SPIRIT of GOD and from HIS people.

So few believers seem to be able to do that. When their preacher gets in the pulpit and preaches about something they already know, about some aspect of life they've already submitted to the LORD believing that once save forever save, all your future sins are automatically forgiven. They think these preachers are great. They like him (the false preachers) because he makes them feel good by only preaching the promises of GOD, and totally ignoring salvation’s EXCLUSIONS, the REQUIREMENTS and the QUALIFYING CONDITIONS clearly stated in the Bible. But the moment a Preacher stands up and begins to preach about the wrath of GOD that comes on those who are disobedient and the things they're doing wrong and that they need to repent, they take offense.

GOD says that's foolish. HE says, in Proverbs 1:7, only fools strike out at, or despise, correction. Warning from 1 Corinthians 6: 9-10do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of GOD? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor passive male homosexual partners nor dominant male homosexual partners, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards nor revellers, nor oppressive cheaters; these will not inherit the Kingdom of GOD

So don't be like that. When your pastor or anyone else in the Body of CHRIST has a word of correction for you, receive it gratefully. Appreciate those who share the wisdom of GOD with you. When someone points out somewhere that you've missed mark, instead of reacting against them, examine yourself and say, "Is that right? Does that agree with the WORD? Do I need to make a change there?"

If the answer to those questions is yes, then make the changes you need to make to get your life in line.

I know that's not easy. None of us likes to be corrected. But if you'll make up your mind you're going to receive that correction anyway, that you're going to remain teachable in the eyes of our LORD, you'll be able to go on and grow in spiritual things much more quickly.

One man said, "If you think you've already arrived, you aren't going anywhere." Remember that next time someone corrects you. Love that person and thank him for speeding along your spiritual progress. If you'll do that, you'll come out ahead every time.

Scripture Study:  

Proverbs 3:11-24New Living Translation (NLT)

11 My child, don’t reject the LORD’s discipline,

    and don’t be upset when HE corrects you.

12 For the LORD corrects those HS loves,

    just as a father corrects a child in whom he delights.

13 Joyful is the person who finds wisdom,

    the one who gains understanding.

14 For wisdom is more profitable than silver,

    and her (wisdom) wages are better than gold.

15 Wisdom is more precious than rubies;

    nothing you desire can compare with her (wisdom).

16 She (Wisdom) offers you long life in her (wisdom’s) right hand,

    and riches and honor in her (wisdom’s) left.

17 She (Wisdom) will guide you down delightful paths;

    all her (wisdom’s) ways are satisfying.

18 Wisdom is a tree of life to those who embrace her (wisdom);

    happy are those who hold her (wisdom) tightly.

19 By wisdom the LORD founded the earth;

    by understanding HE created the heavens.

20 By HIS knowledge the deep fountains of the earth burst forth,

    and the dew settles beneath the night sky.

21 My child, don’t lose sight of common sense and discernment.

    Hang on to them,

22 for they will refresh your soul.

    They are like jewels on a necklace.

23 They keep you safe on your way,

    and your feet will not stumble.

24 You can go to bed without fear;

    you will lie down and sleep soundly.

                                   

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平安、喜乐和满足

尼希米2:1 亚达薛西王二十年尼散月，在王面前摆酒，我拿起酒来奉给王。我素来在王面前没有愁容。  
2:2 王对我说：“你既没有病，为甚么面带愁容呢？这不是别的，必是你心中愁烦。”于是我甚惧怕。  
2:3 我对王说：“愿王万岁。我列祖坟墓所在的那城荒凉，城门被火焚烧，我岂能面无愁容么？”  
2:4 王问我说：“你要求甚么？”于是我默祷天上的 神。  
2:5 我对王说：“仆人若在王眼前蒙恩，王若喜欢，求王差遣我往犹大，到我列祖坟墓所在的那城去，我好重新建造。”
2:6 那时王后坐在王的旁边。王问我说：“你去要多少日子？几时回来？”我就定了日期，于是王喜欢差遣我去。  
2:7 我又对王说：“王若喜欢，求王赐我诏书，通知大河西的省长准我经过，直到犹大。  
2:8 又赐诏书，通知管理王园林的亚萨，使他给我木料作属殿营楼之门的横梁和城墙，与我自己房屋使用的。”王就允准我，因我 神施恩的手帮助我。  

亲爱的弟兄姊妹们，沮丧会使你失去平安、喜乐和满足。如果你感到沮丧，那么我有极好的消息告诉你，使你不再被它束缚！

我认识一些人，他们曾处在一个仿佛不可能改变的困境中，然而几年后，他们的境况或情绪却处在极好的状态。究其原因，就是他们决不放弃。他们不是在困境中自怨自艾，而是选择相信上帝，靠着信心前进，爬出情绪的陷阱。

尼希米就是一个很好的榜样。他本来有充分的理由感到失败，因为他本族的人陷在困境中。在收到消息说本国的城墙被毁之后，这位先知表现出极大的沮丧和悲痛。尽管痛苦淹没了他的心灵，可是他不允许自己处在消极中，相反，尼希米向上帝呼求，寻求上帝的指引。

原本在王室面前表露忧愁，是要被处以死刑的。可是，上帝却用惊人的大能回应了尼希米的祷告：上帝激动王注意到尼希米面带愁容，然后王便问尼希米能为他做什么。就是这个神迹，使城墙得以被重建，上帝的子民得蒙拯救。

上帝能够挪去一个不可能改变的困境，不论它是什么样的困境，并且祂运作的大能大力超乎你的想象。

你是选择活在热切期望上帝的旨意的生命中？还是选择在绝望的深渊里徘徊呢？你要像尼希米那样做，把你的沮丧转为向上帝祈求帮助。上帝能修复你的希望，阻止消极情绪捆绑你的生命。

Peace, Joy, and Contentment

Nehemiah 2: 2 In the month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was brought for him, I took the wine and gave it to the king. I had not been sad in his presence before, 2 so the king asked me, “Why does your face look so sad when you are not ill? This can be nothing but sadness of heart.”

I was very much afraid, 3 but I said to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should my face not look sad when the city where my ancestors are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”

4 The king said to me, “What is it you want?”

Then I prayed to the GOD of heaven, 5 and I answered the king, “If it pleases the king and if your servant has found favor in his sight, let him send me to the city in Judah where my ancestors are buried so that I can rebuild it.”

6 Then the king, with the queen sitting beside him, asked me, “How long will your journey take, and when will you get back?” It pleased the king to send me; so I set a time.

7 I also said to him, “If it pleases the king, may I have letters to the governors of Trans-Euphrates, so that they will provide me safe-conduct until I arrive in Judah? 8 And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the royal park, so he will give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel by the temple and for the city wall and for the residence I will occupy?” And because the gracious hand of my GOD was on me, the king granted my requests.

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Discouragement can rob peace, joy, and contentment. But I have great news if you feel disheartened: You’re not stuck!

I’ve known people who appeared to be in an impossible situation. A few years later, however, they were in a terrific place, either in terms of their circumstances or their emotions. The reason? They never gave up. Instead of sulking in self-pity, they chose to believe GOD, step out in faith, and climb out of the emotional pit.

Nehemiah is a good example. He had every reason to feel defeated, because his people were in trouble. After receiving news that the city wall had been destroyed, this man of GOD acknowledged profound disappointment and grieved. Though pain flooded his soul, he didn’t allow himself to stay in that low place. Instead, Nehemiah cried out to GOD, seeking direction.

Sadness in the presence of royalty was punishable by death. But the LORD answered Nehemiah’s prayer with amazing power, prompting the king to notice his servant’s sad countenance and then to ask what he could do to help. This miracle led to the rebuilding of the wall and the redemption of GOD’s people.

The LORD can take an impossible situation—no matter what it is—and move in ways mightier than you can imagine.

Do you live in eager expectation of what the LORD will do? Or have you chosen to linger in the depths of despair? Like Nehemiah, turn your disappointment into a petition for GOD’s help. HE can restore your hope and prevent negative emotions from gaining a stranglehold on your life.

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永不失脚

你当竭力在 神面前得蒙喜悦，作无愧的工人，按着正意分解真理的道（提摩太后书2:15）

亲爱的弟兄姊妹们，很多基督徒对上帝的话语不以为意，他们在公众面前自称有信心，可是私底下，他们连圣经都不会打开，就更别提会服从上帝的教导了。所以当困境或灾难临到时，他们设法想倚靠上帝的话语，可是在灵命上，他们所面对的却是失败。

现在，是时候要停止不以为意的态度了，也是时候要认识到真信心需要付诸相应的行为。雅各2:20说，没有行为（或付诸相应的行为）的信心是死的。

如果你的周围不断有人跌倒，而你想拥有能让你站得稳固的信心，那么你就需要在平日里服从上帝的话语，付诸相应的行动：

你需要做的第一件事，就是学习。你能够用很多方法学习上帝的话语，你可以阅读圣经，还可以通过关键词、中文/希伯来文词典或其他研经书来深入研究圣经。此外，如果你有一部手机，你可以一边走一边听上帝的教导。虽然只是一种学习方法，但效果却很大。

你需要做的第二件事，就是去传讲真道的地方听道。罗马书10:17说，“可见信道是从听道来的”，这里所讲的“听道”是听上帝的道。

每当我开始感到被难题包围或难以听到上帝的声音时，就会放下所有的事，去听其他牧师的讲道，从中能够得到上帝的答案，多得过于我能数算的。即使牧师传讲的可能跟困扰我的难题没一点关系，但是上帝的话语会从某一特定的方向突然开启我的思想，让我认识到，这正是几个星期以来，我一直在解决的难题的答案。

你需要做的第三件事，就是承认你所听到的道。你要确信上帝的承诺覆盖了你一切的境况，然后大声地作出宣告，就像已经实现在你的生命中了。

你要严肃认真地对待上帝的话语、要学习上帝的话语、要听讲道、并要承认上帝的话语，你要作上帝殷勤的工人，那么魔鬼就会惧怕地看着你，说：“有一个基督徒，他不再不畏不恭、不以为意了。”


研经：彼得后书1:3-10
1:3 神的神能已将一切关乎生命和虔敬的事赐给我们，皆因我们认识那用自己荣耀和美德召我们的主。  
1:4 因此祂已将又宝贵又极大的应许赐给我们，叫我们既脱离世上从情欲来的败坏，就得与 神的性情有分。  
1:5 正因这缘故，你们要分外的殷勤。有了信心、又要加上德行，有了德行、又要加上知识，  
1:6 有了知识、又要加上节制，有了节制、又要加上忍耐，有了忍耐、又要加上虔敬，  
1:7 有了虔敬、又要加上爱弟兄的心，有了爱弟兄的心、又要加上爱众人的心。  
1:8 你们若充充足足的有这几样，就必使你们在认识我们的主耶稣基督上，不至于闲懒不结果子了。  
1:9 人若没有这几样就是眼瞎，只看见近处的，忘了他旧日的罪已经得了洁净。  
1:10 所以弟兄们，应当更加殷勤，使你们所蒙的恩召和拣选坚定不移。你们若行这几样，就永不失脚。

  
You will never stumble

2 Timothy 2:15
Do your best to present yourself to GOD as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the WORD of truth.

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

A lot of people have been playing games when it comes to the WORD. They claim to be faith people in public. But, in private, they never open the Bible at all and not mention about obedient to GOD’s teachings. Then, when a time of trouble or tribulation comes and they try to stand on the WORD of GOD, they fall flat on their spiritual faces.

Well, the time for playing games is over. It's time for us to realize that real faith involves action. James 2:20 says faith without works [or corresponding action] is dead.

If you want the kind of faith that will keep you on your feet when others are falling around you, you need to take some action where the WORD is concerned.

First, you need to study. You can study the Word in many ways. You can not only read it, you can dig deeply into it with concordances, Chinese/Hebrew dictionaries and other study guides. What's more, if you have a cellphone, you can walk around half the day listening to teaching. It's only one way of study, but it is a powerful one.

The second thing you need to do is go where the WORD is being preached. When Romans 10:17 says "faith comes by hearing," it's talking about the preached WORD.

Whenever I start feeling surrounded by problems and I'm having trouble hearing from GOD, I drop everything and find some place where I can hear the WORD preached. I've received more answers from GOD that way than I can count. Even though the preacher may not have been preaching about anything even remotely connected with the issue I was struggling with, some WORD of Scripture would suddenly start my thoughts in a certain direction. I'd realize, "That's the answer to that problem I've been dealing with for the past weeks!"

Third, you need to start confessing the WORD you've heard. Find the promise of GOD that covers your situation and then declare it out loud as if it had already come to pass in your life.

Get serious about the WORD of GOD. Study it. Go hear it preached. Confess it. Become such a diligent workman that the devil himself will look at you with fear and say, "There's one believer who's not playing games anymore."

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Scripture Study:  2 Peter 1: 3 HIS divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of HIM who called us by HIS own glory and goodness. 4 Through these HE has given us HIS very great and precious promises, so that through them you may participate in the divine nature, having escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.

5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; 6 and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; 7 and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. 8 For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our LORD JESUS CHRIST. 9 But whoever does not have them is near-sighted and blind, forgetting that they have been cleansed from their past sins.

10 Therefore, my brothers and sisters, make every effort to confirm your calling and election. For if you do these things, you will never stumble,

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沮丧的陷阱

耶和华啊，我呼求你，你不应允要到几时呢？我因强暴哀求你，你还不拯救（哈巴谷1:2）

亲爱的弟兄姊妹们，你感觉自己陷入了沮丧当中吗？如果是的话，你并不孤单。

每个人在某种情况下，都经历过希望破灭。沮丧，是对希望破灭产生的正常的初期反应。但是允许沮丧继续存留，就会导致气馁、消沉，像徘徊在挥之不去的浓厚乌云中。处在这样的情况中，无论你做什么，都不会感到喜乐和满足。

虽然遇到这些能够引起负面情绪的情况是不可避免的，但是回应它的方式是可以选择的。我们可以选择让悲哀淹没我们的心灵，也能够选择勇敢地面对困境，并将这些境况交托在能帮助我们的上帝跟前。

生活在沮丧中会使心志分散，使我们除了自己的痛苦，难以专注任何事情。然后，随着发怒渐渐变成习惯，我们就会寻找责怪的目标，不是上帝，就是我们身边的人，要么就是自己。

沮丧处理不好就会发展为抑郁，使我们与人疏远，因为没人愿意享受伙伴或朋友的痛苦和失败。这样孤立下去，就会导致自暴自弃。最终，陷在沮丧的迷雾中，我们会作出错误的决定---是基于破碎的情绪，而不是基于真理。显然，选择自我毁灭的路并不是上帝对我们的生命的旨意。

尽管我们每个人时常都会面对沮丧，但是基督徒不要沉溺其中。相反，上帝希望我们在事事中都信靠祂，甚至我们的期望未实现或在最深的悲痛中时也这样做。记住，上帝的儿女们生命中所遇到的每一件事，都是经过上帝的允许才会发生，并且这些事都必有神圣的旨意（罗马书8:28 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）。

The Trap of Discouragement

Habakkuk 1: 2 How long, LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to YOU, “Violence!” but YOU do not save?

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Do you feel stuck in discouragement? If so, you are not alone.

At some point everyone experiences dashed hopes. Disappointment—an emotional response to a failed expectation—is the normal initial reaction. But allowed to linger, it can turn into discouragement, which hovers like a dense cloud. When that’s the case, there is no sense of joy or contentment, no matter what you do.

The circumstances that trigger these emotions may be unavoidable, but the way we respond is a choice. We can either let sadness overwhelm our souls or face the situation with courage and bring it before our LORD who can help us.

Living in discouragement will divide the mind, making it hard to focus on anything besides our pain. Then as anger becomes habitual, we’ll look for someone to blame—whether GOD, people around us, or our self.

Frustration that isn’t handled well may develop into depression, which in turn can estrange us from others—people do not enjoy the company of someone who’s bitter and defeated. This isolation leads to a low self-esteem. Finally, in a fog of discouragement, we can make poor decisions based on crushed emotions instead of truth. Obviously, choosing this self-destructive path is not GOD’s best for our lives.

Though we’ll all face disappointment from time to time, believers are not to wallow in it. Instead, GOD wants us to trust HIM with everything—even our unmet expectations and deepest sadness. Remember, there is divine purpose for everything HE allows to touch HIS children’s lives (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.).