361 中翻英 (61) Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life . no one comes to the Father except through me. 耶穌回答說：“我就是道路、真理、生命，如果不是藉著我，沒有人能到父那裡去。4/19/2023

361 中翻英 (61)     Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life . no one comes to the  Father except     through me.   耶穌回答說：“我就是道路、真理、生命，如果不是藉著我，沒有人能到父那裡去。4/19/2023    

愛我們的主耶穌基督,求祢拯救孩子脫離魔鬼的試探,不要墜入眼目的情慾,及今生的驕傲.因為祢是惟一的道路、絕對的真理、和永遠的生命，如果孩子不藉著祢，就不可能到父上帝那裡去. 我已經決志在今年把倪柝聲(Watchman Lee) 的每日晨曦默思(曠野的筵席）奉獻給祢，求祢讓孩子一天一天的藉由祢的憐憫及恩賜為祢作見證．奉主耶穌的聖名禱告．阿們。 

 四月十九日的曠野筵席

「耶穌對它說，經上又記著說：「不可試煉主你的上帝」。」（太4:7）

試煉神，和試驗神，這兩件事确有天淵之別。前者是神所禁止的，后者是神所歡迎的。這兩件事從表面上看來，似乎是相同的，但實際卻大不然。它們的分別就在乎如何借著神的話來認識神的旨意。以色列人和埃及人，提供了這方面的例證。二者在探足入紅海這件事上，同樣是冒大險。但這一個冒險是把以色列民帶到榮耀的拯救中，卻使埃及人陷于羞辱和死亡，為什么呢？因為在這兩班人中，只有以色列民是依著神的話而行動，他們就是把神的話，付諸得胜試驗的實施中。

或者我們再看看保羅和他的年青同工提摩太。保羅雖然身體軟弱，但他在一生年日中所完成的工作，卻比十個強壯的人所做者更多！他無視理智，勞苦的做工下去，并證實了神能力的充足。然而他沒有勸導要提摩太這樣的效法他，他還實在警告提摩太要特別注重健康。如果提摩太沒有神的命令，而試著去效法保羅那樣的勞苦，那就是試煉神了。但保羅遵從神的命令，結果就是證明神的信實可靠。

April 19

"Jesus said to it, and it is written again, 'You shall not put the Lord your God to the test'. ” (Matthew 4:7)

There are difference between tempting God and testing God. The former is not allowed from God, but the latter is welcomed by Him. It may appear to be the same meaning on the outside, but in reality they are quite different. Their difference lies in how to know God's will through His word. The Israelites and the Egyptians provide illustrations of the difference of it. The two nations took the same risk when they tryied to cross over the Red Sea. But there is one risk which let the Israelites to get a glorious deliverance; otherwise it letting the Egyptians army to be drawned to die. Why? Because among the two kinds of people, they were difference to obey God's word.  The Israel people were acted according to His words, and putting God's words into the test not tempting Him.

Taking another example,  Let's take a look at Paul and his young colleague Timothy. Although Paul was not in a healthy, but he accomplished God's giving job in his life more than ten strong men! He toiled on in defiance of reason, and tested the sufficiency of God's power. However, he did not persuade Timothy to imitate him in this way. He actually warned Timothy to pay special attention to health. If Timothy tried to imitate Paul's toil without God's command.  It is that he would be tempting God's atribute. But Paul obeyed God's commands, and the result was to prove God's faithfulness and reality.