376 中翻英 (106) Happy are you if you know this and do it." (John 13:17) 你們既知道這事，若是去行就有福了。 5/4/2023

376  中翻英  (106)   Happy are you if you know this and do it." (John 13:17)                                                                              你們既知道這事，若是去行就有福了。                                                                            5/4/2023

親愛的訪友，我們追隨主耶穌基督的信徒，有個無法改掉的大毛病，就是知道聖經所說的真正的道理，却不去行。不是這福音的準則有問題，而是我們有問題。是我們常常找藉口不去行。編輯者就是這樣。

2023年一開始，就決志要翻譯倪柝聲所寫的 "曠野的筵席"。寫到四月底就想停止。共寫了122篇。 您知道嗎?  上帝恩賜我多大的福氣，從前不了解的，經過多日的默思，就忽然領悟了。最對編輯者的有福方面，是我的英文寫作大大的進步。我每日至少用上一小時絞盡腦汁的讀英文。您知道嗎? 要提昇學英文的興趣，就是不能間斷對親近它。對它有興趣就等於愛上它。更何況它還能幫助您找職業，到世界各地旅遊壯膽子。

 五月四日的曠野筵席絕對是對您有益的佳餚。請務必光臨。

「你們既知道這事，若是去行就有福了。」（約13:17）

我認識一位在日本的老年姊妹，有一次一個小偷闖進她房子里騷擾，她發現那小偷飢餓極了，于是就憑著她在主里面那單純而實際的信心，為那不速之客預備飯菜，等他吃完之后，她又把自己的鑰匙交給他。小偷看見她的所行而極感羞愧，在那時候，神也借此向他說話。因著這位老姊妹的見證，這小偷今天已是一位在基督里的弟兄了。

許多基督徒的腦袋裝滿了教義，但他們的生活，卻与此大相逕庭。舉例來說，雖然他們知道以弗所書一至三章所說的，但卻忽略了四至六章那實際的命令，就如棄絕謊言，彼此順服，恩慈，饒恕，孝敬父母，愛妻子，听從主人，寬容，怜憫，儆醒禱告等。如果你的生活，与你所領受的教訓有違背，那就比你沒有受教更不好。神有沒有給你一些命令？若是有的話，你就該將自己投靠于祂，并求祂幫助，叫你起來實行祂的命令。

May 4th

"Happy are you if you know this and do it." (John 13:17)

I know an elderly sister in Japan. Once a thief broke into her house to harass her. She found that the thief was very hungry, so she prepared meals for the unexpected guest with her simple and practical faith in the Lord. After he finished eating, she handed him her key again. The thief was ashamed of what she had done, and at that moment God spoke to him through it. Because of the old sister's testimony, the thief is a brother in Christ today.

Many Christians have their heads full of doctrine, but their lives are very different from it. For example, although they know what Ephesians 1-3 says, they ignore the practical commands of 4-6, such as renunciation of lies, submission to one another, kindness, forgiveness, honoring parents, loving wives, listening to From the master, forbearance, mercy, watchful prayer, etc. If your life is contrary to what you have been taught, it is worse than if you have not been taught. Has God given you some commands? If so, you should throw yourself upon him, and ask him to help you rise up and do his commandments.