599 中翻英(299) Lord, we keep Your word. 主阿, 我們要遵行祢的話. 12/2/2023

599 中翻英(299)     Lord, we keep Your word.        主阿, 我們要遵行祢的話.                  12/2/2023

十二月二日

「少年人用什么洁淨他的行為呢？是要遵行祢的話。」（詩   29:9 新國際版）

法利賽人洗淨杯盤的外面，卻讓里面充滿了不洁。我們的主責備他們只知道過度的注重外面的事物，而忽略里面的實際。我們許多人由此得到結論，以為只要注重那些關乎里面的屬靈真理，那就一切都好了。然而，神是要求里面和外面，一概都要洁淨。只有外面，而沒有里面的，這是屬靈的死亡，可是只有里面而沒有外面的，這也只是一种不可捉摸的靈化生命。以靈化的手段來取消外面的事物并不就是屬靈。主的命令是：「這是你們當行的，那也是不可不行的。」（太   23:23）神的命令，無論看來是如何的微小，但這總是神旨意的表示，我們永不敢輕忽對待。即使忽視了祂最微小的要求，我們也不能逃避將來的刑罰。

December 2

"How shall a young man purify his ways? That he may keep Your word."                             (Psalm 29:9 NIV)

The Pharisees washed the outside of the cup and dish, but not the insides. Our Lord rebukes them for paying too much attention to outward things and neglecting the inner hearts' clean reality. Many of us have concluded from this that as long as we focus on the inner spiritual truths, everything will be fine. However, God requires that everything be clean inside and outside. Having only the outside without the inside is spiritual death, but having only the inside without the outside is only an elusive spiritual life. To cancel external things through spiritual means is not to be spiritual. The Lord’s command is: “This is what you must do, and this is what you must do.” (Matthew 23:23) God’s command, no matter how small it seems, is always an expression of God’s will. We never dare to Treated lightly. Even if we ignore His smallest request, we will not escape future punishment.