608 中翻英 (308) A basic attitude of the servant of God is to please Him. 上帝仆人的基本的態度，就是要討上帝的喜歡. 12/11/2023

608 中翻英 (308)            A  basic attitude of  the    servant of God is to please Him.                                                                                                                     上帝仆人的基本的態度，就是要討上帝的喜歡.                    12/11/2023

十二月十一日晨曦默思是告訴基督信仰者不要討人的喜歡,  而 是要討上帝的喜歡.   保羅若是要討人的喜歡, 就不會是 上帝仆人.  

「..... 我豈是討人的喜歡嗎？若仍舊討人的喜歡，我就不是基督的仆人了。」                                      （加   1:10   新國際版）

一個作神仆人的人，有一個基本的態度，就是要討神的喜歡。

為什么緣故有的基督徒不能討主的喜悅呢？有一個很大的原因，就是他要人的榮耀過于愛神的榮耀。有的基督徒不敢公開承認主耶穌的名，不敢公開承認自己是基督徒，就是因為他怕有人譏笑他，怕有人說他迷信，他愛人的榮耀過于愛神的榮耀。

一個討主喜悅的基督徒，一個向著主忠心的基督徒，他向著主的真理也是忠心的。保羅為著堅持真理的緣故，不顧人的反對。他說：「如今我將真理告訴你們，就成了你們的仇敵嗎？」（加4:16）他宁可叫自己受別人的難為，他不能委屈真理，他宁可犧牲自己，他不能犧牲真理，他宁可讓自己受損失，他不能讓真理受損失。

如果你要討主的喜歡，你對主的真理就要有一個絕對順服的心。保羅那時如果和加拉太的信徒稍為妥協一下，稍為調和一下，對于真理不要那么認真，說几句模棱兩可的話，他就仍舊可以得著加拉太人的歡迎。但是保羅已經把代价計算好了，無論如何，我不能討人的喜歡，我只有討神的喜歡，不然，我就不是神的仆人。

December 11

"Am I now trying to win the approval of mem, or of God? If I were still  trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ." (Galatians 1:10)

A person who is a servant of God has a basic attitude, which is to please God.

Why are some Christians unable to please the Lord? One big reason is that he wants the glory of man more than he loves the glory of God. Some Christians dare not publicly acknowledge the name of the Lord Jesus or publicly admit that they are Christians because they are afraid that some people will laugh at them or that they will be accused of being superstitious and that they love the glory of others more than the glory of God.

A Christian who pleases the Lord, and loyal to the Lord, is also loyal to the Lord's truth. For the sake of adhering to the truth, Paul ignored the opposition of others. He said, "Now that I have told you the truth, have I become your enemy?" (Gal. 4:16) He would rather suffer hardships from others than he could wrong the truth. He would rather sacrifice himself than the truth. He would rather suffer losses to himself than to truth.

If you want to please the Lord, you must have a heart of absolute obedience to the Lord’s truth. If Paul had compromised a little with the Galatian believers, reconciled a little, not taken the truth so seriously, and said a few ambiguous words, he would still have been welcomed by the Galatians. But Paul has already calculated the price. No matter what, I cannot please others. I can only please God. Otherwise, I am not a servant of God.