474 中翻英  (174)

七月三十一日

「耶穌被提上升的日子將到，就定意向耶路撒冷去。」（路   9:51 新國際版）

從路加福音九章起至二十三章，畫出了一條路線，就是到耶路撒冷去的路線。因為這是在變化山上所定規的。July 31"As the time approached for him to be taken up to heaven, Jesus resolutely set out for Jerusalem" (Luke 9:51 NIV).   From Gospel Luke chapter 9 to 23 drew a route, which is to Jerusalem. Because this is ordained on the Mount of Transformation.

主耶穌所注意的是耶路撒冷么？不。是在乎耶路撒冷將要成的事，就是十字架。這里耶路撒冷的意思，就是成功神的旨意，就是背十字架。我們為什么要注意這件事呢？因為被提上升的日子近了！主耶穌提接祂圣徒的日子近了！今天不是說到什么人不能被提，乃是要說到若等候被提，就必須往耶路撒冷去，就是說，我們必須背十字架，必須走這條道路。如果神給我們看明了榮耀、被提、复活是什么，我們就必須遵行神的旨意，必須背十字架，必須走十字架的道路。請記得：當主耶穌知道自己被提的日子到了，祂并非安坐等候被提。圣經說：「耶穌被提上升的日子將到，就定意向耶路撒冷去。」十字架在被接之先。我們既知道日子將近，也當定意來遵行神為我們所定的旨意，來背十字架. Did the Lord Jesus focus on Jerusalem? No. He focused on what is going to happen in Jerusalem --- the cross. The meaning of Jerusalem here is to accomplish God's will, which is to bear the cross. Why should we focus on this matter? Because the day Jesus is going to be taken up to heaven is near! The day when the Lord Jesus will taken His saints up to heaven  is near! Today we are not talking about who cannot be taken up to heaven, but that if we wait to be taken up to heaven, we must go to Jerusalem. That is to say, we must bear the cross and walk His way.  If God shows us what glory, taking up to heaven, and resurrection did mean to us, we must obey God’s will, bear the cross, and walk according to the way of the cross. Please remember: when the Lord Jesus knew that the day of His being taken up to heaven had arrived, He did not just sit and wait for the it. The Bible says,  "The day when Jesus was taken up to heaven and ascended was approaching, he decided to go to Jerusalem." The cross was taken before. Since we know that the day is approaching, we should make up our minds to do God's will for us and to bear the cross.

473 中翻英 (173) The most common mistakes in translate Cinese to English 中翻英的過程中最易常犯的錯. 7/30/2023

473 中翻英 (173)        The most common mistakes in translate Chinese to English                                                                                           中翻英的過程中最易常犯的錯.                             7/30/2023  

中翻英的過程中最易常犯的錯, 是在翻出的英文句子中有兩個動詞. 再就是沒有守住英文句子最難住我們中國學生的 --- 句子主詞(Subject) 與謂詞(Predcate)的一致性.                                                     例如在翻出的英文句子中有兩個動詞:   

                   我喜歡吃花生.     英:   I like eat peanut.           (錯); I like eating peanut.       (對)                                                                                                                                  動名詞

                   我愛打藍球.         英:   I love play basketball.   (錯); I love to play basketball. (對)                                                                                                                              無限式動詞  

再論句子主詞與謂詞的一致性:                                                                                      

         例如,  他吃早餐.     英:  He take breakfast. (錯);                             He   takes   breakfast.         (對)                                         主詞是第三人稱單數, 動詞要加  (s);              主詞        謂詞                 

七月三十日的晨曦默思是最吸引信徒的大餐.   Judge not, that you be not judged.不要論斷人,免得被論斷. (太7:1) 信徒必須用愛心說誠實話. 世上有那種學說或宗教會如此明顯說出人的劣根性 --- 愛惡意的批評人.  惟有基督的愛教導人不要自己眼中有樑木, 而去幫人挑他眼中的剌. 

「誰能使我們与基督的愛隔絕呢？」（羅8:35）

每一個信徒在這世上，都有他特別的經歷，特別的艱難，特別的環境。保羅的意思是無論你的問題是什么，答复總是基督的愛。你的難處就是有一百樣，解決這難處的，仍是基督的愛。也許有的信徒是遭遇患難，也許有的信徒是非常困苦，也許有的信徒是遇見逼迫，也許有的信徒是感受飢餓。還有赤身露體，危險，刀劍等等都來到，也不能使我們与基督的愛隔絕，因基督的愛，能解決這許多的事情。你們曾否知道許多的人被基督的愛抓住了，他就經過了許多人所不能經過的。

有一個寡婦，因著丈夫死了，生活非常艱苦，欠人房租無從交付，所有的東西都典質盡了。但是在這樣的境遇中，她還有笑容。她什么時候笑呢？就是當她對著她那生下還不到一周歲的孩子時，她笑了。她所以笑了，是因著愛。

July 30

"Who can separate us from the love of Christ?" (Romans 8:35)

Every believer in this world has his own special experiences, special difficulties, and special circumstances. What Paul is saying is that no matter what your question is, the answer is always the love of Christ. There are a hundred problems you have, and the solution to them is still the love of Christ. Some believers may be suffering, some may be in great distress, some may be persecuted, and some may be hungry. Neither nakedness, nor danger, nor sword, etc., can separate us from the love of Christ, which solves all these things. Do you ever know that many were caught by the love of Christ, and He passed through what many could not.

There was a widow who had a very difficult life because her husband died. She owed her rent and could not pay her. All her belongings were mortgaged. But in such a situation, she still has a smile. When does she smile? It was when she looked at her child, who was not yet a year old, that she smiled. She smiled because of love.

 472 中翻英 (172)

七月二十九日

「原來基督的愛激勵我們。」（林后   5:14 新國際版）

「激勵」二字，在原文是一件東西在水上，被水沖去，就是這里的意思。基督的愛，好像水的力量那樣把你沖去。李文司登說：如果有人為著買賣黑奴的緣故來到阿非利加，難道基督的愛不能激勵一個人到阿非利加去么？所以他去了。因他一人被基督的愛激勵，把自己的生命放下，不知叫多少人因此得了生命。真的，唯有基督的愛能激勵人。愛，是不能拿出給人看的。但是，你如果嘗了這愛的甘美，而不被它沖去，那是不可能的。

基督的愛所以激勵我們，是因為我們斷定兩件事：一，基督一人死，就是替眾人死了。基督的愛，与基督的死是分不開的，所以有基督的愛，是因基督死了。二，活著的人不再為自己活，乃為替他們死而复活的主活，這是目的。因著基督的愛激勵我，我沒法不為祂活，沒法站在自己的地位。

 July 29

"For the love of Christ motivates us." (2 Corinthians 5:14)  In the original language, the word "encouragement"means something on the water, which is flowed away by the water power. The love of Christ power flowed you away just like it.  Rev. Lewinstein said,  "If someone came to Africa for buying and selling black slaves.  Wouldn't the love of Christ motivate a person to go to Africa too? So he did go to there. Because  the love of Christ power inspired him alone to lay down his own life to save countless people. Truly, only the love of Christ can motivate person. But love cannot be shown to people. But it is impossible to taste the sweetness of this love without being inspired by it.

The love of Christ motivates us, because it affirms us two things to be crtain: First, Christ died for all, that is the reason why Christ's love can't  separable from His dead.  Therefore, we have His love, due to  Christ died for us.  Second, the living persons no longer live for themselves, but for the resurrection Lord, that is the purpose. As the love of Christ motivates me, I cannot help to live for Him, in stead for standfast on my place.

471 中翻英 (171) Do not quench the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. 不要消滅圣靈的感動. 7/28/2023

471 中翻英 (171)    Do not quench the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.     不要消滅圣靈的感動.                                                                      7/28/2023

七月二十八日「不要消滅圣靈的感動。」（帖前   5:19 新國際版）我們每一個人，都該期望從神接受一些負擔，并借著禱告將它卸出去。當我們忠心地將這些負擔一一禱告出來，神就再托付我們新的負擔。我們沒有得著更多負擔的唯一原因，是由于我們忽略了神已托給我們的負擔。如果我們在禱告里卸釋了這些負擔，我們就會得蒙祂的獎賞，那就是祂將新的更重大的責任托付我們。在靈里對神敏銳是很重要的，因為我們很可能因著消滅圣靈的感動，而喪失了這代禱的職事！如果我們在這件事上落下去，那恢复的路，第一是向祂認罪，并對圣靈所賜的新感動，做出忠心而迅速的反應。祂有沒有將一個靈魂放在你的心里？你當立即為著那人而向神祈求。哦，親愛的朋友！如果你想進入有效的事奉里，就當恢复你已往所忽略了的負擔，務要忠心盡禱告的職事！當你一受感動，就要立刻禱告。July 28"Do not quench the inspiration of the Holy Spirit." (1 Thessalonians 5:19)Every person should expect to get some mission from God and load it to God through prayer.  If we faithfully pray to God the missions one by one, He will entrust to us more new missions as the reward.   The only reason for we don't get more missions, because we don't care the missions that God has entrusted to us. If we release these missions in prayer, we shall be rewarded by him in entrusting us with new and greater responsibilities.It is very important to be spiritually sensitive to God, because we may lose the ministry of intercession by quenching the Holy Spirit! If we fall behind in this matter, the first way to recover is to confess our sins to Him, and to respond faithfully and promptly to new impressions given by the Holy Spirit. Has He put a soul in your heart? You should immediately pray to God for that person. Oh dear friend! If you want to enter into effective service, you should recover the burdens you have neglected in the past, and you must faithfully fulfill the ministry of prayer! When you are moved, pray immediately.

一切真實為著神的工作，都是從圣靈放在你靈里那禱告的負擔而發起的。你的工作如果沒有這种負擔，結果可能只是徒勞無益。但如果真認識這工作是神親自放在你里面而起頭的，那你就會發覺這工作越向前進展時就越是經歷更大的釋放！并且你所做的這种工作，也有真實屬靈的价值。所以，如果你要尋求那真實有效的事奉，你就要等候神，直至祂將祂的負擔指示你，又將祂的旨意向你顯明。All true work for God begins with the burden of prayer that the Holy Spirit places in your spirit. Without this burden your work may turn out to be but fruitless. But if you really know that this work was initiated by God Himself, then you will find that the more this work progresses, the greater the release you will experience! And the kind of work you do has real spiritual value. So, if you want to seek true and effective ministry, wait on God until He reveals His burden to you and reveals His will to you.

470 中翻英 (170） The reality of faith for prayer. 禱告信心的實存. 7/27/2023

470 中翻英 (170）            The reality of faith for prayer.     禱告信心的實存.           7/27/2023

愛我們的主耶穌基督, 謝謝祢垂憐孩子的軟弱, 赦免我經常虧欠祢的榮耀, 而犯罪, 尤其是犯眼目的情慾, 肉體的情慾及今生的驕傲等罪.  求祢垂聽孩子有聲無聲的禱告.  恩賜我生命, 讓的我能繼續把每日晨曦默思翻譯合祢的心意, 討主的喜悅.  奉主耶穌基督的名禱告.  阿們.

七月二十七日的曠野筵席是有基督信仰的人懇求的禱告.     親愛的訪友,   您曾有過這樣禱告心態嗎?     編輯者現今93歲,   常常對曠野筵席的 "中翻英" 感到乏力.     就想到主是我的力量, 我的盾牌,   就跪下禱告,   主垂聽我的祈求,   賜予祂的恩典,   我才能繼續翻譯,  現在已有達成210天, 還有155天才能滿足主的心意.  我懇求您們也為我代禱,  謝謝.   

「你們五個人要追赶一百人，一百人要追赶一万人，仇敵必倒在你們刀下。」         （利   26:8 新國際版）

這真是我們禱告的一幅圖畫。當我們在地上同心合意，天上就為我們捆綁一万個仇敵。神的子民在危急的時候，有多少次是按主耶穌的話之字面真義，而去證實它們的价值呢！

在彼得被囚的晚上，耶路撒冷的教會都為他屈膝懇切代禱，當天上答應了這同心合意的禱告時，希律所有的權力，便一掃而空了。由于天上的國度已襲擊了希律的領土，所以甚至連監牢的大門，也要屈服而自動讓步了！

教會所能做的大工作，就是作神旨意的出口。教會作神旨意的出口，乃是借著禱告。同心合意是和諧，兩個人必須和諧，必須站在身體（教會）的地位上，必須知道什么是身體的生命，兩個人在這里只有一個目的，就是對神說：我們要你的旨意通行——在天上通行，在地上也通行。教會站在這一個地位上來求的時候，你就看見無論求什么，在天上的父就必成全。

July 27

"Five of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you" (Leviticus 26:8 NIV).

This is reality of faith in our prayers. When we are gethering  together of one mind to pray on earth, ten thousand enemies will be defeated for us in heaven. How many times have God's people to take the Words of the Lord Jesus literally to prove Their power to defeated enemies in times of crisis!

When Peter was imprisoned in the night, the whole members of the church in Jerusalem knelt down and prayed earnestly for him. Then the heaven answered the unanimous prayer, Herod's power was no use.  As the kingdom of heaven has assaulted Herod's domain, even the gates of the prison have been yielded and surrendered of their own accord!

The great work that the church can do is to be the outlet of God's will. The church is the outlet of God's will through prayer. One mind is harmony, two people must be in harmony, they must stand in the position of the body (the church), and they must know what the life of the body is. Two people have only one purpose here, which is to say to God. We want Your Will being done— it is done in heaven as done on earth. When the church asks from this position, you will see that no matter what you ask for, the Father in heaven will accomplish it.

 469 中翻英 (169)

七月二十六日

「這樣看來，死是在我們身上發動，生卻在你們身上發動。」（林后4:12）

基督的十字架是多么的寶貴！它存在于每一個基督的肢體里，并能引起基督整個身體的生命高潮，只要基督徒肯讓十字架在他里面嚴厲地對付那天然的生命。你們問我：如何才能讓神使用，將生命供應給別人。我的回答是：不是借著在外多工作，也不是借著退修而不做工，乃是讓基督的死和复活之大能，運行在你与神同行的整個生活中。那些只是借著話語和工作而事奉的人，當環境把他們陷于緘默和停頓的時候，他們的事奉就止息了。他們只能在工作和說話時，才顯出他們的用處，這是不應該和不正常的。只要讓「耶穌的死」在你里面工作，生命就必在別人身上顯明出來。因為這是基督身體的一個不變原則：「死是在我們身上發動，生卻在你們身上發動。」

 

July 26

"So death is at work in us, but life is at work in you." (2 Corinthians 4:12)

How precious is the cross of Christ! It exists in every member of Christ, and can bring forth a climax of life in the whole body of Christ, if the Christian will allow the cross to deal severely with the natural life in him. You ask me: How can I be used by God to minister life to others. My answer is: not by working more outside the home, nor by retreating and not working, but by allowing the power of Christ's death and resurrection to operate in your entire life as you walk with God. Those who minister only by word and work cease when circumstances silence and stop them. They can only be useful when they are working and talking, which is unsuitable and abnormal. Just let "Jesus' death" work in you, and life will be manifested in others. For this is an unchanging principle of the Body of Christ: "Death is at work in us, but life is at work in you."

 468 中翻英  (168)

七月二十五日

「我們在那里看見亞衲族人，就是偉人，他們是偉人的后裔，据我們看，自己就如蚱蜢一樣，据他們看我們也是如此。」（民   13:33 新國際版）兩個寶座在對峙著爭戰，神要取得地上的統治權。祂頭號的敵人撒但，借著天空諸邪靈的輔助，蓄意用罪惡來侵占這地，想要排斥神在祂自己地上的王權和管治。我們這些神的子民，是蒙召去驅逐這些邪惡而強大的仇敵，好叫基督在万事上居首位。我們要如何執行這任務呢？「耶和華若喜悅我們，就必將我們領進那地。」以上是約書亞和迦勒兩個少數人的意見，這与那十個探子的頹喪誤測正是相反！「耶和華若喜悅我們」是一句要緊的話。有一件事是肯定的，除非我們首先學會了過圣洁的生活，否則任何口頭上講論的屬靈爭戰，都是空談而已。迦南地的巨人是高大的，我們卻正如蚱蜢，這絕非虛构。我們与他們同樣的認識這事實。這到底怎樣呢？我們如何才能過著蒙神喜悅的生活呢？只有真實地安息于基督和祂所成功的工作里，才有可能。否則撒但就可以高枕無懮了。但我們的生活若在基督里蒙神喜悅，那「他們（迦南人）的保障便被挪遷了。」因為借著基督，我們已經得胜有余了。July 25"There we saw the Anakites, the great men, the offspring of the great men, who were as grasshoppers to us, and we to them." (Numbers 13:33 NIV)The two thrones are fighting against each other, and God wants to gain the dominion on earth. His arch-enemy, Satan, with the aid of the evil spirits in the sky, deliberately invades the earth with sin, trying to ostracize God's kingship and dominion on His own earth. We, the people of God, are called to drive out these wicked and powerful enemies, so that Christ may have the preeminence in all things. How do we carry out this task?

"If the Lord is pleased with us, he will bring us into the land." The above is the opinion of Joshua and Caleb, two minority people, which is exactly the opposite of the decadent miscalculation of the ten spies! "If the Lord is pleased with us" is an important word. One thing is for sure, any talk of spiritual warfare is empty talk unless we first learn to live holy lives. It is no fiction that the giants of Canaan were tall and we are like grasshoppers. We recognize this fact as much as they do. What's the matter? How can we live a life that pleases God? This is possible only by truly resting in Christ and His finished work. Otherwise, Satan can sit back and relax. But if our lives are pleasing to God in Christ, then "their [Canaanites'] defense is removed." For through Christ we are more than conquerors.

 

 

 467 中翻英 (167)

七月二十四日

「倒要像從死里复活的人，將自己獻給神，并將肢體作義的器具獻給神。」（羅6:13）

許多人以為「獻給」二字的涵義是奉獻，而沒有留心注意它的內容。當然它的意思是奉獻，但卻不是我們所想象的那個意思。不是將我們自己的「舊人」，連同「舊人」的本能、資源、天然的智慧、能力和其它恩賜等，奉獻給神使用。從上面經文「倒要像從死里复活的人」那句話，我們可以清楚了解奉獻的真意。奉獻的起點，是開始于「從死里复活」。因為我們所獻上的，不是屬乎舊造的東西，乃是那經過死亡而复活的。這里所說的「獻給」，乃是我知道我的舊人已与基督同釘十字架，并算自己「在基督耶穌里向神是活著」而產生的結果。先是「知道」，然后「算」，末了「獻給」，這三者是一項神圣的次序。

July 24

"..... but   rather offer      yourselves to God,  as those  who  have been  brought  from death  to life;   and offer the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness.   " (Romans 6:13)

Many people think that the word "dedication" means dedication, but they don't pay attention to its content. Of course it means consecration, but not in the way we think it means. It is not to dedicate our own "old man", together with the "old man's" instincts, resources, natural wisdom, abilities and other gifts, etc., for God's use. We can clearly understand the true meaning of consecration from the above verse, "Be like those who have been raised from the dead." The starting point of consecration is the "resurrection from the dead". For what we offer is not something of the old creation, but what has passed through death and has been resurrected. The "consecration" mentioned here is the result of knowing that my old man has been crucified with Christ, and counting myself as "alive to God in Christ Jesus". First "knowing", then "reckoning", and finally "dedicating", these three are a divine order.

466 中翻英 (166) Only look upward upon Jesus. 當仰望主耶穌基督. 7/23/2023

466 中翻英 (166)         Only look upward upon Jesus.   當仰望主耶穌基督.                    7/23/2023

七月二十三日的曠野筵席是豐盛的大餐.     雖然是在曠野, 前面是一望無際的沙漠,   却有主的雲柱與火柱伴隨我們,   只要仰望祂, 就有無限的光亮與溫暖.  親愛的訪友,  您有經過黑暗與冷酷寒冬風 暴的經驗嗎?    只有仰望主的榮臉,   您就充滿了盼望.

「你的眼目，要向前正看，你的眼睛當向前直觀。」（箴   4:25 新國際版）

對于我們這些神的子民們，最殘害屬靈生命的，就是向內注視自己。自省是一种致命傷。我們有沒有認識這點呢？我們很容易認識罪是致人死命的毒物，但對自省之為害，卻是不易于明顯察覺。那難以覺察的隱疾，比明顯的病症更為可怕。如果我問你一個問題：「驕傲是錯嗎？」你是知道那答案的。如果我又再問：「嫉妒又如何呢？」你也必回答：「當然是錯的！」然而，你竟能在一日之內多次向內注視自己，尚認為自己所做的是特別屬靈，卻完全沒有留意到它的禍患。切莫再這樣做了！當學習那些在圣靈中行事為人（跟隨圣靈而行）的人。你若里面有感動要你對某人傳講基督，你是否停留在那里省察自己，看這催促到底是出乎自己，或是出乎神？當你正在這樣問自己的時候，机會就過去了！當行動起來，你就會得到釋放。

July 23

"Let your eyes look straight ahead, let your eyes look straight ahead." (Proverbs 4:25  NIV)

For God's people, we look inward ourselves to our spiritual life is the most harmful thing. Introspection is a fatal wound for us. Do we acknoelege this? We can easy to discover that sin is a deadly poison.  But it is not easy to clearly perceive its harmfulness to self-examination. The hidden disease that is difficult to detect is more terrible than the obvious disease. If I ask you a question, "Is pride wrong?" you know the answer. If I asked again, "What about jealousy?" you would answer, "Of course it is wrong!" Yet you can look inward at yourself many times a day, thinking that what you are doing is particularly spiritual, and completely oblivious to its evil.

Don't do it again! Learn from those who walk in the Spirit (walk with the Spirit). If you have an inner impulse to preach Christ to someone, do you stop there and examine yourself to see whether the urging is from yourself or from God? When you are asking yourself this, the opportunity is passing! When you act, you will be set free.

 465 中翻英 (165)

七月二十二日

「要用水借著道，把教會洗淨，成為圣洁。」（弗   5:26 新國際版）

什么叫作基督用祂的生命借著祂的話洗淨教會呢？第一件事，我們要在神面前看見教會的毛病到底在哪里？教會的缺點，并不是在于所得的基督太少，而是在于基督之外的東西太多了。神旨意中的那個教會，是完全出乎基督的，是沒有罪的，是沒有天然的生命在里面的。我們實際的光景怎樣呢？我們每一個真實屬乎基督的，都有一點是完全出乎基督的——為著這個，我們要感謝神，但是除了這一點之外，還有許多不是出乎基督的東西。因為有其它許多東西的緣故，所以需要洗淨。什么叫作洗？洗的意思是滅去，不是加上，若是加上，那就叫作染了。

July 22

"To sanctify and cleanse the church, with the washing of water through the Word" (Ephesians 5:26 NIV)

What does it mean for Christ to wash our church with His life through His Words? The first thing is, we need to see before God what is wrong with the church. The shortcoming of the church is not that it has too little Christ, but that there are too many things other than Christ. The church in God's will is completely out of Christ, without sin, and without natural life in it. What is our actual situation? Every one of us that is truly of Christ has something that is wholly of Christ—we thank God for this, but besides this, there are many things that are not of Christ. It needs to be washed because of many other things. What is washing? Washing means to  clean it out of  the church not adding to make it more contaiming.

464 中翻英 (164) "You are the light of the world." (Matthew 5:14 NIV) 你們是世界之光. 7/21/2023

464 中翻英 (164)  "You are the light of the world." (Matthew 5:14 NIV) 你們是世界之光.  7/21/2023  

7月21日的默思, 主說你們是世界之光, 祂說得對.  我們不能作世界的光, 受洗重生之後, 我們就是世界之光.  因為是新造的人, 有主耶穌基督的生命在我們裡面, 就能反映上帝的光.  親愛的主內訪友, 以後不要再說作世界之光, 我們是世界之光.

“你們是世界之光。” （太 5:14 新國際版） 

一些信徒問他們是否應該傳教或找工作或做生意。 這兩條路是否擺在神的兒女面前呢？ 我們在聖經中哪裡可以找到這兩個選擇：傳道或找工作？ 基督徒是否被命令做出這樣的選擇？ 你當知道神的子民就是見證的燈。 有哪個基督徒不應該為主作見證呢？ 如果只有少數傳道者，所有的信徒都是燈，這種神秘的邏輯就無法成立。 事實上，地上應該有一個為神活的見證，我也為此而活。 這是我們基督徒唯一的路，可以說沒有別的路。 凡屬主的人都不能為主作見證。 所有基督徒都必須傳揚基督，這是一件大事。 至於全職事奉主，還是用一部分時間工作作為事業，那是次要的問題。 一切都應該向中心聚集。 神不能使用一個以生命為事業、以傳道為生命的人。 但神可以使用一個以傳道為主、商業為輔的人。 我們的生意不是中心，只有神才是我們生活的中心。 一切關鍵，要關心正確處理利弊。

July 21st 

"You are the light of the world." (Matthew 5:14 NIV) 

Some believers ask whether they should preach or find a job and doing business. Are these two paths laid before the children of God? Where can we find these two choices in the Bible, preaching or finding a job? Are Christians commanded to make such a choice? You should know that God’s people are the lamps of testimony. Is there any Christian who should not be a witness for the Lord? If there are only a few preachers, and all believers are lamps, this kind of mysterious logic cannot be established. In fact, there should be a living testimony on earth for God, and I live for it. This is the only way for us Christians, and it can be said that there is no other way. No one who belongs to the Lord can not testify for the Lord. It is a great matter that all Christians have to preach Christ. As for serving the Lord full time, or using part of the time to work as a career, that is a secondary issue. Everything should be gathered towards the center. God cannot use a man whose business is his life and preaching is his life. But God can use a man who is primarily preaching and business is a subsidiary. Our business is not the center of our lives,  and only God is.   We have to use all the keys, for caring about the correct handling of both the pros and cons.

463 中翻英 (163) Lord! I beg You to enter into my heart to be my Savior and Lord now. 主阿! 求祢今日就進入我的心, 作我的主及救主. 7/20/2023

 463 中翻英 (163)        Lord! I beg You to enter into my heart to be my Savior and Lord now.                                                                       主阿! 求祢今日就進入我的心, 作我的主及救主.              7/20/2023

七月二十日

「除你以外，在天上我有誰呢？除你以外，在地上我也沒有所愛慕的。」（詩73:25）

我們向主的完全奉獻，常常因著一些特別的人事物而轉移，而神就在等候要得著那關鍵性的特別事物，因為祂必須得著我們的一切。我因著一位國家的領袖，在他自傳中所寫的一些話，而大受感動。他說：「我不為自己要求什么，我所有的要求都是為著我的國家。」如果一個人愿意他的國家得著一切，而不為自己留下什么，難道我們不能向神說：「主阿，我不為自己要求什么，我愿意一切都是為著你！我只要你所要的，凡在你旨意之外的，我一概都不要。」除非我們站在奴仆的地位，否則祂就不能站在主人的地位。神不是呼召我們為著祂的事工而獻上自己，祂乃是要求我們無條件的降服在祂的旨意里。

July 20

"Whom have I in heaven but you? I have no one on earth but you." (Psalm 73:25)

Our total devotion to the Lord is often diverted by something special, and God is waiting to have that crucial special thing, because He must have everything from us. I was deeply moved by some words written in his autobiography by a leader of a nation. He said, "I ask nothing for myself. All I ask is for my country." If a man wants everything for his country and nothing for himself.    We can say to God, " Lord, I don't ask for anything for myself, I want everything for You! I only want what You want, and I don't want anything outside of Your will;”can't we?    Unless we stand in the position of slaves, He will not stand in the position of master. God does not call us to dedicate ourselves to His work, He calls us to surrender unconditionally to His will.

462 中翻英 (162) God will supply all your need in Christ Jesus. 上帝將在主裡賜我們一切. 7/19/2023

 462 中翻英 (162)     God will supply all your need in Christ Jesus.  上帝將在主裡賜我們一切.                                               7/19/2023

7月19日的曠野筵席是主在聖經中的應許.  主內的訪友, 您肯定有這信仰 --- 聖經是真理.  要不然聖經怎麼能存在基督信仰者手中達2000多年之久.  而基督徒佔世界人口幾乎是三分之二.  我們有基督信仰的人是那麼熱切的盼望主耶穌的再來 --- 這是祂賜給我們的最大恩典.  

“我的神必照祂榮耀的豐富，在基督耶穌裡，使你們一切所需用的都充足。”                                (腓 4:19 新國際版）

許多基督徒非常貧窮，甚至無法滿足自己的需要。 任何想要向他們求助的人都只能空手而歸！ 還有一些基督徒非常富有，你永遠無法估計他們的屬靈財富。 看來你沒有遇到過他們沒有經歷過的困難。 他們能夠在您遇到任何困難的情況下為您提供幫助，並且他們似乎為有需要的人提供充足的資源。 許多基督徒在靈性上沒有完全破產的原因，是因為他們接受其他信徒的服務和供應。 這些屬靈的提供者，不斷地將他們的屬靈財富，帶入基督的身體，而靈性貧窮的信徒，很少意識到他們虧欠了那些屬靈的提供者，他們有時甚至會想鄙視，那些有供應的人。 也許有一天，一位遠方來的朋友，希望我們提供一些麵包，但因著我們的貧窮，主可能允許我們向鄰居借一些。 如果主對我們說，“你給他們吃的”，那我們呢？

July 19

"My God will supply all your need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus"                (Philippians 4:19 NIV)

Many Christians are so poor that they cannot even meet their own needs. Anyone who wanted to ask them for help had to return empty-handed! There are other Christians who are very rich, and you can never estimate their spiritual wealth. It seems that you have not encountered a difficulty circumstance that they have never experienced before. They are able to help you in any difficult situation you are in, and they seem to have ample resources for anyone who turns to them in need. The reason many Christians are not totally bankrupt spiritually is because they accept the service and provision from other believers. These spiritual providers are constantly bringing their spiritual wealth into the body of Christ, and the spiritually poor believers rarely realize that they are indebted to those spiritual providers, and they sometimes even tempted to despise those who have provision. Perhaps one day, a friend who traveled from afar may wish us to serve some bread, but because of our poverty, the Lord may allow us to borrow some from our neighbors. If the Lord says to us, "Give them something to eat,"   How about us?

461 中翻英 (161) Lord, You fill us with the Holy Spirit. 求主聖靈充滿我們. 7/18/2023

 461 中翻英 (161)      Lord, You fill us with the Holy Spirit.   求主聖靈充滿我們.          7/18/2023

我們在天上的父上帝,  求祢的聖靈充滿我們.  在我們偏行己路的時候, 求祢的靈引導我們,  奉主耶穌的聖名禱告.  阿們.

七月十八日的曠野筵席是我們有基督信仰者獨享的豐盛筵席.     主內的訪友,   您肯定享受過天父大愛的滋味.     請您勇敢的與人分享.     您有沒有在網路上看到正在開發的地區,   他們的子女要求學上進是多麼的危險辛苦.    請為他的安全向上帝祈求.

「若是你們的父不許，一只麻雀也不能掉在地上。」（太   10:29   新國際版）

上帝是一位有目的的神，整個宇宙的被造都不是出于偶然的，創造乃是神明确目的的表現。以弗所書第一章那段偉大的經文，曾說到祂對我們的選召，是「按著祂的旨意所喜悅的」；又告訴我們，按著祂的旨意「叫祂的榮耀，從我們這首先在基督里有盼望的人，可以得著稱贊。」當我們想起亞當的墮落和我們自己的罪，并我們對那位「因著神的恩，為人人嘗了死味」的救主耶穌的微弱反應（感恩贊美）時，我們不禁大大惊嘆。我們甚至要問自己，怎能有這些事臨到我們身上呢？所以，讓我們再一次被提醒，甚至一只麻雀的死，我們以為是不足為意的小事，但是神卻注意它。整個宇宙的創造者，對于一只小小的麻雀，也有祂所安排的旨意。所以主耶穌說：「不要懼怕，你們比許多麻雀還貴重。」（太   10:31）「我們曉得万事都互相效力，叫愛神的人得益處，就是按祂旨意被召的人。」（羅     8:28）

July 18

"None    of a sparrow   shall fall to the ground without your Father's   permission."                                                    (Matthew 10:29 NIV).

God is  the  having purpose God. He   created   the entire universe not by accident.     Creation is the expression of God's definite purpose. The great passage in the first chapter of the Bible Ephesians   records of His calling of us "according to the good pleasure of His own purpose; from   whom we first hoped in Christ, having the praise."    When we think of Adam's fall and our own sin, and our appreciation for the One who "by the grace of God who tasted death for everyone" We can't help but marvel at the faint response (thanks and praises) of our Savior Jesus. We have to even asking ourselves, how can these things happen to us? So let us be reminded again that even the death of a sparrow, which we think is a trivial matter   even   God takes notice of. The Creator of the entire universe also has His will for a tiny sparrow.    So, the Lord Jesus said, "Do not be afraid, you are more valuable than many sparrows" (Matthew 10:31) "We know that all things work together for good to those who love God, who are called according to His purpose." (Romans 8:28)

 460 中翻英 (160)

七月十七日

「耶和華神使他沉睡，他就睡了，于是取下他的一條肋骨，又把肉合起來。耶和華神就用那人身上所取的肋骨，造成一個女人，領他到那人跟前。那人說：這是我骨中的骨，肉中的肉，可以稱她為女人，因為她是從男人身上取出來的。」（創   2:21   新國際版）

亞當所預表的，就是基督。從亞當身上造出夏娃，這是預表從基督身上造出教會。夏娃是用亞當的肋骨造的，夏娃乃是從亞當產生的。所以教會是什么？教會是基督的另一個樣子，因為夏娃就是亞當的另一個樣子。

必須是出于基督的，才是教會。人的才干、人的本事、人的思想、人的能力、人自己的一切，都是在教會外面的。只有從基督出來的才是在教會里面。夏娃不是用土做的，乃是用亞當做的，用那預表基督的亞當做的。寶貴就在這里。從亞當身上取出一根肋骨來造夏娃，從亞當出來的（不是從土出來的）才能叫做夏娃，從基督出來的才能叫作教會。凡不是從基督出來的，与教會一點關系都沒有。 

July 17

"The LORD God made him sleep, and he fell asleep, and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh. Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib which the LORD God had taken from the man, and brought him to the man. They said, "This is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; you may call her woman, for she was taken out of man" (Genesis 2:21).

What Adam is the   typology   of   Christ. The creation of Eve from Adam is the typology  creation of the church from Christ. Eve was created from Adam's rib, and Eve was produced from Adam. What is the church? The Church is another form of Christ as Eve was another form of Adam. 

 The church   must be   the Christ Himself.      A person  with  ability,  thought, wisdom, and everything about him are outside the church. Only those who come out of Christ are in the church. Eve was not made of clay, but of Adam, who was the typology of Christ. Preciousness is here. A rib was taken from Adam to make Eve. Only what came out of Adam (not from the soil) could be called Eve, and what came out of Christ could be called the church. Anything that is not from Christ has nothing to do with the church.

 459 中翻英 (159)

七月十六日

「因為万有都是本于祂，倚靠祂，歸于祂。愿榮耀歸給祂，直到永遠，阿們。」（羅11:36）

神必須是一切屬靈工作的發起者。祂的旨意必須掌管工作的開始，這一點我們都必同意。事實上，我們還可以進一步的說，一切的結束也應當歸于祂。這樣就如保羅所說：「神在万物之上為万物之主。」尤有進者，祂不但是万有的創造者和總結者，祂也是万有的建造者。當祂的能力在工作時，那一切的結果必定是在榮耀里的。我們的難處是：我們知道了工作的開始是「本于祂」，工作的結果是「歸于祂」，但我們卻忘記了另一個基要的事實，就是此二者之間所有重大工作的活動，也必須是「借著祂」。如果祂最終要得著榮耀，我們就必定沒有地位要求什么榮耀。神的旨意掌管開始，祂的榮耀顯于結局，而其能力必須滲透整個工作的始末和中間的過程。就實際而言，榮耀這一問題，不是在末后，而是在工作中間這段過程中就解決了。

July 16

"For from him, and through him, and to him are all things. To him be glory forever, amen." (Romans 11:36)

God must be the initiator of all spiritual work. We must all agree that His will must govern the beginning of the work. In fact, we can go a step further and say that all ends are also due to Him. In this way, as Paul said: "God is above all things and Lord of all things." Especially advanced, He is not only the Creator and Summarizer of all things, but also the Builder of all things. When His power is at work, all that results must be in glory. Our problem is this: We know that the beginning of the work is "from him" and the end of the work is "to him", but we forget another fundamental fact, which is the activity of all the major works in between , must also be "through him". If He is to be glorified at last, we must have no place to claim any glory. God's will governs the beginning, His glory is manifested in the end, and His power must permeate the entire work from the beginning to the end and the middle process. Practically speaking, the issue of glory is not resolved at the end, but in the middle of the work.

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七月十五日

「亞伯蘭听見他的侄儿被搶去，就率領他家里生養的精練壯丁直追到但。」                               （創  1 4:14   新國際版）

羅得很快的在迦南地定居了，但不久之后，他也在那地失去他的產業。創世記十四章提供一個對比，給我們看見，亞伯蘭是希伯來人，是「過河的人」，也是天路的旅客。只有那些以世界為寄居之所，而樂意住在應許之地的人，才有真正的能力來對付仇敵。

亞伯蘭將產業的問題完全放下，交給神來負責。這是對的，但他同時如果不關心和不愛護羅得，那就不對了。在這件事上，他顯然是一個真正的得胜者。當他尚未出去追赶諸王之前，他已經先在他的靈里得胜了。在當時的情形下，他若向他那個自私的侄儿怀怨，原是十分自然的。最低限度，他對羅得所遇著的災難，可以很公正地表白他的態度說：「我早就告訴你了！」但是，亞伯蘭沒有這樣，因為怀怨不是得胜的基礎。同樣的，當我們遇見類似的環境，我們也必須先在我們的心里打一場胜仗。那受災難的人是我的弟兄嗎？如果是，無論他如何苦待我或傷害我，我為著主的緣故必須愛他，為他禱告，并動員我一切的力量去救助他。

July 15

"And when Abram heard that his nephew had been snatched, he led his well-trained men who had been born in his house and pursued them as far as Dan." (Genesis 14:14 NIV)

Lot quickly settled down in the land of Canaan, but not long afterward, he also lost his inheritance there.     It provides a   omparison, showing us that Abram was a Hebrew, a "man who crossed the river" and a pilgrim,  in  the   Genesis 14. Only those who take the world as their sojourn and are willing to live in the Promised Land have real power to deal with the enemy.

Abram completely put aside the issue of inheritance and left it to God to be responsible. That's right, but it's not right if he doesn't care and love Lot at the same time. In this matter, he is clearly a real overcomer. Before he went out to chase the invaded kings, he had already overcome in his spirit. Under the circumstances, it was quite natural for him to have a grudge against his selfish nephew. At the very least, he could justly express his attitude toward Lot's calamity by saying, "I told you so!" But Abram did not, because grudges are not the basis of victory. Similarly, when we encounter a similar situation, we must first fight a victory in our hearts. Is the one who suffers is my brother? If so, no matter how much he mistreats me or hurts me, I must love him for the Lord's sake, pray for him, and muster all my strength to help him.