2018年8月17日 星期五

提摩太前書4:1-5


4:1 聖靈明說,在後來的時候,必有人離棄真道,聽從那引誘人的邪靈和鬼魔的道理。
4:2
這是因為說謊之人的假冒;這等人的良心如同被熱鐵烙慣了一般。
4:3
他們禁止嫁娶,又禁戒食物(或譯:又叫人戒葷),就是上帝所造、叫那信而明白真道的人感謝著領受的。
4:4
凡上帝所造的物都是好的,若感謝著領受,就沒有一樣可棄的,
4:5
都因上帝的道和人的祈求成為聖潔了。

The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron. They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth. For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.

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    基督徒的信仰不是禁慾,更不是靠人的善行來彰顯上帝的榮耀!反到是上帝將榮耀賜給人,並且賜美物讓人享受,讓人的心中感受到滿足,而將榮耀與感謝歸給上帝!

    基督教的靈修不是要人刻苦己心,以外貌的敬虔來得上帝的喜歡。而是上帝用無限的愛來滋潤人心,使人被上帝的眷顧和保守所充滿!事上帝自己主動將恩典賜給人!

    所以,保羅在此下的聖潔的定義是:「都因上帝的道和人的祈求成為聖潔了。上帝所賜給人的每一樣都是美好的!只要透過上帝的話和人的祈求,上帝所賜的都是聖、都是美好!不是人做什麼,完全是上帝的做為,讓一切變得美好!

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