使徒行傳17:10-15

 

17:10 弟兄們隨即在夜間打發保羅和西拉往庇哩亞去。二人到了，就進入猶太人的會堂。
17:11 這地方的人賢於帖撒羅尼迦的人，甘心領受這道，天天考查聖經，要曉得這道是與不是。
17:12 所以他們中間多有相信的，又有希臘尊貴的婦女，男子也不少。
17:13 但帖撒羅尼迦的猶太人知道保羅又在庇哩亞傳上帝的道，也就往那裡去，聳動攪擾眾人。
17:14 當時弟兄們便打發保羅往海邊去，西拉和提摩太仍住在庇哩亞。
17:15 送保羅的人帶他到了雅典，既領了保羅的命，叫西拉和提摩太速速到他這裡來，就回去了。

 

¹⁰ As soon as it was night, the believers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went to the Jewish synagogue. ¹¹ Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. ¹² As a result, many of them believed, as did also a number of prominent Greek women and many Greek men.

¹³ But when the Jews in Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the word of God at Berea, some of them went there too, agitating the crowds and stirring them up. ¹⁴ The believers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed at Berea. ¹⁵ Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then left with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.

 

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    保羅到庇哩亞去傳福音的時候，作者說道：「這地方的人賢於帖撒羅尼迦的人，甘心領受這道，天天考查聖經，要曉得這道是與不是。」

 

    這也提醒我們，對所聽見的道，要回到聖經去查驗，才不致落入異端之中，正如彼得說：「從前在百姓中有假先知起來，將來在你們中間也必有假師傅，私自引進陷害人的異端，連買他們的主他們也不承認，自取速速地滅亡。」(彼得後書2:1)

 

     查驗「假師傅」就是要透過聖經來鑑別，這是非常重要的原則！