以弗所書4:17-23

 

4:17 我現在奉主的名鄭重地勸告你們：不要再過著像外邦人那樣的生活。他們的思想虛妄，
4:18 心地黑暗，跟上帝所賜的生命隔絕了；因為他們全然無知，剛愎自用。
4:19 他們喪盡了羞恥之心，縱情恣慾，無拘束地做各種敗德的事。
4:20 但是，你們從基督所學的卻不是這樣！
4:21 你們無疑聽見過他的事，作了他的門徒，學到在耶穌裏才有的真理。
4:22 那麼，你們要脫下那一向使你們生活在腐敗中的「舊我」；那舊我是由於私慾的誘惑而腐化了的。
4:23 你們的心思意念要更新，

So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts. Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more. You, however, did not come to know Christ that way. Surely you heard of him and were taught in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus. You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds;

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    基督信仰的中心就是靠著基督的力量改變生命。而改變生命的第一步驟，就是：心思意念之更新。

    正如保羅所說：『那麼，你們要脫下那一向使你們生活在腐敗中的「舊我」；那舊我是由於私慾的誘惑而腐化了的，你們的心思意念要更新。』

    而信徒第一步就是，要將心中的寶座歸給耶穌基督，讓祂成為生命的主。也唯有高舉耶穌基督，上帝的大能才會張顯。

    所以，求主幫助，讓我們的心思意念要更新。