弟兄們，你們要謹慎，免得你們中間或有人存著不信的惡心，把永生上帝離棄了。
See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.
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亞米念派的弟兄姊妹常常拿這一節來支持他們的信仰，認為信仰與否是在於人的意志，而不是在上帝的保守！也因此，就勉勵弟兄姊妹要靠自己努力追求持守信仰。
若是我們的信仰是靠自己的持守，那就不是救恩了！因為這是人的努力成就了自己的信仰，就不需要聖靈在我們心中賜給我們力量，若是需要聖靈的幫助，聖靈的角色變成是輔助者而不是我們的主導者，這和聖經的教導也違背了！
既然上帝的救贖是恩典，主導權在上帝，不是我們自己！也因為上帝是主導者，我們才能或說是必須將榮耀歸給上帝，這樣才合理！若是信仰只是靠人自己的持守，那就沒有理由歸榮耀於上帝了！
也因為如，我們必須堅信救恩的主權在上帝的保守，不是人靠自己努力持守！也因為這樣，我們必須將榮耀歸給上帝，不可歸給自己！
20:11 我又看見一個白色的大寶座與坐在上面的；從他面前天地都逃避，再無可見之處了。
20:12 我又看見死了的人，無論大小，都站在寶座前。案卷展開了，並且另有一卷展開，就是生命冊。死了的人都憑著這些案卷所記載的，照他們所行的受審判。
20:13 於是海交出其中的死人；死亡和陰間也交出其中的死人；他們都照各人所行的受審判。
20:14 死亡和陰間也被扔在火湖裏；這火湖就是第二次的死。
20:15 若有人名字沒記在生命冊上，他就被扔在火湖裏。
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這裡提到“第二次的死”，是指未蒙基督拯救的人，要永遠和上帝隔絕，永遠在上帝之震怒中，聖經給的圖像是“火湖”，其可怕和痛苦是超乎想像。上帝的慈悲不願人受此無止境之痛苦，所以設立救恩。讓我們再次想到︰“耶和華的心，是平安的意念！”
20:45 耶和華的話臨到我說：
20:46 「人子啊，你要面向南方，向南滴下預言，攻擊南方田野的樹林。
20:47 對南方的樹林說：『要聽耶和華的話。』主耶和華如此說：『我必使火在你中間著起，燒滅你中間的一切青樹和枯樹，猛烈的火焰必不熄滅。從南到北，人的臉面都被燒焦。
20:48 凡有血氣的都必知道是我耶和華使火著起，這火必不熄滅。』」
20:49 於是我說：「哎，主耶和華啊，人都指著我說，他豈不是說比喻的嗎？」
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在當日先知不明白這永不熄滅的火指何事，今日我們明白，這是指地獄之火，那裡有上帝永遠之忿怒，如火永不熄滅，也就是永死。
人自亞當夏娃犯罪起，理當受永死之苦，若不是上帝的愛，在基督裡設立救恩，人將走向滅絕之境。
感謝主！哈利路亞！基督耶穌已在門口，你邀請祂進入您心中之寶座嗎？讓祂成為您的救主，永遠之福樂將賜給您。
And God said, “Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.” And God made the expanse and separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so. And God called the expanse Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day.
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“And God said”, it lets God to make something as “God made the expanse and separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse”.
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.”(John 1:1-3)
The Word can make everything to show the creation of God. The Word becomes flesh and dwells among us, His name is Jesus. We are saved form sin and death by Him. He is our Lord, Jesus Christ.
And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day.
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“And God said”, this description lets us know that the Word of God is showing. It means the Word of God attends the work of creation. The Word of God is equal to Christ. So Father, Christ and Spirit are also Creator, but we cannot say there are three gods. There is only One God.
“And God saw that the light was good”, it lets us recognize the light is very special. The light lets time become obvious. It is beginning to distinguish the day and the night. So “there was evening and there was morning, the first day”.
Our life is limited by the day and the night. We work in the day and rest in the night. The cycle of the day and the night displays in our life. Then it has month and year. We must live to glorify God, for He is our Creator and Lord.
The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.
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The Spirit of God is Holy Spirit. He is also the creator of the world. We do not think Him as only a power but not God.
“The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep”. From this description, we can know the work of creation of Holy Spirit. For Holy Spirit renewed the earth, we can have a beautiful world to live in.
The Holy Spirit always gives us the magic power in the life. He also lives in our heart. He lets Jesus resurrect and gives us resurrection life. He is with us forever!
In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
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God created the heavens and the earth. Then “time” is become meaningful. So time is “in the beginning”! No the heavens and the earth is also no beginning, it means God does not be limited by time as space.
God does not only create space but also time. We are limited by time and space. So we have birth and death but God have not. God is everlasting but we are not!
God is our Creator, so we must worship Him. We must tell the world: God created the heavens and the earth. Let somebody believe in God! Amen!
