约翰福音11章讲到主耶稣听到祂“你所爱的人病了”, 没有立刻动身,而是"就在所居之地,仍住了两天。" 虽然"耶稣素来爱马大,和她妹妹,并拉撒路”, 可是这爱乃是出于人,是有限制的爱,是人心可以理解和想象的。 这是主出于人性的爱,是联于成为人的耶稣,如同主爱使徒约翰一样,但这种爱不是主来世上的目的。 因为“你们若爱那爱你们的人,有什么可酬谢的?因为连罪人也爱那爱他们的人。”(路加福音6:32)。 如果主不是仍住了两天,而是立刻动身,在门徒们看来,主耶稣就与常人没有区别,因为特别爱拉撒路。 可是主
而另一种爱是出于神的爱,远超我们的所思所想,因为“神为爱祂的人所预备的,是眼睛未曾看见,耳朵未曾听见,人心也未曾想到的。”(林前2:9) “惟有基督在我们还作罪人的时候,为我们死,神就在此将祂自己的爱向我们显明了。(罗马书5:8)。
Monday, March 28, 2011
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
寻找就寻见,求就给你们
| 我们求,若不是在信心中求,就常常灰心。 主说的求是如同这个寡妇一样的不断缠磨地求。 主的search不是找一下就好了,是re-search直到找到为止。 “耶稣又对他们讲一个比喻,是要人常常祷告,不可灰心,说, | |||||
| 某城里有一个审判官,不惧怕神,也不尊重人。 | |||||
| 那城里有个寡妇,常到他那里,说,我有一个对头,求你给我伸冤。 | |||||
| 他多时不肯,后来心里说,我虽不惧怕神,也不尊重人, | |||||
| 只因这寡妇常常搅扰我,我就给她伸冤罢,免得她不断来缠磨我。 | |||||
| 主说,你们听这不义的审判官所说的。 | |||||
| 神的选民昼夜呼吁祂,祂纵然为他们忍耐着,岂不终久给他们伸冤么? | |||||
| 我告诉你们,祂要快快的给他们伸冤了。然而,人子来的时候,在地上找得到信心么? |
Monday, January 31, 2011
小将们的产生
“不要让青少年有判断力。只要给他们汽车摩托车明星、刺激的音乐、流行的服饰,以及
竞争意识就行了。剥夺青少年的思考力,根植他们服从指导者命令的服从心。让他们对
批判国家、社会和领袖抱着一种憎恶。让他们深信那是少数派和异端者的罪恶。让他们
认为想法和大家不同的就是公敌。”
——阿道夫·希特勒
Mottos for Boys
竞争意识就行了。剥夺青少年的思考力,根植他们服从指导者命令的服从心。让他们对
批判国家、社会和领袖抱着一种憎恶。让他们深信那是少数派和异端者的罪恶。让他们
认为想法和大家不同的就是公敌。”
——阿道夫·希特勒
Mottos for Boys
"Live Faithfully, Fight Bravely, and Die Laughing!"
"We were born to die for Germany!"
"You are nothing–your Volk is everything!"
Monday, January 24, 2011
压岁钱的原则
昨天和一位很年轻的朋友聊天,说的他的学费都由他父母出,不过要记在账上,加上3%的利息。 我正想问你打算多久还清,他又告诉我他已经开始还了,是用他投资在他父母的工厂的收益还。 我很好奇,就问:“你投资的本金又出哪里来呢?”
“我的压岁钱呀。”
我从来没有留过压岁钱,每次收到都把“赃款”自动上缴,因为客人都是当着爸妈的面给的。 可我们每一个人每一天又都在收“压岁钱”,这可不是工资或工价,完全是我们并不配得的,是一种从神来的“grace” (恩典)。正如没有一个孩子的压岁钱是和他们一年的行为完全相关,若你姓希尔顿“Hilton”,又在巴黎出生,一次的压岁钱就相当于我们大家一辈子的积蓄。 只是我们常常忘记我们的天分,或者我们的健康,以及我们的家庭,都是神给我们的压岁钱。 祂给我们不是我们当得,而是如同父母先爱了我们,祂也是这样先爱了我们。
我们得了这么多,也就要给的多,使我们的行事为人与这样的爱相配。“她许多的罪都赦免了,因为她爱得多;但那赦免少的,他爱得就少。” (路加福音7:47) 因为“诸天的国又好比一个人要往外国去,就叫了自己的奴仆来,把他的家业交给他们按照各人的才干,个别的给了一个五他连得银子,一个二他连得,一个一他连得,就往外国去了。... 就当把我的银子放给兑换银钱的人,到我来的时候,可以连本带利收回” (马太福音25章)
因着我们所得的压岁钱并不是我们当得的,我们也要活着如同一个“欠债的人” (罗马书1:14),也知道如同主常常赦免我们的罪,我们也当学会赦免我们的弟兄 (因你央求我,我就把你一切所欠的都免了;你岂不应当怜悯和你同作奴仆的,像我怜悯你么。”(马太福音18:33)
在这个压岁钱的原则里,我们就不再自夸,因为都是神的怜悯,“使你与人不同的是谁?你有什么不是领受的?若真是领受的,你为什么夸口,仿佛不是领受的?” (哥林多前书4:6)。 也能够学会怜悯别人,不再自义如法利赛人,因为他们虽献上足够的祭物,“那正义和爱神的事却忽略了。” (路加福音11:42)
愿我们既做那恩典的承受者,也做一个精明的仆人,能把从主领受的加倍偿还给身边需要的人。
“我的压岁钱呀。”
我从来没有留过压岁钱,每次收到都把“赃款”自动上缴,因为客人都是当着爸妈的面给的。 可我们每一个人每一天又都在收“压岁钱”,这可不是工资或工价,完全是我们并不配得的,是一种从神来的“grace” (恩典)。正如没有一个孩子的压岁钱是和他们一年的行为完全相关,若你姓希尔顿“Hilton”,又在巴黎出生,一次的压岁钱就相当于我们大家一辈子的积蓄。 只是我们常常忘记我们的天分,或者我们的健康,以及我们的家庭,都是神给我们的压岁钱。 祂给我们不是我们当得,而是如同父母先爱了我们,祂也是这样先爱了我们。
我们得了这么多,也就要给的多,使我们的行事为人与这样的爱相配。“她许多的罪都赦免了,因为她爱得多;但那赦免少的,他爱得就少。” (路加福音7:47) 因为“诸天的国又好比一个人要往外国去,就叫了自己的奴仆来,把他的家业交给他们按照各人的才干,个别的给了一个五他连得银子,一个二他连得,一个一他连得,就往外国去了。... 就当把我的银子放给兑换银钱的人,到我来的时候,可以连本带利收回” (马太福音25章)
因着我们所得的压岁钱并不是我们当得的,我们也要活着如同一个“欠债的人” (罗马书1:14),也知道如同主常常赦免我们的罪,我们也当学会赦免我们的弟兄 (因你央求我,我就把你一切所欠的都免了;你岂不应当怜悯和你同作奴仆的,像我怜悯你么。”(马太福音18:33)
在这个压岁钱的原则里,我们就不再自夸,因为都是神的怜悯,“使你与人不同的是谁?你有什么不是领受的?若真是领受的,你为什么夸口,仿佛不是领受的?” (哥林多前书4:6)。 也能够学会怜悯别人,不再自义如法利赛人,因为他们虽献上足够的祭物,“那正义和爱神的事却忽略了。” (路加福音11:42)
愿我们既做那恩典的承受者,也做一个精明的仆人,能把从主领受的加倍偿还给身边需要的人。
新单词 Sycophant
sycophant: A servile self-seeker who attempts to win favor by flattering influential
people.
趋炎附势者
people.
趋炎附势者
Saturday, November 27, 2010
读经亮光:神迹还是信心?
“这世代是个邪恶的世代。它寻求神迹,除了约拿的神迹以外,再没有神迹给它” (路加福音11:29)
1. 十二篮:主为什么在五饼二鱼食饱5千人以后留12篮?我们都知道是给他的12个门徒留的。若只是如此,主耶稣就仅仅展示了祂的丰富。但主永远不会只是为着神迹而行神迹,是要叫他们知道,主是有预备的,12篮是要加添他们的信心。 “你们要给人,就必有给你们的,用十足的量器,连摇带按,上尖下流的倒在你们怀里。” (路加福音6:38)
2. ”你不可告诉人” 与“你的信心救了你”: 在福音书里,当主耶稣医治人以后,常常会说这两句话。仔细读过我们就会发现,凡不是出于信心的医治都是主“动了慈心”,但主“知道人里面的是什么”,所以祂不需要神迹的见证,而是信心的见证。当我们为主为真理做见证的时候,“若不是出于信心的就要切记“不可告诉人”,因为我们的见证还在罪中。主实在不希望我们眼中只看到一个又一个的神迹奇事,而是认识到祂是谁,认识到“这是主”(It is the Lord)。 正如约翰福音所记:“当耶稣在耶路撒冷过逾越节的时候,有许多人看见祂所行的神迹,就信入祂的名。耶稣却不将自己信托他们,因为祂知道每一个人。也用不着谁见证人怎样,因祂知道在人里面的是什么。”(约翰福音2:23-25)
不是出于信心的神迹:
(1)睚鲁的女儿:“耶稣嘱咐他们,不要把所发生的事告诉人。” 因为“他们明知她已经死了,就嗤笑耶稣。” 他们把主耶稣当作一个医生而已,医生可以救还没死的人,救不了已经死了的。
(2)满身患痲疯的人:主医治他的麻风病是因为他面伏于地,求主说,”主阿,你若肯,必能叫我洁净了。” 他还没有信心主肯不肯,主对他的医治就只是洁净他的疾病而已,“你不可告诉人”。
(3)毕士大的瘫子:瘫痪了38年得医治,却不是因为有信心,而是主的怜悯。“看哪,你已经痊愈了,不要再犯罪,恐怕你遭遇的更加厉害。”
出于信心和认识主是神的儿子的神迹
(1)相比之下,患12年血漏的女人,凭着信心摸主的衣坠就得了医治,主还专门从拥挤的人群中把她找出来,说“女儿,你的信救了你,平平安安的走罢!”
(2)对另一位两次被主赶出鬼的,因为他认识主是谁,主耶稣甚至说:“你回家去,述说神为你作了何等大的事。”,因为这位被鬼附过身的喊过“至高神的儿子耶稣,我与你何干?求你不要叫我受苦。”
1. 十二篮:主为什么在五饼二鱼食饱5千人以后留12篮?我们都知道是给他的12个门徒留的。若只是如此,主耶稣就仅仅展示了祂的丰富。但主永远不会只是为着神迹而行神迹,是要叫他们知道,主是有预备的,12篮是要加添他们的信心。 “你们要给人,就必有给你们的,用十足的量器,连摇带按,上尖下流的倒在你们怀里。” (路加福音6:38)
2. ”你不可告诉人” 与“你的信心救了你”: 在福音书里,当主耶稣医治人以后,常常会说这两句话。仔细读过我们就会发现,凡不是出于信心的医治都是主“动了慈心”,但主“知道人里面的是什么”,所以祂不需要神迹的见证,而是信心的见证。当我们为主为真理做见证的时候,“若不是出于信心的就要切记“不可告诉人”,因为我们的见证还在罪中。主实在不希望我们眼中只看到一个又一个的神迹奇事,而是认识到祂是谁,认识到“这是主”(It is the Lord)。 正如约翰福音所记:“当耶稣在耶路撒冷过逾越节的时候,有许多人看见祂所行的神迹,就信入祂的名。耶稣却不将自己信托他们,因为祂知道每一个人。也用不着谁见证人怎样,因祂知道在人里面的是什么。”(约翰福音2:23-25)
不是出于信心的神迹:
(1)睚鲁的女儿:“耶稣嘱咐他们,不要把所发生的事告诉人。” 因为“他们明知她已经死了,就嗤笑耶稣。” 他们把主耶稣当作一个医生而已,医生可以救还没死的人,救不了已经死了的。
(2)满身患痲疯的人:主医治他的麻风病是因为他面伏于地,求主说,”主阿,你若肯,必能叫我洁净了。” 他还没有信心主肯不肯,主对他的医治就只是洁净他的疾病而已,“你不可告诉人”。
(3)毕士大的瘫子:瘫痪了38年得医治,却不是因为有信心,而是主的怜悯。“看哪,你已经痊愈了,不要再犯罪,恐怕你遭遇的更加厉害。”
出于信心和认识主是神的儿子的神迹
(1)相比之下,患12年血漏的女人,凭着信心摸主的衣坠就得了医治,主还专门从拥挤的人群中把她找出来,说“女儿,你的信救了你,平平安安的走罢!”
(2)对另一位两次被主赶出鬼的,因为他认识主是谁,主耶稣甚至说:“你回家去,述说神为你作了何等大的事。”,因为这位被鬼附过身的喊过“至高神的儿子耶稣,我与你何干?求你不要叫我受苦。”
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Homer Simpson's Quotes
Operator! Give me the number for 911!
Bart, with $10,000, we'd be millionaires! We could buy all kinds of useful things like...love!
I'm normally not a praying man, but if you're up there, please save me Superman.
Son, if you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now quiet! They're about to announce the lottery numbers.
Well, it's 1 a.m. Better go home and spend some quality time with the kids.
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene.'
Marge, don't discourage the boy! Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals! Except the weasel.
You know, boys, a nuclear reactor is a lot like a woman. You just have to read the manual and press the right buttons.
Lisa, if you don't like your job you don't strike. You just go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way.
Son, when you participate in sporting events, it's not whether you win or lose: it's how drunk you get.
I'm going to the back seat of my car, with the woman I love, and I won't be back for ten minutes!
[Meeting Aliens] Please don't eat me! I have a wife and kids. Eat them!
What do we need a psychiatrist for? We know our kid is nuts.
Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
When I look at the smiles on all the children's faces, I just know they're about to jab me with something.
I'm not a bad guy! I work hard, and I love my kids. So why should I spend half my Sunday hearing about how I'm going to Hell?
Getting out of jury duty is easy. The trick is to say you're prejudiced against all races.
It's not easy to juggle a pregnant wife and a troubled child, but somehow I managed to fit in eight hours of TV a day.
I want to share something with you: The three little sentences that will get you through life. Number 1: Cover for me. Number 2: Oh, good idea, Boss! Number 3: It was like that when I got here.
Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. 14% of people know that.
How is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain. Remember when I took that home winemaking course, and I forgot how to drive?
Television! Teacher, mother, secret lover.
If something goes wrong at the plant, blame the guy who can't speak English.
I like my beer cold, my TV loud and my homosexuals flaming.
[Looking at a globe map...country being Uruguay]
Hee hee! Look at this country! 'You-are-gay.'
Dad, you've done a lot of great things, but you're a very old man, and old people are useless.
But Marge, what if we chose the wrong religion? Each week we just make God madder and madder.
I think Smithers picked me because of my motivational skills. Everyone says they have to work a lot harder when I'm around.
That's it! You people have stood in my way long enough. I'm going to clown college!
Beer: The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.
If something's hard to do, then it's not worth doing
I'm in no condition to drive...wait! I shouldn't listen to myself, I'm drunk!
'To Start Press Any Key'. Where's the ANY key?
Bart, with $10,000, we'd be millionaires! We could buy all kinds of useful things like...love!
I'm normally not a praying man, but if you're up there, please save me Superman.
Son, if you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now quiet! They're about to announce the lottery numbers.
Well, it's 1 a.m. Better go home and spend some quality time with the kids.
Maybe, just once, someone will call me 'Sir' without adding, 'You're making a scene.'
Marge, don't discourage the boy! Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals! Except the weasel.
You know, boys, a nuclear reactor is a lot like a woman. You just have to read the manual and press the right buttons.
Lisa, if you don't like your job you don't strike. You just go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way.
Son, when you participate in sporting events, it's not whether you win or lose: it's how drunk you get.
I'm going to the back seat of my car, with the woman I love, and I won't be back for ten minutes!
[Meeting Aliens] Please don't eat me! I have a wife and kids. Eat them!
What do we need a psychiatrist for? We know our kid is nuts.
Kids, you tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is, never try.
When I look at the smiles on all the children's faces, I just know they're about to jab me with something.
I'm not a bad guy! I work hard, and I love my kids. So why should I spend half my Sunday hearing about how I'm going to Hell?
Getting out of jury duty is easy. The trick is to say you're prejudiced against all races.
It's not easy to juggle a pregnant wife and a troubled child, but somehow I managed to fit in eight hours of TV a day.
I want to share something with you: The three little sentences that will get you through life. Number 1: Cover for me. Number 2: Oh, good idea, Boss! Number 3: It was like that when I got here.
Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. 14% of people know that.
How is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain. Remember when I took that home winemaking course, and I forgot how to drive?
Television! Teacher, mother, secret lover.
If something goes wrong at the plant, blame the guy who can't speak English.
I like my beer cold, my TV loud and my homosexuals flaming.
[Looking at a globe map...country being Uruguay]
Hee hee! Look at this country! 'You-are-gay.'
Dad, you've done a lot of great things, but you're a very old man, and old people are useless.
But Marge, what if we chose the wrong religion? Each week we just make God madder and madder.
I think Smithers picked me because of my motivational skills. Everyone says they have to work a lot harder when I'm around.
That's it! You people have stood in my way long enough. I'm going to clown college!
Beer: The cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.
If something's hard to do, then it's not worth doing
I'm in no condition to drive...wait! I shouldn't listen to myself, I'm drunk!
'To Start Press Any Key'. Where's the ANY key?
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