【2012 ∕ 12 ∕ 22】
QT:不是用言語和舌頭,而是用生活和行動(約翰一書03:13—03:24)
[生命泉源]
03:13 — | 弟兄們,世人若恨你們,不要以為希奇。 Do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you. |
03:14 — | 我們因為愛弟兄,就曉得是已經出死入生了。沒有愛心的,仍住在死中。 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. Anyone who does not love remains in death. |
03:15 — | 凡恨他弟兄的,就是殺人的;你們曉得凡殺人的,沒有永生存在他裏面。 Anyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life in him. |
03:16 — | 主為我們捨命,我們從此就知道何為愛;我們也當為弟兄捨命。 This is how we know what love is:Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers. |
03:17 — | 凡有世上財物的,看見弟兄窮乏,卻塞住憐恤的心,愛神的心怎能存在他裏面呢? If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? |
03:18 — | 小子們哪,我們相愛,不要只在言語和舌頭上,總要在行為和誠實上。 Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth. |
03:19 — | 從此就知道我們是屬真理的,並且我們的心在神面前可以安穩。 This then is how we know that we belong to the truth, and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence |
03:20 — | 我們的心若責備我們,神比我們的心大,一切事沒有不知道的。 whenever our hearts condemn us. For God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. |
03:21 — | 親愛的弟兄啊,我們的心若不責備我們,就可以向神坦然無懼了。 Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God |
03:22 — | 並且我們一切所求的,就從他得著;因為我們遵守他的命令,行他所喜悅的事。 and receive from him anything we ask, because we obey his commands and do what pleases him. |
03:23 — | 神的命令就是叫我們信他兒子耶穌基督的名,且照他所賜給我們的命令彼此相愛。 And this is his command:to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us. |
03:24 — | 遵守神命令的,就住在神裏面;神也住在他裏面。我們所以知道神住在我們裏面是因他所賜給我們的聖靈。 Those who obey his commands live in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us:We know it by the Spirit he gave us. |
省 思 語— | 誰是我再怎麼努力也很難去愛的人?理由為何?停止厭惡與憤怒,並用愛去包容的秘訣是什麼? |