禰真偉大
信仰帶領生活
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1. A new chapter starts today. Genesis can be divided into the following sections:
- Prehistorical time, ch.1-11, including creation, fall, flood, Babel
- Patriarch time, ch.12-36, including Abraham, Isaac, Jacob
- 12 tribes of Israel, ch. 37-50, mainly Joseph
Stories about Joseph are amazing. I can't wait to read it.
Today there are two things that made me think:
A. Judah & Tamar. Things they did seemed very odd to me. Mike put it in the correct way -- this made me look deeply into my own heart. Before I question their behavior, maybe I should question myself. There are so many things that I did were 10 times worse.
B. Being honest (or at most a little bit proud) almost put Joseph to death.
Tough material to read.
2. Jesus proclaimed his true identity and predicted his resurrection after 3-day death. He is the son of God!
3. "You have made known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence,
with eternal pleasures at your right hand." -- yes, please strengthen me with your word.
4. "Do not"s, as important as "Do"s, are something that I don't follow everyday.
- Prehistorical time, ch.1-11, including creation, fall, flood, Babel
- Patriarch time, ch.12-36, including Abraham, Isaac, Jacob
- 12 tribes of Israel, ch. 37-50, mainly Joseph
Stories about Joseph are amazing. I can't wait to read it.
Today there are two things that made me think:
A. Judah & Tamar. Things they did seemed very odd to me. Mike put it in the correct way -- this made me look deeply into my own heart. Before I question their behavior, maybe I should question myself. There are so many things that I did were 10 times worse.
B. Being honest (or at most a little bit proud) almost put Joseph to death.
Tough material to read.
2. Jesus proclaimed his true identity and predicted his resurrection after 3-day death. He is the son of God!
3. "You have made known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence,
with eternal pleasures at your right hand." -- yes, please strengthen me with your word.
4. "Do not"s, as important as "Do"s, are something that I don't follow everyday.
約瑟長大，他是誠實蒙福的孩子，遭哥哥們嫉妒，被賣到埃及為奴。
靈修版裏一段注釋很有意思，是我不曾想到的，即雅各自己在過去犯罪的事實上要承擔責任和報應---
37:31-37:35 約瑟的哥哥們為掩飾自己的惡行，就欺騙父親，使他以為約瑟已經死了。雅各曾經多次欺騙別人，也包括他的父親（參27:35）。他雖然蒙神祝福，但仍然要麵對犯罪的報應。雅各欺騙別人，神沒有即時懲罰他，但他始終要承受犯罪的惡果，這惡果將一直伴隨著他的餘生。
馬太福音 12:22-12:45
1）耶穌醫病趕鬼行神跡，法利賽人卻說他是靠鬼趕鬼，耶穌有力地駁斥了他們，並說“人一切的罪，和褻瀆的話，都可得赦免。惟獨褻瀆聖靈，總不得赦免。 ”-- 我想若人褻瀆聖靈，本身也無法靠聖靈從罪裏得救，當然罪就無法被赦免。
2）善人從他心裏所存的善，就發出善來。惡人從他心裏所存的惡，就發出惡來。。。。要憑你的話定你為義，也要憑你的話，定你有罪。--- 言從心生，我們要有潔淨和敬虔的心，才能發出榮神益人的話語。末世審判時要以我們的話語來審判，我們在世時可一定要求神保守我們的言行啊！
3）汙鬼離開人後帶領更多的鬼進入那已經清空的人的房間裏。這是叫人警醒的比喻--若我們的心靈隻是被清空，而沒有被真理的聖靈充滿，那麽就給邪靈留了地步，一切邪靈都可以占據我們的心靈，這是極其危險的！求神的慈愛和公義充滿我們，填補和醫治我們心靈的破口。
詩篇 16:1-16:11
神啊，這也是我的禱告--
神阿，求你保佑我，因為我投靠你。
你是我的主。我的好處不在你以外。
神啊，謝謝你看我是又美又善，是你最喜悅的。
耶和華是我的產業，你使我的心歡喜，我的靈快樂。
神啊，謝謝你！因你必將生命的道路指示我。
在你的麵前有滿足的喜樂。
在你右手中有永遠的福樂。
阿門！
箴言 3:27-3:32
你手若有行善的力量，不可推辭，就當向那應得的人施行。
乖僻人為耶和華所憎惡。正直人為他所親密。
--耶和華喜悅正直慈愛施憐憫的人。
荒漠甘泉 01/18
在人顯著的失敗中，神得著最完全的勝利。
親愛的，今天在你的生活中若是正有一個極大的試煉，不要氣餒，自認失敗，仍要繼續用信心藉著那能使你得勝有餘的主宣告勝利，榮耀的勝利立刻就要來了。我們應當知道：在一切神應許我們進入的艱難中，神在替我們造成機會，使我們在他裏麵學習信心的功課，藉著主基督誇勝，大大榮耀他自己的名。
--- 感謝神！這是何等美好的信息！隻要信靠耶穌，就能得勝，而且得勝有餘！
1. I think honesty wins God's praise, but there are different ways, which lead to totally different results. :)
2. "Right hand" in Hebrew ritual means more superior.
To comment on your comments: Thanks for the observation of *our* ways of reading bible. I don't think you need to change. Just pick a comfortable way and keep going -- the ultimate goal is to be strong enough to stick to our schedule and finish the whole bible in one year. I am sure something wonderful will happen in our lives by the end of 2007! Do you believe?
Q: Sorry, I forgot who was Joseph's mom?
-- This is the first time I read Joseph's story. It made me think about "honest". Joseph was very honest to tell the truth in his dream. He was almost killed by this honest. How should we deal with this in our everyday life?
-- 感慨“本是同根生，相煎何太急”
Psalm 16
11 You have made [e] known to me the path of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence,
with eternal pleasures at your right hand.
Q: - Why it said the eternal pleasures at his "right" hand?
Proverbs 3:27-32
- Wonderful proverbs. Like it very much! Do it if you are able to help now! It is very positive attitude with full confidence!
TO：提摩太and~蓑笠翁:
真高興有機會和你們一起學習聖經。過去的模式是我們讀提問題，牧師解答或導讀。但這半個月我們是一起同步學習的。在學習交流的過程中，我注意到了你們基督徒學習的思路和落腳點有別於我這個非基督徒：）。我主要是讀書，讀曆史讀故事。你們則是把它作為一個生活的準則，一種精神的食糧。思考的角度也就不一樣了。你們每天讀後都會對照自己的言行，從而調整自己。。。。這對我很有啟發！和你們分享一下我對你們學習方法的感受！
Psalm: Like this verse:
LORD, you have assigned me my portion and my cup; you have made my lot secure.
-------Enjoy and appreciate what we have today, they are all from God!
Provers: I feel today's reading is special for me. Yesterday I accused somebody for no reasons...... :) God instructed me with his words! Gained a lot from today's reading.
First impression is that parents shouldn't treat children differently which will cause troubles in the future. And the teenage Joseph(I guess) was not wise enough to tell his dreams!
Don't like the story about Judah but agree with Timothy and Mike's comments.
要好好向你學習。
你的博客真是一個美好的鼓勵！