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8 Sodom and Gomorrah

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1. Oh man! Today's OT reading took my breath away. Abraham's intercessions really showed his compassion, the destroying of Sodom and Gomorrah gave me a taste of God's judgement, the dramatic finale of Lot's family was astonishing. How could you not love today's reading?
2. Today's lesson for me: get rid of the log in my eye first.  
3. Psalm 8! God's creation from a king's viewpoint. One of my favorite paslms.
4. It has been a while in Proverbs for us to read again and again, wisdom is from knowledge, which is from the fear of the LORD.
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-凡凡- 回複 悄悄話 每日靈修 -- 01/08
http://blog.wenxuecity.com/blogview.php?date=200709&postID=33082
(今天陽光天堂裏的詩歌是“一生愛你”,正是好友小小艾唱過的,好感動啊!。。。。也讓我想起了好夥伴和老朋友們,凡凡衷心地祝福你們!!願主的恩惠和平安一直保守和祝福你們!!)

創世記 18:16-19:38
今天的靈修版裏有段非常有意思的注釋,是我以前也產生誤會的----
神改變了亞伯拉罕的心意,使他更明白神。我願讓神改變我的心意嗎?
18:20-18:33 亞伯拉罕改變了神的心意嗎?當然沒有。其實是神改變了亞伯拉罕的心意。亞伯拉罕知道神是公義的,並且要刑罰罪,但他有可能懷疑神的慈愛。他似乎想探測神的心意,要知道他究竟有多少憐憫。他與神交談後,相信他是慈愛公義的。我們的禱告不會改變神的心意,但是可以幫助我們明白他的心意,並改變我們的心意。。。。神不是以毀滅惡人為樂,但他必要消滅罪惡。神既公義又有憐憫,我們要因他的慈愛臨到我們而感謝他。。。。神給予所多瑪城的人一個公平的測試。他並非漠視他們的惡行,隻是耐心地、公平地給他們悔改的最後機會。現在,神仍在等候,賜人回轉歸向他的機會(參彼後3:9)。聰明的人會在神懲罰罪惡以前,就歸向他。

其實看到羅得竟然可以將女兒交出去任人蹂躪,真是可恨之極!神要毀滅的所多瑪真的是惡貫滿盈,連羅得和他一家(後來兩個女兒和父親羅得亂倫)也被玷汙了啊!

再轉載一段關於羅得妻子回頭的注釋,也是令人警醒!-----
19:26 羅得的妻子回頭看那焚燒著的城市,對過去依依不舍,不願意完全撇下。當你想更親近神的時候,是否還在回頭望,想留在罪中呢?不放棄舊的生命,我們跟神的關係就不會有甚麽進展。耶穌說:“一個人不能事奉兩個主。”(太6:24)

馬太福音 6:25-7:14
寶貴金句!!
---你們要先求他的國,和他的義。這些東西都要加給你們了。
所以不要為明天憂慮。因為明天自有明天的憂慮。一天的難處一天當就夠了。

--- 你們不要論斷人,免得你們被論斷。
--- 你們祈求,就給你們。尋梢,就尋見。叩門,就給你們開門。
--- 引到永生,那門是窄的,路是小的,找著的人也少。

十字架的道路是艱難的,路是窄小的,但是這條路上有神的恩膏,隻要我們堅定地走下去,相信聖靈必定幫助我們,使我們越走越輕省,越走越喜樂,越走道路越明亮和寬廣!

詩篇 8:1-8:9
你因敵人的緣故,從嬰孩和吃奶的口中,建立了能力,使仇敵和報仇的,閉口無言。--- 神在我們的軟弱中顯出剛強!

人算什麽,你竟顧念他。世人算什麽,你竟眷顧他。你叫他比天使微小一點,並賜他榮耀尊貴為冠冕。---感謝神!你的慈愛何其寬廣和高深,讓我無法測度,我隻想滿心地感謝你、不住地讚美你!

箴言 2:6-2:15
耶和華賜人智慧。知識和聰明,都由他口而出。-- 啊,我要向神求智慧,每時每刻!

荒漠甘泉 01/08
神一切的祝福聯在一起,如一條金鏈一般,一一降下。如果他給我們得救的恩典,他也要給我們得勝的恩典。恩典上還要加上恩典。他的祝福真如甘霖一般。---求神給我智慧和啟示的靈,讓我更多明白神的恩典和旨意,並更多地信靠你,阿門!


寒江雪~ 回複 悄悄話 To 提摩太: 感謝你的鼓勵和幫助。"路漫漫其修遠兮。。。",我們需要再接再厲:))))
To ~蓑笠翁: 別鬆勁兒啊!風雨兼程!:)))
提摩太 回複 悄悄話 Good job 寒江雪~ and ~蓑笠翁! There are only 51 weeks ahead of us :)!

Punishment? The offsprings of Lot's two daughters were Moabites and Ammonites, two enemies of Israelites. They were against the LORD.
~蓑笠翁 回複 悄悄話 敬佩亞伯拉罕和神談判的勇氣,也同樣感慨神沒有忘記羅得,沒有忘記對亞伯拉罕的應許。

馬太這一段是我最喜歡的章節之一,無論對基督徒還是非基督徒都有向導作用。百讀不厭。

“When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,

What is man that you are mindful of him,
the son of man that you care for him? ”

人算什麽,你竟顧念他?Praises to the Lord!

I want to follow the straight paths, not to walk in the dark ways.....May Lord grant me the wisdom!



寒江雪~ 回複 悄悄話 Genesis 18:16-19:38
Question about "Lot and His Daughters" - Did they get any punishment for what they did described in this chapter?
寒江雪~ 回複 悄悄話 Matthew 6:25-7:14 made the deep impression on me:
1.Do Not Worry: do not worry about your life,...Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life. - Like this positive attitude towards life. Worry is useless at all. Setup your goal and go straight to it with full confidence!
2.Ask, Seek, Knock: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. - The motivation is the important and basic source to a successful life!
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