0725 我是如此有福嗎？
有福了…《馬太福音 5:3-11》
當我們首次讀到耶穌的陳述，它們似乎異常簡單且不起眼，悄然沉入我們的潛意識裡面。例如，登山八福最初似乎只是給過於屬靈和看似無用之人的安慰和美麗的準則，但在我們生活的世界裡嚴格、快節奏的工作日中，幾乎沒有實際的用處。然而，我們很快發現登山八福含有聖靈的「炸藥」。當我們的生活環境導致它們「爆炸」時，他們就被引爆了。當聖靈讓我們想起八福的其中一條時，我們會說：「這是多麼令人震驚的說辭啊！」然後我們必須決定是否接受這巨大的靈性動蕩，如果我們順服祂的話，這動蕩就會在我們的環境中產生了；這就是神的靈做工的方式。我們不需要重生才能應用登山寶訓字面上的話，登山寶訓的字面解讀就像兒童遊戲一樣簡單。但是，當神的靈將我們主的話語應用到我們的環境中時，聖靈的解說是聖徒嚴格而困難的工作。
與我們天然看待事物的方式相比，耶穌的教導是不成比例的，而且它們最初帶給我們的是令人驚訝的不舒服。當聖靈將它們應用到我們的環境中時，我們逐漸必須使我們的言行舉止符合耶穌基督的準則。登山寶訓不是一套規則和條例，而是一幅當聖靈在我們裡面暢行無阻，我們生活的圖畫。
來自章伯斯的智慧
耶穌基督可以承受被誤解；我們不能。我們的弱點在於總是想要為自己辯護。《幫助之地》
0725 Am I Blessed Like This?
Blessed are…–Matthew 5:3-11
When we first read the statements of Jesus, they seem wonderfully simple and unstartling, and they sink unnoticed into our subconscious minds. For instance, the Beatitudes initially seem to be merely soothing and beautiful precepts for overly spiritual and seemingly useless people, but of very little practical use in the rigid, fast-paced workdays of the world in which we live. We soon find, however, that the Beatitudes contain the “dynamite” of the Holy Spirit. And they “explode” when the circumstances of our lives cause them to do so. When the Holy Spirit brings to our remembrance one of the Beatitudes, we say, “What a startling statement that is!” Then we must decide whether or not we will accept the tremendous spiritual upheaval that will be produced in our circumstances if we obey His words. That is the way the Spirit of God works. We do not need to be born again to apply the Sermon on the Mount literally. The literal interpretation of the Sermon on the Mount is as easy as child’s play. But the interpretation by the Spirit of God as He applies our Lord’s statements to our circumstances is the strict and difficult work of a saint.
The teachings of Jesus are all out of proportion when compared to our natural way of looking at things, and they come to us initially with astonishing discomfort. We gradually have to conform our walk and conversation to the precepts of Jesus Christ as the Holy Spirit applies them to our circumstances. The Sermon on the Mount is not a set of rules and regulations— it is a picture of the life we will live when the Holy Spirit is having His unhindered way with us.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
Jesus Christ can afford to be misunderstood; we cannot. Our weakness lies in always wanting to vindicate ourselves. 《The Place of Help》