上帝的手掌管万有

Aug 28, 2024

……至高者主宰世上万国,祂要把国赐给谁就赐给谁。(但以理书4:25)

作为相信《圣经》的人,以下三个词不应出现在你的字典里:运气、巧合和命运。用“上帝的眷顾”(也即上帝的旨意——译者注)来取代它们;“上帝的眷顾”意为“预先看见并做了准备”。写于十七世纪的《韦斯敏德公认信条》(The Westminster Confession of Faith)这样陈述:“上帝,万物的伟大创造者,以祂至高的智慧和至圣的旨意来维系、引导、管理、治理所有受造物、行为,以及事物,从最大的到最小的。”这意味着是上帝在掌管一切,而不是我们。那我们人类的意志呢?我们不能独立行事吗?神学家斯普罗博士(R. C. Sproul)写道:“上帝至高无上的旨意超越于我们的行为。祂通过人类意志的行为来成就祂的旨意,却又不侵犯其意志的自由。”想想约瑟。他的哥哥们试图杀害他,但他们的图谋却把他送到了埃及的宝座上,成就了上帝的旨意。后来他说:“从前你们是要加害于我,但上帝有祂的美意,祂借此保全许多人的性命,正如今日的光景。”(创世记50:20)犹大那极其邪恶的行为促成了有史以来最荣耀之事的发生——基督在十字架上为我们赎罪。你是否为周围所发生的事情感到困惑?原因之一是我们只使用了心智潜能的10%。另外,保罗也指出“我们现在知道的有限。”(哥林多前书13:9)我们到了天家时,上帝可能会,也可能不会就这一切做出解释。在这之前,让我们信靠祂。欢欣吧,因为上帝的手掌管万有,这当中就包括你!

The Word for Today is authored by Bob and Debby Gass and published under licence from UCB International Copyright © 2024

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