做真实的人

Dec 20, 2023

你们好像粉饰的坟墓。(马太福音23:27)

玛丽贝思·瓦伦(Marybeth Whalen)写道:“油刷工人把通向楼下的墙刷了一遍。一星期之后我发现,虽然墙被重新粉刷过,但我们的习惯并没有改变。孩子们还是在墙上拖着他们的脏手,把干净的白墙变成肮脏的灰墙。就像那道墙,如果不小心,我可以把里面的东西遮盖住……穿着基督徒的T恤,带着《圣经》,微笑着,好像一切都顺利,侃侃而谈我与主同行。然而,深藏的陋习,当生活变得混乱时就会显露出来……我会变成一个现代的法利赛人,专注于粉饰,而忽略内在肮脏的东西。”在圣经时代,坟墓的外面会被粉饰,以遮盖里面的死人和朽烂。耶稣告诉法利赛人:“你们虚有公义的外表,内心却充满了各种的虚伪和罪恶。”(马太福音23:28)我们可能会排斥恩典、怜悯和同情,像法利赛人那样说:“‘上帝啊!我感谢你,因为我不像别人那样勒索、不义、通奸,也不像这税吏。”(路加福音18:11)我们生活在以貌取人的社会,耶稣明白因专注于外表,而非属灵状况,所带来的危险。因此,你怎么做才能避免呢?一、效法耶稣。祂专门服侍那些心灵破碎、被人遗忘、失落孤单的人。二、谨记,虽身为基督徒,但你在某方面仍然会有挣扎。三、求上帝对你显明哪些行为模式是外表的粉饰,而非发自内心的。四、与通透人为友,在你跌倒时,他们能扶起你,鼓励你去做真实的自己。

The Word for Today is authored by Bob and Debby Gass and published under licence from UCB International Copyright © 2023

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