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Jul 21, 2024

“但以理决心不用王的膳食和酒,以免玷污自己。”(但以理书1:8)

但以理有什么问题?享用巴比伦国的御膳饮食有何不妥?大多数人靠粗茶淡饭过活,而但以理实则有机会像国王一样锦衣玉食。为什么要苛刻自己呢?如果你深入了解当时的文化实情,更多因素显出重重危机。巴比伦人用盛宴祭拜他们的神明;所以,无论何时赴宴入席,你不仅是参与用餐,并且表示一种膜拜行为。皇室御膳事先就已用于祭拜异教神明;对一位坚信上帝的犹太少年而言,赴宴意味着损害他的身份。饮用他们的饭食,就等于膜拜他们的神明。在但以理看来,此举已越雷池,岌岌可危。坐席会败坏他的人格,他不会这么做。你不是在重压时才铸就信仰,而要未雨绸缪。你要居安思危,决意在逆境中你的作为或者不作为。《诗篇》作者说:“青年如何保持纯洁呢?就是要遵守你(上帝)的话。我全心全意地寻求你,求你不要让我偏离你的命令。我把你的话珍藏在心中,免得我得罪你。”(诗篇119:9-11)这三条宣言囊括了得胜的基督徒生活:一、遵守上帝的话;二、全心全意地寻求上帝;三、把上帝的话珍藏在心里。

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

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