Day 52
誰能分辨真理
雷克-喬納 Rick Joyner
翻譯：Kate
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當我們追求在神的話語中紮根的時候，我們需要瞭解導致真理的基本聖經原則，而最重要的是，引到祂是真理。分辨真理的基本要求見於主在馬太福音11:25中所做的陳述：

那時，耶穌說：父啊，天地的主，我感謝你！因為你將這些事向聰明通達人就藏起來，向嬰孩就顯出來。

正如主耶穌自己所宣稱的，不成熟的人遠比聰明睿智的人更有可能理解聖經。大多數對聖經的巨大歪曲都來自於那些認為他們對聖經有超強洞察力的人，因為他們有智慧和智力。這是否意味著我們應該尋求保持精神上的不成熟？當然不是。然而，我們必須明白，真正的屬靈成熟度具有像孩子一樣的品質。主在馬太福音第18章第3節中也說過：

"我實在告訴你們，你們若不回轉，變成小孩子的樣式，斷不得進天國。"

孩子是受教的。受教是謙遜的基本品質之一。雅各書4:6告訴我們："但他賜更多的恩典，所以經上說：神阻擋驕傲的人，賜恩給謙卑的人。"。神的方法比我們的方法高得多。為了讓我們理解祂，或祂的話語，我們必須保持謙卑、受教的態度。

在經文中，神的話語被稱為生命之河。一條河是不斷流動的，不斷地走向某處。如果我們留在那條河裡，我們也會不斷流動，不斷前進。哥林多前書2:10告訴我們："只有神藉著聖靈向我們顯明了，因為聖靈參透萬事，就是神深奧的事也參透了。"如果我們跟隨聖靈，我們就會更深入。即使是基本教義的知識也會為我們擴大，因為我們會瞭解祂的方法的深度。然而，它們決不應擴大到超出聖經本身所能明確確立的範圍。在所有事情上，我們必須始終回到 "經上所寫"（見馬太福音4:4）。

Day 52
Who Can Discern Truth
Rick Joyner

As we pursue sinking our roots deeper into God's Word, we need to understand the basic biblical principles that lead to truth, and most of all, lead to Him who is the Truth. A fundamental requirement for discerning the truth is found in the remarkable statement made by the Lord in Matthew 11:25:

At that time Jesus answered and said, "I praise Thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that Thou didst hide these things from the wise and intelligent and didst reveal them to babes.

As the Lord Jesus Himself declares, the immature are far more likely to have a greater understanding of the Scriptures than the wise and intelligent. Most of the great perversions of Scripture have come from those who believed that they had a superior insight into the Scriptures because of their wisdom and intelligence. Does this mean that we should seek to stay spiritually immature? Of course not. However, we must understand that true spiritual maturity has qualities that are childlike. The Lord also said in Matthew 18:3:

"Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you shall not enter the kingdom of heaven."

A child is teachable. Being teachable is one of the basic qualities of humility. In James 4:6 we are told, "But He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, 'God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble."' God's ways are much higher than our ways. In order for us to understand Him, or His Word, we must keep a humble, teachable attitude.

In Scripture, the Word of God is called a river of life. A river is ever flowing, continually going somewhere. If we remain in that river we too will be ever flowing, moving forward. As we are told in I Corinthians 2:10: "For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God." If we are following the Spirit, we will be going deeper. Even the knowledge of basic doctrines will be expanding for us as we come to understand the depth of His ways. However, they should never expand beyond what can clearly be established by the Scriptures themselves. In all things we must always come back to "It is written" (see Matthew 4:4).