大使命17
聖經是我們的珍寶
在路加福音六章46節，主問了一個與門徒有關的終極問題：
你們為什麼稱呼我主啊，主啊，卻不遵我的話行呢？
遵主的話行先要從知道祂說什麼開始；並沒有很多人對祂所說的話在乎到去找聖經查閱。要成為真門徒是一條非常寂寞的路，即使我們是最棒教會的一份子。倘若你願意持守忠心，你終將發現地上最棒的團契，其也和天上最棒的團契連結。在這世代末了將會有榮耀的新婦，而你會是其中一員。
我聽過人們不讀聖經最主要的說法，就是他們很難瞭解聖經。事實證明他們並沒有努力嘗試瞭解，因為聖經大部分的內容就連小孩都很容易瞭解。就算有一些內容連最成熟的人都很難瞭解，但我們也會做一些其他我們在乎卻很難的事情。倘若我們真的在乎，倘若主真的是我們首要的愛，我們會不屈不撓跨越困難，尋求明白祂的旨意，然後遵行。
主對於一般行為的旨意在聖經裡清楚明瞭又易懂，這卻不是明白祂旨意的全部。甚至在舊約裡，幾乎每次勸誡人們遵行祂的命令時，都會加上『留意聽祂的聲音』。就連在律法之下，人們都被要求認得主的聲音，遵行祂的命令和聲音，我們也同樣如此被要求。
在新約中也有些要求，雖然不多，但仍有一些。只有聖經用來建造教義，只要真正愛耶穌的人，也會愛祂的話語，委身於健全的教義。我們必須認得主的聲音，好明白我們個人的指引，有時是團體的指引。在約翰福音十章告訴我們，主的羊認得祂的聲音，他們是因為認得祂的聲音而跟隨祂。每一位基督徒都有責任明白信仰的教義，並認得主的聲音。
再一次，那些沒有尋求認得主聲音的人說很難聽見，他們常常以那些聽見主聲音而犯錯的人為例。倘若我們非常想要一樣東西，即便很難我們也會去做，那我們為何如此輕易放棄此呢？我們放棄只可能因為祂不是我們首要的愛。你絕不會放棄你所愛的，哥林多前書十三章說：『愛是永不止息』也可以翻譯成『愛是永不放棄』。
這些事很難是有其目的的，為了要辨真偽。那些真正愛神的人會不惜一切代價找出祂的旨意，然後遵行。那會是他們生命中的主要追求和焦點。
任何削弱我們對神追求的事物都是偶像，任何取代我們對神信靠的事物也是偶像。正如主摧毀埃及一切偶像是為了釋放祂的百姓得自由，埃及在先知性比喻中代表世界。主正在震動全世界，當祂要再次釋放祂的百姓自由時，祂會摧毀世上一切的偶像。上述路加福音六章接下來的經文是（47-49節）：
凡到我這裡來，聽見我的話就去行的，我要告訴你們他像什麼人：
他像一個人蓋房子，深深的挖地，把根基安在磐石上；到發大水的時候，水沖那房子，房子總不能搖動，因為根基立在磐石上（有古卷：因為蓋造得好）。
惟有聽見不去行的，就像一個人在土地上蓋房子，沒有根基；水一沖，隨即倒塌了，並且那房子壞的很大。
暴風雨會測試每一個人的房子和生命，聽見主的話就去行的人將會存留下來。從主來的一句話勝過地上一切的珍寶，之所以是珍寶不是很稀有就是很難找到。主的話是我們的珍寶嗎？
(摘自喬納 word for the week, Week 17, 2013)
The Bible is Our Treasure - The Great Commission, Part 17
Week 17, 2013
Rick Joyner
In Luke 6:46, the Lord asks the ultimate question of a disciple:
“Why do you call Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?”
Doing what He says begins with knowing what He says. There are not many who even care enough about what He says to search the Scriptures to find out. Being a true disciple can be a very lonely walk, even if we are a part of what is considered a great church. If you are willing to remain faithful, you will ultimately find the greatest fellowship on earth, which is also connected to the greatest one in heaven. There will be a glorious bride at the end of this age, and you will be a part of it.
The main protest I hear from people who do not study the Scriptures is that they are hard to understand. Actually, this is proof they did not try very hard to read them because most of them are easy for even a young child to understand. Granted, some texts are hard for even the most mature to understand, but we do other things which we care about that are hard. If we really cared, and if the Lord really is our first love, we will persevere through any difficulties to seek to know His will and then do it.
The will of the Lord concerning basic behavior is clearly stated in the Scriptures and easily understood. This is not all there is to knowing His will. Even in the Old Testament, almost every time the Scriptures exhorted the people to obey His commandments, it added “and heed His voice.” Even under the Law, the people were required to know the voice of the Lord, obeying His commandments and His voice. The same is required of us.
There are New Testament requirements. There are not many, but there are some. The Scriptures alone are for establishing doctrine, and everyone who really loves the Word, who is Jesus, will also love His written Word and be devoted to sound doctrine. For our personal and sometimes corporate guidance, we must know the voice of the Lord. In John 10, we are told that the Lord’s sheep know His voice, and they follow Him because they know His voice. Every Christian is responsible for knowing the doctrines of the faith and for knowing the Lord’s voice.
Again, the protest of those who do not pursue knowing the voice of the Lord is that it is hard. They can usually point to others who made mistakes in thinking they were hearing the voice of the Lord. We do other things that are hard if we want them bad enough, so why is it we give up so easily in this? We will only give up if He is not our first love. The one in love will never quit. In I Corinthians 13:8, “Love never fails” could have been translated “Love never quits.”
These things are hard on purpose. They are intended to separate the true from the pretenders. Those who truly love God will do whatever it takes to find His will and then do it. It will be their main pursuit in life and main focus in life.Anything that eclipses our pursuit of God is an idol. Anything that we put our trust in instead of God is an idol. Just as the Lord destroyed all of the idols of Egypt when He set His people free, Egypt represents the world in prophetic metaphors. The Lord is now shaking the whole world and will destroy all of the idols of this world as He again sets His people free. The verses that follow the one quoted above from Luke 6 verify this (47-49):
“Everyone who comes to Me, and hears My words, and acts upon them, I will show you whom he is like:
“he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation upon the rock; and when a flood rose, the torrent burst against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built.
“But the one who has heard, and has not acted accordingly, is like a man who built a house upon the ground without any foundation; and the torrent burst against it and immediately it collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great."
The storms will test every house and every life. Those left will have heard the words of the Lord and obeyed them. One word from the Lord is worth more than all the treasure on earth. What makes something a treasure is that it is either rare or hard to find. Is His Word our treasure?
