你对主耶稣的信心是否坚定不移？Is your faith in JESUS persistence?

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你对主耶稣的信心是否坚定不移？

他（巴底买）听见是拿撒勒的耶稣，就喊着说：“大卫的子孙耶稣啊，可怜我吧。”  有许多人责备他，不许他作声。他却越发大声喊着说：“大卫的子孙哪，可怜我吧。” 耶稣就站住，说：“叫过他来。”他们就叫那瞎子，对他说：“放心，起来，他叫你啦。” 瞎子就丢下衣服，跳起来，走到耶稣那里。 耶稣说：“要我为你做什么？”瞎子说：“拉波尼，我要能看见。”〔拉波尼就是夫子〕耶稣说：“你去吧，你的信救了你了。”瞎子立刻看见了，就在路上跟随耶稣（马可福音10:47-52）

亲爱的弟兄姊妹们，福音书中很少有人像瞎子巴底买一样，对主耶稣有如此坚定执着的信心，对得蒙主耶稣的医治有如此热切的渴望。巴底买努力要引起主耶稣的注意，这个决心他始终没有动摇过，虽然面对周围众人的呵斥，但他反而喊得更大声，更加坚确地要取得这位医治者的注意，就是他曾听闻有医治大能的主耶稣。这个瞎子的行动证明了他的信心。在一世纪的巴勒斯坦，乞丐们会把一件衣服铺在他们前方的地上，用来收取慈悲路人的捐助。钱或许不多，但是对于巴底买来说，包括衣服在内，这些却是他的全部所有。可就在那一天，当主耶稣叫巴底买过去时，他不假思索地丢下衣服，跳起来，走到主耶稣跟前，可能当时他把收取的硬币也一同丢下了。巴底买能作出这样的举动，是因为他确信，一旦他与主耶稣会面，他的瞎眼就必定能得到治愈，从此他再也不用做乞丐了。

愿上帝祝福你们，我的弟兄姊妹们---自上帝最卑微的仆人

Is your faith in JESUS persistence?

Mark 10: 47-52

Then they came to Jericho. As JESUS and HIS disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (which means “son of Timaeus”), was sitting by the roadside begging. 47 When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” 48 Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” 49 Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.”So they called to the blind man, “Cheer up! On your feet! He’s calling you.” 50 Throwing his cloak aside, he jumped to his feet and came to Jesus. 51 “What do you want me to do for you?” Jesus asked him. The blind man said, “Rabbi, I want to see.” 52 “Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road.

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Few people in the Gospels show as much persistence and eagerness in their desire to be healed as blind Bartimaeus. He is not about to be swayed from his efforts to attract JESUS’ attention. The discouragement from everyone around him only makes him shout louder, determined to get the attention of the HEALER he has heard about. The blind man’s actions demonstrate his faith. Beggars in first century Palestine would spread a cloak on the ground in front of them to collect donations from compassionate passers-by. It probably isn’t much, but for Bartimaeus, his cloak is all he has. He throws it aside without a thought—probably along with the coins he collected that day—because he is certain that once he meets JESUS, he will not need to be a beggar anymore.

GOD bless you my Brothers and Sister,

from the least of GOD’s servants.

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省察你的言语

多言多语难免有过，禁止嘴唇是有智慧（箴言10:19）

亲爱的弟兄姊妹们，身为基督徒，我们需要省察自己的言语！我们需要避免随便丢出那些看似无关紧要的话，开始谨慎使用我们的言语，就像它关乎我们的存活一般，因为根据上帝的话语，我们所讲的话是在运作的（ 生死在舌头的权下，喜爱它的，必吃它所结的果子---箴言18:21）

我们中很多人都有一个如箴言19:1 （行为纯正的贫穷人，胜过乖谬愚妄的富足人）所称“乖谬”的嘴。乖谬的嘴，意味着超越了说谎和亵渎，也意味着是一个悖逆的嘴，所说的尽是偏离上帝的正道。

例如，我们所有人都曾在这样或那样的时候做过类似的事，一方面我们会说相信上帝能够治愈我，可是转脸我们就对别人说：“我痛苦得要死！”

这就是乖谬！你这是在跟上帝的话语唱反调。

也许你会说：“哦，维德弟兄，我知道我说了那样的话，但我的意思不是这样的！”

仔细听好，在灵界不是以你的意思发生作用，而是按你所讲的运作。马可福音11:23说：“我实在告诉你们，无论何人对这座山说‘你挪开此地投在海里’，他心里若不疑惑，只信他所说的必成，就必给他成了。”

注意，这节不是说根据你的意思运作，而是说照你所讲的成就，你说的话才算数（就是不能随便乱说话）。

现在，我不建议你无时无刻都为下一句该说什么而紧张困惑，你只用上帝赐给你的智慧说话。训练你的嘴服从上帝的话语，那么在你最需要的时候，你就会发现“上帝的道”已经丰盛地居住在你里面了！

箴言10:31 义人的口，滋生智慧；乖谬的舌，必被割断。

研经：箴言10:11-21

10:11 义人的口是生命的泉源，强暴蒙蔽恶人的口。  

10:12 恨，能挑启争端；爱，能遮掩一切过错。  

10:13 明哲人嘴里有智慧，无知人背上受刑杖。  

10:14 智慧人积存知识，愚妄人的口速致败坏。  

10:15 富户的财物是他的坚城，穷人的贫乏是他的败坏。  

10:16 义人的勤劳致生，恶人的进项致死。  

10:17 谨守训诲的，乃在生命的道上；违弃责备的，便失迷了路。  

10:18 隐藏怨恨的，有说谎的嘴；口出谗谤的，是愚妄的人。  

10:19 多言多语难免有过，禁止嘴唇是有智慧。  

10:20 义人的舌乃似高银，恶人的心所值无几。  

10:21 义人的口教养多人，愚昧人因无知而死亡。  

愿上帝祝福你们，我们的弟兄姊妹们---自上帝最卑微的仆人

Watch what you say!

"In a multitude of words transgression is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is prudent."(Proverbs 10:19)

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

We believers need to start watching our language! We need to quit throwing words around like they weren't important and start using them like our lives depended on it--because, according to the WORD of GOD, they do! (Prov. 18:21 The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.).

Too many of us have what Proverbs 19:1 (Better the poor whose walk is blameless than a fool whose lips are perverse.) calls a perverted mouth. Having a perverted mouth means more than lying and using profanity. It means having a disobedient mouth. It means saying things that are out of line with the Word of GOD.

All of us have done that at one time or another. We'll say, for instance, that we're believing GOD for our healing and then we'll turn right around to someone and make a statement like, "This pain is about to kill me!"

That's perverted! It's backwards from what GOD's WORD says.

"Oh well, Brother Victor, I know I said that, but it's not really what I meant."

Listen, the world of the spirit doesn't operate on what you mean. It operates on what you say. Mark 11:23 tells us that "whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he said shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he said."

Take note. That verse didn't say you shall have whatsoever you mean. It says you'll have what you say. It's what you say that counts.

Now, I'm not suggesting you should be tied up in knots all the time worrying about what your next phrase might be. Just use the wisdom GOD has given you. Train your mouth to be obedient to HIS WORD. Then, when you need it most, you'll find that WORD dwelling richly in you.

Proverbs 10:31 From the mouth of the righteous comes the fruit of wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be silenced.

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Scripture Study: Proverbs 10:11-21

10:11 The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked.

10:12 Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers over all wrongs.

10:13 Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.

10:14 Wise men store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.

10:15 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.

10:16 The wages of the righteous bring them life, but the income of the wicked brings them punishment.

10:17 He who heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.

10:18 He who conceals his hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

10:19 When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise.

10:20 The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked is of little value.

10:21 The lips of the righteous nourish many, but fools die for lack of judgment.

GOD bless you my Brothers and Sister,

from the least of GOD’s servants.

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犯罪与疾病相关联

我不求你叫他们离开世界，只求你保守他们脱离那恶者。他们不属世界，正如我不属世界一样（约翰福音17:15-16）

亲爱的弟兄姊妹们，成为另类不是我们的目标，是吗？但你知道，作为基督徒，我们就应该与众不同。

上帝呼召我们成为另类，就是要让我们不同于世俗，为上帝的大能和祂的大爱作活生生的见证（惟有你们是被拣选的族类，是有君尊的祭司，是圣洁的国度，是属  神的子民，要叫你们宣扬那召你们出黑暗入奇妙光明者的美德---彼得前书2:9）。

例如，上帝不想让我们分担这世上的疾病，也不想让我们经受那些病痛、贫穷和失败，祂决不想让这些事临到祂的子民。雅各5:15告诉我们：“出于信心的祈祷会治好病人”，所以疾病与犯罪并不是没有关系，而当我们悔改自己的罪并且上帝宽恕了我们，那么我们的百体和灵魂都会得蒙上帝的医治，雅各5:15就证明了这点：“主必叫他起来，他若犯了罪，也必蒙赦免”。

关于这一点，在以色列国被埃及俘虏时，上帝就赐给我们一个实在证据。法老拒绝释放以色列人，所以上帝便允许黑暗笼罩整个埃及（耶和华对摩西说：“你向天伸杖，使埃及地黑暗，这黑暗似乎摸得着。”摩西向天伸杖，埃及遍地就乌黑了三天---出埃及记10:21-22）。于是，三天里整个埃及笼罩在极其可怕的黑暗中，没有人敢活动。然而，出埃及记10:23告诉我们：“三天之久，人不能相见，谁也不敢起来离开本处，惟有以色列人家中都有亮光。”

上帝想让我们拥有不同的生命，这就是一个震撼人心的例子！我们应该活出一个充满神迹的得胜生命来荣耀上帝，应该常会有人对我们讲：“上帝是怎么治好你的，我已经听说了”或“上帝是怎么使你兴盛起来，而且救了你的孩子，这些我都听说了！”

不要胆怯退缩，让上帝的话语运作在你的生命中，勇敢接受来自上帝的丰盛祝福，这些祝福属于信靠并服从上帝的人。用上帝的话语在你生命的四围划出界限，给魔鬼标明灵界警告：禁止入内！按照上帝的话语，我不再属于你，我的家庭不属于你、我的健康不属于你、我的金钱不属于你、我的事工不属于你，我只属于上帝的国度。现在，奉主耶稣的名命令你永远离开我！

是不是听起来有点特别呢？对了，上帝呼召你，正是要你作不同于世俗的另类！提多书2:14告诉我们，主耶稣为我们舍了自己，要赎我们脱离一切罪恶，又洁净我们特作自己的子民，热心为善。  

愿上帝祝福你们，我们的弟兄姊妹们---自上帝最卑微的仆人

研经：提多书2:1-15

2:1 但你所讲的总要合乎那纯正的道理，

2:2 劝老年人要有节制、端庄、自守，在信心爱心忍耐上都要纯全无疵。  

2:3 又劝老年妇人举止行动要恭敬，不说谗言、不给酒作奴仆，用善道教训人，  

2:4 好指教少年妇人爱丈夫、爱儿女，  

2:5 谨守、贞洁、料理家务、待人有恩、顺服自己的丈夫，免得　神的道理被毁谤。  

2:6 又劝少年人要谨守。

2:7 你自己凡事要显出善行的榜样，在教训上要正直、端庄、  

2:8 言语纯全、无可指责，叫那反对的人既无处可说我们的不是，便自觉羞愧。  

2:9 劝仆人要顺服自己的主人，凡事讨他的喜欢，不可顶撞他，  

2:10 不可私拿东西，要显为忠诚，以致凡事尊荣我们救主　神的道。  

2:11 因为　神救众人的恩典已经显明出来，  

2:12 教训我们除去不敬虔的心和世俗的情欲，在今世自守、公义、敬虔度日。  

2:13 等候所盼望的福，并等候至大的　神和我们救主耶稣基督的荣耀显现。  

2:14 祂为我们舍了自己，要赎我们脱离一切罪恶，又洁净我们特作自己的子民，热心为善。  

2:15 这些事你要讲明，劝戒人，用各等权柄责备人，不可叫人轻看你。  

Sin and sickness are related

15 MY prayer is not that YOU take them out of the world but that YOU protect them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. (John 17:15-16)

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Being peculiar. That's not something most of us work to achieve, is it? But, you know, we should.

GOD has called us to be peculiar--to stand out from the rest of the world as living proof of HIS power and HIS love (1 Pet. 2:9 9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, GOD’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of HIM who called you out of darkness into HIS wonderful light.)

For example, HE doesn't want us to share the ailments of the world. HE doesn't want us to share their sickness and poverty and failure. HE never wanted that for HIS people. James 5:15 told us “the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well . . . .”. Sin and illness are not unrelated. Repentance and forgiveness of sin from GOD is therapeutic to the body as well as to the soul. James 5:15 confirmed this “the Lord will raise them up. If they have sinned, they will be forgiven.”

HE gave us a physical illustration of that during the time the nation of Israel was held captive in Egypt. Pharaoh had refused to set the Israelites free, so GOD had allowed a thick darkness to cover the whole land. Exodus 10: 21-22 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward the sky so that darkness spreads over Egypt—darkness that can be felt.”  So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and total darkness covered all Egypt for three days.” The darkness was so dreadful throughout Egypt that no one moved for three days."But," says Exodus 10:23, "No one could see anyone else or move about for three days. Yet all the Israelites had light in the places where they lived."

What a thrilling example of how GOD wants us to live. We should be glorifying GOD by the miraculously victorious lives we lead. We should constantly have people telling us, "I've heard how GOD healed you," or "I've heard how GOD prospered you and saved your children!"

So don't hold back. Put the WORD of GOD to work in your life and dare to receive the rich blessings that belong to those who trust and obey GOD. Start using the WORD to draw boundaries around your life, to paint spiritual warning signs for the devil. Signs that say: Off Limits! According to God's Word, I don't belong to you anymore. My family doesn't belong to you. My health doesn't belong to you. My money doesn't belong to you. My ministry doesn't belong to you. I belong to a different kingdom. Now, back off in Jesus' Name!

Does that sound a little peculiar? Good. That's exactly what GOD has called you to be! Titus told us in 2: 14 “JESUS, WHO gave HIMSELF for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for HIMSELF a people that are HIS very own, eager to do what is good.”

GOD bless you our Brothers and Sister,

from the least of GOD’s servants.

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Scripture Study: Titus 2:1-15

Doing Good for the Sake of the Gospel

2 You, however, must teach what is appropriate to sound doctrine. 2 Teach the older men to be temperate, worthy of respect, self-controlled, and sound in faith, in love and in endurance.

3 Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. 4 Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, 5 to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.

6 Similarly, encourage the young men to be self-controlled. 7 In everything set them an example by doing what is good. In your teaching show integrity, seriousness 8 and soundness of speech that cannot be condemned, so that those who oppose you may be ashamed because they have nothing bad to say about us.

9 Teach slaves to be subject to their masters in everything, to try to please them, not to talk back to them, 10 and not to steal from them, but to show that they can be fully trusted, so that in every way they will make the teaching about God our Savior attractive.

11 For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. 12 It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, 13 while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Saviour, Jesus Christ, 14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good.

15 These, then, are the things you should teach. Encourage and rebuke with all authority. Do not let anyone despise you.

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我的羊认得我的声音

“我的羊听我的声音，我也认识他们，他们也跟着我”（约翰福音10:27）

亲爱的弟兄姊妹们，很多基督徒都不敢肯定自己有能力听到上帝的声音或认得上帝的声音，他们总是担心自己不能分辨圣灵的讲话。

其实他们没有认识到，能够听到圣灵的声音是一个特权，圣经说“这个特权”属于每一个真正的基督徒（罗马书8:14）。我们所有人都必须训练自己靠着信心接受这个特权，并确信自己能够听到圣灵的声音。

下一次，当魔鬼设法跟你讲你不能听到上帝的声音时，你要记住你持有这个特权。主耶稣说，祂的羊认得祂的声音，不会跟随陌生人的声音走---对于今天，这就是上帝对你的应许。你知道，上帝的灵决不会带领你抵挡上帝写出的话（圣经）（约翰福音16:13）。可是，如果你对上帝的话（圣经）不熟悉，那么出自圣灵的带领，你就更难分辨得出。

所以我们要通过默想和研读上帝的话语来熟悉祂的声音，跟着上帝指示约书亚的去做：“…要昼夜思想…（约书亚1:8）。不仅如此，你查考到的上帝的话语（圣经），你要遵照而行，但是不要只做简单的，你要事事都遵照而行，你要决对服从上帝的话语，即使看似是最微小的事。

不断地服从上帝的话（圣经）能带给我们灵命的成熟，调整我们灵命的耳朵听到圣灵的声音，并且你能够很快辨认出上帝的声音，就像你能很容易认出挚友的声音一样。

所以不要再有怀疑，开始期盼聆听来自上帝的声音吧！

然后，把你的时间和精力多用在上帝的话语（圣经）上，使你灵命的耳朵开始敏锐起来。

注释：以上所说“主的声音”，是指“主的教导”。懂得主的声音，就是懂得主的教导。那么怎样才能辨认主的教导呢？就是靠熟读圣经（神的话）。只有对圣经非常熟悉时，以圣经中上帝贯通始末的旨意来对照，才能分辨出何为上帝的教导，何为魔鬼迷惑人的谎话。

研经：约翰福音10:1-9

MY sheep will know MY voice

"The sheep that are MY own hear and are listening to MY voice, and I know them and they follow ME."

(John 10:27)

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Dear Brothers and Sisters,

So many followers are unsure of their ability to hear GOD or know HIS voice. They're always afraid that they won't be able to tell when the SPIRIT of GOD is talking to them.

What they don't realize is this: Hearing the voice of the SPIRIT is a privilege that the Bible says belongs to every follower (Rom. 8:14). All we have to do to exercise that privilege is to receive it by faith and put ourselves in a position to hear.

Next time the devil tries to tell you that you can't hear GOD's voice, remember that. JESUS said HIS sheep will know HIS voice and a stranger's voice they will not follow. That is a promise of GOD to you today. You see, the SPIRIT of GOD will never guide you in opposition to the written WORD of GOD (Bible) (John 16:13). So, if you're not familiar with what the WORD (Bible) says, you'll find it more difficult to discern HIS leading.

Get familiar with GOD's voice by meditating and studying the WORD of GOD. Follow GOD's instruction to Joshua “. . . .meditate on it day and night . . . .” (Joshua 1:8). Act on what you find in the WORD (Bible), not just when it's easy but every time. Be obedient even in the smallest things GOD said in the Bible.

That continual obedience to the written WORD (Bible) will bring you into maturity and tune your inward ear to the voice of the SPIRIT. You'll soon be able to recognize it as easily as you recognize the voice of your dearest friend.

So, instead of wondering about it, start expecting to hear from HIM.

Then start sharpening your spiritual ears by spending time in the WORD (Bible).

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Scripture Study: John 10:1-9