双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：9月21日 上帝的奥秘

九月二十一日

上帝的奥秘

“自从造天地以来，神的永能和神性是明明可知的，虽是眼不能见，但藉着所造之物就可以晓得，……”

—-罗1:20

如果你想绞尽脑汁将上帝合理化，你会失败。上帝的奥秘是我们今生永远不会明白的。渺小有限、受限于时间与空间的人怎么能明白一个无限的上帝呢！在物质领域中许多奥秘无法解释，对此，我们不应该感到奇怪。

谁能解释为什么物体总是被吸引到地球的中心？谁能解释万有引力定律：牛顿发现了它，却无法解释它。谁能解释繁殖的奇迹？……因此，许多的证据和论据都可以证明有一位上帝。

然而，显而易见的事实是：上帝不能仅仅通过合理化来证明。祂不能被包含在一个小小的人造试管中，也不能被局限于一个代数公式里。如果上帝可能被人的头脑完全证明，那祂就不会比证明祂的头脑更伟大。

今日祷告

主啊，全能的上帝！虽然我有限的头脑不能完全明白祢的伟大，但在我内心深处的宁静中我已经感受到祢的存在，我心欢喜快乐！奉主耶稣基督的圣名，阿们！

September 21

The Mysteries of God

Since earliest times men have seen the earth and sky and all God made, and have known of his existence and great eternal power . . .

—Romans 1:20 (TLB)

If you try to rationalize God exhaustively, you will fail. There are mysteries about God that we will never understand in this life. How can the small and finite, limited to time and space, understand an infinite God! We should not think it strange that it is impossible to explain many mysteries in the realm of matter.

Who can explain why objects are always attracted to the center of the earth? Who can fathom the law of gravity? Newton discovered it, but he could not explain it. Who can explain the miracle of reproduction? . . . Thus many evidences and many arguments could be advanced to indicate there is a God.

Yet the plain truth is this: God cannot be proved by mere rationalization. He cannot be contained in a tiny man-made test tube or confined to an algebraic formula. If God can be fully proved by the human mind, then He is no greater than the mind that proves Him.

Prayer for the day

Lord God almighty, although my finite mind cannot comprehend the magnitude of Your greatness, I have felt Your presence in the quiet of my heart and I am gladdened.