双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：10月12 日 认真对待基督信仰

10月12 日

认真对待基督信仰

只是你们要行道，不要单单听道，自己欺哄自己。

——雅1:22

耶稣指出，在他再来之前地上将会是一个放任自流的社会，“挪亚的日子怎样，人子降临的日子也要怎样。” 当今世界是自罗马时代以来最为道德败坏的世界。我们处于一个享乐主义的社会，我们所看到的是人性眼中没有神的表现。

许多人陷入了一种理智上所相信的反律法主义，活得像魔鬼一样，然后走出来，幻想着神会饶恕他们并且带他们去天堂。如果你想跟随基督，我相信你就必须顺从福音，克服已身，背负十字架。做基督徒是一件严肃的事。

今日祷告

主耶稣基督，教导我克制自己的私欲，遵守你的诫命。愿你洁净我，使我在社会上被你所使用。奉主耶稣基督的圣名，阿们！

Christianity Is Serious

Be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only . . .
—James 1:22

Jesus indicated that there will be a permissive society just before He comes back. “As in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the coming of the Son of man.” The world today is on an immoral binge that has not been known since the days of Rome. We are in a hedonistic society, and what we are seeing is human nature expressing itself without God.

Many have fallen into an antinomianism in which they believe intellectually and then go out and live like the devil, imagining that God will forgive them and take them to heaven. I believe there is an obedience to the Gospel, there is a self-denial and a bearing of the cross, if you are to be a follower of Christ. Being a Christian is serious business.

Prayer for the day
Teach me to deny my selfish desires and obey Your commandments, Lord Jesus. Cleanse me so that I might be used to penetrate society deeply for You.