双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：12月30日 我们为何需要圣经

12月30日

我们为何需要圣经

但记这些事，要叫你们信耶稣是基督，是神的儿子……

——约翰福音20:31

上帝默示人编写圣经的目的是为了向人类揭示祂的救赎计划。之所以写这本书是因为上帝要让祂的子民清楚祂永恒的律法，这样在他们人生的路上可以以祂的大智慧来作引导，以祂的大爱来作安慰。因为若没有圣经，这个世界将会成为一个黑暗而可怕的地方，没有路标和灯塔。圣经无疑是唯一一部包含着上帝给人类启示的书。

不同的宗教有不同的经文：伊斯兰教的《古兰经》，佛教的经文典籍，琐罗亚斯德教的《阿维斯陀古经》，婆罗门教的《吠陀经》……这些经文都是以一些闪烁的真光开启，但却以一片黑暗结束。即使是最不经意的读者也能很快发现圣经的截然不同。因为圣经是唯一一部为我们提供救赎、并指引我们走出困境的书。

今日祷告

主耶稣，每当我读你的话语的时候，你的真理便会闪耀并照亮这个黑暗的世界!奉主耶稣基督的圣名，阿们！

Why We Have the Bible

These are written,that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ,the Son of God…

—John 20:31

God caused theBibleto be written for the express purpose of revealing to us God’s plan for His redemption.God caused the Book to be written that He might make His everlasting laws clear to His children,and that they might have His great wisdom to guide them,and His great love to comfort them as they make their way through life.For without the Bible this world would indeed be a dark and frightening place,without signpost or beacon.The Bible easily qualifies as the only book in which God’s revelation is contained.

There are many bibles of different religions;there is the Mohammedan Koran,the Buddhist Canon of Sacred Scripture,the Zoroastrian Zend-Avesta,and the Brahman Veda…They all begin with some flashes of true light,and end in utter darkness.Even the most casual observer soon discovers that the Bible is radically different.It is the only Book that offers redemption to us and points the way out of our dilemma.

Prayer for the day

Lord Jesus,as I read Your Word,Your truth shines through and illuminates a dark world.