双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：2月27日 丢弃万事

2月27日

丢弃万事

“不但如此，我也将万事当作有损的，因我以认识我主基督耶稣为至宝。我为他已经丢弃万事，看作粪土，为要得着基督；”

腓立比书 3:8

你可以说它是“狗粪”，或许你更愿意把它叫作“垃圾”，又或者你把它称为“废物”，也许你还有更加粗俗的词。从字面上看，使徒保罗用希腊文写的是σκύβαλα，在英文里，似乎是“粪土”，就是“排泄物”的意思。你没弄错吧？圣经里还有这样的词，的确如此。

在圣经里，保罗就是这么写的，垃圾，狗粪，牛粪，粪土。这就是保罗用的词。

为什么保罗会用这样粗俗的词？因为他已经到达了一个境界，就是他曾经以为最重要的事物，现在都被他当作粪土。他所有的志向和努力，所有的骄傲和成就， 与认识耶稣基督那超乎寻常的伟大相比，都不过是一堆粪土而已。

今日祷告：

亲爱的耶稣，求祢帮助我了解什么才是最重要的事情。奉主耶稣基督的圣名，阿们！

February 27 – Skubala

Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ.

P H I L I P P I A N S 3 : 8

You could say it is “dog dung,” or maybe you would rather call it “garbage,” or, if you’re British, perhaps you’d like to call it “rubbish.” And maybe you have a more profane word for it. Literally, when he wrote it in Greek, the word the apostle Paul used is σκύβαλα, or written in English it looks like skubala. It means “excrement.” Did you just read that correctly? Yep.

Paul wrote it. It’s in the Bible. Offal. Dookie. Cow pies thrown on the top of a dump. Skubala. That’s what Paul wrote.

Why did he drop the boys off at the pool like this? Well, he came to a point in his life where the things that he once held as most important he now considered skubala. All of his ambitions and work, all of his pride and achievements, all of it he says was worth a pile of poop when compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Jesus. Compared to knowing Jesus, everything else is skubala.

Pray for the Day:

Dear Jesus, help me get my priorities straight. Amen.