双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：5月19日 生命大学

5月19日

生命大学

“我心里柔和谦卑，你们当负我的轭，学我的样式；这样，你们心里就必得享安息。”

（马太福音11:29）

在生命的大学里面，你的必修课程是什么？你要面对生命，也要面对死亡，你还要面对审判。如果没有基督，你都无法面对。在生命大学里，有三门必修课。首先是生命本身这门课。你自己不能选择自己的出生。你也不能自己停止生命。你说，我可以自杀。不，你不可以！你在被造时，就有一个不死的灵魂与你同在。你的肉体可以死亡，进坟墓，但真正的你，会永远活着。你可以杀死自己的肉体，但是你不能杀死自己。所以，你必须学习生命，这由不得你，你不可能回到母腹。

其次，你要学习死亡这门课。圣经说，“按着定命，人人都有一死。”（来9:27）每一代人都会死去。你可能死于车祸，或死于癌症，或死于心脏病。你可能会活到高寿，但你终将会死去。神对希西家王说：“你必死，不能活了。”圣经说：“生有时，死有时（传3:2）你想过自己会有那一天吗？亚当活了930岁，死了；塞特活了912岁，死了；玛士撒拉活了969岁，还是死了。

在每个人生命的尽头都会有人说：“他死了。”死亡就会在那一时、那一刻降临。媒体曾经援引一位知名人士的话说：“我一生未雨绸缪，唯有对于死亡，我尚未预备好。”你是否预备好了呢？

生命大学里的第三门必修课就是面对上帝的审判。“按着定命，人人都有一死，死后且有审判。”（来9:27）

如果你已经接受了主耶稣为你的救主，你就有奇妙的恩典。耶稣为我们的罪死在十字架上代我们受了审判。圣经说“他是创世以来被杀的羔羊”。在神拯救的计划中，耶稣基督要为我们受死。这是一个审判。神审判了自己的儿子，为了我们的罪。耶稣为我们代罪。祂甘愿如此，因为祂深爱我们。

今日祷告：

天父，我已经预备好面对死亡，因为我相信祢，也相信祢的儿子耶稣。主啊，我祈求祢拯救我的亲友和同事们，使他们也能预备好面对他们最后的时刻；奉耶稣的名，阿门。

May 19

THE UNIVERSITY OF LIFE

[Jesus said]“Take my yoke upon you,and learn from me…”Matthew 11:29 RSV

What are the required courses in the university of life?You are going to have to face life;you are going to have to face death;you are going to have to face judgment.You can’t really face any of them without Christ.There are three required courses in the university of life.First,life itself.You had no control over the fact that you were born.There is nothing you can do to stop living.“Oh,”you say,“I can commit suicide.”No,you can’t.You were created with a soul or spirit which will live forever.Your body will die and go to the grave,but you,the real you,will live forever.You can kill your body,but you cannot kill you.So“live”is one course you have to take,whether or not you like it.You cannot be unborn.

The second required course is death.The Bible says,“It is appointed unto men once to die”(Hebrews 9:27).Every generation dies.You may die in an automobile accident.You may die of cancer.You may die of heart disease.You may live to old age,but you are going to die.God told Hezekiah,the king,“Thou shalt die,and not live.”The Bible says there is“a time to be born,and to time to die”(Ecclesiastes 3:2).Are you ready to die?Adam lived 930 years,but he died.Seth lived 912 years,but he died.Methuselah lived 969 years,but he died.

At the end of every person’s life it can be said,“He died.”There’s a day,an hour,a minute,for your death.A prominent man was quoted in the press as saying,“I’ve prepared in the course of my life for every eventuality except death.I’m unprepared to die.”Are you prepared to die?

The third requirement in this university is to face the judgment of God.“It is appointed unto men once to die,but after this the judgment”(Hebrews 9:27).

If you have received Jesus Christ as your Savior,a wonderful thing has happened.The cross where Jesus died for our sins was a judgment.The Bible says that He was“slain from the foundation of the world”(Revelation 13:8).It was in the plan of God for the redemption of the human race that Jesus Christ should die.That was a judgment.God judged His Son for our sins,instead of us.Jesus became sin for us.And Jesus did it voluntarily,because He loves us.

Pray for the Day:

Father,I am prepared to die,because I believe in You and I trust in Your Son Jesus.I pray,O Lord,that You will save my relatives and friends and colleagues so that they also will be ready when their time comes;in Jesus’Name,Amen.