双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：7月27日 无愧良心

7月27日

无愧良心

我因此自己勉励，对神对人，常存无亏的良心。

使徒行传24:16

神向我们启示自己的方式之一就是良心。良心被称为灵魂之光，即使它被罪恶所蒙蔽而暗淡，但它仍可见证善恶和神的圣洁。当我犯错时，是它亮起我内心的警示灯。

良心可以是我们最温和的顾问和老师，是我们最忠实的朋友；但当我们犯罪时它也是最可畏的敌人。世上没有任何罚恶赏善者能与良心相比。圣经说：“人的灵（良心）是耶和华的灯”（箴言书20:27上）。换句话说，良心是人心中神的灯。伊曼纽尔·康德在《纯粹理性批判》中说，只有两件事让他心生敬畏——星空和人里面的良心。

良心以它不同程度的敏感性为神作见证，它在我们心中的存在就是神在人灵魂里的反映。没有良心，我们就像海上无舵的船，像没有导航系统的导弹。

伟大的爱尔兰小说家萧伯纳（George Bernard Shaw）说：“最好保持自己干净明亮；你就是一扇窗户，你必须透过它观察世界。”本杰明·富兰克林（Benjamin Franklin）也说：“保持良心清洁，才能永不畏惧。”既然良心对这些世俗作家来说是一个如此重要的概念，那么作为一名基督徒，就更该关心自己的良心是否“没有得罪神和人？”当我们让神的话语——《圣经》净化和启发我们时，我们的良心就能得到洁净。

今日祷告：

天父，让我保持纯洁。让我远离诱惑，远离罪恶。让我的良心保持洁净。当我犯罪时，我知道我有一位中保和救主，祂能将我从罪恶中救出来。感谢主！祷告奉耶稣的名，阿们。

July 27

THE CHRISTIAN AND CONSCIENCE

And herein do I exercise myself,to have always a conscience void of offense toward God,and toward men.Acts 24:16

One of the ways God has revealed Himself to us is in the conscience.Conscience has been described as the light of the soul.Even when it is dulled or darkened by sin,it can still bear witness to the reality of good and evil,and to the holiness of God.What causes this warning light to go on inside me when I do wrong?

Conscience can be our gentlest counselor and teacher,our most faithful friends,and sometimes our worst enemy when we sin.There are no punishments or rewards on this earth comparable to those of the conscience.The Scripture says,“Man’s conscience is the lamp of the eternal”(Proverbs 20:27,MOFFATT).In other words,conscience is God’s lamp within man’s breast.In his Critique of Pure Reason,Immanuel Kant said there were just two things that filled him with awe-the starry heavens and conscience in the breast of man.

The conscience in its varying degrees of sensitivity bears a witness to God.Its very existence within us is a reflection of God in the soul of man.Without conscience we would be like rudderless ships at sea and like guided missiles without a guidance system.

George Bernard Shaw,the great Irish novelist,said,“Better keep yourself clean and bright;you are the window through which you must see the world.”And Benjamin Franklin rhymed,“Keep conscience clear,then never fear.”If conscience is so vital a concept to these worldly writers,how much more concerned should I as a Christian be that my conscience is“void of offense toward God,and…men”?And our consciences can be purified as we allow God’s Word,the Bible,to clean and enlighten them.

Pray for the Day:

Father,keep me pure.Keep me away from temptation.Keep me from sin.Keep my conscience clean.And when I do sin,I know that I have an advocate and Savior who sets me free from that sin.Thank You,Lord,in Jesus’Name,Amen.