双语灵修（葛培理牧师）：1月17日 真理

1月17日

真理

你们必晓得真理，真理必叫你们得以自由。

（约翰福音8:32）

我们正处于一个哲学的不确定时代，以至于不知道自己究竟信仰什么。我们不受约束。无论到哪里我都会问学生：“现在辖制你的是什么呢？”当我是一名学生的时候我不得不面对基督。祂到底是谁？令人震惊的是祂曾宣布：“我是道路，真理，生命，若不藉着我，没有人能到父那里去。”我跟这个不可逃避的事实摔跤：基督要么就是祂所宣称的那样，要么就是一个大骗子或者江湖郎中在历史上行诡诈骗人。哪一种说法是对的？佛陀在生命终结的时候说：“我一生都在探索真理。”但是耶稣出现后说：“我是真理的化身，真理在我的里面。”

今日祷告:

主耶稣，我感谢你，因为你就是真理并使我得自由。奉耶稣的名，阿们。

January 17

Truth

And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.

—John 8:32

Ours is an age of philosophical uncertainty, and we no longer know what we believe. We stand uncommitted. Everywhere I go, I ask students, “What is controlling you?” When I was a student, I had to face Christ. Who was He? He had made the astounding claim, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No man cometh unto the Father but by me.” I wrestled with the inescapable fact that either Jesus Christ was who He claimed to be, or He was the biggest liar, fraud, and charlatan in history. Which was it? Buddha said toward the end of his life, “I am still searching for the truth.” But here was Jesus who appeared and said, “I am the embodiment of all truth. All truth is centered in me.”

Prayer for the day:

Thank You, Jesus, for my freedom—because You are the Truth! In Jesus’ Name, Amen.