11月30日 十个试验：试验七至十
11月30日，主日
十个试验：试验七至十
“神对我们的爱，我们已经明白了，而且相信了。神就是爱；住在爱里面的，就住在神里面，神也住在他里面。”（约翰壹书4:16）
第七个试验：渴望讨神的喜悦，因为祂爱我们，所以我愿意活出良善圣洁的生命。真正认识神的爱，会让我们不仅恨恶罪，也深深地盼望活出圣洁、敬虔的生活。如果你心中有这样的渴望，哪怕不完美，这就是在显明你是爱神的。因为主说：“那领受我的命令，并且遵守的，就是爱我的”（约14:21）。
第八个试验：渴望更认识祂、与祂更亲近。你心里是否真诚地想更认识神？你是否把“与祂更亲密”当成生命中最重要、最宝贵的追求之一？ 若你里面哪怕只有最微弱的一点渴望，并且你愿意在生活中为此做些什么，例如祷告、读经、寻求祂，那么，我可以肯定地说：你是爱神的。
第九个试验（用否定方式来说，却可能是最关键的一点）：因自己不能好好爱神而忧伤，并盼望更爱祂。若你因自己没有像应当那样爱神而感到遗憾或痛苦，这一点本身就是极美的证据，证明你深深地爱祂。 因为只有真正爱神的人，才会因自己不够爱祂而忧伤。
第十个试验：喜悦听到这些真理、喜悦听到关于神的事。这是最清楚的试验之一。世上有许多人──唉，可惜实在有不少的人──听到我们今天所讲的一切都会觉得无聊乏味；这些属灵的话语对他们来说是完全陌生的，因为他们在属灵上是死的，他们根本不懂这些。但如果你能诚实地说：“我喜欢听这些真理；这些话对我来说是宝贵的；它们在我心里产生影响，使我里面有不同的感受。”那么，我要告诉你：你已经认识了神对你的爱。
默想主题：
在你的生命中，与神更亲近，是不是你最重要的追求之一呢？
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November 30, Sunday
TEN TESTS: TESTS 7-10
And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. (1 JOHN 4:16)
Seventh, there is a desire to please God and to live a good life because of what He has done for us. The realization of His love should make us not only hate sin, but also desire to live a holy, godly life. If you do desire this, you love God, because our Lord said, “He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me” (John 14:21).
Eighth, we have a desire to know Him better and to draw closer to Him. Do you want to know God better? Is it one of the greatest ambitions of your life to draw closer to Him, that your relationship to Him may be more intimate? If you have within you the faintest desire to know God better and are doing something about it, I say you love God.
I will put the ninth point negatively, and yet it may be the most important of all. I am referring to a conscious regret that our love to Him is so poor, along with a desire to love Him more. If you are unhappy at the thought that you do not love God as you ought to, that is a wonderful proof that you love Him.
My last test is that we have a delight in hearing these things and in hearing about Him. That is one of the best tests. There are certain people in the world—alas, there are many—who find all that we have been saying utterly boring; all that we have been saying would be strange to them. Such people are spiritually dead; they know nothing about this. So whatever the state of your emotions may be, if you can tell me quite honestly that you enjoy listening to these things and hearing about them, if you can say that there is something about them that makes things different, then I say that you know the love that God has for you.
A Thought to Ponder: Is it one of the greatest ambitions of your life to draw closer to Him?