3月30日 良心应当发出警报
良心应当发出警报
我们无所不知的神早已知道，在黑暗中绝找不到通往天堂的路；因此祂差派自己的儿子，作世上的光。
良心是神用来唤醒罪人的警钟，但它只能就其所知的事作见证。若没有真理的教导，当异端或罪恶悄悄潜入，焚烧你的灵魂时，良心便不会发出警报。你若不及时醒悟并以悔改来扑灭烈火，就必永远受火焚烧。
无知将营救之法拒之门外。当一个人身处火海却不愿开门时，站在门外的亲友和牧者也无法救他。对于一个执意无知的人，无论是警告还是应许都毫无用处。他既不惧怕前者，也不渴慕后者。即便你把“危险！”两个字写得再大，涂得再红，对瞎眼的人来说，这警告也起不了任何作用，就像是对牛弹琴。
然而，在罪人的一生中，总有些时刻，因着神圣灵的恩典，他会感到灵魂的沉重压迫，并渴望得着释放。于是他四处摸索，寻找出路。有些道路起初在他眼中看为正，撒但便会引诱他在一条条死胡同里瞎转，好让他偏离通往天堂的大道。撒但会说：“试试多做些善事吧，这能让你振作起来。”或者说：“立下一些新志向，许愿从今以后做个更好的人。神还能对你有更多要求吗？”但最终，罪人因这些错误的尝试而精疲力竭，大失所望。他抬起头，发现自己竟然回到了原点——依然是罪恶与黑暗的奴仆！
我们无所不知的神早已知道，在黑暗中绝找不到通往天堂的路；因此祂差派自己的儿子，作世上的光。要脱离黑暗的境地，只有一条稳妥的出路，只有一个逃生之法——就是借着我们的主耶稣基督。让你的信心紧握祂赐给一切信靠者永生这一应许，祂就必领你出离黑暗，进入福音荣耀的光中。
麦琴（麦克谦）读经计划进度
家庭敬拜：利1章，约20章，
个人灵修：箴17章，腓4章
MARCH 30, MONDAY
CONSCIENCE SHOULD SOUND THE ALARM
Our omniscient God has known all along that the way to heaven can never be found in the dark; that is why He sent His Son as the Light of the world.
Conscience is God’s alarm to wake the sinner up, but it can only be a witness to what it knows. If not informed of the truth, it will not sound when heresy or sin creeps in and sets fire to your soul. And if you do not wake up and quench the flames with timely repentance, you will burn forever.
Ignorance locks out the means of rescue. Friends and ministers stand outside and cannot save a burning man if he will not let them in. Neither threats nor promises are of any use if you are counseling a willfully ignorant man. He fears not the one and desires not the other. Write “Danger!” as large as you can, and paint it red; it will no more serve as a warning to a blind man than to a dumb ox.
Yet there will be times in a sinner’s life when, by the grace of God’s Holy Spirit, he senses the oppression of his soul and longs for deliverance. So he feels around for an avenue of escape. There are some ways which at first seem right to him, and Satan will lead him on a merry chase down one dead-end street after another to keep him off heaven’s road. “Try good works,” he will say. ‘That will lift your spirits.” Or, “Make some new resolutions and promise yourself to be a better person from now on. What more could God expect from you?” But at last, exhausted and disillusioned by all his misguided meanderings, the sinner looks up to find himself right back where he started —a slave to sin and darkness!
Our omniscient God has known all along that the way to heaven can never be found in the dark; that is why He sent His Son as the Light of the world. There is but one safe exit from your darkened state, one way of escape—through Jesus Christ our Lord Let your faith join hands with His promise of eternal life for all who believe on Him, and He will lead you out of darkness and into the glorious light of the Gospel.