4月2日 对真理的无知
对真理的无知
你拥有的时间越少，就越当殷勤追求真知识。
每一个无知的灵魂，都是在甘心作撒但的奴仆！
你正值青春吗？就当趁着风华正茂，记忆仍强健的时候，及早寻求神，认识神。那些情欲的脚步曾把千万人带向灭亡，如今也正等着把你带上同一条路。而当你拒绝开启悟性的眼睛，不以认识神来装备自己时，其实就是在让它们更轻易得逞。
或许你打算等到“第十一个时辰”（意思是：最后一刻）才从无知的沉睡中醒来，并以为那最后的一刻还在多年之后，这是何等愚昧！神时钟上的指针你是看不见的，因此你也不知道自己在世的日子还剩多久。若你在对神和祂律法的无知中死去，你的结局将如何呢？那前景绝不会令人喜乐。细嫩的枝条与枯干的木头——柔软的年轻罪人与枯萎的老年罪人——都要一同被丢在火里焚烧。
你已经年老了，却仍旧无知吗？也许你已听见自然界为你敲响丧钟，知道自己不久就要走到通往永恒之路的尽头，却仍然看不见黑暗之后是什么。那么，你拥有的时间越少，就越当殷勤追求真知识。虽然，仅仅知道福音的真理，这本身并不能保证得救，但对福音真理的严重无知，却是走向灭亡的确据。
你贫穷又无知吗？你的罪不在于贫穷，而在于你不知道真正的财富在哪里。“贫穷而有智慧的少年人胜过年老不肯纳谏的愚昧王”（传4:13）。若世上的君王能从起初就看见结局，他们必会恳求用自己的华服来交换圣徒的破衣。基督徒啊，天上正在为你预备新衣，你将要穿上，而他们却要在羞耻中赤身露体。
麦琴（麦克谦）读经计划进度
家庭敬拜：利5章，诗3-4章，
个人灵修：箴20章，西3章
APRIL 2, THURSDAY
IGNORANCE OF TRUTH
The less time you have, the more diligence you must use to gain knowledge.
Every ignorant soul is the willing slave of Satan!
Are you young? Inquire after God early, while your talents are fresh and your memory is strong. The feet of those lusts which have carried millions of others to perdition stand ready to carry you off the same way. How easy you make their task when you refuse to open the eyes of your understanding and fortify yourself with the knowledge of God.
Perhaps you intend to rouse up from the sleep of ignorance at the eleventh hour, which you suppose is many years away. How foolish! You cannot see the hands on God’s clock; therefore, you cannot know how long your stay in the world will be. If you die ignorant of God and His law, what will become of you? The prospect is not pleasant. The small twigs and the old logs—supple young sinners and withered old ones—will meet and burn together.
Are you old and still ignorant? Perhaps you hear nature tolling the passing bell. You know you will shortly come to the end of the road that leads into eternity, but you cannot see what lies in the darkness beyond. The less time you have, the more diligence you must use to gain knowledge. Though knowing the truth of the Gospel is no guarantee of salvation, gross ignorance of it is a sure guarantee of damnation.
Are you poor and ignorant? Your sin is not your poverty, but rather your ignorance of where the true treasure lies. “Better is a poor and wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished” (Ecclesiastes 4:13). If the princes of the world could only see the end from the beginning, they would beg to trade their ermine robes for the saints’ rags. Christian, new robes are being made for you in heaven, which you shall put on—while they shall be left naked in their shame.