5月31日，要防备好奇心
要防备好奇心
骄傲会使你远离施恩宝座，把谦卑寻求真理的祷告，变成野心勃勃的争辩。
一个人若逢新观点必听，又贪恋信仰上最新的猎奇之事，他便正危险地游走在错谬的边缘。保罗所警告的“耳朵发痒”，常常会恶化为错谬的毒疮（提后4:3）。他玛因天真无知而失去了贞洁；而心思的贞洁，正是指信仰上的纯全。因此，人若将自己随意交托给每一种被传讲的教导，就是在妥协并损害这种信仰的纯全。
我们必须先作一个专注的聆听者，然后才作顺服的门徒。对各类宗派和主张抱有过度的好奇心，会使人产生怀疑，以致无法在真理上扎根。例如，奥古斯丁曾坦言，自己经历过如此多虚妄的迷惑，以至于那些错谬使他甚至对真理本身都产生了恐惧。一个人若被江湖庸医坑害过太多次，自然就很难再信任医术精湛的良医。
你要谦卑地向神寻求根基稳固的分辨力。一个旅客若盲目自信认识路，甚至不屑于问路，他往往是最先迷失方向的人。务要当心骄傲——不管它此刻翱翔得多么自信，日后你必发现它坠毁在错谬的深沟里。这就是神为骄傲量身定制的结局，骄傲注定难逃此定局。
骄傲会使你远离施恩宝座，把谦卑寻求真理的祷告，变成野心勃勃的争辩。因此，神有时必须任凭骄傲之人落入羞辱之中，好叫他们的聪明（悟性）若因神的怜悯而恢复时，就能像尼布甲尼撒一样“称颂至高者”（但4:34）。
你要在内心深处谨守这份分辨力：赐你眼睛看见真理的神，必同时赐你双手来持守真理。若离开了神，我们从神领受的任何事物都无法长久保守。务要珍视你与神的亲密关系，否则真理也不会长久与你保持亲密。神就是光；一旦骄傲怂恿你转背离开祂，你便立刻步入黑暗之中了。
麦琴（麦克谦）读经计划进度
家庭敬拜：申4章，诗86-87章，
个人灵修：赛32章，启2章
MAY 31, SUNDAY
BEWAREOF CURIOSITY
Pride can make you a stranger to the throne of grace and turn humble praying for truth into ambitious arguments.
The person who listens to every new opinion and covets the newest religious novelties is walking dangerously close to error. The “itching ears” Paul warns about commonly form a nasty scab of error (2 Timothy 4:3). Tamar lost her virginity by being naive—and chastity of mind is its soundness in the faith. Thus people compromise this soundness if they give themselves to every doctrine which is preached.
We must first be hearers and then disciples. Curiosity concerning many sects and persuasions can make a person skeptical of settling on the truth. Augustine, for example, confessed that he had gone through so many delusions that the errors made him afraid of truth itself. If a person has too many experiences with quacks he will have a hard time trusting the skilled physician.
Humbly seek an established judgment of God. A traveler who is so sure he knows the way that he will not ask directions may be the first one to get lost. Watch out for pride—no matter how confidently it soars now, you will later find it wrecked in the ditch of error. This is the destination God has made for pride, and it must keep His appointment.
Pride can make you a stranger to the throne of grace and turn humble praying for truth into ambitious arguments. So it is necessary for prideful men to be left to shame so when their understanding does return—if God’s mercy allows it—they may “bless the Most High” the way Nebuchadnezzar did (Daniel 4:34).
Guard this judgment deeply in your heart—the God who gives an eye to see truth also gives a hand to hold it. What we have from God we cannot keep without Him. Cherish your closeness with Him or truth will not keep her intimacy with you very long. God is light, but you head for darkness as soon as pride suggests that you turn your back on Him.