6月21日 给纯全之人的劝勉
给纯全之人的劝勉
“我的言语岂不是与行动正直的人有益吗？”（弥2:7）然而，若没有神的话语引导我们的道路，前行的步履必定极其危险。
对于你们这些经过殷勤查验、显明自己拥有一颗清洁而纯全之心的人，我劝你们要紧紧束上真理的腰带，并在日常生活中操练与主同行。只要这条腰带尚未束上，你早晨的穿戴就还不算整齐，因为那句俗语说得没错：“腰带未束，福分未得。”
神的应许如同一盒珍贵的膏油，是为要打破并倾倒在纯全（诚实无伪）之人的头上而积聚的；“我的言语岂不是与行动正直的人有益吗？”（弥2:7）然而，若没有神的话语引导我们的道路，前行的步履必定极其危险。当神的话语横挡在路上予以拦阻时，仍敢肆意前行的人，实属愚妄。神的话语若不赐福，便要咒诅；若不发出应许，便要发出威吓。但神的悦纳必保守正直的灵魂安然无恙。
纯全的基督徒就像一个从日出到日落奔波劳碌的旅客；若有祸患企图伤害他，神必亲自对付。应许是站在圣徒这一边的，借着在祷告中恳求这应许，他大可由神来承担代价并弥补损失，因为父神定意要保守他得蒙庇护。带着这样的确据，让我们来看看有哪几种操练纯全与主同行的方式。
路德所言极其真实：所有的诫命都包含在第一条诫命之中。他指出，每一个罪都是对神的藐视；因此，我们若违背任何一条诫命，就是违背了第一条诫命。“在我们错行得罪神之前，必定是我们对神的认识先出了错。”因此，父神将一句带有绝对主权的话语赐给亚伯拉罕，为要保守他的纯全：“你当在我面前作完全人。”（创17:1）
在神面前的正直，使摩西将腰带紧紧束在腰间。他既没有被埃及的财宝所贿赂，也没有被如此强大君王的怒气威吓以致丧失其纯全，“因他恒心忍耐，如同看见那不能看见的主。”（来11:27）他看见了比法老更大的那一位，正是这一异象向他指明了正直的道路。
麦琴（麦克谦）读经计划进度
家庭敬拜：申26章，诗117-118章，
个人灵修：赛53章，太1章
JUNE 21, SUNDAY
INSTRUCTIONS TO THE SINCERE
“Do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?” (Micah 2.7). But surely it is a dangerous walk when there is no word from God to guide our way.
To those of you whose diligent inquiry has shown sincerity from a pure heart, I counsel you to gird the belt of truth close and walk in the daily practice of uprightness. You are not ever dressed in the morning until this girdle has been put on, for the proverb is true which says, “Ungirded, unblessed.”
God’s promises, like a box of precious ointment, are collected to be broken over the head of the sincere man; “Do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?” (Micah 2:7). But surely it is a dangerous walk when there is no word from God to guide our way. It is a foolish man who dares go on when God’s Word lies across his path. Where the Word does not bless, it curses; where it does not promise, it threatens. But God’s approval keeps an upright soul safe.
The sincere Christian is like a traveler going about his business from sunrise to sunset; if harm tries to touch him God Himself will take care of it. The promise is on the saint’s side, and by pleading it he may recover his loss at God’s expense, for the Father stands bound to keep him protected. With this assurance in mind, let us look at several ways to walk in the exercise of sincerity.
What Luther said is most true: all the commandments are wrapped up in the first one. He pointed out that every sin is contempt of God; and so if we break any commandment we have broken the first. “We think amiss of God before we do amiss against God.” Thus the Father commended a sovereign word to Abraham to preserve his sincerity: “Walk before me, and be thou perfect” (Genesis 17:1).
Uprightness before God kept Moses’ girdle close to his loins. He was neither bribed by the treasures of Egypt nor browbeaten out of his sincerity by the anger of such a powerful ruler, “for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible” (Hebrews 11:27). He could see One greater than Pharaoh and this vision showed him the right path.