第113期（2002年10月27日）
经文：诗139:23-24，加6:3-4
感谢主！上面的两处经文表明人当省察自己的心思意念以及行为，不要自欺。无有的还自以为有；不懂的却装懂；不知的，却自以为有智慧，这就是自己欺骗自己。圣经告诉我们不要自欺，因为神是轻慢不得的，免得受到神公义的责罚。
以下来分享三方面的自欺：
一、自以为有智慧，却是愚拙
俗语云：“天生我才必有用”，许多人感觉自己是了不起的，而保罗却说“人不可自欺。你们中间若有人在这世界自以为有智慧，倒不如变作愚拙……因这世界的智慧，在神看是愚拙”（林前3:18-19上）。求主怜悯！这个世界的智慧常拦阻人认识独一的真神，将十字架救恩的真理看作愚拙的，把自己隔绝于主恩之外，成为沉沦，没有盼望的人。
先知耶利米警告世人说：“智慧人不要因他的智慧夸口”（参耶9:23）。今天我们能认识这位创始成终的主，并非我们比别人更有智慧，乃是神的恩典、神的爱。真正的智慧是从上头来的，所带来的是清洁、和平、温柔、顺服，满有怜悯，没有偏见、假冒。而雅3:14-17告诉我们：凡自夸的，说谎话抵挡真道的，这是属地的、属情欲的、属鬼魔的智慧。亚伦自以为有智慧，带领以色列百姓拜金牛犊，最后受到了应有的惩罚。
箴3:7-8：“不要自以为有智慧，要敬畏耶和华，远离恶事，这便医治你的肚脐，滋润你的百骨。”――唯有敬畏神、信靠主才是真正的智慧。
二、自以为有爱，却不如外邦人
约壹4:20：“人若说，‘我爱神’，却恨他的弟兄，就是说谎话的；不爱他所看见的弟兄，就不能爱没有看见的神。”在当今的世代，说爱是容易的，但真正去爱却是很难的。我们常会听说年青人谈恋爱时非常亲密，山盟海誓，而一旦结婚后，家事开始多了，烦恼日增，亲爱的心就淡漠了，甚至时常吵架、打架。因爱生恨，怨天尤人，最后走向那爱的死亡之路。这种情形是很常见的，因为这种爱是属地的爱，是自以为的爱，不是属天的、牺牲的爱。
自以为的爱有三种情形：
1、人情的爱――建立在人的友情上的爱
2、形式的爱――表面形式上的爱
3、有口无心的爱
真正的爱又是怎样的呢？
1、神的爱---救赎人类的爱、牺牲的爱
2、马利亚的爱---舍己之爱，奉献给主
3、保罗的爱---为主殉道，传福音给外邦人
4、彼得的爱---爱弟兄、爱众人
主耶稣对好撒玛利亚人的爱给予肯定，因为那爱不是表面的装饰，是实实在在的爱；马利亚爱主的心也为主所纪念；而犹大表面上很爱穷人，惋惜那瓶膏主的香膏，可实际上他却是个贼；我们是神的儿女，应当有爱，但不要自夸，因为所作的爱心之事是我们的本份，求主光照和塑造我们，切勿自以为有爱。
三、自以为得着了，却失去很多
使徒保罗是新约圣经（共27卷）中13卷经文的作者，有很高的学问，有被提到三层天的属灵经历，但他不自满。“弟兄们，我不是以为自己已经得着了，我只有一件事，就是忘记背后，努力向前的，向着标竿直跑。”（参腓3:13-14上）这实在是我们要学习的。许多人以为已经得着主的恩典，就不再努力，却不知因此失却多少祝福，何等可悲！
雅各骗取了长子的名份和父亲的祝福，自以为已经得着了，然而，在哥哥以扫的恨怒中背井离乡，在舅舅拉班家受屈二十年。而今日，又有多少人在这样自以为得着的光景中！世人自以为得着的，却与他们无益：
1、物质上的得着――物质上得着了，却赔上自己的生命（参太16:26）
2、表面上的得着――灵性的追求停留在表面上（参来6:1-2）
真正的得着当如何呢？1、得生命――主说：“我来了，是要叫羊得生命，并且得的更丰盛。”（参约10:10下）2、得永生――彼得说：“主啊，你有永生之道，我们还归从谁呢？”（参约6:68）3、得奖赏――保罗说：“要得神在基督耶稣里从上面召我来得的奖赏。”（参腓3:14）
愿神帮助我们，省察自己，不要自欺，不要自夸，乃是用心地认识主、信靠主、追求主、经历主，真正得着上头的智慧，超越的爱，永久的基业，基督的奖赏，成为蒙主祝福的基督徒，将一切的荣耀归给神。
We Must Test Ourselves instead of Deceiving Ourselves
By Rev. Lin Xinning
Bible Verse Reading: Psalms: 139: 23-24, Galatians: 6: 3-4
Praise the Lord! The verses mentioned above show that we should test our thought, will and our own work rather than self-deceiving. Self-deceiving is to take poverty as richness, unintelligence as intelligence and ignorance as wisdom. The Bible tells us not to deceive ourselves because God is not to be treated slightly and that we can avoid the just punishment of the LORD.
Let's share what self-deceiving is from the following aspects:
1. To take oneself wise, but actually s/he is foolish.
As the saying goes, "I was born of some use." Many people think that they are somebody, but Paul said, "Do not deceive yourselves. If you think that you are wise in this age, you should become fools…For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God." (1 Corinthians 3: 18-19a) May the LORD show mercy to us. The worldly wisdom often prevents us from knowing the real God. Besides, it makes us take the truth of saving grace as foolish and isolates us from the LORD'S grace. As a result, we become degenerate and hopeless.
Prophet Jeremiah warned us, "Do not let the wise boast in their wisdom." (Ref. Jeremiah 9: 23) Today we know God, the pioneer and perfecter, not that we are wiser than others, but that God loves us and bless us. The wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, and full of mercy, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy. James 3: 14-17 tells us that the boastful, the liars, and those who fall false to the truth are earthly, unspiritual and devilish. Aaron took himself as wise and led the Israelites to worship the gold calf. As a result, he received a deserved punishment. Proverbs 3: 7-8 says, "Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the LORD, and turn away from evil. It will be a healing for your flesh and a refreshment for your body." Only the revering of God and depending on God is wisdom.
2. To think oneself having love, but no better than the Gentiles.
1 John 4:20 records, "Those who say, 'I love God,' and hate their brothers or sisters, are liars; for those who do not love a brother or sister whom they have seen, cannot love God whom they have not seen." In modern times, it is easy to talk about love, but difficult to love. We often hear that young people are very intimate when they fall in love. They make a solemn pledge of love. Once they get married, however, they get bored as the family matters get more. Their love for each other fades and they may even quarrel or fight. They blame everyone and everything but themselves. Finally they take the road leading to the end of love. This is quite common because this kind of love is earthly and self-opinionated, not heavenly or sacrificial.
There are three kinds of self-opinionated love:
a) Love built up on friendship
b) Superficial love
c) Love on words not at heart
And what about real love?
a) God's love-the love for saving human beings, sacrificial love
b) Mary's love-sacrificial love
c) Paul's love-to die for God' Word and preach Gospel to the Gentiles
d) Peter's love-to love everyone
LORD Jesus praised good Samaritan's love because that kind of love is not pretentious, but truly love. Mary's love is also remembered by the LORD. Judas, who showed love to the poor and felt sorry for the ointment being poured on the LORD'S head, was actually a thief. We are God's children and should have love, but be not boastful because it is our duty to do what shows love. May the LORD give us light and build us up. Be sure not to have self-opinionated love.
3. To think oneself make it his/her own, but actually lose a lot.
Apostle Paul is the writer of the thirteen volumes out of the twenty-seven in the New Testament. He was very learned and had the spiritual experience of being raised to the three levels of the sky. However, he was not self-conceived. "Beloved, I do not consider that I have made it my own; but this one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead. I press on toward the goal."(Ref. Philippians 3: 13-14) This is really what we should learn from. Many who think having got God's grace stop hard working and they lose the blessings of the LORD. How very sad it is!
Jacob cheated the birthright and his father's blessings and thought he made them his own. But he had to leave his hometown because of his brother Esau's hatred towards him. For twenty years, he worked extremely hard in his uncle Laban's home. How many people are in similar situation now! They think they make it their own but they do not benefit from it.
a) Materially they get, but their life is forfeited. (Ref. Matthew 16:26)
b) Their spiritual pursuit is superficial. (Ref. Hebrews 6: 1-2)
Then what is real "get"?
a) To have life-the LORD said, "I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly." (Ref. John 10:10b)
b) To have eternity-Peter said, "LORD, to whom can we go? You have the words of eternal life." (Ref. John 6:68)
c) To have awards-Paul said, "To press on toward the goal for the prize of the heavenly call of God in Christ Jesus." (Ref. Philippians 3: 14)
May the LORD help us and test us. And we must know God with our heart and depend on Him with our faith and pursuit him and experience Him so that we will have wisdom and love from above and obtain permanent inheritance and Jesus' award. May that we Christians are blessed by God and all glory belongs to God.
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应当省察，不要自欺(一）
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