|灵修小文| 最喜欢的圣经节
2021-12-09
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“你一切的训词，在万事上我都以为正直，我却恨恶一切假道。”（诗119：128）
有人问一位年长的牧师，有哪些圣经节他最喜欢。他回答说：“多了。风暴来临时，我需要斗蓬；在寒冷的日子里，我要倚着阳光照射的墙壁；在酷热的日子里，我喜欢林荫小道。有时，我想要吗哪，或清凉的‘生命水’；有时，我需要一把剑。事实上，你的问题是——我有没有我最喜欢的眼睛？‘所有的圣经节……都是有益的。’（提后3：16）”
虽然神的某些话语较其它话语更具文学美感，但，就“圣经是神所默示的”这一点说，所有圣经话语并无“高低”之分。仅仅靠少数圣经节，而不去熟悉圣经其它内容，是一种错误的读经方法。如是，我们就不能从神那里获取更多的属灵见解。许多信徒满足于“引用”5年前或10年前就在使用的圣经节——仅此而已。显然，在理解以及品味神的话语方面，他们没有长进。
当圣灵启示圣经的作者时写书时，圣灵不会“浪费”言语的。这意味着——神要我们以整本圣经为“单位”，考量神话语的价值。或许，在原则上，我们同意这种思想。但，在具体的事上，我们应用的真理，是否来自对圣经更为“深广”的阅读呢？我们能否诚实地说：“我喜欢你所有的话语？”
圣经好比宴席上的一张餐桌，而不是一个点心托盘。
老童 译
Favorite Verses
All Your precepts concerning all things I consider to be right. —Psalm 119:128
When an elderly minister was asked to give his favorite Bible verse, he replied, “Half a dozen come to mind. On stormy days I want a cloak. On cold days I want the sunny side of the wall. On hot days I want a shady path. I may want a shower of manna or a cool drink of living water. I may want a sword. In fact, I might as well try to decide which of my eyes is my favorite. ‘All Scripture . . . is profitable'” (2 Tim. 3:16).
Although some parts of God’s Word have greater literary beauty than others, all are equally inspired. It is a mistake to rely on just a few verses and fail to become familiar with other passages that can supply us with fresh insights into the mind of God. Many believers are content to keep quoting the same portions of Scripture they did 5 or 10 years ago. They apparently have not grown in their understanding and appreciation of God’s Word.
The Holy Spirit did not waste words when He inspired the writers of the Bible. He intended that we should value the Word of God in its entirety. We may agree in principle, but in practice are we applying the truths gained from a wider reading of God’s Word? Can we honestly say, “I love all Your Word”?
The Bible is a banquet table, not a snack tray.
By: Henry G. Bosch
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