Daily Devotion - Dec 15 - «H¤ßªº¤ä²¼Ã¯ Faith's check book

信心的支票簿 Faith's check book

世界大同

經文: ��「祂必在列國中施行審判，為許多國民斷定是非，他們要將刀打成犁頭，把槍打成鐮刀，這國不舉刀攻擊那國；他們也不再學習戰事。」（以賽亞書二︰4）'T

喔，希望這種太平的日子早點來臨！現今各國擴張軍備，競相發明殺傷力極強的精良武器，似乎惟有置對方於死地，才是解決人類問題的惟一方法。但是，和平
終究有來臨的一天，到那日刀槍都要被改造成其他的形狀，用來做和平的用途。�

這願望要如何達成？藉著文明？貿易？或霸道？過去的經驗告訴我們，這些方法都太脆弱，惟有靠著和平之子，和平方能指日可待。上帝要藉著祂的靈教導眾民，以祂的恩典更新百姓的心，以祂的權能統轄萬民，如此國與國間不再有戰爭，民與民間不再有傷害。當人良心泯滅時，就獸性大發，殘忍兇暴，惟有上帝能將獅子變成綿羊；惟有改變人心，人嗜殺的天性才能除掉。但願讀到今天這應許的讀者，都當向上帝禱告，求上帝加速邁向世界大同的腳步，使和平臨到人間。�


World Concord

Scripture: "And they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more" (Isaiah 2:4).

Oh, that these happy times were come! At present the nations are heavily armed and are inventing weapons more and more terrible, as if the chief end of man could only be answered by destroying myriads of his fellows. Yet peace will prevail one day; yes, and so prevail that the instruments of destruction shall be beaten into other shapes and used for better purposes.

How will this come about? By trade? By civilization? By arbitration? We do not believe it. Past experience forbids our trusting to means so feeble. Peace will be established only by the reign of the Prince of Peace. He must teach the people by His Spirit, renew their hearts by His grace, and reign over them by His supreme power, and then will they cease to wound and kill. Man is a monster when once his blood is up, and only the LORD Jesus can turn this lion into a lamb. By changing man's heart, his bloodthirsty passions are removed. Let every reader of this book of promises offer special prayer today to the LORD and Giver of Peace that He would speedily put an end to war and establish concord over the whole world.


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