司布真每日靈修(夜) Evening by Evening
十二月二十八日
經文: 我來，並不是叫地上太平，乃是叫地上動刀兵。（馬太福音十：34）
基督徒肯定會製造許多敵人。雖然這並非他的本意，但是他若行為正直，並且相信真理，就必失去每一個地上的朋友，而他只將之視為小小的損失。他在天上的偉大的朋友將更恩待他，更把自己向他啓示。「因為我來，是叫人與父親生疏、女兒與母親生疏，……人的仇敵，就是自己家�的人。」（太十：35∼36）基督是偉大的和平使者，但是在和平來臨之前，祂要帶來戰爭。光一進入，黑暗就必須離開。真理所在之處，謊言必然逃跑。若不逃跑，必然有嚴重的衝突，因為真理不能也不會降低標準。你的生活若在最後審判前能站立得住，世人必然不會善待你。與世界為友就是與上帝為敵。你若向至高者誠實盡忠，世人將憎恨你不退縮的忠貞，因為你的行為証明了他們是邪惡的。你必須不計任何後果作正直的事。你需要有獅子般的勇氣，在你奔跑的道路上，你最要好的朋友將成為你最兇猛的仇敵。但是為了對耶穌的愛，你必須勇敢。你若要冒犧牲名譽和愛好的危險，就需要道德的力量，而唯有上帝的靈能賜你力量。切勿像懦夫一樣背棄真理。勇敢地跟隨主的腳蹤，祂已在你前面走過了這條艱難崎嶇之路。短暫之爭戰和永恆之安息是比虛假的和平和永遠的受苦更好。
Evening, December 28
Scripture: "I came not to send peace on earth, but a sword."(Matthew 10:34)
The Christian will be sure to make enemies. It will be one of his objects to make none; but if to do the right, and to believe the true, should cause him to lose every earthly friend, he will count it but a small loss, since his great Friend in heaven will be yet more friendly, and reveal himself to him more graciously than ever. O ye who have taken up his cross, know ye not what your Master said? "I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother; and a man's foes shall be they of his own household." Christ is the great Peacemaker; but before peace, he brings war. Where the light cometh, the darkness must retire. Where truth is, the lie must flee; or, if it abideth, there must be a stern conflict, for the truth cannot and will not lower its standard, and the lie must be trodden under foot. If you follow Christ, you shall have all the dogs of the world yelping at your heels. If you would live so as to stand the test of the last tribunal, depend upon it the world will not speak well of you. He who has the friendship of the world is an enemy to God; but if you are true and faithful to the Most High, men will resent your unflinching fidelity, since it is a testimony against their iniquities. Fearless of all consequences, you must do the right. You will need the courage of a lion unhesitatingly to pursue a course which shall turn your best friend into your fiercest foe; but for the love of Jesus you must thus be courageous. For the truth's sake to hazard reputation and affection, is such a deed that to do it constantly you will need a degree of moral principle which only the Spirit of God can work in you; yet turn not your back like a coward, but play the man. Follow right manfully in your Master's steps, for he has traversed this rough way before you. Better a brief warfare and eternal rest, than false peace and everlasting torment.
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