耶穌做了什麼 (2)

耶穌做了什麼 (2)
聖經閱讀：馬太福音4:1-11 現代中譯本|合和本
2014年1月2日(四)

今天的經文告訴我們，耶穌剛要開始在世上的事工之前所發生的事情。那時耶穌身處在曠野中，祂已經40天沒有吃東西了。 　魔鬼來找耶穌並試探祂，牠希望耶穌犯罪。前後有三次，魔鬼提議耶穌做某件事情，但耶穌知道做那些事是不對的。那麼耶穌做了什麼呢？每一次耶穌都藉著覆誦一節經文來回應魔鬼，這些經節幫助耶穌向魔鬼說「不！」 　每一天，魔鬼都會引誘我們去做不對的事情，有時候我們會軟弱而選擇去做錯誤的事。聖經可以幫助我們堅定信心來抵擋魔鬼。如果魔鬼引誘我們去偷竊，我們就可以記住出埃及記20:15：「不可偷竊」。如果我們被引誘去說謊，我們可以想一想以弗所書4:25a：「你們不可再撒謊！」 　你每天要研讀聖經，然後你就可以像耶穌那樣向魔鬼說「不！」 —JK 「上帝選召我們，不是要我們生活在污穢中，而是要我們聖潔。」 帖撒羅尼迦前書4:7 禱告：天父，我願學像耶穌，並且堅定信心來抵擋魔鬼。奉耶穌的名，阿們！ (尤榮輝譯)

WDJD (2)
Bible Reading: Matthew 4:1-11
Thursday, January 2, 2014

Our Bible Reading today tells us about the time right before Jesus began His ministry on earth. Jesus was in the desert, and He ate nothing for 40 days. 　The devil came to Jesus and tempted Him. The devil wanted Jesus to sin. Three times the devil suggested that Jesus do something. Jesus knew that doing those things would be wrong. What did Jesus do? Each time Jesus answered the devil by repeating a verse from the Bible. Those verses helped Jesus say “No!” to the devil. 　Every day the devil tempts us to do wrong things. Sometimes we are weak and we choose to do the wrong thing. The Bible can help us be strong and stand against the devil. If the devil tempts us to steal, we can remember Exodus 20:15: “You must not steal anything.” If we are tempted to tell a lie, we can think about Ephesians 4:25a: “You must stop telling lies.” 　Study the Bible every day. Then you can be like Jesus and say “No!” to the devil. —JK “God chose us to be holy. He does not want us to live in sin.”1 Thessalonians 4:7 PRAYER: Father, I want to be like Jesus and stand strong against the devil. In Jesus’ name. Amen.