聖經閱讀：使徒行傳5:1-11 現代中譯本|合和本
2014年7月2日(三)
今天的經文告訴我們一個名叫撒非喇的女人，她和她的丈夫亞拿尼亞都參與了耶路撒冷的教會。使徒行傳4:34b-35跟我們談到在那間教會裡的人：「那些擁有田產房屋的，都賣了，把賣產業的錢交給使徒，照各人的需要分給各人。」亞拿尼亞和撒非喇賣了一些田產，但是他們只將一部分的錢交給使徒。亞拿尼亞和撒非喇只將部分錢奉獻給教會並沒有錯，但是似乎他們對奉獻的金額說了謊。他們兩個的死是因為欺騙了上帝。 今天在教會裡也有人像亞拿尼亞和撒非喇一樣，這些人假裝他們奉獻很多錢給教會好讓別人來稱讚他們、尊敬他們，但是上帝永遠希望我們說真話。要確定你所說的每一件事都是真的，都是讓上帝高興的。 —JK 「她立刻倒在彼得腳前，死了。那些年輕人進來，看見她已經死了，就把她抬出去，葬在她丈夫旁邊。」 使徒行傳5:10
禱告：上帝，我願永遠說真話。奉耶穌的名，阿們！
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Women in Acts (2)
Bible Reading: Acts 5:1-11
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
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Our Bible Reading today tells us about a woman named Sapphira. She and her husband, Ananias, were part of the church in Jerusalem. Acts 4:34b-35 tells us about the people in that church. “Everyone who owned fields or houses sold them. They brought the money they got and gave it to the apostles. Then everyone was given whatever they needed.” Ananias and Sapphira sold some land, but they gave only part of the money to the apostles. It was not wrong for Ananias and Sapphira to only give part of the money to the church. But it seems that they lied about how much money they gave. They both died because they lied to God. There are people today in the church who are like Ananias and Sapphira. These people pretend that they give lots of money to the church so that other people will praise them and respect them. But God always wants us to tell the truth. Be sure that everything you say/sign is true and pleases God. —JK “At that moment Sapphira fell down by his feet and died. The young men came in and saw that she was dead. They carried her out and buried her beside her husband.” Acts 5:10
PRAYER: God, I always want to tell the truth. In Jesus’ name. Amen. |
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