學像上帝

學像上帝
聖經閱讀：彼得後書1:3-8 現代中譯本|合和本
2014年11月30日(日)

上帝希望我們能夠學像祂。在今天的經文中，彼得告訴我們耶穌已經賜給我們許多美好的恩賜，藉著這些恩賜，我們可以「分享上帝的神性」（第4b節）。因為我們擁有這些恩賜，我們「得以逃避世上那毀滅性的慾望」（第4b節）。 　彼得接著說，我們應該在生命中加上這些品德：信心、美德、知識、節制、忍耐、敬虔、手足之愛和博愛。如果這些品德在我們的生命中不斷增長，我們「就會更積極、更有效地認識我們的主耶穌基督」（第8b節）。 　我們要如何在我們的生命中加上這些品德呢？我們每天都應該找方法去向人行善，在我們受誘惑去做錯事時控制自己，耐心對待別人，並且充滿仁慈和愛心。 　我願意去做這些事來學像上帝，我希望你也願意學像上帝！－DJH* 「有了這些經驗，你們就不至於墮落。這樣，你們會獲得充分的權利，得以進入我們的主和救主耶穌基督永恆的國度裡。」 彼得後書1:10b-11 禱告：上帝，我願每日更像祢。奉耶穌的名，阿們！ (林威妮譯)

Being Like God
Bible Reading: 2 Peter 1:3-8
Sunday, November 30, 2014

God wants us to be like Him. In our Bible Reading today, Peter tells us that Jesus has given us some wonderful gifts. With these gifts we “can share in being like God” (verse 4b). Because we have these gifts, we “will escape the ruin that comes to people in the world because of the evil things they want” (verse 4b). 　Then Peter says that we should add these things to our lives: faith, goodness, knowledge, self-control, patience, devotion to God, kindness and love. If these things are growing in our lives, we “will never fail to be useful to God” (verse 8b). 　How can we add these things to our lives? Every day we should look for ways to do good things for other people, to control ourselves when we are tempted to do something wrong, to be patient with other people and to be kind and loving. 　I want to do these things and be like God. I hope you want to be like God, too! —DJH* “If you do all this, you will never fall. And you will be given a very great welcome into the kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, a kingdom that never ends.”2 Peter 1:10b-11 PRAYER: God, I want to be more like You every day. In Jesus’ name. Amen.