2014 Bible Reading
Hebrews Chapter 4
1 – 3: Therefore, since a promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have come short of it. For indeed the gospel was preached to us as well as…
John 10: “And Other Sheep I have”
How blessed are we to be in the fold of God with Jesus the Good Shepherd! We have abundant life because He gave His life for us (Jn 10:10-11). Speaking to the children of Abraham in His…
John Chapter 9
“Who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” While this passage provides little details on the purpose and intent behind the disciple’s question; whether it is a question arising from a genuine concern…
John Chapter 6 – Are We Like Philip?
John Chapter 6 carries with it so many teachings that many of the preachers and deacons would be in a better position to share them. Indeed, Pr Shee spoke about the Bread from Heaven just last Sabbath…
John 3: Do you know what you don’t know?
“Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not know these things? (Jn 3:10) Nicodemus, one of the Pharisees, came to Jesus by night. After addressing Him “Rabbi”, the first thing he said was “we know”. Jesus…
John 2: Messiah Invited, Merchants Expelled
When Jesus enters into the lives of people, two seemingly opposite things can happen – enhancing pleasure or rebuking error. In either case, it’s a matter of alignment to the will of God for our ultimate good.…
2 Kings Chapter 14 – Failure & Success
One of the very few Chinese proverbs I remember from my years of school is this: 失败是成功之母 (shi bai shi cheng gong zhi mu). Why I remember this is because of how funny it sounded literally: “Failure…
列王纪下第一章
列王纪下第一章的教训 (1-8)亚哈谢王不知以色列中有神,竟然去求问以革伦神巴力西卜。 1 亚哈谢从楼上的栏杆掉里下来就病了,这意外让人看出这是安全措施做的不好,所以发生这意外;这意外也让人看出他的灵性不好已经坠落了。 因为他差遣使者去问以革伦神巴力西卜巴力,我这病能不能好?这是非利士人的苍蝇之神,以色列的真神是天地的主他却不去求问。 2 人生在世难免有意外发生,问题是我们以怎样的态度来面对?有话说:患难见真情,患难也见真信仰,人在患难中的反应可以看出他对神的信心,是否坚定信心依靠真神,还是改变信心依靠别神? 有些信徒患病祷告不得医治,就转去求靠偶像,去算命,去改运等等,世人以假神为真神而去求靠固然可怜,信徒以真神为假神而不求靠更加可怜! 3 神差以利亚去迎接亚哈谢王差遣的使者,责备他们说:你们去问以革伦神巴力西卜,岂因以色列中没有神可以求问吗? 亚哈谢王这事让耶和华对他发怒,所以神宣告:你必不下你所上的床,必定要死! 亚哈谢面对死亡去求问假神,结果导致自己和所差遣的军兵102人的死亡;第三次差遣的五十夫长面对死亡呼求真神的怜悯,结果拯救了自己和跟随他的五十人。人生必定面对死亡,我们的人生是求问假神还是真神? (9-18)亚哈谢王不尊重神的先知,竟然差遣人去捉拿以利亚先知。 1 亚哈谢知道神差先知以利亚拦阻他的使者,就差遣人去捉拿以利亚。他对偶像必恭必敬,派使者去求问,对神人就不恭敬,派军兵去捉拿,两种不同的态度说明亚哈谢真的是心中无神。 2 他三次差遣五十夫长带五十人去捉拿以利亚,前两次的人都被以利亚求天火烧灭他们,为什么第三次的人以利亚没求天火烧灭他们,还跟他们一同去见王? 因为他们不像之前的人对先知不敬要捉拿先知,他们对先知谦卑下跪,哀求先知把他们的生命看为宝贵。 之前的人若像他们一样不助纣为虐捉拿先知,他们也不至丧命。人面对善恶的取舍决定了人的生命,存敬畏神的心弃恶从善就不会被神审判。 3 神降下天火烧灭这些对先知不敬的人,表明神不但要人敬畏神,也要人因为敬畏神而对神的仆人有谦卑和尊敬的态度。 今天我们是以甚么态度来对待神的仆人?是否以谦卑和尊敬的心接受神仆人的教诲?
Joshua Chapter 9 – When Trickery Met Integrity
The rulers of Israel, and Joshua especially, must have been conflicted when they discovered they had been deceived by the Hivites of Gibeon. When all the congregation murmured against them for sparing the Gibeonites, they could only…
Joshua Chapter 5 | The Army of the LORD
1. Circumcision at Gilgal (1-9) Circumcision was the sign of the covenant which God made to Abraham (Gen 17:10). It was a way to signify that someone was part of this covenant and has a part with…