「主日之外的那六天」

灵修操练

"The Other Six"

Devotional Practice

40天灵修的第2天

Day 2 of 40 Days Devotion

6 April 2021

阅读圣经
Reading the Bible

  • 彼得后书 1:21

因为预言从来没有出于人意的,而是人被圣灵感动说出上帝的话来。


  • 提摩太后书 3:16

圣经都是上帝所默示的,于教训、督责、使人归正、教导人学义都是有益的,


  • 约翰福音 14:26

但保惠师,就是父因我的名所要差来的圣灵,他要把一切的事教导你们,并且要使你们想起我对你们所说的一切话。


  • 约伯记 32:8

其实,是人里面的灵, 全能者的气使人有聪明。


使徒彼得在彼得后书1:21帮我们解答了那个关于圣经的千古疑问:“圣经是人写的,还是上帝亲自拿起笔和纸来写的?”他解释说,虽然是人动手把圣经写下来的,但是圣经背后的默示却与人的意志完全无关。换句话说,是上帝的灵引导人写下他们最终写下的字句,因此我们可以确信,上帝是不会误导他们的。毕竟,假如上帝是全能的,祂怎么可能会允许渺小的人类写下关于祂的连篇谬误,还让他们成功地说服全世界相信,他们所写下的就是上帝的话语呢?

更何况,圣经若只是人虚构出来的“神话”故事,那就很难相信它的字句经过了几千年还会保存得极其准确。但事实上,圣经是世界上抄写得最为准确可靠的古代文献。


  • 2 Peter 1:21

For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.


  • 2 Timothy 3:16

All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness


  • John 14:26

But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.


  • Job 32:8

But it is the spirit in man, the breath of the Almighty, that makes him understand.


Peter helps to answer that age-old question about the Bible here: ‘did humans write it, or did God literally write it with a pen and paper?’ It explains that, though humans wrote the Bible, their will had nothing to do with the inspiration behind it. In other words, God’s Spirit led them to write what they did, and therefore, we can trust that God would not have led them wrong. After all, if God is all-powerful, why would He allow mere humans to write down things that weren't true of Him and then let them succeed in convincing the world that they were the words of God?

On top of that, it's hard to believe that humans simply writing down this 'made up story' of God would have such an incredible accuracy rate across thousands of years: the Bible is the must trustworthy transcript rate in the known world today.

祷告与实践
Pray and Practice

求上帝帮助我们坚信圣经的确是祂所默示的,而正因为如此,我们可以确信祂从过去到现在都知道祂自己在做什么。

Ask God to strengthen our belief that the Bible was inspired by Him, and because of that, we can trust that He knew and still knows what He’s doing.