• 彼得后书 3:16

他所有的书信都谈到这些事。一些不学无术、反复无常的人曲解了信中一些难懂的地方，就像曲解其他经文一样，他们是自取灭亡。

彼得在他这封书信的3章16节的第一句里，提到保罗和其著作。请留意彼得在这节末尾使用什么字眼来表达他对保罗的著作的看法——他竟然称它们为“经书”（即圣经）！即使是在当时，彼得已经知道保罗正在撰写的著作带有极大的能力和默示。彼得可是耶稣自己的门徒，曾亲耳听过耶稣所说的话，而他居然说保罗的著作是经书。这两位作者在当时已经察觉到，上帝正在施展大能行一件大事。他们并不是为了让对方高兴才写下那番话的。事实上，保罗有一次还必须斥责彼得对外邦人言行不一（加拉太书2:11-14）。

他们承认他们的著作是经书，因为上帝亲自透过他们的同僚改变了历史的进程。照理来讲，他们是不会想承认他们的著作是经书的，毕竟他们所写下的事迹和思想会惹来迫害和酷刑。可是他们不能不写，因为他们遇见了上帝；是祂驱使他们写下那些书卷的。

• 2 Peter 3:16

as he does in all his letters when he speaks in them of these matters. There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures.

Here in this first verse we find Peter in his epistle speaking about Paul and his writings. Notice how he views them by the wording he uses at the end – he calls Paul’s writings scripture! Even Peter at the time knew how powerful and inspired these writings that were being constructed were – Jesus’ own disciple, who heard Jesus’ very words, says that Paul’s writings are scripture. Even the men who were writing these words at the time understood that something incredibly powerful was happening. They didn't do it to make each other feel good - in fact, Paul actually has to reprimand Peter at one point for not following up his words with his actions towards the Gentiles.

They acknowledged that their writings were scripture because God had been personally changing the course of history through their colleagues. In fact, these men wouldn't have even wanted to own up to the fact that their writings were scripture considering the persecution and torture that would've accompanied writing these events and ideas down. But they couldn't help it - they had encountered God and He had compelled them to write.

花今天一整天的时间想象一下，如果你活在圣经作者们撰写圣经书卷的那个时代，当时的氛围是多么令人振奋。也试想一下他们做出了多少牺牲，才让圣经得以存到今日。

Spend the day considering the incredible atmosphere it must’ve been to be alive during the construction of these Bible books, and think about how much these men and women sacrificed so that the Bible might continue to exist up until this very day.