12月30日
回顾总结
“所以，凡听见我这话就去行的，好比一个聪明人，把房子盖在磐石上；”
马太福音 7:24
在著名的登山宝训之后，耶稣做了回顾和总结。 通过讲论八福，盐和光，讲论发怒和奸淫，讲论爱仇敌、讲论施舍给贫穷者，讲论主祷文、对财利的态度、教导人们不要忧虑、不要论断，等等，耶稣提出了改变世界的思想，祂引导人们说寻找就寻见，要人们遵守黄金法则、要进窄门，了解谁才是祂真正的门徒等。历史上很多名言，都来自耶稣的登山宝训。这历来都被认为是一段佳美的信息。耶稣自己也这样认为。事实上，在他结束讲道之前，他回顾所讲的一切并鼓励凡听见祂这些话的人都付诸行动。祂说，如果一个人把祂的教训运用到实际中去，那么他的生命就会有坚实的根基。因此耶稣用盖房子的比喻来作为总结，这是世界上最好的比喻之一。
今日祷告：
耶稣，谢谢祢改变了我的生命。求祢继续教导我，让我自己不断改变，因而也能改变周围的世界。阿们。
December 30
Wrap Up
Anyone who listens to my teaching and follows it is wise, like a person who builds a house on solid rock.
MATTHEW 7:24
At the end of the most famous sermon in history, Jesus looked back. He had offered world-changing thoughts through beatitudes, salt and light, teaching on anger and adultery, love for enemies, giving to the needy, the Lord’s Prayer, ideas on money, instructions to not worry, to not judge; he encouraged people to seek and find, keep the Golden Rule, pass through the narrow gate, and discover who his true followers are. Some of the most famous sayings in history come from the Sermon on the Mount. History would say it was a pretty good message.
Jesus himself thought it was pretty good too. In fact, before he finished, he looked back on it all and encouraged everyone who heard his words to put them into action. If a person applied his teachings, he said, then they would have a stable foundation for life. So he wrapped up his words with one of the greatest analogies the world had ever heard.
Pray for the Day:
Jesus, thank you for making a difference in my life. Keep teaching me. Help me be changed even more so that I can change the world around me. Amen.
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