7月 21日 言语和行动 Talk vs. Action

7月 21日

言语和行动

Talk vs. Action

你们的义若不胜于文士和法利赛人的义，断不能进天国。

——马太福音5:20

Except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
—Matthew 5:20

在这个堕落的社会，去相信，去反抗，去争论，去战斗，去拼搏的意志已经消逝。取而代之的是盲从，随波逐流、屈服、放弃梦想。这些情况发生在古罗马，现在也发生在我们身上，同样的状况在古罗马盛行，在我们社会中也盛行。在罗马覆灭之前，她的道德标准被抛弃，家庭解体，离婚盛行，淫行猖獗。信仰低潮。正如吉本所说“人们对信仰的讨论多，却实践少”。

In a decadent society the will to believe, to resist, to contend, to fight, to struggle, is gone.  In place of this will to resist, there is the desire to conform, to drift, to follow, to yield, and to give up. This is what happened in Rome, but it also applies to us. The same conditions that prevailed in Rome prevail in our society. Before Rome fell, her standards were abandoned, the family disintegrated, divorce prevailed, immorality was rampant, and faith was at a low ebb. As Gibbon said, “There was much talk of religion, but few practiced it.”

今日祷告

主耶稣，愿我配得基督徒的名！

Prayer for the day

May I be worthy to bear the name Christian, Lord Jesus.