8月25日
婚姻的纯洁
The Purity of Marriage
凡是……清洁的,……这些事你们都要思念。
——腓4:8
Whatsoever things are pure . . . think on these things.
—Philippians 4:8
圣经里任何地方都没有教导说性本身是种罪。人出于罪的本性,把本是两个人之间荣耀和圆满的爱的 行为变成某种低俗、廉价和肮脏的事情。圣经是世上对性这个话题直言不讳的著作之一,圣经谴责婚姻关系之外的性。不道德的行为在全国猖獗的事实并不能说明这是正确的,有的牧师容忍它也不能使它变得正确。圣经说:“有一条路,人以为正,至终成为死亡之路。”(箴言16:25)在犹太律法下淫乱被判处死刑,今天在神的律法之下它也同样导致属灵的死亡。
Nowhere does the Bible teach that sex in itself is a sin. Man in his sinful nature has taken what was intended to be a glorious and complete act of love between two people and has made it something low, cheap, and dirty. The Bible is one of the world’s outspoken books on the subject of sex, and the Bible condemns sex outside the bonds of matrimony. The fact that immorality is rampant throughout the nation doesn’t make it right; the fact that some clergymen may condone it doesn’t make it right. The Bible says, “There is a way that seemeth right unto a man; but the end thereof are the ways of death” (Proverbs 16:25). Under Jewish law adultery was punishable by death. Under God’s law today it also results in spiritual death.
今日祷告
我周围的一切,让违反你的律法变得如此诱人,父啊,帮助我定睛在耶稣那里!
Prayer for the day
All around me, breaking Your laws is made so enticing, Father. Help me to keep my eyes on Jesus.
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