July 28
真实与虚伪
Truth and Fiction
好叫世人知道你大能的作为，并你国度威严的荣耀。
——诗 145:12
. . . make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom. —Psalm 145:12
几年前我听说一个牧师他有一个做演员的朋友。这个演员总是吸引很多很多的人，而在教堂里听这位牧师讲道的人却很少。有一天，牧师对他的这位演员朋友说：“为什么你总是能吸引那么多的观众，而我却几乎没有听众呢? 你说的话纯属杜撰，而我的却是不变的真理。”这个演员的回答相当简单。他说：“我把虚构的表演得像真实的，而你却把真实的表现得像虚构的一样。” 所以，我恐怕很多时候由于我们基督徒的行为方式对主的教导缺乏委身而使人觉得我们所传的真理是虚假的。
Some years ago I heard about a clergyman who had a friend who was an actor. The actor was drawing large crowds of people, and the clergyman was preaching to a few in the church. He said to his actor friend, “Why is it that you draw great crowds, and I have no audience at all? Your words are sheer fiction, and mine are unchangeable truth.” The actor’s reply was quite simple. “I present my fiction as though it were truth; you present your truth as though it were fiction.” I fear that so often we Christians give the idea that the truth is fiction by the way we live and by the lack of dedication to the teachings of our Lord.
今日祷告
主耶稣，我将我的生命完全的交托与你，以便使人知道我所爱和所服侍的救主是真实的！
Prayer for the day
Lord Jesus, I would completely yield my life to You, so that others may know that the Savior I love and serve is the truth!
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