2 神话语的权力

 

    如果遵行圣经的教导会危及你的产业、职业、家庭、甚至你的生命,你会怎样做?仍会忠于神吗?你会怎样决定?抑或你早已有决定?在这一课中,我们会详细分析圣经的权柄、可靠性,从而帮助我们决定。

 

圣经的作者

 

1   在下列经文中,圣经作者怎样证明他们的话出于神?

申廿八1~2

                                                           

撒下廿三1~3

                                                            

耶一6~9

                                                           

帖前二13

                                                           

2   保罗怎样形容圣经作者的神性?(提后三16)

                                                           

3   神怎样看重自己的话语?(诗一三八2)

                                                           

                                                           

    「一句话出自神,便有高于人的权柄。正如每一句出于人的话,也代表着说话背后的人。因此,是说话的人自己(包括他的性格、知识、地位)决定了别人怎样看待他的说话。所以神的话语也带着神的权柄。我们信他,所以信他说的一切。」

                                         ——John R.W.Stott*

 

耶稣眼中的圣经

 

4   试看马太福音四章一至十一节耶稣受试探的部分。

a   耶稣怎样运用圣经?(10节)

                                                           

b   耶稣在决定之前,考虑了撒但提出的多少条件?

                                                           

c   耶稣怎样将他引述的经文,应用到自己和撒但的身上?

                                                           

d   如果耶稣顺服在圣经的权威之下,这一点对你有什么意义?

                                                           

                                                           

                                                            

5   在下面的情况中,耶稣怎样应用圣经?

可七6~9

                                                           

                                                           

可十二24~27

                                                            

                                                           

路十25~28

                                                           

                                                           

6   耶稣为什么相信自己需要上十字架?(路廿四25~27)

                                                            

                                                           

                                                           

7   耶稣还提及圣经的什么?

太五17~18

                                                           

                                                            

约十七17

                                                           

                                                           

8   重看第四至七题,简述耶稣眼中的圣经是怎样的?

                                                            

                                                           

                                                           

                                                           

9   耶稣的例子对你是个挑战吗?为什么?

                                                            

                                                           

                                                           

                                                           

 

圣经的可信性

 

10  下列的经文怎样提到圣经的可信性?

书廿三14

                                                            

                                                           

诗卅三4

                                                           

                                                           

箴三十5~6

                                                            

                                                           

11  从路加福音的卷首部分中,你可以总结出圣经的可信性吗?(路一1~4)

                                                           

                                                            

12  翻阅彼得后书一章十五至二十一节。

a   彼得在第十六节中申明什么?

                                                           

                                                           

b   彼得和其他人有什么不寻常的经历?(将17、18节和太十七1~9比较)

                                                            

                                                           

                                                           

c   彼得相信什么比天国的声音更可靠?(19节)

                                                           

d   他为什么相信圣经的预言是那么可靠?(20、21节)

                                                            

                                                           

13  你认为圣经有哪些应验了的预言,足证圣经是可信的?

                                                           

                                                            

                                                           

 

丰富的教导

 

14  神的话语在你的生活中有什么果效?

诗卅七31

                                                           

诗一一九130

                                                           

约十五3

                                                            

徒二十32

                                                           

                                                           

提后三16

                                                           

                                                            

雅一21

                                                           

15  收割始于耕耘:耕耘的人若期望有属灵的收获,就应栽种什么?(可四14)

                                                           

下星期你会撒下什么种子呢?

                                                            

                                                           

                                                           

16  读以赛亚书五十五章十至十一节,注意雨雪和神话语的关系。试想像经文描述的情景。神言出必行,对你有什么启发呢?

                                                            

                                                           

                                                           

                                                           

                                                            

                                                           

                                                           

                                                           

17  打开诗篇一一九篇,随意细阅。这段经文提到神话语(他的诫命、证据、劝诫、审判、律法等,同是指他的说话)的好处,试列出其中四至五种。

                                                           

                                                           

                                                           

                                                           

                                                            

                                                           

圣经具权威,乃因其作者是至高无上的:圣经是神的话语。你希望更信靠圣经吗?那么,多寻求神吧,你对神的态度怎样,对圣经的态度也就怎样。

 

生活中行出真理来

 

18  耶稣对他那时代的人十分失望。有何原因?

路六46

                                                            

                                                           

路廿四25

                                                           

                                                           

19  约西亚王怎样把神的话行出来?(王下廿三2~4)

                                                            

                                                           

                                                           

                                                           

                                                            

20  诗篇一一九篇五十九至六十节在生活中实践圣经的教导方面,提到什么原则?

                                                           

                                                           

                                                           

                                                           

                                                           

                                                           

                                                           

21  下面的计划列出特定的步骤,以帮助你应用圣经真理:

    *圣经提到什么是与你生活的某些层面有关的?

    *描述你在这方面的生活。

    *你打算怎样做,使你的生活与神的话语相符?

    *列出实际可行的步骤,助你审查自己。

现在,可用下面的计划:

a   在这一课中,哪些经文论及你生命中的某些需要?这经文对你有何意义?

题目数字

                                                           

经文参考

                                                            

                                                           

b   你在这方面需要什么改善?

                                                           

                                                           

c   你会怎样具体实行?

                                                            

                                                           

                                                           

                                                           

d   你怎样知道自己何时已实践了某些教训?

                                                           

                                                           

                                                           

                                                           

你是否向神承诺要追随他,遵守他的话语?

                                                           

 

 

 

 

谨记

 

    重温这一章的分题,以此为大纲,在下列空格中,撮述这章的内容。