【双语灵修】多结果子的羊FRUITFUL SHEEP
加拉太书 5:13-25
弟兄们，你们蒙召是要得自由，只是不可将你们的自由当做放纵情欲的机会，总要用爱心互相服侍。因为全律法都包在“爱人如己”这一句话之内了你们要谨慎，若相咬相吞，只怕要彼此消灭了。
我说，你们当顺着圣灵而行，就不放纵肉体的情欲了。因为情欲和圣灵相争，圣灵和情欲相争，这两个是彼此相敌，使你们不能做所愿意做的。但你们若被圣灵引导，就不在律法以下。情欲的事都是显而易见的，就如奸淫、污秽、邪荡、 拜偶像、邪术、仇恨、争竞、忌恨、恼怒、结党、纷争、异端、 嫉妒、[a]醉酒、荒宴等类。我从前告诉你们，现在又告诉你们：行这样事的人必不能承受神的国。圣灵所结的果子，就是仁爱、喜乐、和平、忍耐、恩慈、良善、信实、温柔、节制；这样的事没有律法禁止。凡属基督耶稣的人，是已经把肉体连肉体的邪情私欲同钉在十字架上了。
我们若是靠圣灵得生，就当靠圣灵行事。
7月28日
多结果子的羊
“圣灵所结的果子，就是仁爱、喜乐、和平、忍耐、恩慈、良善、信实、温柔、节制。” -加 5:22-23
我母亲以前经常劝告我和我的姐妹，要让我们离开的地方，比我们发现时更美好。
对好牧羊人的跟随者来说，这会呈现出什么样子呢？有哪些证据能表明耶稣的羊群曾经在某个地方出现？《加拉太书》的作者保罗，列举了一些在耶稣的羊中，显而易见的品格和行为。
当圣灵在我们里面牧养时，我们便开始反映出有圣灵居住在我们中间，我们开始散发出耶稣的品格和属性。当祂以温柔、忍耐和恩慈待我们时，这些属性便开始从我们里面倾流到别人身上。因着我们与祂常在一起，而经历到的良善、仁爱及和平，也同样倾流至别人身上。
耶稣的羊被圣灵膏抹和充满，就像《诗篇》第二十三篇所述的，我们的福杯满溢。每一个我们遇见的人，都可以感受到神的良善；我们所到的每一处，都可以名副其实地成为神良善飞溅区，这是多么令人向住，以致其他人也想分享到。我们需要祈求能够忠实反映出主的属性，因为我们知道自己仍会受试探走迷，又囤积和浪费了牧羊人赐给我们的良善。
今天，圣灵邀请你在哪里分享祂的同在呢？
祷告
神的灵啊，祢在我们里面信实地作工时，求祢帮助我们为祢结果子，使我们无论往哪里去，都能以耶稣的爱去祝福别人。阿们。
Galatians 5:13-25
MONDAY, JULY 28
FRUITFUL SHEEP
The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. —Galatians 5:22-23
My mother used to advise me and my sisters to leave a place better than we found it.
What might that look like for followers of the good shepherd? What evidence might there be that one of Jesus’ sheep has been in the area? Paul, who wrote Galatians, lists some attributes and behaviors that ought to be noticeable in Jesus’ sheep.
As the Holy Spirit shepherds us from within, we grow to reflect the Spirit’s presence within us. We begin to radiate the character and attributes of Jesus. As he treats us with gentleness, patience, and kindness, these attributes begin to flow out from us to others. The goodness, love, and peace that we experience in his constant companionship overflow to others as well.
Jesus’ sheep are anointed and filled with the Holy Spirit and, as Psalm 23 puts it, our cups overflow. Anyone we meet can be a recipient, and everywhere we go can be a veritable splash zone of God’s goodness, which is so attractive that others want to share in it too. We need to pray that we reflect the Lord’s attributes faithfully, because we know we are still tempted to wander and to hoard and squander the goodness that the shepherd gives us.
Where is the Spirit inviting you to share his presence today?
Spirit of God, help us to bear your fruit as you work faithfully within us, aiming to bless others with Jesus’ love wherever we go. Amen.