【双语灵修】谁是上帝?WHO IS GOD?

【双语灵修】谁是上帝?WHO IS GOD?

以赛亚书 40:18-31

你们究竟将谁比神,用什么形象与神比较呢? 偶像是匠人铸造,银匠用金包裹,为它铸造银链。 穷乏献不起这样供物的,就拣选不能朽坏的树木,为自己寻找巧匠,立起不能摇动的偶像。 你们岂不曾知道吗?你们岂不曾听见吗?从起初岂没有人告诉你们吗?自从立地的根基,你们岂没有明白吗? 神坐在地球大圈之上,地上的居民好像蝗虫。他铺张穹苍如幔子,展开诸天如可住的帐篷。 他使君王归于虚无,使地上的审判官成为虚空。 他们是刚才[a]栽上,刚才种上,根也刚才扎在地里,他一吹在其上便都枯干,旋风将他们吹去,像碎秸一样。 那圣者说:“你们将谁比我,叫他与我相等呢?” 你们向上举目,看谁创造这万象?按数目领出,他一一称其名;因他的权能,又因他的大能大力,连一个都不缺。雅各啊,你为何说“我的道路向耶和华隐藏”?以色列啊,你为何言“我的冤屈神并不查问”? 你岂不曾知道吗?你岂不曾听见吗?永在的神耶和华,创造地极的主,并不疲乏,也不困倦,他的智慧无法测度。 疲乏的,他赐能力;软弱的,他加力量。 就是少年人也要疲乏困倦,强壮的也必全然跌倒, 但那等候耶和华的,必重新得力。他们必如鹰展翅上腾,他们奔跑却不困倦,行走却不疲乏。

10月7日

谁是上帝?

神说:“我们要照着我们的形像、按着我们的样式造人,使他们管理海里的鱼、空中的鸟、地上的牲畜,和全地,并地上所爬的一切昆虫。”神就照着自己的形像造人,乃是照着他的形像造男造女。(创世记1:26-27)

世界各地存在着许多不同的宗教,对于神是谁或神是什么,也有许多不同的观点。有些人相信只有一位神,有些人相信有多位神明,还有些人根本不相信任何神灵。有人说,神可以是你想要的任何形象或概念,因此你相信什么并不重要。

尽管以那种方式看待神或许很时髦,但这既不符合圣经,也不合逻辑。圣经教导我们只有一位神,祂创造了天地。这位独一的上帝,以圣父、圣子和圣灵三个位格向我们显现。虽然圣父是神,圣子是神,圣灵也是神,但并非有三位神,而是只有一位神。这个教义被称作三位一体(Trinity),我们可以将其理解为“三而一的合一”。

有人认为这是人为的教义。但《创世记》中,神说:“我们要照着我们的形象造人”,这暗示了神性中的多元性。而耶稣也吩咐门徒“要使万民作我的门徒,奉父、子、圣灵的名给他们施洗。”(马太福音 28:19)三位一体神的真理贯穿整本圣经。这位独一的真神全然智慧、公义且良善!

祷告

父、子和圣灵啊,感谢你的慈爱与恩典。请帮助我们真正认识你、爱你并尊崇你。阿们。

Isaiah 40:18-31

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7

WHO IS GOD?

God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky . . . and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” —Genesis 1:26-27

Around the world there are many different religions and many different views about who or what God is. Some people believe there is one God, some believe there are many gods, and some believe there is no god at all. Some people say that God is whoever or whatever you want him or it to be, so it doesn’t matter what you believe.

While it may be fashionable to view God in a way like that, neither the Bible nor logic will allow it. The Bible teaches that there is one God who created the heavens and the earth. The one God has revealed himself to us as God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. And while the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God, there are not three Gods but one God. This teaching is sometimes described with the word Trinity, and we can think of this in terms of “tri-unity.”

Some people argue that this is a human-made teaching. But in Genesis God says, “Let us make mankind in our image,” referring to a plurality in the Godhead. And Jesus commanded his followers to “make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” (Matthew 28:19). The truth of God in three persons is found throughout the Bible. And the one, true God is completely wise, just, and good!

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, thank you for your love and grace. Help us to truly know you, love you, and honor you. Amen.

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