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馬太福音 6

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1 你們要小心,不可將善事行在人的面前,故意叫他們看見,若是這樣,就不能得你們父的賞賜了。

2 所以,你施捨的時候,不可在你面前吹號,像那假冒為善的人在會堂裡和街道上所行的,故意要得人的榮耀。我實在告訴你們,他們已經得了他們的賞賜。

3 你施捨的時候,不要叫左手知道右手所做的,

4 要叫你施捨的事行在暗中。你父在暗中察看,必然報答你(有古卷:必在明處報答你)。

5 你們禱告的時候,不可像那假冒為善的人,愛站在會堂裡和十字路口上禱告,故意叫人看見。我實在告訴你們,他們已經得了他們的賞賜。

6 禱告的時候,要進你的內屋,關上禱告你在暗中的父;你父在暗中察看,必然報答你。

7 你們禱告,不可像外邦人,用許多重複話,他們以為話多了必蒙垂

8 你們不可效法他們;因為你們沒有祈求以先,你們所需用的,你們的父早已知道了。

9 所以,你們禱告要這樣說:我們在上的父:願人都尊你的名為聖。

10 願你的國降臨;願你的旨意行在地上,如同行在上。

11 我們日用的飲食,今日賜給我們

12 我們的債,如同我們免了人的債。

13 不叫我們遇見試探;救我們脫離兇惡(或作:脫離惡者)。因為國度、權柄、榮耀,全是你的,直到永遠。阿們(有古卷沒有因為……阿們等字)!

14 你們饒恕人的過犯,你們的天父也必饒恕你們的過犯;

15 你們不饒恕人的過犯,你們的天父也必不饒恕你們的過犯。

16 你們禁食的時候,不可像那假冒為善的人,臉上帶著愁容;因為他們把臉弄得難看,故意叫人看出他們是禁食。我實在告訴你們,他們已經得了他們的賞賜。

17 禁食的時候,要梳頭洗臉,

18 不叫人看出你禁食來,只叫你暗中的父看見;你父在暗中察看,必然報答你。

19 不要為自己積儹財寶在地上;地上有蟲子咬,能�壞,也有挖窟窿來偷。

20 只要積儹財寶在上;上沒有蟲子咬,不能�壞,也沒有挖窟窿來偷。

21 因為你的財寶在那裡,你的心也在那裡。

22 眼睛就是身上的。你的眼睛若瞭亮,全身就明;

23 你的眼睛若昏花,全身就黑暗。你裡頭的光若黑暗了,那黑暗是何等大呢!

24 一個人不能事奉兩個主;不是惡這個,那個,就是重這個,輕那個。你們不能又事奉神,又事奉瑪門(瑪門:財利的意思)。

25 所以我告訴你們,不要為生命憂慮吃甚麼,喝甚麼;為身體憂慮穿甚麼。生命不勝於飲食麼?身體不勝於衣裳麼?

26 你們看那上的飛鳥,也不種,也不收,也不積蓄在倉裡,你們的父尚且養活他。你們不比飛鳥貴重得多麼?

27 你們那一個能用思慮使壽數多加一刻呢(或作:使身量多加一肘呢)?

28 何必為衣裳憂慮呢?你想野地裡的百合花怎麼長起來;他也不勞苦,也不紡線。

29 然而我告訴你們,就是所羅門極榮華的時候,他所穿戴的,還不如這花一朵呢!

30 你們這小信的人哪!野地裡的草今天還在,明就丟在爐裡,神還給他這樣的妝飾,何況你們呢!

31 所以,不要憂慮說:吃甚麼?喝甚麼?穿甚麼?

32 這都是外邦人所求的,你們需用的這一切東西,你們的天父是知道的。

33 你們要先求他的國和他的,這些東西都要加給你們了。

34 所以,不要為明天憂慮,因為明天自有明天的憂慮;一天的難處一天當就夠了。

   

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True Christian Religion # 383

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383. (i) The wicked have no faith because evil belongs to hell and faith to heaven.

Evil belongs to hell, because that is the source of all evil; faith belongs to heaven, because every truth that makes up faith is from heaven. So long as a person lives in the world, he is held and walks midway between heaven and hell, and is there in spiritual equilibrium, which gives him free will. Hell is beneath his feet, heaven is above his head, and whatever rises from hell is evil and falsity; but whatever comes down from heaven is good and truth. A person, being midway between these two opposites, and at the same time in spiritual equilibrium, can freely choose, adopt and make his own one or other. If he chooses evil and falsity, he links himself with hell; if good and truth, he links himself with heaven. These facts not only make it plain that evil belongs to hell and faith to heaven, but also that those two cannot exist together in one subject or one person. For if they were present together, the person would be pulled apart as if he had two ropes tied round him, one pulling him upwards, the other downwards, so that he would find himself swinging in the air. He would be like a blackbird, flying now up, now down. When he flew up, he would worship God, when he flew down, the devil. Anyone can see that this is irreligious. No one can serve two masters, but must hate the one and love the other, as the Lord teaches in Matthew 6:24.

[2] There are various comparisons which can illustrate the fact that where there is evil there is no faith. For example: evil is like fire (the fire of hell is nothing but the love of evil) and consumes faith like straw, reducing it and everything connected with it to ashes. Evil dwells in thick darkness, faith in light; and evil through falsities extinguishes faith, just as thick darkness does light. Evil is black like ink, faith is white like snow, and clear like water; and evil blackens faith, as ink does snow or water. Again, evil and the truth of faith cannot be linked except as a stench can with a sweet smell, or as urine with a fine wine. They can no more be together than a foul-smelling corpse with a living person in one bed. They can no more dwell together than a wolf in a sheepfold, or a hawk in a dovecote, or a fox in a chicken-run.

  
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