A03) 宗教道德和戒律

[宗教道德和戒律]

@如果你所持所的 (宗教道德和戒律 )使你鬱鬱寡歡，

那你所持所的，就錯了，虚渡此生。

這是 (史蒂文生 )的名言, 成為 (平安喜樂 )的人生, 使自己和别人快樂的職責，許久以來，我都堅行不止。

這個世界一直都遭受一些宗教家，道德家的損害。他們要人把 (善良 )看得比 (快樂 )更加重要。他們用 (地獄的烈火 )來威脅我們，使我們 (不得快樂 )。

史蒂文生這句名言並不是說：如果你的人生乏味，就當放棄你的宗教道德和戒律標準，從自我恣中去尋求快樂。他提醒我們追求 (至善 )並非錯誤。只是我們所需要的是 (正面的信仰 )，是一種來自真理的信仰，而非宗教。真理使人自由，得到發自內心的真實平安和喜樂！

從草叢中吹過的風，枝頭的黃鶯，歡欣無邪地打滾的兒童，有人開朗的笑聲，無不激起我們對人生平安喜樂的正面光明向上思想。唯有帶邪的宗教道德和戒律才是一杯聖水中的毒药，它使我們在温水中煮青蛙般的死去。

每天起床後，大笑三聲吧！不必要什麼理由！

A02) NO GREATER ANNOUNCEMENT (Mark 1:14-15) The Kingdom of God is near.( 03/01)

No greater announcement

has ever been made;

no words mean more than Jesus' announcement

at the beginning of his ministry-

"The Kingdom of God is near."

Eugene Peterson, author of The Message,

describes this announcement

as saying,

"All the preliminaries have been taken care of,

and the rule of God is now accessible

to everyone."

The greater announcement-THE GOOD NEWS

{that Jesus Christ proclaims at the start of his

ministry is /that

there is a shift in God's relationship and us

<with His Words>.

<The moment> Jesus walks onto the scene,

God comes near to his people in a way

{that God never has before}.

<Through Jesus> the barriers are broken down

and God himself walks among us

<as a human being.

<Even more wonderful> Jesus invites us

to join his mission.

His mission is simple:

to defeat the power of sin and death

and to make a new life available

to every one of us.

This ministry of Jesus is /that

"The Kingdom of God is near.

Repent and believe THE GOOD NEWS"

<To accept Jesus' invitation to change

the direction of our old lives to new ones,

we should embrace Jesus as our personal

savior.

God's forgiveness (through Jesus) gives us

a new leaves (0n life).

It means stepping into the abundant and

purposeful life

{that God has in store for us}.

This is THE GOOD NEWS !!!

If you have not placed your life

into the loving, powerful hands of Jesus,

I invite you to do this today.

Let's pray:

Dear Savior,Lord,

I thank you for today I have heard

THE GOOD NEWS.

I have already know 

the greater announcement from God.

I accept THE GOOD NEWS

and the invitation from Jesus.

The door of heaven has been opened to me.

Please lead me 

to grow into a closer relationship

with Jesus Christ.

I pray in Jesus' name, Amen.

 

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001) JOURNEY OF A LIFE TIME

Journey of A Lifetime

"Come, follow me," Jesus said.

<Mark 1:17>

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I remember going on a big journey

with my family

<when> I was 13 years old.

We headed south 

from our home (in Canada)

<early one July morning>.

(Much of )what we did was planned

beforehand.

We saw  

the sighs (of Washington, DC),

and explored places 

(like Nashville and Disney World).

But there was also a big surprise

on the way.

We stumbled onto the World's Fair

(in Knoxville)

and even saw 

(one of )the first space shuttles

taking off <from Cape Canaveral>.

I will never forget

that wonderful adventure.

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<When> the disciples accepted

the invitation to journey (with Jesus),//

there were no set plans.

Jesus' followers had no idea

what lay before them.

All they sensed was 

that following this teacher

{who had invited them}

would be a good thing.

They didn't want to pass up

such a great opportunity.

Along the way,

they discovered 

some wonderful surprises.

They witnessed 

amazing miracles,

heard profound teachings,

and learned

more about themselves 

than they ever knew.

<Even more>, they learned

about Jesus Christ.

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