灵命日粮 - 2005年3月16日
读经: 罗马书2章12-16节

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金句: 「我因此自己勉励，对上帝、对人，常存无亏的良心。」（使徒行传24章16节）

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全年读经: 约书亚记16-18章  

最受孩子们喜爱的木偶奇遇记，当中的木偶在说谎时鼻子就会变长，它的蟋蟀朋友吉米说：「让你的良心引导你。」皮诺奇听从它的建议，悔改并回转到主人盖比特身边，盖比特给它一个肉心，并除去它身上的吊线。
上帝在此给儿女们一个原则，如果我们不聆听内心深处的声音，告诉我们当做和不当做的事，我们便会困在束缚里。而一个无愧的良心却可以带来自由。

有些人没有坚固的根基可做出敬虔的决定，他们的良心是软弱的，他们很容易随波逐流；还有那些昧着良心的人，他们衡量善恶的标准，是腐败污染和不洁净的（提多书1章15节）。但最悲哀的是，对那些良心如同「被热铁烙惯」的人（提摩太前书4章2节）。他们长久以来抗拒内心的声音，以致对良心的呼唤置若罔闻。

如果你问：「我们如何拥有一个无亏的良心？」我们必须认罪悔改，回转到我们的造物者面前，我们必须求告祂，使我们的心思意念和行为都符合祂的教导，并完全地顺服祂。DHR


有一座宝藏你可以拥有，
它胜过世上皇冠和宝座；
那宝藏就是无愧的良心，
拥有它就拥有平安喜乐。Isenhour


当圣经是不变的北斗星时，良心才是可靠的指南针。
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A Cleansed Conscience



Read:Romans 2:12-16
I myself always strive to have a conscience without offense toward God and men. —Acts 24:16


Bible In One Year: Joshua 16-18

The much-loved children's story Pinocchio is about a wooden puppet whose nose grows long when he tells a lie. His friend Jiminy Cricket chirps, "Let your conscience be your guide." Pinocchio follows his advice, repents, and returns to Geppetto his creator, where he is given a heart of flesh and is freed from his strings.

There's a principle in this story for God's children. If we don't listen to that voice deep down inside that tells us what we should and should not do, we live in bondage. But a cleansed conscience brings freedom.

Some people have no strong basis for making godly decisions. Their conscience is weak, and they can be easily swayed by the behavior of others. Then there are those whose conscience is defiled. The standard by which they measure good and evil is corrupted, polluted, and impure (Titus 1:15). But saddest of all are those who have a "seared" conscience (1 Timothy 4:2). They have resisted that inner voice for so long that they no longer hear what it has to say.

But you ask, "How can we have a cleansed conscience?" We must repent of our sin and return to our Creator. We must ask Him to conform our desires and behavior to His Word and then be careful to obey it. —David Roper


There is a treasure you can own
That's greater than a crown or throne;
This treasure is a conscience clear
That brings the sweetest peace and cheer. —Isenhour

Conscience is a trustworthy compass when God's Word is your true north.




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这是我的身体,为你们舍的,你们应当如此行,为的是记念我。路加22:19
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