靈命日糧 - 2005年3月16日
讀經: 羅馬書2章12-16節

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金句: 「我因此自己勉勵，對上帝、對人，常存無虧的良心。」（使徒行傳24章16節）

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全年讀經: 約書亞記16-18章  

最受孩子們喜愛的木偶奇遇記，當中的木偶在說謊時鼻子就會變長，它的蟋蟀朋友吉米說：「讓你的良心引導你。」皮諾奇聽從牠的建議，悔改並回轉到主人蓋比特身邊，蓋比特給它一個肉心，並除去它身上的吊線。
上帝在此給兒女們一個原則，如果我們不聆聽內心深處的聲音，告訴我們當做和不當做的事，我們便會困在束縛裏。而一個無愧的良心卻可以帶來自由。

有些人沒有堅固的根基可做出敬虔的決定，他們的良心是軟弱的，他們很容易隨波逐流；還有那些昧著良心的人，他們衡量善惡的標準，是腐敗污染和不潔淨的（提多書1章15節）。但最悲哀的是，對那些良心如同「被熱鐵烙慣」的人（提摩太前書4章2節）。他們長久以來抗拒內心的聲音，以致對良心的呼喚置若罔聞。

如果你問：「我們如何擁有一個無虧的良心？」我們必須認罪悔改，回轉到我們的造物者面前，我們必須求告祂，使我們的心思意念和行為都符合祂的教導，並完全地順服祂。DHR


有一座寶藏你可以擁有，
它勝過世上皇冠和寶座；
那寶藏就是無愧的良心，
擁有它就擁有平安喜樂。Isenhour


當聖經是不變的北斗星時，良心才是可靠的指南針。
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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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這是我的身體,為你們捨的,你們應當如此行,為的是記念我。路加22:19
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