Daily Devotion||每日靈修

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 Matthew||馬太福音 Mark||馬可福音 Luke||路加福音 John||約翰福音 Deuteronomy||申命記
Genesis||創世記 Exodus||出埃及記 Leviticus||利未記 Numbers||民數記 Ephesians||以弗所書
Acts||使徒行傳 1 Corinthians||哥林多前書 James||雅各書 1 Kings||列王紀上 Philippians||腓立比書
Joshua||約書亞記 2 Corinthians||哥林多後書 1 Samuel||撒母耳記上 2 Kings||列王紀下 Colossians||歌羅西書
Romans||羅馬書 Judges||士師記 2 Samuel||撒母耳記下 Titus||提多書 Philemon||腓利門書
Ruth||路得記 1 Thessalonians||帖撒羅尼迦前書 1 Timothy||提摩太前書 1 John||約翰壹書 1 Chronicles||歷代志上
Jonah||約拿書 2 Thessalonians||帖撒羅尼迦後書 2 Timothy||提摩太後書 2 John||約翰貳書 2 Chronicles||歷代志下
Jude||猶大書 Ezra||以斯拉記 Hosea||何西阿書 3 John||約翰叄書 Hebrews||希伯來書
Nehemiah||尼希米記 Amos||阿摩司書 Jeremiah||耶利米書 Ezekial||以西結書
Daniel||但以理書 Obadiah||俄巴底亞書 Lamentation||耶利米哀歌 Haggai||哈該書
Esther||以斯帖記 Ecclesiates||傳道書 Zechariah||撒迦利亞書
Isaiah||以賽亞書 1 Peter||彼得前書 Habakkuk||哈巴谷書
2 Peter||彼得後書 Nahum||那鴻書
Micah||彌迦書 Zephaniah||西番雅書
Joel||約珥書 Revelation||啟示錄
Malachi||瑪拉基書 Galatians||加拉太書

■Old Testament||■舊約 ■New Testament||■新約

OLD TESTAMENT||舊約 NEW TESTAMENT||新約
Genesis||創世記 Ezra||以斯拉記 Micah||彌迦書 Matthew||馬太福音 1 Timothy||提摩太前書
Exodus||出埃及記 Nehemiah||尼希米記 Nahum||那鴻書 Mark||馬可福音 2 Timothy||提摩太後書
Leviticus||利未記 Esther||以斯帖記 Habakkuk||哈巴谷書 Luke||路加福音 Titus||提多書
Numbers||民數記 Ecclesiates||傳道書 Zephaniah||西番雅書 John||約翰福音 Philemon||腓利門書
Deuteronomy||申命記 Isaiah||以賽亞書 Haggai||哈該書 Acts||使徒行傳 Hebrews||希伯來書
Joshua||約書亞記 Jeremiah||耶利米書 Zechariah||撒迦利亞書 Romans||羅馬書 James||雅各書
Judges||士師記 Lamentation||耶利米哀歌 Malachi||瑪拉基書 1 Corinthians||哥林多前書 1 Peter||彼得前書
Ruth||路得記 Ezekial||以西結書 2 Corinthians||哥林多後書 2 Peter||彼得後書
1 Samuel||撒母耳記上 Daniel||但以理書 Galatians||加拉太書 1 John||約翰壹書
2 Samuel||撒母耳記下 Hosea||何西阿書 Ephesians||以弗所書 2 John||約翰貳書
1 Kings||列王紀上 Joel||約珥書 Philippians||腓立比書 3 John||約翰叄書
2 Kings||列王紀下 Amos||阿摩司書 Colossians||歌羅西書 Jude||猶大書
1 Chronicles||歷代志上 Obadiah||俄巴底亞書 1 Thessalonians||帖撒羅尼迦前書 Revelation||啟示錄
2 Chronicles||歷代志下 Jonah||約拿書 2 Thessalonians||帖撒羅尼迦後書

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Ⅰ. Invocation and Adoration||Ⅰ. 禱告與敬拜

  • Invocation Prayer||開始禱告

    "Eternal Father, as we come to the end of yet another year, our hearts are filled with gratitude because your guiding hands have never left us, even in times we did not feel your presence. We thank you for your protection of our body, soul and spirit. We thank you for your provisions both temporal and spiritual, and often so timely. We thank you for answered prayers, and we thank you for those you have yet to answer. We thank you for your friendship that transcends the most intimate among mortals as you draw close to us and speak to us through your Word. But most of all, we thank you for the giving of your Son to us on the cross that we may have eternal life. Lord Jesus, thank you for coming soon to put an end to all earthly miseries and usher us into your eternal kingdom where we shall reign with you for ever and ever. Amen."

    「永在的父神，當我們來到另一年的終結時，我們的心是充滿著感恩，因為祢那雙引導我們的手，從未離開過我們，縱使有時我們感覺不到祢的同在。感謝祢保守了我們的靈、魂、體。感謝祢屬地和屬天的供應——往往是及時的。我們為已蒙應允和尚未應允的禱告感恩。感謝祢賜我們那份遠勝人間最親密的友情，常在我們禱告、默想祢話的時刻親近我們。更感謝祢賜下祢的獨生愛子，為我們的罪死在十字架上，叫我們得著永生。主耶穌阿，感謝祢會快來除去世上的痛苦，引我們進入祢永遠的國度，與祢一同作王，直到永永遠遠。阿們。」

  • Adoration through reflecting on the Names (or Descriptions) of Holy Spirit藉聖靈來敬拜

    We encourage you to choose one of the names (or descriptions) of Holy Spirit below to reflect on His majesty, goodness and/or grace and translate into a prayer of adoration.

    • Spirit of wisdom and revelation (Eph. 1:17)
    • Spirit who gives gifts (Heb. 2:4)
    • The promised Holy Spirit (Acts 2:33)
    • Spirit who empowers (Acts 1:8)

    讓我們每日思想以下其中一個聖靈的名稱（或形容），然後化作禱告，向祂獻上讚美。

    • 智慧和啟示的靈(弗1:17)
    • 給恩賜的聖靈(來2:4)
    • 所應許的聖靈(徒2:33)
    • 賜能力的聖靈(徒1:8)

Ⅱ. Confession||Ⅱ. 認罪

Pause now and ask the Holy Spirit to reveal to you your sins and ask for forgiveness.

現在停下來，求聖靈光照你，讓你看見自己的罪，並求主饒恕。

Ⅲ. Thanksgiving||Ⅲ. 感恩

List, one by one, things for which you should give thanks.||逐一列出你當感恩的事項。

Ⅳ. Scriptural Reflection||Ⅳ. 經文默想

Galatians||加拉太書 vv.1:1-24
Read slowly and reflectively the assigned passage twice at least and consider the questions below.||請慢慢細心讀經文至少兩遍，然後反復思考問題。

The Book of Galatians

The traditional view (probably still held by the majority) is that the book of Galatians was written to the "territory" of Galatia settled by the Gauls around 3rd century B.C. which was incorporated into a Roman province in 25 B.C. This territory includes those to the south as well, i.e. Pisidia, Lycaonia and Pamphylia etc. The Apostle Paul probably visited there on his way to Europe during his 2nd missionary tour (source: Gordon Fee's lecture notes).

However, during Paul's absence, "trouble-makers" and "agitators" came from Palestine, entered into the church, and claimed that Gentile believers could not be true Christians without observing circumcision. They also challenged Paul's apostleship apparently because he was not one of the twelve original apostles (and because he did not meet the criteria set by the Apostle Peter, Acts 1:21-22). Presumably, the naïve Galatian Christians accepted such arguments and teachings.

Paul was compelled to write to prove his apostleship (1:1–2:14), to emphasize that justification is purely through faith in Christ alone rather than by the works of the Law of Moses (2:15-5:15), and to point out that the key to a godly life is still through the Spirit, not the Law of Moses.

The Defense of His Apostleship (I)

  1. Greetings (vv. 1-5)
    1. How does Paul defend his apostleship even as he opens his letter? (v. 1; see Acts 9 especially vv. 15-16)
    2. As he sends his presumably standard greeting, how does Paul remind them of the following things?
      • The time (or age) they are in.
      • The way in which they have been saved.
  2. Only one gospel (vv. 6-9)
    1. What is Paul astonished about? (v. 6)
    2. Why does the turning to a different gospel amount to "deserting the one who called" them by the grace of Christ? Who is this "one"?
    3. Twice Paul curses those who preach a different gospel:
      • Is he being too harsh? Why or why not?
      • To you, what are the basic doctrines of the gospel the deviation from which constitutes a "different gospel"? (You might wish to consult the Apostles' Creed.)
  3. Direct revelation from Christ (vv. 10-24)
    1. What is his motive in proving his apostleship (v. 10)
    2. In proving that his gospel message is a direct revelation from Christ, Paul reiterates his journey of being called into ministry:
      • What marked his life before his conversion? (vv. 13-14)
      • What does Dr. Luke tell us about the immediate post-conversion period of Paul? (Acts 9:20-25)
      • How does Paul fill in the gap between Acts 9:25 and 9:26 here? (vv. 15-18)
      • What happened after his first short trip to Jerusalem? (vv. 19-24)
      • How is it consistent with the accounts in Acts 9:26-30?
      • What is the point that Paul tries to make? (1:11-12)
      • Why is it so important to him?
  4. What is the main message to you today and how may you apply it to your life?

加拉太書

一般解經家都接受傳統的意見，認為這書信是寫給「北方的加拉太區」，就是高盧人(Gaul)在主前三世紀移居之地；在主前25年正式被定為一個羅馬省份。這地區也包括南面的彼西底、呂高尼和旁非利亞。相信使徒保羅在他第二次宣教旅程曾經到訪過（參費高登講義）。

在保羅離去後，從巴勒斯坦來了一些「攪亂」的人，混進教會，並說：外邦信徒如果不接受割禮就不是真正的基督徒。他們同時挑戰保羅的使徒身份，因為他並非是十二使徒之一（也不符合彼得在使徒行傳1:21-22所定的使徒的資格）。那些加拉太的信徒似乎全然的接受了這些教訓。

故此，保羅不得不寫信為自己使徒的身份自辯（1:1–2:14）；並申明稱義是單單藉著相信基督，不是藉著遵守摩西的律法（2:15–5:15），也提醒他們信主後的生命長進仍是聖靈的工作，並非靠守摩西的律法。

使徒身份的辯明（一）

  1. 問候語（1:1-5）
    1. 就在問候語中，保羅怎樣為自己的使徒身份作辯？（1:1;參徒9，特別是9:15-16）
    2. 在問候他們時
      • 保羅怎樣提醒他們所處的是什麼世代？
      • 他們是怎樣得救的？
  2. 只有一個福音（1:6-9）
    1. 保羅為什麼感到希奇？（1:6）
    2. 為何聽從別的福音就是離開那召他們的？這召他們的是誰？
    3. 保羅兩次咒詛傳另一福音者：
      • 保羅這樣做是否有點過份？為什麼？
      • 對你而言，那幾樣是不能更改的福音要道？（可參使徒信經）
  3. 基督直接的啟示（1:10-24）
    1. 保羅要為自己的使徒身份作辯的動機是什麼？（1:10）
    2. 為要證明他所傳的是直接從基督來的，保羅就重述他被召的經過：
      • 他信主前的生命是怎樣的？（1:13-14）
      • 路加怎樣記述保羅信主後的一段日子？（見徒9:20-25）
      • 參使徒行傳9:25和9:26，這兩節之間是有一段的時間距離：保羅在此作出什麼補充？（1:15-18）
      • 在他第一次短暫的到訪耶路撒冷後，保羅去過什麼地方，（1:19-24）
      • 這與使徒行傳9:26-30吻合嗎？
      • 保羅在此要說明什麼？（1:11-12）
      • 為何對他如此重要？
  4. 今日你得到的主要提醒是什麼？你會怎樣應用在你的生命中?

Ⅴ. Meditative Reflection: Paul's Defense of His Apostleship||Ⅴ. 靈修默想小篇：保羅使徒位份的自辯

"I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it; rather, I received it by revelation from Jesus Christ." (Gal. 1:12)

As a young Christian, I was deeply troubled by the Paul that I read of in the Acts of the Apostles and in some of his arguments favoring his apostleship. I thought that he was arrogant and that he placed himself above all other apostles. It was not until I had the opportunity of reading all of his epistles, of all his sufferings for Christ, and of his tears of love for his own race and other believers, that I came to not only accept him but respect him.

I have also come to see how he was put between a rock and a hard place basically by the words of Peter.

Before Pentecost, Peter and the other apostles somehow felt the need to fill Judas' place based on the prophecy in Psalm 69:25 (Acts 1:20). Peter's understanding was certainly correct, except that he took on the task of filling Judas' vacancy himself with the others, and laid down the following criteria:

"Therefore it is necessary to choose one of the men who have been with us the whole time the Lord Jesus was living among us, beginning from John's baptism to the time when Jesus was taken up from us. For one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection." (Acts 1:21-22)

Unfortunately, Paul did not meet any of the above criteria. And thus he basically spent a good part of his ministry defending his apostleship as one "sent not from men or by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised Him from the dead". (Gal. 1:1)

It is an important reminder to us that sometimes our noble and spiritual notions might actually hurt the cause of God's Kingdom if done presumptuously.

「因為我不是從人領受的，也不是人教導我的，乃是從耶穌基督啟示來的。」(加1:12)

在我信主後一段相當長的時期，讀到使徒行傳的保羅，和他信書中為自己使徒名份申辯時，我覺得他甚狂妄，把自己看過於其他使徒似的。但當我有機會較全面性的讀到他所有的書信，看到他為基督所受的種種苦難，和他對自己骨肉之親的猶太人所流的眼淚，就對他肅然起敬！

我也開始明白為何他要極力的為自己使徒的身份分辯，明顯是與彼得在這方面所說的話有關的。

在五旬節聖靈降臨之前，彼得和其他使徒覺得有需要，像聖經預言所指明，選個門徒來補充猶大遺下的空缺（徒1:20；詩69:25）。彼得的領會是對的，但是否該由他們在此時去填補呢？無論如何，彼得為這事定了以下的資格：

「所以主耶穌在我們中間始終出入的時候，就是從約翰施洗起，直到主離開我們被接上升的日子為止，必須從那常與我們做伴的人中立一位與我們同作耶穌復活的見證。」（徒1:21-22）

不用說，保羅完全不符合以上的資格，因此他耗用不少精力和時間為自己使徒的身份辯護。他對加拉太信徒說，他作使徒「不是由於人，也不是藉著人，乃是藉著耶穌基督，與叫他從死裡復活的父神」（1:1）。

這件事情是我們作屬靈領袖的鑑戒：如果我們沒有好好尋求並等候神，就是再崇高的計劃或決定，往往會成為神國度的攔阻。

Ⅵ. A Time for Silence||Ⅵ. 靜默時刻

You have meditated much with your intellectual faculty today. Now have a moment of silence (the length is up to you, 5 or even 30 minutes), and ask God quietly, "Lord, is there any important message from you today that I might have missed? Show me, your servant is listening?"||今天你用了不少智力技能來默想。現在，就用一點時間靜下來（長、短由你決定：5或30分鐘），安靜地求問神，「主阿，有甚麼我忽略了的重要信息對我說？請說，僕人敬聽。」

Ⅶ. Supplication||Ⅶ. 代求

Use the following chart to cover people and ministries that you want to remember before the Lord:||除為自己有所求外 (在你禱告簿一一記下所求的，作蒙神應允時的對照) ，請填寫以下為人或事工代禱表格：
  Your Family||家人 Other People||其他人 Church Ministries||教會事工 Other Ministries||其他機構 City & World||本市及普世 Others||其他
SUN||星期日            
MON||星期一            
TUE||星期二            
WED||星期三            
THU||星期四            
FRI||星期五            
SAT||星期六            

Ⅷ. Benediction||Ⅷ. 祝福

/Doxology

"To Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you before His glorious presence without fault and with great joy — to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen." (Jude 24-25)

「那能保守你們不失腳，叫你們無瑕無疵、歡歡喜喜站在他榮耀之前的，我們的救主獨一的神。願榮耀、威嚴、能力、權柄，因我們的主耶穌基督歸於祂，從萬古以前，並現今，直到永永遠遠！阿們。」(猶24-25)

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