Saturday, November 24, 2012

马可福音 1:29-31


2012-11-20 23:01

    

马可福音
1:27 众人都惊讶,以致彼此对问说:「这是甚么事?是个新道理啊!他用权柄吩咐污鬼,连污鬼也听从了他。」1:28 耶稣的名声就传遍了加利利的四方。
1:29 他们一出会堂,就同著雅各、约翰,进了西门和安得烈的家。1:30 西门的岳母正害热病躺著,就有人告诉耶稣。1:31 耶稣进前拉著她的手,扶她起来,热就退了,她就服事他们。

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彼得带着一伙进到屋子里来,彼得的妻子马上冲向彼得,开口就大喊:你怎么这么晚才回来?
彼得:今天会堂有点事,所以大家晚点散会。
妻子:我的母亲病了这么多天,你到底有没有去找医生?
彼得:有,但是先让我们歇歇,今天有这么多人来家里,先拿点茶水给他们吧?!
妻子:你就急你的朋友,我的母亲是你的岳母,家人病了,你就不会心急吗?
这时彼得的父亲和母亲也进来了,彼得就对他们说:爸!妈!
彼得接着说:麻烦你们招待老师他们,你们知道茶具在哪里。
彼得边说,边往门外走。彼得的妻子也跟着出去,边走边说:你怎么老往外头跑?你不去打渔,你想干什么?
彼得的父亲走到彼得带来的那一伙人,对着站在最前头的年轻人说:老师,坐吧!安得烈,你们也别客气了。
安得烈:是的,父亲。
转身就对那个被称为老师的人说:老师,这里请坐。
接着对其他的人说:你们也坐吧,大家都是熟人。
老师坐下来后,其他的人陆陆续续地各自找地方坐下来。
这时候,彼得的母亲端出了茶点,安德烈也过来分给客人。
父亲:老师,彼得不打渔了,他能做什么?他是有家室的人啊?
老师:今天在会堂里,你看见了什么?
父亲沉默了一会,回答说:你把污鬼赶走了。
老师:您认得被污鬼附着的人吗?
父亲把眼光移到门外,因为是安息日,屋外来来往往的人较多。屋外有小孩追逐的喊叫声,也有彼得的妻子咆哮声,她还在数落彼得,彼得偶尔回复一两句话,不时望着屋里,神情有点着急。
父亲:认得。这是个渔村,我打渔、我卖鱼,我认得的人不少。
老师:如果没有人买鱼,渔民怎么办?
父亲:哈哈,老师,加利利海出产全世界最美味的鱼,不会有人不买回去吃的。
老师:人要是病了,怎么出来买鱼?怎么有力气吃鱼呢?
父亲的脸色变得很严肃,方才轻松的笑容转眼间变得很沉重。
老师:为什么要去会堂?
父亲:安息日就应该去会堂,听神的话,听夫子们的劝勉,我们可是神的选民。
老师:神的选民为什么会被鬼附呢?为什么在安息日才能听到神的话?昼夜思想律法书,为的是我们能够遵行神的旨意,不是仅仅只有听道,只有回想我们是神的选民。
老师站起来,转身过来,对着跟从他的人,提高了音量说:约翰不是曾在旷野里呼喊“预备主的道,修直他的路”吗?神的选民坐在会堂里听道,到约翰那里接受洗礼,这样就是“预备主的道,修直他的路”吗?
父亲也站起来说:认罪悔改从以斯拉回归后,我们就这样做,做了五百年。就是我们用认罪来预备,神在两百年前才会兴起哈斯摩王朝。你这个新法利赛人,叫人跟着你游手好闲,叫人放下神所吩咐的工作不做,神吩咐人六日要工作,第七日休息。耶稣,你把彼得带走,这个就是不对!
耶稣:祭司可以做王吗?这是律法书里神的规定吗?神所分别为圣的人,怎么还可以双手沾满鲜血?神所分别为圣的人,就应该在神的面前代祷,为神的选民认罪,求神快快差来他的弥赛亚。我把彼得带走,就好像亚伯拉罕把以撒带走,顺服神的命令,神必定为他预备,必定在山上预备。
父亲:神的命令?!还是人的命令?哼。
耶稣:我们都承认约翰是神差来的先知。约翰做先知就传递神的信息,要人预备主的道,要人结出果子来,与悔改的心相称。所以,单单接受洗礼,不能算做预备主的道了。没有人传,就没有得听;没有得听,就随心所欲,做出得罪神的事。
父亲:约翰只让人受洗,你倒是多添加了不少。
耶稣:约翰和我都在传神的话,

。。。。。待续 





Monday, November 12, 2012

Hebrews 6:1-6


2012-11-12 16:2

 

Dear son, 

I feel so sorry that I never read the Bible with you. Today's sermon is quite interesting. The pastor gave a sermon fromHebrews 13:1-6. Why is it very interesting? It is because the pastor encourage believers to reach out people. I am a kind of shy person, and you are a social type of person. Unfortunately, today's environment, we have to lock you in our house. I do wish you could run like you were a little and you kept running on the big backyard combined with neighbor's. You liked to all the way to the main street without stop. I wish you were still able to run like this way outdoors, in the country roads, toward the top of hill, toward the ocean. 

13:1 Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. 2 Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it. 3 Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them in prison, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering. 

As you are growing up, you will meet many kinds of people. Some treat you nice, and some do not. Some love you, some hate you, some just want to nail you down, and some try best to help you but it always turns out hurting you deeper. Some pursue after you, and some are pursued by you. 

It is about people. You just cannot live by yourself. People support your survival. Of course some of them are taking you down. However, just be brave. There is a good saying: "If you face it, it will escape." Just be nice and grateful to people. You are, but please be careful. To be nice does not mean to present yourself. I do not mean you should hide yourself. To be nice means to take care for others, and be sensitive to their needs and limits. It is about people, not just you, just others or friends, but also the third party. Sometimes, we just do a drama play in front of the invisible audience. The audience can be the world, or the angels. Just enlarge your vision. 

We have a sweet family, but there are miserable people out there. Be sensitive to their feelings and conditions. I love the Batman movies because they draw us to the special conditions of bad guys, but the movies insist that those conditions cannot be the excuse to hurt people, do bad things, and release anger without control. What makes mistreated people be mistreated? It is because the mistreating people think they have the right to do it, and even they have to do it with ten thousands of reasons. I do not like use violence to bring up justice. I often make such a wrong example with my behaviors. However, it is really wrong to use violence. I dislike, I hate the shooting online games. Those games make you a hero, a smart and skillful person, but they do kill you mercy. 

4 Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral. 

This is a interesting topic. It may be too early to talk about with you. Anyway, sooner or later you got to get married. You have to know something about girls, dating and marriage. It is OK to love a girl, but it is not OK to love many girls at the same times, and it is not OK to love a girl in a short period of time, such as one day, a few of days. Do not kid on love. Some girls would keep your bad image in mind for the rest of their life if you did it. Dating is looking for a partner. Of course, her looking, appearance, smile, talk, behaviors may draw your attention, but the actress is not real, and the truth behind will tear your heart into pieces. Partnership means you have a common area, you can work together somewhere. Do not say the silly words, such as that you are common to being together. 

I think it is the best to have a long term relationship with a girl from high school, and marry her. Some of my friends did it. It is my advice that all girls are almost the same. It is life. Everyone eats, sleeps, and grows. No matter what you eat and how you sleep, you grow, you will grow, you have to grow. No matter she is smart or dumb, she still has her insight of life, and her way to beautify the world. I do not mean not to choose, but I say not to regret of your choice, or not to favor your choice. She is a live creature. You have to discover her strengths and weaknesses, hidden and new. Never think that switch to the second choice would lead to a totally different life. Do not believe such a lie, a pretending game. There are two results of a switch: either rotating among, or isolated from outside. 

It is hard to deal with the human relationships. Stand firm and smile. To complain is useless and odes nothing good. Be calm and find the key issue. Or, try hard to do something in advance, or do a little more. Observe and analyze. You will find some way out. I think the only frustration is loneliness. One day the hero will turn lonely and bored. The tips to life is to enjoy the life. Expect more, but be happy with what happens. 

5 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”[a] 6 So we say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?”[b] 

Money is good, but it tastes bitter. You have to try hard to make money, keep it, and protect it. You will become a slave of money. Try to be content with what you have, and be smart to use what you have in a creative way. I encourage you to live for the ideals, and die for them. Ideals mean the best, or better. Do not stop at where you are. Enlarge your vision. The word die may be a little tough, but it is life that you have to make decision and give up some things. It is reality that you have only two heads and you can hold a limit of things. You have to give up that, and then pick up this. For THIS, you concentrate yourself, just like you chose the video game and play all day long without eating. Please make a smart choice. 

The second encouragement is to make God as your treasure and strength. Dig more treasure from God. You may think it is a dumb idea. You never see anything good comes out of it. Yes, it is a silly idea. But why? It is because people do not listen to God as you do not listen to your parents. So your grades turn bad because you pursue your desires and give up your academic. Education sometimes sounds silly, but it teaches you in a systematical way, to avoid mistake, and be accountable for your performance. The more important is to build up your integrity to yourself and the society. I know schools do not teach you only good things, but still schools teach you to discern. God is the God of order. If you do not like a system, then you build up your own and present it. Otherwise, just take it whatever it is at hand. 

Do not live a life without disciplines and goals. Do not live a life without virtues and value of lives. It is all for today. You may be dismissed.



Saturday, November 10, 2012

基督教对佛教



科学有极限,科学有范围,大致上科学是研究可以观察、测量、实验的对象,但不是自然界里可以看见的就可以拿来做科学研究,比如天文和气象,气象至今还是令人捉摸不定,天文看似有规则,却充满了例外和无法解释。所以,早期的天文就定期修正,今日的天文就用复杂的数学来描述。
2012-10-30 02:23

匈牙利爱国诗人裴多菲说:“生命诚可贵,爱情价更高。若为自由故,两者皆可抛。”佛教不讲爱,讲自由,讲涅槃。佛教讲禁欲,不叫情绪或情感搅乱了正确的判断。所以,佛教把在轮回中的众生,叫有情众生。
2012-10-30 02:40

佛教讲佛性,人人皆有佛性;耶教讲人性,人人皆有人性。但是,佛教说,无明生业障,业障生痛苦,佛性就被蒙蔽。耶教说,诱惑生罪行,罪行生罪性,人性就变兽性、野性,因为小狗还比人忠心。
2012-10-30 02:44

佛教强调修行,早期有八正道,后来有持戒、念佛、吃斋、放生、布施,还有忍辱、精进、禅定和智慧。念佛应该是始于净土宗,也就是念佛号,也有诵经、阅经(文盲者)。
2012-10-30 02:59

耶教的修行,大致上就两件:认罪和遵行。遵行,就是行所当行、禁所当禁;爱人如己,全力爱神。认罪,就是反省和懊悔,接着就谦卑和决志。佛教相信念力,念佛可得佛相助。耶教相信圣灵内住,不时驱策信徒的心。
2012-10-30 03:05

论念佛。佛助人是被动的吗?佛陀悟道后说法40年,地藏王下地狱,都在在显明佛的主动性。类似于神既然全知,为何还要试验人,才会知道?神既然会供应,为何还叫人求?耶教不看一人,而看群体;不看一人,而看神国。标准程序还是要走完,才能批准发照。
2012-10-30 03:11

宗教劝人为善,佛教舍身喂虎,基督教呢?仗义直言。中国文化有舍生取义、杀身成仁。也就是中国人讲是非,基督教也是如此,有所谓的代罪羔羊;佛教则讲生命。
2012-11-04 17:15



状态集(十一月)

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马可福音 4:1-20


2012-11-02 07:23

  

耶稣说撒种的比喻,种子撒在四种地方,产生四种结果。一般认为,耶稣劝勉人要做好土,要多多结实。
或许,耶稣讲的是天国的奥秘,传福音给各种的人,即使不结实(没有反应)的人也要传给他们。其次,也暗示,没有神开垦田地,就无法结实;相对的,人是那么无力、无助。
这一段也使用圣经常用的写作方式:呼应式(ABA)和平行式(ABAB)。(1) 前后讲比喻,中间插一段要人听的话,这就是ABA呼应式的结构。这个结构的转折点就在中间,通常就是重点。(2) 而前后撒种的比喻,前部是陈述,后部是讲解,但是都按照一定的顺序:路旁、石头、荆棘、好土,所以是平行式的结构。这个结构有两类,正反对比、增减对照,通常重点在第二部分,特别是第二部分增加或重复的地方就是重点。
在马可福音这里的平行结构,是减增对照,增加的部分是解释,是道(种子)和人(四种土,四种人),重点在于道,因为道把四种人拉在一起,做比较。从呼应结构来看,道的重要性不是改变人、或者被人改变,而是要被人听见、被人明白。道的重要性不是本身的变化、本身的作用,而是怎么被使用、被散布到哪里。
明白,是更进一步的知道,知道得更多,知道更多相关的事物。明白,是理解因果关系、接受事物发展的合理性。明白的更高阶段是认识,不但明白了,接受了,还有亲密的互动、有亲密的情感,珍惜它、保护它、使用它。真认识到它的特性时,即使是废物,也可以废物利用。如果捡到价值连城的宝石,瞬间就觉得世界发光了,觉得热血奔腾。对一件事物不理不睬、不冷不热、弃如敝履,那是因为还没认识到它。
认识,是种智慧,使人分辨、使人手巧。认识就产生分别的动作,把善恶、优劣、尊卑、取舍,都给分别开来。
人,一般只认识到自己的私欲,凭着自己的血气来决定:要、还是不要。人也按照自己的欲望,来认定神的作为是成功还是失败,是善良还是偏袒,是有益还是有害。结果只是坐井观天、夜郎自大。所以,耶稣举出四种人,其中有三种是失败的,没有结果,不能成功。大多数的人会失败,少数人会成功、会丰盛,因为多数人被世上的事物绊住了,看似荣华,实质上是慢慢在枯干。






马可福音 3:7-35


2012-11-03 02:30

  


马可福音3:7-35这几个段落,表面上在讲赶鬼,实质上在讲我们对耶稣的认识。
马可福音的开头,1:11 神说:你是我的爱子。那么,人对耶稣的认识又有多少?1:7-8 施洗约翰含糊地说:他的能力更大,地位更高,他要用圣灵施洗。1:27 众人说:他有权柄。1:40 长大麻风的人相信耶稣能够洁净他。但是到了第二章,情况开始恶化。2:7 文士说,他自认与神同等。2:16 法利赛人说,他与罪人一同吃喝。2:24 法利赛人说,他们做了不该做的事。3:6 法利赛人决定要除灭耶稣。
这时候,先是一大群人来求耶稣赶鬼,接着耶稣把赶鬼的权柄给他所选立的使徒,第三、周遭的人认为耶稣心智癫狂,暗示耶稣被鬼附,第四、文士(犹太人的宗教领袖)认为耶稣靠鬼王赶鬼,耶稣斥责那种说法是亵渎圣灵,暗示他借着圣灵赶鬼。最后,耶稣强调遵行神旨意的人,才是他的家人,才是与他同一国的人。耶稣的眼中有两个国度:撒旦的国度、神的国度,他要求人选边站。
相对于人对耶稣的认识,在灵界的污鬼对耶稣有着更深的认识。1:24 污鬼喊叫:你是神的圣者。3:11 另一群污鬼喊叫:你是神的儿子。5:7 又有污鬼说:你是至高神的儿子。1:34 总结说,这些污鬼认识耶稣。所以他们对耶稣的态度是,1:24 怕耶稣来灭掉他们,3:11 一群污鬼纷纷俯伏跪拜在耶稣面前,5:6-7 污鬼自己跑来跪拜,怕耶稣叫他们受苦。
人怕鬼,鬼怕耶稣。鬼怕耶稣灭了他们,人却想灭掉耶稣。不知道的时候,人就觉得自己可以任意妄为。俗语说,初生之犊(小牛)不畏虎。又说,初入江湖,天下无敌;再学三年,寸步难行。许多人觉得自己不可一世,但是回过头还是要找工作、屈居在别人之下。即使不可一世的乔布斯,自己创办公司,也难免被自己的公司赶出去过。世事难料。
认识耶稣吗?耶稣值得人爱?还是会叫人怕?或者只不过是路人甲?




马可福音 2:18-3:6


2012-11-03 03:20

  

马可福音 2:18-3:6 在讨论可以不可以吃。犹太人传统上有定期禁食的习惯,耶稣却没有,耶稣把自己比作新郎,婚姻一生也才一次,有喜宴就要吃。毕竟一些敬虔习惯并不是圣经所规定的,不是神的诫命。耶稣也接着婚礼,从新人、新衣,引述到新衣和新酒,新旧不能参杂,耶稣带来新的道理,不是新思维可以理解的。很快的,耶稣就论述自己的行为并不是新的行为,而是旧式的行为,是古时的行为、圣经记载的行为、合乎诫命的行为。
当时的犹太人认为禁食的日子不能吃,耶稣说新郎来了就要吃。犹太人又认为安息日不能摘取麦穗,耶稣说安息日是为人设立的,所以安息日就要吃。耶稣更论述说,自己就是安息日的主,更可以决定:可以吃,还是不可以吃;更进一步决定:要不要行善,要不要救命。耶稣从不可以吃,论述到可以吃,可以救肚子,更可以救生命,发展出一番大道理。禁止,原本是禁止作恶,后来演变成禁止行善;因此要拨乱反正。
耶稣就当真好吃吗?不,他与罪人吃喝,成为万夫指。耶稣不是想同流合污,而是想救罪人,想救罪人离开那一滩的污水。耶稣不禁食,但是却指出,在他离开时,众人就要为着他的离去而禁食。为什么会这样?因为耶稣来担人的重担,使人脱离束缚,使人肩膀轻省。
耶稣让人放纵,叫人破坏规矩吗?不,耶稣每天清晨,一大早就出城,离开众人,到众人都找不到的地方,独自与神祷告。其次,耶稣熟悉神的诫命,他来清除多余的规定,他来改正错误的坚持。第三,耶稣义所当为、毅然为之,要独自面对挑战、面对孤立、面对陷害,又要带领众人、保护众人,跟着耶稣走神的道路,轻省地上路。
耶稣来,不是一种悄悄地来、悄悄地走,而是留下榜样,留下一群效法他的人。耶稣不是来摧毁制度,而是恢复过去的制度,重新再建造起来。面对不公义的事,挺身而出,放胆直言,这个就是旧约里先知的作为。为弱势发言,为受害者发言,帮助弱势,安慰受害人,这就是耶稣的作为。
耶稣来,不是来做好好先生,不是来过太平日子。耶稣来,他来唤醒人类的良知,他来激荡人类的爱心。唤醒更多的人来跟随他,结果他就遭受妒忌,他就被钉死在十字架上。但是,更多的人出来作他过去在做的事,前仆后继接替地去做。





论三国,话庞统


在刘备小家军阀的把持,刘备军根本就没有机会。虽然有猛将,但是没有治国、治军的理念。单打独斗的时代早就过时了,四百年前的项羽还不是兵败自刎。
2012-11-08 13:09

诸葛亮,被请出来,又如何?只负责后勤。赤壁大战立了大功,依旧靠边站。救小主子的赵云,照样被冷冻。
2012-11-08 13:12

刘备找诸葛,是因为人困荆州,只好屈身,40岁皇叔力邀20岁小子出山,也不过就近建立荆州人脉。荆州失而复得,就不再需要诸葛了。
2012-11-08 13:16

庞统,也不过是刘备打四川的踏板。刘备号称皇叔,很难开口占荆州、占蜀州,加上刘璋也把蜀地治理得好。要称雄,就要有不同的名堂,仁义之师就要举到底。
2012-11-08 13:21

曹操也不是蠢货,不过有时轻敌,应该说急于纳贤。所以他的将猛臣贤很多,刘备手下多是饭桶,那几颗超级巨星,简直就是钻石镶在破布上,中看不中用。遇见诸葛之前,一再流离失所。
2012-11-08 13:26

曹操纳贤,使他的实力迅速增大,但是也使他常常受骗。而且,他的纳贤也很假,所以司马懿看出曹操的权谋,也跟着做。魏晋的短命,就是权谋惹的祸,祸害中国五百年。
2012-11-08 13:32

权谋,不同于忠信。权谋讲果效,忠信讲制度。为了开疆扩土,讲军功,讲将功补过,于是体制就毁在军政,变得讲霸道,讲阴谋。
2012-11-08 13:37

要扫荡曹操,不是那么简单。首先,曹军还有北方大患,依然能够多面作战,显示曹操的能耐。其次,东吴善变,原本即将活捉曹操的关羽,就被东吴背后一砍,就没有了。这叫均势,东吴为什么帮助刘备坐大呢?
2012-11-08 13:43

诸葛的隆中对就说明白了,讨曹操不能用武力,而是斗智,使其内乱而后取之。庞统再怎么有才,也过不了刘备的小家子气,荆州人做头。再者,蜀人强力排外,即使拿下了蜀州,紧接就北伐,恐怕刘备军会被夹击而亡。
2012-11-08 13:54

诸葛无能,不能用才。首先要有才让他用,其次要有大才,第三要懂机械。诸葛不但善用谋略、天文、地理,更擅用机械,使得蜀军常能以寡敌众。
2012-11-08 14:02

刘备托孤,三兄弟都战死了,蜀军也被烧光了,剩下孤儿小子,能够不让诸葛取而代之吗?
2012-11-08 23:54

另外,诸葛能不北伐吗?留在蜀地惹人厌吗?偏安西南等人来宰吗?北伐,无非以战养战,一来擾敌,一来练兵。最后连大将司马懿都出动。到了末期诸葛屯垦,已经可以依靠陇西粮草,可惜寿命已尽。