「不隨從肉體，只隨從聖靈」（3）

“Do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit” (3)

—“要切實行道，認真走路” 01/10/2010

---- “Be doers of the word; taking each step seriously“ 01/10/2010

經文：羅 8：1-8；林前 3：1-3a；雅 1：22-25；加 4：19

Scriptures: Roman8:1-8; 1 Corinthians3:1-3a; James1:22-25; Galatians4:19

背誦經文：22 只是你們要行道，不要單單聽道，自己欺哄自己。 23 因為聽道而不行道的，就像人對著鏡子看自己本來的面目， 24 看見，走後，隨即忘了他的相貌如何。 25 惟有詳細察看那全備、使人自由之律法的，並且時常如此，這人既不是聽了就忘，乃是實在行出來，就在他所行的事上必然得福。（雅1：22-25）

Memorization Verse:

²² But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. ²³ For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face in a mirror; ²⁴ for he observes himself, goes away, and immediately forgets what kind of man he was. ²⁵ But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it, and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.

(James 1:22-25)

(一) 出埃及、進迦南的重要預表

I. The foreshadowing of leaving Egypt and entering Canaan

—「出埃及」不是目的，「進迦南」才是

-- leaving Egypt was not the goal; entering Canaan was the goal

(二) 曠野經歷的最大考驗

II. The greatest test in the wilderness

—肉體被顯明與對付：倒斃曠野

-- the flesh was manifested and dealt with: died in the wilderness

“但他們中間多半是　神不喜歡的人，所以在曠野倒斃。”（林前10：5）

“But with most of them God was not well pleased, for their bodies were scattered in the wilderness.” (1 Corinthians 10:5)

—不住繞行卻不得前進：浪費年日

-- continue to circle and not move forward; wasting years

“我們在西珥山繞行了許多日子。 耶和華對我說：「你們繞行這山的日子夠了，要轉向北去。」”（申 2：1b-3）

“as the LORD spoke to me, and we skirted Mount Seir for many days. And the LORD spoke to me, saying: ‘You have skirted this mountain long enough; turn northward.”

(Deuteronomy 2:1b-3)

(三) 對今日你我的意義

III. What does it mean to you and me today

（1） 作為我們的鑑誡

(1) it serves as an example to us

—“這些事都是我們的鑑戒，叫我們不要貪戀惡事，像他們那樣貪戀的”（林前10：6）

--“Now these things became our examples, to the intent that we should not lust after evil things as they also lusted” (1 Corinthians 10:6)

（2）要切實行道，認真走路

(2) Be doers of the word; taking each step seriously

—“只是你們要行道，不要單單聽道，自己欺哄自己”（雅1：22）

---“But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.”

(James 1:22)

—“凡你們腳掌所踏之地，我都…賜給你們了”（書 1：3）

---“Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given you, as I said to Moses.” (Joshua 1:3)

（3）“得著基督”是一切操練的真實目的與價值

(3) “obtaining Jesus” is the true goal and value for all spiritual disciplines

—不只享受「基督內住」，更是使「基督成形」在我們心裡（加4：19）

-- Not only enjoy “the indwelling Jesus”, but allow “Christ to form” in us

(Galatians 4:19)