(464) 「灵粮主题 TODAY’s Topic」：主会站在身边赐力量保护你 The Lord Will Stand by and Give Strength to Protect You

「灵粮经节 TODAY’s Verses」：「使徒保罗经常鼓励我们传福音说： “惟有主站在我旁边，加给我力量，使福音被我尽都传明，叫外邦人都听见；我也从狮子口里被救出来”; Apostle Paul always encourages us to evangelize by saying. “But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from the lion’s mouth.” 」 (提摩太后书 2 Timothy 4: 17 节）

「灵粮分享 TODAY’s Sharing」： 今晨在「纯全喜乐 Pure Joys」里，读到约翰·派博牧师 Rev. John Piper 写了一篇， “不朽坏的时候” 的分享。牧者引用使徒行传 Acts 23:12 节，描述使徒保罗如何信靠神，为要在罗马作主耶稣基督的见证，脱避了当地犹太人要杀害他的阴谋！这也就是「今日灵粮 Spiritual Food TODAY」 主题要分享的，鼓励我们每日在生活里，都要信靠仰赖神，壮胆传主福音，“主会站在身边赐力量保护你”。派博牧师给我们解释写道，在经节 12 节里记载着 “到了天亮，犹太人同谋起誓说，若不先杀保罗，就不吃不喝” ，然而他们的阴谋没有得逞。为什么？同一章 10-35 节里告诉我们，因为一连串不可能的事情发生了。首先，一个男孩听到了他们的计谋。这个男孩是保罗姐姐的儿子。男孩勇敢地去见看守保罗的罗马百夫长。百夫长认真接待了他，领他去见 了千夫长。千夫长相信他，并预备 “步兵两百，马兵七十，长枪手二百” 把保罗护送到了安全的地方。这听起来太不可思议、太奇怪了。但是，事情就是这样发生了。那些饿着肚子打埋伏的同伙们遗漏了什么吗？他们没有料到在密谋之前保罗经历了什么。同一章 11 节里记载：主站在保罗旁边，说，“放心吧！你怎样在耶路撒冷为我作见证，也必怎样在罗马为我作见证”。主耶稣基督说保罗将要去罗马，后来事情就这样发生了。任何埋伏都阻挡不了主耶稣基督实现自己的应许。直到保罗到了罗马，他才成为不朽坏的，因为保罗将在这里做最后一个见证，这个见证是主耶稣基督所应许必将实现的。所以人被召做传道，都也是神应许的实现。大家星期五开心与周末愉快！

「灵粮祷告 TODAY’s Prayer」：「今日灵粮 Spiritual Food TODAY」 也就引用罗马书 Romans 1: 16-17 节，和大家在主的爱里相互勉励与祷告。主耶稣复活升天后，留给我们的大使命，也就是要传福音到地级各处去，“主会站在身边赐力量保护你”。使徒保罗在经节里鼓励我们传福音说：“我不以福音为耻；这福音本是神的大能，要救一切相信的，先是犹太人，後是希利尼人。因为神的义正在这福音上显明出来；这义是本於信，以致於信。如经上所记：义人必因信得生。“ 鲍勃牧师在他的分享里也都这么鼓励我们，你也有最后一个要作见证的吗？直到你作了这个见证，你才成为不朽坏的。求神加添我们有传福音的智慧和力量，带万人认识神归主。祷告奉主名求的， 阿们！

In "纯全喜乐 Pure Joys " this morning, I read an article written by Rev. John Piper, "The Time of Immortality". Pastor Piper quoted Acts 23:12, describing how apostle Paul trusted in God, in order to bear the witness of the Lord Jesus Christ in Rome, and escaped the plot of the local Jews to kill him! This is what the theme of "今日灵粮 Spiritual Food TODAY " is about to share. It encourages us to rely on God in our daily life, and preach the gospel of the Lord with courage, as " The Lord Will Stand by and Give Strength to Protect You." Pastor Piper explained to us in verse 12 as it is recorded that, "The next morning some Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul ", but their plot failed. Why? We are told in verses 10-35 of the same chapter, because a chain of impossible events happened. First, a boy overhears their plot. The boy is the son of Paul's sister. The boy bravely went to meet the Roman centurion who was guarding Paul. The centurion received him seriously and led him to the commander who can lead thousand soldiers. The commander believed him, and prepared "two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen" to escort Paul to safety. It sounds so incredible, so weird. But that is how it happened. Did those hungry fellows who lay in ambush miss something? They did not anticipate what Paul had been through before the plot. Verse 11 of the same chapter records: The Lord stood beside Paul and said, "Take courage! As you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome." The Lord Jesus Christ said that Paul was going to Rome, and so it happened. No ambush can stop the Lord Jesus Christ from fulfilling His promise. Paul did not become immortal until he arrived in Rome, because here Paul will give his last testimony that the promise of the Lord Jesus Christ must be fulfilled. Therefore, when people are called to preach, they are also the fulfillment of God's promise. Happy Friday and great weekend everyone!

To this end, “今日灵粮 Spiritual Food TODAY” would like to quote Romans 1: 16-17 and encouraged to pray with each other in the love of the Lord. After the Lord Jesus resurrected and ascended to heaven, the great commission left to us is to spread the gospel to all parts of the earth, as " The Lord Will Stand by and Give Strength to Protect You." The apostle Paul encouraged us to preach the gospel and said in the scriptures that: " For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed — a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will live by faith.” Pastor Piper encouraged us in this way in his sharing, and if you have the last one witness to bear, you are not immortal until you bear this testimony. May God increase us to have the wisdom and strength to preach the Gospel, and bring all people to know God and turn to Him. Pray in the name of the Lord, Amen!

(464) 爱心的 Whisper John 张皇卿 编写于 脸书网站： https://www.facebook.com/johnking9999 和 维克斯网站： Http://johnking9999.wixsite.com/website Edmonton, AB, Canada Friday 03. 03. 2023