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永不離開公義之路  （摘自智慧的寶石 一月十三日）  by Gwen Shaw

中譯：Bambi Wright金幼竹

經文禱讀﹕箴言２﹕９－１０ 『你也必明白仁義﹐公平﹐正直﹐一切的善道。智慧必入你心﹐你的靈要以知識為美。』

Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.　When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;　(KJV)

唯有走在公義的道路上時﹐你才會受到我的庇護而不被邪惡干擾。一旦你離開了公義﹐你的魂馬上就會瀕臨危險﹐因為﹐所有其他的道路﹐不管當時看來是如何的愉快穩妥﹐都會帶你走向毀壞和永遠的滅亡。

然而﹐如果你走在我所『庇護』的路上﹐你就會體驗到什麼是公義。你會明瞭什麼是對的﹐什麼是錯的﹐你就有辨識的能力﹐作合乎真理和公正的判斷。你能夠審視每一個情境﹐和那些出於人的教導。

這樣你就能踏實的在公義﹐正直﹐和誠實裡處理自己生活中與你自己﹐他人﹐和我之間的每一件事。

很多人有自欺的傾向﹐其實﹐這正是人格的虛假﹑污穢和謊言的開始。人的不誠實總是從他自己開始﹐他不去面對事實﹐過了一段時間﹐他漸漸開始相信自己所說的謊言。如果你說他在撒謊﹐他會否認﹐因為他打心裡面覺得自己的謊言就是事實﹐因為他希望那些謊言是真的。人如果被欺騙的靈挾制到這個地步﹐他甚至可以安全通過測謊試驗﹐因為他完全相信自己所造的謊言﹐人如果感覺自己在撒謊﹐他的身體會產生負向的反應﹐就能證實他的確在說謊。

正直和誠實的人是無法在言行上假冒的﹐因為誠實已經是他生命的一部分﹐他走的道路就是誠實和公義。

是的﹐他走的是一條好路－－美好﹐良善﹐愉快﹐喜樂﹐具有果效﹐快樂﹐十全十美並流露出他的性德﹔他具有所有人的魂所渴望的東西。

這就是為什麼﹐當天使看到人們離開這條美好的道路而踏上邪惡和毀滅的道路時﹐會那麼的憂愁。他們知道﹐那是邪靈在攪動人肉體的慾望﹐以致於人就被帶著走了﹐天使看得到邪靈是如何在人的魂裡作工。

當你心裡有智慧﹐魂裡喜悅天上的知識﹐你就是一個真正屬於神的孩子了﹐你也在世上張顯了一個好榜樣。

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January 13

Never leave the pathway of equity, for that is the true way of righteousness

Scripture Reading: Proverbs 2:9-10

"Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path.  When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul." (Proverbs 2:9-10)

It is only as you walk in paths of righteousness that you are protected from evil.  When you leave the path of righteousness your soul is immediately in peril, for any other path will lead to destruction and eternal damnation -- no matter how pleasant and right it appears to be.

But if you stay on the "hedged in" pathway you shall understand righteousness.  You shall know what is right and what is wrong. You shall have discernment to give a true and correct verdict.  You shall be able to judge every situation and every word that is taught by man.  

And you shall surely conduct your own life in equity and be straight and honest in all your dealings with yourself, with others and with Me. 

Many deceive their own selves.  That is really where dishonesty, impurity of character and deception begin.  Man is first dishonest with himself.  He lies to himself.  He does not face the facts.  After a while he believes his own lies If you were to tell him he is lying, he would deny it because he is convinced that his lies are the truth because that is what he wants to believe.  A man with a lying spirit can even pass a ie-detector test because he believes his own lie, so he has no conviction that he is not telling the truth.  If there was conviction of lying, his body would respond in a negative way which would prove he was telling a lie.

The upright and honest man cannot be dishonest in word or deed because it is part of his character to be honest, for he walks in the path of honesty and equity.

Yea, he even walks the good path.  On this way of life one finds everything one desires - beauty, goodness, delight, joy, fruitfulness, happiness, soundness and moral goodness.  It contains all the things which the soul longs for. 

That is why the angels of Heaven are perplexed and grieved when they see a person leave this good path of righteousness and take the ways that are evil and destructive.  They realize it is because evil spirits are working through the lusts of the flesh to lead men astray, for they see these spirits working in the souls of men.

But when your heart is wise, and knowledge is pleasant to your soul, you are an example to the world of what a true child of God really is.