2006-12-10 20:10:37Jacky
喬裝的偶像
讀 經：歌羅西書3章1－11節
金 句：「小子們哪，你們要自守，遠避偶像。」（約翰一書5章21節）
全年讀經：歌羅西書1－4章
當我們聽到"偶像"這個詞，就會聯想到一個被膜拜的人或動物的塑像。例如，我們會聯想到以色列人離開埃及後不久就鑄造的金牛犢（出埃及32章1－6節）。 我們知道上帝對這些偶像深惡痛絕，但我們是否可能在不知不覺地崇拜偶像呢？
我曾看到一則報導，有一個女人把自己的汽車愛護得象成陳列品一般。一天晚上她的車庫著火，她的鄰居不得不阻止她沖進火裡救她的車。當汽車爆炸時，她突然意識到自己幾乎為車子犧牲了性命。她的汽車已經變成了她的偶像。
一個更為狡猾的崇拜偶像的方式是要藉著參加教會的活動來維持自己屬靈的聲譽。或是一個人不斷地給自己已經裝飾過度的家再增添多一件"小玩"。
除上帝外，如果任何東西成為我們生活焦點的話，就成了偶像。
在歌羅西書3章5節，保羅指出貪婪是一種偶像。他勸告我們摒除舊我陋習，創造一個嶄新的自我，在生活中以基督為楷模（第10節）。
什麼是你生命的焦點？答案或許會令你感到意外。JEY
不要讓絲毫的隙縫，
存在於我和主之間，
世俗的喜好我不愛
因為主是我的一切。 Tindley
任何取代上帝的東西都是偶像。
金 句：「小子們哪，你們要自守，遠避偶像。」（約翰一書5章21節）
全年讀經：歌羅西書1－4章
當我們聽到"偶像"這個詞，就會聯想到一個被膜拜的人或動物的塑像。例如，我們會聯想到以色列人離開埃及後不久就鑄造的金牛犢（出埃及32章1－6節）。 我們知道上帝對這些偶像深惡痛絕，但我們是否可能在不知不覺地崇拜偶像呢？
我曾看到一則報導，有一個女人把自己的汽車愛護得象成陳列品一般。一天晚上她的車庫著火，她的鄰居不得不阻止她沖進火裡救她的車。當汽車爆炸時，她突然意識到自己幾乎為車子犧牲了性命。她的汽車已經變成了她的偶像。
一個更為狡猾的崇拜偶像的方式是要藉著參加教會的活動來維持自己屬靈的聲譽。或是一個人不斷地給自己已經裝飾過度的家再增添多一件"小玩"。
除上帝外，如果任何東西成為我們生活焦點的話，就成了偶像。
在歌羅西書3章5節，保羅指出貪婪是一種偶像。他勸告我們摒除舊我陋習，創造一個嶄新的自我，在生活中以基督為楷模（第10節）。
什麼是你生命的焦點？答案或許會令你感到意外。JEY
不要讓絲毫的隙縫，
存在於我和主之間，
世俗的喜好我不愛
因為主是我的一切。 Tindley
任何取代上帝的東西都是偶像。
Idols In Disguise
Read: Colossians 3:1-11
Little children, keep yourselves from idols. –1 John 5:21
Bible In One Year:
Colossians 1-4
When we hear the word idol, we think of a statue of a person or animal that is the focus of worship. For example, we think of the golden calf the Israelites made soon after they left Egypt (Ex. 32:1-6). We know that God abhors such images, yet is it possible that we worship idols without knowing it?
I read about a woman who kept her car in showroom condition. One night her garage caught on fire, and her neighbors had to restrain her from rushing into the flames to rescue her car. As it exploded, she realized that she had nearly sacrificed her life for that car. It had become an idol.
An even more subtle form of idolatry is the reliance on our church activities to maintain a reputation for being spiritual. Or consider the man who keeps adding "one more gadget" to an already over-equipped home. If anything other than God becomes our primary focus in life, it is an idol.
In Colossians 3:5, Paul identified covetousness as a type of idolatry. He exhorted us to say no to these grasping ways that are part of our old self, and to say yes to our new self, created to live like Christ (v.10).
What's the main focus of your life? The answer may surprise you. –JEY
Nothing between, like worldly pleasure,
Habits of life, though harmless they seem,
Must not my heart from Him ever sever–
He is my all! There's nothing between. –Tindley
An idol is anything that takes the place of God.
FOR FURTHER STUDY
Why In The World Am I Here?
Read: Colossians 3:1-11
Little children, keep yourselves from idols. –1 John 5:21
Bible In One Year:
Colossians 1-4
When we hear the word idol, we think of a statue of a person or animal that is the focus of worship. For example, we think of the golden calf the Israelites made soon after they left Egypt (Ex. 32:1-6). We know that God abhors such images, yet is it possible that we worship idols without knowing it?
I read about a woman who kept her car in showroom condition. One night her garage caught on fire, and her neighbors had to restrain her from rushing into the flames to rescue her car. As it exploded, she realized that she had nearly sacrificed her life for that car. It had become an idol.
An even more subtle form of idolatry is the reliance on our church activities to maintain a reputation for being spiritual. Or consider the man who keeps adding "one more gadget" to an already over-equipped home. If anything other than God becomes our primary focus in life, it is an idol.
In Colossians 3:5, Paul identified covetousness as a type of idolatry. He exhorted us to say no to these grasping ways that are part of our old self, and to say yes to our new self, created to live like Christ (v.10).
What's the main focus of your life? The answer may surprise you. –JEY
Nothing between, like worldly pleasure,
Habits of life, though harmless they seem,
Must not my heart from Him ever sever–
He is my all! There's nothing between. –Tindley
An idol is anything that takes the place of God.
FOR FURTHER STUDY
Why In The World Am I Here?