基于圣经的真理
正如经文中说的，庇哩亚的人天天查考圣经，要晓得保罗所传的道是与不是。
我还是个年轻牧师的时候，总觉得自己很了解圣经。我学习过，也知道圣经中很多重要的教导。如今我年纪大了，应该是更有智慧了。然而，现在我才明白自己当年的认识是多么有限，我也意识到，在多年的研究和教导后，自己知道的仍然很少。圣经要教给我们的太多了，在信心成长的过程中，要不断学习。
在保罗的时代，庇哩亚的人并没有我们现在的圣经。他们只有我们圣经中的旧约部分，是希伯来文的。因此，为了验证保罗有关耶稣是救主（弥赛亚）的教导，他们必须在以赛亚和其它先知书中做大量研究。我可以想像，他们坐在桌旁，看着展开的经卷思考着，讨论着——然后喊道，“保罗说得没错——听这句话！”
许多年后，在1618-19年，教会领袖们聚集在一起查考神的话，他们做了和庇哩亚信徒同样的事。他们想要知道其他一些领袖的教导是否正确。而他们的结论，也就是多特信经，如今还在帮助我们宣告赦罪救恩的基本真理。所以，这个月就让我们再次思想这些真理，用这种方式来庆祝这项有益的工作吧——特别是神救恩的礼物！
主啊，感谢你的话语和真理。求帮助我们来寻求真理，在各处分享你救恩的好消息。阿们。
使徒行传 17:10-12
10弟兄们随即在夜间打发保罗和西拉往庇哩亚去。二人到了，就进入犹太人的会堂。
11这地方的人贤于帖撒罗尼迦的人，甘心领受这道，天天考查圣经，要晓得这道是与不是。
12所以他们中间多有相信的，又有希腊尊贵的妇女，男子也不少。
Based On The Bible
“They received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.” — Acts 17:11
The people in Berea, as our text explains, carefully examined the Scriptures to make sure Paul’s teaching was true.
When I was a young pastor, I liked to think I knew a lot about Scripture. I had studied, and I knew many of the important teachings of the Bible. Today I am older and hopefully a little wiser. I know now how little I knew back then, and I realize how little I still know today, after years of studying and teaching. The Bible has so much to teach us that we keep learning as we grow in faith.
In Paul’s day, the people in Berea didn’t have the Bible as we know it. They had the Hebrew Scriptures that make up the Old Testament in our Bibles today. So, to examine Paul’s teaching about Jesus as Savior (Messiah), they had to do some heavy study of Isaiah and other prophecies. I picture them pondering and having discussions at tables with scrolls unrolled—and then exclaiming, “Paul’s right—listen to this!”
Many years later, in 1618-19, a gathering of church leaders searched God’s Word as the Bereans had done. They needed to know if some teachings by other leaders were true. And their findings, known as the Canons of Dort, still help us today in stating the bedrock truths about salvation from sin. So let’s revisit those truths this month as a way of celebrating that helpful work—and especially God’s gift of salvation!
Lord, thank you for your Word of truth. Help us to seek the truth and to share your good news of salvation everywhere. Amen.
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