神的话有洁净的能力
以前，当父母告诉儿女要洗干净他们肮脏的面孔时，他们或许会说：“整洁仅次于敬虔。”这句话虽不是出自圣经，但它可能是某些古代犹太教师所说的。圣经没有把敬虔与洗擦干净的皮肤相比，它乃是以敬虔与清洁的心相比。
诗篇119的作者问道：“少年人用甚么洁净他的行为呢？”他的答案就是这篇诗篇的核心教导：“是要遵行〔神〕的话。”然而，实际上，我们应怎样做呢？
大多数人都承认，要有一颗洁净的心，是一个高难度的挑战。事实上，圣经说这是我们力所不及的；我们的心是诡诈、自私、和悖逆的，我们需要帮助。在衪的怜悯中，神差遣衪的儿子耶稣到来，好叫衪能赦免我们的罪和在我们里面造一颗洁净的心。在约翰福音17章，耶稣为跟随衪的人祈求，藉着衪自己和藉着神话语中的真理，叫他们“成圣”（得洁净），而在这个洁净的过程中，神的圣灵也赐悟性和能力，来帮助他们坚持下去。
耶稣和诗人都这样断言说，神话语中的真理能坚定和激励洁净的心灵，这个洁净的过程从认识耶稣开始，而当我们在知识和恩典上长进时，我们便能天天继续得洁净了。
在今天，藉着思想神的话语，让这个洁净的过程继续下去吧。
主啊，求祢帮助我们渴慕祢的话语，又以祢的公义保守我们一生。奉耶稣祈求，阿们。
约翰福音 17:13-19
13现在我往你那里去，我还在世上说这话，是叫他们心里充满我的喜乐。
14我已将你的道赐给他们，世界又恨他们，因为他们不属世界，正如我不属世界一样。
15我不求你叫他们离开世界，只求你保守他们脱离那恶者。
16他们不属世界，正如我不属世界一样。
17求你用真理使他们成圣，你的道就是真理。
18你怎样差我到世上，我也照样差他们到世上。
19我为他们的缘故，自己分别为圣，叫他们也因真理成圣。
The Purifying Power Of God’s Word
"How can a young person stay on the path of purity? By living according to your word." - Psalm 119:9
Years ago, when parents told their children to wash their dirty faces, they might have said, “Cleanliness is next to godliness.” That saying is not in the Bible, but it may have come from some ancient Jewish teachers. The Bible equates godliness not with scrubbed skin but with pure hearts.
The author of Psalm 119 asks, “How can a young person stay on the path of purity?” And his answer is the core teaching of this psalm: “By living according to [God’s] Word.” But, honestly, how can we do that?
As most people will admit, having a pure heart is a difficult challenge. In fact, the Bible says this is out of reach for us. Our hearts are deceitful, self-absorbed, and disobedient. We need help. In his mercy, God sent his Son, Jesus, so that he could forgive us our sins and create pure hearts in us. In John 17, Jesus prays that his followers will be “sanctified” (purified) through himself and through the truth of God’s Word. And the Holy Spirit of God will provide us understanding and power to endure in this purifying process.
So, as both Jesus and the psalmist affirm, purity of the heart is strengthened and encouraged by the truth found in God’s Word. The purifying process begins with knowing Jesus, and it continues daily as we grow in knowledge and grace.
Continue this process today as you reflect on God’s Word.
Help us to long for your Word, Lord. Preserve our lives in your righteousness. For Jesus’ sake, Amen.
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