为啥保罗他们要写帖撒罗尼迦 （还是觉得很绕口，哈哈）后书，哥林多书分前后是很合理的，就像哥林多后书上说的，保罗觉得上一封信写的太严肃了，想要再写一封来激励哥林多教会的使徒们的信心。但这个帖撒罗尼迦后书我就没搞懂。当然，我找了几个版本的答案，偏偏不告诉你。
3:5 May the Lord direct your hearts into God’s love and Christ’s perseverance. 5 愿主引导你们的心，使你们有 神的爱和基督的坚忍。
3:15 Yet do not regard them as an enemy, but warn them as you would a fellow believer.15 但不要把他看作仇敌，却要劝他好象劝弟兄一样。
帖撒罗尼迦前书 1 （中文念起来很绕口呢哈哈）
1:9 for they themselves report what kind of reception you gave us. They tell how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, 1:9 他们都述说你们是怎样接待我们，而且怎样离弃偶像归向 神，要服事这位又真又活的 神，
神是不会喜悦你敬拜别的偶像的，这一点在圣经里讲述的很清楚。要 单单 爱你的神。的确，
2:4 On the contrary, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please people but God, who tests our hearts. 2:4 相反地， 神既然考验过我们，把福音委托给我们，我们就传讲，不像是讨人欢心的，而是讨那察验我们心思的 神的喜悦。
曾经有教会的姐妹提点我，和身边不属神的朋友接触，应该少提到圣经，少提到耶稣。我当时第一个反应是冒号脸，凭啥啊？我表达了我的不解之后，她提点我，万一我这样来去讲述圣经，讲述耶稣，让别人反感了呢？我双手一摆，表示，我不缺朋友。我不是故意在这里得利嘚瑟的瞎咋呼，我只是凭心而论我做不到。我不会有意的把所有话题都带到耶稣或者救恩上，但当我提到的时候，只是在我的大脑思维过程中，这个是一个必要的思维模块。我不想因为别人不想听，就故意避开。当然，也不能因为我自己执意要讲，就句句不离。 Continue reading
文末【转载】枉费心机的约押
Summary of 1 Kings by Jay Smith. Summaries Courtesy of the Ultimate Bible Summary Collection Bible Summary
The book of 1st Kings is Narrative History and Prophecy. The author is anonymous; however, some suggest the prophet Jeremiah. It was written about 560-538 B.C. The key personalities are David, Solomon, Rehoboam, Jeroboam, Elijah, Ahab, and Jezebel. The purpose of 1st Kings is to contrast those who obey and disobey God throughout the ruling kings of Israel and Judah. The book describes the rule of Solomon as the last king of Israel and then the split of the kingdom after his death. It includes a great prayer to the Lord in chapter 8. The writer of the books of Kings describes the events of the Northern and Southern Kingdoms after the division. Continue reading
Pick 5 verses from your May Bible reading plan, and memories God’s words. Here are my picks from Corinthians
I think you may know which verses I am going to pick. I highlighted them in the previous posts.
1 Corinthians 10:13 Bearable temptation
1 Corinthians 11:23-26 Communion
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Love
2 Corinthians 9: 6-7 Abundant
2 Samuel应该不是Samuel写的了吧？
帮助扫罗结束自己生命的人前来给大卫通报扫罗和他儿子约拿单的死，然后就被大卫处死了【纳尼！？】。大卫是这样纪念约拿单的：“你对我的爱情奇妙，远超过妇女的爱情。” 【纳尼！？】大卫上了希伯伦做了犹大家的王，而扫罗的儿子做了以色列人的王。两家之间争斗不断，直到大卫家兴起，扫罗家衰败。大卫和很多女子生了很多儿子【纳尼！？】
扫罗家的臣仆押尼珥跑来投奔大卫，却被大卫的臣仆约押刺杀。在这之后，扫罗家的王伊施波设也被刺杀。大卫就作了犹大和大卫家的王，攻打了耶路撒冷，建立王宫，攻打非利士人。后来大卫亲自去欢喜唱歌跳舞，把神的约柜请到了自己的城中，并有意为耶和华建殿。这些都是被神祝福的事，神也与大卫同在。(大卫跳舞，米甲鄙视，所以米甲就不孕不育了？可是米甲最开始被他的父亲改嫁给一个爱她的郎君，现在换做大卫，大卫又有那么多臣妾，她的鄙视也不一定是给耶和华的呀…我不理解) Continue reading
I summarized my version of Samuel, in Chinese, of course.
这是我在我们小组当中讲的故事的草稿 （害羞）：
“Samuel was the last of the Hebrew Judges and the first of the major prophets who began to prophesy inside the Land of Israel. 1Samuel 8:4，以色列长老聚集，找撒母耳要一个王治理他们。这是厌弃耶和华的表现（8:7）。扫罗就是以色列人拣选的第一个王。又健壮又俊美（9:2）。但扫罗不听话。耶和华厌弃扫罗做以色列的王，预定了大卫做王。叫撒母耳去伯利恒把大卫带出来。因为耶和华的灵离开扫罗，他就被恶魔骚扰（从耶和华来，什么意思？！） 大卫刚好擅长弹琴，帮扫罗驱赶困扰他的恶魔，这样就留在了扫罗王的身边。
开始打仗了，从敌军当中出来一个名叫歌利亚的加特人，巨高，巨凶猛，要单挑。很巧的是，送羊咩咩给哥哥吃的大卫也来到了前线，大卫就说：“如果有人击杀这个非利士人，除去以色列人的耻辱，那人会得到怎么的对待呢？这未受割礼的非利士人是谁呢？竟敢向永活的 神的军队骂阵？”他问了好几个人，这个话就传到了扫罗耳边，还主动请缨上战场。先开始扫罗嫌大卫年轻不让大卫上战场，直到大卫对耶和华表忠心，扫罗才同意。帅气的大卫在溪边捡了五块石头就去了。俩人对站着互呛了一下就开打。大卫一个石头就把歌利亚击倒了，因为无法拍照留念作证，大卫就把他的头拿到了耶路撒冷。大卫这般优秀让扫罗很是惧怕。因为妇女们喜欢大卫，耶和华由与大卫同在，而扫罗一不小心又把自己女儿许配给他。最让我不能理解的是。扫罗，要大卫，取一百个非利士人的阳皮。要鼻子不行吗为什么非要阳皮。什么是羊皮啊！”
在小组当中我只需要讲到大卫，现在我要继续总结： Continue reading
Chapter 7 talks about marriages and intimate relationships. I am really inspired.
10:13 13 No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it. 13 你们所受的试探，无非是人受得起的；神是信实的，他必不容许你们受试探过于你们承受得起的，而且在受试探的时候，必定给你们开一条出路，使你们能忍受得住。
11:23-26 23 For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread; 24 and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” 25 In the same manner He also took the cup after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood. This do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”
23 我当日传交给你们的，原是从主领受的，就是主耶稣被出卖的那一夜，他拿起饼来， 24 祝谢了，就擘开，说：“这是我的身体，为你们擘开的；你们应当这样行，为的是记念我。”25 饭后，照样拿起杯来，说：“这杯是用我的血所立的新约，你们每逢喝的时候，应当这样行，为的是记念我。” 26 你们每逢吃这饼，喝这杯，就是宣扬主的死，直等到他来。
13:4-7 (NIV) 4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. 4 爱是恒久忍耐，又有恩慈。爱是不嫉妒，不自夸，不张狂；5 不作失礼的事，不求自己的益处，不轻易动怒，不计较人的过犯； 6 不喜欢不义，只喜欢真理。 7 爱是凡事包容，凡事相信，凡事盼望，凡事忍耐。
哥林多书是保罗带着爱的斥责，我在读的时候很有启发，有很多从来没有思考过的问题也挑战了我的观点。哥林多书同时也是保罗提醒世人上帝恩典的诗篇。我特别挑出来的这三段是时常出现在教会教导和日常生活中的经文，叫我们不至于在患难的时候，背弃神的旨意。这段时间我学习最多的就是，顺服。顺服在神的旨意中，因为神，是爱。
Pick 5 verses from your April Bible reading plan, and memories God’s words. Here are my picks from Acts!
Acts 1:7 And He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. 8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me[a] in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”使徒行传 1：7 耶稣回答说：“天父照祂的权柄定下的时间、日期不是你们可以知道的。 8 但圣灵降临在你们身上后，你们必得到能力，在耶路撒冷、犹太全境和撒马利亚，直到地极，做我的见证人。”
8:22 Repent therefore of this your wickedness, and pray God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you. 22 你要悔改，离弃邪恶，向主祷告，或许主会赦免你心中的邪念。
10:15 And a voice spoke to him again the second time, “What God has cleansed you must not call common.”5 那声音又一次对他说：“上帝已经洁净的，你不可再称之为不洁净。”
20:35 35 I have shown you in every way, by laboring like this, that you must support the weak. And remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’” 35 我凡事以身作则，教导你们勤奋工作，帮助软弱的人，并牢记主耶稣的话，‘施比受更有福。’”
*Joy Life* 