JY Bible Notes 聖經小筆記

From: South Seminole CoC website On Sunday, April 20, the Orlando Sentinel published on the front page of the newspaper, “Two Views of Forgiveness.”  Yes, it is unusual to see a spiritual topic given such a prominent position in the newspaper, but in the publisher’s mind, it was evidently all right since it was “Easter.”  The article begins: As Jesus was dying, the Bible says he forgave those who betrayed him, those who condemned him, those who killed him. For Christians, Easter Sunday is not only about the resurrection of Jesus Christ but also the central lesson of forgiveness (A1). Most newspapers do not present much favorable to the Bible.  When they refer to anything, it is usually to announce something bizarre like the church groups that offered pina coladas (non-alcoholic) or some effort at being relevant.  On spiritual topics the paper is usually pro-evolution, pro-abortion, and pro 3 on homosexuality (exponentially in favor of it).  In other wor...

  From  Do Christians Sin? by  KYLE BUTT,  M.Div. A quick reading through the small epistle of 1 John reveals a number of verses that seem to disagree with each other. For instance, in 1 John 1:8,10 the author assures his readers that all people have sinned. In 2:1, John seems to indicate that even Christians will sin and therefore need Jesus Christ to be their advocate. Yet, 3:6 has John on record as saying: “Whoever abides in Him does not sin. Whoever sins has neither seen Him nor known Him.” In verse 8 of chapter 3, John wrote: “He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning.” And verse 9 states: “Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.” Steve Wells, in his work,  The Skeptic’s Annotated Bible,  wrote concerning these verses in chapter 3: “Earlier in this letter (1:8,10) John assured us that everyone sins. Yet in these verses he claims that Chris...

Digest from  Blasphemy Against the Holy Spirit—The "Unpardonable Sin" by  KYLE BUTT,  M.Div.  WHAT THE UNPARDONABLE SIN IS As was noted earlier, blasphemy against the Holy Spirit is the only sin in the Bible that is given the status of unpardonable or eternal. In fact, Jesus prefaced His discussion of this sin by stating that, “every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men,”  except  for blasphemy against the Spirit. Using the working definition of blasphemy as “speaking evil of,” it becomes clear that the sin described by Jesus was a “tongue sin” that the Pharisees had committed, or at least were dangerously close to committing. What had the Pharisees done that would have put them in jeopardy of committing the unpardonable sin? According to His own testimony, during Jesus’ time on this Earth He cast out demons by the “Spirit of God” (Matthew 12:28). When the Pharisees saw that Jesus had performed a verifiable miracle, they could not argue with the fact that...

From Chat.deepseek.com **〈罗马书12:20〉中“炭火堆头”的深刻含义与属灵教导**   **经文原文**（和合本）：   > “所以，‘你的仇敌若饿了，就给他吃；若渴了，就给他喝。因为你这样行，就是把炭火堆在他的头上。’”（罗马书12:20）   ### **一、字面与文化背景**   1. **古近东习俗的隐喻**：      - “炭火堆头”源自埃及和犹太文化中的象征性举动：当一个人公开表示悔改时，旁人会将燃烧的炭火放在他头上，象征其羞愧与内心的灼痛，同时也代表他人以善报恶的举动使其悔悟。      - 另一种解释是：炭火是生活必需品（用于取暖或烹饪）， 帮助仇敌如同提供生存所需的“炭火”，以善行感化对方 。   2. **旧约的引用**：      - 保罗引用〈箴言25:21-22〉，强调“以善胜恶”是神子民的智慧。   ### **二、基督教的属灵意义**   1. **以爱化解仇恨**：      - 不是报复，而是用恩慈使仇敌羞愧，促使其反思（如同炭火的“灼烧感”）。      - 耶稣的教导实践：“爱你们的仇敌”（太5:44）。   2. **神的公义与怜悯**：      - “炭火”象征神的审判（诗140:10）与炼净（赛6:6-7），但信徒的善行成为神施恩的管道。      - 人的善行不是代替神的审判，而是彰显神的性情（罗12:19）。   3. **福音的颠覆性力量**：      - 当信徒以德报怨时，可能软化仇敌的心，引导他们归向基督（彼前2:12）。   ### **三、实际应用**   1. **对仇敌的态度**：      - 主动提供帮助（如食物、水），而非冷漠或报复。      - 为逼迫你的人祷告（太5:44）。   2. **对自身的操练**：     ...