耶穌基督的信實
Children of Light
1 Thessalonians 5:4-6 “But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as [do] others; but let us watch and be sober.”
In the Bible, there are several verses referring to “the day of Lord so cometh as a thief in the night” (1Ts 5:2)(2Pe 3:10) and “I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.” (Rev 3:3)(Rev 16:15) The Lord also said “But of that day and hour knoweth no [man,] no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.” (Mat 24:36)(Mak 13:32)(Act 1:7).
Dear Brothers and Sisters, according to Bible, do we know when is the day of Lord? Indeed the answer is already in the verses we read: if we are still “children of darkness”, and still live in the night (in the flesh), then to us the day of Lord will come as a thief, “For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.” (1Ts 5:7) how would the slept and drunken “children of darkness” in the night know when the Lord has arrived? To them, wouldn't that the day of Lord come as a thief in the night? Therefore, the Lord said to the “dead” church of Sardis (Rev 3:1) “If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.” (Rev 3:3) “ If therefore thou shalt not watch” means: Church of Sardis, if you still sleep (not repent), and continoue to be “children of darkness” slept and drunken in the night, I (the Lord) will come and judge you, and when I come, you will not know, to you I come like a thief entering a slept drunk's house in the night!
On the contrary, if we are “children of light”, and live in the day (in the Spirit), and watch and sober, love one another, then when our Lord returns and knocks the door, we will open for him immediately (Luk 12:36)(Rev 3:20), our Lord will say to us: “Blessed [are] those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.” (Luk 12:37)
Dear Brothers and Sisters, now we shall know: “the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night;” (2Pe 3:10) speaks to whom? To those who are “children of light”? Or to those who are “children of darkness”?
Dear Brothers and Sisters, if we are still “in darkness” (1Jn 2:11), we may call upon the name of whom “ hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:” Jesus Christ our saviour. He is willing and able to save us and wake us up to escape the wrath of God.
光明之子
光明之子
帖撒羅尼迦前書5:4-6 『弟兄們、你們卻不在黑暗裡、叫那日子臨到你們像賊一樣。你們都是光明之子、都是白晝之子、我們不是屬黑夜的、也不是屬幽暗的．所以我們不要睡覺、像別人一樣、總要儆醒謹守。』
聖經在多處提到主再來的日子『好像夜間的賊一樣。』(1Ts 5:2)(2Pe 3:10)『我幾時臨到、你也決不能知道。』(Rev 3:3)(Rev 16:15) 主也親自說過『但那日子、那時辰、沒有人知道』(Mat 24:36) (Mak 13:32)(Act 1:7) .
親愛的弟兄姊妹們, 根據聖經, 請問我們到底知不知道主再來的日子呢? 其實答案已經在我們所念過的經文裡了: 若我們還是『黑暗之子』, 還活在夜間(血氣之中), 那麼主來了就像夜間的賊一樣, 『因為睡了的人是在夜間睡．醉了的人是在夜間醉．』(1Ts 5:7)一個在夜間睡了醉了的『黑暗之子』, 怎麼會知道主來了呢? 對『黑暗之子』而言主來豈不像夜間的賊一樣嗎? 所以主才對那 『其實是死的』撒狄教會(Rev 3:1)說: 『若不儆醒、我必臨到你那裡如同賊一樣．我幾時臨到、你也決不能知道。』(Rev 3:3) 『若不儆醒』意思是說: 撒狄教會阿你若還不醒(悔改)過來, 還是繼續做在黑夜裡睡了醉了的『黑暗之子』那麼我(主)必來審判你, 並且當我來的時候你也不知道, 就如同賊進了一個在夜間睡著了人的房子一樣!
相反的, 若我們已是『光明之子』, 是活在白晝(聖靈之中), 時時儆醒謹守主的話,彼此相愛,那麼主來的日子,我們必立刻給他開門(Luk 12:36)(Rev 3:20),主便說:『主人來了、看見僕人儆醒、那僕人就有福了．我實在告訴你們、主人必叫他們坐席、自己束上帶、進前伺候他們。』(Luk 12:37).
親愛的弟兄姊妹們, 現在我們當曉得:『主的日子要像賊來到一樣』(2Pe 3:10) 是對誰說的呢?是對『光明之子』說的呢? 還是對『黑暗之子』說的呢?
親愛的弟兄姊妹們, 若我們還在黑暗裡(1Jn 2:11), 我們可以求那能召我們『出黑暗入奇妙
光明』(1Pe 2:9) 的救主耶穌基督, 他必能叫我們醒過來, 躲避那將來的憤怒.
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