Stories of Jesus --- Part 7

美国

Matthew 13:3-9 ( NLT ) He told many stories such as the one : “ A famer went out to plant some seed. As he scattered it across his field, some seeds fell on a footpath, and the birds came and ate them. Other seeds fell on shallow soil with underlying rock. The plants sprang up quickly, but they soon wilted beneath the hot sun and died because the roots had no nourishment in the shallow soil. Other seeds fell among thorns that shot up and choked out the tender blades. But some seeds fell on fertile soil and produced a crop that was thirty, sixty, and even a hundred times as much as had been planted. Anyone who is willing to hear should listen and understand!”

Matthew 13:18-23 ( NLT ) “ Now here is the explanation of the story I told about the farmer sowing grain: The seed that fell on the hard path represents those who hear the Good News about the Kingdom and don’t understand it. Then the evil one comes and snatches the seed away from their hearts. The rocky soil represents those who hear the message and receive it with joy. But like young plants in such soil, their roots don’t go very deep. At first they get along fine, but they wilt as soon as they have problems or are persecuted because they believe the word. The thorny ground represents those who hear and accept the Good News, but all too quickly the message is crowded out by the cares of this life and the lure of weath, so no crop is prodeced. The good soil represents the hearts of those who truly accept God’s message and produce a huge harvest----thirty, sixty , or even a hundred times as much as had been planted.”

Romans 10:14-15,17 ( NCV ) But before people can ask the Lord for help, they must believe in him, and before they can believe in him, they must hear about him, and for them to hear about the Lord, someone must tell them, and before someone can go and tell them, that person must be sent. It is written, “ How beautiful is the person who comes to bring good news.” So faith comes from hearing the Good News, and people hear the Good News when someone tells them about Christ.

美国

马太福音：13:3-9  他就用比喻向他们讲许多道理。他说：“有一个撒种的农夫出去撒种。他撒的时候，有些种子落在路旁，鸟儿飞来把它们吃掉了。有些落在浅土的石地上，发苗很快；但太阳出来一晒，不久就枯干死了，在浅土，根部没有营养．有些落在荆棘中，荆棘长起来，把它挤住了。另外有些种子落在好土壤里，长大结实，收成有三十倍的，有六十倍的，也有一百倍的。”于是耶稣说：“有耳朵的，都应当听并要明白”．

 

马太福音：13:18-23 “所以，你们要明白这撒种比喻的意思。 那些听到有天国的好消息却不明白天国的人正像撒在路旁的种子，恶者来到，把撒在他心田里的天国好消息都夺走了。那撒在石地上的种子是指人听了道，立刻乐意接受，只是象幼苗在这样的土壤，他们的根不能生长，刚开始还好，一旦为了道而遭遇患难或迫害，就立刻放弃。那撒在荆棘中的种子，是指人听了道并且接受以后，但很快有生活的忧虑和财富的诱惑，把道挤跑了，无法结出果实。那撒在好土壤里的种子是指人听了道，并且明白了；他们的心真正领悟天国的好消息，他结出硕果，收成有三十倍的，有六十倍的，有一百倍的。”

 

罗马书10:14-15,17  人们向上帝求帮助之前，他们必须相信上帝，相信之前，他们必须听说过上帝，要使他们听到过上帝，要有人告诉他们．在传道之前，要有奉差派．正像圣经所说：“传福音的人，他们的脚踪多么佳美！”
可见信道是从听道而来的，听道是从基督的话语来的。

[此贴子已经被作者于2009-9-19 10:45:30编辑过]

礼拜

信，以至于信。

这个世界的人，真是很奇怪，不仅有告诉他们圣经是神的话语，神是信实的，还有那么的人为这话语毅然牺牲自己，也有历史上世人所公认的智慧者所推崇，但他们就还是对圣经不屑一顾，却要去不加思索的抨击。经历了那么多年，谁发现圣经中哪里错了吗？由此看来，世人真是愚拙，包括我曾经也是很愚蠢啊。

 

姐妹辛苦了。我在这里有感而发。