圣经中的信心一般是指对神的信心,人自己的努力加上对上帝的信心。上帝不喜悦懒惰人。
[箴 16:3] 你所做的,要交托耶和华,你所谋的,就必成立。
[弗 4:28] 从前偷窃的,不要再偷;总要劳力,亲手做正经事,就可有馀分给那缺少的人。
查考圣经中有三处“自信”,但都不是self-confidence的意思。尤其第三句是“靠主自信”值得注意。 [伯 29:24] 他们不敢自信,我就向他们含笑;他们不使我脸上的光改变。 KJV: If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
[林後 10:7] 你们是看眼前的吗?倘若有人自信是属基督的,他要再想想,他如何属基督,我们也是如何属基督的。 KJV: Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's.
[腓 2:24] 但我靠著主自信我也必快去。 KJV: But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly.
对自信一词也不用过份敏感,只是要知道我们所依靠的,不是自己的聪明,乃是依靠神,方能成事。我们的动作、气息、存留,都在乎衪,离开衪,我们算不得什么! |