Dear beloved,
It is one thing to know God and another thing is to be known
by Him. I am pretty sure the latter is more important. How scary it will be
when we have to appear before Him and He says, ‘ I know you not.’
Mat 7:22-23 Many will say to Me in that day, Lord! Lord!
Did we not prophesy in Your name, and through Your name throw out demons, and
through Your name do many wonderful works? And then I will say to them I never knew you! Depart from Me, those
working lawlessness!
Mat 25:12 But he answered and said, Truly I say to you,
I do not know you.
Beloved, don’t take the grace of God for granted. What is right in our eyes may not be right in
His eyes.
As Pro
16:25 said “There is a way that
seems right to a man, but the end of it is the ways of death.”
You may now ask what then we
should do. Let us take the path laid by
Apostle Paul in Rom 12:1-2 “I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God,
to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which
is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be
transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what
is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. ”
Dear Heavenly Father, we desired to know You more. Help us to live a life pleasing to You.
In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
Pastor Ling Bek Sing
至亲的，
认识神是一回事而被神认识是另一回事。我敢肯定，后者是更重要的。很恐怕的事是当我们站在祂面前时，祂说，“我不认识你。”
马太福音7：22-23“当那日必有许多人对我说：『主啊，主啊，我们不是奉你的名传道，奉你的名赶鬼，奉你的名行许多异能吗？』 我就明明的告诉他们说：『我从来不认识你们，你们这些作恶的人，离开我去吧！”
马太福音25：12“祂却回答说：『我实在告诉你们，我不认识你们。』 ”
亲爱的，不要当神的恩典是理所当然的。在我们眼中认为是正确的，在神的眼中可能不是。
箴言16：25 说“有一条路，人以为正，至终成为死亡之路。”
你现在可能问，我们应该做的是什么？让我们看使徒保罗奠定了的路径在罗马书12：1-2“所以弟兄们，我以神的慈悲劝你们，将身体献上，当作活祭，是圣洁的，是神所喜悦的；你们如此事奉乃是理所当然的。 不要效法这个世界，只要心意更新而变化，叫你们察验何为神的善良、纯全、可喜悦的旨意。”
亲爱的天父，我们想要认识你更多。帮助我们让自己的生命能使袮得到喜悦。
奉耶稣的名求，阿门！
林必信牧师
