Ep.734 | The Ten Virgins (Matthew 25:1–13)

谢谢你这么说。

Thank you for that.

我要换个角度说，我们其实永远不会枯竭。

I'm gonna take the opposite track that we never really run out.

对。

Mhmm.

你不会跟人出去吃午饭，他们有问题，然后你说，哦，我今天早上没读圣经，所以不能有属灵的一面。

You you don't go out to lunch with somebody and they have a question and you say, oh, I I can't be spiritual today because I didn't read my Bible this morning.

对。

Mhmm.

知道吗，你里面已经存了什么？

Know, what's deposited in you?

好。

Okay.

如果我们说的是真正的橄榄油，他们会压榨橄榄。

That if we talk about real olive oil, they squish the olive.

那些渣子要么扔掉，要么做成橄榄酱。

It's thrown away or made into mufalletta.

我不知道他们拿那些空橄榄怎么办。

I don't know what they do with the empty olives.

但你得到的就只有那么一小滴，你知道吗？

But all you have is that little drop, you know?

但我们的油是活的，而且被圣灵充满。

But ours is living and it's energized by the Holy Spirit.

在他里面，我们生活、行动、存在。

In him, you live and move and have your being.

所以我们永远不会枯竭。

So we don't run out ever.

对。

Right.

你知道吗？

You know?

我很喜欢这一点，因为，是的，我们可以有——我记得我们事工的创始人卡尔·史蒂文斯牧师在一次灵修中说，神的话语总该有新鲜自发的空间。

And I I love that because, yes, we can have I remember pastor Carl Stevens, our ministry founder saying in one of his devotionals, there should always be room for fresh spontaneity of the word.

不错。

Nice.

对吧？

Right?

确实如此。

And that's so true.

是的。

Yes.

神今天可以给我力量，给我一些直接适用的东西。

God can energize me today and give me something directly applicable.

但你说得对。

But you're right.

我不应该说在固定的读经时间之后，也许在圣经学院之后，在我自己的个人灵修之后，我能从神的心意中想起一些东西，因为它已经种在我心里了。

I I should not say after regular times in the word, maybe after Bible college, after my own personal devotionals, I can recall something from God's mind because it's planted in my heart.

对吧？

Right?

所以，对于你今天午餐时提出的问题，我可能没有确切的解决方案，但我可以分享一些让你思考的内容。

So, I may not have the exact solution for today's issue that you're bringing up at this lunch, but I can share something for you to meditate on.

我可以带你回到我们可能都听过的一节经文，帮助你明白它确实可以应用到这个情况上。

I can bring you back to maybe a verse we've both heard before and help you understand that this could really be applied to this situation.

所以我喜欢这一点，因为上帝是非常具体和个人的，祂可以做到。

So I love that because God is very specific and very personal and He could.

我相信对你来说也一样，祂把一节具体的经文放在你心里，为了某个人。

He has, I'm sure for you as well, put a specific verse on your heart for a person.

你说，我不知道你今天怎么了，或者你生活中发生了什么，但我只是顺服，给你发这条短信或打这个电话。

You said, I don't know what's going on with you today or what's going on in your life, but I'm just being obedient and I'm sending you this text or making this phone call.

对吧？

Right?

但我们确实有储备，因为上帝的话语深不可测。

But we do have something in our reservoir because God's Word runs so deep.

对吧？

Right?

而且他是活着的。

And He is alive.

对吧？

Right?

而且神的话语也是活着的。

And the Word is alive.

所以如果我们静下心来，真正去默想，并祈求神让某句话重新焕发生机，主啊。

And so if we sit and we really meditate and ask God, bring something back to fruition, Lord.

他信实地会做到这一点。

He's faithful to do that.

而那句话在那一刻对我们来说会变得如此新鲜。

And that word can become so fresh for us in that moment.

他太不可思议了。

He's incredible.

油能润滑，减少摩擦。

Oil lubricates and reduces friction.

对。

Mhmm.

你知道吗，我现在和我丈夫在家，因为他退休了。

You know, I I am home with my husband now because he's retired.

我们过得特别开心。

We're having so much fun.

我们都乐坏了。

We are giddy.

人们会问我，最近怎么样？

And people will ask me, well, how's it going?

你知道吗？

You know?

他们还会问，这是不是个敏感话题？

And they're like, is this a sore subject?

嗯，我们过得特别开心。

Well, we're having so much fun.

但我发现，如果哪天早上我忙得晕头转向，没坐下来读圣经，

But I notice if if I get crazy some mornings and it happens, I don't sit down and read my bible that one morning.

对。

Right.

就是

It

这种情况不常发生。

doesn't happen often.

嗯。

Mhmm.

但我就会有点急躁。

But I will snap.

我是说，不会完全失控，但会突然意识到，哎，等等。

I mean, not completely lose my mind, but find myself, oh, wait a minute.

那有点过分了。

That was a bit harsh.

对。

Right.

你知道吗？

You know?

嗯。

Mhmm.

或者你把咖啡杯重重地放下。

Or you slammed the coffee cup.

哎呀。

Oh, my.

好吧。

Okay.

但我也不知道。

But I don't know.

早上独自和上帝待在一起

Just being alone with God in the morning

是的。

Yes.

你会觉得摩擦感完全被覆盖了。

You feel like friction just completely gets coated.

对。

Mhmm.

你知道吗？

You know?

对。

Mhmm.

我喜欢那样。

I love that.

那是一种良药。

There's a medicine.

有一种治愈。

There's a healing.

我和我丈夫听了欧洲会议。

My husband and I listened to Eurocon.

如果你没听过欧洲会议，那很抱歉。

If if Eurocon's not in your mind, I'm sorry.

我知道那是三月份的事。

I know it was in March.

已经过去很久了。

It's way in the past.

但我们已经听了两遍了。

But we listened to it twice already.

我还在思考，反复琢磨其中的一些内容。

And I'm still thinking and turning some of it over.

这就是圣灵发挥作用的地方，在我们脑海中反复回味这些熟悉的经文，你知道吗。

That's where the Holy Spirit comes in and turns over these familiar verses in our mind, you know.

而且我得到了医治。

And I received a healing.

我甚至没有亲自参加欧罗康。

I wasn't even at Eurocon in attendance.

在那里得到了医治。

Received a healing there.

我觉得我永远不会忘记那件事，你知道吗？

I don't think I'll ever forget that, you know?

所以那油，圣灵那美好的印记，你知道吗，一直支撑着我。

So that oil, that Holy Spirit's beautiful deposit, you know, keeps me.

我很喜欢。

I love it.

而那油就是灯。

And the oil is a lamp.

你知道吗？

You know?

光明为义人播撒。

Light is sown for the righteous.

这能帮助我们继续前行。

It just helps us to keep going.

是的。

Yes.

是的。

Yes.

你知道吗，我觉得有时候我们太局限于眼前能看到的东西了。

You know, I think sometimes we we just limit our perspective so much to what we can see.

我记得，米歇尔，我好像跟你提过，在准备今天节目的时候。

And I remember, I think I had mentioned this to you, Michelle, when we were preparing for today's show.

我说我多年前读过一位牧师写的书。

I said I read a book years ago by a pastor.

他叫欧文·麦克马纳斯。

His name is Erwin McManus.

他问了一个问题：如果你知道耶稣不在天堂，你还愿意去天堂吗？

And he asked the question, would you be content to go to heaven if you knew that Jesus wasn't going to be there?

天哪。

Oh my.

我当时就想，

And I thought,

这是什么问题啊？

what kind of question is this?

但他的核心观点是，我们很多人会按照自己的意愿去想象事情。

But his whole point is that a lot of us, we can create what we want things to be.

对。

Okay.

听起来很美。

It sounds pretty.

听起来很安慰人。

It sounds comforting.

这听起来像是我们自己想要的那个版本。

It sounds like our version of what we want.

所以，你知道吗？

And so, you know what?

我要重新定义这个。

I'm going to redefine this.

我要重新定义天堂。

I'm going to redefine Heaven.

我要重新定义我能期待什么。

I'm going to redefine what I can expect.

我要重新定义接下来会发生什么，因为这才是我想要的。

I'm going to redefine what's coming next because this is what I prefer.

但是，当我们背离耶稣所说的那些基本真理，背离他希望我们如何预备，以及他告诉我们将要发生的事，我们其实处于一个非常危险的境地，因为他并没有说：听我说，直到你觉得不舒服，然后你就可以自己编造结局。

But when we turn away from these foundational truths about what Jesus has said and how He wants us to prepare and what He has told us is coming, we are actually in a really huge danger zone because He doesn't say, Listen to me until you become uncomfortable and then you can finish the story.

你可以改写我的话。

You can rewrite my word.

你可以改变结局。

You can change the ending.

你知道吗，我们必须记住这一点，因为我觉得耶稣在这个比喻中继续讲下去的时候，和诗篇里提到的数算我们的日子，有很大的相似之处。

You know, and we have to remember that because I think that as Jesus continues in this parable, there is a huge parallel between the Psalms when He mentions numbering our days.

我们回到大卫那里。

And we go back to David.

诗篇90篇12节。

Psalm 90 verse 12.

对。

Yeah.

他真的想让我们记住，我们在地上的每一刻都是有意义的。

He really wants us to remember that everything about our time here on the earth is intentional.

所以当我们谈论属灵的准备时，我们可以想一想，我们今天准备好面对上帝了吗？

So as we're talking about spiritual readiness, you know, we can think, are we ready to face God today?

我们会说自己已经达到了全部潜力，或者至少是在追求这个目标吗？

Would we say we had reached our full potential or we were at least in pursuit of that?

我们一直在追求他在我们身上所做的伟大工作，如果我们今天遇见他的话。

We were in pursuit of the great work he was doing in us if we were to encounter him today.

说得好。

Beautiful.

你知道，我们得区分两件不同的事情。

You know, it's important that we distinguish two different things.

我们说的是天国。

We're talking about the kingdom of heaven.

对。

Mhmm.

这是在十字架之前。

This is before the cross.

对。

Mhmm.

天国和教会不是一回事。

And the kingdom of heaven is not the same thing as the church.

对。

Mhmm.

明白吗？

Alright?

教会，而且这不是更大的恩典。

The church and it's not greater grace.

这是全球性的、普世的，比如泰国稻田里的某个人，加州的一千个人。

It's the worldwide universal someone in a rice paddy in Thailand, a thousand people in California

对。

Mhmm.

今天早上在海滩上参加洗礼的人。

On a beach this morning at a baptism.

还有在法国祈祷的两位传教士。

It's, two missionaries praying in France.

就是所有接受耶稣为救主的人，无论他们是谁，有多少人。

It's whoever and however many people have accepted Jesus as their savior Mhmm.

这真是太美了。

Which is just beautiful.

这就是天国。

This is the kingdom of heaven.

这是更广泛的基督教世界。

It's the larger sphere of Christendom.

对。

Mhmm.

它不仅包括真正的信徒，也包括虚假的信徒。

It includes not only, true believers, but also false believers.

又回到绵羊和山羊、稗子和麦子的比喻。

Again, back to the sheep and the goat, tares and the wheat.

是的。

Yes.

确实有属肉体的信徒。

There are carnal Yes.

基督徒混杂在其中。

Christians mixed in.

是的。

Yes.

他们像扫罗王一样得救了。

They're saved like King Saul.

对。

Right.

很棒的人，得救了。

Wonderful guy saved.

然后，哇，他走上了一条不该走的路。

And then, woah, he goes down at a lane that you shouldn't be going down.

但是

But

教会从五旬节开始，到被提时结束。

the church started on Pentecost and will end at the rapture.

但天国一直延续到基督第二次降临，那时他将带着权柄和荣耀归来。

But the kingdom of heaven goes on and on to the second advent of Christ when he returns in power and glory.

对。

Mhmm.

而那时就会有一些分别。

And that's where there's gonna be some separating.

对。

Mhmm.

这包括大灾难时期。

It includes the tribulation period.

所以我们说的是十个童女，她们存在于一个比我们想象中更长的时间段里。

So we're talking about 10 girls that don't exist in a bigger time period than what we think.

对。

Mhmm.

所以我们想稍微展开讲讲这个。

So we we want to open this up a little bit.

对。

Mhmm.

如果我们看马太福音第25章，那里有三个故事。

And if we look at Matthew 25, there's three stories in there.

十个童女。

The 10 virgins.

第一个故事首先是要做好准备。

Number one is first, be ready.

你不知道耶稣什么时候会回来。

You don't know when Jesus will return.

对。

Right.

才干的比喻。

The parable of the talents.

不要把你的才干埋在地里，姐妹们。

Don't hide your talent in the ground, girls.

对。

Mhmm.

你知道吗？

You know?

然后是绵羊和山羊，就是分开的那个故事。

And then the sheep and the goats, the separating.

但绵羊因为给饥饿的人食物而受到称赞。

But the sheep are praised for feeding the hungry.

对吧？

Alright?

探望陌生人、病人、还有那些在监狱里的人。

Visiting strangers, the sick, those in prison.

所以这些全都挤在一起，成了一个整体。

So all these are squished together in one thing.

所以我们不想在没有那个背景的情况下单独看十个童女的故事。

So we don't wanna examine the 10 virgins without that background.

对。

Mhmm.

你知道吗？

You know?

然后我们讲到结尾，门被关上了。

And we come to the end where the door was shut.

是的。

Yes.

然后他说，我实在告诉你们，我不认识你们。

And he says, assuredly, I say to you, I don't you.

这对我们来说很难接受。

And that is hard for us.

是的。

Yes.

你知道吗？

You know?

我记得我十几岁还没信主的时候接到过一个陌生来电，电话那头的人想跟我聊主的事。

I remember getting a cold call when I was a teenager before I was saved, and the person on the phone wanted to talk about the Lord.

我当时就想，哎呀，别了吧。

And I was like, oh, no.

我确信耶稣会在人死后给每个人第二次机会。

I'm sure Jesus will give everyone a second chance after they die.

我知道。

I know.

我知道。

I know.

真是美好的教义。

Wonderful doctrine.

对吧？

Right?

嗯，再说一次，那是你希望现实如此。

Well, again, that's what you preferred for that reality to be.

对。

Yep.

所以你已经说服自己事情就会那样发展。

So you had convinced yourself that it's what's gonna happen.

我觉得我甚至把那个可怜的人的电话给挂了。

I think I even hung up on the poor person.

就像，不，我已经把这一切都想明白了。

Like, no, I've got this all figured out.

你知道吗？

You know?

我当时又年轻又傻。

I was young and foolish.

我这儿要引用司布真的一句话，他说，当那扇门关上时，就永远不会再打开了。

I will have a quote here from Spurgeon who says, when that door is shut, it will never be opened again.

有些人痴心妄想，幻想着那些未得救而死的人死后那扇门还会再开。

There are some who dote and dream about the opening of that door after death for those who have died unsaved.

但圣经里没有任何依据支持这种期望，这种更大的希望，他加了引号，说那在神的话语中启示出来的，是一种幻觉和陷阱。

But there's nothing in the scriptures to warrant any such expectation, any larger hope, and he's got that in quotation marks, then that revealed in the word of God is a delusion and a snare.

那可不是我说的。

Now that ain't me.

那是司布真说的。

That's Spurgeon.

你知道吗？

You know?

所以我们必须明白这件事的严重性。

So we have to understand the seriousness of this.

耶稣三次说，我实在告诉你们，我不认识你们，是在三种不同的情况下。

Three times Jesus said, assuredly, I don't know you in three different situations.

他不是在拒绝人。

He's not rejecting people.

他只是陈述一个事实。

He's just stating a fact.

对。

Yes.

对。

Yes.

而且，你知道，我记得读过一篇关于这个的注释，里面讲到，按照传统习俗，新郎在童女们迟到后说“你们不能进来了”这种情况，其实并不常见。

And, you know, I remember reading a commentary about that and just reading about how in the traditional sense, it would not be something that was typical for the bridegroom to say after the virgins were late, Oh, you can't come in here at all.

恰恰相反。

It would be quite the contrary.

通常会是，“天哪，我们一直在等你们。”

It would be, Oh my goodness, we were waiting for you.

我们很担心。

We were worried.

你们去哪儿了？

Where were you?

快进来，加入我们吧。

Come now and join us.

这就是为什么故事中那个尖锐的回应如此令人难忘的原因之一。

And that's one of the reasons why that sharp response in the story is so memorable.

是的。

Yes.

因为如果那不是回应，当然这一切都是精心安排的，为的是我们能一起庆祝，我们能在一起，你被欢迎进来，但现在不仅你被拒之门外，而且好像你是个陌生人。

Because if that's not the response and of course everything about this was orchestrated so that we could have this time of celebration together, we could be together and you were welcomed in, but now not only are you kept out, it's as though you are a stranger.

这确实是一个非常值得我们深思的想法，因为谈到准备，我们自然会想说，哦，但那不公平。

Like that's a very, very deliberate thought for us to meditate on because in relation to readiness, we naturally want to say, Oh, but that's not fair.

但你用你的时间做了什么？

But what did you do with your time?

在你可以准备的那段时间里，你在做什么？

What were you doing during the time that you could have been prepared?

你分心了吗？

Were you distracted?

还有什么吸引了你的注意力？

What else got your attention?

米歇尔，每天有太多东西在争夺我们的注意力。

And there's so much competing for our attention daily, Michelle.

太多声音在说，有一种更轻松的生活方式，而不是为了基督付出这么多牺牲和代价。

So much is saying there is an easier way to live rather than all this sacrifice and all this cost for Christ.

只要专注于你在世界上能成为什么样的人，让那成为你被荣耀的方式，你知道吗？

Just focus on what you can be in the world and let that be how you're glorified, you know?

令人惊讶的是，这种诱惑和这种战斗，我们每天都在面对。

And it's amazing because that temptation and that battle that we face is every single day.

我记得曾听人在祷告中说：主啊，求你再次赢得我的心。

And I remember hearing someone say once in their prayer, Lord, win me again.

好。

Nice.

我们需要这个。

And we need that.

我们需要上帝主动追求我们，我们需要相信，我们值得他这样做。

We need God actively pursuing us and we need to believe that we are worth that to Him.

所以我们做的每一个或大或小的决定，无论是把神包括进来还是排除在外，都在指引我们走向某个方向。

And so for every small or large decision that we make that includes Him or excludes him, it is pointing us in a direction.

你知道吗，我们很多人并不是在基督徒家庭长大的。

You know, a lot of us did not have Christian parents.

对。

Mhmm.

然后，我们信了主。

And, we came to Christ.

那真是很奇妙。

It was amazing.

但我们的孩子有基督徒父母，他们听这些已经很久了。

But our children have Christian parents, and they've been hearing about this for a long time.

对有些人来说，这反而成了一种免疫。

And for some, it's an inoculation.

是的。

Mhmm.

你知道，他们的奶奶，他们知道奶奶会祷告。

You know, their grandma they know their grandma prays.

他们知道妈妈会祷告。

They know their mom prays.

然后他们说，哦，我以后会得救的。

And they say, oh, I'm gonna get saved.

我会做这件事，但不是现在。

I'm gonna do this, but just not right now.

对。

Mhmm.

你明白吗？

You know?

让我先玩个痛快。

Let me have some fun.

让我先放纵一下。

Let me sow some wild oats.

对。

Mhmm.

但马太福音第七章说，不是每个称呼我主啊主啊的人，就是真正认识耶稣是谁的人，都能进天国，唯有遵行我天父旨意的人才能进去。

But Matthew seven says, not everyone who says, Lord, Lord, acknowledging who Jesus really is, shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my father in heaven.

到那日，许多人会对我说，主啊主啊，我们不是奉你的名传道吗？

Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, we prophesied in your name.

我们不是奉你的名赶鬼吗？

We cast out demons in your name.

我们不是行了许多异能吗？

We have done wonders.

但我会告诉他们：我从来不认识你们。

And I will declare to them, I never knew you.

你们这些作恶的人，离开我去吧。

Depart from me, you who practice lawlessness.

如果你快要得救了，但还在拖延，心里想着：哦，我以后再信吧。

If you are close to getting saved, but still are putting it off, and you say, oh, I'll do it later.

可能没有以后了。

There may not be a later.

对。

Right.

你知道吗？

You know?

我们只是想确保，现在就是得救的时候。

We just want to make sure that, now is the time of salvation.

是的。

Yes.

而且没有替代得救这回事。

And there's no vicarious saving.

对吧？

Right?

就算我奶奶是基督徒，我爸妈是基督徒，甚至我的兄弟姐妹都是基督徒，上帝还是会问你：我认识你吗？

Just because my grandma was Christian and my mom and dad are Christian, even if my siblings are Christian, God is going to be asking you, Did I know you?

我们有没有建立自己的关系？

Did we have our own relationship?

我对你说了什么？

What did I say to you?

你知道我对你的计划是什么吗？

Did you know what my plan was for you?

你明白吗？

You know?

这一点我们真的需要反复强调，尤其是对我们的孩子，因为正如你所说，如果他们从小就是这样长大的，我们可能会开始想当然。

And this is something that we have to really reiterate, especially to our children, because as you said, if this is a way that they're growing up, we can begin making assumptions.

然后我们跟他们聊天，或者看到他们做的某些决定，就会说，哇，原来如此。

And then we'll have conversations with them or see some of their decisions and we'll say, Oh, wow.

所以，你一直在听，但上帝还没有成为你的上帝。

So, you have been listening, but God has not become your God yet.

你明白吗？

You know?

这是很多父母跟我分享过的个人经历，我相信我父母也经历过类似的事情，看着我摸索着解决很多事情。

And that is a personal crossover that many parents have shared with me, and I'm sure my parents went through the same thing, kind of watching me figure a lot of things out.

这必须是你和上帝之间个人的、私下的决定，因为最终一切都归结于你和上帝，你们如何认识彼此，以及你们在世时如何相处。

It has to be an individual and personal decision between you and God, because that's who it all comes down to, you and God and how you all knew each other and how you all related to each other while you were on the earth.

我知道沙勒牧师讲过押沙龙，大卫的儿子，是的。

I know pastor Schaller talked about Absalom, David's son Yes.

他试图夺取王位，而大卫听到那个年轻人死讯时痛哭流涕。

Who tried to take the kingdom, and how David wept when he heard of that young man's death.

沙勒牧师说，这很简单。

And pastor Schaller said, well, it's easy.

他没有得救。

He wasn't saved.

对。

Mhmm.

然后你就会想，不。

And you're just like, no.

不对。

No.

不对。

No.

不对。

No.

不对。

No.

他是大卫的儿子。

He was a son of David.

对。

Mhmm.

在王国里长大。

Grew up in the kingdom.

他爸爸在写诗篇。

His dad is writing psalms.

今天人们还在唱这些诗篇。

People are still singing them today.

想象一下它们当时的影响力有多大。

Imagine the impact they had then.

而且你可以看起来非常真诚。

And you can look very genuine.

你可以混在人群里。

You can blend into the crowd.

对。

Mhmm.

你知道，你可以在关起门来或者别人、父母看不到的地方做你想做的事。

You know, you can do what you want behind closed doors or where, you know, people or parents don't see.

看起来像是真的，但他们只是名义上的基督徒，并没有真正得救。

It looked real, but they were professors of Christianity, not possessors of salvation.

对。

Mhmm.

你知道吗？

You know?

对于那些因为这些人很好、你珍惜和他们的关系而还在边缘徘徊的人，是的。

And to those of you that are hanging on the fringe because these people are nice and you value your connection with them Yes.

别这样了。

Stop it.

对。

Right.

去建立你和主自己的关系吧。

Get your own relationship with the Lord.

你知道，信靠主耶稣基督，你就会得救。

You know, believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved.

是的。

Yes.

就这么简单。

It's so simple.

这太简单了。

It's so easy.

而且你永远不会面对那句“我从来不认识你”。

And you'll never face that I never knew you.

对。

Mhmm.

对。

Mhmm.

是的。

Yeah.

你知道，其实有

You know, there was actually

有

there is

一位古腾堡学院的基督教教授，他实际上说，当我们面对基督这个问题时，放弃一切似乎很简单。

a Christian professor at Gutenberg College, and he actually says, you know, when we have this question from Christ, it seems like it's so simple, you know, to give up all.

但其实这有点像，上帝向你要求很多，但也没要求那么多，因为他要求你做的，正是他自己做过的。

But it's kind of like a God is asking you for a lot, but he's also not asking you for a lot because he's asking you to do the same thing that he did.

对吧？

Right?

所以每次有人说你要付出代价的时候，我们得记得，其实有人先为你付了代价，你知道吗？

And so every time there is a charge that there's some sort of cost for you, you know, we have to be reminded, well, there was a cost paid for you first, you know?

我们真的很容易在这上面纠结，然后会说，就像那五个童女一样，我觉得这些储备已经够用了。

And we can we can really get hung up on this, you know, and we can say like, you know, kind of like the the five virgins, like, you know, I consider this ample supply enough.

你知道吗？

You know?

这就是我的储备，我刚好能翻过那座山，或者刚好能撑过去，是的，如果我祷告的话，上帝知道我是谁。

This is my ample that I can just make it over the hill or I can just make it in a way where yes, if I were to pray, God knows who I am.

我们以前祷告过，或者我以前祷告过。

We've prayed before or I've prayed before.

我们以前聊过，你知道的。

We've talked before, you know.

并不总是有那种渴望。

There's not always a hunger there.

有时候可能只是走个形式或流程，我们打个勾就完了。

Sometimes it can be a formality or a procedure and we can checkmark it.

好吧，上帝，我已经忏悔了。

Okay, God, I have confessed.

我已经说了该说的话。

I have said the thing.

我已经读了祷告词。

I have read the prayer.

我按照这个人的指示做了，但他们的心并没有真正敞开。

I have followed this person's instructions, but their heart is not really open.

所以，米歇尔，我真的很喜欢你说的，因为当一个人真正爱你时，他们会花时间陪你。

So, really love what you're saying, Michelle, because when someone truly loves you, they do spend time with you.

他们会主动找你。

They do seek you.

那么神在他的话语中应许了什么？

And what does God promise in his word?

他说，你们若寻求我，就必寻见。

He says, if you seek me, I will be found by you.

太好了。

Beautiful.

路加福音13章，我要再强调一下这一点。

Luke 13, I'm just gonna belabor this point.

有人问他，主啊，得救的人是不是很少？

Someone asked him, Lord, are there only a few people going to be saved?

他回答说，你们要努力进窄门。

And he answered, make every effort to enter through the narrow door.

许多人想要进去，却进不去。

Many will try to enter and will not be able.

对。

Mhmm.

你知道吗，你会站在外面敲门恳求，说，先生，给我们开门吧，但我会回答，我不认识你。

You know, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, sir, open the door for us, but I will answer, I don't know you.

对。

Mhmm.

你会说，我们和你一起吃过饭。

You will say, we ate with you.

我们和你一起喝过酒。

We drank with you.

你在我们的街上教导过，但我会说，我不认识你。

You taught in our streets, but I will say, I don't know you.

你知道吗？

You know?

我们想让人免于那样的结局。

And we wanna spare people from that.

是的。

Right.

你知道吗？

You know?

别自欺欺人了。

Don't fool yourself.

那一天就要来了。

The day is coming.

人们谈论这个比喻已经不止几十年，而是几个世纪了。

And people have been talking about this parable for not decades, centuries.

对。

Mhmm.

你知道，这到底意味着什么？

You know, what does this really mean?

他们得救了吗？

Did they have salvation?

那五个愚拙的少女。

Those five foolish girls.

那燃烧的灯油用完了吗？

And did that burning lamp run out?

嗯，没有。

Well, no.

因为一旦得救，就永远得救了。

Because once you're saved, you're always saved.

对。

Mhmm.

没有什么能把你们从上帝的手中夺走。

Nothing can take you out of God's hand.

没错。

Right.

对吧？

Right?

对。

Right.

但诗篇40篇14节说，愚顽人心里说，没有神。

But Psalm 40, 14 says, the fool said in his heart, there's no God.

对。

Mhmm.

要知道，愚顽人不是缺乏智慧的人。

Know, a fool is not someone who doesn't lack intelligence.

他们完全明白神是谁，自己是谁，但他们是在道德和灵性上拒绝神的权威和问责。

They understand completely who God is, who they are, but they're making a moral and spiritual rejection of divine authority and accountability.

不。

No.

他们想按自己的方式生活。

They want to live their own way.

这是一种发自内心的否认，为了获得自由。

And it's a denial from the heart to be free.

你明白吗？

You know?

你什么意思，我得交十分之一的奉献？

What do you mean I gotta tithe 10%?

不。

No.

我不这么认为。

I don't think so.

你什么意思，我得戒酒？

What do you mean I gotta stop drinking?

不。

No.

我不这么认为。

I don't think so.

你什么意思，我得每周参加三次礼拜？

What do you mean I have to come to three services a week?

你在开玩笑吗？

Are you kidding?

不。

No.

我觉得不是这样。

I don't think so.

而且那些人就是那种生活里好像没有上帝一样的人。

And it's people who live and act as though there is no God.

对。

Mhmm.

他们就是那样表现的。

That's what they're portraying.

对。

Mhmm.

你懂吗？

You know?

而且我们不是去检查别人行为的。

And and we're not we're not there to check people's behavior.

基本上，我不在乎你做什么。

Basically, I don't care what you do.

对。

Mhmm.

你知道，你是自由的。

You know, you are a free agent.

向神而活。

Live unto God.

对。

Mhmm.

因为我就是这样做的。

And because I do.

没错。

Right.

但提摩太后书说，有敬虔的外貌，却否认其能力。

But second Timothy says, having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof.

对。

Mhmm.

你知道吗？

You know?

他们手里拿着灯。

They had lamps.

没错。

Right.

那天晚上，他们和其他人一起站在那里。

They're standing there with everybody else that night.

你知道吗，外表上你可以装得很好。

You know, you can act so good on the outside.

知道规则，会说那些话，但你没有那种力量。

Know the rules, say the words, but you don't have the power.

而我们要的，就是上帝能赐给我们的那种美好的力量。

And that's what we want, that beautiful power that God can give us.

是的。

Yes.

完全正确。

Absolutely.

对。

Yeah.

我这儿有一句话，是古腾堡学院的克拉布特里教授说的。他说，愚拙的童女在新郎到来时发现油用尽了，这就像我们对上帝所应许的永生，有渴望、有相信、有委身，但这份渴望和相信却不够用。

I have a quote here from his name is professor Crabtree from Gutenberg College, and he says, the oil that the foolish virgins found depleted when the bridegroom came is analogous to our desire for belief in and commitment to the eternal life which God has promised.

很多人都会渴望永生。

Many people will desire it.

很多人会相信上帝的应许。

Many will believe God's promise.

很多人会下定决心，等待它实现。

Many will commit themselves to wait for its realization.

但只有少数人，他们的渴望、相信和委身，是真正充足的。

But only a few will find their desire, their belief, and their commitment in ample supply.

时间和生活中那些疲惫、平凡、琐碎的日常，会像火焰一样，试图把我们内心对天国的渴望和对上帝应许的信心都烧干。

Time and the flame of the weary, mundane, ordinariness of life will try to lick dry our desire for the kingdom and our belief in God's promise.

说得真好。

Beautiful.

我们在Facebook和YouTube上收到了很多评论。

We've got a lot of comments on Facebook and YouTube.

感谢大家的收看。

Thank you for joining us.

阿蕾塔，基亚。

Aretta, Kia.

感谢主。

Thank you, God.

漂亮的姑娘们。

Beautiful girls.

我们爱你，凯西。

We love you, Kathy.

哦，很高兴见到你。

Oh, great to see you.

很高兴你能来。

Great to have you.

但你知道，这个比喻的严重性，一分为二，不应该让我们感到害怕。

But you know, this the severity of this parable, the split down the middle, shouldn't cause any fear for us.

对。

Mhmm.

因为上帝说他认识自己的人。

Because God says he knows his own.

对。

Mhmm.

他们永远不会被关在门外或灭亡。

They will not ever be shut out or perish.

对。

Mhmm.

你知道，他说，我的羊听我的声音。

You know, He says, My sheep listen to My voice.

我认识它们。

I know them.

它们跟随我。

They follow Me.

我赐给它们永生。

I give them eternal life.

太好了！

Woo hoo.

它们永远不会灭亡。

They shall never perish.

没有人能把它们从我手中夺走。

No one can snatch them out of my hand.

对。

Mhmm.

但这里最核心的要点就两个词。

But the central takeaway from this is just one two words.

两个词。

Two words.

保持警醒。

Keep watch.

这就是马太福音25章13节。

And that's Matthew twenty five thirteen.

我很喜欢。

I love it.

保持警醒。

Keep watch.

是的。

Yes.

你们不知道那日子，那时辰。

You don't know the day or the hour.

对。

Yes.

我很喜欢这个。

I love that.

所以就像你之前提到的，Michelle，诗篇九十篇十二节，你知道，当我们想到大卫祈求的那节经文，求神教导我们数算自己的日子，好叫我们得着智慧的心。

And that's why just as you referenced before, Michelle, the Psalm ninety twelve, you know, when we think about that verse about David pleading, God teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

你知道，我们是在求神帮助我们认真对待时间，记得以祂为中心。

You know, we're asking God to help us be intentional about the time, remembering Him at the center.

因为当你重新定义每一天，重新定义你的视角，重新定义你的处境，以神为中心的时候，你会发现其他很多事情都开始变得不那么重要了，因为它们本来就是这样。

Because when you redefine the day, when you redefine the perspective, when you redefine the situation according to God at the center, it is amazing how many other things begin falling away because they're there.

有时候它们甚至还有点重要。

And sometimes they're even mildly important.

也许它们非常重要，但神永远是最重要的。

Maybe they're very, very important, but God is always most important.

所以如果我愿意为了基督的缘故去顺服，或者愿意为祂舍弃一些东西。

And so if I'm willing to submit or if I'm willing to die to something for the sake of Christ.

神奇的是，当我放下自我，意识到并提醒自己，我在这里其实是为了执行上帝的旨意。

It's amazing how when I push the focus off of myself and I realize and remind myself, I'm actually here to carry out the will of God.

那才是我在这里的真正原因。

That's actually why I'm here.

所以当我保持警醒时，我会说，主啊，在我等待的时候——你听过那首歌吗？

And so as I'm keeping watch, I'm saying, Lord, while I'm waiting I don't know if you've heard that song before.

在我等待的时候

While I'm waiting

我不知道我在说什么。

don't know what I'm saying.

嗯，那是

Well, it's

一首很棒的歌。

a great song.

那首歌就是关于在等待主的时候，要善用时间。

And it's just about being intentional with the time as you're waiting on the Lord.

真美。

That's beautiful.

与其懒散，与其试图再次改写他的旨意，不如我们说：好的，上帝，我每天都需要你的智慧，因为我不确定我的人生在今天、明天、下周甚至这个季节的呼召是什么。

Instead of being lazy, instead of trying to rewrite rewrite His will yet again, you know, we're saying, okay, God, I need your wisdom daily because I'm not sure what the call is on my life for today or tomorrow or next week or even this season.

我记得多年前听到我们的宣教主任舒贝利牧师说过。

I remember hearing pastor Shubelli, our missions director, say years ago.

我的意思是，那是在2010年的非洲之夜。

I mean, this is like Africa night in 2010.

我记得他对我们所有人说，你知道，上帝的呼召可能是一个季节、一天，甚至一个小时。

And I remember him saying to all of us, you know, the call of God could be for a season, a day, or even for an hour.

真美。

Beautiful.

所以祷告并问上帝，你的旨意是什么？

So pray and ask God, what is your will?

我们必须不断问他，因为他了解我们身边的每一个人，而且他爱人。

And we have to continually ask him because he knows everyone around us and he loves people.

所以我们得救不是为了自己个人的目的。

So we are not saved for our own individual purpose.

总有一个人是我们注定要遇见的，无论是在街上、在工作中，甚至是我们讨厌的工作，但辞职这件事总让我们心里过不去。

There is someone we are meant to meet, whether it's on the street, at a job, maybe a job we even hate, but there's something about quitting that is convicting us.

那种拉扯感可能就是神在说，我要她。

And it could be that pull, You know, God's saying, I want her.

我要他，我想用你去传讲我的真理。

I want him, and I wanna use you in order to speak my truth.

我会浇灌种子，但我要用你。

And I will water the seed, but I'm using you.

所以我们需要每天从神的角度来看，记住这一点。

So we we need God's perspective daily to remember.

这就是为什么我们要数算自己的日子。

That's why we are numbering our days.

这就是为什么我们要警醒，因为神一直在做工，我们能参与其中，真是蒙福。

That's why we are keeping watch because God is always doing a work, and it's a blessing that we get to be a part of it.

你知道吗，我们会在很多愚蠢的事情上花钱。

You know, we spend money on a lot of foolish things.

对。

Mhmm.

有一艘游艇价值48亿美元。

There's a yacht that costs $4,800,000,000.

天哪

Oh my

我的天。

gosh.

那只是一艘船。

It's a boat.

哇。

Wow.

但上面全是黄金、铂金和宝石。

But everything is gold and platinum and precious stones.