Cong Fang

很多人說相信耶穌，但不知道什麼是相信耶穌。相信耶穌就是相信耶穌是基督、是神的兒子。但這又是什麼意思呢？意思就是相信耶穌是神。然而，只是有知識是完全沒有用的，人需要在心裡相信。人需要重生。

重生不是在你對別人說你相信耶穌的那一刻，而是在你終於發現耶穌是神的那一刻。這才是真正的相信。

當一個人讀聖經的時候，神會藉著祂的話語使人看到神在舊約做的事情，耶穌在新約也做；看到神在舊約說的話，耶穌也說；看到當門徒稱耶穌是神、並要敬拜他的時候，耶穌並不拒絕；… 當人有這些看見的時候，才是重生。這是神的揀選和工作。

人讀聖經是為了看見神，就是看見耶穌，就是看見 “神在耶穌里的榮耀在經文中顯現出來”，看見聖經如何見證耶穌是神。這才是讀經的樂趣。

‘The Bible is not about you. It is about Jesus. But it is written for you.’ So you may read and “believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name” (John 20:31b).

“The question is not even what does God want, but what has God commanded in the Bible.” — Paul Washer

— R. A. Torrey, The Word of God has power to make wise.

This has been illustrated over and over again in the history of the church. The men who have greatly affected the spiritual history of this world, the men who have brought about great reformations in morals and doctrine, the men whom others have flocked to hear and upon whose words people have hung, have been Bible men in every instance, and in many cases they knew little besides the Bible.

I have seen men and women without culture, who have had almost no advantages in school, but who knew their Bibles; and I would rather sit at their feet and learn the wisdom that falls from their lips, than listen to the man who knows much about philosophy and science and theology even, and does not know anything about the Word of God.

There is wonderful force in the words of Paul to Timothy, “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly (the revised version says “completely”) furnished unto all good works” (2 Timothy 3: 16, 17) Through what? Through the study of the Book.