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新约 - 雅各书(James)第3章

Not many of you should presume to be teachers, my brothers, because you know that we who teach will be judged more strictly.
We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to keep his whole body in check.
When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can turn the whole animal.
Or take ships as an example. Although they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the pilot wants to go.
Likewise the tongue is a small part of the body, but it makes great boasts. Consider what a great forest is set on fire by a small spark.
The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man,
but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
With the tongue we praise our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God's likeness.
Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers, this should not be.
Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring?
My brothers, can a fig tree bear olives, or a grapevine bear figs? Neither can a salt spring produce fresh water.
Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.
But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth.
Such "wisdom" does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, of the devil.
For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice.
But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.
Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness.
雅各书第三章   雅 3:1> 作师傅的究竟有何影响力,雅各看得如此重? 

  3:1 在犹太文化中教师是极受尊重的职业,很多犹太人接受了基督后都想成为教师。雅各警告他们,虽然有教导的心志是好事,但由于教师的言行会影响别人的属灵生命,因此责任十分重大。你是否正在教导或领导的岗位上?你怎样影响你所带领的人呢? 

  雅 3:2-3> 小小舌头,其力可大──从人对它毁誉参半的评语可窥一斑…… 

  3:2-3 你说出来的话和没有说出来的话同样重要。说合宜的话,不单是指在适当的时候说适当的话,也是指能控制自己,不说不该说的话。不驯服的舌头包括:搬弄是非、讥诮诋毁、自吹自擂、撒谎夸大、满口怨言、阿谀奉承、恶意误导等。说话之前问问自己,想说的话是真的吗?是必须的吗?是善意的吗? 

  雅 3:6> 有所谓唇枪舌剑,你来我往──祸就这样闯了──你可有这样的体会或经验? 

  3:6 雅各把舌头可造成的伤害与烈火相比,舌头的恶毒是从地狱而来的,未受制伏的舌头可以遗害极大。撒但利用人的舌头来离间人心,使人彼此仇视。闲话、谣言一旦出口,便会迅速传播,难以遏止,造成严重后果。说话千万要小心,莫想日后可道歉,因为纵然道歉,伤痕依旧存在。一句因怒气冲口而出的话可拆毁一段经年建立的感情。说话之前要牢记:说出的话好像火一样,是你无法控制或逆转的,要想想它可能造成的伤害。 

  雅 3:7-8> 讲多错多,我也真的不懂管住自己的舌头,难道真的要不说话才成? 

  3:7-8 既然没有人能够制伏自己的舌头,为什么还要努力去尝试呢?即使我们在今生不能完全制伏自己的舌头,但是可以尝试尽量减少我们说话所造成的伤害,灭火总比到处点燃新火头好!请谨记,我们不是靠自己的力量扑灭舌头点燃的火,圣灵会不断增加我们的力量,去省察和控制自己的言语,当我们受到冒犯时,圣灵会提醒我们勿忘神的爱,我们就不会用仇恨的态度来回应;当我们受到批评、遭受猛烈的抨击时,圣灵会医治我们的伤害,我们就不会反唇相讥了。 

  雅 3:9-12> 甜苦本不同,偏出自同一个口里,难道人就是这样矛盾? 

  3:9-12 有时候我们的话会说得合宜,讨神的喜悦;但有时又会言语粗鄙,出口伤人。这种言语不一致的情况叫人迷惘,究竟哪一个才是我们的真正本性呢?其实舌头的确是人性的真实写照。我们以神的形像受造,同时我们又因犯罪堕落。神改变我们的里里外外,圣灵洁净我们,祂赐给我们自制的能力,说出神所喜悦的话来。 

  雅 3:13-18> 自大,一不小心,人就会让它溜进心中──“有智慧”的你,可有不小心的时候? 

  3:13-18 你认识一些自认聪明却行为愚昧的人吗?从一个人的内涵可以衡量他是否具有真正的智慧。正如我们凭一棵树所结的果子,就可以知道那是什么树一样,我们也可从自己的行为中,判断自己有多少智慧。愚昧引来混乱,但智慧必会带来和平与良善。你有否被试探去扇风点火、传播谣言、叫冲突恶化?慬慎、安慰的言词和智慧、怜爱的话是和平的种子。神眷爱使人和睦的人(参太 5:9 )。 

  雅 3:14-15> 嫉妒从比较而生,苦毒由忌妒而出,人陷在其中,不可自拔? 

  3:14-15 “苦毒的嫉妒和纷争”是由魔鬼激发出来的。在社会的压力,甚至是来自好心的基督徒的压力下,我们很容易陷入一些不正确的欲望中,变得贪婪和落入具破坏性的竞争中。假若我们要从与别人比较,和想要得到别人所拥有的东西的欲望中释放出来,我们必须寻求神的智慧来引导。──《灵修版圣经注释》