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QT 19/03/2023 Tuesday Read Luke 20. Flee from slippery slopes. 逃离滑坡.

QT 19/03/2023 Tuesday Read Luke 20. Flee from slippery slopes. 逃离滑坡.

QT 19/03/2023 Tuesday Read Luke 20
http://www.esvbible.org/luke20

  1. Questions can be used to learn, or to embarrass others. Answers can build up, rebut or destroy.

REFLECTION (1): How am I using my questions? With appropriate wisdom?

APPLICATION (1): Pray that God would give us wisdom to know when to answer (Luke 20:34-38), when NOT TO answer (Luke 20:8), and when to answer with a QUESTION (Luke 20:4).

  1. Those who reject the Son and kill Him would be answerable to the Father. Not only would the Jerusalem Temple be destroyed in A.D. 70, its destruction also signified everlasting punishment for those who reject the Son.

APPLICATION (2): Watch out for the first step into sin - the second step inevitably follows (perhaps with even more ease). Therefore flee first!

If a person is not careful, that person would proceed from beating up people (Luke 20:11), to shaming people (Luke 20:11), sending away empty handed (Luke 20:11), wounding people (Luke 20:12), throwing out people (Luke 20:12) and FINALLY killing people (Luke 20:15). The tenants might not even be conscious of THEIR PROGRESSION here!

Sin and hypocrisy (Luke 20:45-47) are like slippery slopes, inclined and greased with much oil. Once a person starts to slide on the slope, it's difficult to walk back straight up. Therefore, stay away!

星期二 2024年3月19日 今日读经：路加福音20章. 逃离滑坡.
http://m.bbintl.org/bible/ncv/Luk/20/

  1. 问题（询问)可以用来学习或者用来使人难堪。答案可以建造、反驳或摧毁人。

反思(1):我如何用我的问题(询问)？我应用了适当的智慧吗？

应用(1):求神给我们智慧知道该怎么回答(路20:34-38)、什么时候不该回答(路20:8)和什么时候该以另一个问题来回应(路20:4)。

  1. 那些拒绝子并杀害祂的将必须向父交待。耶路撒冷的圣殿不只在主后70年被毁，它的被毁也象征着那些拒绝神的儿子的人将受到永恒的惩罚。

应用(2)：当心那犯罪的第一步--第二步无可避免的就会踏出去(或许还会更自然)。所以要先逃离！

如果一个人不当心，那人就会从打人(路20:11)到侮辱人(路20:11)、让人空手回去(路20:11)、伤人(路20:12)、把人赶走(路20:12)，最后杀人(路20:15)。那些佃户或许都没有意识到自己已走到这个地步！

罪和虚伪(路20:45-47)就像滑坡，倾斜又抹上太多油。当一个人开始往下滑时，就很难再直着身体爬回去了。因此，要避开！

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