“你们存心不可贪爱钱财，要以自己所有的为足；因为主曾说：‘我总不撇下你，也不丢弃你。’” – 来 13:5
股票市场的价值可以使人富有，也可以使人贫穷。金钱不是善神，它不能爱你，也不能给你永生。然而，独一的真神说过：“我总不撇下你，也不丢弃你”。
老底嘉教会有一个大问题。由于他们不冷不热的态度导致事工效果不佳，耶稣警告他们说，祂要把他们从口中吐出来。
他们的银行账户里塞满了钱，这诱使他们把目光从耶稣转向自己。但在耶稣眼中，这使他们变得“困苦、可怜、贫穷、瞎眼、赤身”。
耶稣没有把他们关在门外，而是提出了智慧的建议。祂建议他们从祂这里寻找真正的财富，得着祂公义的纯白衣裳，而不是老底嘉闻名的黑羊毛衣裳。他们应该向祂买有洞察力的眼药，而不是他们当地闻名的药膏。
金钱本身不是问题，但相信金钱而不相信耶稣就会带来毁灭（见提前6:10）。走老底嘉的路会给教会带来极大的属灵风险。让我们感谢神，祂从未离开我们，而是时刻准备好用爱来管教我们。
祷告
主啊，神啊，你有丰富的恩典和怜悯，请保护我们不迷信金钱和财富。让我们的目光转向耶稣，让你的荣耀和恩典充满我们。阿们。
希伯来书 13:5-6；启示录 3:16-18
5你们存心不可贪爱钱财，要以自己所有的为足；因为主曾说：“我总不撇下你，也不丢弃你。”
6所以我们可以放胆说：“主是帮助我的，我必不惧怕，人能把我怎么样呢？”
16你既如温水，也不冷也不热，所以我必从我口中把你吐出去。
17‘你说“我是富足，已经发了财，一样都不缺”，却不知道你是那困苦、可怜、贫穷、瞎眼、赤身的。
18我劝你向我买火炼的金子，叫你富足；又买白衣穿上，叫你赤身的羞耻不露出来；又买眼药擦你的眼睛，使你能看见。
Rich But, Oh, So Poor
“Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, ‘Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.’” — Hebrews 13:5
Stock market values can make people wealthy or poor. Money is not a good god; it cannot love you, nor can it give you eternal life. The one true God, however, has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”
The church in Laodicea had a big problem. Because their lukewarm attitude caused a less than effective ministry, Jesus warned them that he was about to spit them out of his mouth.
They had bank accounts filled with money, tempting their eyes to turn from Jesus toward only themselves. But that made them “wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked” in Jesus’ eyes.
Jesus did not shut the door on them, but he offered wise financial advice. He advised them to find true wealth in him, and to obtain the pure, white garments of his righteousness rather than the black-wool garments that Laodicea was famous for. And they should invest in the eye medicine of his insight, rather than the medicinal balm their region was known for.
Money itself is not the problem, but trusting in money instead of Jesus will bring ruin (see 1 Timothy 6:10). Following the way of Laodicea puts the church at great spiritual risk. Let us thank God that he never leaves us but is always ready to discipline us in love.
Prayer
Lord and God, rich in grace and mercy, shield us from trusting in money and wealth. Turn our eyes to Jesus, and fill us with your glory and grace. Amen.
诵读: 骆云秀
片头: 张妙阳
