Looking Into The Mirror 照镜子

James 1
雅各书 1

22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
22 只是你们要行道，不要单单听道，自己欺哄自己。

23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
23 因为听道而不行道的，就像人对着镜子看自己本来的面目

24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
24看见，走后，随即忘了他的相貌如何。

25 But whoso looked into the perfect law of liberty, and continuity therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
惟有详细察看那全备、使人自由之律法的，并且时常如此，这人既不是听了就忘，乃是实在行出来，就在他所行的事上必然得福。

Looking Into The Mirror
照镜子

The older you get, the less you look in the mirror, well that’s my excuse anyway!
年纪越大，照镜子的次数就越少，不过反正这就是我的借口啦！

For the Christian, it is the opposite, the Christian loves to look into the mirror of God’s Word to hear from God how to further his Christian Walk.
对于基督徒来说，情况恰恰相反，基督徒喜欢审视上帝话语这面镜子，以便从上帝那里聆听如何在其基督徒的修行道路上更进一步。

If we look into the mirror of God’s Word and God speaks to us about something and we do nothing about it, what is the worth of you looking into the mirror in the first place?
如果我们审视上帝话语这面镜子，上帝就某事向我们言说，而我们却对此无所作为，那么起初我们审视这面镜子又有什么价值呢？

You can sit in church every week, you can agree to all the sermons, you can say, “Oh yes, that’s a good thing to do,” but if you don’t do it, it is worthless.
你可以每周都坐在教堂里，你可以认同所有的布道内容，你可以说：“哦，对，那是件该做的好事。”但如果你不去践行，那这一切就毫无价值。

You see the Word of God is a law of liberty, it is a law of life, it is not a straitjacket to hinder you, but it is a chain breaker to break the power of sin in your life.
要知道，上帝的话语是自由的律法，是生命的律法，它不是束缚你的紧身衣，而是打破你生命中罪恶权势的权柄。

The devil doesn’t mind you hearing the Word of God, he doesn’t even mind you reading it, what he doesn’t want you to do is to obey it.
魔鬼并不介意你聆听上帝的话语，甚至也不介意你阅读它，它不想让你做的是去遵行神的话语。

If you are reading the Word of God on a regular basis and struggling to remember it, keep a journal, write down how God has spoken to you.
如果你经常阅读上帝的话语，却难以记住其内容，那就写日记吧，把上帝对你说的记录下来。

If you go to the mirror and there is a great big mark on your face, you go to the bathroom to wash it off, likewise when God speaks to you about something from his Word, maybe a sin to be confessed or command to obey, don’t put it off.
如果你照镜子时发现脸上有一大块污渍，你会去洗手间把它洗掉。同样地，当上帝通过他的话语就某事对你有所指示时，或许是某个需要忏悔的罪过，又或许是某项需要遵行的命令，不要拖延。

Be quick not only to hear but to obey.
要敏捷行事，不仅要善于聆听，更要遵行。

Trust And Obey
信靠并顺服

For there’s no other way to be happy in Jesus than to trust and OBEY!
因为在耶稣里再无别的途径，若要得享喜乐， 唯有信靠并顺服。!